Tutto Gusto Epcot Via Napoli Tutto Italia Sommerfest The American Adventure Liberty Inn Mitsukoshi Store and Culture Exhibit Teppan Edo Katsura Grill Restaurant Marrakesh Tokyo Dining Biergarten Tangierine Cafe France Boulangerie Pâtisserie Ice Cream Gardens Theater Refreshment Coolpost Japan Italy Germany Spice Road Table American Pavilion Morocco France of China Lotus Blossom Akershus IllumiNations+ China Boat/Walkway to Hollywood Studios, BoardWalk and Epcot Resorts Monsieur Paul International Gateway Yorkshire County Fish Shop Nine Dragons Impressions de France Chefs de France FP+ United Kingdom Norway Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room Kringla Bakeri La Hacienda de San Angel Mexico Canada Cantina de San Angel San Angel Inn Gran Fiesta Tour World Showplace IllumiNations FastPass+ Mexico Shops and La Cava del Tequila Le Cellier O Canada! Odyssey Center Movie Preview Journey Into Imagination With Figment+ Test Track+ FP+ Mission: Space+ Mouse Gear Sum of All Thrills Innoventions East Festival Center Ellen s Energy Adventure Guest Services Club Cool Fountain of Nations Electric Umbrella Sunshine Seasons Character Spot+ Garden Grill (Top Floor) FP+ Sunshine Seasons Disney Visa Meet and Greet Spaceship Earth+ Coral Reef Circle of Life (Top Floor) Living with the Land+ Turtle Nemo Talk+ Ride+ Living Seas First Hour Attractions Attraction Entrance Restrooms Main Entrance and Exit First 2 Hours / Last 2 Hours of Operation Anytime Attractions Table Service Dining Guest Services Quick Service Dining Resort Bus Stops Shopping IllumiNations Viewing Attractions followed by a + are FastPass+ enabled
Epcot Cheat Sheet From January 4 th to when Soarin reopens, likely in June 2016 General Touring Philosophy: With Soarin closed, Epcot is down to what amounts to one headlining attraction in the form of Test Track. Your approach relies largely on whether you re headed to Sum of All Thrills and Mission: SPACE. If you d like to ride Test Track at least twice and plan to ride Sum of All Thrills and Mission: SPACE, head straight to Test Track to ride at rope drop, followed by Sum of All Thrills and Mission: SPACE. If you d like to ride Test Track once, but also want to ride Sum of All Thrills and Mission: SPACE, head to Sum of All Thrills first, followed by Mission: SPACE and then head to Future World West. Ride Test Track with FastPass+ when it fits into your overall plan later in the day. If you re content riding Test Track once or don t want to ride at all, plan to skip Sum of All Thrills and Mission: SPACE, and want to avoid the mass of humanity headed in that direction, begin in Future World West with Character Spot or The Seas with Nemo. Soarin s closure makes it easier to tour Epcot over one day, though most guests visiting Walt Disney World for 6+ days will likely find themselves at Epcot on at least two. With FastPass+, it makes it easier to arrive later in the day and still enjoy short waits at Test Track and two other attractions each day. Consider sleeping in and arriving late on at least one of your days. Characters: The Princesses in World Showcase can see substantial waits. Mickey, Minnie and Goofy at Character Spot can also see 30 to 50 minute waits. It s best to do Character Spot near park close to avoid long waits or use FastPass+. If you re skipping Test Track in the morning, visit Character Spot right after park open. Most other characters will have 5 to 20 minute waits. Random characters may also appear. Check in between the Canada and United Kingdom Pavilions and to the left of Liberty Inn in the United States in the afternoon. Rope Drop: Epcot has two entrances Guests arriving via Disney bus, monorail, or their own vehicles will enter via the main entrance at the front of the park. The International Gateway entrance in between the France and UK Pavilions in World Showcase is used by those arriving from the BoardWalk, Beach Club, Yacht Club, Swan, and Dolphin resorts. 30 minutes before open, Disney will begin letting guests enter the park from both entrances. Guests will be held at the Fountain of Nations until 15 minutes to open and then cast members will slowly walk guests toward Test Track. If you re headed to Test Track, stay as far to the Future World East side (the left side as you enter from the main entrance) as possible and try to stay in front of the crowd walking over. If you re headed to Future World West, where The Land, Seas, and Imagination Pavilions are located, you ll have a much less frantic time as far fewer people will be headed in that direction. Spaceship Earth will start operating 15 minutes prior to open. If you re headed to Future World West and skipping Character Spot, you may elect to ride immediately at open. Everyone headed to Test Track or Character Spot should bypass Spaceship Earth first thing and either use FastPass+ later or ride after 5pm when waits are reliably short.
FastPass+ AT EPCOT FastPass+ at Epcot is divided into two tiers. Guests may initially select only one Tier 1 experience. With Soarin closed for refurbishment, the obvious choice is Test Track, which saves 60+ minutes in line. Mission: SPACE moves to Tier 1 during Soarin s refurbishment, but it s easy enough to ride before 10am or in the evening with relatively short waits. There are five options for Tier 2 and guests may initially select two of them. Most will want to initially select two of the top three choices. FastPass+ Priority: Tier 1 (Choose One) 1. Test Track 2. Mission: SPACE 3. IllumiNations 4. Living with the Land Tier 2 (Choose Two): 1. Spaceship Earth 2. Character Spot 3. Turtle Talk with Crush 4. Journey into Imagination with Figment 5. The Seas with Nemo and Friends 4th FastPass+ Selection Availability During Soarin s closure, Test Track is extremely unlikely to have any day-of availability outside of cancellations. Mission: SPACE will likely also have very little, if any, availability as a 4 th option most days. Character Spot will also be unavailable save for the occasional cancellation. Living with the Land and low priority Tier 2 attractions like The Seas and Journey into Imagination may have availability, but it s usually easier to head to the attraction of choice at a recommended time of day and wait a few minutes rather than hunt down a kiosk and wait there for a FastPass+ that won t save you much time. Availability is better when crowds are lower, but with so few options, a good 4 th FastPass+ is unlikely outside of lucking into a cancelation. FastPass+ Kiosks: Future World West breezeway across from the entrance to Character Spot Future World East breezeway outside Mouse Gear and across from Electric Umbrella International Gateway in between UK and France Pavilions near entrance/exit There may be a temporary kiosk in Norway along the lagoon.
ONE DAY TOURING PLAN WITH TEST TRACK, SUM OF ALL THRILLS, AND MISSION: SPACE Use FastPass+ at: Character Spot (1pm-2pm) Spaceship Earth (2pm-3pm) Test Track (3pm-4pm) The Plan: 1. Ride Test Track: 8:55am 9:20am 2. Ride Sum of All Thrills in Innoventions East: 9:25am 9:45am 3. Ride Mission: SPACE: 9:50am 10:15am 4. Ride The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 10:25am 10:40am 5. See Turtle Talk with Crush: 10:45am 11:15am 6. Ride Living with the Land: 11:30am 12pm 7. Have lunch at Sunshine Seasons: 12:05pm 12:45pm 8. Ride Journey into Imagination with Figment: 1pm 1:25pm 9. Visit Character Spot with FastPass+: 1:30pm 1:50pm 10. Ride Spaceship Earth with FastPass+: 2pm 2:20pm 11. Visit Innoventions East, Innoventions West, The Seas Pavilion, and/or whatever else. 12. Ride Test Track with FastPass+ between 3pm and 4pm. Later Afternoon and Evening: Visit World Showcase beginning with Mexico or Canada. If You d Like More Time in World Showcase: Eliminate any attractions that your group is not interested in experiencing and move the FastPass+ times sooner in the day based on how much time you can expect to save by skipping those steps. ONE DAY TOURING PLAN WITH TEST TRACK ONCE AND SKIPPING SUM OF ALL THRILLS AND MISSION: SPACE Use FastPass+ at: Turtle Talk (10:30am-11:30am), Spaceship Earth (11:30am-12:30pm), Test Track (12:30pm-1:30pm) 1. Visit Character Spot: 8:55am 9:15am 2. Ride Living with the Land: 9:25am 9:45am 3. Ride Journey into Imagination with Figment: 9:55am 10:15am 4. Ride The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 10:25am 10:45am 5. See Turtle Talk with Crush with FastPass+ and look around The Seas: 10:47am 11:30am 6. Ride Spaceship Earth with FastPass+: 12pm 12:20pm 7. Ride Test Track with FastPass+: 12:35pm 1:10pm 8. Visit Innoventions East, West, Ellen s Energy Adventure, or another desired anytime attraction. Later Afternoon and Evening: Visit World Showcase beginning with Mexico or Canada.
TWO DAY PLAN ONE ROPE DROP AND ONE LATE ARRIVAL With Soarin closed, it makes the most sense to do one early arrival and one late arrival. Two Day Plan, Rope Drop Arrival Use FastPass+ at Spaceship Earth (9:30am 10:30am), Character Spot (10:30am 11:30am), and Test Track (11:30am 12:30pm) 1. Ride Test Track: 8:55am 9:20am 2. Ride Sum of All Thrills in Innoventions East: 9:25am 9:45am 3. Ride Mission: SPACE: 9:50am 10:10am 4. Ride Spaceship Earth with FastPass+: 10:20am 10:40am 5. Visit Character Spot with FastPass+: 10:50am 11:10am 6. Visit Innoventions West, Innoventions East, grab a snack, or any other anytime attraction 7. Ride Test Track with FastPass+: Anytime during your return window 8. Have lunch. Electric Umbrella in Future World is close and there are lots of options in World Showcase. Late Morning and Evening You have some options depending on what you plan to do in World Showcase and whether you re planning to head back to Future World. Now would be a fine time to visit Ellen s Energy Adventure or anything in Innoventions East other than Sum of All Thrills. But those are lengthy attractions that could be kept for a 5pm return. Consider heading up to World Showcase beginning with the Gran Fiesta Tour in the Mexico Pavilion. You can stay in World Showcase or take the boat in Germany back to Future World around 5pm when crowds thin. Standby waits will be short for anything other than Test Track, which has the single rider line, and potentially Mission: SPACE. See IllumiNations if you like from the Mexico/Norway area. Two Day Plan, Late Arrival Use FastPass+ at Spaceship Earth (11:30am 12:30pm, a second repeat attraction if desired, and Test Track (7pm 8pm) 1. Arrive between 11:30am 12pm or earlier and enjoy lunch (or later with less time in World Showcase). 2. Ride Spaceship Earth with FastPass+: 12pm 12:20pm 3. Tour World Showcase beginning with Canada. 4. Return to Future World by 5pm. 5. Ride Journey into Imagination with Figment: 5:15pm 5:30pm 6. Ride Living with the Land: 5:40pm 6pm 7. Ride The Seas with Nemo: 6:10pm 6:25pm 8. See Turtle Talk with Crush and look around The Seas: 6:30pm 7:15pm 9. Ride Test Track with FastPass+: 7:30pm 8pm 10. Have dinner and/or see IllumiNations
TWO DAY PLAN TWO LATE ARRIVALS Two Day Late Arrival Plan, Day 1 Use FastPass+ at: Spaceship Earth (10:30am 11:30am) Character Spot (11:30am 12:30pm) Test Track (5pm 6pm) The Plan: 1. Arrive between 10:30am and 11am 2. Ride Spaceship Earth with FastPass+: 11am 11:20am 3. Visit Character Spot with FastPass+: 11:30am-11:45am 4. Ride Gran Fiesta Tour: 12pm 12:15pm 5. Have lunch. There are lots of options in World Showcase 6. Explore Mexico through Italy and take boat or walk back to Future World by 5pm 7. Ride Test Track with FastPass+: 5:15pm 5:45pm 8. Ride Ellen s Energy Adventure or explore Innoventions East: 5:50pm 6:40pm 9. Ride Sum of All Thrills: 6:45pm 7:15pm 10. Ride Mission: SPACE: 7:20pm 7:50pm 11. Have dinner. Electric Umbrella is nearby in Future World or head up to World Showcase. 12. See IllumiNations or get in line for Test Track at 8:55pm Two Day Late Arrival Plan, Day 2 Use FastPass+ at: The Seas with Nemo (10:15am 11:15am) Turtle Talk with Crush (11:15am 12:15pm) Test Track (2pm 3pm) The Plan: 1. Arrive between 10:30am and 11am 2. Ride The Seas with Nemo and Friends with FastPass+: 11:10am 11:25am 3. See Turtle Talk with Crush w/ FastPass+ and look around Seas Pavilion: 11:25am 12pm 4. Have lunch at Sunshine Seasons: 12:15pm 1:15pm 5. Ride Living with the Land: 1:20pm 1:45pm 6. Ride Journey into Imagination with Figment: 1:55pm 2:15pm 7. Ride Test Track with FastPass+: 2:25pm 3pm 8. Tour World Showcase from Canada United States 9. Enjoy dinner in World Showcase or back in Future World 10. See IllumiNations or get in line for Test Track at 8:55pm
IllumiNations: IllumiNations is the nightly entertainment at Epcot, scheduled at 9pm most nights. For the best spots, arrive 30 to 45 minutes before the start of the show. The problem you may run into when looking for a spot is that certain sections are roped off for private parties that have spent big bucks to get a prime spot on the water. So you may need a backup plan. Best spots: 1. Base of the World Showcase directly across from the United States Pavilion. This front of house view is elevated with a direct view of the globe and fireworks. Parts of this area are reserved for FastPass+. 2. The next best spot is the bridge connecting the UK and France. It can t be reserved and the IllumiNations cruisers will stop below you, enjoying a similar view. 3. The Italy Isola, or raised section across from Italy. Parts can be reserved, but the viewing location behind the seated guests is almost as good. 4. The stretch from Mexico to Norway is good. Areas closer to Norway have fewer people. 5. Other options: There s limited space outside Tokyo Dining on the second level in Japan. Limited viewing is available along Canada into the UK. There are areas to the right of the UK down stairs that are good locations, but they may be reserved for private events. 6. Rose & Crown has patio seating and a reserved platform for those dining inside prior to the show. La Hacienda de San Angel also has indoor viewing, but only some of the tables face the windows. It isn t a great choice if you re looking for a guaranteed view. Consider a meal that begins after 7:45pm. After IllumiNations, hang out for 20 to 45 minutes and let others exit in front of you.
Wait Times in Minutes Crowd Level 1 2 Character Spot 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 Ellen's Energy Adventure 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a Gran Fiesta Tour n/a n/a 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Journey into Imagination 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a Living with the Land 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a Mission: Space Green 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 5 Mission: Space Orange 10 10 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 10 Seas with Nemo 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 10 Spaceship Earth 5 10 20 20 15 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 Sum of All Thrills 5 10 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 n/a n/a n/a Test Track 30 30 50 60 50 40 40 40 40 40 30 20 20 Crowd Level 3 4 Character Spot 10 20 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 15 20 10 10 Ellen's Energy Adventure 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a Gran Fiesta Tour n/a n/a 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Journey into Imagination 5 10 15 20 20 20 20 15 15 10 n/a n/a n/a Living with the Land 5 10 15 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 n/a n/a n/a Mission: Space Green 5 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 10 20 10 5 Mission: Space Orange 10 20 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 15 25 15 10 Seas with Nemo 5 5 15 20 15 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 Spaceship Earth 10 20 20 25 20 20 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 Sum of All Thrills 15 20 20 25 25 20 20 20 20 10 n/a n/a n/a Test Track 30 50 60 70 60 60 50 50 50 50 40 30 20
Crowd Level 5 6 Character Spot 25 30 35 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 15 10 Ellen's Energy Adventure 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a Gran Fiesta Tour n/a n/a 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Journey into Imagination 5 10 20 30 30 30 30 30 20 10 n/a n/a n/a Living with the Land 5 10 20 30 30 20 20 10 10 10 n/a n/a n/a Mission: Space Green 5 20 30 30 25 25 20 20 15 10 30 20 10 Mission: Space Orange 10 25 35 35 35 30 25 25 20 15 35 25 15 Seas with Nemo 5 10 35 30 20 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 Spaceship Earth 15 30 30 30 25 25 20 15 10 10 5 5 5 Sum of All Thrills 15 20 30 25 25 25 25 25 20 15 n/a n/a n/a Test Track 45 60 70 80 80 70 60 60 60 60 50 40 30 Crowd Level 7 8 Character Spot 25 35 45 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 10 Ellen's Energy Adventure 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a Gran Fiesta Tour n/a n/a 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Journey into Imagination 5 10 30 40 40 40 40 35 25 20 n/a n/a n/a Living with the Land 5 15 25 30 35 30 20 15 10 10 n/a n/a n/a Mission: Space Green 5 20 40 40 30 30 25 20 15 20 30 20 15 Mission: Space Orange 10 25 45 45 40 30 35 30 25 25 40 30 20 Seas with Nemo 5 20 40 35 30 15 15 10 10 10 5 5 5 Spaceship Earth 15 30 35 35 30 30 25 20 15 10 10 5 5 Sum of All Thrills 15 25 35 30 30 30 30 25 20 15 n/a n/a n/a Test Track 60 70 80 90 80 80 70 70 70 60 60 50 30
Crowd Level 9 Character Spot 25 35 45 45 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 20 10 Ellen's Energy Adventure 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a Gran Fiesta Tour n/a n/a 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 Journey into Imagination 5 10 35 45 45 40 40 35 30 20 n/a n/a n/a Living with the Land 5 15 30 40 40 40 30 30 20 10 n/a n/a n/a Mission: Space Green 5 20 50 60 60 45 45 40 30 30 45 30 10 Mission: Space Orange 10 30 60 75 75 60 60 50 50 40 50 40 15 Seas with Nemo 5 20 45 40 40 25 20 20 15 10 10 5 5 Spaceship Earth 15 35 45 45 35 30 25 25 20 15 15 10 5 Sum of All Thrills 20 30 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 30 n/a n/a n/a Test Track 80 90 100 120 120 120 100 100 90 80 70 60 50 Crowd Level 10 Character Spot 25 45 60 60 60 50 50 50 50 45 30 20 10 Ellen's Energy Adventure 5 5 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 n/a n/a n/a Gran Fiesta Tour n/a n/a 10 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 10 5 Journey into Imagination 10 20 45 60 60 60 50 50 40 30 n/a n/a n/a Living with the Land 5 20 40 60 60 60 40 30 30 20 n/a n/a n/a Mission: Space Green 20 40 70 90 90 80 80 80 70 60 60 50 30 Mission: Space Orange 30 60 80 110 110 100 90 90 80 70 70 60 40 Seas with Nemo 10 30 60 60 50 40 40 40 35 30 20 15 10 Spaceship Earth 25 50 60 70 60 60 50 40 35 30 30 15 10 Sum of All Thrills 30 45 60 60 60 60 50 50 50 30 n/a n/a n/a Test Track 100 120 180 180 180 180 180 160 140 120 100 90 50