Sunday

By the time Sunday arrived, I think we were all a little tired. The plan for the day was to spend half the day at Epcot an the other half at Hollywood Studios. Since we were moving slow, we got a late start on the day.

I was leary all along about Epcot because I remember it not being really a place for little kids, but we had heard that all the Princesses were there and that Tinkerbell was also there. (Tinkerbell is a must at our house!) We had also heard that the Finding Nemo ride was great for little kids and since Addison like that movie, we thought "why not?" We were also there during the Flower and Garden Show - which turned out pretty cool as all the bushes were shaped like any number of all the characters.

Once inside the gates, Daisy Duck was there almost immediatly to greet guests. Since Addison had been hesitant about meeting the characters in the previous days, we asked her if she wanted to meet Daisy. She did. And she did GREAT - although Daddy still had to go with her.

And since we were there to meet Tinkerbell, Addison HAD to wear her Tinkerbell dress, even though it was really hot that day...

After a quick lunch, we headed over to the Finding Nemo exhibit. Somehow we got really lucky and the line was really short. Thinking she would love this based on her reaction to what she had seen walking in we loaded up into the moving clam - or tram and away we went. However, it didn't go well. It was dark and a couple of the characters - the sharks and the fish with the light that dangles from his head - came up out of nowhere and scared her to death. "I want to go home! I want to go home!" Not at all the reaction we thought we would get out of her. From that point on the ride for her was ruined - although, I admit it is really cute.

To recover from that expierence we spent sometime in the aquarium attached to the ride and she seemed to be ok by the time we left to move on. But boy, were we wrong! Meltdown after meltdown after meltdown! Even ice cream didn't help this child and that ALWAYS helps. We put her in the stroller determined to get her to take a short nap because it was obvious that these meltdowns were due to exhaustion! But again, no such luck.

By the time we got over to the country exhibitions, she had calmed down a lot. When we saw that "Belle" would be appearing shortly, she perked up. Which is still funny to me because she doesn't really like Beauty and the Beast. We waited in line and Addie started to get really excited. When it was her turn to meet Belle she walked right up to her like they were long lost friends AND WITHOUT daddy this time. Belle will always be one of my fondest memories of this trip! Because not only was Addison totally comfortable with her, the two of them were telling secrets - too precious for words!

Next we stood in line for Princess Jasmine and Aladdin. But when it was her turn to meet them, she walked away.

Snow White was next. Again she marched right up to Snow White like they were pals, however, there were no secrets shared this time. And she didn't stay as long with Snow White as she had with Belle. One of the things that I will always remember about meeting Snow White with her was the man in line in front of us. Grown man, in his 40's at least and seemed perfectly normal. At first we thought he was holding a spot in line for his wife and kids, but nope! He was there for an autograph and picture - can we say CREEPY???

After meeting Snow White, it was pretty late in the day and we decided to call it quits and just go back to the hotel. Since the jet was broken, we had all ready decided that Addie and I would stay an extra day to get our fourth day in. We could always hit Hollywood Studios on Monday. And it was clear Addison had had enough, but we still hadn't met Tinkerbell. Since she was out by the front gate we decided we would press our luck and try to get her up to see Tinkerbell - since that is what we were at Epcot for afterall. When we got to Tinkerbell's line, they had it closed and she was just finishing up. She wasn't going to be back for TWO hours. No way were we going to press our luck that far!

Getting back to our car we loaded up - Addison was asleep practically before we were out of the parking spot. Based on that we decided to head over to Downtown Disney for dinner and to go into the Mr. Potato Head store. Lucky for us, Addison slept all the way over to DDD, all the way through it and the whole time we stood in line to get a table at the Rainforest Cafe - at least an hour and a half. With her batteries re-charged, she ate like a truck driver and was rearing to go!

The Mr. Potato Head store was awesome and again Addison made out like a bandit. Even Charlie and I had a blast in there!

It was 10 in the evening before we got back to the car to head back to the hotel. So much for our "short" day, but after all the meltdowns and as exhausted as we all were, it was still a pretty good day!

Monday would be Hollywood Studios - or so we thought!