Sunday 9/20
Got to MCO around 10:30 am and it was pouring.
Picked up Starbucks and checked luggage and proceeded to DME. The airport was noticeably busier than it had been for our last minute trip in July. FOMO last minute trip report
Given the standard “it may take up to 45 minutes” expectation when checking into DME but barely had time to take of my sweater before we were on the bus. I had hoped that I would get the room ready text early but figured this would be less likely with DVC rooms than regular hotel rooms. When we got to the hotel, I was trying to revise my initial plan because it was still pouring and so going straight to the pool or straight to EPCOT no longer made sense. They asked for the reservation name upon entering the lobby and within 2 minutes, the text came and we were off to our room. Unpacked and fed the kids while they watched some cartoons. By the time they were done eating, the rain had slowed to a drizzle so we put on some silicone shoe covers and walked over to EPCOT.
They wanted to find Remy again so we did that again and they were much better at it this time around.
Started at Canada and went counter clockwise.
Ate at some of the festival booths—if it didn’t have a long line and looked somewhat interesting, we tried it. Hummus fries excellent. DD loved Teriyaki bun in Japan and my husband got some kind of vodka martini from Japan that had some sort of herby/floral quality that just made it taste like gin. So naturally he thought it was good, but if you are a person that gets a vodka martini to avoid the taste of gin, steer clear. Both food selections from Africa were good and 5 large piripiri shrimp come on that skewer which is a pretty good value. Anyway, Sorry no food pictures.
By Italy it had pretty much stopped drizzling and we took off the silicone shoe covers. I grabbed a margarita, ok 2 margaritas from Choza while the other 4 went inside to ride 3 Caballeros. I did not see pleased faces on the people before me who had tried the spicy poblano blackberry margarita, so naturally I had to try it for myself. In retrospect, perhaps I should have seen their sip-and-immediate-frown faces as a warning. It was interesting, not terrible, but not something I would recommend. The other was just a classic margarita rocks for my mom. I figured I’d be through the Choza line about the same time they came out of the Mexico pavilion but I was through a lot faster, so I drank most of the weird smoky-spicy blackberry margarita to save them from having to drink much of it…but then needed to wash the taste out of my mouth with half of the other normal margarita. We then headed to pick up their Remy prize and then to my daughter’s favorite ride, Figment.
Son and I got popcorn while others rode as he has decided this ride is scary. Next, got to the land pavilion just as the rain started pouring again. Rode LwtL and then ate ice cream right outside but still under the roof. Rained stopped again and went to check out the seas pavilion and then over to Mission Space, a first for all of us. Green of course with the kids but even if not, I don’t know how anyone could tolerate orange, but I’m not a giant fan of tight enclosed spaces. Park closed at this point and scored some free popcorn on the walk back to International Gateway. Kids wanted to go to the pool, so headed to the shallow sand area for about an hour. They love the sand in the pool. Water temp was nice but a cool breeze was blowing so dipped in hot tub to warm up before heading to bed.