The Ump Me, Do You Need A Wee Tour 2024 – Day Six Sunday 20th October

Rest days are the habitual practice of seasoned travellers to WDW who love to recharge their batteries….

Parklife!

But once that’s done and the rides start calling again all you can do is make your return to hustle and bustle of …

Parklife!

So with a 6.55am alarm waking me so that I could book us all a virtual queue for Guardians, the day began. My notes remind that I felt rough this morning with a headache and nausea. It was either last night’s cold spud or I was pregnant.

Despite the 7am alarm, we were not out of the house until 9am and it took about 25 minutes to drive to Epcot’s gate. Another $30 exchanged hands and we parked in Rocket 602.

The tram took us in, (since when were they red?) and coffee and donuts were served from Joffries for those who didn’t feel like vomiting.

I stood strong today and refused to book the Multipass, so the day started with a 20-minute queue for Spaceship Earth.

I had the genuine pleasure of riding with Dougie, who despite several very annoying stops for several minutes was incredibly well behaved.

Next, we restroomed.

With our virtual queue time approaching it made sense to head in that direction and ride Mission Space. I declined the chance to ride as I needed no further encouragement to be making pavement pizzas so Louise and I sat out with Dougie and had a drink.

Once everyone was back from space we had been summoned to Guardians. After setting up rider swap, Me, Louise, Rebecca and Freddie rode.

This is THE best ride on property and I will not be entering into any debate on the subject.

It had been raining a little all morning and as Tom an Freddie rode Guardians it really came down. We needed to get to a restroom and by the time we did it felt like we had been swimming.

While waiting for Tom and Freddie to return we stood under the canopy outside Connections and Club Cool.

Dougie had been kept out of it with his pram hood and a poncho.

With no sign of the boys and our ADR at Space 220 imminent, we messaged them to say meet us there and set off to get a little bit wetter. I explained to the check-in host that we were waiting for two who were riding, and it was fine when we eventually got everyone there and checked in at 1:30 for our 1.10 ADR. As soon as we did that, the rain stopped.

We entered the lift ensuring the boys could get up to the rail to see the “lift” take us up to space. It was quite full so I could see bugger all standing against the back wall.

I dangled the camera from my outstretched arm and got….

Once we arrived in space as you would imagine, the theming was just excellent.

There were novelty fizzy drinks with glowing things and popping space rock….

Even though Dougie wasn’t having that particular special drink off the menu our server was smart enough to make sure his apple juice also glowed.

and those rocks really popped….

Food wise we had

Me and Tom – Shrimp Tacos and the burger

Louise – Cauliflower starter and the burger

Rebecca – Caesar salad and burger

Boys – Nuggets and a dome pudding.

Some adult desserts were had too….

Louise had some wines and most of us finished with a coffee.

Many of you will know that this isn’t a cheap experience, and there’s nothing to be gained by saying how much this meal was, so I won’t. The experience was very good, the food was better than expected and the boys really enjoyed the theming. It was chilly, but that was because we arrived drenched in cold water. I also got a better view in the lift on the way back to earth.

Dougie was in desperate need of a nap so I volunteered to walk him round until he caught one. I ended up doing a full loop of World Showcase and met up with everyone over at Journey Into Imagination.

Louise and I stayed out with Dougie.

Due to our evening plans, we had about 30 minutes left now to ride something before we had to go and Freddie chose Mission Space and insisted I rode too.

I survived with my expensive lunch intact.

The weather had perked up too.

What I’m doing here, I have no clue.

Something tells me a younger camera operator was holding the camera….

It was time to leave now so we made our way to the exit. Dougie was back from his nap.

But only just….

That’s better.

We trammed to the car…

and I captured evidence of someone’s battle with the overhead speaker….

Sometimes being bald can be a blessing.

We were heading for City Walk, as tonight Tom and Rebecca were going to Halloween Horror Nights whilst we took the boys for some tea and then home to bed.

The traffic was of course horrific all the way up the I4 but the cherry on top was the 35-minute wait on the off-ramp to get to Universal parking. This, we soon found out was caused by a combo of Horror Nights traffic plus a Chase Atlantic gig at The Hard Rock. After parking the car security was also carnage but we made it in around 6.15 and Rebecca and Tom went off to be horrified, mainly by the prices and wait times.

The fringe-filled emo-fest that was the queue for the gig at the Hard Rock was a flashback to the teenage years of the girls.

Louise and I sat with the boys on those big steps for a bit, people-watching until it was time to head to Toothsome for our reservation. No, we were not hungry at all.

We were seated immediately and started to ponder what someone who isn’t hungry at all orders.

Louise went for French Onion Soup.

I went sweet with a Banana Fosters Waffle, you know, because I was full.

The boys, who were hungry, went for burgers.

We had a few minutes of interaction at our table with the two characters.

Then the boys shared the S’Mores, barely making a dent in them and I was in no position to help.

We wandered City Walk, and after looking for all kinds of plastic tat to get for the boys, Dougie showed no interest in anything and Freddie ended up getting two airbrush tattoos. It was bedtime, for Louise and me, so the boys had to come home too. We had walked all the way back to the car when Freddie announced he needed a wee, so I had to walk him all the way back to security to the closest restroom.

Despite having the sat nav on I managed to take a few wrong turns on the way home and one of them saw us divert through some sort of military base entrance. Bizarre.

We were home for 11 and got the boys in bed. I waited up downstairs just in case Dougie woke up and then fell into bed as soon as Rebecca and Tom got home around 1am, I think.

Till the next time……