Got up the next morning and marveled again at the view of the Grand Floridian (it's even prettier in the morning!) and the weather. The first few days of the trip have been between 50 and 80, with abundant sunshine--pretty much perfect. Thunderstorms are forecasted for the final 4 days of the trip, so we'll enjoy it while it's here!
I went for a run in the Contemporary health club, and then it was off to Epcot for our early Le Cellier lunch. Epcot seemed pretty empty, but we didn't try to get on Soarin' or Test Track, which are the real measures! Instead, we headed over to World Showcase to the always crowded Le Cellier. As usual, they were turning away at the door people without reservations.
We had a wonderful lunch, as usual. We hadn't been to Le Cellier since our early 2008 trip, so it had been about a year since we'd eaten there, and we were excited to try the new chorizo appetizer. Together, we ordered the cheddar cheese soup, chorizo with corn polenta, mushroom filet, and steak burger. Everything was supreme, as usual, and the new appetizer (well--new to US anyway) was really interesting. The chorizo and the corn created an unusual and fun combination of both tastes and textures. We really enjoyed it.
Chorizo
Soup
Filet
After this, we went to do the Kim Possible Adventure (as deemed necessary by our dear forum members!). We only had time for one mission, but it was so much fun I'm hoping to go back later in the week to do more! Here are some pics of our mission (we saved Germany from an evil plot to brainwash visitors via tainted pretzels!):
After this it was back to the room to freshen up a bit, check in on work, and head over to our first experience with Citricos! We monorailed over to Citricos and were a bit taken aback by the restaurant's set up. It seemed strange to not have doors on a restaurant! It just seemed to be plopped down in a forgotten area of the Grand Floridian!
But our initial impression was quickly forgotten when we tried the food. It was spectacular. I dove into a margarita and we ordered the cheese plate, some fried risotto balls (sounds weird, but they were great), short ribs, and filet. Everything was amazing, and although the service was slow, we enjoyed our dinner immensely. We finished the evening off with the Celebrate Today! dessert--a lemon cheesecake, and a banana/chocolate tart.
Cheese Plate
Still raring to go, we went back to the room, changed into play clothes, and walked to the Magic Kingdom for extra magic hours. The park was again pretty empty (though we expected it to be packed, being a Sunday), and after fastpassing Space Mountain (I wonder how they decide when to have fastpasses at EMH--sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't) we rode jungle cruise, pirates, the teacups, buzz lightyear, and the TTA with no wait. We had a bit of a wait when we used our Space Mountain fastpasses (maybe everyone's hitting that now as they know it'll be closed soon).
Jungle Cruise!
Pirates
Finally, we left around 11:30pm to get a good night's rest before Animal Kingdom EMH the next morning.
