| Memories of EPCOT  Tanya's Daily Scoop CURRENTLY IN: ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Greetings, Since Travelin' Elisa is enjoying her time at EPCOT (my favorite park - go figure - I love the World Showcase); I figured that we would just make today all about EPCOT. My February memories and her current visit. Back in February my gang had ventured off on a WDW adventure. It was a first time visit for Jet (my sister), Andrew (BIL) and Chaplin (niece). And what a great time we had! While we only visit WDW every 3-4 years, each time we manage to get a few visitors who are interested in coming along. Funny how it is never the same group of guests - is it the cost, the crazy schedule, or are they just not big fans of Disney World? And yet in spite of all of the fun that we have had over the years, this recent past visit was probably the best one yet! I would love to visit the WDW parks with Elisa one day. And it actually almost happened back in 2016, when we had come so close to having our first visit together, but since that was the year of Hurricane Matthew - things got a wee bit hectic... And we still have yet been able to match up of schedules and take a second nab at it. October 6, 2016 - Tanya's Trip to Florida and Bahamas Cruise - Day 13 - Fun Facts about Florida & Bracing for Hurricane Matthew October 7, 2016 - Tanya's Trip to Florida and Bahamas Cruise - Day 14 - Dealing with Hurricane Matthew October 8, 2016 - Tanya's Trip to Florida and Bahamas Cruise - Day 15 - Dealing with Hurricane Matthew October 9, 2016 - Tanya's Trip to Florida and Bahamas Cruise - Day 16 - All About Epcot! Now please enjoy some photos from EPCOT - Feb. 2024  The park arrival pic (c)travelincousins.com  Not a wardrobe change, I always have to go to EPCOT 2x every visit (c)travelincousins.com FRANCE PAVILLION  Me and my gal (c)travelincousins.com  A fresh Baguette - Oui Oui (c)travelincousins.com  La Tour Eiffel ala EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com  About to ride Ratatouille : L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy (c)travelincousins.com MEXICO PAVILLION  Group shot (c)travelincousins.com  Mexico Pavillion (c)travelincousins.com CHINA PAVILLION  China, EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com  So pretty (c)travelincousins.com  Nightfall in China, EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com JAPAN PAVILLION  Me and Dominic in Japan, EPCOT - come November we will be in the real Japan together! (c)travelincousins.com  Looking toward Spaceship Earth from Japan, EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com  Looking toward Spaceship Earth from Italy Pavilion (c)travelincousins.com MOROCCO PAVILLION  After eating a yummy snack in Morocco, EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com  Doors of Morocco, EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com  Across the World Showcase Lagoon towards Morocco, EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com U.K. PAVILLION  Excuse me, I have a call to take (c)travelincousins.com  The Facades of the U.K. EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com  Until we meet again EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com What an awesome time we had. Looking at these pictures and others from this vacation just brings a huge smile to my face! As far as the here and the now for today, well I went to another Farmers Market! This is the 3rd Farmers Market in a week that I've gone to and the same one that I went to with Jet and Chaplin last week. This week my mom also came along. And instead of getting a delish coconut milk from KOKOMOO, I opted to get a "Green Mary" it was a fresh juice made from Coconut water, Celery, Tomato and Organic Spices with a touch of Cayenne - it was really quite good as it (although I was told it was fantastic with some Vodka!).  Almost closing time at the market (c)travelincousins.com  Galileo at the market (c)travelincousins.com  Microgreens (c)travelincousins.com  Jet and Chaplin picking an assortment of fruit (c)travelincousins.com  Baskets upon baskets of fruit (c)travelincousins.com I also had a few errands and then made my way home to watch the 1st game of the Subway Series - which the Yanks played horribly and lost 7-9 to the Mets. It would've been a total blow out if not for Judge's 29th HR which happened to be a GRAND SLAM in the 8th inning! I have a quick up and back trip to Fairfield, CA tomorrow, so I won't be able to watch game 2, but you can count on the fact that I'll be listening closely and rooting for my Yankees to win! Back atcha in a couple of days. Tootles. Ciao 4 Now, -Travelin' Tanya | HOT in EPCOT  Elisa's Daily Scoop CURRENTLY IN: ORLANDO, FLORIDA  (c)travelincousins.com Hello!!! What a day in EPCOT!!. On day 2 of our Summer Disney Trip, we made our way over to my favorite park in all of Disney World - EPCOT!!!  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com We got there by way of the Disney Skyliner, which was super fun, however, Kelsey was not fond of being up so high. Well, one of the benefits of being a Disney Vacation Club member (DVC) is that you can get access to the parks prior to them being opened to the general public. For ride goers in EPCOT that is great, in an effort to beat some crowds and avoid long lines. We decided to head to the Norway pavillion in the World Showcase to go on Frozen Ever After, which usually has huge lines. Even arriving early, the line was pretty long, which in an of itself would not ordinarily be an issued BUT, the temperature was so hot and the humidity was equally high, that we were starting to wilt standing in the blaring sun that we decided to head over to another favorite ride - Soarin.  View of Spaceship Earth (the big EPCOT Ball) from the World Showcase (c)travelincousins.com NORWAY PAVILLION  (c)travelincousins.com  Rice cream with strawberries and Kristoff Kaffe Frozen Coffee with Coffee-Chocolate Sauce and garnished with Coffee-Chocolate Crunch at Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe in the Norway pavilion (c)giannamichele FUTURE WORLD/EPCOT  Always has been and always will be one of our gang's favorite rides!! After an enjoyable ride (with virtually no significant wait time), we headed back to the World Showcase. CHINA PAVILLION We arrived back in China a little before 11am when all of the shops and restaurants open in the World Showcase. Finding a place in the shade, we hung out, shielded from the sun until we could enter the shops. The merchandise in China was so lovely and wouldn't you know it, Kelsey found the most adorable jade tree that we ended up purchasing for her room.  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com I couldn't resist putting this hat on, as it was just like the ones that me and my travel companion Cheryl purchased and wore while in Beijing, China in 1991 when we walked the Great Wall. Read the full 13-Part series of ELISA'S THROWBACK CHINA TRIP ADVENTURE  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  Kelsey purchased a jade tree in China (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com Next stop - Morocco for lunch!! Here are a few shots I took along the way...  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com MOROCCO PAVILLION SPICE ROAD TABLE FOR LUNCH  (c)travelincousins.com  (credit: Vegan Disney World)  Naan Spreads - hummus, chermoula, marinated olives & za'atar (c)travelincousins.com  Spiced Chicken - ras el hanout and za'atar yogurt (c)giannamichele  Pomegranate-chili Crispy Cauliflower (c)travelincousins.com  House-made Hummus Fries - citrus chipotle and preserved lemon (c)travelincousins.com  Not one morsel was left!!! (c)travelincousins.com  (c)traveincousins.com FRANCE PAVILLION  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com Th temperature was really oppressive - heat index made it feel like 105 degrees, so after lunch and walking through France, we decided to hightail it back to the hotel for a few hours and then head back in the evening for more walking, shopping and eating.  Refreshed and ready to venture back to EPCOT (c)traveincousins.com  View from our hotel across the water (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  Arriving back to EPCOT (c)travelincousins.com UK PAVILLION  (c)travelincousins.com  A much needed cool beverage (c)travelincousins.com JAPAN PAVILLION  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)travelincousins.com  Curry Chicken Cutlet from Katsura Grill in Japan (c)travelincousins.com Gianna grabbed a quick bite in Japan. Kelsey and I were both so hot that we couldn't eat. ITALY PAVILLION  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)giannamichele  (c)travelincousins.com  (c)giannamichele Beautiful shot taken by Gianna. We ended our day with the fireworks show. It was a long and lovely day. Could have been a bit cooler but we had a blast!!! Tomorrow we are headed to Animal Kingdom Lodge for a delicious Indian lunch. Then dinner at night with family friends Joan & Gerry and their family at Disney Springs! Till next time, -Travelin' Elisa |
