Anniversary

The main point of making this trip to Disney World is to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.  Normally for our anniversary we like to buy ourselves one shared gift that lines up with the appropriate material for that anniversary.  For example, for our eighth anniversary we bought copper pans, because the eighth anniversary is copper.  The 10th anniversary material is emerald, and frankly we can't think of anything either one of us would want containing an emerald.  So Disney was the perfect second option.

I've been doing some research on celebrating anniversaries at Disney World, and there are plenty of options.  The first and most important thing to do is make sure you tell someone at your hotel, or guest relations, that it's your anniversary.  Apparently they'll give you a pin that will tell the world you're celebrating an event.  While we're not really interested in cashing this in for freebies, we are curious about the kind of attention we might get.

If you're even more committed to celebrating you can order special room decorations for when you arrive.  I've checked them out online and most of the anniversary set ups are kind of tacky, and very over priced.  A few of the other event gifts look interesting, but they're still horribly over priced.

Disney also keeps suggesting that we do something grown up, like dinning with candlelight or visiting a spa.  I think we might consider one of these options since a little romance is always nice.  Our main goal however is to have a character breakfast on our anniversary morning with Goofy.

EPCOT - Allison's View

Ah, EPCOT, the one DisneyWorld park I actually experienced!  It was the day after my sister's Disney-rific wedding, and so she gave her "Slave of Honour" a half day off to enjoy some Disney good times!  I went with one of my sister's friends, and my cousin.  We rode rides, we danced with Moroccan dancers, we learned about the insides of our bodies, and we ate Mexican food.  That's all I remember.

So now, I'm totally looking forward to a long, leisurely day (or two, even!) at EPCOT!  There's so much more there than I got to see before.  And it will be nice to do it without the jet lag (I'd come straight from living in Japan only five days or so beforehand).

Secretly, the nerd in me is really excited about the "Behind the Seeds" special tour.  I'm not much of a gardener, which is why I think the science of gardening is so fascinating for me.  It's like this mysterious world that I catch a glimpse into once in a while, and now it'll be time to take a Disney-style glimpse!

Chris is right about me not wanting to go to EPCOT first.  I have this travel philosophy that I don't like to go back to places I've been before, as there are so many other places I could be visiting that I've never seen!  The rule is not set in stone - I've been some places multiple times, especially some do-overs with Chris - but the least I can do is give the philosophy a nod by not running straight to the only WDW park I've already experienced.  It's nice to do something - anything - else first!

Food-wise, I'm looking forward to the Norwegian bakery, the Japanese teppan-yaki place, and the French restaurant.  I have a feeling we're going to be visiting EPCOT for food a lot. :-)