DW Memories 2008

Getting back to the DW trip stuff has been on my to-do list since . . . well, since the last post, I suppose. All the photos for the DW posts have been uploaded to the DW 2008 album on photobucket, so if you're really here just for those and can do without the narratives, follow the link.


Back to it--EPCOT stuff!! I broke these all up into smaller bites--those long posts are a pain--they throw off the feng shui of my blog, I tell you!


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We'd gone on this ride at Epcot--the one that runs inside the big Epcot "golf ball", I forget what it's actually called--on a previous visit to DW. At that time the ride was still mostly robotic animation and projected images on the walls while you were spiraling ever upwards with your fellow passenger. History of man and technology. I wasn't impressed when I'd been on it before, but was told it had been really updated and was now a 'must see' when you're at Epcot.

Turns out they'd completely upgraded the entire thing--now it was all a computer-animated thing IN the ride console using the car passengers' (supposedly two, but I had the boys sandwiched on either side) photos and a kind of 'choose your own adventure' storyline based on a specific topic we got to choose and a series of about 10 related multiple choice questions . . . and still all geared toward telling the story of man and technology, but less history and more future-based. It was hilarious!!!

Despite having 3 in the car, the story only works with 2 people . . . by chance it ended up being me and Daniel. We chose the theme of health/sports. Based on the questions we had, and the answers we selected our storyline went something like this:

Daniel and I are out skiing. I stop to take a photo (see the transparent laser-type camera I'm holding?), and something happens to set off an avalanche.

We get caught up in it, and Daniel's arm is broken (see his surprised and pained face?).

Some rescue robot comes speeding out to the site, does an on-site medical assessment of his injuries using a scanning imager, and sticks some kind of portable electronic cast on him.

We're forced to kick back at the lodge, sipping cocoa ("Thanks, Servo-bot!") and enjoying the various amenities with stunning view.

Shortly after, Daniel is all healed and we're back on the slopes before you can say "No flash photography, please." The End.