Playing with the fire truck in Innoventions at Epcot
Month: September 2014
Fish, fish, fish…
“Fish, fish, fish…”
The Seas
Harry loved watching the fishes in the Seas pavilion. He did not like Turtle talk with Crush.
Magic Kingdom Electrical Parade
Magic Kingdom Electrical Parade. Harry was waving at all the floats.
Wilderness Explorers Club House
Mickey Stickers
They gave him Mickey stickers at the entrance to Magic Kingdom.
Harry enjoying his banana fritters
Hi Grandpa and Grandma
Mahi Mahi and Berbere beef
Seared mahi mahi (white fish) from Singapore and Berbere style beef tenderloin tips from Africa – Epcot Food and Wine Festival
Polish Food
Sampling some of the Polish food at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival! Top: sauerkraut pierogi with pork goulash. Bottom: kielbasa and potato pierogi (the winner).
Forgot to take pictures but we also tried the shrimp taco, rib eye taco, and sweet corn cheesecake at the Mexico pavilion. All of which were delicious.
1. Winnie the Pooh (no surprise there)
2. Ariel’s Undersea Adventure (he loved the singing fish)
3. It’s a Small World (now whenever we walk past he cranes his neck to look at it)
Up
Yesterday we met Dug the dog and Russell the little boy from the movie Up. Since this is not one of the most popular character greetings, we didn’t have to wait long in line and we could watch the other people in front of us meeting the pair. When we got to the front I lifted Harry out of his stroller and told him it was our turn next. He took one look at Dug and Russell, put his hands up to his face and exclaimed, “Oh my!” It was so priceless, I wish we would have captured it on camera.
Russell gave me and Harry a big hug and then Dug put out his paw to shake our hands. Harry was quite happy to see them both and probably would have loved to stay with them longer, but we had to let the next people have their turn. He happily followed my encouragement to wave bye-bye and then as we walked away he blew them a kiss.
Dinner at California Grill
Inside the California Grill, first in the waiting lounge and then at our table. What a beautiful view! The boy did wake up eventually when a noisy little princess at the table beside us neglected to use her inside voice. It was a good thing though because he wouldn’t have wanted to miss sampling the delicious food, especially dessert! Great friendly service too, by the way. Our waiter was from Morocco I saw on his name badge.
Napping before dinner
After watching the Festival of Fantasy parade and the Dapper Dans, we walked to the Contemporary resort where Harry promptly fell asleep. We killed time by walking around the lovely cool, quiet halls until it was time for our dinner reservation at the California Grill.
The food at California Grill
I had the bison tenderloin with baby brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes. Leanne had the Alaskan halibut with parsnip “silk” (puree) and both yellow and red beets. For dessert I had the sundae sampler (caramel sundae, root beer float and banana split) and Leanne had the warm homemade banana fritters with caramel, chocolate, and peanut butter dips. Harry loved the fritters. They were kind of like relief sale tea balls but banana flavoured. Overall the food was great but the portions were small and the price was crazy expensive.
View from California Grill
The view from the California Grill
Private dinner with Mickey
Leanne and Harry ditch me a lot so now I have someone to hangout with.
Inside California Grill
Inside the California Grill. $150 for two of us. Little Harry was sound asleep when we checked in so they let us bring him to the table in his stroller. It was a great break.
Mime from Tangled
Harry got us a lot of attention from the parade characters.
Giraffe
On the African Safari ride in Animal Kingdom. Harry loved seeing all the animals. That giraffe actually bumped its head on our truck.