[fa:p:a=72157600097357557,p=2,id=465885070,j=l,s=s,l=i]We got a nice early start after being well rested from the previous day’s lack of activity. We took the earliest shuttle to Epcot and turned in our vouchers that we had bought at the hotel for our tickets. Remember the idiot/sneak from the hotel who setup the bogus car rental? He also didn’t give us the tickets he said he was giving us. Instead of getting park hopper (which allows us to go to multiple parks throughout a single day) we got the basic Disney park ticket so we couldn’t go to more than one park in a day. Which wasn’t a big deal with our schedule, but we still paid $10 more than it would have cost at the gate for the same exact ticket [and the guy at the hotel claimed we were saving $3.50 - Keith].
Fortunately that’s basically where the bad stops part of our trip (I say basically because there was still one last downer on the trip). Epcot is made up of two sections; the front half of the park is an exploration into technology and the future, and the back half is a large-scale World’s Fair where you can visit many different countries from around the world. The back half doesn’t open until 11am, so the park was pleasantly empty when we got there. We rode just about everything they had there, more than I should probably list, instead I’ve attached a map and ride list.
[fa:p:a=72157600097357557,id=465893299,j=r,s=s,l=i]There were a few worth mentioning though that stood out in particular to us. “Mission: Space†is freaking awesome. The ride is physically in a simulator pod that is created to resemble a rocket cockpit. They have two versions of the ride the “More Intense†and “Less Intenseâ€. Obviously we did the more intense, and it was well worth it. The simulator spins at an incredible speed making you feel like you are really accelerating from 0 to 6000 miles per hour [it actually blurred my vision similar to what happens when you stand up too fast - Keith]. It makes your cheeks push back, and it’s hard to move your arm forward.
My Second Favorite was oddly not a very intense or even busy ride. It was a simple floating boat ride that took you through some information about how farms work and whatnot, but the thing that made it interesting was the incredibly impressive array of things that they were growing inside of their greenhouses. Massive fruits and vegetables, including 9 pound lemons, thousands of tomatoes from a single plant, and other incredible things. See the pictures for more.
After we had exhausted the front half of Epcot, we made out way on a tour of 9 different countries. We had gone to the UK for some mediocre fish and chips for lunch, so we started on the other side. We didn’t make it through all the countries, but we had a good time of it, and by the time we were all done with the day I think all of us (or at least me) were rather tired.