You aint never had a friend like me- Genie
According to our times guide we had about 20 minutes to get to Morocco. We headed straight there with a quick pit stop to watch some drummers in Japan. (We would be coming back here later).
We found a bit of shade and watched the last 5 minutes of the show which was really cool! They had quite a crowd too.
Jasmine's line was pretty easy to spot as it was so long! We hopped in the back and waited for a few minutes. I thought the meet would be outside but they opened up a building and everyone crowded in. This was about a 35 minute wait. Didn't seem too bad, we had a group of cheerleaders ahead of us who kept us fairly entertained.
There were about ten of them that went right before us and after they each took a photo and a group photo they broke into song! We'd heard them talking about it and apparently they had been practicing for weeks. They were great! They even did a few choreographed dance moves to it too.
Everyone in line clapped as they made their way out the door.
Now we had to follow that. Talk about pressure! Ella asked her where Aladdin was and Jasmine told her he was outside looking for Abu as that sneaky monkey had run off. She had to keep her eye out for them and let her know if she saw them since Aladdin had promised to take her on a magic carpet ride.
We didn't really spend enough time in Morocco and that was the furthest we went in World Showcase. I will have 2 days in Epcot next time!
We headed back the way we came at this point because it was time for my mom to get her Birthday and Mother's day present. We swung back over to Japan and found the pick a pearl! I told my mom that I'd read the uglier the oyster the better the pearl would be. She had Ella help her pick one and they both stood at the front to do the oyster opening ceremony.
My mom ended up picking a beautiful 7.2 pearl and she will be picking her setting soon online so I can get it for her. She was so surprised! (Best daughter right here ladies and gentlemen!)
Ella was fascinated by this and loved the counting part so I thought what the heck I'd let her d one too, they're only about $20 with tax. Ella picked out her oyster, counted down in Japanese and voila! A pink 7.2 pearl! That I proceeded to lose somewhere after we got home. (Worst mom right here ladies and gentlemen!) However she hasn't asked about it at all so I may be in the clear but I'm still upset about it.
Ella and I decided to go outside and wait for my mom while she shopped. We watched another drum show and Ella played a bit in the rain since it started to drizzle. It only rained a little bit but it was enough to cool it down which was awesome! My mom came out about 40 min later with a lighter wallet and some Japanese dolls in tow.
Ella was getting hangry
by this point. You know the time when you're angry and hungry? She could have been Betty White in that Snickers commercial. No plans had been made for dinner but I know you can't go wrong with nachos so we started the trek back to Mexico.
We stopped to take a few pictures along the way and grab a gelato from the cart in Italy cause it's Disney and we can eat dessert before dinner right! I wish we had more time to explore here. It's my dream t go to Italy and Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast I think it's just beautiful and I'm obsessed!
While we were enjoying our treat we noticed a bridal party waiting for their dinner reservation to be called. The bride
walked over and knelt down by Ella and told her she was the prettiest princess she'd ever seen and she would love it if she could take a picture with her. Ella was ecstatic! She shoved her gelato at me and skipped over to the other side of the fountain with the bride. I was getting hungry and tired myself so I lacked in my photo taking duty and have no pictures of this meeting.
They took a few pictures together and one with all the bridesmaids and groomsmen. The bride gave her a big kiss on the cheek that left lipstick and sent her back over to me. She was so excited that the bride thought she was a real princess.
She told me after we were finishing up that she wanted to tell her goodbye.
We walked over to where they were waiting and Ella gave her a hug and stuck her autograph book and pen out and said "you're just as pretty of a princess as I am, can I have your autograph!" The bride happily took her book and signed it. Thanked us again and when Ella wasn't paying attention and skipping around she told me that she used to work in the Magic Kingdom as Cinderella (I could totally see this) and that due to school she only works the summer months now and really misses the interaction with the kids. It was a pretty special moment
So after half dragging Ella around the world the last 10 minutes of our walk we finally make it to our destination! We had the
Disney Dining plan so we decided to share some food. We got two plates of nachos, two sodas and two churros with caramel sauce at the counter service place with outdoor seating (can't remember the name off the top of my head).
This was good, I asked for extra tomatoes and they piled a heap on which was awesome! These were absolutely huge! Like a whole bag of chips in one order. We all could have eaten one. Lesson learned for next time.
Now with full bellies we had to decide what to do. We could stay for Illuminations or try and ride Test Track again and Soarin for the first time. We left it up to the littlest member of our party and rides it was!
Test Track had a 60 min wait still so we moseyed on over to Soarin. It had a wait of 30 min so we headed into The Land Pavilion. We hadn't made it here earlier and we took a few minutes to figure out where we needed to go.
The wait was definitely all of the 30 minutes and our group was called inside. I stuffed my flip flops in my bag and we were in the air in no time! This ride is so cool! It's one of my favorites now.
By this time it was about 8:30 pm and we really wanted to beat the crowd that had stayed for Illuminations out of the park so we headed to the bus stop.
We took a few night time pictures and played with the illuminated sidewalk for a few minutes and bid goodbye to Epcot. I could have spent our whole trip here. I can't wait to go back.
The ride to the hotel was pretty uneventful and when we got back to our room we found this cute little thing on our dresser!
We were all in bed asleep by 11:00 pm to get ready for a wild adventure tomorrow!