Epcot Continued:
woah... slow down... back track to just after the africa booth, Scott said he wanted to go see if the fancy cotton candy maker in China was open this day (it was closed on Wednesday)
It was open, but I have to say this man did NOT look like he enjoyed his job very much.
I thanked him for his "art", which seem to please him and Scott was excited for this fun dryer lint.
Look at that smile!
That thing was so light and airy it was demolished in just a couple of minutes... which makes it a HORRIBLE value, but it's the show factor, and the magic of it that makes it fun. We had to get it once, right?
Back to Japan... after Scott's sushi we decided to head to France and get one more:
Cheers!
It was after this I think Scott's sugar levels were getting pretty high, and he was getting tired and told me he was ready to go back to POP, but he knew I had another Magician meet up planned, so I was staying... this time he took his scooter with him!
I had an hour or two to kill before my meetup, so I wandered around the rest of WS. Taking
@dclfan 's advice, I wanted Fondue from France, but she told me that they gave you way more cheese than bread/croutons to dip in it... so pro-tip! Go buy a 1/2 bagette from the Patisserie, before you get your fondue from the France booth.
Totally pro move Alisa!
I sat down on the fountain in France, and munched on my bread, and it started to rain a bit... so I donned some plastic wrap, while the guys and gal across from me giggled.. they were a bit tipsy... and they had an umbrella. It turns out they are the owners of MIA brewery, which had some beers featured around the showcase. They were chatty and nice and I told them I was from Beer city, and there is a micro brewery on every corner, and we've lost track of how many there are here. Nice, funny guys and gals. They moved on, and I was done with my fondue, so I walked around to Canada where I found a stage for the Blueberry bluegrass band. They had a bit before going on stage, so I just sat in the shade on one of the benches underneath an umbrella. I picked a good spot, because at some point it started raining a bit heavier, but I didn't even notice until I finally looked out.
Sorry if anyone likes this band... but I thought they were horrible!
Except for maybe the banjo player who had a seductive eye smile going on.... and he knew it too! Quit looking at me like that!!!
Haha.. in this picture you can't even see him... he is behind the pole!
Here's a picture of the band I found on the interwebs.
During this my next meet up texted me to coordinated our meeting... I'll give you a little hint, we were meeting at 415pm at the Moosehead cart in Canada.
I should mention that I had been trying all day to get an 830pm reservation for Cape May because we were in the mood for all you can eat crab... but I couldn't get a reservation past 645p...... I serious tried to modify that reservation ALL DAY..... stay tuned.
I had one last thing on my list to eat before the meetup... so I made my way to the refreshment port and got a Coke because I was starting to get hot, (for some reason Coke helps when I'm overheating better than water!) and then I went to the Canada booth and got:
Le Cellier Wild Mushroom Beef Filet Mignon with Truffle-Butter Sauce
I remembered to take a picture! In fact the last 2 food pictures are mine... I blame Scott... when he was with me I was distracted, when I was alone, I seem to be good at photos of food!
While I was eating, standing at a table by the water, I decided to call the WDW dining number to see if there was anyway they could get a later reservation for us... they seem to try, but no luck there either. So I just kept trying....
After I was done eating.. .I sat on a bench close by to watch for my meetup... and she walked right by.... and I saw her walk by... but she looked incognito this day!
I got a text that she was at our meetup stop, so I walked right over and met up with
@Darstarr ! She and her groupies were already having beer in hand... (and this is why I arranged for meeting at the beginning of WS! I knew if I let them get too far in with the boozy countries, I might never find her!)
We hugged like old friends... and she brought me a prezzie... NY BAGELS... it had been years since I had them, and I was so excited!
We stood there talking for about 30 minutes or more... and her group was getting restless, so I decided to let her move on, but little did we know.. there were more magicians close by that were looking for us. I missed them, but luckily Darstarr did not! I'm super bummed I didn't get to meet them, but so glad I got to meet up with SO many people this trip!
@Doc Disney was also in town at the beginning of my trip, but her's was short and we didn't have any park tickets yet, and it just didn't happen. =( Next time!
After our meetup, I decided to go back to POP and join Scott.
On the bus ride back.. I was still trying to modify my Cape May reservation, when I had an epiphany to try a different approach. I tried to modify our reservation to 4 people for 830pm. Guess what would come up for 4, but not for 2? Well here's where that saying comes in again... there's more than one way to skin a cat! I took the reservation for 4!
We got cute towel art this day:
I woke Scott up when I got back around 530ish... and we decided to take a walk with our resort mugs over the bridge to art of animation. We didn't do that last time, and had wished we had. We didn't walk the whole resort because it's pretty huge, but we went around the big blue pool and stopped to fill our mugs with drink, then we checked out the cars area.
10 picture max hit....
No problem... we waited maybe 5 minutes and our table was ready. The restaurant had lots of open tables, so I'm not sure why they wouldn't take a reservation for 2 over 4... but ok.. I'm sure it has to do with $$$.
