We take on Magic Kingdom and Epcot minus kiddos

Greg and Jackie had agreed to take Kayla and Jordan for us this evening so that we could spend some adult time at Epcot. Epcot had extra Magic hours and would be staying open until midnight. Before we left a bunch of us rested, some went to the arcade, and a few of us went shopping in the stores in our resort.

Dad decided that he wanted to spend some time in the Magic Kingdom and we thought that we would go on a few rides that we missed before the park closed and then make our way over to Epcot.

Magic Kingdom:

1st up was the Haunted Mansion. We had not been able to ride this attraction in some time because it had either been down or was being renovated. I love the new touches on this ride. I still jumped when the ghosts came at you in the graveyard! (Jeromy did too)

We then went on Splash Mountain. I absolutely love the music, the characters, everything about this ride! Jeromy got soaked.....who knew?

Because of Jeromy's back he had to wait out Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The rest of us had a blast riding in the dark. We had some special pixie dust come our way while as we were riding the fireworks started. Amazing!!!!!

We continued walking to the front of the park enjoying the fireworks spectacular. Look at how cool!!

We unfortunately didn't miss the crowds, though. We got stuck walking amongst everyone and their brother to get out of the park. Here is where Dad left us....he had walked through World Showcase earlier in the day so he wanted to get back to the resort.

We hopped on the monorail and got to Epcot quickly.

We were starving so we decided to get a quick bite to eat at the Electric Umbrella. Since the weather was so nice we ate outside. There really wasn't a lot of people at the park at this time of night. We felt as if we were by ourselves most of the evening. The only thing that bummed us out about going this late was that a lot of the shops and counter service places were closed.

On to World Showcase:

Mexico

We rode Gran Fiesta tour Starring the Three Caballeros. Kayla and Jordan would have loved this ride. I just wanted to check it out since it had been changed since we last visited. It was o.k. Probably nice to get out of the heat.

Norway:

The attraction here is called Maelstrom. I thought that this ride was longer. It didn't really impress me this time. There is a movie at the end of this ride, but most people skip it as did we.
We can never leave without taking pictures with this guy!

Fun with hats:


Germany:

The American Adventure:

Morocco:

United Kingdom:

Canada:

Having fun with the Epcot ball:

Next up: Day 4 Hollywood Studios

Flower and Garden Festival

This is the 2nd time that I have been to Disney World during the Flower and Garden Festival. Both times in May and both times a great time to visit!!!

I tried to take as many photos as possible. I still missed some topiaries, but considering that we only had a day here at Epcot I thought I did fairly well.

At the entrance:

The festival theme was Cinderellabration!!! Look who is right up front as you enter.......Cinderella and Prince Charming.

The Carriage:

More Princesses....
Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip:

Snow White and Dopey:

Belle and the Beast:

Beauty and the Beast Friends:


The gorgeous flowers underneath the monorail:

See the balloons on the windows of the monorail.........something special for the What will you celebrate? promotion that Disney is doing right now

Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto:

Bambi, Thumper, and Flower at the Canada Pavilion:

At the entrance to World Showcase...characters from The Lion King:

Pumbaa:

Timon:

Rafiki and Simba:

Mufasa:

Some of my pictures were taken in the evening. Jeromy, Michelle, Ben, and I went back to Epcot later on.

Troll from Norway Pavilion:

Dragon in China:

Aladdin in Morocco:

Lady and the Tramp in Italy:

Tea in the United Kingdom:

Fantasia:

Next up: Our evening out without the kids!!!