Originally Posted By seafairy1622 Tuesday June 9 This was the best day of the trip! This is the day we had our Epcot Seas tour! We had breakfast at 1900 Park Fare. One of my favorites and it did not disappoint! So good and I love seeing Alice and the Mad Hatter! My son had his Diamond mine brand t-shirt and the Mad hatter asked him if he was a miner. We took the monorail to Epcot. We got there about an hour and a half before we had to check in for the tour so we walked around and took pic's and we saw Belle. We went to our check in for the seas tour. We were nervous about swimming with the sharks but after listening to our guide we felt better. But he did say people have been hit by the turtles when they need to surface for air. So he said if they swim towards you stay out of their way. We were also told not to touch any animals. We took a tour of the seas building and our guide showed us where we would be swimming. We then were given wet suits to change into. After we had our wet suits on they help you with the scuba tank. We did some practice breathing and then put on flippers. Then we were ready! It was just an amazing experience! The water was really clear. The fish swim right up to you. The sharks stayed on the bottom and we just stayed on top. I was okay with this. The sting rays were big and would swim right underneath you! This took some getting used to! When I did see a turtle coming near me I got out of his way. It was really beautiful! I am so glad we did it! When it was over we got to walk over and see the dolphines up close, then we walked through the aquarium in our wet suits and some kids said, "How come we don't get to swim in there?" I felt pretty lucky! Then we showered and changed and we got pictures of us in the water with our wet suits on. I highly recommend this tour! Next time I would like to try the scuba tour where you swim on the bottom too! We had dinner at the Coral Reef and it felt amazing that we got to swim in the aquarium! Our server was not impressed and not to friendly but the people sitting next to us has family members doing the Epcot dive quest. They were really nice and we got pic's with the people scubba diving. Food was good. Love the Coral Reef too and we got a table next to the aquarium. Great day! Wednesday June 10 We went to HS again because we had dinner ressies at The Brown Derby. We did our normal thing went on a few rides then took a break. We changed resorts this day too. We had our last 3 nights at AKL. We stayed at AKL 10 years ago, so I was happy to get to go back! We had a pool view room, which was fine. We went swimming for a while and then went back to HS for dinner. I had not tried this restaurant so I wanted to try it. It was good and atmosphere was neat but I don't think it was worth 2 table service meals. I did like the cheese appetizers. I had the famous cobb salad. It was good but way too much. Didn't care for the dessert. (we got it to go). Had another fun day!
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 Tuesday June 9 This was the best day of the trip! This is the day we had our Epcot Seas tour! We had breakfast at 1900 Park Fare. One of my favorites and it did not disappoint! So good and I love seeing Alice and the Mad Hatter! My son had his Diamond mine brand t-shirt and the Mad hatter asked him if he was a miner. We took the monorail to Epcot. We got there about an hour and a half before we had to check in for the tour so we walked around and took pic's and we saw Belle. We went to our check in for the seas tour. We were nervous about swimming with the sharks but after listening to our guide we felt better. But he did say people have been hit by the turtles when they need to surface for air. So he said if they swim towards you stay out of their way. We were also told not to touch any animals. We took a tour of the seas building and our guide showed us where we would be swimming. We then were given wet suits to change into. After we had our wet suits on they help you with the scuba tank. We did some practice breathing and then put on flippers. Then we were ready! It was just an amazing experience! The water was really clear. The fish swim right up to you. The sharks stayed on the bottom and we just stayed on top. I was okay with this. The sting rays were big and would swim right underneath you! This took some getting used to! When I did see a turtle coming near me I got out of his way. It was really beautiful! I am so glad we did it! When it was over we got to walk over and see the dolphines up close, then we walked through the aquarium in our wet suits and some kids said, "How come we don't get to swim in there?" I felt pretty lucky! Then we showered and changed and we got pictures of us in the water with our wet suits on. I highly recommend this tour! Next time I would like to try the scuba tour where you swim on the bottom too! We had dinner at the Coral Reef and it felt amazing that we got to swim in the aquarium! Our server was not impressed and not to friendly but the people sitting next to us has family members doing the Epcot dive quest. They were really nice and we got pic's with the people scubba diving. Food was good. Love the Coral Reef too and we got a table next to the aquarium. Great day! Wednesday June 10 We went to HS again because we had dinner ressies at The Brown Derby. We did our normal thing went on a few rides then took a break. We changed resorts this day too. We had our last 3 nights at AKL. We stayed at AKL 10 years ago, so I was happy to get to go back! We had a pool view room, which was fine. We went swimming for a while and then went back to HS for dinner. I had not tried this restaurant so I wanted to try it. It was good and atmosphere was neat but I don't think it was worth 2 table service meals. I did like the cheese appetizers. I had the famous cobb salad. It was good but way too much. Didn't care for the dessert. (we got it to go). Had another fun day!
