Epcot Center

We spent one full day at Epcot Center.  It was 85 degrees and pure sun so we found several ways to stay cool including Chinese umbrellas, beautiful water fountains, ice cream, German beer, Mexican margaritas, and indoor rides with plenty of air conditioning!  My favorite ride of the entire week was here - Soarin.  It was equivalent to going hang gliding across the country.  It was awesome and if the line wasn't so long, I would have rode it again and again!  It was definitely a good ride to use our fast pass for.  Russell's favorite ride was also at Epcot - Mission Space.  This was exactly as it sounds.  You are in a team of four traveling to outer space.  Each person has a title (Russell enjoyed being Commander) and job to perform.  Aron and Russell rode this ride two times, but Sloane and I chose to pass on the 2nd turn.  We did not like feeling dizzy upon exiting the ride.  We all enjoyed touring the 11 countries, especially Norway where we rode a viking ship and Sloane met almost every princess while eating at Akershus and even saw Queen Elsa and Princess Anna (from Frozen) up close while they walked to their meet and greet location.  Life doesn't get much better than this!

Sloane used powerful persuasion in order to get this Chinese umbrella.  It definitely came in handy on this hot sunny day.

Meeting Belle at Akershus for lunch.  She also met Snow White, Ariel, Aurora, and Cinderella.

Family photo while touring the countries.

In front of Japan.

Lady and the Tramp in Italy

Ice cream for the kids, beer for dad, and margaritas for mom.

We ate Mexican for dinner and Sloane cooled off by a water fountain.

Sloane and I headed back to the resort for an evening swim while Russell and Aron stayed on to enjoy Mission Space one more time.