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Mouse Gear

FestivalCenter

OdysseyCenter

GardensTheater

MexicoShops and

La Cavadel

Tequila

IllumiNationsFastPass+

Main Entrance and Exit

GuestServices

RefreshmentCoolpost

Mexico

Norway

China

GermanyItaly American

Pavilion

Japan

Morocco

France

United Kingdom

Canada

TestTrack+

Mission:Space+

SpaceshipEarth+

InnoventionsEast

Ellen’s EnergyAdventure

Disney VisaMeet and Greet

CharacterSpot+

Circle of Life(Top Floor)

Sum ofAll Thrills

Living withthe Land+

Living Seas

NemoRide+

TurtleTalk+

Journey IntoImagination

With Figment+

InternationalGateway

Impressionsde France

O’ Canada!

World Showplace

CoralReef

GardenGrill

(Top Floor)SunshineSeasons

ElectricUmbrella

ClubCool

La Haciendade San Angel

San AngelInn

Akershus

Kringla Bakeri

Nine Dragons

Lotus Blossom

Bier-garten

Sommerfest

ViaNapoli

LibertyInn

TuttoItalia

Teppan Edo

Tokyo Dining RestaurantMarrakesh

TangierineCafe

Chefsde France

Yorkshire CountyFish Shop

Rose & CrownPub & Dining Room

MonsieurPaul

BoulangeriePâtisserie

Le Cellier

Cantinade San Angel

Gran FiestaTour

of China

TheAmericanAdventure

ResortBus Stops

SunshineSeasons

Boat/Walkway to Hollywood Studios, BoardWalk

and Epcot Resorts

MitsukoshiStore andCulture Exhibit

KatsuraGrill

IllumiNations+

GuestServices

TuttoGusto

Spice RoadTable

FranceIce Cream

Movie Preview

Fountainof

Nations

First Hour Attractions

First 2 Hours / Last 2 Hours of Operation

Anytime Attractions

Table Service Dining

Quick Service Dining

Shopping

Attraction Entrance

Restrooms

IllumiNations Viewing

Attractions followed by a + are FastPass+ enabled

FP+

FP+

FP+

Epcot

Epcot Cheat Sheet – From January 4th 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 4th

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” 4th 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


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).


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)


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)


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 ‐ 29:30am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm

Character Spot 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10Ellen's Energy Adventure 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/aGran Fiesta Tour n/a n/a 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Journey into Imagination 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/aLiving with the Land 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/aMission: Space Green 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 5Mission: Space Orange 10 10 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 10Seas with Nemo 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 10Spaceship Earth 5 10 20 20 15 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5Sum of All Thrills 5 10 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 n/a n/a n/aTest Track 30 30 50 60 50 40 40 40 40 40 30 20 20



Crowd Level 99:30am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm


Crowd Level 109:30am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm


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