Ryan’s 40th Birthday Extravaganza November 13th-20th, 2019: Day 3

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    Friday November 15th:
    7:30am alarm. Pastries in room. About a 2 minute wait for Sky Liner in light sprinkles. On the app it said the next bus to Epcot was 10 minutes away and no telling how long the line was. Quick transfer at CB Resort. Total trip was approximately 20 min. Lines were short at security. We met Britt and Paige in France by 9:15am. This was their first real trip to WDW! Sat with them while they ate their breakfast. Ryan and I were super tired from our late night at the party. Once they were done we went to Test Track for all of us to use our FP’s before 10am. Ryan and I then rode our Mission Space Green FP at 10:40am. Standby was 25 for green and 45 for orange. We saw the Epcot Experience and it was amazing! The way they designed that room was just awesome! Saw Stephen in there for a quick hug and quick chat! Met back up with Paige and Britt by Mexico and rode 3 Caballeros together. We strolled the countries. P and B hadn’t realized all that the countries offered so we showed them the shops and such. Ryan and I had lunch reservations at Via Napoli. We enjoyed chicken parm and pizza! After enjoying our delicious lunch I grabbed a latte at Joffrey’s and we met back up with P&B. We road Soarin with a standby of 45min. We then rode Nemo and checked out all the tanks. Then SSE. We then walked the Epcot resorts and checked out their Christmas displays and Gingerbread displays. The Carousel was Peter Pan themed this year! We made our way to the Sky Liner and went to HS. It was getting cold and windy. Ryan and I didn’t have warm enough clothes. We opted to get back on the Sky Liner to go put on jeans and grab jackets. B&P stayed at HS and bought Sweatshirts so they could stay and explore. It only took us 30 minutes round trip, including time to change our clothes! Super convenient! We met back up with B&P and toured Galaxy’s Edge! So cool at night! We rode Smugglers with a 45 min wait. Ryan and I were engineers, B&P were gunners! Our group did well this time! We had dinner at Docking Bay 7. Ribs and fried chicken, so yum! We took pics in GE. Then watched Jingle Bell Jingle Bam at 9pm. It’s a cute show. We let the crowds thin a little and walked the shops. B&P were staying at FQ and went to catch their bus. Ryan and I took the Sky Liner but there was a line, but we were on within 10 minutes and total time from when we got in line until we were dropped off at Pop was 21 minutes. We were back in our room at 9:45pm. Stretched out and watched tv. Lights out at 11:30pm.
    Miles logged 12.7

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    Epcot

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    Giant squishy hugs with my little bro @sej101

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    Epcot


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    Epcot resorts!

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    Epcot Resorts

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    HS

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    First WDW trip for them?!? No way!!! That makes this trip extra special!!! There’s nothing quite like exposing friends to the magic for the first time!!!! :heart:
    Oh my gosh, the Epcot Experience was so cool!!!!! I loved it so much!!!! I could spend hours in there switching between the screen and the model in the center!!!!
    It was so cool to see you again!!!! Our chat was way too short!!!!! LOL And it was great passing you in Mexico and stalking you in Japan! LOL :stitch:
    30 minute change, not bad!!!! I love how fast the Skyliner is!!!! And boy did it get chilly that night!!!! :snow:
    Love the WS pics with Paige!!! Those are great!!!! :heart: And I’m right afterwards!!! :stitch: I like these pics of us better than mine! They look more natural and better lit. :heart:
    Nice hat, Ryan!!!! LOL :up: :epcot:
    Love the pic in front of Imagination! It’s rather fitting! LOL :up: :imagination:
    Those gingerbread/train displays are so cool!!! I’m so glad you got to see them!!! I especially love how there’s a separate Captain Hook horse! LOL :heart: :gingerbread:
    Those pics of the Falcon with the rocks in the background came out really good!!!! :heart: :chewy: And hi Hondo!!!!! :wave: LOL

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    @sej101 Yep! It was their first real trip to WDW! They went once several years ago and literally walked around Epcot, didn’t ride anything and just grabbed a meal. They didn’t know you could go into the countries or that they had things inside them! I think they hopped to/from another park and did the same. Just a quick lap around and grabbed a bite to eat. Didn’t ride anything! They lived in CA and went to Disneyland a lot. But they fell in love with WDW and booked their next trip while they were still there and decided to become AP’s! The Epcot Experience is amazing! I had to watch it a few different times to take it all in! I loved our quick chat and hug! It was way too short but at least the timing was perfect! I’m glad you liked my pics better! They really did turn out well! I was shocked it was only a total of 30 minutes to leave HS, get to Pop, change and arrive back at HS! There’s no way we would have been lucky with bus timing to get there and back so quickly!

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    What?!?! That’s insane!!! It’s not Disney without at least one ride!!!! :surprised: I’m so glad they tried WDW again and are hooked!!!! :heart: I hope I can go back and see it again soon!!!! I need to watch the model more, I’ve spent most of the time watching the screen. I was so glad to at least see you!!!! It’s a good thing we had January to make up for the shortness! LOL It would have taken waaaaay longer with the buses!!!

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    Right?! I could be mistaken but I really don’t think they rode a ride. If they did it was just one or two. But that’s it! It’s cool to see the model projections changing! Good thing we had January to make up for it! Yep, waaaaay longer is my guess!


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