Not wet . . . yet

So there they were, Ken and Ben in front, Robert just behind, looking apprehensive (just click the shot to see their faces better) -- while I, being duller and somewhat acceleration-averse, stood at the foot of Splash Mountain waiting, waiting for their descent. . . .

Which resulted in a splash indeed, but that's not where you get wet on this ride at Disney. It's afterward, as you round a turn to the left and get pasted by the tsunami from the next descending group.

The photo below, by the way, is a little tech marvel that the Disney folks cobble together for riders on the Spaceship Earth exhibit over in Epcot. After your trip to the top of the big globe, with Helen Mirren narrating, you answer some questions about your environmental preferences, and face-recognition software pastes both occupants of the travel pod into a postcard you can email after your landing.

Like most of the things around this place, hokey but great fun.