OhioStateBuckeye
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2007
Monday February 1 Animal Kingdom and Epcot
AK: 8-5
Epcot: 11-8
We had left AK around 2:30 and were on our way to hop to Epcot.
They were letting cars fill in the closer spots and we got a really great, close spot.
3:05: walking into Epcot getting my first of 100 pictures of Spaceship Earth. I actually expected the fountain pylons to be bigger than they are.
3:10: walked straight onto Spaceship Earth with no wait.
3:35: stopped to do some painting on the festival canvas.
Walked onto Awesome Planet with 1 minute before next showtime. Hadn't seen it before, was a cute little show but don't think I'll need to see it anytime in the near future. Nice sit down break, though. Also nice to get out of the very chilly temps.
4: walked onto Living With the Land. I love that attraction but it hurts me to think it would never get approved nowadays. Can you imagine someone pitching an attraction that is going to go through a couple different landscapes and then float through some greenhouses to show people innovative ways in which produce can be grown?!?! Nope nope nope.
4:20: walked onto Soarin.
4:42: watched Chip and Dale play around for a few minutes.
4:53: walked into the festival of the arts center.
In our group we had had Remy's Ratatouille, Charcuterie and the Lemon Blood Orange Tart. I am now obsessed with the Lemon Blood Orange tart. Soooo good and the flavors worked really well with each other.
Next we just spent some very chilly time looking at art, perusing the food booths and taking pictures inserting ourselves into the famous works of art.
We stopped at the Vibrante & Vivido Food Studio. I had the Blue Corn Pupusa which was good, but not outstanding.
5:50: watched the Voices of Liberty set which was fantastic but seriously cold at this point. The wind was biting.
Spent some time looking at the new Jazz exhibit in America to warm up. It's a nice little exhibit but nothing spectacular, it's nice they did something but you probably could have....I dunno....jazzed it up a bit more?
6:23: waited 7 minutes for Frozen. The park was really, really empty. Probably due to the freezing temps.
6:42: walked onto Gran Fiesta Tour. Enjoyed it so much we walked right back on. Too bad the band at the end fell a bit flat.
I had one art piece picked out from all our browsing and I went back to grab it:
7:30: we all got one last food booth item and met up at the Epcot preview center. There are plenty of tables with chairs in there and it was mostly empty. I got the tomato soup and bacon grilled cheese from the Pop Arts booth. It was soooooooo good. Especially in the cold weather.
The park closed at 8 so we hightailed it to Spaceship Earth for one last ride.
7:57: made it onto Spaceship Earth walk on.
It was time to walk quickly back to the car. It was so cold but I think that's why the park was so empty and we got a lot done. Most likely would have eaten/drank a lot more if it had been warmer.
Can't wait to go back and do the parks again! Hopefully soon
AK: 8-5
Epcot: 11-8
We had left AK around 2:30 and were on our way to hop to Epcot.
They were letting cars fill in the closer spots and we got a really great, close spot.
3:05: walking into Epcot getting my first of 100 pictures of Spaceship Earth. I actually expected the fountain pylons to be bigger than they are.
3:10: walked straight onto Spaceship Earth with no wait.
3:35: stopped to do some painting on the festival canvas.
Walked onto Awesome Planet with 1 minute before next showtime. Hadn't seen it before, was a cute little show but don't think I'll need to see it anytime in the near future. Nice sit down break, though. Also nice to get out of the very chilly temps.
4: walked onto Living With the Land. I love that attraction but it hurts me to think it would never get approved nowadays. Can you imagine someone pitching an attraction that is going to go through a couple different landscapes and then float through some greenhouses to show people innovative ways in which produce can be grown?!?! Nope nope nope.
4:20: walked onto Soarin.
4:42: watched Chip and Dale play around for a few minutes.
4:53: walked into the festival of the arts center.
In our group we had had Remy's Ratatouille, Charcuterie and the Lemon Blood Orange Tart. I am now obsessed with the Lemon Blood Orange tart. Soooo good and the flavors worked really well with each other.
Next we just spent some very chilly time looking at art, perusing the food booths and taking pictures inserting ourselves into the famous works of art.
We stopped at the Vibrante & Vivido Food Studio. I had the Blue Corn Pupusa which was good, but not outstanding.
5:50: watched the Voices of Liberty set which was fantastic but seriously cold at this point. The wind was biting.
Spent some time looking at the new Jazz exhibit in America to warm up. It's a nice little exhibit but nothing spectacular, it's nice they did something but you probably could have....I dunno....jazzed it up a bit more?
6:23: waited 7 minutes for Frozen. The park was really, really empty. Probably due to the freezing temps.
6:42: walked onto Gran Fiesta Tour. Enjoyed it so much we walked right back on. Too bad the band at the end fell a bit flat.
I had one art piece picked out from all our browsing and I went back to grab it:
7:30: we all got one last food booth item and met up at the Epcot preview center. There are plenty of tables with chairs in there and it was mostly empty. I got the tomato soup and bacon grilled cheese from the Pop Arts booth. It was soooooooo good. Especially in the cold weather.
The park closed at 8 so we hightailed it to Spaceship Earth for one last ride.
7:57: made it onto Spaceship Earth walk on.
It was time to walk quickly back to the car. It was so cold but I think that's why the park was so empty and we got a lot done. Most likely would have eaten/drank a lot more if it had been warmer.
Can't wait to go back and do the parks again! Hopefully soon