Greetings everyone! We have all been busy at Epcot today. However, it was not the easiest to get to. The Walt Disney World Marathon weekend is still continuing. Today was the half marathon at 5:30 a.m. These runners go throughout Epcot, Magic Kingdom, and the roadways that connect them. This has made the transportation much slower and backed up to make sure all the runners are safe. Plenty of time was needed to get to each location. This will also be the case tomorrow while the full marathon is going on.
First, Tiffany and Jess’s day started off with a breakfast buffet at The Crystal Palace. Here, we were treated to all we could eat foods such as puffed french toast, Mickey shaped waffles, eggs, bacon, and much more. During our meal, we were greeted by Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet. The food was superb and the characters were adorable. We then took the monorail over to Epcot.
On our way to the class meeting, we were lucky enough to catch a show by the JAMMitors. These are three men who are dressed as regular Disney janitors, but they then go on to perform a show. They use tin trash cans, brushes, plungers, and other cleaning supplies to put on a percussion performance. They were full of energy and amazing performers.
First, Tiffany and Jess’s day started off with a breakfast buffet at The Crystal Palace. Here, we were treated to all we could eat foods such as puffed french toast, Mickey shaped waffles, eggs, bacon, and much more. During our meal, we were greeted by Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet. The food was superb and the characters were adorable. We then took the monorail over to Epcot.
On our way to the class meeting, we were lucky enough to catch a show by the JAMMitors. These are three men who are dressed as regular Disney janitors, but they then go on to perform a show. They use tin trash cans, brushes, plungers, and other cleaning supplies to put on a percussion performance. They were full of energy and amazing performers.
During our class meeting at the Electric Umbrella in Epcot, we discussed culture within the world showcase; paying close attention to cultural appreciation vs appropriation. Classmates shared information about their readings including some Disney classics such as Hercules, Frozen and Moana. The class learned that with enough attention to cultural details, understanding of the culture and time around the culture, Disney is able to create films that accurately portray cultures and educate their audience.
After our meeting, our class activity was to explore the World Showcase pavilions and relate that back to cultural appreciation and appropriation. Most groups rode Three Caballeros found in the Mexico pavilion, visited a Japanese museum displaying their pop culture and watched a movie about America in the American pavilion. We also made observations about how Disney displays alcohol in the parks. Groups decided that alcohol is a large part of some cultures and is needed to immerse guests into the pavilion. Countries such as Germany and Italy consume beer and wine respectively during meals and social events quite regularly. But, Disney is able to keep the alcohol from ruining the magical experience for the children and still accurately portray culture of multiple countries.
Once class was complete for the day, groups were able to split up! Groups either went back to the pool to swim, relax and pick up our second Amazon order of food, or went to Hollywood Studios to ride the Tower of Terror among other things. One of the class instructors, Brad Jones, rode Toy Story Mania this evening with a FastPass+ that he arranged himself this morning. Emily, Jess and Tiffany were able to ride Slinky Dog Dash prior to the park closing!
After our meeting, our class activity was to explore the World Showcase pavilions and relate that back to cultural appreciation and appropriation. Most groups rode Three Caballeros found in the Mexico pavilion, visited a Japanese museum displaying their pop culture and watched a movie about America in the American pavilion. We also made observations about how Disney displays alcohol in the parks. Groups decided that alcohol is a large part of some cultures and is needed to immerse guests into the pavilion. Countries such as Germany and Italy consume beer and wine respectively during meals and social events quite regularly. But, Disney is able to keep the alcohol from ruining the magical experience for the children and still accurately portray culture of multiple countries. 
Once class was complete for the day, groups were able to split up! Groups either went back to the pool to swim, relax and pick up our second Amazon order of food, or went to Hollywood Studios to ride the Tower of Terror among other things. One of the class instructors, Brad Jones, rode Toy Story Mania this evening with a FastPass+ that he arranged himself this morning. Emily, Jess and Tiffany were able to ride Slinky Dog Dash prior to the park closing! 
We will be traveling to Magic Kingdom tomorrow. Our class starts at 7:30 a.m. to learn about how the Haunted Mansion using illusions to trick guests in each room of the mansion. After our class, we will then ride the Haunted Mansion as a group to see how each of these illusions are used in the ride. We will be able to see the use of these tricks throughout different rides in the parks. Thank you for keeping up with the blog! 
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