Our second trip to Disney was on the occasion of a friend's birthday. Even though we have annual passes, our friends don't, so they wanted to take advantage of the "What Will You Celebrate" promotion (free admission on your birthday). They also asked us to go over with them since we're "Disney Pros" (at least in their estimation and you absolutely have to twist our arms to get us to go ;-)). They wanted to go to EPCOT since they had only been there once before for 1/2 day. Dad, who is 93-1/2 years old, was game to go. We thought we might need to get a wheelchair for him, but he walked the entire time we were there.
The first thing we did upon arrival was to head for Soarin' to get fast passes. After getting the fast passes, we headed to Test Track. We were afraid Test Track might be too intense for Dad, but he wanted to do it. After we got off, his only comment was "That was a little rough."
From Test Track, we headed back to Soarin' as it was time for our fast passes. As always, Soarin' was phenomenal. We first rode Soarin' Over California at Disneyland when the California Adventure park first opened. We've made 2 more trips to Disneyland and each time we made sure we rode Soarin' Over California. We were thrilled when the decision was made to bring Soarin' to EPCOT!
After riding Soarin', we headed to the World Showcase. We started at Mexico and did the "River del Tiempo" boat ride. It;s been changed to now include scenes from Disney's "Three Caballeros". The scenes are woven into the original travelogue and add much amusement to the ride.
After Mexico, we went to the Norway Pavilion and rode "The Maelstrom" and watched the movie on Norway. We continued on around World Showcase watching the movie "Reflections of China" at the China Pavilion, window shopping at Germany and Italy and winding up the day eating dinner at the French cafe' and viewing the movie "Impressions de France." (We didn't do the American Adventure this trip as our friends had seen it on their previous trip to EPCOT.)
The last item on the "must do list" was a monorail ride. By waiting for another train, our friends, my dad and I were able to ride up with the "pilot" (the front cab only holds four, so since Dan and I have done it many times, he rode back in the car behind the cab). We rode from EPCOT to the TTC in the front cab, but since there were others waiting for the privilege of riding with the pilot, we had to vacate and move back to the cab with Dan for the return trip to EPCOT.
By now, it was almost 9:00 and we still had the 1-3/4 hour drive home. It had been a full day, but many happy memories were made. It is one birthday that won't soon be forgotten!
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