Unfortunately our son woke up and got sick around 6 am but at least he got back to sleep after and seemed good the rest of the day after that.
I did not get back to sleep however, so after a bit of trying I decided to get up and go for a run. I did 2 laps of the hotel running path including the out and back past Port Orleans French Quarter. Beautiful morning, if a bit cool.
After my shower, everyone was still asleep so I wandered down to the general store and picked up some milk for the room fridge and some more meds for our son. Everyone was just getting up as I got back from the walk.
We had breakfast / lunch at the hotel in what became a bit of a theme for the trip – late nights and late breakfast.
We found out that Port Orleans Riverside now keeps a breakfast station open in their food court until 11:45 – sweet!
After a short wander around the hotel we grabbed a bus ride to Epcot.
It was weird to see a long wait for Spaceship Earth at around 2 in the afternoon. We skipped that with a promise to the kids that we would get to it before we left – it is one of our favorite rides but we only end up ever doing it as a walk on.
We then did the Finding Nemo ride before going to give Living with the Land a try…but it had a huge line as well!? Strange.
So a quick ice cream and popcorn stop by the fountain and then a quick check of Ellen’s Energy Adventure. But they had just let in a group and the wait was going to be too long before they opened the doors again.
Instead we did a wander of the World Showcase area making sure to hit the 3 Caballeros ride in the Mexico pavilion and also to get pretzels and beer in Germany. We also stopped in the Norway pavilion to grab some of the perfume Heather loves from there.
We also hit the American Adventure show and I hate to admit it but I fell asleep – the beer from Germany and the less than 5 hours sleep caught up to me I guess.
After the show we explored some more and did a quick walk out the International Gateway before coming back into the park and making our way back to Coral Reef for our supper reservations.
We had a short wait once we checked in but it was worth it. We ended up with a table right by the aquarium windows. The kids were ecstatic. The meal was very good as well and we had couple visits from a young boy who politely asked if he could take some pictures at the window to show his friends. It was pretty cool – we saw a few groups of divers in the aquarium during the meal.
After supper we wandered over to do our Test Track Fast Passes, then hit Spaceship Earth and Living with the Land, which were walk ons now.
We then caught the last 75% of Illuminations before getting back on the Finding Nemo ride and one more go on Spaceship Earth.
Then a bus and back to the hotel. Kids probably fell asleep around midnight.