I set my alarm for a little before 7:00am on Sunday morning in an attempt to get into the virtual queue for the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride. Luckily, I had success, getting in group 12 with a 10:30am return time ETA. I woke up the kids and Steve so that we could all get ready to head out. We had an unbelievably smooth drive over to the park, and we made it just a little after 9am! We even got the very first handicapped parking spot - as close to the entrance as possible! Definitely a first for us!

Since Steve got a wheelchair for Christmas we were able to avoid getting in line for a rental, though we did still stop at guest services to verify that Steve's Disability Access Service (DAS) pass was still active. Once we confirmed that it was, we made a reservation for Remy's Ratatouille Adventure and headed over to Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. Jayden recently watched the first movie with me, and not a lot of scenes from the ride made a lot more sense to her. The ride is truly enjoyable without any knowledge of the movies, but the little jokes make a lot more sense if you are familiar with them. If only there was a way to ride it more than once in a day without having to pay for the Lightning Lane.

With the world saved, we headed across to the World Showcase, and France in particular. It was our turn to enjoy the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride. While I truly do enjoy this ride, and the movie it is based on, I do wish there was some randomness to the ride, just to eliminate the sameness from each visit. After our trip through the kitchen was complete, we made another DAS pass, this time for Soarin' Around The World. With some time to kill, we decided to grab some popcorn to snack on and take a trip on the Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride. This is much easier to do when Tara isn't with us!

We then headed over to the World Nature building to take our turn on Soarin' Around The World. Aside from the curviness of the Eiffel Tower, we love the sights and smells that this ride provides. While we were in the building, we also took a turn on the Living with the Land ride as it provides a good opportunity to get off our feet for a while as well enjoy the variety of plants that are grown on site. We had made a third DAS pass for Test Track after riding on Soarin' Around The World, but it got cancelled as the ride went down. We decided that we didn't want to wait around for another ride, as we were beginning to get hungry and couldn't agree on what to eat in the park (and I didn't get to the store to buy stuff to pack a lunch).

We headed off to the Creation shop to puck up our Passholder magnets and to see if there were any must-haves in the shop (there really wasn't this time). With our magnets in hand we headed next door to Club Cool to taste a variety of Coca-Cola products from around the world (spoiler alert - almost all of them are pretty gross!). We did do one final ride, this one on the monorail that runs from the Transportation and Ticket Center and back to Epcot. We really wanted to get a good look at the construction on the upcoming Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana walkthrough attraction, and the monorail is the best way to do so.

Once we finished our trip on the monorail we headed out to our closely parked car. We did make one last stop on the way home for dinner, at Chili's in Champions Gate, continuing our dining routine! We enjoyed our meal, but once again the service left a little to be desired - how hard is it to get refills?!? Regardless, it was a great day spent together with family. Until next time!

Epcot

Steven, Drew, and Jayden posing for a picture in the queue of the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride.

The entrance of the pathway towards Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride in the France pavilion.

The courtyard area outside of the La Crêperie de Paris heading towards the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride.

A look at the building housing the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride.

Steven waiting to get in line for the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride.

The fountain outside of the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride.

Steven in the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride queue.

A look at the scenery in the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride queue.

Jayden just noticed the Eiffel Tower themed wallpaper in the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure ride queue.

The kids spotted Peter Pan on the wall of a building in the United Kingdom pavilion.

Rodney looking at some of the artwork - particularly the Grogu painting just behind him - at the Epcot International Festival of the Arts.

Jay taking a selfie!

A look at Jay as we make our way through the park.

Drew enjoying some popcorn as we snacked.

Winnie the Pooh was spotted outside of the Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride.

Some of the scenery from the Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride queue...

...as well as the Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride itself...

Vanellope von Schweetz from Wreck It Ralph posing for pictures inside of the Imagination Pavilion after exiting the Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride.

Joy from Inside Out posing for pictures inside of the Imagination Pavilion after exiting the Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride.

Here are some of the interesting plants we saw while riding on the Living with the Land ride...

Sorcerer Mickey was compelling the water upward at the upside-down waterfall near the Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride.

Jayden and Steven posing for a picture with the latest Passholder magnet at the Creations Shop.

A picture of Rodney at the Creations Shop.

Here is a look at Spaceship Earth as we made our way towards the monorail.

A look at some of the construction inside of Epcot as seen from the monorail...

...as well as some pictures of the the upcoming Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana walkthrough attraction coming next year to the World Celebration section of Epcot...