EPCOT

One of the things they asked on our way into Disney on Monday night was was does EPCOT stand for? One person said "every one comes out tired". That's so true (although I think it's true for all the other parks as well). Really it stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. It's been many years since I've been to EPCOT and I really don't remember anything about it at all. We had a lot of fun yesterday & made ourselves quite woozy several times. First ride... about puked.

Mission Space.

It was a great "idea" of a ride, but when you get older like me & Corby, our stomach just can't handle it anymore. You choose how intense you want your training to be. Green is less intense & orange in more intense. No knowing how "intense" it really was, we chose the orange experience. You sit in a simulated spaceship, very tight, enclosed space with a screen & lots of control panels in front of you. You are turned upside down & blasted at g-force speeds into space while you are on a mission to Mars. It's so realistic (or at least what I think is realistic of being blasted into space). They even have barf bags on the ride. I'm really curious to how many times people have lost it in the ride. Anyway, fun concept. Not a fun ride. Corby came off white as a ghost & I really thought he was going to lose his trail mix. Thank goodness we had not ate a big breakfast before we got on.

On to the rest of the park. We rode a lot of simulated rides... seemed to have a lot of that there. My favorite ride was Test Track... where you are blasted around a car testing track through all kinds of conditions that really test cars go through. Fun ride. However, getting off the ride, I was trying to help this really, large man sitting beside of me get out of his seat belt & hit my knee cap. Didn't think it was that bad until I tried to walk. Geez... it was only the second ride & I'm already hobbleing around. It took well into the afternoon before I quit limping, but we tracked on.

We made it through the entire park. We didn't see every country to the fullest, but at least walked through them & rode most all of the rides & saw most of the shows that we wanted to. It was so cold the entire day. We both had on 3 layers & not once even thought about shedding even one layer.

Here are some pictures from our day at EPCOT.

This is our rental car for the week (just kidding... a Camero from the showcase of cars at the Test Track)

A fish feeding at The Seas with Nemo & Friends

Daisy Duck

A view of America across the lake

This globe is in the lake & lit up during the fireworks show that night

Aladdin & Princess Jasmine

Morocco

France

United Kingdom

Canada

A view across the lake of the countries

Germany (i think)

A beautiful night view of the globe

Man it's freezing down here

So I thought Florida would be a warm place to escape from the frigid temps of NC. Wrong! The highs are in the low 50's... not bad. However, tonight while we were walking around Downtown Disney, it was 44 and the wind was blowing pretty good. Even people we've talked to from Canada say that it's cold. The low tomorrow night is 35. Geez... oh well. We are still at Disney. It's all relative.

So, tonight we went back to Downtown Disney & I brought the camera this time. Here's a few shots from our outing.

Waiting at the bus stop...

We ate supper here...

Which had some really cool stuff on the walls & hanging from the ceiling like this...

This is all stuff from the original movies (supposedly... that would be Herbie, the Beverly Hillbillies car/truck & the Titanic thingy that stopped the ship)

A view from the West Side

Legoland

I love this store... could spend hours in it.

One of the many centerpieces in the middle of this store. I wonder how much that costs?

A picture for Carter...

A picture for Kensley...

A picture for Chandler...

That's the Reedy Creek Fire Department (& it looks really cool lit up at night)

Disney!

Sorry it's taken me so long to post about our trip. We haven't had internet access until today (& we had to pay for it... go figure). We are having a great time in Florida. The resort is really nice... and big, the weather is great today...chilly, but sunny, and did I mention that we are at Disney?! I was so giddy when we arrived here. It's exciting just to be at this place. We are staying at the Coronado Springs Resort. For those of you who don't know, I am on a business trip with Corby for The First Tee. Last year was my first trip (to San Jose, CA) with him, this year we are here in FL and I asked him last night where we were going next year... and that would be San Antonio, TX. Hopefully. Anyway, to be at Disney without the kiddos, well, I almost feel bad about that but know that because of the logistics of the trip, they would not be able to fully enjoy the whole Disney experience. They are at home with my parents & Corby's mom (they are splitting the week) while me & Corby are enjoying some time to spend with each other. However, Corby has done a lot of this...

... because he's in the process of having to hire a new position at work. But still, we are enjoying each other's company. I've posted a lot of pictures (sorry everyone, it's for the kids). Hopefully I'll get one more chance to post again before we leave. Last night we went to Downtown Disney. I could spend way too much money at that place, but I restrained myself. We ate supper at McD's (ha... it was cheap and the restaurants in the hotel are not) and went to see a movie. I think we are heading Disney Boardwalk tonight for a fancy meal. Tomorrow we are going to EPCOT. VERY excited about that park!

Here we are at the hotel lobby.

A view from the conference center


Of course there are Disney characters all over the place.


Birds are EVERYWHERE around this place. They are not afraid of you either.


This place is huge... streets signs everywhere.


I just thought this was cool.

A view of one area from one of the bridges. As you can see this place really is big.

Our room is through those trees. There is a little beach area with hammocks.

One of the pools. This is the kids area.

Kids playground area

Another view from the pool area of the landscape of this place.

Trying to pan the area... several shots

A view of the place at night

Finally, the plane we flew on. This is for you Chandler.