Epcot - Disney Theme Park - Orlando, Fl - Helpful Information for Visitors

 

Epcot is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida.

Epcot Center was the second of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida.

Disney Epcot park is more than twice the size of Magic Kingdom park.

Epcot is dedicated to celebrating human achievement, namely technological innovation, and international culture, countries, and is often referred to as a "permanent world's fair" by many.

In 2019, Epcot had 12.444 million visitors, ranking it as the fourth most-visited theme park in North America and the seventh-most-visited theme park globally.

At the entrance of Epcot is its icon and landmark, Spaceship Earth, a geodesic sphere.

Epcot Disney has two main themed areas: Future World and World Showcase.

The World Showcase is in a larger area with pavilions from 11 countries that usually opens two hours after park opening and remains open later than the Future World.

Inside Epcot, an "International Gateway" is a secondary park gate is located between the France and United Kingdom pavilions of World Showcase connected to other parks and Disney resorts by Disney Skyliner Gondola.

Epcot in Orlando will take 1 full day or more to visit, depending on your interest.

More useful information below in this Epcot travel guide for Orlando Visitors.

 

Address

Epcot Address :

200 Epcot Center Dr, Orlando, FL 32821

Admission Fee and Hours

Epcot Tickets:

US$125 per day - Adult

Kids age 3 to 9 pay Youth ticket Price.

Children under 3 are FREE

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Epcot Park Hours:

12PM (Noon)-9PM (Mon-Wed)

11AM-10PM (Thu-Sun)

Getting There

By Taxi, Public Bus, Uber/Lyft or Private Care to Disney Epcot in Orlando:

- Taxi, Public Bus, Uber/Lyft, or private drop-off will drop you near Epcot's entrance inside Disney World Orlando.

- If taking the LYNX bus (Public Bus), check online at the LYNX trip planner or Google maps for bus number (50 or 56), route, and travel time to the Disney TTC for your visit to Epcot. Exit the LYNX bus at TTC and then take a monorail to Epcot.

By Car to Epcot Theme Park in Orlando:

- Use your phone GPS to find the best way to reach Epcot Park from your location in Orlando.

- If you take the I-4 freeway, then take exit 67 towards Epcot/Disney Springs.

- Follow the signs to Epcot after taking exit 67.

- This will take you to the Epcot big parking lot entrance ($25/day Paid Parking with in and out privileges all day at any of the Disney theme parks)

- Follow the signs to the parking spot as directed after paying the Parking fee at the entrance booth.

- Park your car and make sure to take a Pic/Photo of your Parking lane name and row number as this parking lot accommodates 11,391 cars, and you don't want to be lost at the end of the day when finding you a car.

- After parking the car and taking a Photo of your lane name and number, walk to the tram and take the tram to the Epcot Entrance.


Disney Resort Hotel to Epcot Park:

- Disney Resort Hotels guest can take Disney Bus, Water Taxi, Disney Skyliner, or Monorail directly to the TTC for Epcot

- Check with your Hotel for the ways and most convenient way to get to the Epcot Center from your Disney Hotel.


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Recommendation

Tips for visiting Epcot in Orlando -

• Take a Pic/Photo of your Parking Lane name and number if you park a car at Epcot to avoid frantic search at the end of the day as the parking lot is huge with 11,000+ parking spots, and it is very common to forget the location after a long day inside Epcot Park at Disney.

• It rains in the afternoon in Orlando, so pack a reusable rain Pancho.

• Bring a plastic refillable Water bottle, so save money on buying a new bottle each time.

   You can refill water and ice at filling stations or any of the restaurants.

• Bring snacks like fruit, nuts, and chips to save money at Theme parks in Disney Orlando.

• Download MyDisney Experience App on your mobile phone and link it to your Disney Epcot (Ticket) Entrance Card or Magic Wrist band (only need one account and you can enter/link each person in your party to that one account), then immediately signup for FastPass for popular rides or attractions at Epcot.

   You will get 3 FastPass per day per park for each registered person on the MyDisney Experience App.

   If you pick-up your ticket (Entrance Card or Magic band) in advance, you can book Fastpass 3 days in advance.

• Pickup an Epcot Park map at the Entrance (or online) to plan and make the most out of your day trip at this Disney park in Disney Orlando.

   While booking FastPass for a ride, keep in mind where you will be at that time of the day in the park.

• Make sure to visit Club cool by the fountains to try complimentary samples of colo cola drinks around the world.

• All rides at Epcot are indoors, so they don't stop when rain or thunderstorms comes in the afternoon.

• Epcot has single rider lines, which have a shorter wait time and moves faster than standby lines, and doesn't need a fast pass.

  Save time by riding a single rider line if you don't mind sitting next to strangers.

• Visit all the attractions and rides at Futureworld first and then visit the World showcase plaza rather than going back and forth to save walking.

• Epcot World showcase area is geared more towards adults and does not have any rides (except boat that crosses the lagoon), so plan accordingly if you have kids with you.

• At the end of the night before closing, Fireworks in water is the highlight of the Epcot visit, so plan to spend the evening in World Showcase Plaza. Fastpass is also available for the Fireworks viewing area.

 

Website

 

Visit official website of Epcot for more information

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