Originally Posted By TDLFAN Not much to report from my "quality control" walk around EPCOT Center today tuesday the 7th Aug. -The park was very uncrowded. -The Wand continues to come down, with 2/3rds of the tower still to be dismantled. SE is already looking much better... and would look even better if they had taken the little stars off it's surface, but that has not happened yet. -At 3pm.. all rides that offer Fastpass had ridiculous waittimes... Soarin' at 90 mins, M:S at 60 mins, Maelstrom at 40 mins.. Yet the non-FP rides had less than a few minutes wait times.. with new new Nemo being a walk on and Grand Fiesta Velveetta a mere 3 mins. FP must go so lines can move again at a brisk and steady pace. -The former Millenium Village pavillion in between UK and Canada has been repainted on the outside front facade and now resembles the archways and pillars found at TDL's World Bazaar. No more psychodelic colors there, thank God. -Preparations for the Wine and Food Festival are underway with several areas of the World Showcase gardens boarded up for the event. Same old same old... here. -You guys gotta try the Chinese slushes on sale at "Joy of Tea" outside the China Showcase... The mango one in particular is pretty deelicious! On a final note.. It's nice to see the former Mausoleum photo sale Legacy area now gone and cleared of all that photo studio-like equipment and registers. I can only hope those Cms were transfered to MK's Custodial dept... (I can dream, can't I?) If only the Mausoleum itself was on it's way out forever... On a separate note... and in regards to MGM, look for new lighting and (probably new glitter chips) to be installed at MGM's BAH in the near future. The hurricanes of 04 left the BAH bare in the glitter dept and NOW! 3 yrs later... Disney is finally going to fix this situation... Personally, they could fix the hub at MGM by removing the BAH altogether... but that's just my opinion... Ta-ta everyone!
Originally Posted By hightp Hi TDLFAN, Was there any particular reason EPCOT was uncrowded, or was it just because you were there early? Did it stay uncrowded? From the sound of your description, things picked up around 3ish.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Thanks for the report and GREAT pics from TDL and TDS, btw. (shameless plug so you don't have to!) ;-)
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Why, thanks Spirit. Glad you enjoyed the photos from the best Disney Parks on Earth. >>Was there any particular reason EPCOT was uncrowded, or was it just because you were there early?<< I actually didn't get to EPCOT CENTER until around 3:30pm.. I never go there earlier than that. And the only reason why I would think EPCOT was rather slow in the middle of the summer season is because of WDW's ridiculously big resort, where 3 other parks compete with it, and the crowd there is has to divide their time accordingly... making any given park feel uncrowded... OR, maybe it wasn't an extra magic night?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Why, thanks Spirit. Glad you enjoyed the photos from the best Disney Parks on Earth.>> I'll be the judge of that after my upcoming visit ... But I doubt I'm going to be disappointed. And I gave the free plus because: 1.) the pics are wonderful and worthy of it; and 2.) it may get a few of the LPers who never move beyond the WDW Boards to go down and open up their minds to what exists outside of Lake Buena Vista; Amazing the amount of seasonal/special entertainment that OLC puts in its parks. What do we get right now? Oh yeah, Princess and Pirate Parties again that didn't sell well the first go around and cost an extra $45 a pop.
