{"id":993,"date":"2011-08-10T02:32:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T06:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=993"},"modified":"2011-08-10T02:32:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T06:32:56","slug":"trip-report-tuesday-disney-world-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=993","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report Tuesday &#8211; Disney World Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Norway.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Our 4th day in the World was the only one that we had planned to split up. \u00c2\u00a0Our friends were off to Animal Kingdom, and while my mom and I enjoy that park, there isn&#8217;t enough that we like to do to occupy more than a few hours. \u00c2\u00a0So, we were off to Epcot for the day&#8230; and, for whatever reason, I was wearing a dress (more on that giant lapse in judgement later).<\/p>\n<p>Epcot is definitely my favorite park in Disney World, so I couldn&#8217;t wait to get there. \u00c2\u00a0I always get chills when you can finally see the giant Epcot &#8220;ball&#8221; breaking through the lush foliage. \u00c2\u00a0It was fitting then, that our first ride was Spaceship Earth. \u00c2\u00a0We hadn&#8217;t been on it since the changes had been made and, despite what I had heard on-line, I really enjoyed it! \u00c2\u00a0I loved the &#8220;vacation of the future&#8221; part&#8230; very Horizons-like and very fun!<\/p>\n<p>From Futureworld, it was off to the World Showcase for something sweet and breakfasty. \ud83d\ude42 \u00c2\u00a0We ended up in the Norway pavilion and had pastries at the <em>Kringla Bakeri og Kafe<\/em>, which we had never tried, and it was amazing. \u00c2\u00a0So yummy and so serene sitting on the patio, watching World Showcase guests stream by. \u00c2\u00a0When our pastries had been devoured and we had soaked up every drop of peaceful relaxation that we could, we were off on a whirlwind journey around the World 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