A return to Disney Epcot

Posted on by Ian C.

Before the pandemic we purchased our annual Disney Passes so we could visit the parks whenever we wanted, although since moving to Stanton the drive meant we visited less often – then the pandemic hit and Disney changed everything! They increased prices (of course) but they also scrapped fast passes and demanded having to pre-plan everything, reserving a day before visiting, not being able to book any rides unless paying even more $$$, and then still only one-at-a-time – we decided to stop giving money to Disney!

But now, we have rejoined (at about $2,200 for both of us!) so we visited Epcot; it was busy (first weekend of the Festival Of The Arts) with lines of up to two hours, but we visited the new Moana-inspired land “Journey Of Water”, walked World Showcase, and did a few shorter-queue rides (Nemo, Living With The Land, Spaceship Earth) …

All the penguins!

Posted on by Ian C.

We returned to Seaworld today for the last time before our pass runs out; we don’t do big roller coasters which seems to be most of Seaworld these days – and a number of things we might do, like Atlantis and Shamu, were closed … but we did get almost private access to the penguins, arriving soon after the park opened and with only two other people viewing them!

Later in the day we had an even closer penguin experience (a paid for VIP event) where we were allowed to stroke the penguins; again we got really lucky with a very small group so lots of penguin interaction!