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EPCOT Itinerary for Kids (6–9)

One-day plan: rope drop to close.

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Your day at a glance

Rope drop

Rope drop (park open)

Rope drop: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Morning

Park open–noon

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Test Track (design a car, then race)

Lunch

12:00–1:00pm

Connections Eatery (World Celebration)

Afternoon

1:00–5:00pm

Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, Soarin' Across America

Dinner

6:00–7:00pm

Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria (Italy pavilion)

Evening

7:00–close

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind second ride, on a Lightning Lane (standby waits run longest in the evening)

Rope drop: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Guardians opens with the park, and its standby line is shortest then: a median posted wait of about 55 minutes in the first hour, against 65 to 85 for the rest of the day. Kids must be 42".

Morning plan

  1. 1Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
  2. 2Test Track (design a car, then race)
  3. 3Mission: Space (Green Mission for kids, gentler simulator)
  4. 4Frozen Ever After

Lunch

Connections Eatery (World Celebration)

Good variety, fast service, right in the center of EPCOT near Spaceship Earth. Connections Eatery takes mobile order in the My Disney Experience app.

Afternoon plan

  1. 1Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
  2. 2Soarin' Across America
  3. 3The Seas with Nemo & Friends
  4. 4Living with the Land
Pro tip: Kids love the design element of Test Track. Let them take charge of the car design. The finale speed test at 65 mph surprises everyone.

Dinner

Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria (Italy pavilion)

Evening plan

  1. 1Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind second ride, on a Lightning Lane (standby waits run longest in the evening)
  2. 2World Showcase tour before fireworks
  3. 3Fireworks over the lagoon
EPCOT's fireworks show, Luminous: The Symphony of Us, plays over the World Showcase lagoon. Stake out a lagoon-side spot near Italy or America 30 minutes early.

Lightning Lane priorities

  • 1.Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
  • 2.Test Track
Pro tip
If kids are 44"+, Mission: Space Orange is genuinely thrilling and usually has very short waits. It's one of the most underrated attractions in all of Disney World.
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