First 1/2 day in Epcot, WWYD?

[DisneyNewbie83]

On our arrival day (4/13) we get to MCO at 9AM. We figured we can spend from about 12pm to 6pm at Epcot since it's our favorite park. Would you tour Future World, World Showcase, or the Flower & Garden show (which we never seen before)? I am hoping to get Soarin', Spaceship Earth and Turtle Talk with Crush FP+, but am flexible although Soarin' is a must do.

We will be back at Epcot for another 1/2 day and 2 more full days. Thanks!

 

[disnut8]

I'd try for the FastPasses, see what you can in Future World with those, and then go to World Showcase and take in as much as you can with the Festival, get a "lay of the land" for that. If you can't get the FastPasses consecutively for Future World, use the tme in between to stroll to the beginning of World Showcase and do things there. Also, you don't need FastPasses for some the Future World attractions so go see The Circle of Life in between your times. Or Captain EO. Tour the Seas before or after the Turtle Talk FastPass. Six hours is a lot of time for Epcot so slow down, use the FastPasses and then just fill in with everything else.

 

[ArielDreams]

We will be arriving exactly one week after you and have the same plan to do Epcot on our 1/2 day. I agree with the above poster. I will be booking our 3 FP's for Soarin, Test Track and something else (probably Mission: Space). I always love riding Spaceship Earth as soon as we get into the park but sometimes that can have lines since everyone else does it too. We have ADRs for Coral Reef that night. Also, there's soooo much to see with Flower & Garden that it could definitely pass the time. We're also going back at least 2 more times during our week to mainly focus on World Showcase (and saving Illuminations for then) so I'm trying to knock off Future World on day 1.