Monday October 24th 2016

Another great Florida day with a high temperature around 80 degrees. I did chores in the morning and returned to the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival in the afternoon.

The biggest chore was the laundry. This park has small front load washers, but high capacity dryer. My two loads of washing made for one quick 18 minute dryer load. The variety of machines, costs and cycle time to do the laundry continues to amaze me. No two parks are the same. So far the cost has varied from one dollar a load of wash to $3.50. This park was right in the middle at $2.25 per wash load and seventy five cents for the short dryer run.

Spaceship Earth at EPCOT

Late this afternoon I went back to the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival for dinner. The only attraction I visited was a repeat of Soarin. I enjoyed it so much the other day, that I got another Fastpass for it. You really get the feeling of flying like a bird over the land and water. This time I had a seat closer to the center of the theater. It results in a clearer view of the picture. Last time, nearer the right side of the theater, the picture was a little distorted.

For dinner I started with the Lobster roll at the American Pavilion. It was good but hardly more than 3 mouth fulls. It was about 3 inches long. For my next course I had the Black Pepper Shrimp from the China pavilion. It had 3 little shrimp on top of noodles. Again it was good, but tiny. The entries with a drink each cost more than $20 combined and I really needed another one or two to complete the meal. My bottom line on the Food and Wine festival is good food, but terrible value.

After eating, I hung around the world showcase until 8PM. I watched the Fireworks from the Hollywood Studios park. They can be seen clearly from the bridge near the International Gateway entrance. Trying to take pictures of the fireworks with my camera is a lot of fun. I didn’t hang around until 9PM for the EPCOT Illuminations show. It’s a good show the first couple of times you see it. After that it seems nothing more than fire on a lake.