The first Disney World park we visited. EPCOT doesn't really feel very Disneyish, and without the gift shops and briefly running into Donald Duck I might have forgotten!
EPCOT is definitely a 'concept' theme park - to me its main themes seem to be Innovation and Togetherness/Unity, basically making the moral "If we think creatively and innovate, we can work together to make the world better". Which is a nice moral, really.
THE RIDES
I'm pretty sure we went on all the rides - there aren't really that many at EPCOT. First we went on Mission: Space, which i a faux-interactive shuttle simulator. It really feels like you're launching, floating and accelerating. Next we went on Test Track - it was meant to be our first ride but it was closed due to technical difficulties. Thankfully they honoured our Fast Pass even though it was long after the hour window. It's a car simulator/rollercoaster hybrid where you design your own car and get scored on various points (we beat the guys behind us).
Then was Living With The Land, which is one of those slow educational boat rides. Not much to say about it other than I like its message of sustainability. Then we went on Soarin' (it's right across from LWTL), which I think might be their most technically impressive ride at EPCOT. It's a plane simulator that flies across various landscapes, and uses fans and scent aerosolizers to make you feel you're actually there.
The last two are Journey Into Immagination and Spaceship Earth. They're both story-driven slow rides with animatronics. Journey is... dumb (Figment is annoying), and also displays the cold march of time and our inevitable demise (Eric Idle got OLD). Spaceship Earth is basically a short history lesson presented as a "time machine", about technological progress. I already knew everything, but some of the facts weren't things I learned in school, so that's nice.
THE FOODS
For lunch we visited the Rose & Crown Pub in the England section of World Showcase (yeah we're so adventurous). It has a nice atmosphere (and also AC, thank God). Basically, it's like an idealised version of a British pub - better than any I've been in in actual Britain.
The Food: I had fish and chips. It was probably the best I'd ever tasted. Not even a single bone, despite it obviously being a chunk of a real fish (the occasional patch of scales is a dead giveaway). The batter was great - nic and crispy, and it didn't go soggy like it usually does.
The Price: TWENTY ONE DOLLARS ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS (probably actually worth the price but GUH)
For dinner we went to Seasons. It's a cafeteria inside The Land, focused on homegrown produce and sustainable living and junk. I had a pork chop, topped with barbecue sauce, with mashed potatoes and corn on the cob.
The Food: It was delicious. The pork was tender and moist, and there was a LOT of it (it was less a chop and more a goddamn steak). Sauce was smoky and sweet, and th mashed potatoes and corn were... okay.
The Price: FOURTEEN DOLLARS ARE YOU actually that's kinda reasonable.
There's a LOT of places to eat at EPCOT. Like, seriously, half the park is dedicated to restaurants themed around various world countries.
Final Thoughts:
FLORIDA YOU ARE TOO HOT (God bless AC)
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