Year 5, Day 103, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 8/11/2025 Day 26 of 29 day Florida, Caribbean, SeaWorld and Disney World trip. – Day 2 of 3 night Disney World Wilderness Lodge. Day 2 of 3 night Disney World. Epcot Day. Jenna and her family are really loving this xx year old stuff. They even decorated our door while we were sleeping.
In the morning we ran to Walmart to pick up some stuff. We stopped at McDonalds and bought coffee for 89 cents a cup. In the afternoon we bought coffee to go at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge for $4.57 a cup. What a difference. McDonalds coffee was actually better tasting. Our room at the Wilderness Lodge is on the ground floor. I stepped outside the slider and the door lock fell apart.
We then took the Disney transportation bus from The Wilderness Lodge to Epcot Center.
One of us it seems is picked to have their bags searched and be wanded by security. Yesterday at Magic Kingdom it was Jacob and today it is Joshua.
We headed right to Spaceship Earth. It had technical difficulties and closed down while we waited on line. We have the Disney MagicBands and they are so worth it. You wear it on your wrist and don’t have to worry about any cards (room or charge). It also provides access to the Lightning Lane if you purchase the Lightning Lane passes. These passes allow you to skip the standby line and join a shorter line. You can choose up to three multiple pass experiences and arrival windows in a theme park before you get there. Then as you use one you can add another subject to availability. There is an additional charge for this feature though. Disney does not give anything away. The cost is about $15-$39 per person per day. Thank you, Jenna and Jamie. Without these passes, we never would have been able to ride as many rides as we did.
One of the best attractions here at Epcot is Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure. This ride is located in the France Pavillion. It is a trackless 3D ride.
We had lunch at Tutto Italia Ristorante located in the middle of the Italy Pavilion. And of course another Happy Birthday song.
It is amazing. If you look up in Epcot at dusk, you will see thousands of bats flying over the World Showcase Lagoon. This is the reason there are not any mosquitoes in Epcot. A single bat can eat about three thousand mosquitoes in one night.
In the evening we watched Luminous The Symphony of Us fireworks in Epcot over World Showcase Lagoon. A little blooper video and the full show follows.
It was spectacular.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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