It wasn't a big queue to get in and we were soon walking up to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We decided to ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey and were prepared for quite a queue. Turns out we only had to wait about 20 minutes, which is a massive difference from the last time we came when the ride was very new and we queued for an hour! For me, the ride was only slightly less rubbish than last time we rode it. There's lots of jolting about and spinning around and so on. There are a few models of dragons and dementors dotted about, which are all quite fun, but I still feel slightly sick getting off the ride.
Whilst I check my breakfast is still in the right place, Mrs B quickly hops on to Flight of the Hippogriff mainly so she can check progress on the new area of Harry Potter that is currently under construction. You get a good view from this ride. I buy Master B a pumpkin juice, which he wants desperately, and drinks about two sips of before deciding he doesn't like it. We kept the lid as a souvenir and ditched the rest of it. It's quite spicy - I'm not a big fan of it either.
To my surprise, Master B wants to go to Seuss Landing. I thought he might want to skip that this time round, but we are soon riding high above the ground on the Seuss Trolley Train Ride. It's a good bit of fun, with a nice Seuss-esque commentary and bits from the books to look out for. Master B also wants to go on One Fish, Two Fish which is a merry-go-round where you get squirted with water. It's a bit cooler today but we reluctantly agree. We get soaked!
We decide we are a bit hungry and thirsty (and wet) and so head to the Croissant Moon Cafe (which isn't marked on the map, but is near the Port of Entry). It's a bakery like the Boulangerie in the Studios park, and we chose pastries and drinks and feel refreshed (and slightly drier).
Master B wants to ride Spiderman so we head that way. I watch the super hero parade whilst Mrs and Master duck into the ride. As soon as the parade is over (about 2 minutes later) the wait time goes up from 10 minutes to 30 minutes as everyone does the same after the parade!. I drink my coffee and people watch and then when Master B emerges we just about manage to bag a photo with Captain America before he leaves.
We head over to Harry Potter to go to the sweet shop (Honeydukes) to get more goodies before we depart the park.
We get back to the hotel and have a rest before deciding to head out to...
Epcot
...where Mrs B and I want to use up some snack credits at the Food & Wine Festival stalls and so get some more stamps in our festival passports! I start in Argentina where I have a delicious beef skewer, then move to Germany for Schinkennudeln (a pasta gratin) and Apple Strudel before finishing in Florida with a beef slider (a mini burger). All washed down with water, because I'm driving. Mrs B samples dishes in Australia, Italy and Scotland. She washed this down with a little Sam Adams Cherry Wheat beeer from USA. We enjoyed everything we ate. Master B had a sandwich before he left, but was happy enough trailing round after us knowing that if he was good, he'd get a chocolate frog I had bought him from Honeydukes.
We also rode the little boats that go from Mexico to Germany and Morocco to Canada. This saved a little walking as the sun was out again and it was pretty hot (about 83 F).
On the way out of the park, we stopped at House of Mouse to buy a couple of T-Shirts and rode Spaceship Earth because it had no lines and is a favourite of ours.
Then it was the usual eat, watch Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune and think about bed.
Another slow paced day. With the two weeks out here, we can afford to move a little slower and I think we learnt the lessons of the first few days where we burnt ourselves out!
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