Sunday, February 14, 2010

Day 1 - EPCOT













It's 12:10 am and technically our 2nd day has begun. Hopefully everyone is in bed and asleep. It's been a LONG day, BUT a very exciting, fun, educational and exhilarating day. The bus took us directly to EPCOT, where we after going through the security check stopped for a quick group picture in front of Space ship Earth. Kristin handed out our meal vouchers and off we went to "The Land" food court for some lunch - sandwiches, salads and Asian choices. Half an hour later with full tummies we all headed back to Space Ship Earth for the actual ride and enjoyed learning about how humans have communicated through out time. Boy have we come a long way - from cave drawings to the www. The ride ended with a cool interactive video of the passengers of each "space ship" (see video). Next we headed to "The Universe of Energy" where Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Nye the Science Guy (our favorite) taught us all about energy (solar, wind, hydro), fossil fuels (petroleum/oil, gas and coal), and fission and fusion. We also had the chance the travel back in time to visit with the dinosaurs. Along with this ride students were asked to answer several questions in their journal workbooks.

Our third and final "group ride" for the day was "The Land". This boat ride taught us about how we as humans have the greatest impact on our land - earth - and that we can chose to take care of our land or not. In the green house part we experienced many different ways of hydroponics (growing with out soil). Boy did the fruits and vegetables look tasty. The flowers and trees were beautiful as well. We also learned about fish farming and how this can help preserve endangered species.

While we had been riding and learning, Kristin had been working hard and had got Fast Track Passes for two additional rides - "Test Track" and "Mission: Space" These rides were enjoyed by most towards the end of the day at EPCOT. The late afternoon and early evening hours were spent exploring the World Showcase, enjoying dinner (the adults all ate at Restaurant Marrakesh in Morocco) and riding more rides. At 8:20 it was time to meet up again so we could end a perfect day with a perfect show - the " IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth" fireworks light show in front of the World showcase. It was spectacular!!!!

Tomorrow or that is today in about 8 hours we will be heading to Sea World for the day.

1 comment:

  1. Great to read the BLOG. Today was a short day, 2 hour delay and early release due to it snowing outside. I got my two classes on line today and had them bookmark the page. Some will be sending comments. I know many students here miss you guys already.

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