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Great time in Epcot with some nice attractions. I noticed that about the Eiffel Tower and how distorted it looked no matter where I was sitting. They do need to fix it. Nice photos of the butterflies and flower beds at Epcot.
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My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Thursday 2 March – part four: these are real winners
We headed back outside…
… and over here:
It said it was a 10 minute wait, and it did seem to be, which was a first for us in ages. It’s nice that this place is a lot more popular than it used to be. I always remember when it was a shell of its former self, and no-one was interested in it. I’m so glad they managed to bring it back to life. I guess part of the attraction now is the Finding Dory movie, which opens up these characters to another generation. When we did get on the ride, I tried out my camera again, and it didn’t do too badly…
When we came out, it was chaos, and the escalator to the second floor was out of action, the second time that had happened, as it was out at the Land too. We had a quick look at the manatees. One had just swum off (probably not happy at the noise from the humans ) but one was left..
We did see a dolphin whizz past a couple of times, but he was moving too fast for me to capture him. We were going to do Turtle Talk with Crush, as we had a Fastpass for it, but when we heard the Cast Member saying to someone else that, even with a Fastpass, the pre-show was six minutes away, I decided not to bother, and went on my phone, and cancelled my Fastpass.
We headed out and made our way towards the front of the park. I thought Figment was Ok…
… but the front of the park topiary was a real winner for me – don’t they look great?
We got some unusual Photopass shots done by Spaceship Earth:
We made our way back into the park, stopping to give our email details to a guy who was looking for people to do surveys from Disney. This should be interesting…
We headed into MouseGears, where Mark got a couple of Grumpy t-shirts, and a new hat…
They had a better selection of handbags, but still nothing was wowing me. I’m also considering just ordering another of my current bag on ebay, as I’ve seen some sellers have it, so we’ll see…
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Your camera did great! I never seem to capture anything on the Nemo ride.
Those photopass photos are really different, I like them! Nice to have some variety sometimes.
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After seeing your pictures of the flower display at the park entrance, I realized that I never did see it even after going twice this Spring. We stayed at the Boardwalk Resort both times, so we never did use the monorail to enter. It looks so adorable that I'm really bummed that I missed it. I loved the photo they took of you both under SE! I noticed on this last trip that the line for Finding Nemo and Friends and Journey Into Imagination had longer lines than I've seen in a while, so I guess they're both finding new audiences.
Your camera did great! I never seem to capture anything on the Nemo ride.
Those photopass photos are really different, I like them! Nice to have some variety sometimes.
I was very impressed by my camera's performance on a number of rides this trip.
After seeing your pictures of the flower display at the park entrance, I realized that I never did see it even after going twice this Spring.
No way!
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We stayed at the Boardwalk Resort both times, so we never did use the monorail to enter. It looks so adorable that I'm really bummed that I missed it.
Oh that's a shame.
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I loved the photo they took of you both under SE! I noticed on this last trip that the line for Finding Nemo and Friends and Journey Into Imagination had longer lines than I've seen in a while, so I guess they're both finding new audiences.
I think it's more to do with Fastpasses in all honesty, as this entire trip, we noticed longer lines at many attractions that hadn't been busy in the past and that's what we put it down to.
When we came out, it was chaos, and the escalator to the second floor was out of action, the second time that had happened, as it was out at the Land too.
We noticed several escalators out of order on our trip, as well as the conveyor belt walkways out of Space Mountain and onto TTA. C'mon, Disney, keep up with the maintenance!
We noticed several escalators out of order on our trip, as well as the conveyor belt walkways out of Space Mountain and onto TTA. C'mon, Disney, keep up with the maintenance!
I wonder whether they'd argue that they're doing the maintenance they need do during the "quieter" seasons?
Catching up on this one, too! You'd laugh if you saw my calendar right now. I have notes on where to pick up on each of your TRs. Love all your photos from Sea World, but especially that owl. He is a beauty. Something just triggered a thought that made me realize I missed a couple of updates so I need to go back to post 733 to catch the part of Sea World I jumped over. I'll get caught up one day.
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They do need to fix it. Nice photos of the butterflies and flower beds at Epcot.
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I love that magenta color!!
I loved the photo they took of you both under SE! I noticed on this last trip that the line for Finding Nemo and Friends and Journey Into Imagination had longer lines than I've seen in a while, so I guess they're both finding new audiences.
Love all your photos from Sea World, but especially that owl. He is a beauty. 
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