Our final day of this trip was spent in Epcot. Last year was our first time at Epcot during the International Food and Wine Festival and we loved it. I was so excited that we were able to visit during this festival again. Unfortunately, it was opening weekend for the festival and Labor Day weekend, so it was the busiest crowd I had ever seen while walking around the world showcase. That being said, we still had a blast and accomplished everything we really wanted to get done. As usual, we arrived at the park early and were admitted inside the park by about 8:30 where we were able to take our first pictures.
In case you can't see our shirts, here's a close-up. I was super proud of these.
9:00
When the park actually opened, we were already in line to meet our first characters: Joy and Sadness, characters #1 & #2.
Naturally, we also stopped to see Baymax, character #3 who only had one person waiting in line.
We then made our way to Soarin around the World, attraction #1. This line grows long quickly, but it wasn't too bad yet. This was another one of those rides that Littlecjc was finally tall enough to ride. I really expected her to like this one and she said she did, but I feel like she spent more time watching the seats move, trying to figure out how it all worked instead of the screen.
10:00
We opted not to ride Living with the Land, thinking we might come back, but we never did make it back into the Land pavilion. Instead, we opted to go against the crowd, back to the front of the park to use our first fastpass at Spaceship Earth, attraction #2. From the beautiful stars to beyond, we then moved to Mission: Space, attraction #3.
Littlecjc was so excited for this one. She is only tall enough for the Green mission, but she felt special with her lanyard that the CMs gave her to indicate that she needed the special booster seat. It was nice to experience the new video, but I'm glad to hear that they didn't change the orange mission, because I think it is still more exciting. Even after our vacation, she says that the ride with the booster seat was her favorite new ride.
11:00
Since we were close to the Food and Wine Festival Center, we decided to check it out. I'm so glad we did this, because otherwise we would have missed these beautiful chocolate displays.
These pictures obviously don't do them justice. We also spent some time here looking at the festival merchandise and collecting our passholder festival pins.
12:00
As we moved on around the World Showcase, it was time to go on a Remy scavenger hunt. Much like the Easter eggs we searched for on our last trip to Epcot, this time we were searching for little Remy statues each holding a different ingredient. Littlecjc was super excited to start this, but ironically we really struggled at our first location, Mexico. After a while we told her we would come back and moved on to Norway. Here, we found Remy high up at The Puffin's Roost.
Here he is with his bread.
The Remy in China was also atop a building, holding his pepper shaker.
At the Outpost, we found Remy on the Germany side of the festival merchandise building, with some onions.
In Germany, surprise, Remy was located on the porch of Kunstarbeit in Kristall with a squash.
By now, we had noticed a trend, and were not surprised to find Remy in Italy atop the Tutto Italia Ristorante with some Olive Oil.
We stopped at one of the festival kitchens here, Italy, to get some calamari. Yum!
Continuing our Remy search, we reached the American pavilion and found him high above the Fife and Drum Tavern with a skillet.
The Americans that we are, also stopped here at the Hops and Barley festival kitchen for some Smoked Beef Brisket and Pimento Cheese.
Thankfully, the Remy in Japan was not on the top of any buildings, but instead, he was sitting on a rock at the back of this pond with his carrot.
1:00
At this point, we took a break from our scavenger hunt and made way toward our second fast past, Finding Nemo, attraction #4. En route, we passed this awesome Figment.
After the ride, Littlecjc had to explore the play area and the inside of Bruce's mouth.
We then stopped for some more yummy Piggy Wings at the Flavors from the Fire festival kitchen.
2:00
After our snack, we were able to ride Frozen Ever After, attraction #5 with our third fastpass.
Unfortunately, when you sit in the back, you get lost if you're little. Keeping with the Frozen theme, we moved next door to meet Elsa, character #4
and Anna, character #5.
At some point after scanning our bands at Frozen Ever After, we got on the app and started looking for another fastpass. We were able to pick up Test Track at 3:15, meaning we had just a little time to kill first. We used that time to go back to Mexico and find the Remy we missed earlier. Coming from this direction, we quickly found him on the kitchen across from the Mexico pavilion, with his peppers.
3:00
We then made our way to Test Track, attraction #6 and used our fourth fastpass. Littlecjc loves to accessorize her vehicle.
Littlecjc really liked Mission Space this trip and asked if we could do it again. The green side usually doesn't have much of a wait, so we agreed making Mission Space attraction #7.
4:00
With a few more rides done, we started back around the World in search of some more food. We stopped first at The Almond orchard for a Banana Almond Soft-serve Sundae. Unfortunately for you, it was really good so we forgot about taking a picture until it was empty.
Littlecjc had fallen asleep in her stroller, so we took advantage and tried more food. Next up was Scotland. We got the Fresh Potato Pancake and the Tipsy Laird.
5:00
We continued to snack around for dinner and hit up Brazil for some Crispy Pork Belly and Pao de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread.)
The pork was great. The bread was ok, but nothing amazing. After we used our fastpass at Test Track, we were able to pick up some for Soarin so we turned around and started walking back that way. We wanted Littlecjc to get a good nap in, but we didn't want to miss our fp time either. While en route, Patrick and I stopped for a picture since this photographer looked so bored.
When we made it back to The Land, we woke up Littlecjc and rode Soarin, attraction #8.
6:00
After leaving The Land, we decided to take advantage of our special meet and greet that is offered here for Disney Visa cardholders. The characters are always a surprise here, but we've always met some combination of Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, or Pluto. Today, we met Mickey and Goofy, characters #6 and #7.
Now that Littlecjc was fully awake again, she realized that she hadn't found all of the little Remys and our search continued. There were several marketplaces set up here on this side of Future World so we started there. At Flavors from the Fire, we found Remy at the back corner of the building with some garlic.
We found another Remy on the Earth Eats building, this time with some cucumbers.
On the walkway from Future World to the World Showcase, we found the Cheese Studio where Remy was again on the roof with some herbs.
Finally back to the World Showcase, we found Remy in Canada atop another marketplace with some salt and pepper shakers.
7:00
We also stopped here in Canada for the Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup that someone had told us we had to try. This was good, but it seemed like a very small portion.
By now we were on a roll finding Remy so we quickly moved on to the UK and found him above the Rose and Crown Pub with some vinegar.
In France, he was back by the Impressions of France with an eggplant.
And our final Remy was on the Morocco marketplace with a tomato.
As you can see, we decided to get some chocolate baklava here.
Littlecjc was so excited to finish her Remy Hide and Squeak.
I guess she was proud of herself too, because she wanted to show everyone as we walked around the world to redeem our prize.
The prize this time ended up being a key chain. Here is the one Littlecjc chose.
At this point, we decided that we didn't need to stay for Illuminations this evening, so we started making our way towards the front of the park where we stopped to get this picture.
I've mentioned before that Littlecjc enjoys coloring on her signature cards, but this evening she decided that she was a princess and that Daddy needed her signature. I found a little secluded space where we were able to have this adorable little moment.
8:00
We finished our day back at the Festival Center before heading out for the night. Even though the World Showcase was crazy busy today, we had such a great day. This was the perfect ending to our mini vacation.
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