Day 18: EPCOT

Grant...  Walt Disney originally created EPCOT as "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow", but it has since been re-named to "Every Person Comes Out Tired" which seems more fitting.
We planned to stay late for the Illuminations light & fireworks show at 9pm, so we headed to the park at 11am. The weather was warm, cloudy and very humid.  We took a punt and left the rain ponchos behind, which turned out to be a good call as the sky cleared during the day and it became very hot at times as the sun broke through.
The park was busy when we arrived and we entered through the gates and past the famous Epcot landmark, the big "golf ball".  We headed straight for the "Test Track" ride to reserve a time for later in the day, then we wandered over to Mexico to book a time for dinner.
Zac...  Inside the big ''golf ball'' there was a ride called 'Spaceship earth' where you sit inside a capsule and are pulled around a track. I was directed to a carriage with Mum (I know, bummer) and we started to go around the ride. About halfway through, the carriages lost power and we were delayed for around 10 minutes. My favourite part of the day was a ride called test track where you have six people in a car and go through the tests that the GM company uses to prove if their car was roadworthy. I was sitting in between Mum and Tom (Again, bummer) and it was annoying when Mum continued to scream as we went around the almost vertical corners and the drops. For dinner, we went on time for our reservation and were given a buzzer to tell us when a table was ready. They told us under 30 minutes but they should have told us under an hour and a half! When we finally got in, we were seated and introduced to our server Jesus!!!! We ordered and when the food was brought out we realised that we may have ordered a little bit much (typical american food) but the food was really nice and we made it to a good spot for the light show. Tommorow we are going to do a little shopping and relax around the pool.