(OK - so Photobucket is really angering me this morning... It refuses to rotate any of my photos... My sincerest apologies!)
I was up on my own at 5am... I showered right away so the girls could sleep and I'd be out of their way while they were trying to get ready.
At 6am, I woke Allison and she got ready while I went on a Starbucks run.
And at 6:30, I woke Victoria.
We were out the door at 7:45am. Walk ----> Poly ----> Monorail ----> TTC ----> Epcot Monorail ----> Epcot.
!!!!! It took us one hour to go from the door of SoG to the TTC - I have noted in my journal "1 hour fail"...
Epcot opened at 9am, and we arrived at 9:15 am... We were NOT impressed.
Victoria and I had to go to the bathroom SO BADLY... Allison took ALL of our bags through back check, and V and I RAN into the park through the non-bag line and directly to the restrooms. Allison saved us this morning - we would not have made it otherwise.
We met up with her after.
TT standby line was very long at this point... We decided not to ride. Instead, we went into Mouse Gear and found the red dot Spirit Jersey that was released this morning (which I couldn't live without)... They had a few...
And then we grabbed Starbucks too... And headed toward the Land building.
We rode Soarin' with our FPs... Always requesting the front/middle.
And then we met a few characters...
After, Allison rode Mission: Space by herself.
Then we met up with Tina and family at SSE - V was going to ride with them, but standby was 45 min - so we decided not to do that.
Instead we all headed towards World Showcase... We all took a few Photopass pictures together and separately... (Tina sent me the ones of all of us - but again - Photobucket is NOT cooperating at all with me this morning)
We parted ways with Tina and family - it was so fun meeting up with them again!
The girls and I started at Mexico and worked our way around.
We wandered through the Festival of Arts booths... V was in her glory! Allison and I would be walking, and we'd discover V missing - so we'd have to back track to find her - often times, she was chatting with an artist. V truly enjoyed this a lot!
Surprisingly, we arrived in Italy a little earlier than I thought we would have, so we checked into our lunch reservation at Via Napoli 30 minutes early... We ordered the Quattro Formaggi Signature Pie - white pizza: mozzarella, parmesan, fontina, provolone $22-Individual, $35-Large (serves 2 - 3), $45- Mezzo Metro (serves 3 - 5)... Yah - we ordered the LARGE. LOL
Surprisingly, we demolished it.
This is our favorite pizza and it's delicious!
After lunch - we wandered more of the Festival... Often - again - losing V.
V LOVED this one!
We spent a considerable amount of time in Japan, shopping for a specific item for BFF - which we didn't find.
We stopped for a few Photopass pictures around France - and now I am so thankful we did this - these turned out to be some of my favorites of the 3 of us this trip. (Even if my eyes are closed...)
Allison and I decided we wanted Napoleons - while we were in line in France, I discovered that I'd left my GC in Via Napoli... I panicked for a few minutes - as I still had a LOT of $$ left on that GC... Allison led me through the crowds while I frantically tried loading the GC website on my phone - where I discovered all of my $$ was still there. At that point, we slowed down... Now - I *could* have just transferred that balance to one of my other GCs and called it good - but I didn't have any of them with me, so we would have had to go back to SoG to retrieve it... We decided to continue on our mission to get the GC. It took the servers at Via Napoli a few minutes to locate where the card went, but they found it and all was good.
Meanwhile, V was still looking at Festival stuff - and she was oblivious to this whole ordeal. LOL
Finally - we made it back to France and ordered our Napoleons...
V came in to sit with us... She wasn't feeling well.
Uh-oh... I didn't like the sound of this... It would take really NOT feeling well for her to ditch the Art Festival...
So, she left Allison and I to go back to SoG to lay down.
Once we finished our Napoleons - Allison and I continued on without V.
I was so sad... I really wanted both girls there and I know that V was enjoying the Festival so much!