Day 4, Part 2 - Epcot Evening
Another satisfactory rest and we were headed back to the Skyliner a bit earlier this evening to try and get in a few rides before dinner. We arrived around 4:30, and this was the only time we rented a stroller because DD was feeling tired and Epcot evenings can be a lot for a kiddo. She just barely fit, but was happy to be chillin with her sucker.
It wasn't as busy as the other night, so we first popped over for a Citron Grey Goose Slush in France. No pic, but we enjoyed them down here with a few of the lagoon and this bird dude. I also was able to book another LL at this time so I booked Soarin' for a nearly immediate return time.
First we went over to Living with the Land, one of my top favourites! (Gardening Nerd alert) It was really cool because DD was able to read a lot of the signs so she was super interested in the ride as well. I was so caught up in riding it with her I didn't take any pics!
From there we went right to Soarin with not much wait. This is one ride I'll never ride with a LL, it THE MOST BORING WAIT of all rides ever. The plain concrete hallways combined with how you only move forward in chunks as they load the rooms, terrible. But I do love it when I'm on it!
We then moved over to the Seas with Nemo. This ride is barely cute, it was super hot for some reason and also we stopped for a bit which made it not worth it. But we spent quite a bit of time looking around in the aquariums, even though the manatees were sleeping and it otherwise seemed a bit sparse.
DD took an opportunity for her daily "free play" in this room too. It was actually very busy in the aquarium which I hadn't expected. But we also found it to be a nice relaxing break.
I read later that there is a playground area at Epcot too (I think?) but we never stumbled upon it. We really didn't spend that much time in the front of the park at Epcot it seems.
I really wanted to make it to Moana Journey of Water, but it was 6:30 by this point, we had somehow killed 2 hours since we arrived, and we were all getting hungry. DD and DH hadn't even heard of the Moana walkthrough, and it was actually chilly again, so I skipped it and we headed back to World Showcase for some dinner and the rest of the evening with a plan to get to Remy around 8-ish for our LL I booked way back early this morning. We did a good job of making the
Genie+ multi-park work for us, I think that was worth it on HS and MK days where it didn't add too much to the total cost.
First we stopped at the Mexico booth, Jardin de Fiestas, for the tamal de rajas (poblano pepper, corn, cheese tamale with cream sauce). This was SO GOOD, even eating standing up next to a railing. DD was starving, and getting hangry maybe which turned into 'no, I don't want that or that or that' so I got her some chicken fingers and tortilla chips at La Cantina that she thought were fine, but not great. (Ok, finally realized not to bother getting DD any more chicken fingers this trip). We also didn't get a drink even though I wanted the Cherry one margarita, I was still feeling the Citron slush we chugged when we arrived, hah.
We wandered past the next few booths, nothing at Lotus House appealed to us. So I talked us in to stopping at Joy of Tea for some egg rolls and a Honey Hibiscus Hard Iced Tea with boba. These were both fiiiine. We got a table at least and DD finished her food here. We wanted to go into China for the Kidcot, so this kind of pushed us into eating a bit first.
DD went in and grabbed the kidcot card here, but there wasn't anyone at the table, so we kept walking!
Bird tree! I had trouble taking pics at World Showcase, it just always felt a bit hectic to me this trip I think. Apparently I was only into taking pics of birds this evening.
From here we settled in a bit and stopped in Italy next for Kidcot. This one was cute and had a new CM working there, it was her first weekend! So I think my chatting with her helped her open up a bit, she was very quiet when we got there.
The people at the table here had a deck of cards and were playing a game. The must be regulars.
From here we went to the US pavilion and DD coloured her kidcot card here for a long time. She sat there and I got DH and I food and a beer flight from Magnolia Table and we were able to sit and eat at the shaded picnic tables and keep our eye on her.
We got the Muffaletta Panini, DH loved this. The Bananas Foster Bread Pudding. We all tried this and liked it, it wasn't overly sweet, and was a huge serving! We also tried the beer flight, since all of the beers sounded a bit weird and I didn't want to commit to a full glass of any:
I'm happy to report we liked them all!! They were all quite refreshing, none too sour or too hoppy.
We were still motoring, World Showcase time goes at a totally different pace and it was ten to eight when we started this food. We had been hoping to have an early night with an 8pm Remy ride and leaving right after, obviously not happening at this point. But we sat and enjoyed our snacks and listened to a bit of the concert series, which was something like Electric Orchestra? It was just newer pop covers, but it was fun.
We grabbed a quick kidcot card in Morocco (no one there either) and continued over to France. DD still had energy, the stroller did help!
Continued in next post (pics)...
. Lol! I'm glad your DD loved it! We also loved WE! It truly made our AK day! It sounds like a great day at AK.
But the eclair was very very good to share when we got back to the room, nice and chocolately, smooth cream and not over sweeet. We saved the rest for breakfast the next day! 
