We woke up around 8 ish to get ready to head to Epcot. We were more excited about Kelson’s reaction to everything, more than anything. We had to go meet Cousin Patty each morning at the parks, to get our “hookup” then head to whatever park we wanted. That day we were staying at Epcot, so it was nice and easy to get in. Kelson is a huge Finding Nemo fan, so we knew that she would enjoy that attraction. First off, we went to visit the Mickey and friends characters. Last year- this was Kelson’s fav thing we did. Since we had just seen them the night before at the dinner, she was excited, but not as much as the year before. By the time we were done, she didn’t want to leave. We headed to the Nemo ride (as I knew she would be happy and forget about the characters). She saw the sculptures and was hooked. She had a lot of fun playing/riding on them and getting pics. The “mine, mine” birds were talking away... she seemed to enjoy the ride and there really wasn’t that long of a wait. The park seemed rather empty, but it was sooo freaking hot. I thought the weather being in September that we would be ok, but it was still so humid and no wind. We were taking lots of breaks. Lucy had her scooter so that helped us get to the front of the lines a little better. Having such a big group was challenging- we wanted everyone to try and do the same things, but someone would have to go to the bathroom, another go grab a drink, change a diaper, etc... but we managed to make it work. Anyways, we got some really cute pics of the kids at the Nemo attraction and even one of Kelson in Bruce’s mouth. 
Next some of the adults went on the Soarin’ ride. It was a lot of fun- very cool ride. Bob’s first time and he seemed to really enjoy it. By that time, it was time for the Princess Luncheon.
I loved that I captured this picture of Kelson. She looks like she is having a one-on-one with Belle. This was soooo much fun and Kelson really was excited about seeing all the princesses. Corgan slept through pretty much the whole thing and toward the end, Annabelle seemed to warm up to them too. We had a great big meal, nice air condition, and got visited by each one of the princesses at our table. The kids got their autographs too. We saw Belle, Snow White, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty (who left a cute little kiss mark on Kelson’s forehead), and Cinderella. Kelson had the “Gus Gus” figure and Cinderella acknowledge that- it was cute for her to notice. The princesses were very attentative and played the role very well. We even got a free picture with several 4x6's. This seemed to be a better experience than the Chef Mickey. The rest of the day we played it by ear and let everyone ride whatever they wanted. With that big of a group (me, Jason, Kelson, Bob, Lucy, Mom, Dad, Keri, Keith, Belle, and Corgan) it was hard to get a lot accomplished. We went on the fast track ride a few times and Belle really seemed to like that one. Bob and Jason rode the “Mission to Mars”- I skipped that one- but they seemed to like it. We had some ice cream to cool off and went to see “Figment”... it’s so different than I remember as a kid. There are lots of cool things for the kids to do after the ride and I think we all enjoyed that one. That pretty much was the end of that day- we were all pretty worn out from such a hot and busy day. We went back to the hotel, watched the fireworks from our room, had some dinner, and went to bed. We had another big day ahead of us!! Poor Kelson had a runny nose, slight fever, and several nasty diapers that night- she wasn’t feeling that great :( Pictures from Epcot
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