China, and the end of the trip
I walked past the Outpost, and over the bridge into China. There I was greeted by the sight of the main pavilion, which is styled after the Temple of Heaven:
I always find the Tomb Warriors exhibit enjoyable and informative.
The building containing the Tomb Warriors had a plaque indicating it was known as the "House of Whispering Willows". I could find nothing in internet searches indicating the origin of this name, nor who Liu Yin Ge is (or was).
The exhibit itself was excellent, as ever. I had first thought the terra cotta figures were originals, but on research when I got home, I found out that they were replicas; this makes sense, as why would a country put priceless artifacts on permanent display in a foreign country? But they were still, as I have already said, breathtaking.
A scale model of how the archaeological dig was conducted:
The warriors:
A terra-cotta horse-drawn cart:
More terra cotta figures:
After looking at the artifacts, I believe I saw "Reflections of China", but I may not have, as I do not have any photos of either the theater or the waiting area.
Anyway, after this I exited the pavilion and took some photos of World Showcase Lagoon:
It appears that the fireworks barge had been towed out into the lagoon:
I decided it was time to head out of the park, so I headed for Future World. As I passed the Epcot Christmas Tree, I took a couple of pictures.
As I was passing Spaceship Earth, I decided to take a couple of pictures of it, feeling a sense of loss at ending my last theme park visit, and my last full day of my trip. Little did I know that one year later, I would be back.
I walked out through the park exit, and made my way to my rental car. I drove back to the timeshare, greeted my parents, and had dinner with them. I then proceeded to make sure that all of my luggage was packed for the trip to the airport. Since my parents and I would all be taking the same flight out the next day, my father and I drove our rental cars to the car return place before 7 PM, to avoid the extra day's rental fee on my car, and I rode back to the timeshare with my father. I took a shower and went to bed.
November 20
We got up early, ate a light breakfast, packed the car, drove to the Metropolitan Orlando airport, and returned our car, checked in with the airline, and got through security smoothly. The flight was on time, and before I knew it, we were wheels up!