 Hey friends tonight, we are hanging out at Epcot celebrating its 40th anniversary We're gonna be going around riding our favorite rides trying some of the exclusive 40th anniversary snacks and then later on after the park closes We're gonna be attending a special after-hours event with super rare character meet and greets like Mickey and Minnie dressed up in their test track Outfits and astronaut Donald so many cool things and it's all benefiting give kids the world Anyhoo, let's go do this When you first walk in the park They give you a special Epcot 40th map and then they give you this little Epcot 40th poster when you leave And I also noticed they're playing retro Epcot music like retro Epcot loop music and I love that I listened to this one. I'm cleaning my apartment Epcot anniversaries have a super soft spot for me because I remember coming down and vacationing here at Disney World And I think it was my third time ever coming down to Disney World It happened to be during Epcot's 30th anniversary and I didn't know anything about it But they had a big celebration and an awesome firework tag. I don't know if Disney's gonna do that for the 40th I really hope they do but we'll see I mean I know that they're offering some cool things like commemorative maps Like I showed you and a couple of performances and we're just gonna go around and kind of just see what's happening, you know Seriously, I think I could just sit here listening to the bushes all day long. I love this Epcot music It's really really awesome, but there's a lot to do today. So I guess we better get moving along a Lot of people are excited for the Epcot 40th anniversary merchandise and the lines pretty long They're sending you in an opposite direction We'll check out the line and see if it goes on a little bit later on But there's a lot of things that I don't really see myself buying so I'm not really looking to get anything But I still want to see how long it is and if I get the chance and maybe I want to get something Maybe a hat or a magic band, you know, one of the fancy things Ran into some friends already and what would an Epcot anniversary be without a bunch of other good friends here Look at this, Lauren Ryan, Tampa J, Krista girl, Adam the Woo, everyone's here, promise You look at this Travis right down Main Street. Everyone's here. Yeah, I love it That's what it was. That's what it was The special after hours event that I'm talking about was all a part of discon and it was only a hundred dollars for this ticket To come to this after hours event It's really cool because they rented out part of Epcot itself and has super rare character meet and greets like I said Mickey and Minnie dressed up in test track astronaut Donald and the first-ever photo opportunity with max in power line and also you get to ride rides like Guardians of the Galaxy Mission space test track and it's really cool It's all benefiting give kids a world village and like I said, it was a part of discon But this con got cancer because of the hurricane that just happened and tickets only a hundred bucks like you can't beat that So I'm so happy to show you guys that but that's gonna be later on in the video Looks like we found the end of the line for the creation shop and this is all for the 40th anniversary Epcot merchandise And I think it's probably like they said about 45 minutes from here But it wraps all the way around and it's basically right up to the wall which they would have some shade though It's got to be hot out. So we'll check on this later. It probably will go down a little bit later on Now I think we're gonna swing into Starbucks and see if we can get the special 40th anniversary Leige waffle they have a special waffle just for the 40th anniversary And like I said, I've been on a waffle cat and I love the Leige waffle from here So they've been doing seasonal ones and hopefully we can get in they didn't sell out, but we'll find out They actually sold out of the waffles But they're in the process of making new ones right now and it's really awesome to be able to see them make the waffles Oh over here is the finished product. Look at this full tray right there Those are the 40th anniversary Epcot waffles. So at least we know if we wait we're gonna get fresh waffles Looks like they actually just restocked and I was able to get one. So I'm so excited We're gonna try the Epcot 40th anniversary Leige waffle. I like how I emphasize on the Leige Normally they're like prepackaged like this but because they are in high demand like I said We're getting a fresh one. It actually is warm still or that might be because of the sun but I Have high expectations for this waffle actually like I said, I mean I like the regular one that they serve here, but here we go That's good. I Love how soft this is and it does taste a lot like white chocolate I don't know if I like all those sprinkles all not the biggest fan of sprinkles, but it is a good treat I don't know. It's just cool that they have a seasonal thing. I can't wait to see what they come up with for Christmas. I Think it's so interesting that they keep running out and having to remake ones and they can't keep up with the supply on them People really go crazy for Epcot stuff even waffles Epcot waffles She goes crazy for Epcot waffles Now that the waffle business is taking care of I figured we come on over here to journey into imagination with figment and Ride I mean, it's the 40th anniversary might as well see the icon of Epcot, which is figment Because it's the 40th anniversary. They're letting us actually go back to the reception desk to take photos. I'm so excited. I Always wanted to come back here. Look at this. Look at these fancy chairs and you can sign the book here Look at all the signatures Wow, happy 40th birthday Epcot. This is so amazing This is so cool today Sunday October 2nd 2022 this is a real calendar right now and they got the switchboards here. This is this is so awesome I'm so happy right now Sir which way to the 11th floor I need some directions That's the one Seriously, this is just so awesome being back here, right? Right I feel bad though because I wanted to sign the book but the October 1st was all is all full Everyone already signed it today like it was so so we signed for the second. You know they were cool like that This is so awesome though Seriously that was always a goal of mine to actually go back there I am so honored that it's so cool that they're doing that for the 40th anniversary And it was awesome reading everyone's notes like everyone was just like happy birthday Epcot I wish we could have fit our name on there They probably stopped like this page itself, but people were just writing on over like other people's names You know what I mean? I Am now so excited to ride journey into imagination after being behind the reception desk. Oh, that was great Bye On your tour you'll see how the five human senses can help capture your imagination Who is this Figment I thought I told you not to interfere but you've got it wrong doc It's not about listening with your ears. It's about listening with your imagination It's coffee Riding figment was so awesome I'm so happy we did that today But it got me thinking because you know they announced at D23 that figment meet and greets are coming back What do you think they're gonna have do you think you're gonna have them here in the little play pavilion? What do you think it's gonna be outside or do you think they're gonna remodel upstairs and put them in the rainbow tunnel? How cool would that be I? Don't think they'd ever get rid of Wreck-It Ralph since they opened up or since they created the link chamber But if they do give it to somebody I think it might be over here in imagination land I'm just saying that's what I would think I would hope that they would just add a new area though It's still really cool to see the link chamber open up though Regardless where they actually set up figment to do meet and greets best believe I will be there waiting in line the first day because I love figment I'm a figment fan Now it's time. We make our way into world showcase I hear that they have a Epcot 40th anniversary Margarita in Mexico and why we're over there. Maybe we'll ride the grand fiesta tour as well They're actually selling special fiesta margaritas for the Epcot 40th But they come in a cool cup that says Mexico 40 because each pavilion is celebrating their 40th as a whole along with Epcot So that's kind of fun and they also have individual snacks and some of the sit-down restaurants But this is one of the ones that are just here at the quick service and we got to try it We got to get we got to get a margarita in Mexico Here is the cup that it actually comes served in and I ended up getting one along with some water And then they have a conga which is like a Mexican fruit punch So I had to try that I don't know why I don't know what it's gonna be like. Oh, here it is look how pretty it is I love it. It's very colorful, too Buy or beware the margarita is $19, but 40th anniversary you only get one of them, you know next year It's gonna be 41. It's just getting old Epcot's get old get old This is basically a regular fiesta, but they add blue agave in there So they add it with a little touch and I like it I remember when this stand first opened up any time anyone ordered a fiesta They had like a little fiesta. They had like a celebration. I missed that. I wish they'd bring it back, but I'm sure they were all fiestaed out There's some smokiness, so it's actually good though When you get the smoky first and then you get like some of the sweet juices sweet juices It doesn't taste really good I like it and I had to get this I thought it was gonna be liquid though because I was a little dehydrated So I wanted to get something other than alcohol, and I didn't know it's gonna be frozen So I'm still gonna try it though. It looks good. Oh, yes a little Mexican fruit Mexican fruit punch actually has to drink every drink with the souvenir. Oh, wow This is amazing. Holy moly. Oh my lord. I Decided to actually add my conga to my Margarita and now I feel like I got a whole new margarita even though it's melting so quick Like the condensation from the cup is just dripping off there, but this is a cool cup to keep though Look at that Mexico 40 Now all conga Rita. I like it A conjurer. Oh, yeah, we're at the abcadab bar We're getting fancy here Now that we're finishing up our margaritas I think we're gonna head on in and ride the Grand Fiesta tour like I said it was something I was planning for Mexico 40 It's definitely looking busy in the Mexico Pavilion here I love how everyone's in here just drinking margaritas and chillin by the Falkland my kind of people Hi, how are you? Hi, are you having a good day? Oh? Thank you. Oh Yeah, it's nice and breezy Oh There is we just had a fiesta Look at these old men right here. They always scare me with their noses. Look at them. Oh, he's looking up at me Mexico 40 I'm gonna show you guys this amazing hidden Mickey I always point it out over here because it just blows my mind once you get here And you're next to the three Caballeros just look over in the window here. You'll see Mickey standing We did Mickey standing in the window right here Oh You can never go wrong with the Grand Fiesta tour and I didn't mean for this to happen But it just happened so I'm gonna go with it and I love it it was really nice good to get out of the hot air get a little AC and Now we're gonna keep walking around world showcase a little bit. Don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious I ran into some more friends actually hanging out of the Mexico Pavilion right here We got mouse vibes and ordinary adventures and then Yes, and yeah, you guys having a good Epcot 40th Very fancy. Yes, that's the way. Well, it's nice seeing you guys I'm not too sure if they plan on doing a special like Firework tag for the Epcot 40th anniversary, but they did put Epcot 40th on all the barges here at least I mean that looks fancy, but who knows I mean I'd be excited to see a tag I loved it like I told you guys that story on the 30th anniversary was so memorable for me Now I think we're gonna make our way over to Japan They're doing some special sake shots or a sake flight to celebrate Epcot's 40th anniversary And it's very colorful. So it's definitely something right up my alley Here is a look at the sake cocktail flight Look at this you get four different sake cocktails and it's some of your popular ones They've got the Tokyo Sunset the famous violet sake and then the mouth Fuji all right here, and it's all for Epcot 40th I kind of love this It's funny because the cocktail flight is just some of the popular drinks that they normally sell here But it just looks so cool like with all the colors and being able to get them all together I like that and I don't think any of this stuff is going to be available for more than like two or three days It's not like in the last the whole 40th anniversary. So you got to take advantage when you can get it But here they all are that is so fancy looking isn't it? You can spread them out put them together just like that anyway like I don't know which one I should do first I mean they're all good. I've had them all before but I think they added one extra one that's special I don't know which one it was because this is obviously the violet sake violent. I Guess we'll start with this one first. It's always so good. It's like a jolly rancher. I love it Hmm now we'll try the blue one What is if I don't like one of these Wow blue ones good. They're all gonna be good. I know it. They're all gonna be amazing. Oh That's the Tokyo Sunset right there. I've had that before. I'm not too sure about this green one though Very suspicious one there What's that bad either they're all really good, but they got to sit with the violet sake. That's my favorite I Don't think I've ever seen this many different sake cocktails ever. Look at this whole table. It's crazy Are we all just gonna cheers? Everyone's grabbing a cheers. He Does anyone need a lot of tails? sock tails Cheers Epcot 40th Now that the sake business is taken care of we're gonna make our way back out to the front of the park because they're gonna be Doing a special show on space of birth and then I think we're going to space. Maybe I think we might end up going to space I've been told the show is absolutely amazing. We missed the first one But I think they do it continuously like every 20 minutes. It looks like it's starting up right now, too So we're gonna go up there and wait That's reaching up to meet your Very blue, but that was beautiful. Yeah, it kept on going out of focus But ending with illuminations was nice little touch kind of got me a little teary-eyed. I really miss I miss illuminations It was a great, you know firework show and like I said before it ties into me coming down and being here for the 30th And then watching that tag so it was it was a nice touch. I really liked it a lot I hope it comes out good on camera for you guys. I don't have the fanciest of cameras, but I make my way I do well I do good We were gonna try to see if we can go to space 220 But I don't think we have enough time because if the chances they do do a tag We want to be there to watch it, but we're coming right back out over to this area for the after hours event I feel like so much has gone by so fast and we have so much more to go We're gonna be here all night, and I'm just so excited. It's gonna evening. It's only gonna get better from here Alright, we're all set up with a spot to watch the fireworks now We don't know if it's gonna be anything new, but I'm only gonna put in anything that is new So if there isn't a special Epcot 40th like tag, then I guess we'll just show you the finale As we gather by the fire don't you miss illuminations I do it was really good to see it though on the spaceship I do I you know, but I do like harmonious to I'm not gonna lie I do like harmonious, but it would be nice if they did like Epcot forever tonight Or just like just a special tag with a little wall voice in it I'm all about maybe a little veggie veggie fruit fruit or maybe just do illuminations. Maybe just do illuminations I love that they did the special show on spaceship Earth But like I said before coming and seeing that special anniversary tag the 30 years when I first came was such a memorable moment for me And then of course the 35th anniversary So I don't know why they wouldn't do it for the 40th and then on top of that they didn't have the cannons now I'm not I mean still a vacation destination. It's amazing to see fireworks like that But you know just being a local I was a little I was a little let down a little let down But it's okay because we're gonna go do a very awesome after hours event right now and that I am very excited for As we were making our way to check in for our event I noticed that the Epcot 40th merch line is only a 10 minute wait. Look at this I'm so happy we waited to actually come do this until the end of the night now I'm sure some of the good merchandise is gone, but I think I might just want to get a hat I think I want a hat. You want to get the hat, huh? Is the hat still available? Alright, I'm good to go Wow, this was literally a three minute wait Seriously people waited an hour or so to get in here and from what I was told everything's still available So we really lucked out on definitely getting the Epcot 40th anniversary hat right here. Oh, what are those? Oh That is Oh I'll take one of these I'm taking them all. Thank you. Thank you Oh, the spirit jerseys over here too. Oh, so many good things Honestly, there's so much merch still left over at the end of the day. Look at this. We've got the red shirts here We got the ones back there. You got that look at that At the end of the day Yep Fancy fancy, but this is nice. I'm so happy. Look at my arms. I don't know if you guys can see me And I'm holding some of his stuff too Our decision had to be made and I had to put some back this is my haul right here I got the hat. It's got the nice little October 1st on there. I got the little figment I got the Epcot magic band. I got the Epcot 40 a tumbler and then I got this big dog right here Look at this guy. This was a hundred and fifteen dollars, but I'm pretty sure they sold out. Yeah, look at you I see you. I see you It looks so fancy. He's gone And I had to put those back, but I spent two hundred dollars Two hundred dollars mobile checked out ready to go now. It's time to go to the event Great success. I am so happy. I got a lot of stuff. I'm back. I think I'm gonna wear my Epcot 40 at Alright, we are all checked in look at this We got our credentials and I'm so excited we can ride Guardians of the Galaxy As much as we like as we have two hours. We can just keep on riding all we want But there are desserts there are alcoholic beverages for sale and all the cool character meeting great So it's gonna see where to start we have like about a half an hour before all the festivities can't get There it is look how awesome. This is back here seeing it's so empty like this. This is really really cool I'm so pumped now the characters don't come out for a little bit, but I'm excited I wonder how many times I can ride Guardians tonight, but I want to show off all the characters So that's like the most important thing and I'm sure test track is gonna be a walk-on because everyone's gonna be wanting to ride Guardians I'm excited for Guardians of the Galaxy, but I'm more excited to meet power line and six to six stitch So we're gonna hop in line meet them first and then hop around and then maybe ride Guardians But I want to see the characters first because those are super rare It ain't a question of if just a matter of time before I move to the front of the line to stand out I'm so happy to see you. Literally. This is my day. I'm so excited Can we take a photo? Yeah, all right You guys see eye-to-eye Which one's yours Greatest thing ever right there. I'm literally just I could just leave right now. Honestly, I could just leave I Feel like I've accomplished everything I've wanted I Don't think I've ever seen an astronaut Donald Space team look at and look at his little feet. Well, but thank you Donald. Thank you friend. I hope you have a great day Are you sure you take a picture for me? All right? I'm sorry. Thank you So cool, thank you guys Thank you Included with the event they have beverages like some hot coffee Which I might get myself some coffee a little bit later on but most importantly Right now right here all you care to enjoy pog juice. This is what I came for Look at that This is like liquid gold. I say liquid gold and it's ice cold. I'll take one I'll take two Gonna fill these bad boys right up. I think we're gonna triple-fist it right here I think we could triple-fist it. I have friends that are in line. So I'm bringing them I'm bringing them some pog juice. There we go. That's the way I Will drink pog juice all day and all night. I Gonna drink pog juice all night. I Shouldn't have done that Looks like we've got some desserts here. We got a key lime Mickey tart. Thank you I'll take one of these Boston cream cakes These look so good There we go, and then we got some cupcakes. I know these macarons or macaroons Old Kyber pistachio one Thank you. Oh, well, you're helping me. I feel so fancier look at this green means pistachio. I wouldn't go with it I'll take it. If you offer it, I'll take it Thank you. Very nice. I Have to say I'm pretty impressed with all the snacks they have here and the pog juice Here's the Boston Eclair and I already had pistachio macaroon and it was so good But gotta try the Boston Eclair Wow Now that we officially got to meet power line I wanted to come over here and see stitch and it's actually six to six ditch. Oh my god. Here. He comes. Oh, look at I'm so excited right now. Look at him. He's just trying in Look at this That is so priceless Wow way too cool Look at this here comes Test track goofy look at him in his outfit. This is too cool. I've never seen goofy dress Stuff like that you you Pick crew pick crew goofy and Pluto right here. Wow Goof we just saw maxi. He was dressed up like power line. You should have seen it. It was a good time Yeah, you guys would have been a cool nice little pick crew for him. It was very nice. Yes, I love it And what do you have on your collar there? Oh? Very fancy. That's the checkered bag. Well. Thank you guys Yeah Ride some rides. Let's make our way over the Guardians of the Galaxy This is such a cool thing to just be able to walk in. I'm so excited about this. Thank you. Hello Welcome That was not to say welcome to Soren, but we're going to Guardians of the Galaxy The fact that we're just walking right on Guardians of the Galaxy is blowing my mind right now This is just so crazy I Mean it's what you pay for is a hundred dollars to come tonight And I feel like between the character me agrees. This is totally worth it This is good Hey Just got off and guess what we're going back going back through I Can go this way? Oh Fancy that. Thank you Look at this We're getting the fancy treatment If we wanted to we probably could have rode this ride like I would say 20 times tonight Definitely like the only thing the only way that you have is actually the pre-shows themselves. I Think after this ride, we're gonna have to call it a night. I am so exhausted It's been a very very long long day my dogs are barking and Okay, don't tell me to stop saying my dogs are barking, but they are Now we get to walk out to basically a pretty empty park right now I mean, it's it's all empty here. The event is officially over and We have to make a swift exit And with that, I think we are done here today. What an epic day Happy birthday Epcot so happy to be here with some amazing friends having a good time and just celebrating a wonderful theme park and also Discon was absolutely amazing getting to meet Powerline Maxi riding gardens of the galaxy. That was so much fun. There's so many great things today And if you guys want to look forward to other upcoming events I will put a link for give kids the world village and discon because they are gonna be doing this again next year And I remember the year before they rented out Hollywood Studios and they did rise of the resistance and stuff like that So it's always a good idea to keep an eye and they usually do give me like a promo code It's like 50% off to offer you guys. So if you're looking for next year I'll put a link in the description and I hope you guys enjoy the video. I enjoyed making it We'll see you next time. Bye