Thursday, November 12

FL trip day 6: Typhoon Lagoon and The Food and Wine Festival

With Aaron and Andrew returned home, Jillian had a brilliant idea: Let's take a day off from the main parks. Since it was going to be the warmest day of our trip -- over 90 degrees -- she suggested a water park.

Tip #10 The water parks are great

I cannot tell you how relaxing our day at Typhoon Lagoon was. We floated and bobbed in the wave pool and lazy river, snorkeled with sharks and rays, rode body slides and tube rides, and didn't worry about our hair or makeup or photos in general. I tried to keep sunscreen on, but when you're in the water all day in Florida and your skin is not used to the sun, your nose and neck get burned. It could have been worse. I'd do it again.











Tiny donuts for a late lunch
We left the park a little early (it closed at 4:30) and ran into some horrid luck. We spent about two hours on a bus trying to get back to Disney Springs and our hotel. What with wearing wet swimsuits, having forgotten towels, and the air-conditioning on the bus, we were frozen by the time we got home.

And yet, through the power of awesomeness we possess, we got cleaned up enough to be ready for the next bus to Epcot scheduled for 30 minutes later. Boom!

The plan was to eat our way through the Food and Wine Festival. We figured the small plates each wouldn't be too filling and we could share things. We were so naive. Good thing neither of us drink because even sober we exercised no self-control. Two hours later at park closing, we were stuffed and had only made it halfway through. It was a no-brainer we'd return another day.  
Foods we tried:
  • Hawaii: pork sliders
  • Wine: cheese plate
    • cheddar with honey
    • bleu with blueberries
    • goat with cranberry crackers
  • Dominican Republic: roasted pork with mango, picked red onion and avocado
  • Cheese: pana cotta
  • Canada: cheese soup and filet mignon with truffle sauce
  • France: chocolate and vanilla creme brule
  • Brazil: cheese bread



We stayed to watch The American Adventure program in the America building. I'm sad to say I slept through a lot of it. The sunny day, wonderful food, and dark theater took its toll.

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