EPCOT park reservations at capacity for opening day of Annual Passholder previews for Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

Sep 08, 2023 in "Journey of Water Inspired by Moana"

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Posted: Friday September 8, 2023 7:22am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

UPDATE 12pm Sep 8, 2023 - Since the original article was published, more capacity has been added and EPCOT reservations are currently available.

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The opening day of Annual Passholder previews for EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana at Walt Disney World is now at capacity.

EPCOT is now at capacity for Annual Passholders on September 24

Disney announced yesterday that Annual Passholder previews for EPCOT's newest attraction will begin on September 24, 2023. Surprisingly, Disney does not require guests to make any specific reservations for the preview beyond having an EPCOT park pass reservation for the day. Disney has also said that only a standby line will be available, with no virtual queue.

Passholder previews will take place at EPCOT from park open to park close on the following dates:

September 24 to September 29, 2023
October 1 to October 4, 2023

Currently, all other Annual Passholder preview dates remain available. Annual Passholders may also be able to make a reservation for September 24 if they are staying at a Walt Disney World hotel.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana overview

To participate in this preview experience, Passholders must have a theme park reservation for EPCOT on the day of the preview. Note that:

If your theme park reservation is for a different theme park (and not for EPCOT), then you will not be eligible to participate in a preview that day.
If you enter EPCOT without a theme park reservation after 2:00 PM, then you will not be eligible to participate in a preview that day.

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Chef idea Mickey`=2 hours 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_974 hours 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.

eddie1044 hours 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.

Incomudro4 hours 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.

eddie1044 hours ago

Things break…would you rather them ignore it?

tparris5 hours ago

All of this.

DisCOT_975 hours ago

The problem isn’t that they’re trying to solve the issue, it’s that this park went through a multimillion multiyear “transformation” and some of the things promised don’t even fully function. That middle area has been behind walls for how long? And those new “lights” stopped working after night one…Moana isn’t even a year old yet and it’s already proving to be a maintenance workload.

KeithVH6 hours ago

Yeah! And I bet as soon as they get the Yeti fixed, they'll straighten this brand new problem ASAP . . .

Virtual Toad8 hours ago

I can't speak for others, but to me the fact that the state of "show" at Epcot is so poor now, especially when compared to what it used to be, that lack of reliability among newer effects becomes a more glaring issue when so many other effects, new and old, remain broken or in b-mode months or even years after failing. Ironic that a park systematically stripped of complex effects and moving parts over the past 25 years remains in relatively poor condition, and definitely below the baseline WDW show standards of the past, especially when there are fewer things to maintain.

monothingie9 hours ago

eddie1049 hours ago

Why do you guys always want to fault Disney for doing their jobs? They are working on it and here you are complaining that the issue is being addressed.