Thursday April 18th 2024

Today was a little more humid than yesterday. Along with the increased humidity came more fluffy white clouds in the sky. The temperature also climbed a little today. Some locations in the area made it to ninety degrees today, but this area stayed just under the ninety degree mark. The nineties in this area arive over the next few days.

This afternoon and early evening I returned to Disney’s EPCOT to continue exploring the International Flower and Garden Festival. I spent some time last week checking out the gardens and topiaries at the front of the park. Today I focused on the World Showcase area of the park.

The crowds were moderate today. This weekend is a Run Disney event so the crowds will increase with 5K, 10K and marathon runners. The roads around EPCOT and part of the parking lot have a lot of extra barrels, cones and temporary tents for the road races. The My Disney Experience App is also providing a warning about traffic issues when you log in to the app.

In addition to checking out the Flower and Garden Festival, I rode a few rides. In particular I got lucky while in the France Pavilion. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure had just reopened after extended down time period. I was able to walk through the entire queue without stopping. The little rat managed to prepare another gourmet meal while I watched through 3D glasses. When I got off the wait time was listed at 30 minutes and would likely be back to its usual sixty minutes before much time passed.

I left EPCOT about 7PM. One of these afternoon and evenings I’ll hang around long enough to see the nightly fireworks display at 9PM. It is a great show that I’ve seen several times before. I just don’t like killing time waiting for it to start or the rush to leave after the show finishes.