Spending New Year’s Eve at Epcot is one of our absolute favourite Walt Disney World traditions - and we want to share it with you! James’s parents, Jeff and Rosalie, joined us for the festivities and we were so excited to share Epcot with them. We spent the first part of the day taking an in depth look at the various pavilions of the World Showcase, as James’ parents are avid world travellers, and we wanted to see what they thought and how each country compared to the real life version that they’ve travelled to. After coming back from a break, we took Jeff on his first (and only) ride at Disney - Finding Nemo - and then explored the sea base. After that, we headed back to World Showcase, for one of the biggest draws of New Year’s Eve at Epcot - the DJ Dance Parties inside the pavilions! We needed a second break before fireworks, so James and I explored the Boardwalk a little bit, and picked up a special treat to enjoy back at our room. Finally, we headed back to the park for the epic fireworks spectacular!
There is a lot of varied content in this video - so if you’re not here looking for the full day of exploration, please use the chapters below to find what you’re looking for. Highlights will be the DJ Dance Parties (around 35 minutes into the video), the rules around park reservations and whether you can get back in if the park hits capacity (around 45 minutes into the video), showing the crowd levels at various points of the day (around 49 minutes into the video), and the fireworks (around the 1 hour mark of the video).
Hope you enjoy this one! I know that it can be really tough to plan for a New Year’s Eve visit to Epcot, so please feel free to ask any questions you might have. And if you’re looking for help in booking your New Year’s trip from someone who has firsthand knowledge, please don’t hesitate to reach out! You can find my travel agent page and all my contact info here: playcationtravel.com/cate-gen...
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - NYE Morning
2:53 - Exploring the Morocco Pavilion
6:55 - KidCot stops
9:03 - Exploring the Japan Pavilion
14:23 - Voices of Liberty
16:13 - Italy Pavilion
17:20 - China Pavilion
20:15 - Mariachi Cobre in Mexico Pavilion
22:31 - Black & White Cookie from L’Chaim Holiday Kitchen
23:14 - First rest of the day
24:22 - Back to the parks via Boardwalk
28:20 - Evening at Epcot
28:58 - Crowds in UK Pavilion
30:08 - Canada Pavilion
31:48 - First Ride! Finding Nemo!
32:46 - Exploring the Sea Base
34:23 - Margaritas in Mexico
35:30 - DJ Party in China Pavilion
36:51 - DJ Party in Italy Pavilion
39:10 - DJ Party in Japan Pavilion
40:06 - Second rest of the day
40:55 - Boardwalk festivities for New Years Eve
45:25 - Explaining rules around Park Reservations & Capacity
47:03 - Eating a limited time brownie in our room at Swan
49:48 - Talking about Crowd Levels
58:23 - Back to Epcot for fireworks
59:34 - Our awesome fireworks spot!
1:00:31 - Fireworks around World Showcase
1:03:04 - Fireworks at midnight!
1:05:18 - Parties continue after midnight
1:05:46 - Final thoughts
ABOUT US:
My name is Cate, and joining me is my husband James! We are from Toronto, Canada, where we live with our two cats, Manny and Tilly. We are childfree “elder millennials” who just love having fun together and filming our adventures. We decided to start this Vlog, mostly because of me! I (Cate) have a bachelor’s degree in Radio & TV, and worked in TV for 10+ years before switching fields - and I was looking for a way to explore my creative interests in filming and editing, but in a fun/not career focused way, and we came up with this channel! It’s now become a super fun way for us to connect with each other - and we would love to connect with all of you out there as well!
Check out more of our adventures on our channel or on Instagram - / ever.after.adventures
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