Florida Vacation Day 4

The next day we headed to Epcot. Epcot is the part of Disney World that contains different areas for lots of different countries and explores the culture for each one. You can get food, entertainment and buildings that emulate countries like; Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, France, UK and the US. We enjoyed all different kinds of fantastic food and even stopped to check out some of the street performers!

We stopped at a spot in the "Italy" section of the park, where you could create and race your own car before riding on the super fast car-like ride called "Test Track". I went with the boys and helped create their car, but bailed out of line just before they boarded the ride. After they exited the ride, there was an area where you could see your car and how it compared to real-life designed cars. You could compare the speed, handling and even the effect the car would have on the environment.

More cool technology!

Trace is so small you can't even see him in the car!

This is the machine that you could use to put your created car up against other created cars.

Kevin's car beat both Trace and mine quite easily.

All throughout the parks, I'd been trying to get Trace to get his picture taken with a Princess. He complained and whined about how girls were yucky (except Mom) and he didn't want to. I finally got him to agree to get his picture taken with "Joy" and "Sadness" from the movie "Inside Out" (both girls) ONLY if I agreed to wait in the line to see one of his favorites; "Baymax" from "Big Hero 6". Since I really like "Baymax" too, it was an okay deal for me! I really liked how they had the waiting areas for both characters inside a climate-controlled room. It was a much-needed break from the sun and heat. Again, Disney is so brilliant!

For dinner we went to a place called the "Coral Reef Restaurant". It is a restaurant attached to an aquarium! You get to watch the aquatic creatures swim and play while you eat. (Often while eating their former ocean cohabitants) It was a really good meal in a really cool environment. We saw coral, fish, sharks, stingrays, and a even a couple sea turtles!