I Didn’t Want To Tell You About My Favorite EPCOT World Showcase Hack, But My Editor Is Making Me Do It

If you love food, world travel, and experiencing different cultures, then you probably enjoy visiting EPCOT!

EPCOT has a lot to do! You’ll find seasonal festivals here along with fun rides like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. While you can explore the Land and the Sea and many other areas, World Showcase is one of the biggest draws to this park. World Showcase is where you’ll find pavilions of 11 different countries from around the world. There is a long-standing debate about starting left or right around World Showcase, but we have a hack that will completely change the argument!

If you go right, when you reach World Showcase, you’ll head to the Canada pavilion. But if you go left, you’ll end up at the Mexico pavilion. This can be a tough call, especially if part of your group wants to go one way and the rest want to go the other.

So we present a THIRD option for going around the loop of pavilions — the FriendShip Boats! The FriendShip Boats at World Showcase Lagoon sail across the lagoon, so you can start near the middle of World Showcase and take a new route around.

There used to be two boats that ran from point-to-point across the lagoon, but since the pandemic, only one is currently operating. You can jump on the boat at the dock near the Canada pavilion (so you’ll have to briefly go right), from there it will take you to a dock at the Morocco pavilion. Then you can start your day at Morocco and head to either France or Japan!

Taking the boat to Morocco and then heading straight to France might be a great way to start your day by grabbing a fresh pastry for breakfast at Les Halles Boulangerie & Patisserie! However, the boats start running at 11AM, whereas Les Halles starts serving food at 9AM. So if you want to get there earlier than 11AM, you’ll need to walk.

The FriendShip boats at World Showcase end the day around 7PM for the nighttime show on the lagoon, so if you’re in one of the countries that is on the far side of the loop after 7PM, you’ll need to walk to International Gateway or EPCOT’s main entrance at the front of the park to leave for the day.

We love this hack for a new experience at World Showcase! It can take the choice of left or right out of the equation and add some variety. Plus, if you’re attending a festival, you can beat the crowds by heading to the “back” of World Showcase when the booths open at 11AM while most people start near Canada or Mexico.

No matter how you choose to start your trek around World Showcase, you’re in for a treat!

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Do you go left or right around World Showcase? Let us know in the comments!

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