lsenquiz
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2005
Day 2 Mon Sept 16th
My oldest will turn 26 on this day! It is hard for me to believe. Sadly neither him nor his sister(DD21) could make this trip. He has work and my DD has college.
So today we wake up for this first time in the beautiful BLT. It is still just the three of us(DH,DS and Me) and we want to be at EPCOT in time for rope drop so we will be up, dressed, fed and on our way to the monorail by 8:15am.
It will be strange for us to arrive here(we usually stay at an EPCOT resort so are used to using the international gateway entrance):
Epcot_SSE_and_entrance by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
Photo borrowed from the internet
Along with everyone else our first stop will be here to get FPs:
soarin fp by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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We will also go ahead and ride standby if the line is not too long.
With FPs in hand we will head here:
Circle of life by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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Believe it or not we have never ridden this.
Next up is:
figment by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
Photo borrowed from WDW Park Hoppers
This is one of my favorites and the very first ride DS8 ever rode when he was a baby.
We will definitely spend some time in the imagination pavilion after riding Figment. My DS loves this area.
Then we will head over to get FPs for this:
Test-Track_FP Distro by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
Photo borrowed from the internet
This has never been a favorite of mine. We will be riding it for the first time on our May/June trip so we will see if it remains on this schedule after that.
I am estimating that our FPs for Soarin will be open by now so we will head back over to ride my absolutely favorite ride of all time again:
epcot-soarin_edited by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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After Soarin its over to here:
the-seas-with-nemo by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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We really enjoy this ride but our favorite is where we go when we finish this ride:
crush by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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I really think this is an under-rated attraction and have talked to many people who did not realize it was even there. This is a must do many times for us each trip. Last year we did it 6 times while we were there. Since this is the first of three EPCOT days for this trip we will only do this the one time today.
After weve gotten a good dose of the Dude we will spend some time exploring the Seas area. We really enjoy watching the dolphin, sea turtles, sharks and manatees.
We will hang out in the Seas until our FPs for TT open up and then head over to ride the recently renovated TT:
testtrack by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
Photo borrowed from the internet
I debated for a while on whether we should use FP for this because I have heard from some that you miss a lot of the experience by going through the FP line. I am going to ask a CM about that before we get our FPs and if they say we miss the part where you build your own car then we will just do stand by for this ride on one of our other EPCOT days and skip it for this day. We will make it the first thing we do when the park opens on the next EPCOT day.
Next up is a delicious lunch at:
la cantina by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
Photo borrowed from the internet
I love eating here because they have a nice big air conditioned restaurant that you can enjoy your lunch in. We can usually get a table right by the window with a beautiful view of the water.
La cantina seating by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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This area is used as a table service restaurant in the evenings but is open for counter service seating during the day.
After lunch we will head over to here:
mission space by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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DS rode this for the first time last year. We rode the green side but I still had to bribe him to do it and he was very scared while we were waiting in line. That changed immediately once the ride started and this is now on his top 5 favorite list.
I am sure we will spend some time here after the ride:
Mission-SPACE-Advanced-Training-Lab by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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Then we will head here:
spaceship_earth_at_night by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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This is not a favorite of ours but is a tradition. My father is an electrician and worked at EPOCT when it was being built in 1981/1982. He helped run all the electricity to Space Ship earth so we always make a point to ride this one. DS calls it the Earth that Papaw built
After our traditional Space Ship Earth ride we will spend a good amount of time in the innovations buildings. My DS loves this area and it feels like a break to me when we spend time in here:
innovations by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
Photo borrowed from the internet
The last thing we plan to do in Future World is to see these guys:
jammitors by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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Finally it will be time to head over to the World Show Case. Some of the things we plan to see here are:
jeweled dragon by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
Photo borrowed from the internet
candy lady by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
We are also planning to ride these as we have never made time for them on previous trips:
grand fiesta tour by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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maelstrom by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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We will do at least one adventure with Perry:
agent p by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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Last year we did France and the UK so this time I would like to try Mexico but will let DS make the ultimate choice.
Finally we will end our EPCOT day with dinner here:
Coral-Reef-sign by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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coral reef by Disneyalwaysn4ever, on Flickr
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This feels like a very full day but the good news is we have two more EPCOT days scheduled for this trip. If we dont get to everything we can just move it out to the next EPCOT day.
So after we are done enjoying a meal with the fishes we will hop back on the Monorail and head back to BLT. I want to enjoy Wishes from the room again so we will catch Illuminations on another day.
Up Next; Day 3 Magic Kingdom with a special surprise!