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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MegRuss626" data-source="post: 9541218" data-attributes="member: 102766">We exited Arendelle and their gift shop (managed to escape with only an Elsa light up spinner that was on sale for $10 #parentingwin) to the masses. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😨" title="Fearful face    :fearful:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f628.png" data-shortname=":fearful:" /> We managed to catch a princess cavalcade and it was the cutest watching Ryleigh blow them kisses. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😍" title="Smiling face with heart-eyes    :heart_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f60d.png" data-shortname=":heart_eyes:" />[ATTACH=full]513594[/ATTACH]But holy people Epcot! Now I know that we took the risk of being around people when we booked our trip but at this point, I was truly uncomfortable. The food booth lines zigzagged and ended by the next booth. You would think that those lines mixed with the 3 main rides all having wait times over an hour, there wouldn’t be many people left to wander around. But it was shoulder to shoulder walking around.[ATTACH=full]513593[/ATTACH]And here begins my “eating in Disney is hard” experience....It was getting to be lunch time but there were no booths in sight that could be touched. I suggested going to the festival building right past Canada because I knew they had Mac n cheese. We squished our way through people and were releived to see there was no line to get into the building. That would be because EVERYONE was already in there. I know George was looking forward to the food offerings so I committed to making something work here. I suggested he get into the first line (which was long) while I went to the Mac n cheese booth that was 2 booths over. Except the Mac n cheese booth line zigzagged a few times in front of it and snaked all the way to where George was in line at the other booth. NO THANK YOU. Trying to stay calm because it was uncomfortable crowded in there, I suggested we mobile ordered for Sunshine Seasons. I quickly ordered and we started squishing through people to make it over to the Land. We passed the food booth with the waffles on the side path with only 2 people in line so we figured we might as take advantage. I left George in line while I went ahead to the Land to park the stroller. Upon arrival, I noticed there was a line to get into the building. I approached one of the CMs directing traffic, showed them my mobile order, and asked how this would work. He told me when it was ready and our whole party was there, that he would let me through to the door. Easy enough. I parked the stroller and George appeared with two waffles with chocolate and whipped cream. (And an entire cup of hard cider in his belly because he couldn’t carry everything so he chugged it right then and there <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦🏻‍♀️" title="Woman facepalming: light skin tone    :woman_facepalming_tone1:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f926-1f3fb-2640.png" data-shortname=":woman_facepalming_tone1:" />) My phone alerted me that our food was ready. I approached the CM I had already talked to and he let us go up to the door past the outside line. Going smooth right? That ends at the door. Another man was having a slight disagreement with the CM at the door and she walked away so we walked in the door to find ANOTHER LINE! It stretched from the door clear to the escalator. I stayed in the line because I’m a rule follower and didn’t know where to go. I knew surely they weren’t going to make us wait in this huge line when our food was ready and waiting. I sent George to the next CM to see where we needed to go. Apparently I was very mistaken. We INDEED had to wait in this enormous line. George said he explained that our food was ready and he was told that it didn't matter and we had to wait in the line with people who were waiting to get down to Soarin. How does this even make sense??? He asked how we would go about getting our money back for an order that would surely be cold by the time we got there. “You’ll still have to wait in this line because they will only be able to give you a refund down there” My cool was officially lost <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/11tTNkNy1SdXGg/giphy.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />In what world was this a good plan?? Why did they let you mobile order if you would have to wait in line?? WHY IS IT SO FREAKING HARD TO EAT IN DISNEY?!?! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤬" title="Face with symbols on mouth    :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png" data-shortname=":face_with_symbols_over_mouth:" /> Between the crowds and this nonsense, I discreetly had a meltdown while we were in this stupid line. Un-Disneylike words were used....A LOT. We couldn’t even eat our waffles because Disney doesn’t want you eating in line. After a 10 minute wait, we were finally permitted on the escalator where we descended to our cold food. We were way past lunchtime at this point and we just needed to eat. I took our food and found a table. I knew the CMs directing traffic inside Sunshine Seasons weren‘t the ones to take it up with. They had no control over how things were run. We ate our lukewarm food. I had a bacon cheeseburger, Ryleigh had cheese pizza, and George had a pulled pork sandwich of some kind I think. We also got the strawberry shortcake and plant based dirt pudding....plant based Oreos just taste weird. I cooled off while eating. George and I both decided that a trip to guest services might be the best idea. Not because we wanted something in return for the experience but because how will they know that the plan they currently have in place might not be the best one. I wanted to check if this was protocol with everything. We had a reservation for the Garden Grill later and I didn’t want to be late because I had to wait in line with the people riding Soarin. George also laughed and told me he had been getting ready to thank me for staying calm through all the nonsense right before I lost my cool. He said he overhead wives in line yelling at their husbands out of frustration and he was thankful I was doing my best to keep calm. And then I didn’t <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy    :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷🏻‍♀️" title="Woman shrugging: light skin tone    :woman_shrugging_tone1:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-1f3fb-2640.png" data-shortname=":woman_shrugging_tone1:" /> And that folks is how I came to agree with [USER=124514]@Darstarr[/USER] - EATING IN DISNEY IS HARD! </blockquote>

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