A few people joined the giant line for beer in Germany, while the rest of us continued on. When we reached the African Outpost, Billie and Melinda decided they wanted to get their faces painted. Some of us hung out with them while that was happening, while a few others went ahead to China. Luke and Ryan (Melinda’s husband) went to Joy of Tea – Luke loves the Tipsy Ducks in Love from there. I don’t have any pictures of it, but it’s one of his favourite Disney drinks and he typically has one every time we’re at Epcot.
Once faces were painted, we started heading towards the International Gateway for our Illuminations Cruise. We found another Photopass photographer, so of course we had to stop!
We met up with everyone on the boat dock by the Yacht Club, our meeting place for the Illuminations Cruise we had scheduled for the evening. But, of course, Mother Nature had to throw a wrench into those plans and due to thunderstorms moving into the area our cruise was cancelled. Naturally, we heard there was lots of rain moving in, so we all went to Hurricane Hanna’s – you know, the OUTSIDE pool bar at Beach Club… Luckily it is covered by lots of umbrellas because the sky opened up and it poured for about an hour. We all grabbed drinks and made the best of our evening. There were a lot of laughs and I took a single picture of my drink. I enjoyed the wonderful company we were with <3
Eventually we made our way inside to the lobby of the Yacht Club. We stood around chatting in smaller groups before realizing that half of the group had disappeared to Ale & Compass for drinks and food. It had been a long day, so Luke and I talked about calling an Uber and heading back to OKW for the night. Instead, we somehow found ourselves in a Minnie Van headed to Wilderness Lodge with this crazy crew? I don’t remember how or why this was decided…
When we arrived at Wilderness Lodge, I took this picture of these cute little figurines that I thought were cute, before we took over Territory Lounge.
Territory Lounge was actually on the short list of places Luke and I had always wanted to try, so we were excited to finally get there! We had some drinks, some food and enjoyed another great evening with some of the ladies of the Epic Trip (and our new friend Terry…). You can read about it over here 🙂 At one point Ariane took me to Roaring Fork so I could pick up some of the Magic Cookie Bars that she always raves about in her trip reports – I tucked them away in my bookbag for the next day.
Eventually, Luke and I called an Uber to take us back to OKW, where we collapsed into bed. So many late nights!