May 3, 2019 - Part Three
With tequila in hand, we decided to head towards the Odyssey Building. During the Flower and Garden Festival, it was the location of Arbor at the Gardeners Terrace, but from May 2-6 it was also the location of Minnie’s Garden Party. During this limited time event, Minnie was doing a meet-and-greet in her super cute Flower and Garden dress, they were handing out pins and you could buy a specialty dessert.
When we arrived, there wasn’t any line for the food, so we decided to try the special dessert only being offered for a few days. I wrote about it over my
dining report 
Look at how pretty this thing was!
After we finished eating, we could see that the line to meet Minnie wasn’t very long, and less than 5 minutes later we were posing with the cutest mouse in the World –
As part of the Garden Party, they also had a Photopass photographer set up by a flower wall. We were able to walk up to that with zero wait – if I see a Photopass with no line you better believe I’m in!
Earlier in the day, we had grabbed a fifth fastpass – for Spaceship Earth. We were now in the window for that, so we left Minnie’s Garden Party and headed towards the front of the park.
We decided it was the perfect time to head out of the park, and caught a bus back to Old Key West. We had a bit of time before we had to meet up with the group for our supper reservation, so we decided to change into our bathing suits and headed over to the main pool for a quick swim.
I’m not exactly sure why it was there, but I find these things way too entertaining – so enjoy a Boomerang of wavy inflatable guy! (I was really into Boomerangs on this trip for some reason haha)
After our quick swim, we freshened up and got ready for the evening. It was the official start to the Epic Trip weekend, and there was a large group of us meeting at ‘Ohana for supper. I wrote all about it on my
dining report
After eating, we grabbed a group photo in the main lobby –
A few people called it a night after this, and headed back to their resorts. The rest of us decided to keep the night going, and caught the monorail over to Magic Kingdom, and headed straight for the boats, with Wilderness Lodge as our destination. We ended up waiting quite awhile for a boat, but we were all enjoying each other’s company and getting to know everyone a bit better, so the time was passing quickly <3.
We eventually boarded a boat just as the fireworks were going off in Magic Kingdom. It was really amazing to watch them from this viewpoint! This picture is a bit blurry, but I managed to catch the monorail as it went by –
We were talking to Renee (
@ArielSRL ) and Chad, and they mentioned that their boys loved money from other countries. Luke and I pulled out our wallets and handed them a full set of Canadian coins (nickel, dime, quarter, loonie and toonie – we don’t have pennies ), as well as a $5 bill (our bills are made of a waterproof, almost plastic-like material, and have a clear, see-through panel). When we arrived at Wilderness Lodge, we headed down to the water by Geyser Point where we took over an entire section. At one point, our weird Canadian money was discussed, so Luke and I pulled out cash and passed it around while everyone laughed at our colourful money haha.
Renee and Chad insisted on buying Luke and I a drink as a thank-you for the Canadian money, so I decided on a
Huckleberry Punch – 44deg North Mountain Huckleberry Vodka, Bols Creme de Cassis, lemon juice and cranberry juice. I have no idea what Luke ordered, but my drink was delicious and strong – thank you Renee and Chad <3
We had a great night, and a great view of the Electrical Water Parade – which I took zero pictures of. I actually didn’t take many pictures at all – I do have this one of Melinda (
@pepperandchips ) and I though –
She made the ears both of us are wearing, and I love them so much! I wore them multiple times on this trip…
I also have this picture saved that I definitely stole from someone else – a few others had already left for the night by this point.
Starting in the front left: Ryan, Ariane, Steve, Kari, Kelly, Su-Lynn, Joe, Jenny, Renee, Chad, Steve, Melinda, me, Luke, Lindsay and Billie
Luke and I had a very early breakfast reservation the next day, so we didn’t stay too late. We also didn’t want to waste time with the bus system, so we just headed out through the main lobby and called an Uber to take us back to OKW (so much faster, and definitely worth the few dollars it costs). I did stop to take a few pictures of the lobby at Wilderness Lodge – such a beautiful hotel!
(she also has multiple Oilers and Leafs onesies - she's being raised in a house that cheers for three NHL teams 
)
