Day 9 - Continued...
Ok - my memory is fading - The events happened as stated only BEFORE we rode Mission Space, we made our way over to the Japan Pavilion to was Illumination... so let’s pick it up there.
So, after The Universe of Energy we made our way to Japan on the way moving thru a typical crowd that gathers to see the display. The best part of moving thru the crowd on the ECV / Meat wagon was this woman grabbed her kid yanking him out of my way and screaming "Jesus Christ!" when I was no where near hitting the kid nor going an any kind of speed - she acted like I was in a flaming Dump truck barreling down on her child.
Paris at night.
So, we got a real nice spot in Japan right near where the large globe sits waiting for the show. All in all it was a nice show but not as great as I had hoped. The pyro was nice and seeing the fire etc. was well choreographed to the music, which was just ok. The other big downer was the globe, which was spinning around but it was just small enough and just far enough away where I couldn’t really make out what was on the globe. I saw people’s faces, which I guess is all that shows up. Also, I’m unsure whether I got the full show because it started drizzling and I overheard someone saying it was cut short. I loved the fire and the pylons around the lake and the glittering buildings but it was just ok for me.
So, THEN after that we headed to Mission Space where I rode the Green side. Then Louis and his friends from Paris met up with us and we rode the Orange extreme side of the attraction.
The ride is exactly the same as GREEN except for the intense spinning the little pod does. I"m not quite sure how it works but during the lift off there is this intense pressure you feel while you are launched into space. For me, initially it wasn’t that bad - it made the launch more realistic but it just didn’t stop and it got to a point where it was just way too much for me and I really started hating it. I didn’t feel nauseated but I did feel extremely lightheaded towards the end. That area of your temples where sometimes you get a headache felt like fingers pressing against it and it was very uncomfortable for me. I felt my eye start to cross so I doubt I will ever ride the Orange side again. It really, really worked for the launch but it just went on way longer that I thought it should to the point where I could say "Enough already!" I don’t think the green side is any worse for not having the spinning and I really enjoyed this ride.
So, after limping out of Mission Space, I saw the gang off, and went around capturing some night time pictures just before the park closed. Here are a few.
EPCOT is just a beautiful park at night with each pavilion lit up and the spectacular Spaceship Earth that was just eye tearing. No doubt it is my second favorite park at WDW and I really felt I didn’t come close to experiencing all that it had to offer. I could spend a whole week there with so many nooks left unexplored.
So, the night ended and I turned in the meat wagon and made my way back to my room. Tomorrow I’d be going home having only a few hours to spend at the Magic Kingdom..That experiance will be up next....