Dude, Is This Crush?

Yet another perfect day at Disney. Because it was Mardi Gras, I donned all my Mardi Gras beads from our New Orleans trip from years ago. This is one of the things that I love about Disney. You can wear multi-strands of cheap beads and no one thinks a thing of it, except to smile or give a thumbs up.

In the morning, we took a bike ride through the campgrounds. We stopped at Trail's End for the breakfast buffet. On our return, I called Disney tours and set up a Behind The Scenes: Steam Train Tour for Mel. Since I got to go to Kennedy Space Center, I thought it'd only be fair for Mel to have a special day. So Thursday morning, he is off on a new adventure.

Then, I called Fort Wilderness front desk to see if we could extend our stay to Friday, March 10th. They were able to extend us to Monday, March 6th. So, we drove over to the campground office to re-check in until Monday.

Then, it was off to EPCOT. We went straight to Soarin', only to find out that there was an 80 minutes wait. I guess Spring Break has begun. Undeterred, we headed to The Sea, where I finally got a shot of the elusive sea turtle. Now I am a happy camper. For reasons that I cannot explain, I have become obsessed with sea turtles in Florida. So I just had to get a picture of one.

We also got a chance to see "Adventure with Crush" from Finding Nemo, an interactive show, in which Crush answers questions from children in the audience. It is very charming.

After visiting the aquarium, we decided to have a nosh at the Coral Reef restaurant. What a place! Because it was later in the afternoon, we were seated right next to the window of the aquarium. What a romantic setting! So we ate our snack and watched the fish, sharks, sting rays and sea turtles swim by. To think that I could have just had lunch to get all my fish pictures.

Then, we walked over to the Petroleum exhibit and enjoyed our ride with the dinosaurs. We finished off our day by riding in the big silver ball, the Communication exhibit, one of my favorite rides in EPCOT.

After we returned to the RV and rested for awhile, we drove to Walgreen's to pick up some necessities, then went on to Publix for our supplies, since we hadn't shopped since St. Augustine. There was a Chinese carry-out in the same shopping center as Publix, so I finally had some Kao Pao Chicken for dinner, which I enjoyed while watching Boston Legal.