...and baby makes FOUR!: Disney World! Day Three ... Epcot

We ventured over to Epcot for our third and final day at the Disney World parks. We had 10:30am reservations at the Akershus Princess Storybook Breakfast located in the Norway pavilion. Epcot was really cool to visit and there was a lot that we didn't have time for - I'm not sure if every Disney park is gigantic or if we just couldn't make it to everything because of a certain crazy two year old. The Akershus Princess Storybook Breakfast was wonderful - the setting was made to look like a stone cottage and the decor inside was very medieval castle, in a "princess" sort of way. Right as we walked in, Princess Belle was waiting to greet us and take pictures ... Jennifer was so excited and Scott didn't hesitate to jump in for a pic with the princess either. Zach, again, couldn't have cared less and didn't really want anything to do with Belle. After the photos and hugs, we were seated and not long after we visited the buffet the princesses began making rounds and visiting every table ... It was so great they way the take time to visit and personally chat with all the kids at the table, and they're always ready to pose for pictures. Jennifer got to meet Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel and Snow White over the course of our breakfast. As breakfast is coming to an end, the princesses invite all the kids to join them in a parade around the "castle" (restaurant) ... Cinderella happened to be near our table when they made the announcement so she took Jennifer's hand for the parade and Jennifer got to walk with her! It was really well done, and the food was great.
Zach fell asleep not long after breakfast so we opted to stay at the park and just carry him around rather than head back to the room for a nap time break. Jennifer got to meet Mulan in China, got her face painted in Africa, had gelato in Italy, and tried a cool peach soda in Japan. We got about half way around and then decided to take the ferry boat back to the front of the park to ride some of the rides. We rode The Seas with Nemo and Friends and did Turtle Talk with Crush. Both were great! There are a lot of exploration/play areas for kids, I felt like we could have easily done two days at Epoct as well because of all of the hands on areas for the kiddos. After a couple rides we decided to jet through Canada over to the UK and had dinner at an English pub. It was wonderful! Then we went back to ride Soarin' and it was probably one of the best rides ... Jennifer got to go twice and really loved it! Whenever anyone asks what her favorite ride was she always answers with "Soarin!" Phil, Scott and I got to see CaptainEO, which was just as amazing as I remember from when I was six!
We all had a really great time visiting Epcot and we were sad to see our vacation come to an end! We did have one last character breakfast scheduled at our resort before heading back to NC, which was nice to get to look forward to something on the day that we had to check out.