Our day at Epcot

Thanks again, to T (my Neenah neighbor G's ex) for inviting us to meet him at the gate to get us into Epcot free, and again with a free double stroller.  We couldn't be more grateful for this amazing experience to be able to share together as a family.  We rented Tom another motorized scooter to make it around the park.  He became a pro at driving that thing setting up the speed just perfectly :)

First thing we checked out was Nemo's ride/show.  We sat in a clam shell that moved about a track very smoothly and not jerky, so Tom enjoyed it as well.  Nathan was mesmerized the whole ride, and at the end, they (of course) have you walk through a gift shop to get back outside.

on Nemo ride

 


Nate picked out a Nemo and Dori stuffed toys to spend some of his bday/xmas money.  He kept calling Nemo "Elmo", and I corrected him each time, and he then would say "Meemo," so I started to tell him "like your knee....Nemo," and he'd say it then.  Too cute!

After Nemo, we headed over to Figment, the Dragon ride.  It was cute and Nate loved watching the Dragon get into trouble.  It was a beautiful day out, in the mid 70's and simply fabulous!

It was a little nice when I finally figured out where the Character Spot was.  Five Disney favorites all in one place, inside a/c one right after another.  We only had to wait about 30 minutes in line, and Nathan was great.  I was a little nervous that he'd be afraid, but once we rounded the corner and he could see Mickey Mouse so close, he get very excited.  As you can see from the pictures here, he LOVED everyone!!  Mama was SO overjoyed and happy for her little dude to meet his favorite characters.

Nathan gave Mickey Mouse a 5, then posed for a pic with a big smile! :)

He walked up to Pluto and sat on the floor, so Pluto followed suit and let Nathan tickle his whiskers and even accepted a kiss on the nose from Nathan!

He gave Min-Min a BIG hug!!

Then tried to play hard-to-get with Minnie.  She got about 20 big hugs from Nathan!

"Oh! Donald!" says Nathan.

Only my boy!  Nathan walked up to Goofy and sat down on the floor.  Goofy thought "Gwarsh, Nathan, what a great idear!"

We spent some more time walking around the park and I found what I thought was a dinosaur ride, but it was Ellen DeGeneres's "dream" about evolution or something stupid.  It was the biggest waste of time ever!  Poor Tom was so uncomfortable on the hard plastic bench-like seats, and it was like a 45 minute ride/show.  Once you got on and the doors locked, there was no going back, so we were stuck!

However, beforehand, I did get this cute shot of Nathan and Daddy sitting on the side wall.

We were so lucky to have gotten this opportunity to experience Disney with our little family.  So grateful and so happy.  What wonderful memories we made!

With love,

Roxanne