Exactly. We went on Guardians of the Galaxy when it first opened. Didn’t get the picture automatically, so I went to the photo pass counter and they found our picture. Even after tapping our 3 year old magic band at the photo pass customer service- we still did NOT receive our pictures. Our next...
In my experience, lines are shorter during the fireworks and after fireworks there is usually a mad rush of people to queue in some rides (like space mountain & seven dwarves). Timing makes all the difference
Keep in mind that if Epcot offers extended evening hours, another VQ opens (I think at 6pm) and you don’t have to been in the park to make one.
the1pm drop, you need to be tapped in and inside Epcot.
We went for a week early September and the pick a pearl was not open. it looked like it is not coming back soon- but who knows…
A portion of the store was sectioned off, like it was being remodeled.
This is a great reminder. We park hopped to Epcot last week and got there early evening, around 5pm. I thought for sure the 1pm VQ would be full- to our surprise.. we got it! So awesome!
I called the general number and then was transferred to app support. They told me the whole system was down this morning. I tried several times to buy LL$ for guardians and it did not work. It finally worked around 8am
Note that return times and availability is dependent on a few factors like crowd level and park hours. For example, Mother’s Day weekend, I got 6 LL in MK (park closed at 11pm) and around Memorial Day, I only got 3 LL (park close 9pm- I think)
Please note that while the world showcase is open, not all the shops (or food booths) open first thing. For example, the big store in japan opens at 11am and I think the flower and garden food booths open 11am or 12noon