{"id":967,"date":"2010-10-11T06:20:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T10:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_travel_adventures\/?p=967"},"modified":"2022-05-04T20:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T00:45:49","slug":"around-the-world-at-epcot-a-segway-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/around-the-world-at-epcot-a-segway-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World at Epcot, a Segway Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wanted to ride on a segway.\u00a0 You know, those personal transport systems you see people riding around the Walt Disney World resort and in shopping malls and police are using them to patrol.<\/p>\n

Well, Disney provides a tour at Epcot called Around the World at Epcot.\u00a0 This tour hour tour takes you on a tour through World Showcase on a Segway!<\/p>\n

The\u00a0tour begins very early, before the park is open.\u00a0\u00a0 We met our guide near Guest Relations where we were given name badges and signed the release forms.\u00a0 Then we walked over to Innoventions where we were given helmets and watched a brief safety video.\u00a0 Then we were each given a segway.\u00a0 They were adjusted and we were taught how to step on and off of the segway and how to go forward and back and turn around.\u00a0 We were also taught how to stop.\u00a0 We had to do this with the Cast Member stepping right in front of us.<\/p>\n

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Then it was on to more difficult tasks.\u00a0 We had to slalom between cones.\u00a0\u00a0 Then go up a hill and down a hill.\u00a0 Then we had to stop halfway down the hill.\u00a0 Once everyone had completed the training we left Innoventions to head to World Showcase.\u00a0 The park still wasn’t open so there were not many crowds.\u00a0 We started in Mexico and worked our way around World Showcase.\u00a0 We stopped in each of the pavilions and the cast member would point out information about each of the pavilions.\u00a0 We discussed history, architectural details and even were shown some hidden mickeys along the way.<\/p>\n

Once we reached Italy we were given about 20 minutes of free time to “play” on the segways.\u00a0 We also took photos while we were in this area.\u00a0 By the time we made it further around World Showcase Epcot had opened and there were people walking through the International Gateway entrance and walking toward Future World so we had to be very careful to not run into people.\u00a0\u00a0 People aren’t used to watching for them so sometimes you have to stop quickly as someone will step right in front of you.\u00a0 Luckly nobody was hurt during our tour.<\/p>\n

Once we were complete with the tour we headed back to Innoventions where we returned our segways and were given pins.\u00a0 It was a great tour and was enhanced by the segway experience.\u00a0 The tours are offered every day and is for all guests 16 years old and up.\u00a0 You have to weigh over 100 lbs and under 250 lbs.\u00a0 The price of the tour is $99 and discounts are offered for Annual Pass Holders and Disney Visa Card Holders.<\/p>\n

If you want to book this, talk to your agent from The Magic for Less Travel or call the tour department.<\/p>\n

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