We were up and ready in plenty of
time to walk over to Epcot this morning. They did not open the
International Gateway until 9am (normal park opening), but if you had
an early Princess Storybook breakfast they would let you in. Our
Princess breakfast reservation was not until 10:20am, so we had to
wait.
Once open, we headed for Test Track. Grabbed a Fastpass since it
was already very busy and continued on to Body Wars. The girls
waffle on this one. Sometimes they like it – sometimes not.
Today they didn’t want to do it, but we convinced them, and afterwards
they were glad they went. :-) Next we played around with
all the different hands on displays and then went in to see the Making
of Me. It was pretty cute, and well done for the kids.
Brinn enjoyed it and so did Maddy.
 When we got out, I realized that
while we were in our Fast Pass time frame for Test Track, we had waited
too long to do it before Breakfast! Oops. So we got more
fastpasses and gave our valid set to another family that was about to
get fastpasses. They were happy to get to ride immediately and we
didn’t end up wasting any fastpasses, which made me happy. They
go so fast for Test Track. By 10am the return time was already
after 12 noon.
 Off we headed for
Norway and our Breakfast with the Princesses. The line for
breakfast was CRAZY. They were way behind schedule and we ended
up waiting until close to 11 am before being seated. We ended up
seeing ALL the Princesses before our breakfast even arrived.  Today it was Jasmine
(Brinn’s favorite), Snow White, Aurora, Mulan and Belle. They
were all great today, and made of the girl’s princess pins and really
liked the head scarves that Alicia had given them (They really wanted
to wear these today, they really like them) :-) We also have
older Autograph books from a couple years ago, and one has Mulan on the
cover. THAT was a big hit! :-) Mulan was VERY pleased
and said that she had only ever seen it three times! Last was
Belle, and she was very nice as well. She remembered the girls
from previous trips and even invited them to visit her and Beast in
France later in the day. They had a brand new library. ;-)
After Belle our breakfast arrived and it was pretty good today.
Everything was hot and we all enjoyed it. It was after the 11:30
opening time before we were done so they were all set up and starting
to serve lunch already. We headed over to Mexico to meet Cheri
and her family. Cheri saw us right away, and called out to
Kristen – who forgot we were here for a meet! :-) She had no idea
who was calling her! :-)
 We talked to Cheri for a bit until
her husband, Ken, and the kids returned from the Mexico boat
ride. It was great to meet everyone and we chatted for a while
and then asked someone to take our picture for us. She did a
great job, and we got a good shot of everyone together. It was
time to say goodbye, so we went our separate ways.
 We looked around Mexico for a bit
and took the boat ride. Then we headed back to Test Track to ride
using our Fast Passes. Even with Fast Pass it took about 20
minutes. They had a 10 minute shutdown and there were lots of
people already in the Fast Pass line. I can’t imagine how long
the normal standby line was taking! It was fun and the girls
really loved it this time. (Last time Brinn was a bit
scared) Maddy was giggling the whole way through – especially at
the end when it goes fast.
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Today is also a pool
day so we decided to stop by France to see Belle and Beast and then
head back. We also got to see Esmerelda in France, and the girls
had not seen her before. Then it was only a 5 minute wait until
Belle and Beast returned from a break (great timing!). They were
a little bit late, but it was worth it to see them together.
Belle remembered the girls immediately, and they had a nice little
chat. 
We took the opportunity to have a
nap and then we could go over and see Illuminations. I called and
got a late dinner reservation (7:50 was the earliest available) at Cape
May Cafe for the nightly clam bake. After waking up and getting
ready we did some shopping in the resort store and then headed to check
in at the restaurant. I was hoping they could get us in earlier –
and they did. We were seated by 7:20. The buffet was very
good this year – we really enjoyed it. They have added a Prime
Rib carving station which Kristen really liked, and the Clam Chowder
was a big hit with Brinn, Maddy and me. I liked everything I
tried and the desserts were VERY good as well. We left a bit too
full, so a walk around world showcase would do us good. We headed
straight for Germany since Kristen needed to get a gift there, and I
like the Illuminations view. The girls and I grabbed a spot to
see from while Kristen hit the store. Illuminations was wonderful
as always, and we had a great view. We took our time walking back
and just enjoyed Epcot at night. I love walking by all the
countries in the dark, and after the crowds thinned a bit it was very
enjoyable.