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It's our last day in Florida. :( After cleaning up the house, all of us headed into Disney Springs. Our flights out tonight aren't until 6pm, so we've got most of the day ahead of us. The kids certainly have enjoyed hanging out with their cousins. Beautiful blue waters here in Disney Springs. Know the backstory of how the water came to be here? I didn't, but just last week when I was at Minnie's Moonlit Madness at Disneyland this trivia question came up. So I knew that when I was at Disney Springs the next week, I better take a look for it. Looks like an Archimedes screw to me! We're still on vacation, so it's fine if we want to ruin our lunch with a little bit of dessert first. T is a fan of the premium cupcake shop Sprinkles, There's certainly lots of cupcakes to choose from. I wonder which one Ian would like... The one with sprinkles of course! And forget eating that cake stuff. He's here for the frosting and all those delicious sprinkles. Alli e...

After g oing to see Turtle Talk with Crush , it was time to start winding down our day at Epcot. Theresa and I took the kids on Spaceship Earth, while the rest of the family were able to snag last minute fast passes for Soarin! I'm liking this WDW version of the fastpass system more and more! Alli and I getting to see what will be in our future. Another thing it we be really nice to have back home at Disneyland. Club Cool! Getting to sample 8 different sodas from all around the world would be fantastic! Plus it's free! Ian still thought those drinks were fuzzy. I think the dancing Fountain of Nations would be pretty great to have back home too. There's time for just one more ride before we have to think about heading home. Off to The Land! The greenhouse portion of The Land really has a different feel at night. I made the entire group stop for a picture at the entrance. As we were finishing, suddenly a monorail started coming around the big Epcot loop. The entire group took...

After spending the morning at the Animal Kingdom, we were all meeting up with the rest of the family at Epcot. Been a long morning for Ian already apparently though. That meant he missed a visit with Daisy. But Alli was the last in line to get to see her, so she got a little bit of extra time with her. And after a visit to Club Cool, Ian was still out. Alli enjoyed trying the different kinds of soda. I think her favorite was the Frosty Melon. With 3 fast passes to choose from today, the first stop was to meet some characters. Never gets old. Alli is a little kissing machine. Sees a character, gives a kiss. Goofy was the next stop. Followed by Minnie. Nice to have all the characters lined up here to meet them all at once. For our second fastpass, T and I decided to split up. She took the kids off to ride Nemo, while I had my very first experience with the updated Test Track! I got to design my very own car, with different performance characteristics. High power, high speed, and low effi...