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EPCOT 25 Attendance Roundup
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EpcotServo
Well-Known Member
Great Day, pure and simple.
:sohappy:
:sohappy:
Figment82
Well-Known Member
Very long day - that's for certain! I spent over 16 hours at Epcot that day, from standing by the Vacation Planning booths early in the morning chatting with everyone to waiting "patiently" for the Inferno Barge burnoff (and the sing-along exit that followed).
Long day, but a great one!
TheBeatles
Well-Known Member
I was there.
Hearing the retro music start in the entrance plaza and hearing it as I left the park was a surreal and wonderful experience.
Hearing the retro music start in the entrance plaza and hearing it as I left the park was a surreal and wonderful experience.
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
Yep
While not for the entire day, I was there.
From almost buying the second to last 25th anniversery watch they had left (until I looked at it and saw what a peice of garbage it was)
To the pouring rains before Illuminations and seeking shelter with 40 other people jammed into the kiosk outside of America.
To getting bombarded with shell fragments from the 25th anniversery tag, saving some, and being able to get them home on the plane despite the fact they reek of powder
Overall, a good day to be there.
-dave
While not for the entire day, I was there.
From almost buying the second to last 25th anniversery watch they had left (until I looked at it and saw what a peice of garbage it was)
To the pouring rains before Illuminations and seeking shelter with 40 other people jammed into the kiosk outside of America.
To getting bombarded with shell fragments from the 25th anniversery tag, saving some, and being able to get them home on the plane despite the fact they reek of powder
Overall, a good day to be there.
-dave
Mr.EPCOT
Active Member
Best day of my life! I had the very first parking space in the parking lot, at 6 AM. Interestingly, I wasn't the very first one there, though. I was the very first one to notice the retro BGM, though. I was hoping for it so I listened carefully. I'm also proud to say that I was the leader of the Walt Disney World Monorail Pilot contingent of fans for the day! We had a blast, especially at dinner at Biergarten. I'm very lucky, too, in that I'm one of a handful of people who can say they've experienced the 25th Anniversary Tag twice.
All in all, if that day was so amazing, I can hardly imagine how the 50th will be!
All in all, if that day was so amazing, I can hardly imagine how the 50th will be!
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Ah, and I think I helped introduce them that first time...walking through the Land pavilion, hehehe
Edit: as for my experience...well, a whirlwind and exhausting 2 days of non-stop fun, singing classic Epcot songs (loudly) until near midnight in a rain soaked World Showcase is the highlight of it I think.
EPCOTPluto
Well-Known Member
I remember being one of the many who attended, despite being a WDWMagic lurker then. I remember thinking how hilarious it was that most of those who knew what was happening were CMs while other people just took a look and went their merry way...
Despite a pretty rainy day, I certainly had a great time. Especially interesting was that my mom happened to be in the Orlando Sentinel the next day. She explained how the senior photographer Joe Burbank took the pic & ask for her permission. It showed her taking a video-cam pic of the John Hench SSE model. She said yes.
Best Monday ever.
Despite a pretty rainy day, I certainly had a great time. Especially interesting was that my mom happened to be in the Orlando Sentinel the next day. She explained how the senior photographer Joe Burbank took the pic & ask for her permission. It showed her taking a video-cam pic of the John Hench SSE model. She said yes.
Best Monday ever.
It was a little after 1 AM when we were escorted out. I do not think I will ever forget the pavilion sing-a long that was going on on the trek out. It was hands down the best day I have ever spent inside a Disney park.Oh, yeah...I was there.
From about 8am until...ummm...what time did we leave Epcot? 1am-ish?:lol:
Big memory? Wet. Very wet.
You were not the only one. I was hanging around the C25 registration desk and all of us there began to applaud when it came on.
Mr.EPCOT
Active Member
Oh, cool. I think I was the first one among those of us standing over at the bag check tables.
coasterphil
Well-Known Member
Lots of rain and an oft delayed inferno barge burn-off.
Lee
Adventurer
Felt later than that...must have just been the long day...7 minutes past midnight on October 2nd was when the last guest left in the park finally went through the turnstyle
So, I guess that photo you took of me under SSE was about 6 minutes after midnight.:lol:
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Gee, who was that?7 minutes past midnight on October 2nd was when the last guest left in the park finally went through the turnstyle
I was there....in spirit.
Blasted EPCOT BGM all day, though, and decorated the house,