A Little Big Idea to go to the US

Epcot, we found out, stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow and was based on Walt Disney’s idea for a future full of innovation and then combined with the idea of a World Fair. Kind of strange combination but it was definitely a fun and interesting place to visit. We like it a lot as it was Disney without being too ‘Disney’ – we didn’t want to wait in line for hours to meet Elsa or Cinderella but wanted to be entertained and learn something. Epcot felt more like a festival than Disneyland (well that’s what Mum said anyway). We were at Epcot from 10am to 10pm, there was so much to do. The first thing we did was watch a movie about sustainability in living and city design (presented by Timon and Pumbaa of course) followed by a boat journey showing the work Epcot is doing in developing ways of growing food sustainably. Mum loved their hanging cucumber and tomato tree setup. The lines were long but always moving. We had to wait the longest for one of the highli...

We made another trip to the Amway Centre, where magically they had transformed the ice hockey rink into a basket ball court...how is that even possible....the guy we spoke to said they lay the court on top of the ice! We watched the Orlando Magic play the Indiana Pacers and loved it even more than the ice hockey - definitely a trip highlight so far. My favourite player is Aaron Gordon - number 00 - because I bought a singlet with his name on it and he played well. The atmosphere was fun but not as distracting as the ice hockey - the sport was definitely the focus, not just the loud music. Here's some footage of the game, unfortunately the Orlando Magic was beaten :( They still had plenty of fun stuff like a drone blimp that flew around the stadium dropping teddy bears, entertainment every time out and break including t-shirt guns, cheerleaders and a guns vs hoses (police vs firefighters) game. Mascots are big over here - their mascot is a weird looking rainbow dragon ...