Spent half of MLK Day at Epcot, so I thought I'd post a few thoughts.
The Arts Festival is nice, if a bit limited. The Mary Blair and Herb Ryman "galleries" are really half a dozen pieces of each artist -- a nice start, but could have been twice as big and felt adequate. The Ryman paintings are especially interesting since they're all related to Epcot concept art.
We just happened to be in the Odyssey when the napkin-folding class began -- nicely done, I must say! It was a great throwback to the Disney Institute classes. Not guessing many people remember those, but this was a nice experience.
We did a few rides. Amazing that Living with the Land has lasted all these years. I hope any eventual Epcot redo doesn't spell the end of it. Such a distinctive Epcot attraction that wouldn't fit in any other park.
Some of the people in the American Adventure finale sorta make you stop and shake your head, now. Lance Armstrong, especially. Not exactly the impression they were going for, I'd guess.
Oh, and the monorails look dreadful, like a public bus system in the sky. My wife, hardly someone who looks for faults at WDW, was the first to comment on them. They look like they're in need of a new coat of paint or a good cleaning or -- novel idea -- simply replace them with updated trains. Sad to think that some(!) of the MM+ money could've been spent improving the monorails...
Given the political events upcoming in the next couple of days, I was struck by Mark Twain's words in the American Adventure: "I think the founding fathers never dreamed of an America like this."
May not be how the WDI writers intended it, but they really outdid themselves with that line.
