Disney World 2018 ~ Epcot

Epcot Day! We got to the bus stop just in time to get a ride to Epcot. The line to get through security was super long.... not to mention the weather was FREEZING! Once we got through security we thought we were going to have to wait to get into the park till the official park opening time. But I think they must've just opened the park early because of how super duper cold it was. 

We walked straight to the Frozen Ever After ride and were able to basically walk right on with no wait! It was awesome! Then we went right over to meet Anna & Elsa. Kimbri begged and begged me to let her bring her Elsa dress so she could match Elsa. I didn't want to have to drag extra things that weren't necessary into the park but she was sooo wanting to wear it to meet her, so we rolled it up and stuffed it in our bag. She slipped it on over her clothes while we were in line. She also wanted pigtail braids to match Anna so she could match with both of them. Hair like Anna and a dress like Elsa. She also wore her Anna/Elsa necklace and her frozen light-up shoes. She was all decked out!!

Waiting in line to meet Ana & Elsa. Kimbri is
always wanting to pose for pictures!

Gpa Lyle wanted a picture with Elsa, haha!

The Stone girls with Elsa.

Kimbri was so excited to have matching hair with Anna.

I love this picture of my little girls ;)

After doing all the Frozen stuff we walked over to use our Fast Pass for the Nemo & Friends ride. It was a hit and I think the kids loved it. Afterward we went to the "Turtle Talk with Crush" show. They also had several huge aquarium tanks with tons of different kinds of fish that was fun to walk around and see. Garrett loved seeing the sharks and the huge stingrays. They also had a demonstration with a scuba diver that was really neat. Garrett was super into that as well. He's been on an ocean kick lately, being interested in anything that lives dives in the water.

Looking at the jellyfish while waiting for the show to start.

You can see Garrett & Brenna in this picture.
Kimbri was further to the right. It was such a
neat little show that the kids thought was so cool.

Brenna & Grandma Haycock

Garrett and Rick. Garrett was so interested in
what was going on!

I think after such a busy and fun-filled morning, everyone was getting a little hungry. By this point in the day, we decided to start the "World Tour" portion of the park, and in each country they have that type of food. So we started out by eating some lunch in China. Kimbri loved the Rice. Brenna loved everything, even Rick's spicy asian food. And Garrett, the picky one, of course just wanted to snack on stuff that we brought into the park. He is such a picky eater! 

After lunch, Kimbri wanted to pose in front of
the cool China building.

Garrett & Rick

We purchased the Memory Maker package where you can get your picture taken by the photographers throughout the park. I wanted to be more present in the moment when the kids were meeting the characters and such instead of having my phone out, trying to get photos. It was totally worth the price, in my opinion. Anyway, in Epcot, there is a Disney photographer in each country of the "World Tour" and will take your photo in front of that country's area. Needless to say, from how many photos we have, the kids went a little crazy with wanting their pictures taken. Even Garrett!! He usually is more shy in front of the camera but those photographers had him posing in all sorts of ways. It was hilarious! And the photographers all got a good laugh out of how photogenic they were being. 

So here are the loads and loads of pictures that the kids had taken (and these weren't even all of them, because there were just so many):

I think Kimbri loved the attention. She would change positions as if she was in a photo shoot and they just kept snapping picture after picture. Haha!!

I thought it was cool how they photoshopped Chip into the
pictures as if they were holding him.

Grandma Tammy & Grandpa Lyle

Our little family
Mom, Brenna, Kimbri, Rick, Garrett

We stopped in Italy to get some delicious gelato, and of course Kimbri wanted to keep stoping to pose with her gelato as we were walking and eating.

Garrett loved the gelato and ate his entire cone!

Garrett was really getting into it in
these pictures, haha.

She also wanted a picture by this
mannequin, haha! She was killing me with
how photogenic she was being, wanting
her picture here and there and everywhere!

Brenna didn't really care too much about
getting her picture taken over and over,
but I love these sister pics!

Garrett wanted to be in the picture but made
a grumpy face in it...

And then there's Kimbri who wanted one "with
just her" in it, hahaha.

In France.

She insisted that the photographer take
her photo as she smelled the flowers, ha!

While we were in France my dad said there was a yummy French ice cream shop he wanted to go to. So Rick and my parent got some ice cream. Rick got a couple flavors and shared with the kids since they didn't all need a whole ice cream cone when we had just eaten gelato pretty recently. 

Rick and his little girls.

Kimbri & Garrett chillin with Gma & Gpa Haycock

Rick and I wanted a pic together but Kimbri just couldn't stand
the thought of a picture without her in it.
So she ran in and photo-bombed the picture.

Then Garrett ran in and you can see the tops of their heads but
they both got cut out of the pic, bahaha!

Meeting Mary Poppins

After the World Tour we hit up some more of the rides. We did Soarin'. Since Brenna was the only one who couldn't do that, we had two groups and the first group went while the others sat out with Brenna and then we swapped. Then I sat with Brenna while Rick went to Test Track with Garrett.  I think that was Garrett's favorite thing of the entire day! It is a very FAST ride and he was totally thrilled. I wish I could've seen his reaction! I guess we'll have to go again some day when I'm not pregnant. By the time Rick made it back to do the swap for Kimbri to do Test Track, the ride had shut down. So we decided to move on to the next thing and keep checking back throughout the day.

I love, love, love how happy and excited Garrett is in this picture!
He was in total heaven riding this ride.

The car Garrett designed.

We also rode the "Living with the Land" ride which is so neat to me! It's amazing how self-sufficient Disney is. They have their own gardens and grow so much of their own food. They have a whole section of fish that is also served in restaurants throughout Disney. It's a really informative ride but was also really neat for the kids too.

Because of the parent swap thing, we somehow ended up with some extra Soarin' Fast Passes, so the kids got to go back to the Soarin' ride for another turn! Since Brenna couldn't go on that ride we decided to head over and meet Joy and Sadness from the movie, Inside Out. It was funny how excited Brenna was about the whole autograph book thing. Maybe because she saw the older two kids doing it when we met other characters? She didn't even have her own book so we just took Garrett's book in with us.

I love her little smile! 

I saw Baymax while Garrett was gone with
Rick & Kimbri on a ride so I had to snap a quick
pic for him since he loves that movie.

Brenna meeting Mickey. I think she was
star-struck. She was ALL about Mickey
before coming on this trip!!

Mickey & Kimbri

Mickey & Garrett

Garrett insisted on wearing Rick's Mickey hat while we met
Mickey but it cast a pretty dark shadow over his face. But he
did NOT want to take it off. Oh well!

Glad we could snag Fast Passes for my parents too so they
could come to the meet and greet!

Garrett, Brenna & Kimbri with Goofy

It's funny how the girls are all huddled around Minnie and
Garrett is over there scratching his head, unsure about it all.

Minnie gave Brenna a kiss and I'm not sure how Brenna felt about it..

After meeting with the "Disney Pals" we were all super hungry and very ready for dinner. So we went and got food at a place called The Electric Umbrella (I think that's what it was called). The kids ate and ate. They were probably so worn out from the day that we ended up going back up to order more food! At this point Kimbri still hadn't gotten to ride Test Track and it was getting super late. We thought it was going to be a lost cause to keep checking. But suddenly during dinner it opened up! We were just around the corner so they all booked it over to the ride (even Garrett got to go again!) and my mom, Brenna and I sat in the restaurant while we waited for them because it had gotten so cold again! 

Kimbr's car she designed.

When they got back we loaded up our stuff and wanted to hit one more ride before heading out of the park. We couldn't miss going on the classic ride that takes you up inside the big Epcot ball. I think I nearly fell asleep during that ride a couple times because it's a slow-moving ride that takes a lot about the history of mankind. 

After that ride we were all so exhausted and ready for bed. We headed toward the bus lot and it was seriously soooo freezing! It had been semi warm during the afternoon when the sun was high in the sky but by this point in the day we were all shaking because of how cold it was.

Headed out of the park we had to get a picture
of the Epcot ball all lit up!

Of course, another picture on the race car.

We got back to the hotel and the kids got snuggled up in their beds. Brenna zonked out before we could even finish getting her dressed in her jammies. It was such a fun day and we all had a great time in Epcot together!!

Brenna was sooo tired by the end of the day!