kidcot @ epcot

[beast/del]

What is kidcot at epcot? Is it for young boys?Thanks for your time.

 

[SnoWhiteRabbit]

At the first country you go to you can pick up a mask for your boy(s). Then at each country, they can stop at the Kidcot table and decorate their masks, adding different details, depending on the country. Young boys should enjoy it -- as long as they enjoy coloring, markers, glue., etc. It's a cute project. And the parents can shop aorund a bit int he same store that has the Kidcot table while their children work on their masks. This is a free and fun thing for kids.

You can also buy an Epcot "passport" that comes with a bunch of stickers and places to get stamped at each country. The mask OR the passport is probably enough, but both are fun. My kids do both and enjoy both.

HTH!

 

[K and K's Mommy]

My four year old son liked it, and it makes a great souvenir. Perhaps the only free Disney souvenir!!

 

[Maggi May]

It's a great way for kids to enjoy the pavillions at EPCOT. Every stop that I've seen, the cast members from the country take time to interact with the kids. It's one of the nicer things about EPCOT . . .imho

 

[jwfla422]

It's also a nice little "educational" perk. My 5 yr old was real into it this trip. She actually collected the symbols and stamps from all 11 countries. While she learned names of other countries I learned how many countries were in EPCOT's WS!

 

[Abra Cat]

Can anyone tell me whether the Kidcot stations are easy to find? I don't remember ever seeing them on previous trips. Are they on the park map?

 

[wannabee princess]

Part of the thing my boys (11 and 7 at the time) enjoyed the most about our last trip was doing the Kidcot stations in Epcot. The stations locations are marked on your map. Most are tucked into a shop, so when you enter that pavilion, you just need to go inside to find them.

The castmembers are so nice to the kids, there is a free "mask" to decorate and you can also purchase the passport (we do both!). It's a great way to get the kids excited to visit the various countries.

 

[Kimberle]

Ya'll are going to laugh at me! But when I first started reading these brds, I had no idea what "kidcot" was. We don't spend much time at Epcot. I thought it was a place to take the little buggers for naps! *LOL* I thougt, "how nice", Disney has a place for our little ones to nap.

 

[mecook]

stations are located in the farthest store from the "street" into each country's pavilion. I never saw any signs and eventually started asking mothers and children coming my way holding a mask. They'd point me into the right shop. They SHOULD have some signs. If my DD had not been wanting to see every square inch of Canada (because a friend moved to the real one and she is very interested right now) we would not have found the Kidcot station tucked inside a boutique. I certainly wouldn't have gone inside. Canada was our starting point.
I didn't like the France station because the CMs were very unconcerned with the kids and kept speaking in French with each other. You know, you get the feeling they are talking about you.
DD treasures the origami piece that the CM made for her while she worked on the mask in Japan. It was neat for the Chinese CM to write DD's name in Chinese on the back of the mask. He also looked up her birthyear and gave her a "year of the dog" stamp. Melanie

 

[KathyFP]

DD (5) also though it was great. There was a difference in the way she was treated in each country. A few just wanted to stamp their stick give them the piece for their mask and move on (even when there was not a line).

I attempted to have DD collect one fact about each country for her school journal. The CM's were not very helpful.

 

[crisi]

We only stopped for one - my kids are 4 and 5 - while waiting to be seated at the Biergarten. But the kids had a really good time. So did their grandma, who also decorated a mask.

We didn't stop at all when they were 2 and 3 - at that age neither of my kids would sit to color - but I know other people's toddlers do.

 

[MAGICinMYHEART]

On our last trip to EPCOT my niece did both the passport and the free mask...I would like to add at Japan, & China the CM's where wonderful and took extra time with each child...ie..my neice's birthyear (year of the rat) and writing her name in their language.
We also purchased a small fan in Japan that the CM added her name in Japanese...and while dinning at Teppanyaki she was given several origami animals...She still talks about each country and her teacher let her bring the mask and passport to school to report what she learned about each country.