Tag: World Showcase

January 2017 – family trip – report 9

January 31st:

Last full day! We got the Magical Express envelope under our door through the night – pickup 4:30 pm the next day. That’s pretty good as we get time to do stuff before we have to leave.

We decided to walk over to Beach Club this morning – grab breakfast from the Marketplace and then eat in the Solarium. We enjoy having a snack in the Solarium – love the atmosphere – we are glad that the little tea event Disney was doing in the Solarium is not occurring anymore as we missed the place.

Then a bus from Beach Club over to Animal Kingdom.

Photo Pass pic of the family heading into Africa at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Straight to Kilimanjaro Safaris – we hadn’t had a day ride yet this trip on it so it was nice to do that. Heather was hoping to see the new baby elephant – we kind of did back over our shoulders but it wasn’t a great picture opportunity.

Heading into Harambe Wildlife Reserve at Animal Kingdom Kilimanjaro Safari ride

 

back end of a blurry baby elephant at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

After an ice cream we headed out and caught a bus back to Boardwalk.

Then a bit of a rest in the room and then headed on down to the pool and hot tub. The kids did a lot of slide runs and K did some stuff with the entertainment crew.

We had lunch by the pool before heading back up to the room and eventually heading over to Epcot for our last night.

We snacked our way around the park and caught Illuminations (we did Spaceship Earth and once we got off I did our pre-check in for our flights the next day).

Fountains at France pavilion at Epcot World Showcase

 

T and K from World Showcase with a view of Spaceship Earth at night

There was a section of World Showcase where the lights were out (near Morocco) and we saw lights flicker hard just after we got in the park crossing the bridge to France. There were also several rides down – Frozen Ever After for quite a while, Test Track and Imagination for the whole time. Soarin’ and Spaceship Earth for a shorter time. Apparently Epcot was having some power issues that night!

There were Extra Magic Hours but after doing Nemo I was just done. T wanted to go back to the room as well and relax.

So T and I went back to the hotel and Heather and K stayed in Epcot. They did meet and greets with the Mickey crew, Anna and Elsa and managed to get on Frozen Ever After when they finally opened it again (apparently it was deserted).

Anna and Elsa in Epcot

 

Deserted Frozen Ever After 1

 

Deserted Frozen Ever After 2

 

Selfy of Heather and K with France in the background in Epcot

 

Boardwalk Villas and Inn at night

Packing and then bed!

Swinging in front of Disney’s Beach Club Resort – Family Friday – July 11th, 2014

How often do you see kids that happy while just relaxing?

Granted they had just spent a good half hour playing tag on the grass and the beach…

The photo was taken in front of the Beach Club Resort on the beach area in Feb 2014 during our family trip. It was a gorgeous day and everyone was feeling good even though it was our last full day at Disney World.

We ended up doing World Showcase in Epcot and then Magic Kingdom thoroughly that day (late magic hours at Magic Kingdom) and the kids were exhausted but it was a great day and I think that was at least partly because we had time to relax and have a bit of fun in a great relaxed area before we went and hit the parks.

Lovely day.

K and T on the swing in front of Disney's Beach Club Resort
K and T on the swing in front of Disney’s Beach Club Resort

Peaceful sunny spot in Epcot World Showcase – Family Friday – July 4th, 2014

Going to trip a new post category – Family Friday – the idea will be to show family pics from around Disney World and to try to highlight all the great things that can be done as a full family.

I will start off with a pic of Heather and kids taken just inside Epcot coming in through the International Gateway. We were wandering around and on the island between the England and France pavilions there is nice peaceful area where you can get some different views of the lake and the pavilions. For whatever reason we had never really noticed or utilized this area before but that day we saw it and used it as a spot to catch some sun and sit peacefully for a few minutes.

And of course I had to take a few pictures.

Definitely a beautiful little area.

Heather and the kids in Epcot World Showcase
Heather and the kids in Epcot World Showcase