TimeTrip
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The whistlers at the very end sound fantastic!
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Holidays Around the World at Epcot 2016
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The whistlers at the very end sound fantastic!
hpyhnt 1000
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Still bitter they took them out of the main show tbh
Those, along with the sets of scattering bees during Chaos, are dearly missed.
ElvisMickey
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It's a super nice day in Orlando today and Epcot is pretty crowded. Christmas drunkenness has taken over Food and Wine drunkenness. Ridic...
coasterphil
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And apparently Disney wasn't ready for it. The park ran out of several of the Holiday F&B offerings before the start of the evening. Tamales, fondue, gluhwein, all 86ed for the day prior to 5 or 6pm and there may have been other items out as well. I only know about those specific ones because I tried to order each of them.
Not sure if this was a matter of Disney completely missing on their forecast or getting way too agressive in cutting production to prevent F&B waste. Either way, it was an absolute joke.
ElvisMickey
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I had my sugar cookie, Cocoa Candy Cane, watched the 5PM candlelight processional then walked over to DHS, which emptied out as soon as the 6:45 Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam was over.
HauntedMansionFLA
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Doesn't the park close at 7:00?
21stamps
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Maybe on weekends it's open later? Not sure. I am sure that I wish me and kiddo could be in that park next Friday!
ElvisMickey
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Nope. They were open until 9.
HauntedMansionFLA
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21stamps
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Did you have a place where you could type a response, or multiple choice only?
HauntedMansionFLA
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I had several places in the survey to type out my thoughts which I was honest about.
TimeTrip
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Saw the POE tag tonight. I don't know what happened, but it felt like the grand finale kind of sputtered to the end. The big wall of fireworks just wasn't there and neither was the "I can't hear myself think" seconds of boom at the end. What a letdown to an otherwise great show.
Maybe it was an off night? Will come back later this week to see it again.
Maybe it was an off night? Will come back later this week to see it again.
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That's really odd. I saw it up front the previous Saturday night and from Pop this last Tuesday and the two big finishers were there.
Princess Leia
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I have a couple of questions about the storytellers (I don't believe I've ever been to Epcot for the Christmas holiday season, so I'm looking forward to the trip next year)-
- Are they typically the same offerings every year?
- What is the quality like? One of my favorite things about Epcot is how I can usually have no schedule in the afternoon, but I'd like to go from country to country to see the storytellers if they're good.
If you go here: https://www.youtube.com/user/InsideTheMagic/videos and scroll down a bit, they have a video of each of the holidays story-tellers. You can check them out for quality.
They generally are the same each year, though, Norway, I believe is new (they had simultaneous Vikings and Gnomes streetmosphere!)
They are the same each year, but worthwhile seeing.
Princess Leia
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Kman101
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They are absolutely worth seeing. Epcot, well World Showcase, is my favorite around Christmas. Don't forget about the musical acts as well. At least Epcot's offerings are free with admission. While the Christmas Party at the MK is still mostly worthwhile, and the new Christmas stage show helps, I prefer Epcot. (Before anyone says it, yes you can see the parade and stage show at MK during the week of Christmas and New Years but the crowds ....)
Figment82
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The storytellers are very much worth it! For a park that's all but lost its Christmas decor, they add a really unique festive touch. A bit of warning from personal experience - if you try to see them all in one day, plan ahead carefully. We found that the show times didn't align in ways that made it easy to casually wander World Showcase. For example, the Three Kings show would end and the closest starting show time would be Father Christmas in the UK, whereas the Norway Storyteller next door wouldn't be for another hour. We found ourselves jumping back and forth and I think we saw them over a period of a few days during the Holiday season. I'm not sure if their scheduling has changed in recent years.