Epcot: Around the World in One Day

Andre and I went to Orlando a couple of weeks ago. Our Disney Annual pass is now expired. We didn't renew it for another year since we don't go to Orlando often enough to keep it. Maybe in a couple of years we will get the Disney Annual Pass again. For this year, we decided to get the Busch Gardens/Sea World pass. The main reason was the Viva La Musica festival this month and also because we live 20 minutes away from Busch Gardens. There are several Spanish singers that will be performing in Sea World and Busch Gardens during Viva La Musica.  Also, I've never been to Sea World and Andre hasn't been there since he was 5 years old. We always like to have at least one theme park annual pass, and I'm saving my vacation days for an upcoming trip to Chile and Argentina I have to make the most out of the weekends.

Epcot's Spaceship Earth

The last weekend of our Disney pass, we went to Epcot. We walked around the park taking pictures of the character flower sculptures, walked around the world showcase, and got fast passes for Soaring and Mission SPACE. Every time that I go to this park, I find something new and fascinating. This time it was the Japan Pavilion. I always walked by and never went into the stores and gardens. I was surprised by how big the main store was. They have hundreds of Hello Kitty items and Japanese candy that we  bought in Hawaii. I'm obsessed about Hello Kitty since I can remember. Everyone knows that I love Hello Kitty and I'm not ashamed of it. Probably because when I was growing up in Colombia it was hard to find merchandise. When I moved to the United States, I was finally able to get all the Hello Kitty that I ever wanted. I loved Japan, however, my favorite pavilion is still France. The boulangerie and the wine tastings are hard to beat. I really love to walk around Disney's version of the 11 Countries from the World Showcase. I always complain because they don't have any Country from South America, but I have to admit that the Countries that they have are all special. This park is probably the most adult friendly of all Disney World parks. "Where the dreams come true" for adults is to have a culinary (and wine) experience around the world. If this sounds like something that you would enjoy, make sure that you go to Epcot's Food and Wine Festival in the fall.

We asked several times for our picture with Mickey but they always cut off his head

Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival

If you want a picture with Mickey you have to wait at least 30 minutes...

Paris, Disney

Morocco, Disney

Japan

Japanese Candy

Venice, Disney

China

China Pavilion

Mexico

Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival 2012

We were exhausted at the end of the day. This park is twice as big as Magic Kingdom and in my opinion the best of all 4 Disney World theme Parks. We didn't stay in Orlando that night since our dog was waiting for us at home. We always enjoy our trips to Disney and I am sure that we will be back soon. If you want to read more about Orlando and Disney click here and here to see older posts.