I love going to Walt Disney World. My family will be taking our 5th trip there next week, and I can’t wait! We always go to Magic Kingdom first, and that’s where one of my favorite attractions is—Space Mountain. You can’t go to Disney World and not ride Space Mountain! It’s one of the best rides there. It’s fast and dark and really cool!
Magic Kingdom is not my favorite Park, though. That would be Epcot, World Showcase specifically. I love being able to visit so many countries without ever leaving the United States. Each Pavilion is so authentic. The architecture is amazing, how the Imagineers built in pieces of each country to represent that area. It’s so detailed, from the buildings to the colors to the clothes the Cast Members wear. And I really like that the Cast Members are from those countries too. I like how they speak in their own language and teach you how to say certain words and how they tell you what their country is really like.
Even though I’ve been to Epcot many times, I always learn or see something new that I didn’t catch before. I think Epcot is a great place to just walk around and chill and take in all the different cultures. I hadn’t realized it until now, but our family always seems to start our trip at Magic Kingdom and end it at Epcot. We Park hop too, but that seems to be our general plan, and I think it works out pretty well!
I really could go on and on about Epcot, but we’ll save that for another time. For now, I’ll leave you with a list of all my faves!
Favorite Park: Epcot
Favorite Attractions:
#1 DHS Rock-n-Roller Coaster
#2 MK Space Mountain
#4 DHS Tower of Terror
#5 DHS Great Movie Ride
#6 AK Kilimanjaro Safari
#7 AK Expedition Everest
#8 Epcot Soarin’
#9 Epcot Test Track
Favorite Shows:
#1 DHS Lights, Motors…Action
#2 MK Mickey’s Philharmagic
#3 AK Tough to be a Bug
Today’s Takeaway:
As I told you, Epcot is my favorite Park, and World Showcase is my favorite part of that Park. Well, my favorite Pavilion there is Germany. My family has a bit of German heritage, and we all like to eat the food there. That Pavilion always smells so good! I also like the way the buildings look like they’re straight out of a fairy tale. Snow White often makes Character appearances here, so I was thinking today’s activity could have something to do with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (Mom helped me out a bit here.)
Snow White’s dwarf friends are named for the emotions they most exhibit:
Bashful
Doc
Dopey
Happy
Grumpy
Sleepy
Sneezy
When developing the story line of the film, writers had a long list of possible names for the now-famous seven:
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| Me, Snow White & my dad a few years back 🙂 |
Scrappy
Cranky
Dirty
Awful
Blabby
Silly
Daffy
Jaunty
Biggo Ego
Chesty
Jumpy
Baldy
Hickey (always hiccupping)
Gabby
Shorty
…and quite a few others
So my assignment for you today is first to consider the list of alternative names. Choose 2 or 3 of them to create as characters. Pretend you’re a film director advising an actor how to play each part. Provide full personality descriptions, suggest mannerisms, hint how they might speak. Then, assign one new character to you and your siblings and act out a scene from Snow White, replacing a couple of her dwarfs with your new ones. How different would the movie have been with these alternate characters?
SCHOOL SUBJECT: Drama / Creative Writing
SKILL LEVEL: High School
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What a fabulous post, Kyle! I think I like it so much because I, too, love World Showcase (my daughter mentioned her love for it in her post today too!) I'd love to spend a full day just in World Showcase – maybe we'll do that on our next trip. 🙂
Great post Kyle! Very insightful! I agree Epcot is a wonderful place to just walk around and take in all that it has to offer. Beautiful pics!!
Thanks for sharing and have a magical trip next week!!!
Debs @ Focused on the Magic
What a fun take away! Great Post!
I completely agree with everything you said about the World Showcase, I could spend days there! 🙂
Awesome job Kyle! 😀 I loved it! I like your list … how cool would it be to do all that in one day! 😀 lol! I love space mountain too! The one in Dlp is very different from yours in WDW but it's one of my favs! 😀
Epcot is great. Our favorite ride there was Test track. I think we did it 3 times! We had 2 adults, a 6 year old and an 11 year old when we went so we don't usually all like the same kinds of rides, but Test track was great for us all!
Love it – your take away is brilliant!
I'm totally with ya! I love going around the world showcase and just chillin' at each country. It's so much fun and relaxing- plus there's really good food!! 🙂
We love World Showcase too. It is so great being able to see all the unique offerings of the shops, as well as chat with the cast members. Germany is by far our favorite pavilion though. I love the detail of the clocks in the shop. We also love Biergarten!
Great post. I think you covered it all. I also love Space Mountain and my husband loves Germany. We have to eat there at least once on every trip. Oh, and my sister would be 'Daffy'. ; )