Sunday, December 13, 2009

Future World

2nd day in a row I'm the first one up.. Spent the day over in Epcot yesterday.. Me, Uncle Larry and Cameron got over there for 9am (park opening) and did Test Track, Mission Space and Energy all before the crowds showed up, we were able to basically walk onto each of those rides. From about noon-close Test Track had around a 110 minute wait so it was good that we got on when we did. spaceship Earth was the first ride where we hit a line and that one was not too bad (20 minutes). Dad and Tina joined us after Spaceship Earth and we went over to the Land pavilion and Soarin. Soarin's line said 50 minutes but it ended up being over 90! They added some interactive stuff to do in the line but it was still pretty painful to wait that long.

After Soarin we ate lunch at the quick serve place and I got a goat cheese and beet salad and some corn chowder. Went from there to the Land ride and the Lion King living with the land movie to finish off the Land pavilion.

They recently changed the Sea pavilion, the replaced the entry with a Nemo ride and added a "Turtle Talk" show which is like Monsters Inc. Crush comes out and talks to the audience, I am in awe at they way they do those two shows. Obviously the lips don't sink 100% with the voice but it's close and the movements do sync which is crazy. Journey into Imagination and Honey I shrunk the Audience ended the day.

How big is Epcot? We went from 9am - 7:30pm and completed the 7 main buildings of Future World. We didn't step foot in Innoventions or the World Showcase.

Ate in the Land pavilion at the Garden Grill which is the rotating restaurant.. Cameron loved it because Chip, Dale, Pluto and Mickey were there and kept walking around and interacting with everyone. Chip snuck up on him (I don't really know how) and Cameron was so excited he fell out of his chair! The food was good and pretty cheap so no complaints on that end.

Dad left after dinner and the rest of us went to the UK for some beer and Illuminations. We managed to get a table in the Rose and Crown, when I say a table I mean the best table in the house. It was located outside and in perfect line with the show, we were so close firework debris landed on the table!

Today is Animal Kingdom and last I checked the weather it was going to be in the high 80s. I guess that cold front is thankfully over..

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