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Epcot busy tonight (9/14)
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Movielover
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Man I wish I was in a position (and location) to be able to just casually head to Epcot to watch Illuminations... Color me envious!
Park closes at 10PM on food and wine weekends. Looks like the locals are back more than anything.
networkpro
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The drunks were already in force by 4 when we left for Kona.
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Steph15251
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I thought it closed at 9pm
Food and Wine Friday and Saturday it closes at 10
How did I miss that? Anyways. Still a lot of people showing up with 2 hours to go.
That was my theory as well...
DisneyDreamerxyz
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Saturday nights during Food and Wine is a recipe for busy from what I remember having been a castmember at Food and Wine in the past
Cmdr_Crimson
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You and me both......
spacemtnfanatic
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It’s a nice weekend, the temps were slightly tolerable this evening, it’s a Food and Wine Saturday and Illuminations closes forever in two weeks. Nothing surprising here. I’d expect almost New Years Eve level crowds the 27th-30th.
PSM
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Just remember: if you were, you MAY not appreciate it as much as you do being someone who can't just casually show up to check it out an hour or two before close!
A bunch of my family moved to Florida and the Orlando area over the past five years and, while Disney World is still my favorite place in the world and I still have to fly there to visit, I've been able to go a LOT more the past few years than I had in the previous decade and a half. And now that that's the case, the more casual short visits (two days, for example) aren't necessarily as "magical" as my once every few years, week-long vacations were.
Don't get me wrong, though; ANY chance to visit - even for a very short time - is still better than being anywhere else haha.
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disney4life2008
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I stay in Orlando and haven't touched epcot in months lol
disney4life2008
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It's really not. It becomes increadibly boring. Don't get me wrong it's nice that on the fly I can do anything I want at Disney or any of the Orlando attractions for that matter. But it's only so much of Disney you can take. You realize that it's all so standardized. And when you start seeing cast members on apps, publix and every where else it's not a good thing lol.
dreamfinder912
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Please don't think I'm targeting you OP, but Epcot tonight was...pretty quiet for a Saturday during F&W. The disastrous, perpetually short-staffed turnstiles aside, it was more a regular Saturday than a busy F&W Saturday. We even manged to get good spots to watch the fireworks in Italy which almost never happens. Hope you have better luck next time 
It did feel not too bad inside.. but we only made it to the Land before deciding to head to DHS. Still I was super shocked to have to park so far out that late.Please don't think I'm targeting you OP, but Epcot tonight was...pretty quiet for a Saturday during F&W. The disastrous, perpetually short-staffed turnstiles aside, it was more a regular Saturday than a busy F&W Saturday. We even manged to get good spots to watch the fireworks in Italy which almost never happens. Hope you have better luck next time
As you know, generally once a parking aisle is full traffic is diverted away from it until the cones are removed for the following day.
Here’s a nice shot from 4pm last year. Another reason to hate food and whine.
(We normally avoid it like the plague but I had to meet a man about a dog that evening)