Disney's Epcot Park: Imagination Stations

Epcot was filled with areas of hands on activities. This was great for the kids because the lines were hard for them. They really enjoyed exploring and touching all sorts of interesting and unique things. Cooper claimed that his other favorite thing from Disneyworld came from Epcot at the "Great Piggy Adventure." It is a long piggy bank extravaganza to help kids learn the importance of spending and saving money and budgeting. Each child gets their own large pink piggy bank which they "fill" by completing each station or game. Each station has an activity that they get to manually manage themselves with some kind of touchscreen TV or big buttons to push. Our kids were a little young to fully grasp the ideas, but the purpose was to help them sort their earnings into different "accounts" to save for things that were important and lose money when their efforts allowed for petty spending. The boys just loved pushing buttons and feeling like they were playing giant video games! After each station, the piggy bank would go into a little door while it "filled up" with money. When they would open the door and take it out, the piggy bank would get heavier and heavier. At the very end, they would "weigh in" and see whether they earned their initial goal or not, and then it took that piggy bank away for another player to use. Cooper was thoroughly disappointed when he did not get his piggy bank back. He totally thought it was his to keep. We'll have to get him a real pink piggy bank for Christmas or his next birthday!

The other imagination hands on areas were also a lot of fun. There were sensory areas where the kids could use their senses to explore. Cooper loved running from one square to the next as they lit up with a neon light! And Kaylee loved the neat stars shining on her and daddy!

There was a weather and natural disaster area where the kids got to see a tornado pick up a mini house. They also got to work on planning for a natural disaster by doing some emergency preparation. They organized all the supplies they would need to have ready in case a disaster or emergency struck. That was a lot of fun and re-emphasized what we are working on at home!