It is a good thing our family is made up of morning people. This was our fourth park day, and we were still able to get to Epcot before it opened. Being in the parks early is the best way to get on the most popular rides with little to no wait. This was our only day in Epcot. Epcot is a huge park so we knew we would have to pick and choose what to see. The park is divided into two main sections-Future World and World Showcase. From the last time we went, I knew the kids would only be interested in a few things in the World Showcase area. (Too bad because I love this part of the park. I get why the kids don't though. It is more about seeing than doing.) When the park opened, we went straight to Test Track. We got fast passes and then got in the line. This ride has been updated since the last time we went, and we all decided we liked the old version better. Ha! It was still a fun ride though. Riley especially liked the end where the car goes around the track at 60 mph.
After Test Track, we headed to Sum of All thrills, a roller coaster simulator ride. Both Reed and Riley were too short for this ride. Steve, Cole and Trent rode it while I took Reed and Riley to another exhibit close by. By the time we were done there, it was time to use our fast passes for another ride on Test Track.
We headed to the other side of Future World and got fast passes for Soarin', the other one of Epcot's most popular rides. The fast passes weren't good until late that afternoon. We rode Living with the Land. We then went over to The Seas area and rode the Nemo ride and watched Turtle Talk with Crush, a funny, interactive show.
One of the things that Trent, Reed and Riley were looking most forward
to at Epcot was meeting Duffy the Disney Bear. He started appearing at
11am so we headed there next. I am not quite sure why but the kids
started to get obsessed with Duffy in the months leading up to our
trip. Santa had brought stuffed Duffy bears to Trent and Reed. Riley
used her souvenir money at Disney to buy a Duffy of her own. They
brought their Duffy bears with them that day for the pictures. Duffy did turn out to be really cute and fun to meet and the
Disney photographer took lots of pictures of the kids with all the bears.
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| Duffy |
By this time, we were getting pretty hungry. We headed to Mexico in the World Showcase area and ate lunch there. The lunch was pretty good but we had several close calls with birds swooping down trying to get a nacho. Ha! We rode the two rides in World Showcase-Gran Fiesta Tour located in the Mexico pavilion and Maelstrom, located next door in the Norway pavilion.
At this point, we decided to separate for a little while. There were several princesses meeting around the World Showcase. Riley couldn't wait to see them. The boys weren't quite as excited about that. Steve and the boys took another ride on Maelstrom and then headed to Spaceship Earth to ride that. Riley and I walked around the World Showcase, stopping to meet Mulan in China, Snow White in Germany and Jasmine and Aladdin in Morroco.
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| Riley and I in the France pavilion |
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| Riley and I in the France Pavillion |
After we made our way all the way around the World Showcase, we met back up with the boys at the Character Spot to meet Mickey, Minnie and Pluto.
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It was finally time to use our fast passes for Soarin'. We all really liked this ride. We grabbed a snack and rode Journey into Imagination. Reed had been asking to go to Club Cool for the past couple of hours. We made our way there next. Club Cool is sponsored by Coca Cola and you can try different soft drinks for free from around the world. Some of the drinks are okay but one in particular is very, very bad.
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| Reed at Club Cool |
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| Trent at Club Cool |
After Club Cool, we went back over to the other side of Future World to ride the things we missed that morning. We first rode Mission Space. This ride has an intense and a less intense version. It isn't a scary ride but makes you feel like you are blasting off to outer space. We had rode the intense version on our last visit in 2008, and it was not something I wanted to repeat. I remembered spending the whole ride worried that I was going to toss my cookies. Trent really wanted to try the intense version again though. He and Steve did that while the rest of us went on the less intense side. We all made it out okay.
Following Mission Space, it was getting to be well past dinner time. There were still a couple of things we wanted to do though. We rode Ellen's Energy Adventure and then made a final stop at Spaceship Earth before heading out of the park.
We got back to the resort and the kids begged to go swimming. We agreed that they could go for 30 minutes. By the time they got out of the pool and changed, it was almost 9:00. We headed to the food court for a late dinner and then headed to bed.
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