Focht Family Blog

Thursday was spent at Epcot. Nathan found out about a new thing at Epcot while on his tour. It is a Kim Possible experience where visitors are given a Verizon phone that has an RFID chip attached to it. It is in field testing right now. I think they said it would be open by January. When it opens there will be 7 countries that you can “solve” crimes in. We were lucky enough to spot cast members in the Kim Possible uniforms and found out they would be field testing two countries that afternoon.

When you check in with them you are given a communicator (phone). The phone gives you transmissions from Wade and Kim that tells you where you are supposed to go and what you need to do. Here is a picture of the family looking at the transmission and a close-up of the phone.

The first country we tested was Japan. It was the case of the Killer Baby Bebe. The Bebes are robots that look like women. The theory of this case is that a baby Bebe has been created and is out of control throwing tantrums all over the place. You have to restore the balance of the elements to calm the baby down. The first location you have to find is a koi pond. If you are in the right place when you push the button on your communicator water will flow from a rock restoring the balance of water. Here is a picture of the koi pond…

At this point we didn’t realize that we were supposed to be looking for things to happen so we missed that the water wasn’t flowing out of the top of the rock when we got there. Next we had to find some wind chimes that were hidden in an alcove. When you get there, wind blows up behind you and blows the wind chimes. Now balance was restored to wind. This is when we figured out that we were triggering events.

The next location you have to find is a zen rock garden. When you are at the right location LED lights light up a Japanese symbol on a rock. Now the balance of earth is restored. During the search you also have to find someone who speaks Japanese to translate a saying for you. The final element that needs to be restored is fire. You are asked to find a lantern at the opening of the castle. When you are at the right lantern, it lights up with a flame inside of it….

Now that all of the elements are restored you have to find the baby Bebe so that Wade can reset her and make her a good baby again. This search leads you to the store where you have to look for a wall of paintings. When you are there you trigger the baby Bebe to come out of a display with her eyes glowing red. Once she is restored she goes back down with her eyes glowing green…

Now that the world has been saved by the Killer Baby Bebe you are directed to another location where you return your communicator…

This was the most fun we have had at Epcot with our kids. :)