EPCOT

Tuesday the plan was to go to EPCOT. We had planned on going a little later (around lunchtime) so we wouldn't burn out like we did the day before at the Magic Kingdom. Well it wasn't so much burn out as it was finished everything was wanted to do. But when we checked the weather, it was supposed to be rainy in the afternoon, so we decided to hurry up and get ready and get to the park as soon as we could before we lost too much time to the rain.

We ended up getting there at 10:15 (the park opened at 9:00). After a long line waiting for bags to be checked, we got into the park and Alison wanted to go right on Spaceship Earth. She also wanted to take a picture of it so I let her have the camera.

The girls actually liked Spaceship Earth, which was a surprise to me. The whole history of communication through time was something I thought the girls would have no interest in whatsoever. But Ali said she actually like the ride. I think she liked the animatronics more than anything else. We went on it six years ago and it was good to see that it was actually changed from the last time we saw it.

After Spaceship Earth, Alison wanted to do the Kim Possible challenge. We ran our tickets and got our assignment, which was in Norway after 12:00. We had about a half an hour or so to kill so we decided to try the GM Test Track. But the wait was actually over an hour so we got fast passes instead and went over to the world showcase in Mexico.

Ali had heard the story for years about how the last time we were at EPCOT we got stuck on this ride. I actually like the Mexico pavilion anyway. I love looking at all the crafts and jewelry. So we went on the ride and showed the girls the characters from The Three Caballeros. I think when we get home I may break out the DVD to show the girls. But I think they liked it.

After Mexico, we went to Norway and got our Kimmunicator and assignment. Then we went on the Maelstrom . Sarah had told Alison all about it and had her all freaked out before going on. Then when we did it, it was pretty tame. In fact, it changed just slightly from six years ago as well. As soon as we got out, we started the Kim Possible mission and right when we did, the sky opened up and it POURED on us. We had to hang out in a little Norwegian cafe for about 20 minutes while we waited for the rain to stop. In the mean time I got the girls a cookie and I had a cinnamon roll.

Once the rain stopped Ali finished her Kim Possible mission. The only problem was she wouldn't let Sarah help her. So this caused some fighting and pouting. After Ali was done I told her that was it, because we wanted to walk around the park and not spend all of our time doing Kim Possible things. Besides, the things they had us doing were really kind of lame. Sarah didn't miss much.

When we turned in the Kimmunicator we started over to the Land of Imagination and the Figment ride. Once again, the wait was only about five minutes. Alison thought the ride was rather neat. The only thing that sucked was all the Kodak things at the end (making pictures editing them) were not working right. After trying for five to ten minutes we gave up. We stayed a little longer just because the rain had started again.

Once it had let up we went over the The Land. Soarin' had a long line and we couldn't get fast passes because we still had the ones from the Test Track so we went on the boat ride there. I forget what it was called exactly.

End of part one of EPCOT. More to come tomorrow.