Araminta18
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Epcot Forever! - Monday, August 14, 2023 (part 10)
I got fooled by the desserts - Crush's turtle tart had lots of nuts. Which I guess I should have expected cause turtle, but I didn't realize. And I don't love nuts. But the Nemo custard thing was DELICIOUS.
Also, my drink of choice at bars when they don't have root beer- Shirley Temple!
At about 8:30 we were leaving to head out to watch the fireworks.
Goodbye Living Seas salon! It was great.
Meanwhile Trevor was having lots of fun at Hollywood Studios. He rode Star Tours:
There was apparently no line, so he was pretty psyched. He did film a bit of the security robot in the queue:
That robot is hilarious - I hate waiting in lines but if I get stuck by him I'm ok with it. Definitely one of my fovirte queue theming things.
On the ride though, poor Trevor got freaking Naboo again. Has anyone ever ridden Star Tours and *not* gotten Naboo for the final planet? At least he got pod racing for the first planet, so that was cool.
Then he went and got a Ronto Wrap for dinner at Docking Bay 7.
Trevor was a bit surprised that it came on a bed of banana chips, which I think is new too?
But not bad! I liked my dinner a bit better though.
As we headed out to watch the fireworks, I got a small glimpse of the Way of Water - it looked so cool!
I'm excited to actually see it in December when we go back.
It was still pretty hot and humid, but I kind of forgot about the weather for a bit when we got to the fireworks spot, right by the bridge to France.
So pretty!
They had water and coffee and tea out for us-- the water was desperately needed! I grabbed a seat right at the railing and was just chatting with people and waiting for the show to start. The only bad thing was that I was right by one of the lights and there were SO MANY gnats right there. It's the only time I've really ever been bothered by bugs at Disney, which is kind of notable in and of itself.
A few minutes before the show they passed out these glasses that turned lights into Mickey heads!
I tried to take a picture - super neat!
Then, it was time for the fireworks! I was excited to see Epcot Forever, though I'm not what you'd call an Epcot fangirl by any stretch -- I know nothing about old Epcot, beyond liking "One Little Spark" as a song.
I didn't film the whole thing, but I got most of it! It's short, but it's cute. Not gonna lie though - I'm excited for the new Epcot show. I figure as long as they don't have barges permanently in the lagoon I'll love it