Last day in Disney Parks EPCOT

Friday was our last day in Disney. We got up a little earlier and visited EPCOT. We of course had a reservation at 12 to get us up and Adam. We tooled a little around the World showcase near France, Canada, and Morocco and then to Japan for our reservation at the Japanese steakhouse Tepan Edo. Liesl was super hungry because we were rushed and she didnt get her snack in the morning. So she was a little hard to handle until they started cooking the food and gave her some entertainment. I had to do a little walking around until then. She loved watching them cook the food and I was quite happy that they asked about food allergies otherwise I would have had some issues on the shellfish end. It also allowed me to have my food cooked early and Liesl was much happier. We then visited the Living Seas which has changed quite a bit since I have been there last. They added Turtle talk with Crush and also Nemo and friends ride which Liesl had been talking abnout for days. Both were really cool and they had the turtle talk ride worked out so that the kids could ask the turtle questions which was neat. The tanks were really cool as well and there was a dolphin that came eye to eye with us through the glass that was quite a treat. Liesl really enjoyed the living seas with Nemo and friends. Of course by then she had already had it for the nap time. I put her to sleep in the stroller and Daddy and I went shopping in the world showcase before dinner at the Biergarten....which she fell asleep through the show. I couldnt believe it. The show was so loud that I was sure that she would wake up immediately. She is getting used to all of the noise it looks like. We missed the Snow White character greeting time so we ran to get the last greeting time with Princess Jasmine and Alladin in Morroco. As Alladin came in he called her "little monkey princess" She was so excited to see them that she could hardly wait to get to the front of the line and I couldnt believe that Jasmine was allowed to get close to her and teach her how to put her hands on her hips like a princess as she called it. Liesl was still reluctant about giving Alladin a high five but she said bubbye Alladin, bubbye Princess Jasmine. We then ran over to Journey to imagination....which was closed unfortunately for the day as was living with the land. So we then ran in for a quick ride in spacship earth which they updated as well really cool. Liesl enjoyed it very much and so did momma and dadda. We tried to go on the maelstrom but it was closed due to issues with the ride and so we did the 3 cabellaros ride in Mexico which Liesl enjoyed with Donald Duck... Oh I forgot to say that Liesl met Donald Duck there earlier and got pictures taken which she also enjoyed. Then there was the regularly scheduled downpour of the day. Who would have guessed that August was Florida rainy season? Anyways, About then we had 5 snacks let over on our dining plan so we got some sweets near Norway and parked ourselves for the Illuminations fireworks which were amazing as usual. A very nice ending to our Disney experience. We had a little dinner last night... took a dip in the pool and then momma was up until 2 packing up ....and thank god I did because we slept in until about 10! As soon as we checked out, Liesl and I took another dip in the pool, a little snack and some shopping and then we were on the open road again.....without a clue as to what we were going to do.

Well, we decided to drive toward the beach finally...first trying Daytona and then changing our mind and going toward St Augustine and driving around and looking at the old St Augustine and finding a hole in the wall seafood place on the coast. We then accidentally found a state park off the coast and went wading in the beach and running around eating sand....well at least Liesl ate sand. We closed down the joint and strongly thought of camping out of the car but changed our mind thinking it might do it's usual downpour on us during the night. So we chose a port off the coast and will be stopping in Savannah tonight and visiting old Savannah tomorrow before heading north seriously. We are hoping Liesl enjoys tomorrow's beach experience as much as this evening's and doesnt eat too much more sand. She really loved running around free on the beach and playing in the water.