Ok, back to Epcot! We missed out on the nighttime hijinks that happens at the Boardwalk, but that's ok. We have FastPasses for Soarin', and we...well, have used the joke far too much already.
So instead, here's water:
Now take it to the bridge:
Through the international gateway, and off to the UK. I think the security guard hassled us about the ice cream we were still carrying, but probably jokingly. I don't recall, so you can draw your own conclusions.
For no particular reason, here's this house:
We reach the UK (as made clear by the last photo). No walk through the UK is complete without a stop in the hedge maze:
We do some quick shopping in the main store in this pavilion, but as usual, we buy nothing. I didn't see any Monty Python shirts this year, which is disappointing. Not that I would have bought one anyway. Moving on!
Going back to Python...I try to introduce the kids to some of their sketches here and there, and while they're not big fans, they do like some of it. On this trip, it was "Gumby Brain Surgery". And Dylan LOVED it. And why not? It's hilarious! Emily liked it as well, so the two of them got to see "Gumby Flower Arranging" as well. Lucky kids
At this point, we decided to put the phone away, so the photos stop here. At least, for a little while.
In a shocking development for this day, we decided to USE one of our FastPasses, rather than just letting them all go to waste. So out come the 7:40 FPs for Soarin'. Or, rather, they stay on our Magic Bands. Or however that works. As usual, we wait for row B1. And, as usual, we get it.
We ride, it's great, and we exit. This time, however, I noticed some more things I think are CGI. Like most of the people in it. And all of the animals.
Kristin also noticed something, which was a Hidden Mickey! I didn't see it, but no worries - we're going to ride again!
The standby line was relatively short. How short? I don't remember. But we couldn't have waited any longer than 20 minutes. Because Illuminations is either happening or about to happen.
As usual, we wait for row B1. But this time, we don't get it. In fact, no one does, because Section B is closed. Why?
No clue, but I'll tell you this - some of the video, when viewed from the front row of either Sections A or C, is REALLY warped. And no, not cool, out there, American Horror Story/Rob Zombie film disturbing warped, but the Eiffel Tower looks like a parenthesis warped. It was very odd. Yeah, I'll stick with B1. Some of the other landmarks were bent, as well, but the Tower really stuck out.
I guess it doesn't help we were on the far end of that section, but still. It didn't look good. Did old Soarin' have that issue, too?
After Soarin', we decided we were ready to go home. Ok, so the decision was made for us, since Epcot was officially closing, but still. We were done. The rest of the family got less than two hours of Disney Park fun today, but they were cool with it. Whatever floats your boat ("Boat! Boat!").