On The Road Again – Week in Orlando
Day 2 – Disney’s EPCOT

  Day 2 arrived a lot faster than I was either expecting or wanting it to.  With all the standing and walking around the day before, it would have been nice to have been able to sleep in!  No rest for the weary however, and it was up once again to put coffee on the stove!   Remembering the lesson that I learned the day before, I searched for and programmed EPCOT Toll Plaza into the GPS!  38 minutes and $30 later Julius and I were parked and headed for the gate! 

  I was looking forward to today’s trip, While Disney has sister parks on the west coast for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, EPCOT stands on its own.  Opened in the 1980’s EPCOT, or the Experimental Planned Community of Tomorrow came out of Walt Disney’s desire to build a futuristic community on the Orange County, Florida Property.  The park was a hybrid of a vision of what our world may look like in the future, and a World’s Fair.

  Our first stop was Spaceship Earth, which takes you through a timeline of the earliest forms of written communication ending with the introduction of the home computer.

  Spaceship Earth was a good ride, and I felt it covered the subject really well.  I would recommend it to anyone visiting EPCOT.

  Our Next stop was Journey of Water: Inspired by Moana, where Julius and I setup for a photo Op!  (This also kicked off an awkward encounter with a misinformed employee, who interpreted the selfie stick ban in the park to also extend to tripods..), which is  NOT the case.  The park currently allows tripods IF they can fit in a standard backpack and do not extend over 6 feet.  A quick walk to Guest Relations to get the rule clarified and we were back in action!  I did take the time to let the employee know that tripods are OK, to avoid escalating the situation once he saw I was once again using my tripod.  All the staff involved were very polite and it was just a simple misunderstanding!

  This was pretty cool.  These ‘caves’ had curtains of water made up of separate water streams, sensors would shut off individual streams in the shape of your body.  You had to “Trust The Water!”,  I did with over $3000 worth of gear on my back!

  There is a really nice statue of Te Fiti.

  Julius and I then headed over to the Finding Nemo ride.

  While we enjoyed the ride, I really enjoyed the aquarium exhibit afterwards!  Great place for photo opportunities….  Here is Julius and I posing with Chum!

  We then headed over to Living With The Land, which was a very nice and relaxing ride looking at the history of farming around the world, and what Disney is doing to not only find innovative framing methods for a future sustainable food supply, but how they also use these methods to produce the fruits and vegetables, in their parks and resorts. 

  If you are interested you can sign up for a behind the scenes VIP tour ( seen here!).

  I think these are the best two photo’s of the entire trip!  The first one was shot with the iPhone HIpstamatic App, which I think turned out so well I had to duplicate it with the DSLR.  Vote in the comments which you think is the better picture!

  It was then time to head back to the campsite, fix dinner, and get ready for tomorrow adventure at Hollywood Studios!  

  I enjoyed EPCOT, it was a nice laid back transition between the Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios.  I know I BARELY scratched the surface of what the park has to offer.  One of these days I will do more research and have a plan of attack, so I can see more of its attractions!

  I hope you are enjoying this multipart blog, be sure to come back to read about our day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!  If you would like to be notified by email when new content is posted, please register by clicking HERE!