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Entries Tagged as 'EPCOT'

Behind the Seeds Tour

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · EPCOT, Environment

It’s been a chilly start to 2010 here in Central FL so it was a pleasure to recently spend a few hours inside The Land Pavilion at EPCOT.  This school year my son has been taking a science class (through Science Partners in Orlando) and for the past several weeks has been learning about plants.  [...]

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Eating around the world

October 12th, 2009 · No Comments · EPCOT, Events

The EPCOT Food & Wine Festival began a few weeks ago – it is one of our favorite annual events!  We were there on opening day and we’ve been back a few times since.  There is so much good food to try…we’ve hardly put a dent in our wish list. My kids are not the [...]

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The Great Piggy Bank Adventure

September 26th, 2009 · No Comments · EPCOT, Uncategorized

Yesterday we had an opportunity to try our hand at “The Great Piggy Bank Adventure” at Innoventions at EPCOT.  This exhibit is designed to introduce children to four basic financial planning concepts – goal setting, saving, inflation and diversification. To begin, each team must set a financial goal – bedroom makeover, college education, family vacation [...]

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Candlelight Processional

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments · EPCOT, Events

One of our family’s favorite annual events at WDW is the Candlelight Processional.  This amazing, inspirational show brings together more than 400 singers (including cast members, youth choirs and the Voices of Liberty), a 50 piece orchestra and a celebrity narrator to tell the story of Christmas. You don’t need a special ticket for this [...]

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September 11, 2009

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · EPCOT

PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, 2009 We were honored to spend the day at the American Adventure with our homeschool friends.

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Fun Family Day!

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · EPCOT

We spend many great days at WDW learning and having fun, but on Labor Day we set out on a laid back day of family fun.  Even though we didn’t go away for an end of summer holiday we decided to just spend the day pretending we were on vacation! We parked at the resorts, [...]

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Spaceship Earth

September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · EPCOT

Yes, I admit it, as a family we spend most of our time learning and having fun at EPCOT.  My children love science, history and geography so it’s a perfect fit for us. Even though we spend so much time at EPCOT one thing remains a constant…we have to end every visit with a ride [...]

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Hola! From Mexico

August 30th, 2009 · No Comments · EPCOT

  This fall our Disney Homeschool group is “Travelling the Globe”.  Each week we visit a different pavilion in the EPCOT World Showcase and our most recent travels took us to Mexico. Right away we knew we were totally getting into the spirit of things…it was 90+ degrees and humid at 10:30am!  The pavilions in [...]

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