Did You Know About our Day in Epcot: World Showcase?

Did you know our day in Epcot's World Showcase?





Though this can be rather hot, I enjoy walking around Epcot's World Showcase. It is set up so that there are small sections that represent several countries around the world. You can usually find some place, or two, to eat "local" foods. There is shopping and some sort of exhibits from that country as well.

We stopped first in Mexico for an appetizer of nachos. We went inside the San Angel because I'd heard there was a ride there, and we'd not seen it before. We found the ride in the back behind the shop and took a ride through Mexico hosted by Donald Duck and friends as the "Three Caballeros".

We walked through Norway and Germany pretty quickly. The Maelstrom in Norway had a line, so we decided not to wait. And in Germany, we decided not to wade through the drinkers!

We stopped in China to see if we could get a reservation to eat (no). I went in and saw the "Tomb Guardians" which were a replica of the terra cotta soldiers! My son got a strawberry green tea slushee.

We kept walking around to the American Experience. It did not show for another half hour so we walked down to Japan and then would back track. There was not as much to see as I remembered in Japan. We went back to the American Adventure and went inside to wait and cool off. We heard an a Capella music group sing some patriotic and folk songs in the rotunda. Afterwards, we were informed that the show was broken and would not be playing. We left there and were able to catch the Japanese drummers. That was pretty cool!

We continued walking. We were thrilled to be able to get a table in the restaurant in Italy. We ordered two dishes to share. The cannelloni was absolutely delicious!! We then headed over to the bakery in France we had remembered. We all chose a different pastry to share. YUMMY!!



We spent some time walking around the shops in England and then headed back to Future World to catch some of the attractions we had missed. Our only real disappointments in Epcot were missing the American Adventure and not seeing any street shows. Before (we had gone in December and got to see each country's version of Santa) we had seen acrobats and the living statue and musicians. This time we did not see any of those. To end our day in Epcot, we got another set of pastries to share while watching the fireworks show Illuminations. This is a really spectacular show that we all enjoyed.

Did You Know About our Day in Epcot: Future World?

Did you know about our day in Epcot: Future World?



We spent last Tuesday in Disney's Epcot. Epcot stands for Experiemental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. There is much to see and do in Epcot and we were concerned about getting a "late start". The day was warm and the park was very crowded. As the line into Spaceship Earth was rather long, we decided to skip it. Although there is a new sponsor inside, my husband remembered it as being boring before and did not want to go through the wait for it. We headed first to the attraction he most wanted to visit: Mission Space.



This is a simulator mission to Mars. My daughter and I were a little unsure about it all. It was set up with two lines, one with intense training and one with mild training. We decided to go ahead and experience the intense training. We were separated into teams (our family was together) and put into simulators. We watched a movie and felt as if we were being blasted into space!! Each of us had different assignments and had to push the proper buttons at the proper time. The ride was a fun one and we all enjoyed it.

We moved on to some other attractions in Future World. I do not remember the exact order that we took in the attractions. Some we got fast passes for and came back to. This included Test Track and the new Soarin'. We found that these were probably the best attractions to get the passes for, as the wait times grew long very quickly. We got our fast pass for Soarin' at noon and it was not good until 7:30 pm and the passes were all distributed by 1:00. Right now it seems fast passes are a "must" for Soarin'.

We took in Test Track and had a great time on this ride. My son enjoyed the ride, but he really loved seeing the cars on display at the end of the ride.




We enjoyed the new Nemo attraction. The props were all great. I read that you can even do a dive here!



The Honey I Shrunk the Audience is the thing I least looked forward to. I HATE this show! But I wanted to do everything together, so I went in and covered my eyes on the things I did not want to see. The guy next to me laughed to see my feet in my chair. I planned it that way since I knew what was coming!!

We found the attraction Journey into the Imagination. My husband and I really enjoyed it. The kids thought it was for little kids. But it was a good one. The Kodak gallery inside was not as good as we had found it on a previous trip. It was a fun place to play around for a bit while waiting, but it did not have the photo maker and emailer that we had used before. The innovations pavilions were also disappointing to us. Last time they were filled with all kinds of cool games and things that the kids really loved. This time there were a few games, Wii among them (is that really an upcoming innovation these days?) My daughter and I did get in on a "game show" which we won our segment of! We did go back and ride Mission Space another time. This second ride, though hours later, made both my daughter and I feel queasy. I had to sit and relax with a Sprite.

We did notice that there is now a character greet spot in Future World. This makes the littler kids a bit more happy. The Soarin' ride was a fun one for us all. (well, my husband was a bit disapponted.) You sit in a seat and are raised up off the floor. You watch a film and feel as if you are soaring over California. You take in sites of Yosemite, The Golden Gate, and many others. You end in Disneyland for a firework show! This was a big hit with people of all ages. It was fun but I would not want to wait 110 minutes for it (that is how long the line was!)

This was the Flower and Garden Festival and the flowers and topiaries throughout the park were really nice!





Our time in Epcot's Future World was filled with fun for the whole family.