home > Walt Disney World > Trip Report


WDW Logo
Walt Disney World Day 4 Report

May 7, 2005

Trip Log:

No wake up call today but still wide awake by 7:30am and out to Everything Pop for Breakfast. After grabbing a bite and the rest of our party joining us it was off to EPCOT. Walked through Future World and over to the Land. Road Soarin (posted 30 minute wait but really closer to only 10). After our flight it was off to Living with the Land and then over to Journey Into Imagination before heading for the parks entrance and the monorail. Road to the Transportation and Ticket Center where we disembarked and took the ferry boat over to the Magic Kingdom. Walked over to the Contemporary and ate lunch at the Snack place. We finished lunch with still an hour to spare before our Fishing trip so we roamed the resort gift shops. Our two hour fishing excursion left right on time and returned just after its two hours. We hiked over to the Magic Kingdom and down Main Street USA, heading for Buzz to grab a Fastpass. Wandered around Tomorrowland and the Castle area while waiting for Cinderellabration. Watched the show then over to ride Buzz followed by the People Mover before it was time for dinner. We headed back down Main Street and out of the park, to the bus stops. Headed back to Pop Century for dinner. After eating we decided a trip to Downtown Disney was in order. Went through the shops, ate a bit and looked at what was new. Called it quits around 9:30 and headed back to the bus stop and to Pop Century, stopping to grab a snack at Everything Pop before heading to bed.


Thoughts & Observations:

  • Decided to give EPCOT's version of Soarin' a try since there was not much of a wait. The attraction itself is nearly identical to Disney's California Adventure's version, only one edit to the safety spiel (which was visible if you looked). The first thing you have to notice is the re-done theming of the queue. For EPCOT its a modern airport where as DCA is an old aircraft hanger that pays tribute to flights pioneers. The EPCOT queue music was not memorable to me, maybe it was not playing, or because of the noise I did not notice, or maybe it was just Soarin's music. Where as the queue soundtrack for DCA is great! The overall look of it was just ok, it was definitely spacious, and big feeling, but I like the detail and music of the DCA one better. I found it interesting that as you line up in your rows there are markers on the ground and the cast members ask you to stand by one so they can visually see if there is space, where as at DCA they actually have to count. The ride vehicles themselves felt a little different but looked identical. The film seemed crisper, but maybe that was the clean projection surface or lack of dust on it yet.

  • Spent a couple hours on a fishing excursion that departed from the Contemporary and took us around Bay Lake. I somehow managed to catch 3 fish, not that bad. This was my first time going out on Bay Lake, usually I only go to Crescent Lake/ World Showcase Lagoon and also usually I just go on the 7am trip, where as this time it was 1pm. It was nice to sit back and relax on the boat in the afternoon. It got a bit warm when the sun was out, but with the breeze and patchy clouds it was not bad. Overall our group caught about 10 fish on our two hour tour. I was really surprised to receive no annual passholder discount.

  • Went to see Cinderellabration at the Magic Kingdom. I was not impressed with the show. It really did not engage me at all, like some of the previous castle shows, like kids of the kingdom used to. For starters I thought they played it way toooo loud. So loud that when we were playing golf yesterday morning at the Palm we were able to hear the show clear over there (and we were on one of the holes away from the park). Standing in front of the stage it was extremely loud for no apparent reason. The gist of the show is its Cinderellas coronation day. The storyline seemed nearly non-existant. Basicaly several other Disney princesses arrive to see and then they all dance and that is it.

  • Went to Downtown Disney to end the day. The place was packed. I am guessing its because it was a Saturday night, but not sure, we did not see anything else going on really. Just a lot of guests everywhere. The World of Disney was crazy. We stopped in the couple new stores since our last visit. The under $10 store was really a dump and nothing too interesting. The new Goofy Candy Company store on the other hand was great.

 


Pedometer Information for the day:

Date
Miles
Steps
Hours

05/07/05

12.09
24,144
13:35


Enough with the text.. onto the pictures
WDW Pictures
Click Here