EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana is now open to all guests

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Journey of Water Inspired by Moana soft opening October 6

Posted: Friday October 6, 2023 9:33am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Construction walls are down, and Journey of Water Inspired by Moana is now open to all guests as EPCOT's latest attraction begins soft openings.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana soft opening October 6

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana officially opens on October 16, but Disney is making the attraction available to all guests as part of a soft opening period from October 6 through October 15. Note that Journey of Water will not be available on October 11 and 12.

An in-depth look at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana overview

Although Journey of Water Inspired by Moana does not have a Lightning Lane, Disney may use a Virtual Queue to control access to the experience during busy periods.

When a virtual queue is available, you may join throughout the day starting at 9:00 am, using the My Disney Experience app. You must be in EPCOT to join the virtual queue and can request to enter this virtual queue at most once per day during regular park hours.

Disney is using the Virtual Queue today; wait times at 9:30 am are 70 minutes.

The new Moana character meet and greet has also opened today.

Moana character meet and greet at Journey of Water in EPCOT

An in-depth look at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana overview

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Incomudro12 days ago

Excellent! Very happy to see it back up so quick, and that it's not going to be an "oh well.."

Disone13 days ago

It was still under it's one year warranty from the contractor ;). Joking..... Or.....

MisterPenguin13 days ago

Disney fixed something. I thought that didn't happen.

Disone13 days ago

Nice. Quick repair. Maybe just a late growing pain.

tparris13 days ago

Looks like the finale effect is back open. https://blogmickey.com/2024/05/moana-journey-of-water-big-wave-ocean-finale-effect-repaired-at-epcot/

Bocabear14 days ago

EXACTLY! and Moana would have looked better in DAK.... And maybe a splash Zone themed to an Oceanographic Institute actually on the same side of the monorail beam as the Living Seas would have been a better choice.... Something that matched the style of the front half of the park....

Chef idea Mickey`=15 days ago

Keep kids entertained, something to cool off. However if that is the case how come Hollywood Studios doesn't offer one or Animal Kingdom. If the Dino playground is going away for good then that's removing something for the kids. Hollywood Studios could use something water it's hot there.

CampbellzSoup15 days ago

I still don’t see how it was a good idea to put a Moana water feature in the middle of Epcot. What were they thinking???

Ayla15 days ago

Almost 5 years.

Chef idea Mickey`=17 days ago

Perhaps this is just Epcot crying out I don't want this transformation that none of us asked aside minor enhancements or upgrades like Creation Shop and Connections made well better for Epcot how it was.

DisCOT_9718 days ago

Did I ever suggest that? I simply stated that these things should not be happening within months of opening such things. Especially when you’ve made the consumer wait so long and had the park under walls for half a decade. It’s just bad show.

eddie10418 days ago

Listen I get the complaints but I will never attack Disney for fixing or repairing their mistakes. It’s unfortunate that things are already breaking in a newly constructed area. Maybe they need better oversight on these projects or a different contractor.

Incomudro18 days ago

They shouldn't break this fast. It's embarassing. And we're not talking about complicated AA's. We're talking about lights and a water feature. And those lights failed after one night.