Hey WDWMagic!
Just got back from a WONDERFUL EPCOT/WDW getaway.
Got a lot of info and pics to share so here we go!
Around WDW-DTD & TTC
This was the first time in quite a few years I had been to WDW in August. This made us the hottest and the most crowded I had ever seen...WOW.DTD was swarming with people and heat.PI looked pretty packed too.
Poor thing...
The new T-Rex restaurant is looking good. Looks like Everest in DAK.
Work was even being done while we were there. You could hear machinery from the inside and plumes of dust coming out.
TTC
The new Coffee Cart installed earlier this summer is doing quite well. There was quite a crowd about it as we walked to the Monorail.
Speaking of Monorails all trains are YOAMD free!Woohoo!
Alright, on to EPCOT!
First off, the maps have gotten a bit of a refurb. SSE has a new blurb that mentions that's "RE-IMAGINED!!”Also notable is that the communications blurb is gone but is still featured on the Monorail speil. Think it will ever get re-recorded? Also notable is the new IllumiNations picture on the back from Kodak.Ironically a blurry pic here.
What's odd about it is that it shows ROE with very prominent laser shots. As we all know, lasers don't play as big a role in IllumiNations as they used too...but more on that later...
The Entrance Plaza and LaL is the same as ever...Although this time I noticed less people crowding around LaL too look for their pics. It’s odd because almost every time I go I see at least a few people wandering through the "tombstones”. Not this time though....
For fans of the old plaza if you head over to the far left or right "lanes" you can walk between the wall and the pretty trees they have. Took me back to 1993.
Spaceship Earth-FINALLY I get to ride! I was very pleased with the changes, surprisingly...I thought I would merf out about it.LOL.My only gripes were the level of the BGM both outside and in. You can hear Dame Judi's narration perfectly but you have to strain to hear the music that comes form the sets. You could hear the Matrix Tunnel and Computer Room music very clearly and I loved it...nice and appropriate. The Narr. was very interesting. Not as bad as I expected but the ABC lines and taxes line were a bit silly. No big deal though because Dame Judi makes up for it in the 180 top where you enter the planetarium to
"A global network to shape the future of Spaceship Earth” Very nice! It gave me goose bumps. The decent seems very short without the sets. Touch screens are VERY nice and the vid isn't bad either. It just seems horribly anti-climatic without any moving music or a scene to looks at. Triangles were in abundance. I wonder what's in their future. When the decent is finished it would be GREAT to have a song like Tomorrow's Child return. But that's probably a fanboys's dream...
Nice pic of the glowing telephone wires...I wonder why these are the only fiber-optic effects left...Is this a sign of things to come?
EPCOT was crowded on 8/7/08...SSE had a 25 min wait when we got on 50(!) when we got off.Soarin was at 180 with no FP by 12:00.Luckily we got FP's.TT was at 200 mins with no FP as well.
Continued in the next post...
Just got back from a WONDERFUL EPCOT/WDW getaway.
Got a lot of info and pics to share so here we go!
Around WDW-DTD & TTC
This was the first time in quite a few years I had been to WDW in August. This made us the hottest and the most crowded I had ever seen...WOW.DTD was swarming with people and heat.PI looked pretty packed too.
Poor thing...
The new T-Rex restaurant is looking good. Looks like Everest in DAK.
Work was even being done while we were there. You could hear machinery from the inside and plumes of dust coming out.
TTC
The new Coffee Cart installed earlier this summer is doing quite well. There was quite a crowd about it as we walked to the Monorail.
Speaking of Monorails all trains are YOAMD free!Woohoo!
Alright, on to EPCOT!
First off, the maps have gotten a bit of a refurb. SSE has a new blurb that mentions that's "RE-IMAGINED!!”Also notable is that the communications blurb is gone but is still featured on the Monorail speil. Think it will ever get re-recorded? Also notable is the new IllumiNations picture on the back from Kodak.Ironically a blurry pic here.
What's odd about it is that it shows ROE with very prominent laser shots. As we all know, lasers don't play as big a role in IllumiNations as they used too...but more on that later...
The Entrance Plaza and LaL is the same as ever...Although this time I noticed less people crowding around LaL too look for their pics. It’s odd because almost every time I go I see at least a few people wandering through the "tombstones”. Not this time though....
For fans of the old plaza if you head over to the far left or right "lanes" you can walk between the wall and the pretty trees they have. Took me back to 1993.
Spaceship Earth-FINALLY I get to ride! I was very pleased with the changes, surprisingly...I thought I would merf out about it.LOL.My only gripes were the level of the BGM both outside and in. You can hear Dame Judi's narration perfectly but you have to strain to hear the music that comes form the sets. You could hear the Matrix Tunnel and Computer Room music very clearly and I loved it...nice and appropriate. The Narr. was very interesting. Not as bad as I expected but the ABC lines and taxes line were a bit silly. No big deal though because Dame Judi makes up for it in the 180 top where you enter the planetarium to
"A global network to shape the future of Spaceship Earth” Very nice! It gave me goose bumps. The decent seems very short without the sets. Touch screens are VERY nice and the vid isn't bad either. It just seems horribly anti-climatic without any moving music or a scene to looks at. Triangles were in abundance. I wonder what's in their future. When the decent is finished it would be GREAT to have a song like Tomorrow's Child return. But that's probably a fanboys's dream...
Nice pic of the glowing telephone wires...I wonder why these are the only fiber-optic effects left...Is this a sign of things to come?
EPCOT was crowded on 8/7/08...SSE had a 25 min wait when we got on 50(!) when we got off.Soarin was at 180 with no FP by 12:00.Luckily we got FP's.TT was at 200 mins with no FP as well.
Continued in the next post...
