Hey All, haven't had a chance to see any of the Slackers videos the last couple of days...but reading the recaps I see nothing has changed.
We had a concert Sunday night to see Ben Folds in Charlotte, and then that night we drove down to Disney. We ended up getting to our hotel around like 6AM. Had Epcot plans, we were exhausted so we really didn't do that much to be honest. I got to admit they (CMs) did an absolutely horrific job managing the queue for Test Track during the early "opening" period. They kept the queue in a straight line utilizing no switch backs so the line poured so far back into Future World, and at 9:30 it was already showing a 45 minute wait. We ended up hopping in the single rider line and we were on the ride within 5 minutes. We snagged a Remy boarding group, and were called pretty much at 10AM, we were on and off pretty quickly. We tried the sit down crepe place and split the prix fixe menu deal. We got the Potato Leek Soup, the Savoyarde Galette and the Pomme Crepe. Everything was really good, the only downside with the Savoyarde Crepe was the corners were a bit little over done but other than that for 33 bucks it was a ton of food at a great price. We did a little shopping at the Creations Shop and went back to the hotel to get some sleep because by this point we were up for well over 24 hours.
After our nap I was able to snag us a same day reservation at Sci-Fi for Dinner. We took the Skyliner from the Pop to the Studios and just took in the atmosphere and what not. We rode Star Tours twice because it was a walk on, got brand new scene both times were rode which is always a pleasant surprise. We had a good dinner at Sci-Fi I don't know if it was because we were starving but holy crap their fries were the best fries we've had in ages. So crisp and creamy on the inside and seasoned perfectly. The service was a little iffy because it seemed our server was spending more time with bigger parties and we were on the back burner. By this point there was a hour before park close so we hopped into the Rise line that said 90 minutes. We were in the first pre-show in about 30 minutes.
I will say it's absolutely pathetic mask compliance, with a queue like Rise you go MANY MANY MANY rooms before you will encounter a CM. Once you are inside a building mask up, that's the rule, so many people going through the caverns not wearing their masks. It was 60 some odd degrees yesterday, and you're inside in the AC, there's no reason why you can't keep the mask on. The lady next to my fiance in our ride vehicle kept taking her mask off. There was a dude who looked like a Great Value Old School Version of "Red Neck" Tim in the queue ahead of us wearing a Liberalism is a Disease shirt who didn't wear a mask the entire queue.
Today we started again at Epcot, we were able to get one of the electric charging spots so that was pretty nice. We rope dropped the entire Land Pavilion, did some pin shopping, and starting knocking out the F&W Booths. Pretty much did everything we wanted to by about 2PM headed back to the hotel for a nap, and now we are getting ready to head to the MK for a few hours, then we have dinner reservations at Steakhouse 71.
Haven't spotted any vloggers yet, but I did see a guy in the lobby here who looks exactly like someone I work with, I need to check my work email and see if he has his out of office on as well because it could've easily been his twin.
I will say F&W wise, the Pork Rinds and Pimento Cheese dip option is a stupid good deal, the amount of Pimento Cheese you get would be like $8 itself at the food store.