An EPCOT Day

 The second park we spent the day at was EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow). This is appropriate since this is the second park that Disney built. That was back when the men closest to Walt Disney were still at the helm. The park is certainly not the best of the Disney parks but it is reminiscent of the days before the company seems to have lost its way. I love Disney and probably always will but I hope that the next CEO has a vision for the parks and will spin off all of the many investments that Disney has made that served to distract them from their vision (like ABC, ESPN, Hulu, and at least majorly revamp Disney+). Walt Disney promoted America and American pride but somewhere, after his death, the company began to look at itself as a political influence pusher instead of an entertainment company; a la its mission statement "To Make People Happy."

We started the day with a rope drop to the frozen ride since we already held a lighting lane pass for Ratatouille later in the day.

Fashion update for today: The girls are Nemo and Dory

On to Frozen

Then over to Nemo and friends

Eventually we got back to Spaceship Earth (the golf ball ride the girls used to call it).

Mexico pavilion and the The Three Caballeros Ride.

After this we decided to take a break and maybe a nap back at the house. When the girls were little we operated this way - clearing out before the hunger and the heat of mid-day. Who knew that everyone (even our grown adults) still found that this works great for us. We came back into the park in the late afternoon - just as we always have.

After our return, it became time for our reservation at Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind. This was Emily's first time on this ride and it makes everyone feel like it is our first time too.

Ratatouille was down most of the afternoon. We happened to be close when it came back online and we got right in to use our lightning lane. Again, it was Emily's first time on this ride and she loved it - we all did

We spent a little time in Japan and Morocco

We separated for a little while and came back together at Moana's Journey of Water

The day was coming to an end and Olivia was not feeling well and went to the car to rest. Megan went with her because that's what moms do. The rest of us stayed for the closing show "Luminous The Symphony of Us." A few months ago Megan and I went to EPCOT and it was so busy that you could not move in the streets. No so today, we had no trouble finding great space around the lake to watch the show.

Addison had one of the new magic bands. They light up during most of the shows and Emily and Olivia got new ones for this trip. Emilhy was admiring the effect of this show on her new magic band. Megan and I have magic bands from 12 years or so ago.