We couldn't remember too much from the last time we were here because it was so long ago, but some of it came back as we walked through the park. The "ball" at the entrance is also an attraction, called Spaceship Earth. It was a ride through the future and was an interactive, calm ride through the park's icon. Next to the ball, was another ride with Ellen DeGeneres through a world of dinosaurs with an emphasis on energy and various energy sources called Ellen's Energy Adventure:
It was a very entertaining and educational ride that lasted about 45 minutes. The next attraction - Mission: Space - was one that required a decision.
We could take the less intense training journey (green), or the more intense journey (orange). We opted for the very intense orange version. It was an experience similar to the train ride at Animal Kingdom and was one that we probably would pass on the next time and take the less intense version. But, we had to find out. The last atttraction in this section was called Test Track, and we wanted to do that one, but the wait was nearly 2 hours, so we passed on that one.
Next, we moved on to the Future World West section and took the ride on the attraction called The Seas with Nemo and Friends.
This was another ride - in a "clamobile" - that went through an area that simulated under the sea where Nemo was more playfull than lost. Another calm ride.
We then went next door to The Land which contained several attractions in one building - Soarin, Living with the Land and The Circle of Life. Our intention was to do the Soarin' attraction, but the wait was over 2 hours. We decided to do the other two rides in the same complex, then come back to do the Soarin attraction. The other 2 that we did were kind of ho-hum, but still educational and worthwhile. We again checked the wait at Soarin after we did the others, and it was still a 2 hour wait.
We moved on to the Imagination pavilion:
We did two of the attractions here - Journey Into Imagination With Figment - that was excellent, and - Captain EO - that was made more special because it featured Michael Jackson in a wonderful film with him on a mission to rescue the planet, and was full of music, dance and filmed in 3D that made it even more special.
At this point, we started walking around the World Showcase area. It was getting late and we wanted to ride the monorail before we left, so we cut it short and headed for the monorail. The big surprise for us was that the monorail now connects Epcot with Magic Kingdom, so you can do both parks in one day without driving to both. It was a nice ride and we will take advantage of the dual parks feature - maybe today - as we want to see the Soarin' show at Epcot, but we still want to go to Magic Kingdom.
The Epcot Center was the best of the 3 parks we have been to so far. It was not only more interesting and educational, but the beauty was unbelievable. We took these shots showing just a small portion of the beautiful flower beds:
With one more full day left in this area, we will tackle Magic Kingdom today. It was a very good day yesterday, and if today is even half as good, it will be a perfect ending to our time in the Orlando area...
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