Life is such a sweet insanity.
I love life and people. This is a place where I can write down what's happening, what I'm thinking, what I'm seeing and what I'm feeling. After all, life is just one blog entry after another.Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Epcot.
Earl and I spent the day at Epcot. I must not be a Disney traditionalist or something, because I think I enjoy Epcot more than the Magic Kingdom. It's not that I don't enjoy the Magic Kingdom, quite the contrary, but there's just something about Epcot that's special in my heart.
We tried out one of the newest attractions at Epcot, Mission: Space. This little thrill ride provides a near-astronaut like experience as you pilot your spaceship, with three other crew members, to Mars. It naturally takes place in a simulator, though it's quite easy to forget that you're really back on Earth while this is all taking place. I was quite nervous about the experience, having had a Near. Fatal. Date. Experience. back when Earl and I were first dating. I took him to the local field days (read "gala days" or "town fair") and we rode the Paratroopers together. I had ridden the Paratroopers about a million and a half times, so I wasn't worried about my well-being, but I ended up hurling my supper afterwards. Green isn't a good color on me when I'm trying to impress my new beau.
Anyways, back to the present. My stomach held up well for Mission:Space, having followed all the directions given by the crew - face forward, don't close your eyes and don't look left or right, concentrate on what's in front of you. And that I did. If my eyes were lasers, I would have burned a hole through the simulator monitor. But I enjoyed the experience, though vowing that once was enough for me.
As the day wore on, I would think about the ride and start getting sick to my stomach. It was as if my mind and body had been fooled during the experience, and now thinking back on it made it realize that "Hey, we were fooled! We were really spinning around like on the inside of washing machine!" So I'm trying not to look back on the experience. Typing this blog entry is making me queasy. Mind over matter and all that.
So back to Epcot. After Ellen's Energy Adventure (another favorite of mine), along with The Crystals (they can stretch in very unbelievable ways) and other assorted goodies, we headed to the World Showcase, hitting all of the countries represented in the showcase. My favorite has always been Canada, and still is on this trip. I love their Cinema-360 presentation. Beautiful landscapes. Friendly demeanor. A cheerful population. It reminds me of how lucky we are to have such friendly neighbors to our north. Makes me want to drop a couple hundred loonies in their economy this summer.
We enjoyed a wonderful Chinese supper in, well, China, at Nine Dragons. We had an interesting appetizer called "Drunken Chicken", that was very tasty. It was a cold dish in a wine marinade. Very good.
After walking around and enjoying the sights, we found our face on the "Leave A Legacy" display. We had our pictures taken back in 2000, and sure enough, there we were.
All in all, another glorious day at the Wonderful World of Disney. Tomorrow, Disney-MGM Studios.
We tried out one of the newest attractions at Epcot, Mission: Space. This little thrill ride provides a near-astronaut like experience as you pilot your spaceship, with three other crew members, to Mars. It naturally takes place in a simulator, though it's quite easy to forget that you're really back on Earth while this is all taking place. I was quite nervous about the experience, having had a Near. Fatal. Date. Experience. back when Earl and I were first dating. I took him to the local field days (read "gala days" or "town fair") and we rode the Paratroopers together. I had ridden the Paratroopers about a million and a half times, so I wasn't worried about my well-being, but I ended up hurling my supper afterwards. Green isn't a good color on me when I'm trying to impress my new beau.
Anyways, back to the present. My stomach held up well for Mission:Space, having followed all the directions given by the crew - face forward, don't close your eyes and don't look left or right, concentrate on what's in front of you. And that I did. If my eyes were lasers, I would have burned a hole through the simulator monitor. But I enjoyed the experience, though vowing that once was enough for me.
As the day wore on, I would think about the ride and start getting sick to my stomach. It was as if my mind and body had been fooled during the experience, and now thinking back on it made it realize that "Hey, we were fooled! We were really spinning around like on the inside of washing machine!" So I'm trying not to look back on the experience. Typing this blog entry is making me queasy. Mind over matter and all that.
So back to Epcot. After Ellen's Energy Adventure (another favorite of mine), along with The Crystals (they can stretch in very unbelievable ways) and other assorted goodies, we headed to the World Showcase, hitting all of the countries represented in the showcase. My favorite has always been Canada, and still is on this trip. I love their Cinema-360 presentation. Beautiful landscapes. Friendly demeanor. A cheerful population. It reminds me of how lucky we are to have such friendly neighbors to our north. Makes me want to drop a couple hundred loonies in their economy this summer.
We enjoyed a wonderful Chinese supper in, well, China, at Nine Dragons. We had an interesting appetizer called "Drunken Chicken", that was very tasty. It was a cold dish in a wine marinade. Very good.
After walking around and enjoying the sights, we found our face on the "Leave A Legacy" display. We had our pictures taken back in 2000, and sure enough, there we were.
All in all, another glorious day at the Wonderful World of Disney. Tomorrow, Disney-MGM Studios.
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