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Free samples of soft drinks from other countries that aren't sold in the USA. Try Smart
Watermelon from China, Vegitabeta from Japan and Beverley from Italy, among others.
Spaceship Earth
RIDE
required; 9am-6pm, hours vary; Disney, Disney)
Inside the giant golf ball landmark at the entrance to Disney's Epcot, Spaceship Earth is a
strange, kitschy slow-moving ride through time that is surprisingly cool and enjoys a cult
following.
Ellen's Energy Adventure
RIDE
theme park admission required; 9am-6pm, hours vary; Disney, Disney, Disney)
This 45-minute ride is the oddest attraction in Orlando, perhaps in the entire state of Flor-
ida. It begins with a movie during which Ellen DeGeneres dreams that she is playing
Jeo-
pardy!
with Jamie Lee Curtis. Determined to outsmart her know-it-all opponent, Ellen
joins Bill Nye the Science Guy on a trip through history to learn about energy sources. At
this point, you board a 96-passenger vehicle and lurch slowly through the darkness into the
Cretaceous period.
Giant dinosaurs stomp about menacingly and, in one particularly surreal display, a man-
nequin Ellen battles a ferocious one. After this jaunt through dinosaur-land, the movie
preaches wind energy, hydro-energy and other alternative fuel sources, and concludes with
Ellen's
Jeopardy!
victory. The whole thing is just very bizarre.
