Epcot and Halloween!
Yesterday was a busy day. We rose a bit late but still made it to EPCOT in time to see a part of the food and wine festival. That is great. The world pavilions have set up small booths and allow sampling of food from around the world! Desserts, meat and cheese dishes, the works. I still think if a person starts on one side of the world pavilions, by the time they reach the other side, they will have had a full meal.
In addition, you get a food passport. If you manage to try all the places, there is a special something you can get. What I have no idea.
That, and lunch at the Rose and Crown Pub, took a large part of the day. After that, we did stop by the Mission: Space. There T and myself tried out the Orange flight team simulation. That was cool! We were part of a four man crew that was flying to Mars. In reality, its a centrifuge with a story and movie attached to it. You do have controls to press, which keeps you busy, but its entertainment. I can see how it bothers some people, what with the centrifuge, being caught so close in when the ride closes.
However for those who are uncomfortable, there is the ground crew option. There you act as flight control for the ship launching. Pretty cool stuff.
It got a little close in for me one time, but I finally got over it when I started having something to do. Funny, that made all the difference, that I had something to do. Interesting how that works out sometimes.
Afterwards, there were more pictures of the Mexico and China pavilions. Then back to the room to rest and change.
We got our costumes on later that evening, then headed over to the Not So Scary Halloween event. There we found out the tickets had been printed with the wrong date. Sept 30 not Oct 30. Fortunately, guests services helped us out and got us in. We trick or treated a little, rode a few rides and enjoyed some of the parade as it trailed by. Yes, we missed some, but at least not everything. So it worked out ok in the end. They are genuinely nice folks at Disney. They hire very well.
By the time the fun was all over it was after midnight. We hit the room at 1 am and finally crashed. Busy, busy day. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
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In addition, you get a food passport. If you manage to try all the places, there is a special something you can get. What I have no idea.
That, and lunch at the Rose and Crown Pub, took a large part of the day. After that, we did stop by the Mission: Space. There T and myself tried out the Orange flight team simulation. That was cool! We were part of a four man crew that was flying to Mars. In reality, its a centrifuge with a story and movie attached to it. You do have controls to press, which keeps you busy, but its entertainment. I can see how it bothers some people, what with the centrifuge, being caught so close in when the ride closes.
However for those who are uncomfortable, there is the ground crew option. There you act as flight control for the ship launching. Pretty cool stuff.
It got a little close in for me one time, but I finally got over it when I started having something to do. Funny, that made all the difference, that I had something to do. Interesting how that works out sometimes.
Afterwards, there were more pictures of the Mexico and China pavilions. Then back to the room to rest and change.
We got our costumes on later that evening, then headed over to the Not So Scary Halloween event. There we found out the tickets had been printed with the wrong date. Sept 30 not Oct 30. Fortunately, guests services helped us out and got us in. We trick or treated a little, rode a few rides and enjoyed some of the parade as it trailed by. Yes, we missed some, but at least not everything. So it worked out ok in the end. They are genuinely nice folks at Disney. They hire very well.
By the time the fun was all over it was after midnight. We hit the room at 1 am and finally crashed. Busy, busy day. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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