This year, Epcot has added a few new storytelling shows to a few of the pavilions, including Mexico, Morocco and China. With festive decorations and live entertainment, Holidays Around the World offers guests yuletide celebrations from Christmas to Hanukkah to Kwanzaa and the Chinese New Year.Įach one of the 11 international pavilions around the World Showcase offers a representation of holiday traditions with amazing and entertaining stories. The traditions come alive as Holiday Storytellers share their heritage and wondrous tales from other nations. Holidays Around the World rings in the season with holiday traditions, folklore, legends and customs in each one of its international pavilions. Holiday Storytellersįrom November 28 through December 29, Epcot celebrates the diverse international traditions and holiday celebrations from around the globe. The Holidays Around the World at Epcot offers guests an inside look at international traditions with ongoing holiday celebrations featuring festive food, fun and entertainment from a variety of exciting cultures worldwide. The parks have their own way of spreading their holiday cheer as each one offers their own unique way of decorating and celebrating the holidays. it's just a massive party and then there are so many fireworks in the sky, you think it's daytime.It’s no secret that the Walt Disney World Resort makes the holiday season a very special celebration throughout all of the parks and the hotels. Honestly, the show is SO BIG that there really isn't a bad place - it starts like normal Illuminations, but when you get to the countdown, it doesn't matter. I've always watched the midnight fireworks show from the bridge between France and UK, or from Japan. If you're a fan of Rose & Crown Pub for beers, or La Cava for margs, you'll definitely need to get there early or pack patience to wait to get served. it's going to be crowded, but not so much where you can't move around - imagine a really crowded F&W weekend night. Unlike MK, Epcot is really built to handle the flow of people. Around nightfall, the special NYE merchandise should all be out to buy as well - special shirts, light up lanyards, ears, etc. maybe 6 p.m.? at a couple of areas around the park, but those things go FAST so make sure you plan appropriately if having a year-dated plastic top hat is important to you. They also bring in extra toilet trailers and set up bars and food stations throughout the World Showcase - and they hand out hats and noisemakers around. I've noticed FP+s being slightly longer, but nothing too crazy. I do three ADRs (late lunch at Biergarten, Happy Hour at Spice Road Table, 10 p.m.-ish dinner at Chefs), and then have filled in our FP+s earlier between the two ADRs so we can spend the later hours at the parties and celebrating. before the advent of FP+, we'd get there at Rope Drop and would do what rides we could or get FPs and then would hang out on the grass, read and enjoy the weather. The cool thing is they move the gates that enclose the green spaces leading towards World Showcase down to water's edge, so all of the grass is open for seating around 5 p.m. QS lines will be long and tables will be hard to come by. My biggest piece of advice is that if you want to sit down to eat, make an ADR for whatever you can find. Hint: While most bathrooms later in night packed, the one just outside the International Gateway was empty. They handed out by Wonders of Life pavilion, very organized. We were actually first and CMs took a picture of us after we got them. If you want the hats/horns go get in line early before they run out. There were some extra food stations and buffet set up but we opted to get an early dinner (5-ish) at QS then snacks rest of night. We walked right out the back gate to DHS, walked right up on to a coach bus and straight to hotel (they had bus lanes). End of night the crush to front gate was kinda scary so we knew buses would be worse than ever. Had a couple drinks but easily could have driven. It was great! We paid out the nose to stay on property due to thinking we'd be drinking. I would locate a spot with minimal trees and obstructions of the lagoon.ĮNJOY all the dance parties, all the music and entertainment. We found folks sitting around the lagoon before the first one and not moving. I don't want to say anything more for those who haven't seen, but I was surprised and WOW-ed. Second is normal and then the whole special NYE begins.
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