This is my third convention, and my first as an alumni. As usual, I got to see a lot of friends I hadn’t seen in a long time – a few I hadn’t seen in 3 years since the last convention. As an alumnus there wasn’t much for us to do. There were some nice sit down meals, including the gala banquet on Saturday night and there was a bit of programming on Saturday where we were trained in running the alumni chapter. The majority of the time was just spent hanging out with old friends and making new ones.Thursday afternoon as part of the convention schedule we went to a Disney park! I hadn’t been to a park in over 15 years, so I was excited to see what was new, or at least new to me. I went to Epcot and had a blast. I went on a mission to mars simulator which was pretty cool – they got you up to almost 2 G-forces. The next ride and arguably the best ride in the park was the GM Test Track. You sit in a car on a track and they drive you through scenarios simulating the testing of the car such as braking, swerving, accelerating, and handling. The last part of the ride is a barrier test, where you are supposed to accelerate and brake before hitting the barrier (a wall). On the ride at the last minute the door opens up and the car accelerates outside, and they throw you into high banking turns as you continue to accelerate. The car then accelerates even more through a straightaway hitting 110km/hr then turning into a high banking 180 degree turn. The ride was so good and the line was so short that I walked back on the ride a second time.
On our way to get to the other side of the park we decided to walk through an indoor area just to see what was there. Everything happened to be geared more towards kids until we saw this cool simulator that was like a large arm that twisted, turned and flipped 2 people in every direction possible. The lineup was not long and we decided to go on the simulator. Once we got to the front of the line we overheard 2 people asking questions about the simulator. We found out that it wasn’t just a boring old simulator but before you ride the simulator you get to design your own rollercoaster which you then get to ride on the simulator! How awesome is that? FYI, I thought it was super awesome, bordering coolest thing ever.
The rest of the evening was spent doing a few other rides and checking out the pavilions. I ended up eating a delicious turkey leg from the American pavilion and then we watched the amazing fireworks show.
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