Newbie and the Geek Take Epcot, Again

Light Meter by Lisa K. Berton

Where does the king keep his armies? In his sleevies. Badumbump.

Did you miss one of my 3 thousand trip report blogs? Do not fret, they are posted as such;

Disney’s Animal Kingdom posted Feb. 13th

Magic Kingdom posted Feb. 20th

Disney’s Hollywood Studios posted Feb. 23rd

Downtown Disney and More posted Feb. 27th

Epcot posted March 6th

Islands of Adventure and Universal Orlando posted March 13th

Wow. Is this vacation over yet? No way, dude! After today’s rehash there are still 3 more days of magical experiences to go. Yes, it was a long trip. A wicked awesome trip! No more dilly dallying, gotta get on movin’.

The sun was high above, where it belonged..and should remain. Geckos clung to resort walls until they saw their cousin from the Geico ads and high-tailed it behind vending machines. It was a lovely morning at All-Star Movies so we left and headed to Epcot. Having conquered the “left side” (Test Track, Mission: Space, Universe of Energy, and friends) we headed right to pursue The Seas with Nemo and Posessive Seagulls, Journey into I Remember Imagination Pre-Kodak, and The Land.

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Anytime Yoli forgot something she’d say, “A boat! I saw a boat.” She also speaks whale.

Our first stop was to ride in a clam shell and not-so-much help but witness a frantic father and his memory-challenged friend seek out Fabio, err, Nemo. Fabio’s not orange, he’s more of a dirty blonde and he lives on land. I imagine it would be impossible to hang photos of himself on an underwater reef. Nemo was found so we went in search of dolphins, manatees and fish. What we located was a scuba diver. Crush can be found in California, of course, so we skipped Turtle Talk, dude.

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Under the sea. Under the sea. Darling, I have no idea what you’re doing with a bucket of sand.

Hmm. I may have put some info regarding our second day at Epcot in my first day at Epcot report. You know how I said we went to The Land and nothing was working except for Soarin’ and the line was too long? Yeah. That happened on the second day not the first. Yoli and I are equally at fault because I asked her and well…we saw a boat.

I directed us to Journey into Imagination and, hold onto your hats, there was a line. I’m not talking 3-4 people ahead of us, a real line with multiple families. I nearly fell down from shock. Once safely locked into the red space egg, we learned about trains, skunks, that humans taste like chicken, and most of the “newer” boxes of movie theatre-like candy is no longer for sale. We each designed a dragon on them there computer jobbies. Oh, and we made beautiful music together by frantically flapping our arms as cartoon Figments played instruments and disappeared and reappeared via puffs of smoke.

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Isn’t she pretty? You wish you knew Shazam, Mariah Carey, but you dooooon’t.

I love Coca-Cola merchandise and when I drank soda more often, it was Coke that I craved hence I introduced Yoli to Club Cool. It’s good to try new things, spread your wings, and see what the rest of the world has to offer. Is this set up working? Alright, alright, let’s just go to the video which starts with China followed by Israel and then…Italy!


Yes, that’s me in the background encouraging Yoli to “try Italy.” If you want to be a member of the club you gotta be cool.

Since we traced through World Showcase counter clockwise last time, we strolled clockwise this time around. I bet you didn’t see that coming. We’re edgy. Stopping first in Canada to take photos followed by my desire for another Off Kilter CD, we graced the gift shop with our presence. Stop biting your nails in suspense. I indeed got the CD, Celtic Armadillo. Now I own 2 of their albums.

While visiting the United Kingdom we shopped, met Tigger and Winnie the Pooh (Tigger signed my hat) and enjoyed a concert by British Revolution. As you may recall, I previously wrote that Yoli was willing to eat fish sticks. I took her to Yorkshire County Fish Shop for some fish & chips. They were yummy, less expensive than Raglan Road, and there were 2 decent size pieces of fish. I was about to ask a couple seated to the right of the fish shop if we could join them when the lady offered to let us sit with her and her husband. That was nice of them. After they left we extended an invitation to a dad and his adult son.

Super shy Yoli met Alice, Mary Poppins (My pal even asked Mary if I could have her parrot head umbrella. She said no.), and chatted up a PhotoPass photographer on the bridge to France. France is always enjoyable, I especially love the male scenery.

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They’re even cute upside down.

After glaring at yakkety yakkers during Impressions de France we made our way around the gift shop. I had a lovely time talking with several Cast Members to whom I gave our coveted Newbie and the Geek Guest Star stickers. They immediately wore them.

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Meet Paul and Marion. She calls him Pauly, isn’t that sweet. Another girl calls him Paulette. Tee hee hee.

In Japan I got my kaki gori, honeydew style. It was a cool day but it had been years since I had tasted one so I indulged. We met up with Cast Member Benki in Morocco who two days prior, had promised to give us a tour of the pavilion upon our return. What a nice guy, very professional. He answered our questions, educated us, and even let Yoli adjust his scarf. She said it’s her OCD that makes her do such things but I think she just wanted to touch him like she touched my Aladdin many years ago.

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Our Moroccan tour guide. Such beautiful eyes. Yoli, keep your hands to yourself.

We managed a showing of American Adventure but had to enter via the exit. Some event was happening in the rotunda. The show is growing on me and let’s not forget it’s a good place to rest and kick off your shoes. The rest of the pavilions drew us in with promises of merchandise and cute foreign boys. Italy is nice. I had to ask a strapping German boy to open my water bottle. At least half of the case was difficult to open. I tried once again for the Werther’s shop but the line was too long for me to bother.

Again we braved the cold seas with vikings then switched to a preferred temperature on a cruise with a duck, a rooster, and a parrot. We had dinner at Nine Dragons in China and both ordered the honey sesame chicken. It’s light, sweet, and I like the veggie slaw but my favorite part of the meal was dessert. It’s a cold, thick type of porridge or soup made from red beans topped with toasted coconut. It’s delicious, try it next time.

Illuminations could be partially seen from our table and the music was piped into the restaurant which was pretty cool. We wanted to beat the crowd out but decided to take our time since Extra Magic Hours was in full force. The next day’s plans would allow us to sleep late.

Come back on Saturday to find out just how many resorts we visited in a single day.

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5 Replies to “Newbie and the Geek Take Epcot, Again”

  1. Another great blog, Lisa. I will be sad when it ends but you and Scott do a fantastic job with Picture This!!! By the way, I live in MA as well…Small World (lol)

    Lisa responds: Thanks. I was sad when the vacation ended but we did have a wicked pissah time.

  2. Thank you so much for the trip reports. I have only been to Walt Disney World twice. I was a Cali girl annual Disneyland Passholder until I stupidly moved to Tennessee. Now I’m broke and divorced and jobless but vicariously living the Disney life through your trip reports. Was scrolling through my Facebook late tonight when I saw your post and had to stay up even later just to read your Epcot report. World Showcase is my favorite part of Walt Disney World and I wasn’t disappointed. Sounded like lots of fun. Eating and shopping around the world in a day. That’s the way to go!

    Lisa responds: I was Disneyland Passholder, too, then I moved back to MA. It was enormous fun while it lasted. I’m responsible for Yoli buying a Disneyland pass despite the fact that she’s lived near it her entire life. Now she’s hooked. I’m glad you enjoyed the read, now go to bed.

  3. Lisa, I’m loving this series. You guys HAVE to keep it up.

    Loved the video where Yoli takes a drink and smiles like she’s having her first Margarita, then when Italy comes, it’s like she’s in a western and drinking whiskey to stave off the pain of being shot.

    I shall guess ahead of time that you went to 6 resorts in a day.
    Oh, and by the way, I’m up to $18.50 for the movie shoot.

    Scott

    Lisa responds: We’d love to continue taking Disney vacations. Perhaps next year we’ll go somewhere. Keep saving your money, we’ll need the financial backing.

  4. Hi Lisa –

    Hmmm – me thinks thine clock runs backwards! That is unless you are using the new, upside down Epcot Map with Future World at the top. If walking thru Future World to World Showcase (which is how the map was for decades, so what if Disney put north at the bottom), counter-clockwise would be to the left, which would be Mexico. Oy.

    – Jeff

    Lisa responds: Yes, that is what I said, we went counter clockwise on the first visit to Epcot, starting in Mexico. On our second day in the park we began in Canada. Oye, you might want to take another look at what’s written.

  5. Ah, Lisa! Another thrilling episode of Newbie and the Geek! When I saw that a new episode was available to be read, I quickly ran and made myself a cup of hot chocolate and settled in for sheer entertainment! I was not disappointed! Thank you! Can’t wait until Saturday…

    Lisa responds: Phew! I don’t like to disappoint my reader(s).