I rode LWTL 14 times in a day.

[u/Due-Detective2893]

Ok so I ride LWTL 14 times in 7 1/2 hours on Labor Day weekend. Am I a little crazy for this, or is this a regular thing for die hard Epcot fans? Thinking about doing this for the other smaller rides at the park (Figment, Nemo, Spaceship Earth)

[u/Aimless_Nobody]

I did it for years as a part-time cast member. Not in a row, but during a 7-hour shift, speiling, and facing backwards.

During training, up to 4 times in a row. In service 2 in a row was normal, 3 if someone was on lunch....or missed their boat during bumping.

OP. I think it was cool. Except maybe the tropical greenhouse, as it can get mildly warm. As an EPCOT nerd, congratulations.

[u/Due-Detective2893 → u/Aimless_Nobody]

Thank you!

[u/tankthacrank → u/Aimless_Nobody]

Omg you were a spieler for the Land?!?!! I vaguely remember there being a CM on that ride, and the big area with the screens with the lady bugs eating aphids and the people watering (?) up a hill… I thought that floor looks oddly vacant and stagelike… did you guys used to stand there at one point? I wish I could remember….

[u/Aimless_Nobody → u/tankthacrank]

Yeah in ''90-'91. The boats added a full bench the the front row. This used to be where the CMs stand. The ADA boats have the back row or two removed to make a ramp.

There were no "gates" in the loading area, just open to the canal and the dispatch console was a touch screen, (almost unheard of outside of EPCOT in the 80s and 90s) now it is buttons.

Retro WDW Living with the Land (live narrator)

Edit: I realized this is the late 90s. When I was there it was all speiling, not just in the greenhouses. This is after some light rehab and a costume change.

better history

[u/tankthacrank → u/Aimless_Nobody]

I am so starstruck to be speaking with you about this lol!! This is AMAZING!!! Thanks for responding …. I knew I wasn’t crazy thinking a cast member rode through greenhouses up front but couldn’t for the life of me remember if the whole intro portion was spieled as well!

[u/exjackly]

I can't say that is a routine thing for anybody I know.

Certainly riding it regularly or riding it more than once in a row is a thing.

But 14 times over 7.5 hours? I'd consider it a bit crazy. Though, I think I would enjoy LWTL for 7 hours more than I would Figment or Spaceship Earth or Nemo for the same length of time.

[u/Due-Detective2893 → u/exjackly]

I mean, it was worth it for a free lightning lane and a card signed by all of the cast members. It’s not enough, but really wanna get the message to Disney that not every ride has to be an E-ticket, based on an IP, and usually both.

[u/Jerry_Loler]

Nah I don't blame you. I kinda wanna bring a lunch and take a nap and hang out on there for a few hours.

[u/dechets-de-mariage → u/Jerry_Loler]

I wonder if they’d let me hang out in the same boat. If so, I’d sit there and work remotely all day.

[u/tonecapo_]

I don’t find it weird. It’s one the last, “day one”EPCOT attractions. One last reminder of Edutainment.

[u/Tricky-Possession-69 → u/tonecapo_]

I read this as “one of the last days for”, to start, and then panicked inside.

[u/codenameeclair]

only 14 in 7+ hours? those be rookie numbers. it’s a 17 minute loop including the walk back into the queue when it’s a walk-on. I did 7 times in roughly 2 and a quarter hours. I only do it only when the queue time is 5 though.

[u/MeTieDoughtyWalker]

My wife would happily ride Living With The Land 14 times.

[u/Ok_Dragonfly_658]

I love that!!! I would have ridden it that much too if possible. Such a great ride.

[u/farmer_johnnnny]

This is so based.

[u/Aimless_Nobody]

I'm posting this for OP, u/tankthacrank , or anyone who is a fan of Living with the Land (early 1990s version)

1990 Live Spiel Land Boat Ride Color

1990 Land Boat Study Guide

[u/tankthacrank → u/Aimless_Nobody]

Omg thank you!!! I’m such a fan of this ride!!

[u/GalleryWhisperer → u/Aimless_Nobody]

I think the experience was better with the cast member narration.

[u/dud_pool]

This ride is sacred to me but I'll be realistic. 

All of its magic would disappear if I marathoned it like this. 

[u/Due-Detective2893 → u/dud_pool]

Look, the only thing causing me from going insane is Offhand Disney and Disney Dan. As much as I love this ride, it’s not fun to look at plants for 7 1/2 hours.

[u/thejillster86]

what does LWTL stand for? I was just there and can't connect the letters to a ride. I hope I didn't miss one!

[u/Due-Detective2893 → u/thejillster86]

Living With the Land: a 14 minute boat ride about agriculture

[u/Aimless_Nobody → u/Due-Detective2893]

Cast members at Future World attractions called it "Land boats" or just boats.

[u/thejillster86 → u/Due-Detective2893]

thanks, I figured it out about an hour after I woke up lol that's quite a commitment!

[u/Secret-Ad4232]

I mean..you do you.who cares what others think..one of my favorites as well and would do the same thing if given the chance

[u/Ashlynn624]

I love it. I watch videos of this ride I love it so much. The greenhouses and plants 🪴 I wish I could go every week or work there

[u/Due-Detective2893 → u/Ashlynn624]

I would love to work at one of the B-list Epcot attractions. That or imagineering (put CoP next to Figment)

[u/epicenter69]

If you’re gonna do it, at least have Guinness there to make it a world record?

[u/commerical_effect]

Are you Offhand Disney 😂

[u/psiprez]

I rode EE 5 times last week, because it was walk-on and it deserves more love.

[u/DisneyDale]

Did you need a nap? 😴

[u/Due-Detective2893 → u/DisneyDale]

Nope, but I was very close to falling asleep on Test Track afterwards

[u/Hairy_Ad_8347]

Not crazy at all. I’ve done something similar. Was having a stressful week at work, called out on Friday and went to Epcot. Rode LWTL all morning, had lunch in Mexico, then rode Spaceship Earth all afternoon. The stress just melted away.

[u/jamescobalt]

This sounds like neurodivergent behavior but I support it.

[u/Tricky-Possession-69]

Crazy for loving pan flute and cold cold AC? I think not.

[u/Due-Detective2893 → u/Tricky-Possession-69]

Bring back listen to the land. Other than that, yeah no it was chill

[u/samandtham]

I was at Epcot last week. My three-year-old nephew went on that ride 7 times. He loved every bit of it, including waving at the cast members.

[u/dechets-de-mariage]

I have a friend who rode Horizons from park open to park close on its last day of operations.

[u/Pasta_Fajool]

More than a little

[u/pac4]

That sounds incredibl…. ly boring