AGP’s Visit to Florida (first time Epic and Epcot!)

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

What’s up y’all - I just landed in Florida! So excited to document my trip here.

Here’s my plan for the first two days (WDW portion)!

I will be in the Uni parks Wed-Sat, dm me if you would like to meet up (maybe not, cuz i’m not legal age yet lol)

APRIL 13th - MK/AK

6:00 | Wake up

6:30 | Leave hotel

7:00 | Arrive at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (7:30-1:00, 6.5 hrs)

7:15 | Early Entry

• 7:45 | Avatar: Flight of Passage
• 8:15 | Navi River Journey
• 8:30 | Breakfast at Sa’tuali Canteen
• 9:00 | Kilimanjaro Safaris
• 10:00 | Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail OR Maharanjah Jungle Trek
• 10:30 | Expedition Everest x2
• 12:00 | Zootopia: Better Zoogether
• 12:30 | Lunch at Flame Tree Barbecue

1:30 | Transportation to Magic Kingdom

2:00 | Arrive at Magic Kingdom (3:00-10:00, 7 hrs)

• 2:30 | Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
• 3:30 | Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
• 4:15 | Haunted Mansion
• 5:00 | Seven Dwarves Mine Train
• 6:00 | Turkey Leg and Mickey Bar Dinner
• 6:30 | Tron
• 8:00 | Fireworks
• 8:30 | Tron
• 9:00 | Space Mountain
• 9:45 | Peoplemover

10:00 | Depart from MK and return to Hotel






April 14 (TUESDAY):

7:00 | Wake up

7:30 | Leave hotel

7:50 | Arrive at EPCOT (8:30-10:00)

• 8:30 | Early Entry for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
• 9:15 | Test Track

10:00 | Enter World Showcase

• 10:30 | Tres Cabaleros
• 11:15 | Frozen
• 12:15 | Lunch at World Showcase
• 12:45 | Explore World Showcase (Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, America, Japan, Morocco, France, U.K, Canada)
• 2:00 | Ratatouille

4:00 | Return to Future World

• 4:15 | Journey to Imagination
• 5:00 | Living With the Land
• 5:30 | Journey of Water
• 6:00 | Spaceship Earth
• 6:45 | Mission: Space
• 7:30 | Dinner at Flower and Garden Festival Booths
• 8:00 | Ratatouille or Frozen
• 9:00 | Nighttime Show
• 9:30 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (Buy ILL)

10:00 | Depart from EPCOT via International Gateway

Ambitious, but oh well

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

Disney Springs! had a great meal at the polite pig

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

Early Entryyyyy

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

Successful early entry! Rides completed before park opening.

The lion (but awake!)

Absolutely chefs kiss show

Richard Parker (but asleep)

By far the BEST wdw park! Had a ton of fun time with the many shows and animal exhibits, plus going on 5 great rides. South America will really tie the masterpiece up in a bow tie

A bit disappointed about how gray the walls are. You would think it to be a pearly white but it really isn’t.

It was decent….

In line for Tron! So excited

 

[Outbound]

Wow, impressive you were able to do everything! Haven’t been to WDW in many years, but as yk in DLR waits get really high. Have fun!

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

Wow, impressive you were able to do everything! Haven’t been to WDW in many years, but as yk in DLR waits get really high. Have fun!

A perfect weather, low crowds, do-all day! Here’s EVERYTHING we accomplished, with only Tron and Tiana having a 30+ min wait:

WDW set the bar high and raised my opinions tenfold

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

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A bit disappointed about how gray the walls are. You would think it to be a pearly white but it really isn’t.

It never was in my lifetime. It was always a bit darker from my memory. But I very much like it that way, I think it looks much classier and elegant.

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

It never was in my lifetime. It was always a bit darker from my memory. But I very much like it that way, I think it looks much classier and elegant.

What surprised me the most was the bright blue turrets that stood out really well against the dim sky. Definitely a product of good fresh paint, but when comparing the white to back in 2019 it just doesn’t feel as grand?

Maybe my eyes deceive me but the park was also definitely my least favorite so far. There were genuinely so many broken effects on TBA (Louis was high) and Tron didn’t hit as well during daytime. The only attraction I found worth my time was the Peoplemover, which offered such a cool look at Space Mpuntain lights on. We originally planned to head back to Mk for a trim night ride after HS closing but didn’t get there