Disney World ~ The Outpost in Epcot
This week’s Disney Wordless Wednesday theme is: Brought to You by the Disney Letter “D”
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One rainy day in EPCOT, we rented a stroller for our weary 5 year old and decided to take a more relaxed pace, and just “experience” a bit.
If you work your way around EPCOT’s World Showcase by heading left (clockwise), you’ll pass by a rather large, country-less gap – between China and Germany. This area is known as The Outpost. It was originally intended to be a place holder for a future, multiple country representation called Equatorial Africa.
Hence, brought to you by the Disney Letter “D” – it’s drums! On that particular rainy day … this was a definite highlight for my daughter.
Ok, and for my husband. (He’s Got The Beat…)
Ok, and for me. It was pretty fun.
The Outback includes this fun, play-it-yourself African Drum area for young and old alike to enjoy. But you will also find a nice seating area, a refreshment stand, and a few souvenir shops offering authentic African wares. Oftentimes, you can even catch the artists at work, demonstrating their craft.
For an interesting read on the history of why “Equatorial Africa” never came to fruition, along with some great pictures and description of the Outpost area, check out this cool post on the AllEars site.
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I’ll be using this as a Disney blog post entry for a contest being held by BodyLogicMD through September – with a 2 night/3 day at Disney World prize. 🙂
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Comments (18)
Amanda Mann
August 29, 2012 at 1:12 am
Great post!! Love the “D”rums!!
Brenda Disney Girl
August 29, 2012 at 2:42 am
Great one – Drums!! Too clever! “D” was hard for me.
disneykatrina
August 29, 2012 at 3:45 am
My kids – even as teens – still feel the need to stop and play the drums. Or one of those rain sticks. Or some other variety of noise maker there in Africa!
Say
December 8, 2012 at 4:45 pm
I made a autograph book that has picterus of me posing with Disney characters over the years, the youngest one of me is when I was 3 years old, every year I put a new piece of paper down so they can sign their names when I went to Disney last month I met Mickey, Goofy, and Aladdin(and other Disney characters), when I saw Mickey he pointed at the first picture ever that I took with him and we spend what felt like 5 minutes just looking at picterus, lol best Disney memory ever!
COMtnMom
December 11, 2012 at 10:53 pm
This is such a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing… I’m jealous of your bonding experience with Mickey, such a Magical Disney Memory to have. 🙂
The Curious Labyrinth
August 29, 2012 at 9:32 am
Those drums look like great fun! I would love to go to Epcot one day!
Debs at Focused on the Magic
August 29, 2012 at 10:17 am
The lure of playing the African drums gets us each time. I also enjoy watching the wood carver. It’s such a nice spot to relax. Thanks for sharing and for joining in on the Disney WW blog hop fun today.
Sean @DisneyDayByDay
August 29, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Oh yeah we can’t walk past these drums. Our son always has to spent a few minutes getting down :). Thanks for sharing!
Christina
August 29, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Oh, I forgot about these! We’ve only been to Epcot once (though we are going again soon!) but we did end up stopping at these. We may have just passed by them if my husband hadn’t left something in one of the shops and had to run back. I’m glad he did because my daughter had a blast with them!
Disney Gal Kelly
August 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm
You’re daughter looks D-lighted! Never slowed down enough to play, maybe this trip.
DIStherapy
August 29, 2012 at 2:25 pm
In looking at your photos I must admit that I have a tear in my eye- these drums were my ASD son’s FAVORITE spot in Epcot for so many years, and we just left him at his college dorm! Thanks for picking such a cherished “D”.
Beth @ TheAngelForever
August 29, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Love the drums and the fun you can have there. Thanks for sharing the location 🙂
Holly (DisFanInCO)
August 29, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Great pics! We love playing those drums and have to stop EVERY time we walk by 🙂
Steve
August 29, 2012 at 5:26 pm
My kids would love it if I’d just walk past the drums, but it’s not going to happen. I have to stop and relive my dream of being a drummer in a rock band (although I think those would be slightly different drums).
Disney on Wheels
August 29, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Great post! We always take a break at the table in the Outpost. Mostly because we usually have a snack to devour. 🙂
Grisel @ Living Life 2 Its Fullest
August 30, 2012 at 3:52 am
OMG! I can’t believe that I can’t remember these 🙁 Will have to look for them on our next trip!!
Mary @ The World Is A Book
August 30, 2012 at 5:39 am
Adorable pictures! We’ve only been to EPCOT once and I don’t even remember having any pictures of this area. Thanks for the great read on it! I think this would have been a definite stop too.
DizzneeMomma
August 30, 2012 at 11:42 am
We stop at the Outpost frequently for drum beatin’ and root beers! I didn’t know all this background info about it. Now I do…and I thank you for it! 🙂