The park hopper pass is a really great thing to have. I get to go to any park at all on a given day. And that is important because some parks don’t have a full day of entertainment in them. I thought of Epcot as the weakest park, but that is only if you are trying to spend an entire day there. If you just go for a few hours to eat or browse it is a lot of fun. Technically I’ve been there every full day that I’ve been on this vacation. In every case I always ran away from it at the end, but two of those times were to catch the bus.
The morning started early, and we went to Animal Kingdom, which was open early for special guests; i.e. Those staying at the resort. We were able to quickly ride Expedition Everest twice in a row. Then we saw the gorillas and did a bunch of other zoo-like activities.
At one point I wondered why there was a crowd at the side of the road. After looking closely, I saw that there was a woman that looked like she had escaped from Cirque du Soleil. And she did it in camoflague. She was covered in leaves and was on stilts, similarly covered. Green face paint and she was nearly invisible in the vegetation. She looked so cool.
After Animals came Magic. We took a ferry to the Magic Kingdom and wandered there. We went on Space Mountain, and saw the Monster Inc. Laugh factory. I enjoyed both. We capped the park off with a visit to Small World. It is traditional, and I am trying my best to not get the song in my head. I did a few brain exercises while on the ride to prevent that. Hopefully it will work.
I did wait in line at one point to get my shirt autographed by a number of Disney Princesses. All gorgeous and also leery of a man getting a picture with them. (Oh come on, if I have waited that long in line I’m going to get some evidence that I did it.) The Magic Kingdom is a lot more kid friendly, so the characters are much more crowded with lines. Also, you can’t see the princesses at all, not even from a distance, unless you go through the entire line. That makes a lot of sense for the Little Mermaid.
We concluded the day at Epcot and I finally saw the ride in the big grapefruit. It was surprisingly good. I couldn’t go last year because it was closed. We also wandered the countries of the world. I saw occasionaly things that I was tempted to buy: Akavit for my mother, but she’s from Denmark, not Norway; Chinese Tea for a friend who told me not to get him anything.
I wonder what tomorrow is going to bring. It is apparently going to get rather cold here. Relatively speaking.