Epcot Center!

[forever_wandering]

Out of the five Disney theme parks, Epcot has to be my absolute favorite. I love to travel and experience new cultures and at Epcot, I can experience up to 10 different cultures in about a day! My friend and I walked around the entire park once then decided to spend time in Mexico, China, Germany and Japan. 

The first thing we did (Because I was basically jumping up and down like a little kid as soon as I saw him) was take a picture with Duffy. The first time I found out about Duffy was about two years ago when I went to Tokyo Disney with Saori after Sadou, and because of that, I had always associated Duffy with Japan. I had no idea though, that Duffy actually originated in Florida but didn't become popular until Japan stuck him in a sailor suit and re-sold him to the masses. 

After Duffy, we began our trip around the world, starting in Mexico. In Mexico they sold...Alcohol! And the layout was very Aztec Indian.  We wanted to split a colorful margarita, but since they were $12.50 each, we decided against it. Once we cleared Mexico, we entered China, home of my favorite Disney character, Mulan. We missed her show by two hours but plan on going back to see her. Aside from a tea stand with some snacks, they didn't have much in terms of food, but instead had beautiful gardens and architecture and an interesting little museum. We ended up splitting a Strawberry oolong tea, which was to die for. It was pretty big though, so it lasted us through our journey in to Germany and its sweets and finally Japan. 

Funny thing happened in Japan. I'm talking to my friend about a yukata one of the girls was wea ring. One of the women who work there walks up to us and asks us if we need help. I tell her we don't and that I'm just telling my friend about yukata and comparing the other girl's to mine. My friend tells her that I live in Japan. The woman asks me if I have any pictures of my yukata, and I do on my phone, so I show her. She seems impressed and begins talking to me in Japanese, so I talk back. After a short conversation, we go to the museum, I buy my friend some Melon Daifuku because she's never tried it,then go to watch Taiko.

After Taiko, we walk around some more before finally coming going back to Japan to eat sushi before the illumination show.  To our surprise, they remember us by name when we returned and continued to speak to me in Japanese throughout our time there.

I thought my friend would feel left out but she seemed amused every time someone came over and said something to me in Japanese. 

After that, we went outside for the light show. We wanted to find a good spot, so I walked over to the fence and leaned over, trying to get a good look at the other sections of the park. A girl sitting on a bench behind me goes, "Excuse me. You're not going to stay there right? Cause we've been sitting here for the past 20 minutes holding this spot."  Her friend whispered for her to be quiet, in which she responded "No, we've been sitting here for twenty minutes!" Pft! As though sitting was hard work. Geeze.
I told her we weren't staying there because it was the truth, but part of me wanted to tell her that we were and that just because she was sitting on the bench didn't mean she was entitled to all the space in front of it. It wasn't like she was old. She was younger than me so if she wanted a view with no one in front, she could have stood at the fence like everyone else. 

I don't know why her talking to me made me feel annoyed, but it did. 

Anyway, the light show was fabulous. It never gets old. Next time though, we're going to try and catch the Magic Parade in Magic Kingdom instead. 

I finished reading "Norwegian Wood" in English and I have to say it felt quite different to me compared to the Japanese version! I'm going to see what other English versions I can get my hands on in the future. I've decided to tackle a book called The Labyrinth by Enrique A Laguerre. It's Puerto Rican literature, which I haven't tried reading since leaving the island some six or seven years back. So far, main character annoys the heck out of me! He doesn't really talk. He just over-thinks everything while the world around him takes care of him, despite the fact that he worked so hard to become a lawyer to take care of himself. 

Comments

[20thlvl-rogue.livejournal.com]

Maybe the girl at the fence talking made you annoyed because it was so hot outside.

Looks like you're having fun in Disneyland/world. I've never been. And Awww Duffy is so adorable.

[kurikuribebi]

Maybe. I dunno. I'm just glad I was able to walk away =)

You've. never. been.
To any of the parks?!

[spiral-meter.livejournal.com]

this is the most colorful entry ever.

b

[kurikuribebi]

Haha! I love me some color. Skittles for breakfast lunch and dinner.

[spiral-meter.livejournal.com]

i like green eggs and ham.

b

[noir-au-blanc.livejournal.com]

What great photos - you look like you had an amazing time at Epcot

[kurikuribebi]

I did! I would love for them to expand some more and add more places. It would be nice to have more Middle Eastern or African places though.

[kogarajoshi.livejournal.com]

*grins* You're so lucky! It looks like it was fun. ^_^v

[kurikuribebi]

It was fun AND it's pretty educational. I wish all Disney's had an Epcot center.

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Haha, so many great, funny and crazy photos!
I can imagine how great your day must have been :D

[kurikuribebi]

It was fun! It got a little crazy when we started going through each country because it took a bit to get adjusted to the different languages being spoken to us.

[unknownsea.livejournal.com]

Sounds sooo fun! I would love to go someday :D

[kurikuribebi]

It's definitely worth a visit, if only to try different foods from around the world =D

[cherany.livejournal.com]

That looks really fun! The last time I was at Epcot, I was about 5 or 6 years old, so I don't remember much at all. I just know I was excited to see Figment! I loved that purple dragon so much! I never realized Epcot was set up to show different cultures. How differently we see and appreciate things as adults!

[kurikuribebi]

Seriously! The only thing I remembered about Epcot from when I was a baby was the giant ball. Now that I'm older and can appreciate different cultures, Epcot is one of the best places for me.

I guess when we're young, other cultures don't matter because our immediate world seems so big.

[lelys24.livejournal.com]

)))The minny ears are so familiar :D What is your hat?

[kurikuribebi]

My hat is...just a hat. Lol. It was hot so I bought it.

[lelys24.livejournal.com]

Ahah) Ic))) So in "japan" japanese ppl are working?

[kurikuribebi]

Yeah, it seemed that way. In most of the places we went in Epcot, they had people from Each country or who at least spoke the language well. China had Chinese people, Germany had Germans...

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[flinaruw.livejournal.com]

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