Wednesday was our late start day. We had lunch reservations in Italy at Via
Napoli at 11:30 so we’d planned to sleep in and arrive in time for our
reservations. It was so nice to have a
day we didn’t get up before 6am. We
arrived at the World Showcase rope drop a few minutes before 11 and waited
until they let us through. We then proceeded to Italy.
Via Napoli pizza was delicious. I didn’t care as much for the crust, but the
actual pizza itself was wonderful. We
ordered a split pizza – half cheese for the kids, half pepperoni, peppers and
onions for me and Jon. We had a mezzo
metro pizza and there were only two pieces left. Great way to start the day.
From there, we went to the American Theater to let the kids
watch The American Adventure. I think
Dakota liked it ok. I’m sure it’s a
little boring to kids, but I wanted him to have a few educational things to do
since he was missing school this week.
After The American Adventure, we started back around the
world towards Mexico. We stopped briefly
in China to grab a few things, and again in Mexico. We did do the tour inside Mexico. It was the longest line I’d ever seen for
that ride, but it moved quickly. Once we
were through with it, we were headed to let Dakota ride Test Track.
Dakota and I went first and got a rider swap for Jon. We waited in line for a bit and once we
finally got to the front – one car load in front of us – the ride shut
down. They did give us a fast pass but
it had to be used that day and we weren’t going to be back in that area the
rest of the day. Luckily, since we’d
already gotten the rider swap, that was good for another day so we tried to
reassure a very disappointed little boy that he was going to get to ride Test
Track before we left.
We headed back around the world via Canada. We made our way through Canada pretty quickly
and just briefly stopped in the UK. We
rarely ever spend time in France (I know…shame on us) and didn’t stop in
Morocco either. Then, we came to our
absolute favorite – Japan. Years ago,
before kids, Jon and I visited the shop in Japan during a rainstorm and had a
blast. Ever since, it’s been our
favorite pavilion. Sarah and I were
going to pick a pearl, but she fell asleep before it was our turn so Jon took
her and Dakota helped pick our pearls.
We loved that experience. I ended
up spending more money than I’d planned because we did get necklaces with our
pearls but it was worth it.
After shopping, we had dinner scheduled in Teppan Edo. Wow.
This meal was out of this world.
We love going to hibachi grills at home, but this was so much
better. The chef was more entertaining
and the food doesn’t even compare – it was SO much better at Teppan Edo. I don’t even like cooked cabbage and zucchini
but I ate ever bit of the veggies. I
can’t say enough good things about Teppan Edo.
After Jon ran back in the shop quickly and we took a few
more photopass pictures, we left Japan and headed to the International
Gateway. The lady at the exit noticed I
was having trouble walking and suggested taking the boat to Hollywood Studios
and from there catch a bus to Magic Kingdom.
The boat ride was very nice and allowed us to see some areas we’d not
seen before. The walk was a little far
to the Magic Kingdom bus, but it was doable.
Since this was one of only two nights of Happily Ever After
due to the Halloween Party, we’d planned to go see Happily Ever After
tonight. The line to security was the
longest we’d seen but finally got through.
At that point, we saw the line waiting to get into Magic Kingdom and decided
quickly that this was going to be much more crowded than we’d anticipated and
we weren’t prepared to deal with that crowd.
So we went out of security and found a quiet little bench just outside
the security entrance where we sat by ourselves and watched the fireworks. I’m fully aware we missed the majority of the
show since it was on the castle, but to us it was worth it to not battle the
crowd. When we saw it was getting close
to time for the show to be over, we headed back to the bus and was able to just
walk right on and sit down. It worked
out perfectly for us.
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