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

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We could see the rain coming, and they were starting to warn people about the approaching storm, so we decided we had done everything we wanted and we headed for the exit. Couldn't resist this meet and greet when we came upon it:

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We didn't beat the room back to AoA!

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fractal · Sep 9, 2017

Summit Plummet may have been the most terrifying ride I've been on - especially when you're about 3 people away from taking the plunge!

Love all the Blizzard Beach photos! It's been a really long time since we've been there. Looks like you had a blast!

75disney · Sep 9, 2017

It's been a long time since I've been to Blizzard Beach. You got some great action shots of your family.

sheriffwoody · Sep 9, 2017

Love the water park pictures! Also the Sea World pictures. I've never been to either, so it's fun to see it through your eyes.

Summit Plummet looks TERRIFYING to me! I don't think I could do it.

TheMouseFan · Sep 9, 2017

fractal said:
Summit Plummet may have been the most terrifying ride I've been on - especially when you're about 3 people away from taking the plunge!

Love all the Blizzard Beach photos! It's been a really long time since we've been there. Looks like you had a blast!

That is probably why Owen asked to go first instead of watching Logan go first!! We did have a really good time!

75disney said:
It's been a long time since I've been to Blizzard Beach. You got some great action shots of your family.

Thanks! We really enjoyed out time there!

sheriffwoody said:
Love the water park pictures! Also the Sea World pictures. I've never been to either, so it's fun to see it through your eyes.

Summit Plummet looks TERRIFYING to me! I don't think I could do it.

I agree about Summit Plummet! I briefly contemplated it, but quickly changed my mind!!

TheMouseFan · Sep 9, 2017

We showered and relaxed in the room while waiting for the rain to stop! Then we headed to the MK and caught a boat to the Grand Floridian for dinner.

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Unlike last year when we had bus issues, we arrived plenty early for our ADR, so we took some time to wander the grounds.

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TheMouseFan · Sep 9, 2017

A few floor pics:

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The kids couldn't figure out why I would want to take this pic!! I had to show them the "hidden" Mickey!

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Time for dinner!

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I was a little disappointed in this dinner, too! The food was just ok, and the character interactions were kind of blah this year! One more to add to our list of no longer need to eat here!!

TheMouseFan · Sep 9, 2017

One more floor pic before we left!

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The kids expressed an interest in riding the ferry, so we caught a monorail to the MK, then took a ferry over to the TTC.

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TheMouseFan · Sep 9, 2017

Once we reached the TTC, we hopped on a monorail to Epcot.

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I wasn't sure we were even going to make it! The monorail kept starting and stopping, and then it would back up a little, then start and stop some more. And that was all before we even made it out of the station!! Then we stopped a couple of times on the open rails on the way to Epcot. Logan kept saying how cool it would be to have to be evacuated with a cherry picker!

Another unflattering pic of me by Brian:

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He said he thought Owen looked so cute almost falling asleep. I feel like he could have told me he was going to take it so I could have at least looked up! And I promise I was only looking at my phone for like one minute, but of course it would be when he was taking the pic!!

We did finally make it to Epcot!

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The line for an AoA bus was obnoxious, so we hopped on the bus to Pop Century that was already at the bus stop! And then walked across the bridge to AoA.

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That was our 11th day of rain!!

TheMouseFan · Sep 14, 2017

Wednesday, June 14

We were up bright and early today! We decided to drive this morning based on our less than stellar bus experience on our previous Epcot day! We were in the second row and had a much shorter walk than we would have from the bus stops! It was different coming in from the other side though!!

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We had to wait for them to open the bag check lines! Then we were one of the first few families in line.

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They actually let us in earlier than we have previously experienced at Epcot! All of the families in front of us headed toward The Land, so it felt like we were in the park by ourselves for a little while!!

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TheMouseFan · Sep 14, 2017

And we made it! We had to wait a few minutes to be seated.

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The buffet:

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The main dish:

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The princesses all came around quickly to see us.

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We were done and outside waiting for Frozen by 8:45.

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TheMouseFan · Sep 14, 2017

We were the second family in line!

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I have no idea why Brian, Logan, and Lily have their mouths open!! I was leaning into Lily and trying not to get wet this time!

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TheMouseFan · Sep 14, 2017

Had to get the obligatory troll picture!

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Then we made our way over to meet Anna and Elsa.

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TheMouseFan · Sep 18, 2017

We then headed back to the front of the park for our SSE FP+.

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Before we got on, we went around to the front to get some pics since we were in a hurry earlier to get to breakfast!

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I did take a pic of the kids in front of the fountain, but it was not very flattering to any of them, so I'll refrain from posting it!

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TheMouseFan · Sep 18, 2017

The kids wanted to check out the games at the end, so I ended up outside taking some pics before joining them inside again. I honestly can't remember why I went outside!!

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Then we made our way over to Test Track for our next FP+.

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Lily and Logan's car:

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Owen and Brian's car:

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Not sure what was going on with my hair, other than I was obviously trying to channel Donald Trump!!

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We had to stop and play here too!!

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TheMouseFan · Sep 18, 2017

Next up was our Living with the Land FP+, so we headed over that way.

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I love this ride!!

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TheMouseFan · Sep 18, 2017

More LwtL:

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The kids wanted to go next door, so I had made a FP+ while we were in line for LwtL. There was actually a little bit of a wait for standby when we got there, so glad I took the time to make the FP+!

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One more area to stop and play!

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