On shade and... charm (almost)

Well, it looks like two decades of enthusiast banter regarding shade has been validated. And he almost... almost talks about "charm."

Ouimet on the ROI of shade

I saw that and got a chuckle. I'll tell you what, Epcot could use more shade, particularly for eating areas during the festivals.

I still miss lampy the lamp post.

Epcot just has a few spots that aren't ideal during festivals, and even that's earlier in the day. The area between Imagination and Swirled Showcase, the bridge between China and vaguely Africa (where India is during F&W), and basically all of Italy, where the concessionaire is overcharging for everything anyway.

Windsneaker was almost always my first ride of the day.

I will never understand why Cedar Point didn't keep their playground back in the defunct Forbidden Frontier. Easily one of the best food-stands back there, awesome seating for parents/grandparents to just chill out, shade, best bathrooms in the entire park...all right there. Not to mention the walk back there (even with the "attraction" removed) was just relaxing with the rock-work, waterfalls, and trees.

And as I type this I see the Monster ride is gone with no plans for the (small) site left behind on the Gemini Midway.