EPCOT on 4th of July

Our first day at Disney was a raging success. I will summarize the day and share some of my favorite pics with you.
WARNING - WE ARE DRESSED LIKE TOURISTS. WE ARE NOT HIP. WE ARE SERIOUSLY ONE STEP AWAY FROM A FANNIE PACK. YOU CAN MAKE FUN OF US. IT'S OKAY.

Arrived around 10ish.
HOT.
Dripping in sweat by 10:15.
Rode Mission Space though warned repeatedly it would make me sick. This is a space simulator (not to be confused with the space stimulator which I called it earlier in the day...embarrassing) Thankfully they added a non-spinning level to this ride and I brought along Brian, my mom, and HALEY! Here's a pic before the ride.

Haley loved it so much she wanted to go again...so we rode it later with Papa Don too!

After Mission Space - we went to the Mexican pavilion where we rode the ride and had a tasty Mexican lunch, which included Margaritas...because when in Rome...or Mexico... Here's a pic of me & Lex on the ride.


After Mexico, we went back to ride the TEST TRACK which is a car ride that pretends you are crash-test dummies and takes you on road tests. Haley road this with us as well and the end of the ride takes the car to 65mph...going sideways on a wall. THIS WAS MY FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE DAY...to hear Haley laugh at the top of her lungs...truly a moment I will never forget.

P.S. IT WAS HOT.

We then made our way over to the American Pavilion. Cooled off with Snow Cones & ICe Cream...delicious. Went in to see the very patriotic American show inside the pavilion. We had great seats, it was so nice and air conditioned, and the girls were sitting so sweetly. THEN...in the middle of the show, the unthinkable happened. It just completely stopped working. All the little animatronic presidents and everything. No sound. No nothing. The lady's microphone didn't work so she had to yell at everybody to leave. Many protested and stayed in their seats. She yelled again. So we all got up and left. This really messed with Lexi who spent the ENTIRE rest of the day asking about the show. "Show broke?" "Go fix it?" "Figure it out?"
So we are back in the heat. Feeling only half patriotic since we only saw half the show...but we took a family pic.

Is it STILL hot.
Both of my girls crashed hard.


Emily just wanted to party!

The sun is beginning to set and it has finally cooled down. Not SO hot.

We made our way through the rest of the park. Enjoyed some dinner in Japan. Then went to Norway (my favorite of course) before we watched the fireworks. The fireworks were just insane. I'm not a huge firework fan...but they ended the night with the Battle Hymn of the Republic and there were 17 seconds of the most fireworks I could ever imagine being together in one place at one time....it was amazin. Everyone was screaming. It was a fantastic way to end the evening!

Happy 4th everyone! Hope you had a wonderful celebration yourself!