After a quiet day yesterday with lots of homework, puzzling, computer work and doing nothing, we decided that we wanted to visit Epcot today.
When we got up in the morning the weather did not look too promising.
After a while it started raining really hard. So we played some Air Hockey and then Max did some more homework while Felix played Pool with Dad.
At around 11 am the weather looked a lot better so we decided to give Epcot a try. I love Epcot because there are so many things to explore and discover.
First we stopped at Nemo and friends. The first ride "Finding Nemo" was a smooth ride which basically tells the Nemo story.
Then we had to go to the boys all time favorite "Turtle Talk with Crush". This is a super show where Crush the turtle talks with the audience, especially the "Little Dudes". During this show a little boy asked Crush: "Are you a real turtle?" It is made so real that you could easily forget that this is "only" an animated figure.
Then we walked through the huge aquarium at Epcot with sharks, dolphins, and even a huge sea turtle.
Felix and Max were all excited to explore the different sea creatures. According to them we could have stayed in this part of the park for the entire day.
Then we went around the world; i.e. the "World Showcase". It contains pavilions representing eleven countries.
So we went through a pyramid in Mexico directly to Norway.
The the weather got quite windy and even a few raindrops fell from the sky so we decided to quickly continue our tour around the world without too many stops. To the boys disappointment the outside model railway was currently renovated and could not be seen.
We stopped somewhere near England for two large Lattes and some pastries. The weather did not look much better but at least it did not rain.
To be able to talk more about racing with Wolfgang we had to go on the Test Track. The waiting area is very interesting. There are so many things to observe while you wait. The test drive was great. Although Max was not so sure he would like it, after the ride he was thrilled (and very high on adrenalin).
After the Test Drive you exited into a car exhibition with many great cars (toys for the big boys).
The boys entered every car and tested how you sat in it. Max even tried the driver seat.
Then we tried to get on Mission Space (a simulated space mission) but last minute panic prevented our space flight (Maxi suddenly needed to go to the restroom; Felix and Dad wanted to continue, but Felix decided to stay on earth at the last moment) - well maybe some other time. In a couple of years we probably don’t get them out of scary roller coasters and other fast scary things… :-).
On the way out we saw some interesting floor lighting (it seemed they used fiberglass to produce a sparkling effect on the floor tiles).
The guys worked up quite some appetite and did not seem have the patience to endure shopping and later cooking so we went to Dennys on the way home. We all had Cheeseburgers and Max enjoyed each and every piece of his french fries.
This was an interesting day that we enjoyed very much despite the windy, cool weather.
