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From: pfeiffer@uwvax.UUCP (Phil Pfeiffer)
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Subject: Re: Walt Disney WORLD/Florida [EPCOT warning]
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 10:55:52 EST
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Summary: Echoing and amplifying Dave Kirby's comments

I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Kirby's comment that EPCOT is "pop science".

Because of a movie that I had seen at Disneyworld about a year before EPCOT
opened, I hoped that the emphasis at EPCOT would be on labs without walls 
rather than "ask Mr. Wizard".  On second thought, I do Mr. Wizard a disservice
by comparing his show to EPCOT's.  I don't think I would have been as 
disappointed as I was if I hadn't been led to expect otherwise ....

On the plus side:  EPCOT, I believe, is a good place to go if you didn't have
a strong scientific background, or friends or children who didn't.  
The animation is great.   My favorite pavilion was the Kraft Food Pavilion.
I thought that the presentation was both highly informative (the emphasis was
on specific solutions to important problems) and geared to the inquisitive
layperson.   

I, like Mr. Kirby, thought EPCOT's cultural bazaar was a bust.  My reaction,
on the whole, was: save your money and go to a good international folk
festival near you.  Exceptions:  we both enjoyed the Mexican pavilion (the
ride, I believe, does give you a flavor of the highlights of Mexican
culture, at least from this armchair traveler's point of view);  we both
enjoyed the movies at the Chinese and French pavilions;  and, we both
enjoyed browsing the Chinese gift shop.  Some outlandishly expensive and
beautiful stuff there .....


If you are planning to visit EPCOT, then I'd also recommend you take the
trouble to look up the Morse gallery in nearby Winter Park, which houses
the world's largest collection of Tiffany glass.  You might think it, on
the whole, better value than EPCOT ....

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-- Phil Pfeiffer

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