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Old Jun 10, 2012, 8:57 am
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UA Domestic First SFO to Orlando. Disney's Epcot Center

I flew to Orlando for business. My company bought an economy class ticket, and I was upgraded since I was a 1K. I bought my ticket months before, so I was able to get upgraded on the A319, which has very few domestic first class seats (eight).

I was there mainly for business, but I got one night off, so I went to check out Disney's Epcot Center. I show a brief clip from Epcot in the evening.

I hope you enjoy my commercial-free video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjClsxLhOg

Here are some photos to see the experience by photo, but the complete report is via video:


B747 for New Zealand by sfflyer123, on Flickr


star alliance tails by sfflyer123, on Flickr


sf by sfflyer123, on Flickr


curvature of the earth by sfflyer123, on Flickr


red meat by sfflyer123, on Flickr


cookie by sfflyer123, on Flickr


beer before take-off by sfflyer123, on Flickr


vegetarian pasta by sfflyer123, on Flickr

Once again, the complete trip report is in commercial-free video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjClsxLhOg

I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for watching!
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Old Jun 10, 2012, 9:01 am
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Nice re, but many Disney freaks may flame tou as it is now EPCOT, as opposed to EPCOT Center, the original name
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Old Jun 11, 2012, 10:31 pm
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Interesting

Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy
Nice re, but many Disney freaks may flame tou as it is now EPCOT, as opposed to EPCOT Center, the original name

Interesting. I never knew this. Why the name change?
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Old Jun 12, 2012, 6:09 pm
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Originally Posted by SFflyer123
Interesting. I never knew this. Why the name change?
And it is no longer an acronym, so it is Epcot.
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Old Jun 12, 2012, 6:14 pm
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I always love your trip reports Sfflyer
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Old Jun 13, 2012, 10:05 pm
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acronym!

Originally Posted by TravisMT81
And it is no longer an acronym, so it is Epcot.
Thanks very much. I did not know that Epcot was an acronym! I'll have to look up what it stood for!

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I always love your trip reports Sfflyer
Thank you for your kind words!
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Old Jun 14, 2012, 7:09 am
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great report - thanks
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Old Jun 17, 2012, 4:37 am
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I always wonder - did you fly rev or non-rev when you do these videos?
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Old Jun 23, 2012, 3:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Geoggy
great report - thanks
Thanks very much!

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I always wonder - did you fly rev or non-rev when you do these videos?
I am not sure what you mean. I thought non-rev is for flight attendants and pilots who work for the airline? I am missing something? I don't work for United.
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Old Jun 23, 2012, 11:18 pm
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Wow! What a fabulous TR!!! I'm glad you had a great trip. I'm glad you went to Walt Disney World trip. I didn't like go to Disney World trip at all. I never was. It just only for the kids. It was too bored for me. I didn't want be more comfortable for me.
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Old Jun 24, 2012, 11:25 pm
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Originally Posted by SFflyer123
I am not sure what you mean. I thought non-rev is for flight attendants and pilots who work for the airline? I am missing something? I don't work for United.
I mean award tickets. They are also non-rev.
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Old Jun 25, 2012, 11:23 pm
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Originally Posted by N830MH
Wow! What a fabulous TR!!! I'm glad you had a great trip. I'm glad you went to Walt Disney World trip. I didn't like go to Disney World trip at all. I never was. It just only for the kids. It was too bored for me. I didn't want be more comfortable for me.
Thanks for the nice comment!

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I mean award tickets. They are also non-rev.
Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah, I do both. 95% of these trips are for work, so somebody else is paying for the flight.
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Old Jun 26, 2012, 1:33 am
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Cool video once again SFflyer123, thanks for sharing.
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Old Jun 26, 2012, 9:51 pm
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Thanks

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Cool video once again SFflyer123, thanks for sharing.
THank you very much!
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Old Jun 27, 2012, 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by SFflyer123
I flew to Orlando for business. My company bought an economy class ticket, and I was upgraded since I was a 1K. I bought my ticket months before, so I was able to get upgraded on the A319
Just curious, how does buying months before help as a 1K upgrade? I thought once inside the window time of purchase didn't matter for complimentary upgrades? Or Did you use a CR-1?
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