Day Three and Four...Disney

Day three started with a room change. Our first room faced the highway and it was just too noisy. We tried for two nights and really had lousy sleep. We asked to be moved to a pool side room and slept much better that night! Totally worth the time and effort and pack up and move. I am not one to take everything out and put it into drawers anyway (which I am beginning to think I should. I am so annoyed with the suitcases and everything being packed into them and searching every time we need to change clothes. Quite annoying) so most of our stuff was still in suitcases. When you travel do you take everything out and hang it up and put it into the drawers? Just curious. We spent day three at Epcot. We all agreed that Test Track was the biggest hit. Mike and Connor had done it last year (waited in line for 2 hours, Connor fell asleep on Mike’s shoulder) but Noah had been too nervous to go on it. This year we all went and it was crazy how fast those cars went. I am pretty sure I have a permanent face lift. We learned the art of “fast passes” this year and this made the whole standing-in-line-forever-to-get-on-a-ride a thing of the past (at least on this day). The two biggest rides at Epcot are Soarin’ and Test Track. We got fast passes for both the minute we walked in and never stood in line for more than 15 minutes the whole day. Amazing. And my feet appreciate it! We ate in one of the “lands” choosing Italy. The food was super yummy. Noah ate spaghetti and said it was better than mine. Ragu would be heart-broken. We took the boat back-and-forth from each side of the park. We had never done this before either and sure saved on energy. The boats set sail every 15 minutes so it was only a short wait each time. It rained as we left that park that night. Day four was our “off” day. We were supposed to spend it by the pool. Unfortunately, it was not the nicest day. Temps were cooler (low 70’s) and it sprinkled some too. We decided to do a little mini golfing in the hopes it would clear up. The place we went to was interesting with a large volcano in the middle that "erupted" every 20 minutes or so with fire. You could actually feel the heat! Connor was not impressed and was nervous about the next volcanic episode the whole time. Connor struggled with loud noises on this trip and he could often be found with his hands over his ears (fireworks, loud musical numbers in shows, etc). It did stop raining, but it never really got sunny. The kids didn’t care though. They swam and swam and we even ate lunch by the pool. No rain, just cloudy. That night we headed back over to Downtown Disney for supper. We ate at T-Rex, which was a lot of fun! We had no idea what was in store for us! Of course, they put us into the Ice Age room (they knew we were homesick for MN) and we had a lot of fun eating while meteor showers rained overhead. The whole room was blue for awhile and then pink, hence the weird hue in all the pictures. I had a yummy chicken/craisin/glazed pecan/gorgonzola/vinaigrette salad. Mike had a shrimp meal. My salad was really good. Mike’s shrimp was so-so. The boys both really liked the Lego store. They had an outdoor section where you could build your own car and race them against other kids down a ramp. Connor had a great time building here. While checking out some shops, I discovered Basin. I LOVE this store. I want to work at this store. I want to own this store. I want to spend large amounts of time at this store. They sell specialty soaps/lotions/creams. Their specialty is hand-cut soaps. Noah and I (while the other two were in the bathroom) smelled every.single.bar.of.soap. I was in heaven. These soaps are handmade and filled with gorgeous shapes/figures and hand cut to whatever ounce you want. I bought two, Hawaiian jasmine and lavender. I can’t wait to try it, although it is so gorgeous I hate to wreck it. Another two successful days!