Friday September 6th 2024

I thought today’s weather was going to be very similar to yesterday. The TV weather talkers seemed to confirm that thought during the morning news. The day started cloudy just like yesterday, but that seemed to be the end of the similarity. While the forecast called for rain beginning around 1PM, the sun arrived around noon instead. The showers that were supposed to continue all afternoon and into the evening haven’t started as of 9PM.

Since it looked like rain would interfere with a late afternoon visit to EPCOT once again, I headed for the Disney park in the late morning. I thought the cloudy weather would keep things comfortable during the mid day. It wasn’t long after I arrived that the clouds gave way to full sunshine. The park was more crowded than it was last week before the International Food and Wine Festival began.

My mission for the visit was checking out the festival and selecting one of the food kiosks to buy lunch. After walking around the entire World Showcase I narrowed my choice for lunch down to shrimp cocktail, a grilled lobster tail or fillet minion. I chose the beef. It came with garlic mashed potatoes and mushrooms and was very good. The only downside of the food from the kiosks is the small portion size. These are intended to be tasting size portions with the thought that you would buy from several different kiosks.

The only thing other than walking, eating and taking a few pictures that I did during my visit to EPCOT was listen to the Voices of Liberty singing group at the American Adventure pavilion. Their renditions of folks and patriotic songs are always enjoyable. The wait times for the park rides was long and most of the entertainment started later in the day.

There was a lot of humidity in the air and the direct sunshine make walking around the park uncomfortable. I was under the impression that the sky would cloud up and the rain would begin at a moments notice. Once I completed one loop of the World Showcase and had my lunch I headed for the exit to the parking lot. It wasn’t a long visit, but it was a good one.

The rain finally began around 9:30PM.