NYE at Epcot (video and photos)

[mousermerf]

If you read the other thread, you know i gave up - so right now i'm in my hotel room chillin and uploading stuff.

I got the point when i was going to bunt random people who hit me with their strollers, so it a good thing i left

First upload, color changing lights on SSE:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uCs37me0upc

Started after the early fireworks, ended around 9pm because the countdown laser clock came on. Was synched to the DJ in innoventions plaza.

More photos of the horrors of today soon.

 

[mousermerf]

So.. from the top of today..

I slept in after spending until 2:30 in the morning at MK. Got to Epcot late-ish, and here's the line to get to the parking booths, about 10mins.

After parking, they had this sign, which cuz people were running me over i got a bad photo of.. but it says they are sorry, they're out of strollers and wheelchairs and ECVs.

This also didnt really come out, but M:S was 170 for orange, 30 for green.

Here's a POV from the end of the line for Energy, over by M:S.

And here's the line from further down the line.. I've still got to make it around the while fountain and in by the doors and switchback before getting into preshow.

As mentioned before, it then broke down. Oh well, realy sucked considering how long i waited.

Happy thoughts, they're painting the Odyssey.

And here's loking back up the stairs to the line waiting for Canada:

And one last bit, here's the line for the TTA from the night before..

you can kinda see the entrance in the distance.

 

[InnovationsWDW]

I have tons of pictures from today at Epcot as well. It was horrible how bad it was. I was at DTD but left because the rain is crazy. At the hotel no watching TV and surfing the net.

 

[utrythinkinof1]

Thanks for the video. For a minute, I thought SSE now changed colors. Still waiting for that...

 

[mousermerf]

I waited for 30mins at the cary by Test Track to get a pizza. It was downpouring at that point. Cold yuckey rained too.

 

[InnovationsWDW]

The rain did not help the day one bit. Reminds me of last years 31st, rainy and ugly.

 

[DMC-12]

It was downpouring at that point. Cold yuckey rained too.

and the crowds are/were still that insain?! amazing!

 

[InnovationsWDW]

and the crowds are/were still that insain?! amazing!

When it rained, people would hide in the pavilions or buildings, like crabs, but then when it stopped, they would come out, if you wanted to go somewhere, do it during the rain

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Wow! Talk about packed! That line for UoE is unbelievable! Would you say that this is the busiest you've seen NYE at Epcot, Merf?

BTW, the sky didn't look too nice either in some of those shots.
EDIT: Now see posts about the rain.

 

[mousermerf]

Yeah, i was the last in line at the pizza cart and not until i was next (30mins later) did anyone get in line - just as i got in line it started pouring and i put on my rain jacket. It downpoured for 30mins while i waited and not a single person in front of me, coat umbrella or not, got out of line.

 

[mousermerf]

Another angle of the SSE lights:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i0CGzMYVNbM

 

[InnovationsWDW]

Yeah, i was the last in line at the pizza cart and not until i was next (30mins later) did anyone get in line - just as i got in line it started pouring and i put on my rain jacket. It downpoured for 30mins while i waited and not a single person in front of me, coat umbrella or not, got out of line.

I think I was in line with you as well. I remember that it started to pour, and I was getting soaked.

 

[mousermerf]

Best part of the day:

In the Energy preshow, where Bill Nye announces himself as "Bill Bye the Science Guy" and Ellen goes "Ellen the.." (before "just 'Ellen' I guess") and someone shouted out "Lesbian!"

 

[SirNim]

SE looks like a giant disco ball.

 

[Spyne]

Spaceship Earth DID look like a disco ball there from that video. :lol: I think it's supposed to resemble the ball from Times Square in NYC though.

 

[doop]

What a madhouse, I would've been enraged.

 

[JROK]

Those pics are exactly the reason I spend my New Years at Universal and not Disney. Nothing like 10-20min on all attractions throughout the night. Longest waits were 30min for Spiderman and Hulk. Plus I got free party favors (hat and horn). I avoid Disney like the plague from Dec. 22-Jan. 2. 170mins is ridiculous and NO RIDE is worth that wait.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

That light show on SE looked really cool..I was hoping for the new lighting package to be finish tho. But, Seriously that long of a wait for UoE?!? That's unreal! To bad WoL, Body Wars, & Cranium Command weren't open to escape that stress of a line.

 

[cdunbar]

Someone said on another thread that Soarin' hit 300 min at one point, why would you do that to yourself? I for one could not stand up in a line for 5 hours! It just seems crazy to go stand in line for one attraction for 5 hours, thats literally like half of your day at the park standing in line for one attraction, thats like just plain silly! :hammer:

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

Someone said on another thread that Soarin' hit 300 min at one point, why would you do that to yourself?

Didn't they tell you that the airport fanatics convention was visiting EPCOT?