more Disney World

September 3rd, 2009
We get up, get breakfast, re-fill our free-re-fill cups, and head towards Epcot.
Oh! We forgot to mention: now when you enter Disney World they scan your finger.
The first ride we go on is a ride built by Siemens. It is called Spaceship Earth and is about the historical development of technology. At the end they show us how we will live in the future. Cute.
The next ride lays the foundation for the rest of the day: Space Mission Mars. It is a simulation of four people flying to Mars. So... only four people get into a cabin (the motion-sickness bags are hanging right next to Fritzi), you are locked into a seat and then the video and motion simulation begin. When we get out we are a little dizzy and Alex feels very unwell.
Guessing that our breakfast might not have been enough, we go in search of food. We walk by the small German town they've re-created and in the end have Chinese food.
Afterwards we go to the Norwegian Town that has been re-created and ride the Maelstrom... which is less exciting than Fritzi had hoped. But it is very well done, nonetheless.
Afterwards we ride Soarin', which is an impressive paragliding simulation. To calm our nerves after all those simulations we head over to see Nemo and his friends. Oh! But we forgot one simulation: the Star Wars Tour... so we do that. Let's not forget Figment's Imagination Labs and Honey I Shrunk the Audience...
Finally we head over to Disney's Hollywood Studios. There we take the Grand Movie Tour, have dinner at the Sci-Fi drive-in diner, and see the animation studios.
At about ten we are back at the car and head back to Tampa, where Abuela is waiting for us.