Disney's Epcot, Day 5

This day started off with a bang. I woke up to the alarm and a very intense vertigo attack/episode (whatever). Michanne let me try a zyrtec and we all headed down to the good ol' breakfast buffet. I dined on grits and fruit loops. About 30 minutes later my breakfast joined the ocean and I took a claritin. We headed for the bus to take us the the monorail station. We were about an hour behind schedule due to the vertigo but we still got there around 9am. Upon entering the park we saw the famous Epcot dome.
There is a ride inside the dome called Spaceship Earth and it had a huge line when we got there. We decided to come back to the dome later and went to The Seas with Nemo and Friends which is a kiddie aquarium ride.
It was closed the last time I came to Disney so I really wanted to see it. It was lame, I think even kids would think it was lame. We saw seahorses and electric eels in the aquarium show room though. Also, I did get this cheesy (and unflattering--the sun was in my eyes) picture with Dory after the ride.
After that we rode Living with the Land--a boat voyage through a cool greenhouse and fish farm.
That's a tomato tree. Tree, you say? Yep, a tomato tree.


I really enjoyed this one and I wish I had taken more pictures. I don't imagine many kids would have liked that one. After the greenhouse stuff Michanne and I stood in line, forever, to ride Soarin'. It's supposed to simulate hang gliding over scenic views. It was pretty nice and even had smell-o-vision but I'm not sure if it was worth the 50 minute wait. The lady next to me had ridden it like 4 times and said it was the best ride in all of Disney. Michanne said she hoped not. We were all getting pretty hungry so we took a boat over to Morocco (remember Epcot is the park with all the countries).
Morocco
Morocco
We wanted to have lunch in Italy (must have pizza!) so we walked past Japan, and the American Adventure before we arrived in Italy.
Japan
Japan
Japan
Italy
Italy
We headed to Via Napoli and were seated right away. We ordered a large pizza with parma ham, eggplant, artichokes, and mushrooms. We also ordered limonata drinks which was supposed to be similar to lemonade and Sprite mixed but was just lemonade. The pizza was huge and all the toppings were in four sections on the pizza. The parma tasted weird so I didn't finish that slice. The mushroom was the best of the four and the artichokes tasted (and looked) like green beans. We decided to go for broke and ordered dessert. I tried the pistachio gelato which was pretty bad and I'm 100% sure was vanilla ice cream with green food coloring, crushed almonds and almond extract. I'm not a fan of almond extract. They did have neat ovens though.
We continued to tour the countries of the world; Germany, China, Norway, and Mexico.
Germany
German model train and town
More of the model town
Norway
China
China
Mexico
Mexico
In Norway we rode a really cute ride called Maelstrom which is on a viking boat. It was fun because most of the attractions at the other countries were only a movie and this was an actual ride. We tried to ride the Test Track but it wasn't running. Next came the Mission: Space ride. I got pretty sick the last time I rode this simulation ride and told everyone I wasn't going to do it. It has barf bags for crying out loud! However, they have two versions and one is less intense. So, we rode the green team version and it was the best thing to do because it's a 4 person ride. You sit in a cockpit type chamber and feel like your lifting off to outer space. Then you land on either the Moon or Mars (can't remember) and ride around on one of those space dune buggy type things. It was fun but the barf bags were still there. I held on to mine during the ride just in case. Now I have it as a free souvenir! Next we took another boat ride back to Morocco. France was to the right of Morocco and Belle was going to be there! The times guide said she would be there at 20 after the hour each hour. We rushed to France and I saw a cat from The Aristocats and Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty but no Belle. I double checked the times guide and it listed 20 after the hour each hour EXCEPT 3:20pm which is when I was there! Dang it! She's my favorite princess because she likes to read. I was pretty bummed about that.
France. There were no books in this shop.
The United Kingdom
UK
Oh, Canada!
We took some more pictures and then decided it was time to head back to the dome for the Spaceship Earth ride and then back to the resort. We didn't have much of a wait and Judy Dench was the narrator. It was a nice relaxing ride to wrap up the day. We got back to the resort and Mom, Michanne and I decided to try the Italian restaurant downstairs. Ralph was feeling pretty ill so he stayed the room. Michanne and I wanted another crack at good pizza so we each ordered a pizza and mom got some pasta dish. About 45 minutes later (there's apparently never a rush when dinning at Disney) Michanne and I got our pizzas. They were huge! We thought we ordered personal size pizzas. Mom never got her pasta so we shared the pizzas and took the leftovers to the fridge in the room. We pretty much just watched TV the rest of the evening and stayed off our tired feet and legs.