After quite a long hiatus on this subsite I am going to take a stab at getting back into it. As I am about 27 weeks out from our expected travel day to Disney World for the Disney World Marathon and Goofy Challenge / Dopey Challenge I wanted to kind of help settle my nerves and build some patience as I am pining for Disney World already!
So for Wishing Disney Wednesday for this week I am going to go with something nice and peaceful. Disney World can be quite hectic of course with huge crowds and lots of noise and stress sometimes…but, in Epcot at least, they seem to be able to have peaceful spots where you can just sit back and relax and get some peace.
With that in mind I am going to go with Living with the Land – it is an often overlooked ride especially sitting beside Soarin’ and all the crowds that go there and there doesn’t seem to be much of wait most of the time. The lack of wait alone can help with the whole peaceful thing too…
The ride itself is an easy going boat ride with a story about preserving and of course living with the land but for me the most relaxing part of the ride is where you go through the green house areas on the boat. You get to see many different kinds of plants and different ways of growing them but for me the biggest draw is the sense of peace and quiet I get while on the ride.
My favorite time to ride the ride is during the day when the sun is up, the air is nicely balanced and isn’t too hot or cold, humidity is at a good level. The sunlight coming through the dome is great, there is the sound of water gently lapping against the boat/ride and with the sand base of the plant areas you can almost imagine you are on a nice peaceful beach somewhere. It is fantastic as a place to sit and refocus for the rest of the day.
