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After reading your report on Legoland, I am sure that it will not be on our list of places to visit. I did enjoy looking at all of the sculptures and am always flabbergasted by the number of bricks and the number of hours it takes to complete them. Not sure I would have enough patience to do the work. Glad to see you are back at Epcot.
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After reading your report on Legoland, I am sure that it will not be on our list of places to visit.
That doesn't surprise me. Unless we had to go there, I don't think we'd have visited it, although having said that, it was cool to see the LEGO sculptures.
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I did enjoy looking at all of the sculptures and am always flabbergasted by the number of bricks and the number of hours it takes to complete them. Not sure I would have enough patience to do the work.
Oh gosh, neither would I. I wonder if they are all done by hand or whether computers/machines are involved these days....
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Tuesday 28 February – part nine: “why would you wait an hour and a half?”
We continued to make our way around World Showcase…
We were heading for Norway, and hopefully our first ever ride on Frozen Ever After, after our bad luck with it being down in September. I did check the app on the way there, and given there was a 95 minute wait for it I knew it was at least running…
We headed in through the Fastpass entrance…
The whole time we were in there, Mark was just incredulous, saying “why would you wait an hour and a half?” but I told him they may have no option, as I knew how hard it had been to get Fastpasses for this…
So what did we think of it? Well, Mark was a bit like “meh, it was Ok”, but I absolutely loved it. Rides like this are the reason I love coming to Disney. I felt like a little kid on it again, staring in wonder at everything, and wondering how they did it. I loved there was so much Olaf in it, as he’s my favourite. Forget the princesses, I’ll take him any day. He seemed to glitter like snow does, and I was just fascinated by that effect. I think you can tell our different reactions in our ride photo:
I will say the ride was a little rough, particularly the end where you finish going backwards, and it jarred both our backs more than I remembered from Maelstrom, but I guess that might be because we were in the back row?
All in all, I can see why people wait so long for this. It is a truly magical experience, and I just loved how they chose the scenes from the movie and replicated them. It’s as if this ride was always made for this, and I almost couldn’t remember what was in here previously when the ride was Maelstrom. I hope we get to do it again soon, although I won’t be waiting an hour and a half.
We soon found Anna and Elsa...
We stopped to get our photo with them, as there was a Photopass photographer there…
This has to be my favourite Photopass “magic” shot of all time!
The lines for Photopass photographers were very weird. Some had absolutely none, and others were mobbed. There was no rhyme or reason to it.
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I also loved Frozen Ever After!! I was never a huge fan of the Trolls. Love your photos and the Magic shot with Sven ROCKS!!!
The best bit was the video, which I wouldn't have a clue how to post. Sven comes up, licks the "camera lens" and then his tongue gets stuck to it and tries everything to get it off. It's classic and to be honest even describing it makes me laugh!
I'm glad you finally got to ride Frozen. We were lucky last September. There was a rainstorm and almost everyone left. As a result, we walked on it. It was a magical ride and the standby line as very well done. I would never wait 90 minutes to ride it, though.
Liz
I'm glad you finally got to ride Frozen. We were lucky last September. There was a rainstorm and almost everyone left. As a result, we walked on it. It was a magical ride and the standby line as very well done. I would never wait 90 minutes to ride it, though.
Liz
A nice time in Epcot with macaroon sandwiches and slushies which I love! Glad you finally got to ride Frozen Ever After and enjoyed it so much. I hope to for the first time in October.
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Love the World Showcase photos as you made your way to Norway. So glad you two finally got to ride and that you loved it. That is the coolest magic shot with Sven.
Ah, I, too, loved the Frozen ride. I look forward to riding again some day in the future. The photopass shots were good, especially love Sven. I've got to go back now and see my pictures from the ride. I really can't remember them. I wonder if the system wasn't in place last fall when I rode it.
A nice time in Epcot with macaroon sandwiches and slushies which I love! Glad you finally got to ride Frozen Ever After and enjoyed it so much. I hope to for the first time in October.
Hope it works out for you. Are you planning on getting a Fastpass for it?
Ah, I, too, loved the Frozen ride. I look forward to riding again some day in the future. The photopass shots were good, especially love Sven. I've got to go back now and see my pictures from the ride. I really can't remember them. I wonder if the system wasn't in place last fall when I rode it.
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I knew it was at least running… 
I was never a huge fan of the Trolls. Love your photos and the Magic shot with Sven ROCKS!!!
Glad you finally got to ride Frozen Ever After and enjoyed it so much. 
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