CONFIRMED: Disney Using Virtual Queue for Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana in EPCOT

September is a busy month for EPCOT! Hope you can keep up, because there’s a lot going on. Let’s talk about it.

EPCOT

First of all, there’s still quite a bit of construction happening in EPCOT. But the end is near! Then, there’s the Food and Wine Festival, new 100th Anniversary celebrations, and Journey of Water — Inspired by Moana attraction previews ALL happening now. Speaking of that Journey of Water attraction, we’ve got an update to share ahead of the outdoor attraction’s grand opening!

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Disney previously announced that Journey of Water — Inspired by Moana will open on October 16th. There will be a Moana character meet-and-greet in the area, too! But before the big opening date, select Disney World guests can attend a preview of the walkthrough attraction.

Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana

Guest previews began on September 24th, and it’s safe to say EPCOT was pretty busy first thing in the morning! According to Disney’s Park Pass Reservation calendar, there were no reservations left for EPCOT on the 24th. That means the park hit capacity for the day!

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We arrived bright and early in EPCOT on September 24th for DVC/Annual Passholder guest previews. At first, Journey of Water — Inspired by Moana was operating with a standby line. Then, by about 10AM, Disney opened up a virtual queue for the attraction. According to Disney, a virtual queue will be used “as needed.”

Check out the line for the Annual Passholder preview of Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana! 😳🌀 pic.twitter.com/sVSZqlTad5

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) September 24, 2023

Now, you might want to listen up because this is important. We saw a LOT of guests waiting in line to join the virtual queue for Journey of Water. The line started by The Land Pavilion and ended all the way by Spaceship Earth! But, there may have been some confusion happening here, as this was NOT the line to actually enter Journey of Water. Before you hop in line, make sure you know what the line is actually for — otherwise, you may end up wasting time.

Look at that line!

There are two different ways to join the virtual queue. Guests can either wait in line to scan a QR code (located by The Land Pavilion) and join the virtual queue from there, or go to the “Virtual Queues” screen My Disney Experience app and tap “Join Virtual Queue.”

Guests can scan the QR code over by The Land

If you want to skip the line, we recommend joining the queue from your phone!

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Once we joined the queue, there was no estimated wait time. Disney notes that guests in the virtual queue will get a notification when their group is called. From there, guests can head over to the attraction and check in! Note that there may be a line to enter after your group is called, so be prepared to wait.