An Unexpected Journey –Chapter 6
Sunday September 2nd
We decided to do a half ‘n’ half day today. We were going to Epcot and knew we wanted to be there for the Illuminations show so decided to chill out in the pool for a few hours in the morning.
We grabbed some lunch and headed to Epcot for about 2pm. On arrival we did the Spaceship Earth ride which we all love and then headed over to Soarin'. We missed it last time as the queue was ridiculous but were dismayed a little this time round to find it has a 65 minute wait…
Well, none of us had done it so we decided to stick it out. Time dragged and I think it was more like 75 mins before we reached the front of the line – 'it had better be worth it' was the mood in the camp…
I think we maybe judged it a bit unfairly as the long wait possibly skewed our judgement. It was good but we all agreed it was no better than any other simulator and not worth over an hour wait.
Honey I Shrunk the Audience had been replaced by Captain EO – which the kids hadn’t seen before but I think I did in 2000 (or maybe it was in 1989?!). It was very Never Ending Story crossed with a typical Michael Jackson video but I honestly enjoyed it in a cheesy sort of way – a real blast form the past!
I would have loved to have done Test Track as it was one of my favourites but unfortunately it is currently undergoing a re-vamp so we did Mission Space next which was a first for Jack and he loved it.
As the sun started to set we started making our way round World Showcase. Through Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, USA and Italy we ended up in good ol’ Blighty and the kids fancied fish ‘n’ chips. Two average size fish bites and half a dozen chips for $9 didn’t quite live up to my local chippy but it ‘filled a hole’ and we carried on round past Japan, France and Canada and back round to grab our place before the fireworks.
The Illuminations show was as impressive as ever as we all ‘ooooh’d’ and ‘aaaaaah’d’ at the extraordinary amount of fireworks that lit up the night sky – how much must that cost to do it every night of the year?
By 9.30 we were on our way back to the villa and finished off the night by watching ET which we had recorded whilst out at Epcot. A great film which certainly brought back some memories for me.
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