Celebration

Got back from a satisfying but tiring vacation. Mainly, it was a theme park rush with a bit of shopping in between. I don't think I've ever needed to line up so long for rides. Each attraction would take at least 30 mins, although it's usually around an hour or more. Especially in Universal Studios where their lines are usually outside and without consistent cooling fans, it was pretty hard to bear. It also seemed like Camp Week or something as there were groups of identically dressed kids everywhere, taking up big chunks of queue lines at a time. Everything from kayak camp to children's camp to bible camp.


The airport/airplane part of the trip was surprisingly smooth. No delays, security issues, etc. It actually went relatively fast, and the lineups were pretty short.


Epcot was generally a good experience, with the exception of Soarin', a new ride. That ride took over two hours worth of standing in line, half of the time on sloped surface, and the ride itself was terrible. The pretext of the ride was that you would "soar through the skies on a hang glider". Thus I was under the impression it would be a roller coaster similar to Tomb Raider at Wonderland. It..wasn't. In any case, never again will I go near that ride.


The new ride at Animal Kingdom is pretty decent. It's a pretty good idea to get the FastPass. However overall the best theme park is still Islands of Adventure.

Finally, see the nice fireworks from Epcot:

Haha...I don't remember hearing that random scream at the time...

I never got around to finishing that book, which I'll do very soon.