It’s another friend filled day - Part 1
 

Finally we were able to sleep in until 8am. 

We rolled out of bed, took showers and then grabbed our mugs and headed out to the food court for breakfast. 

Tom decided to have another 

Cinnamon Roll, while I tried a 

Cherry Danish and we shared a 

Pineapple Cup. And while Tom went to get some hot beverages I took photos of our food and then noticed someone out of the corner of my eye. 

The Cast Member who had rung up our bill the last few days had been “promoted” to wipe the tables. 

Don’t be fooled, she took some time to do that as well. 

When Tom came back we enjoyed our breakfast and after about 20 minutes we were on our way back to our room. We were in no hurry and took our sweet time before we walked out the door and down to the car. 

We wanted to check out Disney Springs, or rather the Marketplace and World of Disney. 

Pop Century is pretty close to Disney Springs, so within a few minutes we had reached the parking garages and headed for the lime garage. Car parked we walked over to the World of Disney and took a good look around, checking out many of their new merchandise. 

There were so many new and fun things to discover, we had a blast looking around and finding new things. 

We took our sweet time to slowly make our way over to the Christmas Shop, picking up a souvenir or two. 

n one of the shops we found a tea infuser shaped like a hedgehog and we had to buy it for our housesitter, who was also in charge of feeding the hedgehog family that lives in our garden. 

t was already quarter to one when we finally made it to our lunch destination, Wolfgang Puck’s Express. 

There weren’t too many people in the restaurant and it didn’t take long and we had ordered our food and drinks and asked for a cup of ice-water. Tom filled the cups and we were on our way to look for a table. And before we knew it, a server came by and delivered our drinks, a glass of 

Wolfgang Puck’s Chardonnay and a glass of 

Budweiser for Tom and some cutlery. A quick photo of our drinks and before we knew it our entrees were served. Tom had ordered the 

Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf, served with Mashed Potatoes, Crispy Onion Strings and Portwine Sauce. My choice had been the 

Oven Roasted Salmon, served on Cauliflower Puree, accompanied by marinated Tomatoes and Broccolini. Both were delicious and we enjoyed our lunch very much. 

It had taken us about 45 minutes to have our lunch and once we were done, we headed right back to the parking garage and our car. And within a few minutes we had made it back to our room. 

We had not been back for long when we got messages from Michelle and Pamela, stating that they were both on their way to Epcot. 

They come from different towns and both take about an hour to get to Disney. So that meant that Tom and I had about half an hour to rest. 

We chilled for a while, then freshened up and got our things together, before we headed down to the car again. Our room was only an elevator ride and about a 30 seconds walk from the parking lot, so we made it there in no time.

Got in and off we went to Epcot. 

It’s only a 10 minute drive and soon we scanned our Magicband at the entrance to the parking lot. 

We were assigned a spot towards the end of a row, which was no fun, but we were late already, so we parked, grabbed our stuff out of the boot and headed towards where we thought the tram would pick us up. 

Only, there was no tram, we were instead directed to walk towards the park entrance. 

Yikes! 

So we tracked down all the way, then on to the left and back to the right and off to bag check. 

And finally we scanned our bands and walked into the park. 

We can’t have made more than 10 steps when I got a text from Pamela that she had just parked her car.  Michelle and her family were already in the park and on their way to Test Track, so we decided to wait for Pamela and since there was a Photopass photographer we got in line and had some photos taken.

 We kept texting back and forth with Pamela and waited right inside the park gates 

and then finally she went through the turnstiles and we hurried towards each other and hugged and were so happy to be together again, and much sooner than we had thought. We stood and chatted for a few minutes and then made our way over to Test Track to meet up with Michelle, Angelina and Vito.