My second Fastpass was for something I had never done before; The Animation Experience at Conservation Station.
Taking a very cool side facing train, that purposefully rocked and swayed as if it were years past a positive inspection, gives you a behind the scenes look at some of the animal enclosures and care facilities. Conservation Station boasts a petting zoo, which is pretty meh, even for a petting zoo, as well as some interior exhibits housing snakes, frogs and other interesting smaller creatures. The main attraction though is The Animation Experience.
Filing in to the large atrium, you pick up a piece of paper and a pencil. Don’t bother looking for one with an eraser, they aren’t there on purpose! Taking my seat and picking up the large clip-board type thing provided for us to draw on, I anxiously waited with the other couple hundred people.
A animator/cast member who could draw, walked us through how to draw Bruce from “Finding Nemo”. It was really fun and super easy to follow along with her directions. I’m no artist, but I think I did a pretty darn good job! This would be fun for all ages, provided they can hold a pencil 🙂