My roomies and I had the best day yesterday! Stefani, Brittany, and I got up early and went to Epcot

My roomies and I had the best day yesterday!

Stefani, Brittany, and I got up early and went to Epcot for park opening. We were going to go straight to Soarin’, but we decided to stop by and say hi to Mickey, Goofy, and Minnie. The character attendant told Mickey we were cast members and we asked him if we could get a raise…he laughed at us, so I guess that’s a no. Then Goofy danced with all of us and was so fun! Minnie was super cute and taught us all how to pose.

So then we went over to Soarin’ and we only had to wait about five minutes, which is incredible! Plus, we got to sit in the front row! 

We headed over to The Seas and we were there for at least two hours. We did everything- rode Nemo, Turtle Talk, and saw all of the exhibits. They have two manatees there- Lil’ Joe and Lou. Lil’ Joe is actually the bigger one, and Lou is missing his tail from a boating accident. Both of them are rescues. 

While we were watching the stingrays, the best thing happened! They were working on training and teaching them to swim up a ramp they built underwater and some of them were being so funny. So Stefani and I started doing voices for them. So like one of them wash’t really sure what to do so she was saying “I’ll just go this way…no, no, I’ll go this way…you know what, I’m just not doing it” and another one was just sitting waiting for food and didn’t move and she was like “okay. I’m here. Feed me. Continue with the food”. And a woman standing next to us told us that we were so funny. Turns out, she’s the head animal trainer there! She was talking to us about all the animals and their names and personalities and told us we should do a professional internship. Then she offered to give us a little backstage tour! Of course we said yes. It was amazing and so fun!

Fun fact: all of the stingrays are girls. The biggest one is named Luna, and she doesn’t realize how big she is. Most of the others leave her alone because of her size, but she doesn’t mess with them and if one tried to mess with her, she would probably swim away. Then there’s a little one named Chica, who is so sassy! When they first started training her she would just sit right on top of their heads. 

After we were done exploring The Seas, we randomly decided to see if we could get reservations at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, which is character dining with the princesses. Somehow we got lucky and there was a spot open! It’s a really popular restaurant, so I’m not sure how we got in. We got to meet Belle, Ariel, Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora. Plus, the food was delicious and all of our tummies were so happy.

We walked around the World Showcase then went over to Innoventions where we did Sum of All Thrills, Habit Heroes, and basically everything else in there. 

We stayed until an hour before park closing and all agreed that it was the most amazing day.

Now Stefani just got a call asking if she would like the day off work because they were overstaffed today, so she’s super excited. The rest of today will consist of laundry, grocery shopping, and relaxing.