Arrival day - Epcot rides with no fast passes?

[Farro]

Hi,

We are scheduled to arrive 9:40 am on a Wednesday late October. Probably get to Polynesian by 11:30.

Our plan at night is dinner at Skipper Canteen at 6 and then we will have made fast passes for some rides at MK.

We thought we'd pop over to Epcot right after we get to the hotel. What rides do you think we can get on at Epcot with less than a 30 minute or so stand-by wait? We were thinking Spaceship Earth, Living With The Land, the imagination ride...anything else you can think of?

thanks!

 

[stinkpickle]

Spaceship Earth occasionally spikes late morning / early afternoon, so that can be a toss up. Living with the Land is usually fine. Seas with Nemo might be OK. Mission Space: Green, also. Gran Fiesta Tour is always a good choice.

 

[DisneyFansInNYC]

Yes you can definitely do Living with the Land, Figment, Crush and Nemo - they were always under 30 minutes when we were just there. Spaceship Earth was about 30 minutes while we were there and meet the Disney Pals was also about 30 minutes. Frozen Ever after and meet Anna and Elsa might be about 30 minutes too.

 

[Farro]

Thanks guys! I figured those would be the rides that would give me my best shot.

 

[jpeterson]

Last week Nemo was a walk-on pretty much anytime of the day. Spaceship Earth is spikey, wait times would get pretty high (45+ minutes) and then fall again. Figment had 25+ minute waits at times and I saw Living with the Land at over 45 minutes at one point!

 

[ppjluvsdvc]

You will be there during Food & Wine but the crowds for that are usually don't show up until later in the day.

 

[Farro]

You will be there during Food & Wine but the crowds for that are usually don't show up until later in the day.

Yes, but it's a Wednesday and we aren't hitting World Showcase this day, so hopefully should be okay!

 

[Klayfish]

Epcot, in all of our experience, is the strangest place for line times. They'll spike big time, then just as quick go back down. But for a "typical" day, I would expect to be able to ride the following with less than 30 minute wait:

Nemo
Living w/the Land
Figment
Pixar Short Film festival
Spaceship Earth
Mission Space green (though this just reopened, so not sure of the new version)
Boat ride in Mexico (forgot it's name at the moment)

 

[stinkpickle]

Epcot, in all of our experience, is the strangest place for line times. They'll spike big time, then just as quick go back down...

100% this^^^

 

[Micca]

I wouldn't expect huge crowds in FW by mid-to-late afternoon during the time of your trip. You could likely knock out a lot of WS in 4 hours or so.

 

[Indio]

I wouldn't count on Mission Space - Green having a short line. Since it's reopened, it's had massive lines. Right now, the app is showing a 90 minute wait!

 

[Smittolis]

We went to Epcot 4 times this past trip, and saw people full on street brawling both times... it was weird! lol

I had never been on Spaceship Earth so i video'd it, it was a nice way to get out of the heat and wasn't the worst ride i'd ever been on:

We walked right on it when entering the park at the end of July....

 

[TomorrowlandKD]

Riding the Grand Fiesta Boat Ride in Mexico knowing you can get a Margherita right when you get off in La Cava, there's nothing better! Oh wait there is; you don't need any Fastpasses!

 

[Dizzymrslizzy]

I wouldn't count on Mission Space - Green having a short line. Since it's reopened, it's had massive lines. Right now, the app is showing a 90 minute wait!

I just came back and Mission Space Orange and Green were walk on every time we passed it.

We rode in less than 10 min 2 or 3 times. Including the first day of F&W

 

[erinch]

Riding the Grand Fiesta Boat Ride in Mexico knowing you can get a Margherita right when you get off in La Cava, there's nothing better! Oh wait there is; you don't need any Fastpasses!

Gran Fiesta is even better with 3 margaritas before you ride it.

 

[erinch]

Don't forget there is lots to wander around and do in FW besides the rides. Visit the manatees. Play the awesome memory game and other games in the Spaceship Earth exit. If you have a male along, let them drool over the cars outside test track. There's a really fun game in then Mission Space exit. Amd some fun stuff outside Figment.