Trip Report Will it ever stop raining? Our June 2017 trip

Hi, all!! I've finally had a chance to start going through my photos and thought I would get started on my trip report! For those of you not familiar, here is my pre-trip report:
Adventure is out there...June 2017
If you don't want to read the PTR, here is a brief synopsis before I get started:
Who: Me (Amy), DH (Brian), DS Logan (14), DD Lily (12), and DS Owen (9)
When: June 2-17, 2017
Where: Universal Studios (Hard Rock Hotel), Disney (Art of Animation), and SeaWorld

For those of you who followed along with the live portion of my PTR, I apologize that some of the photos will be the same. I'm too lazy to go back and remember which ones I used!

I experienced one of the longest days of my life on Friday, June 2!! We left Dayton, Ohio before 5am.

Neither one of us drinks coffee, but we definitely needed some caffeine to start our morning! We stopped for the best Coke in the world!!

McDonald's!!
We had a little delay in Cincinnati because I-75 was closed both directions and we had to take a little detour.
We waved @LisaBelle and @21stamps and any other Cinci friends as we finally drove over the bridge and entered Kentucky!

We made sure to get past Lexington before morning rush hour, and stopped in Richmond for breakfast.

The kids had never had Chick fil A for breakfast, so we had to correct that!

 

[TheMouseFan]

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We stopped here for a light lunch:
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Lily's:
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Logan and Owen both got:
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And Brian and I shared:
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It wasn't very good! Oh well, I was looking forward to dessert, so I didn't let it bother me!
The view from our table:
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[TheMouseFan]

Dessert time! We headed toward the Beach Club.
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As we got close to the building, it started to rain (surprise!!) and there was some thunder, so they made us walk inside. I thought this was cute:
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We only had to wait a few minutes before being seated!
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Logan got chocolate:
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Owen got sherbet:
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Lily got cookies and cream:
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Brian got the Snickers sundae:
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I got the No Way Jose:
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Yum to all!!

 

[75disney]

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Dessert time! We headed toward the Beach Club.
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As we got close to the building, it started to rain (surprise!!) and there was some thunder, so they made us walk inside. I thought this was cute:
IMG_5430 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr

We only had to wait a few minutes before being seated!
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Logan got chocolate:
IMG_5436 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr

Owen got sherbet:
IMG_5437 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr

Lily got cookies and cream:
IMG_5438 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr

Brian got the Snickers sundae:
IMG_5440 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr

I got the No Way Jose:
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Yum to all!!

Definite yum! I find the walk from Epcot to Yacht and Beach so pretty and relaxing. Nice break from the park.

 

[mousefreak]

Getting caught up on your report this morning. Love your pictures and sure looks like everyone is having a great time.
But, the picture of the guy with the tattoo around his belly button?!?!? He should have been required to wear a shirt. Lol

 

[TheMouseFan]

Getting caught up on your report this morning. Love your pictures and sure looks like everyone is having a great time.
But, the picture of the guy with the tattoo around his belly button?!?!? He should have been required to wear a shirt. Lol

Thanks! We did have a great time! I was kind of shocked to see that! I agree that he should have been made to wear a shirt!

 

[DisneyJeff]

Thanks! We did have a great time! I was kind of shocked to see that! I agree that he should have been made to wear a shirt!

Maybe this is the look he was going for:

 

[fractal]

Maybe this is the look he was going for:

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Good one!

 

[TheMouseFan]

Maybe this is the look he was going for:

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I would say he succeeded!

 

[TheMouseFan]

We debated about what to do next. We knew we wanted to see Illuminations later, but everyone was kind of done with Epcot for now, so Brian suggested we hop over to MK to get the Happily Ever After Tervis that I forgot to pick up when we were there last. Everyone agreed, so we made our way through the sprinkles to the bus stop.
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The skies opened up while we were on the bus! Luckily, it slowed a little by the time we arrived!
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We first stopped and got more SoTMK cards for Logan, then did some shopping.
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We had a FP+ for Jungle Cruise, but we had a little while yet, so we checked out wait times and decided to head to BTMR.
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[TheMouseFan]

Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to the time, and we got caught! Luckily, my favorite part of the parade was passing by!!
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Then, everyone else decided to ride BTMR too! So we changed plans and hopped on the train!
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[TheMouseFan]

We rode all the way around and exited again at Frontierland. Then made our way back up to our Jungle Cruise FP+.
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[TheMouseFan]

We were getting hungry, and decided to try Columbia Harbour House for dinner.
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Apparently, I only got this one pic of food! I know it was what Brian and I both had, but I'm not sure what the kids ate! Oops!!
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Our view as we ate:
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Then we headed to the front of the park.
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[TheMouseFan]

We hopped on the monorail to get back to Epcot.
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Logan and I ran our purchases from MK back to the car while Brian rested his knee a few minutes. Here is our view on the way back:
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[TheMouseFan]

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We stopped for a quick PP pic on the way in!
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We checked out The Art of Disney store.
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Some of my favorites:
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We stopped to see Baymax next!
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[TheMouseFan]

We headed to The Living Seas to ride Nemo again and check out Turtle Talk with Crush.
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Then we headed to The Land for our Soarin' FP+. Upon exiting, we stopped for these odd PhotoPass pics!
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Next up was finding a spot for Illuminations!
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We settled in and got a snack:
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[TheMouseFan]

We had some time to kill, so I of course took some pics!!
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[TheMouseFan]

We, of course, had a family try to shove their way in front of us! Then, when we wouldn't let them, they proceeded to stand right on top of us! Logan kept swinging his leg, and I kept bending over to lean on the rail to try to keep them back a little, but it definitely put a damper on our enjoyment of Illuminations! However, we still enjoyed it very much!!
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[TheMouseFan]

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Then we headed back to the car and Art of Animation.
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Day 12 of rain!!

 

[gdisneyfans]

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Cool shot! I love seeing the really dark clouds amid the sunshine!!

Our favorite Disney snack!

 

[fractal]

Really like the shots of Epcot at sunset, dusk and night!

Really don't like how rude people can be.