What are the two halves of EPCOT?

It's divided into two halves: Future World, with rides and corporate-sponsored interactive exhibits, and World Showcase, providing an interesting toe-dip into the cultures of 11 countries.



Historically, EPCOT was divided into two main sections: Future World and World Showcase. However, as part of a multi-year transformation completed by 2026, the park is now officially divided into four distinct "neighborhoods." The former Future World has been split into World Celebration, World Discovery, and World Nature, while the classic World Showcase remains as the fourth. World Celebration serves as the park's hub, featuring Spaceship Earth and the new CommuniCore Hall. World Discovery focuses on science and technology, housing high-thrill rides like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and Test Track. World Nature emphasizes the beauty of the natural world with attractions like Soarin' Around the World and the Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana. The World Showcase continues to be the "global" half of the park, featuring 11 themed pavilions representing nations from around the world, such as Mexico, France, and Japan. This new layout is designed to create a more cohesive and modern storytelling experience for guests, blending the park’s original optimistic vision of the future with more contemporary Disney characters and themes.

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The newly designed park, featuring two sections—Future World and World Showcase—opened as EPCOT Center in 1982. In 1994, the park was renamed to Epcot, dropping the acronym and Center from the name.

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EPCOT is arguably the least family-friendly park at Walt Disney World, so you may not need more than a few hours to do everything of interest if you have small children. With that said, a full day at EPCOT is highly recommended for first-timers.

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In clockwise order, the eleven pavilions include: Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, United Stated, Japan, Morocco, France, United Kingdom and Canada.

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Another one of the most popular questions we receive on this topic is, what is the best day of the week to go to EPCOT? As a general rule of thumb the best day of the week to visit EPCOT typically tends to be Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

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It is included with your theme park admission, although you will have to pay for all of the yummy food and drinks that you purchase. The next thing that you will want to do is to pick up a festival passport when you enter the park. This little booklet will tell you what each booth around the park is serving.

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You do not need a park reservation or additional ticket to enter the park at or after 7:00 PM. If you plan to arrive earlier than 7:00 PM, valid theme park admission will be required. A theme park reservation for EPCOT may also be required.

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If you are able to walk past all of the tempting pavilions, (what willpower!) your trip around World Showcase is about 1.3 miles. Sooo, considering the fact that you may have strollers and other obstacles in your way, I would allow 30 minutes just to be safe.

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EPCOT is arguably the least family-friendly park at Walt Disney World, so you may not need more than a few hours to do everything of interest if you have small children. With that said, a full day at EPCOT is highly recommended for first-timers.

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At EPCOT, Anna and Elsa have their own meet-and-greet location at the Royal Sommerhus in the Norway pavilion. You wait in one line and then meet both of them separately.

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Q: How many rides are there at EPCOT? A: There are 11 rides at EPCOT with a mix of slow, family-friendly rides, to thrill rides like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.

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If you're into rides more than general theme park merriment and atmosphere, we suggest skipping Epcot, as it doesn't offer as many thrills. However, families, foodies and world's fair enthusiasts will likely enjoy their time at this concept park.

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#1 – The Best Disney Park – Magic Kingdom Coming in at number one is the original 1971 Walt Disney World park, Magic Kingdom! Home to the most magical castle on Earth and some of the most classic attractions in theme parks.

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Epcot has a total of 20 rides and shows: Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival. Frozen Ever After. Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.

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Walking Distances at EPCOT EPCOT is more than two times the size of Magic Kingdom, coming in at 300 acres total. Just the walk around World Showcase alone is 1.2 miles. If you walk completely around Future World and World Showcase, you'll be at 3 miles easily.

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EPCOT is Disney World's theme park at which you will do the most walking! For example, it is roughly 0.85 miles from the front entrance of EPCOT to the rear of the park.

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EPCOT is my favorite Walt Disney World Theme Park! But many people wonder how much walking they will have to do. It's also a very big one with lots of walking required. Disney's theme parks require full days of walking, but EPCOT will certainly get your step count up for the day!

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Single-day, single-park Disney World ticket prices vary by park starting on Dec. 8, 2022: Magic Kingdom tickets cost between $124 and $189. EPCOT tickets cost between $114 and $179.

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Even with so much to see, Epcot can easily be visited during a single day.

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You don't want to miss it! Renee, all Guests must currently make park reservations when visiting a Disney theme park. The only exception to this is if you're an Annual Passholder. Guests with annual passes may enter any theme park after 2:00 PM without having to make a theme park reservation.

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A: Guests are allowed to bring outside food and nonalcoholic beverage items into the park for self-consumption, provided they are not in glass containers and do not require heating, reheating, processing, refrigeration or temperature control and do not have pungent odors.

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Guests are welcome to bring water bottles into the theme parks, provided that they don't bring any glass containers or any outside alcohol into the parks.

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