So yesterday, we made sure to wake up extra early to catch the bus to Epcot. We had to get there early because we wanted to get a fastpass to Soarin', a ride that simulates flight. It is very popular, and the wait easily can get to two hours. Then, we went to Test Track. We waited for about 70 minutes, but it was well worth the wait. First, we got to design our own car. We shaped it well, and it was colored a lilac purple. We had turbo boosters mounted on the tail and ad a powerful turbo engine. Now we only had 5 minutes to design our car, and we spent a little too much time shaping it. We were going to add an accessory to the hood, but we only had 13 seconds left to design our car. We saw the perfect one, but someone(mom) accidentally scrolled the wrong way and somehow we got this thing that looked like a nose with one nostril. Trust me, it was a real turnoff to the beauty of our once-masterpiece. Then, we got to test out our car. We got in this mini convertible and scanned our disney cards and our car we designed came up on screen. We did multiple tests in the convertible. We did a capability test, and we went really fast on a slippery road and swerved around(not really, the track the car rode on swerved) and sped toward a lightning bolt and made a sharp left turn. Then, they did efficiency tests on the car we designed while we peacefully drove around. The convertible then did some hairpin turns around some laser hologram trees and then we sped through a tunnel and when we came out, an 18-wheeler nearly jackknifed us but thanks to the convertibles amazing steering, we made it out okay. And for the last test, speed. We raced really fast toward this door and right when it seemed we would smash into it head-on, they opened the doors and we sped off. We quickly gained speed and were soon at 65 MPH, according to the monitor. Then, we raced at 65 and banked 50 degree turns! Scary! We all were holding on while the car tilted on the bank. Finally, the ride came to an end and we went into the post-ride area and looked at the score our designed. We got 197 points, which is so-so. We all agreed that our car would have gotten a better score if that nose hadn't been added.
After that, we went to this place called Innoventions. There, we put some household items test like Underwriters Laboratories. We smacked a TV tube with a rubber sledgehammer by pulling a rope attached to a pulley. They had a counter that measured how many times the TV was smacked. It was hit 104, something something something times and had still not broken. We twisted some hoses with wires inside together a bunch of times and pulled them apart. They never broke. Then, we went to a section about hurricanes. They had a glass box with a model house inside. You could turn up the wind inside until the gable on the roof collapsed in. I turned it to 150 MPH and the gable collapsed, the model fence was blown down, and the garage door was bent in. We then made our way to Soarin'. It was great! We got on these seats in front of this huge movie screen with a projector on the other side. You were, in reality, suspended in air in the theater so that your feet were not touching the ground. You flew all around Califronia and it felt so real! There was a steady stream of wind blowing at your face so it felt like you were moving through the air. When you descended, the chair tilted forward, making you feel like you were truly falling, and vice versa when you went up. We all loved this ride. It was very peaceful and serene. Then we went to the World Showcase. We went to Canada, the UK, France, Morocco, Japan, The American adventure, Italy, and Germany.(Remember, we had already seen Mexico, Norway, and China). On our way out, we stopped at a gift shop in Japan to pick up some gifts and I bought a Japanese soda, Japanese Apple-flavored gummies, and some Hello Panda cookies. The Japanese soda was cherry flavored and was delicious. There was a marble in it to make it spill proof. We wanted to get the marble out, but couldn't, so we gave up. The cap was sealed on and wasn't threaded so it couldn't be twisted off. The apple gummies were awesome! They wee made with real apple juice and were great. And hello panda cookies are these panda-shaped 3-d cookies with chocolate cream inside. The whole gang was tired after we were through with Epcot, so we came home to take a small nap.
to be continued... Tomorrow at the Airport
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