The first stop we made was when we stumbled upon a great photo opportunity with all the Disney fav's. As you will see we met Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald and Goofy. Tim turned from 30 to 3 when shaking Mickey's hand, it was very cute and Roxy of course was besotted with Pluto and vise versa. I loved Goofy the best because he was the only character I didn't have to bend down to match heights!
It was this park that we discovered just how accessible Disney is. We entered into a Nemo ride and expected that Tim would wait while I did the ride, but much to our pleasant surprise, Tim was able to do this ride as well. We were skeptical, and thought, they must think Tim can transfer, but no they led us to an oyster shell seat, opened the front of it, pulled out a ramp and slid him in, Roxy settling in on both our feet. This ride began on a conveyor belt, that then merged into a river. Roxy was amazed at the colours ans sounds that she sat and watched it all go past her just like we did. I wish we could have taken a photo of the three of us sitting in this shell. What a sight it must have been!
We then headed to a more educational ride, called the Land of the living, a small boat ride that showed off Disney's agricultural flare. The sparse greens that you can buy at the parks such as salads and fruit come from their own backyard so to speak. Entertaining for those who enjoy their own vegie patch, not so much for the kids.
Next to this ride was another ride called soarin'. I went on this as Tim could not and it was gliding in a hang glider over San Francisco, pretty cool. Then we headed inside the icon golf ball to see what this famous icon had in store. Well it was a bunch of video space stuff, Tim loved it but me not so much. I missed that whole video game fascination phase.
After the golf ball we headed to test track. As you begin this 5-minute, nearly one-mile auto escapade, strap yourself in, ascend steep terrain that's 3 stories high, then let loose downhill, blasting across a bumpy road and roaring through 50-degree banked curves and hair-pin turns that test suspension and brakes at speeds up to 60 miles per hour! The best ride I have ever done, but may I suggest that if you have long hair, tie it up as I returned to Tim looking like Young Einstein. (above is a stylized futuristic car that Chrysler is working on)
Then it was off to try my skills at being astronaut. Now Tim spurred me on to experience the more 'intense' flight experience. So off I went. For those of you not so daring, there is a 'not so intense' option. Now I am not normally one who suffers from motion sickness but this ride really does make your tummy do things it shouldn't. I am not sure if it is the realistic view of actually blasting off or if it is the G-Force pulling your face back like it is being stretched. But whatever it was, this ride had me panting like I was in labour. Having said that, I would do it again, and I would love to do it my brother as he would get a real kick out if it.Once I was steadily back on the ground, we headed over to visit the world. Now here at Epcot you can visit a different country. Each country has a replica of traditional buildings, food for sale and of course a gift shop. Each country also offered some kid of attraction, from rides, to boutique gardens to museums. We started off in Mexico, then moved to Norway, China, Germany, Italy, USA, Japan, Morocco, France, UK and Canada.
Here are some photos of some of them.
(check out some of the names that read the Christmas story in the evenings)
To finish off the day we had a reservation to eat at the Norwegian restaurant Akershus Banquet Hall. This was a Disney character dining experience, where while you eat you enjoyed the company of all the Disney Princesses.
Epcot was the biggest Disney park and we did what we could to fit it all in, in one day, we missed a lot of things and it is our suggestion to do this park over 2-3 days to experience it fully.
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