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Saturday, August 2, 1997 - Day 3

This was the first trip, where I did only minimal advance planning, mostly priority seatings for lunch or dinner.
That was built around a day at MGM and a day at EPCOT and the rest spent by the pool, or taking advantage of some of
the other activities at Old Key and the rest of WDW.  But, we checked how many days were left on each of our five Four
Day World Hoppers, and found we had only used one day on each.  So, we decided to spend more times in the parks,
going at a leisurely pace and only riding attractions that didn't require long waits.  Since I aspire to the theory
that one goes to one of the two parks that doesn't have a surprise morning, we decided to do EPCOT today.      
We woke up at 7:00 and were at the park by 9:00.  We walked right onto The Listen To The Land ride.  It's funny, I've
ridden that maybe five times but there's always something new.  I never noticed the misty spray we got hit with in
the beginning.  Afterwards, we went to the Circle Of Life. We skipped Food Rocks, since I can honestly say it's one of
the few exhibits I truly dislike. I miss Kitchen Kabaret.      
We then went to Journey Into Imagination for Honey, I Shrunk The Audience.  I have to say this was one of the
most exuberant audiences ever.  They really got into it. From there, we headed to World Showcase.  We tried to see
Oh!  Canada, but the film was temporarily closed due to technical difficulties.  So, on we went to Impressions de
France, after which we had a snack at the French Bakery. We split an eclair and raspberry cheesecake.      
At that point, we saw the Friendship II pulling into the dock by Morocco, so we decided to grab it and head back to
OKW for a swim.  On the way out of World Showcase, we checked if Oh!  Canada was showing, which it was, so we
decided to catch it first.      
Back in Future World, I noticed that the ride board posted a 30 minute wait for Spaceship Earth, but when we passed
it, there was no line at all, so we took another detour and got on.  Again, the one thing I love about coming back, is
the things you didn't notice before, like where the boy is teleconferencing with his Japanese friend and they're both
speaking English.  The when the next scene shows the girl teleconferencing with the boy, they're both speaking
Japanese, implying some kind of translator was being used. I also never remembered the virtual class trip, where the
cars turn backwards before beginning their descent.  I'm not saying they weren't there before, I just never noticed
them.      
After Spaceship Earth, we finally got back to OKW for an hour swim.  At 4:00, we grabbed the bus to MK, in order to
catch the monorail to the Contemporary for dinner at Chef Mickey's.  It started to rain while we were on the bus and
it caught up to us again while we were walking to the Monorail.  Dinner, was good and as usual, I ate too much
<g> They added something new to the dessert portion, a make your own cupcakes for the kids.      
It was still raining when we finished at 6:30, so we hopped the monorail, intending to go to MK. But, when it was
apparent that this was not a typical Florida rain, we decided to go back to EPCOT, where things were closer and
more of the attractions were indoors.  We visited Universe of Energy.  I hate it when people don't pay attention to
the "no flash photography" rule, as some guy took pictures of the dinosaurs.  We then did Horizons as our last stop
for the night.  When we got out, it was 8:50, so we decided to see if we could get a good spot for Illuminations 25,
figuring the rain would cut the crowd down (it didn't).  We found a spot by the entrance into World Showcase on the
Canada side, and even though some trees partially blocked our view, we got a decent view.  We were also up wind,
which cut down on our visibility, but for only waiting five minutes, it wasn't so bad.  We got back to OKW by and
turned in for the night.    
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