Last Day at the Parks

After a great two weeks, today marked the final day of the trip before we depart for home. We began the day at Animal Kingdom with Fastpasses for Flight of Passage, a definite favorite among the class. Pandora continues to amaze us every time we visit. After Flight of Passage we took a class picture in front of the Tree of Life to commemorate the final day.

Today’s activity for was each person to investigate something in the parks that involved their major. For example, being a criminology major I (Corbin) investigated the security screenings at the entrance to the parks. I analyzed the process that the security workers used to check bags and the frequency at which people were wanded.

After Animal Kingdom, some of the class decided to go to Epcot to check out the new offerings in the park. Epcot’s International Festival of the Arts began the day prior and there were many cool additions for the event. Unique food and art stands lined the World Showcase, all sporting an artistic twist. Along one of the many construction walls in Future World, the color-by-numbers mural returned. Guests are given supplies and can paint a small portion of the corresponding number to the color given on a gigantic Figment mural. In addition to the festival, three new movies debuted at Epcot, those being Awesome Planet (in The Land), Canada Far and Wide, and Beauty and the Beast Singalong (in France). We were only able to experience the Canada film but enjoyed the look at our northern neighbors.

At 3:45 we met as a group to have dinner. We had reservations made at the wonderful Mama Melrose's. They had fantastic Italian food and it was a good dinner to end with. Afterwards, we split up and a group of friends and I(Bryce) went and toad the tower of terror one more time. This was the most popular ride and ride we rode the most within the group.

Finally we ended our day at Hollywood studios by watching the Fantasmic. This light and firework show brought everything onto the table with even the water catching on fire a couple times! It was a thrilling way to end our time at Hollywood studios.

After watching the wonderful show many people headed over to the Magic Kingdom to ride a few more rides. The main thing my group did was to treat ourselves to ice cream one more time. I had to get a brownie sundae and put some cookies n' cream ice cream on top and it was a magical experience and a great way to finish our time at Walt Disney World!