Yesterday, after the closing session of the conference we headed over to EPCOT for our last day at Walt Disney World.

We arrived before lunch and wandered around Future World, we checked out the Disney Art Gallery as well as Innoventions and headed off to Spaceship Earth. Spaceship Earth was quite interesting especially as it’s currently narrated by Dame Judi Densch and includes an animatronic Woz working on the first Apple computer. After Spaceship Earth we headed to “The Seas” and rode the Nemo ride which featured characters from Nemo in the aquariums in front of us, it was especially realistic with the Starfish Peach at the end saying goodbye it seemed like she was really on the glass saying good bye! “The Seas” also has a killer aquarium filled with dolphin and fish with some interesting ways to view them from below as if you are in the water. We even saw to rescued Manatees which I had never seen before.

Perhaps the most amazing thing in “The Seas” to me was “Turtle Talk with Crush” An interactive exhibit where Crush the Turtle interacted in real time with the kids in the audience. It was defintely not a a preset show, there was an actor doing the voice and responding to what the kids said but also the character on the screen responded as well, I’m not sure how it was done but it was very neat.

Next we headed over to the World Village and checked out all the sights. I really enjoyed the 360 “Circlevision” presentations. The first one we saw was O Canada! with Martin Short. It was such a neat movie showing a lot of the sights and life in Canada. We also saw one for China and France. There were a lot of places to eat in the World Village but we opted for the much recommended Biergarten. The food was fantastic and the atmosphere was fun. Lots of drinking and singing going on in that place.

It did actually take most of the afternoon to wander around the World Village and finally we headed back to Future World to catch the fireworks show IllumiNations. It was a very cool show with a globe that spun in middle of the lake with display screens over all of the continents. Very neat show.

Again it was an extra magic hours night at EPCOT so we got to stay for a few extra hours so we took in a few more rides, we did Mission to Mars which was quite fun and we did what might be my favorite attraction at EPCOT the GM Test Track. The wait was long but the ride was worth it. We also rode Soarin’ which is a ride we had rode many times at Disney’s California Adventures many times. It was a nice way to end the evening.

Tomorrow we head back home and our short little vacation will be over. I really enjoyed Walt Disney World and I really can’t wait to bring my niece and nephew here when there are a bit older.