Disney Trip: Days 6-7

Our last day at Disney was spent at EPCOT. Every time I go there, I always forget what EPCOT stands for. A long time ago, one of the Disney bus drivers told me it stood for "Everyone comes out tired." He wasn't lying, so we will just go with that.

We started the day by going to Test Track. This ride features actual tests that many manufacturers use. We went through various tests such as extreme temperatures, brakes, grades and we got to speed around the track at 60 mile/hr. After Test Track, we headed over to our favorite ride in probably all of Disney "Sorin'." This ride makes you feel like you are gliding through various parts of California. It is such an easy-going ride, but the whole thing feels so real...it is a great escape.

While we were there, the Disney Flower and Garden Festival was just getting started. It runs from March 3-May 16. Throughout the park there were various characters carved out of shrubs, flowers and other natural plants.

Luke and I in front of the Minnie and Mickey flower statues.

These things reminded us of the Edward Scissorhand movie.

Next up was the World Showcase. We started at the Mexico Pavilion, ate some lunch and did some shopping. Alexis and Luke picked up a mask and decorated them at each country we visited. We love shopping at the Chinese, German and Japanese Pavilions. And rumor is they might add a new country to the line-up: Turkey.

Luke is obviously enjoying decorating his mask with Alexis :)

Having some fun in Morocco!

After going through all the countries, we headed over to the big ball, Spaceship Earth. They recently renovated the ride (some of the stuff they had in "the future" part of the ride had actually happened!) and made it more interactive. Still, a lady fell asleep in on of the pods behind Dad and Kathy. Dad was nice and woke her up as the ride was ending :)

I had found a tea set in China that I was dying to get...a good price and made in China. I can't wait to find an excuse to get it out of the box! We had dinner at the Coral Reef Restaurant, where you eat seafood right next to a giant aquarium.

Spaceship Earth

The next morning, it was time for Luke and I to head back to Phoenix. It was quite an interesting journey back to the desert: we had a 3-hr delay due to terrible weather (planes were getting hit by lightening and tornados were all over the place) and I came down with the 24-hr flu bug (thanks, Lexi ;) ). We had a great time in Disney, but it was so nice to be home!