How to Spend Your Time - The Easy Guide to Your First Walt Disney World Visit 2015 - page 120

Turtle Talk with Crush
RANKING Don't miss for those with young kids, major attraction for everyone else. EMH
Evening. FP+ Yes. Medium priority. There are no reserved seats, but FastPass+ guarantees
admittance to the next show. TYPE Interactive show. REQUIREMENTS None.
WHAT TO EXPECT Turtle Talk is a live, interactive show featuring Crush, the turtle from
Finding Nemo . The theater is small and the kids are asked to sit up front. Crush moves,
chats, and fields audience questions in real time, and every show is unique and drop-dead
cute. SCARY FACTOR Zero.
WHEN TO GO Shows usually begin at 9:40am and run until 8:40pm. Visit before 10:30am or
after 7pm. EXPECT TO WAIT Up to 30 minutes in the afternoon, but usually just as long as it
takes for the next show to begin. LENGTH 15 minutes. WHERE TO SIT Kids should sit on the
floor up front. Adults file into the bleacher-style seating in back.
World Showcase
World Showcase is a collection of 11 individual pavilions, each themed to a country from
around the world. The emphasis is undoubtedly on eating, drinking, and shopping, but each
pavilion offers authentic entertainment and shows. In Mexico, you'll find a meandering
boat ride similar to it's a small world, often with short waits. Disney closed Maelstrom on
October 5, 2014, with the expectation that a ride based on Frozen will replace it sometime
in early 2016. Historically, many kids have been bored with the lack of rides, so Disney has
installed a variety of interactive experiences designed to engage them. The most popular is
Agent P's World Showcase Adventure themed to the popular Phineas and Ferb television
show. Guests have an opportunity to pick up a handset from several pavilions and embark
on a kind of scavenger hunt throughout World Showcase. Kids also have the opportunity
to sit down with Cast Members in each pavilion and decorate Duffy or Agent P drawings.
While no World Showcase rides currently necessitate an early arrival, moving up to World
Showcase as close to 11am as possible guarantees low crowds at the various stores, exhib-
its, entertainment, and food outlets.
IllumiNations
IllumiNations is the park's nighttime spectacular, scheduled every night, almost always at
regular park close, and lasting for about 15 minutes. It takes place on World Showcase La-
goon with viewing available from around World Showcase. Detailed advice on where to
see the show is in the Epcot Cheat Sheet at the end of the chapter.
RANKING Don't miss. EMH No. FP+ Yes. Low Tier 1 priority. The FastPass+ viewing loc-
ation is at the base of World Showcase across from the United States Pavilion in an area
called Showcase Plaza. It's a low priority because the show is easy enough to see outside
the viewing area and using FastPass+ at Soarin' or Test Track will save more time. TYPE
Fireworks show. REQUIREMENTS None.
WHAT TO EXPECT Guests begin to fill in along the railing as far as two hours in advance, but
most guests will find satisfying viewing locations as few as 15 minutes before show time.
The action takes place on World Showcase Lagoon as fireworks explode above a massive