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The morning view of Bay Lake.
A fishing point out near the channel.
A video clip of the view an activity this morning.
Waiting for the elevator, the view to the west.
Looking down the bridge to the Contemporary on the 5th floor.
The view from the bridge of Bay Lake.
Onboard the Monorail. Only 10 minutes from the previous picture to this one (it is a couple minute walk, then security, waiting for the monorail and pulling out). In the distance you can see the Orlando Eye
Cabins along the lake.
Utility work underway along World Drive.
An Epcot Monorail pulling out.
Something wrong on the Express Line this morning.
Walking over to the Epcot line. the relatively new emergency evacuation steps.
Monorail blue pulled the rest of the way out of the station.
The next Express Monorail arriving.
Our Monorail arriving.
A look at the Magic Kingdom entry/World Drive project.
Arriving in the Epcot area. Tree clearing underway on the far side of the solar farm.
The clearing continues along the monorail path
In the distance is the Coronado Springs tower construction
Spaceship Earth across the parking lot.
A large pile of dirt, assuming from the Guardians of the Galaxy project due to its location.
to the right is the Guardians project.
A closer look at the Guardians project. The steel for the building is rising above the treeline.
The back of the former Energy building will connect to the new building.
The two buildings will eventually be joined together with the attraction housed in the new and the queue/load/unload in the original building.
Looking toward Innoventions as we passed over Future World.
Flower and Garden Festival flower beds.
Spaceship Earth from the Monorail
Passing by the entrance topiaries.
Through security and waiting for the rest of my group to catch up.
In the park and ready to go. It is now 9:31am, so 40 minutes from the picture at the Bay Lake Tower bridge to reach the park.
First stop the Land.
Living with the Land had a fair amount of guests in line already.
The Circle of Life movie is shuttered. The theater is used for events and other activities now instead. The entrance and waiting space look more or less the same, just a new sign.
First stop this morning, Soarin' to use a FastPass+
Then walked next door and used a FastPass for Living with the Land (note almost another 40 minutes from the Soarin' entrance sign to this point).
Some signs for the festival throughout the green houses.
Looked like they were cleaning the fish tank.
Next stop the Seas with Nemo and Friends to use our third FastPass+ of the morning.
Only 5 minutes elapsed from outside to onboard.
Looks like some new paneling is coming soon to the main tank. The blue on the right appears to be a test/new look.
A different view
A dolphin session was going on. They were showing an image on the left and the dolphin would look at it then go pick it out on the screens on the right. If correct (which it was every time we were there) the reward was some fish.
Cast members writing down the results.
The dolphin taking a look
Then finding the match.
The screens inside shared a little more about what we were seeing.
They must do this fairly regularly now.. the projectors are hung/installed not very temporary looking.
Epcot 35 cotton candy bags
Daisy with Chip and Dale
Dale
Chip
Daisy Duck
Signs to guide guests to the AP Magnet distribution.
I headed inside for a free magnet.
The AP Magnet for this month.
Next up a walk through of the butterfly house
Monarch caterpillar
Walking toward World Showcase a ground level view of the flower beds.
Looking back toward Spaceship Earth
Orange bird merchandise
Figment topiary
The skies are turning dark already, it was 11:40am.
The crane is for the Ratatouille construction on the far side of World Showcase Lagoon between France and Morocco.
A closer look
A Skyliner support tower is visible just to the left of the Eiffel tower.
Bambi, Thumper and Flower
Spotted Spike the bee nearby.
Spike
Several potted plants this year along the walkway. Forming a Photopass photo op here.
A closer look at Spike's Pollen Nation Exploration map that is for sale.
No lines at the Marketplaces at this hour.
Near Canada a Critter Crossing trail
The cranes are for the Riviera Resort Tower.
Tinker Bell
Captain Hook and Peter Pan (with terrible lighting).
That wraps up my morning in Epcot. The next set will be a trip to Disney Springs for lunch then back to Epcot for the evening.