Friday was an extra magic hour evening at Epcot,,, one of my favorite times. It was also a lunch in the basement, with an early performance of people walking around with fire sticks and trying to NOT set the person ablaze in front of them,, and also trying to not faint while standing immobile for a long stretch of time.
Yes,, lunch was at Le Cellier,,, and we got the Candlelight Processional, first showing tonight.
On arrival to Epcot,,t he first thing we checked on was if there might be a "soft" opening for the new Test Track,,, but alas and alack,,, no luck there. Lunch is at 11:30,, so we are basically just killing time in Future World till then.
Rode Soarin',, apostrophe,,,,, ah shuddup. Livin' with the land,, Apostrophe,,,gonna hurt somebody.
Walked around Comminiventions. Even rode the moronically stupid and waste of your life's time ride,, Journey into your Imagination,,, hoping that somehow,, either the ride got better,,, or our brains got more understanding,,, but again,, alas and alack,,, no such luck.
Our hopefullness was just a figment.
And no,,, that wasn't supposed to be funny either!
We then wandered into World Showcase and strolled around the gardens in Canada.
Very pretty.
But I think this is where Disney really pulls the wool over your eyes,,everybody knows that you can't grow actual flowers way up by there,,, they had to be plastic.
Then we watched the Martin Short Show,,, which is pretty good,,, providing that you keep your tongeu firmly pressed against your cheek,,, as he also tries to show you pictures of plastic flowers and such in the Canada Movie Show
Hmm,, I should have a pic or two here, shouldn't I?
I am pretty sure that is the Canada garden party,,, just don't tell Ricky Nelson. Well,, I guess that doesn't matter a whole heck of a lot either now, does it?
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Now,, I just blew up this next picture to see what it was that I was looking at,,, and really,, the best I can tell you...
It's either from the Candlelight Processionaly later that day,,,
or it's from all the patrons sitting at their tables trying to read the menus at Le Cellier, using any forms of lighting that they can muster up.
I'm going with the latter.
At Le Cellier,, which we have eaten at Many a time,,, to me it was "dinner as usual" meaning,, Goooood... But to Diane,, it was less than impressive to her this time. Not sure why.
Yes,, had better Fillets in the past here,,, but it was still a whole heck of a bunch better than if I tried to make it on the grill,,, and love the garlic mashed potatoes,, and the breadsticks. We had to pay extra for the appetizer, that we just weren't going to go without,,, the Cheddar Cheese soup has always been an integral part of our dining there, and it was today.
But today,,, it seemed like they were trying to overdo it,,, it just seemed to Rich,,, and after just checking out the online menu,, at 7.50 a bowl for soup,,,, yeah,, you have to be Richie Rich, to order it now.
But, one thing you don't want to miss is/are, the Voices of Liberty at the American Pavillion. An a Capella choir group that are/is, just outstanding, really,, not kidding.
And during this holiday period it's mostly real Christmas type songs, yes,, we are talking chills down the back.
I normally hate chills,, but I had to hold up my arm and show Diane,,,"Hey,, Look!" And she was incredulous; " Wow, you have hair on your arms,,, who knew"?
Yeup,,,, everybody's a comedian.
Ok, as for the Candlelight Processional,,, well,,, it w was good.
Smidgy liked it more than I did,, pretty much like last time we did it.
We had much better seats this time though,, pretty much dead center front and back,,, and left and right.
Our main host/speaker/ celebrity for the evening is Edna Mae. Do I have that right?
Ok,,, I mean,, Whoopie Goldberg.
And she was good,,, played it mostly straight, and following the usual type of Disney tradition,, turned a Christian account of history into a non religeious/ethinic, holiday nightime gospel type story for all to enjoy.
Oh,,, gotta look for more pics, don't I?
And there you pretty much have it.
Whoopsy,,, how did a Morrocan belly dancer get in the Processional?
No WONDER everybody suddenly stood up and cheered in the middle of Silent Night!
(Do you see what I see?)
Again,, Smidgy likes it more than I,, but what was really strange during the performance,, was a single girl/woman, sat down on the end of the bench next to me,,, yes,, I guess I leff a little too much room. She looked a couple years younger than me,,,, but what was even weirder,,, was she also looked familiar!
You see, I was staying at a guy's house that I barely knew when we broke up back in '99,,, and that was when I first got on line.
And when I first started a scary series of Internet dating.
And I swear,, this woman sitting next to me now, was the very first person I ever met from talkiing to people on the internet. That in itself was a short termed riot; we met at a restaurant in a mall, between her and me,,, around lunch time; I had a hard time recognizing her because her pics were all ten years older,,, and she said,,, "Hi Nevo,,, well,, gotta go,, have to go get my mom from Kohl's,, but it was nice meeting you. "
Never saw her again.
yes,, I have that effect on women.
Now, I'd have to try to get by with,,,,
boy,, if Smidgy left me now,,, I'm DOOOMED!
See? This is what happens when I don't have anything!
But what was strange about this woman was that she spent most of the whole show watching Harry Potter on her I'Pad, or whatever it was. And at the end when the entire audience stood for the Hallalueja Chorus,,,, nope not her,,, she just sat there and stared straight ahead,, as if daring someone to say something.
When the show was over, we got a couple of beers and made it over to England to hear the Brittish Revolution. But before they came out,,, there was a storyteller doing his shtick first.
Then the band came out:
What I like about them is that they do a lot more than just Beatles stuff,, and they do it well too.
Illuminations didn't start until 9:30 for the holidays,,,b
ut man,,, what a show it was,,, with the special Holiday "Tag" at the end,,,, absolutely breathtaking! From then on we just kind of muddled around for a bit,,, did Spaceship Earth,,, Nemo,,,I remember wanting to do the roal reef exhibits,,,, but they were turning off the lights in a lot of the tanks,,,,,,,so nothing to see here,, move on.
And so we left.
The Illuminations at holiday time is really uplifting for me, and I"m not exaggerating. But I still get forlorn when
I think of what's not there anymore,,, which is
The Lights of Winter. That always was so cool to me,,, the lit up archway down the main path to World Showcase,,,with the big Epcot tree in the background.
It's been gone a few years now,, Disney's official line is that today's technology can't support it anymore,,, whatever that means.
Ok,,, we are done here again,,, menyana
I was hoping someone would spot that.
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