Today, we visited one of Disney’s older parks, the home of the large “golf ball”…Epcot Center. Epcot is divided into two parts, World Showcase and Future World. Despite the park’s age, there are new and exciting attractions in both parts of the park. We spent most of our day in Future World because it contains the most attractions.
We arrived at the park about a half hour after it’s opening, and we decided to do the most popular attractions before they became too busy. Our first stop was Soarin’, a hang-gliding simulator. Once you are fastened in, your seat moves up to a movie theater size screen, and the ride begins. You “fly” over famous California sites such as the Napa Valley, Monterey Bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge. As you glide over and around the scenery, your seat rotates so that it feels like you really are gliding. You also fly over an orange grove and you can smell the orange trees. It’s awesome!
After exiting the ride, we got a Fast pass for Test Track, and then we went to Mission: Space. On this adventure, you and three other people are on a mission to pilot a space shuttle to Mars. Each person is assigned a position; Commander, Pilot, Navigator, and Engineer. I was the Pilot. After you fly yourself to Mars, you get to go to the Advanced Training Lab. Here, you can rescue astronauts, send video postcards, and race a spaceship against another team. It is so much fun!
We walked over to Test Track, one of the fasted attractions at Disney World. It reaches speeds of 100 mph. The name of this attraction comes from what happens on the ride. It is like you are on an automobile test track, and you go through a series of tests. Some of these tests include heat test, cold test, combustion test, off-road test, and speed test. The speed test is where you reach the high speeds. It is really neat to see what your car goes through before it reaches the sales lot.
After riding the major rides, we decided to go back to the townhouse to rest because we were going back to Epcot for the fireworks show in the evening. There, we ate supper and watched the race until it was time to leave.
We arrived at the park around 5:30 p.m., so we still had time to visit some attractions before Future World closed. We stopped by Club Cool to sample some Coca Cola products from around the world. Some of them were good, but most of them were terrible!
Since Future World closes at 7:00, we headed over to World Showcase. We rode some of the attractions in the different countries, and then we got our seats for the fireworks and laser show. There were a few minutes of fireworks, and then there was a salute to all countries. It was a thrilling (and loud!) ending to a great day.
We arrived at the park about a half hour after it’s opening, and we decided to do the most popular attractions before they became too busy. Our first stop was Soarin’, a hang-gliding simulator. Once you are fastened in, your seat moves up to a movie theater size screen, and the ride begins. You “fly” over famous California sites such as the Napa Valley, Monterey Bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge. As you glide over and around the scenery, your seat rotates so that it feels like you really are gliding. You also fly over an orange grove and you can smell the orange trees. It’s awesome!
After exiting the ride, we got a Fast pass for Test Track, and then we went to Mission: Space. On this adventure, you and three other people are on a mission to pilot a space shuttle to Mars. Each person is assigned a position; Commander, Pilot, Navigator, and Engineer. I was the Pilot. After you fly yourself to Mars, you get to go to the Advanced Training Lab. Here, you can rescue astronauts, send video postcards, and race a spaceship against another team. It is so much fun!
We walked over to Test Track, one of the fasted attractions at Disney World. It reaches speeds of 100 mph. The name of this attraction comes from what happens on the ride. It is like you are on an automobile test track, and you go through a series of tests. Some of these tests include heat test, cold test, combustion test, off-road test, and speed test. The speed test is where you reach the high speeds. It is really neat to see what your car goes through before it reaches the sales lot.
After riding the major rides, we decided to go back to the townhouse to rest because we were going back to Epcot for the fireworks show in the evening. There, we ate supper and watched the race until it was time to leave.
We arrived at the park around 5:30 p.m., so we still had time to visit some attractions before Future World closed. We stopped by Club Cool to sample some Coca Cola products from around the world. Some of them were good, but most of them were terrible!
Since Future World closes at 7:00, we headed over to World Showcase. We rode some of the attractions in the different countries, and then we got our seats for the fireworks and laser show. There were a few minutes of fireworks, and then there was a salute to all countries. It was a thrilling (and loud!) ending to a great day.
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