 Hey friends today, we are hanging on an Epcot for the first time during the day in 2022 and I'm so excited to go around Ride some rides eat some food show you some of the new things that we're gonna be seeing here in 2022 and just have a Wonderful Epcot kind of day any hoos Let's go do this The last time we were here at Epcot It was 2021 and we are partying it up on New Year's Eve and we were hanging out till midnight And that was such an amazing night to be able to bring in 2022 here at Epcot I'm so happy that I got to like make a video. So if you guys want to check that out, I'll put a link in the description And it was such an amazing time Other than just riding rides and showing you guys some of the new things to expect here in Epcot for 2022 I want to see if we can get a walk-up at Via Napoli and get some pizza I personally believe that Via Napoli is some of the best pizza in Walt Disney World So we're gonna try but you know, it's really hard to actually get a reservation there And it's really hard or to get a walk-up. So we'll see maybe Starting off the day. I want to look at some of the wait times and you can see there's a pretty long line for Spaceship Earth it says 20 minute wait But I mean that seems a little bit busy there and it's such nice weather out like it is beautiful So it's gonna be nice to hang out in World Showcase, too I would guess the most like anticipated thing for 2022 here at Epcot would be Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind. This is gonna be such an amazing attraction for Epcot and I cannot wait for it to open this year Seriously, this is gonna be such an amazing ride when it does open and it's almost complete I mean it's set to open for 2022 and I can't wait a lot of people don't even know that Most of like the ride itself is in that gigantic blue building back there You're actually gonna be launched into that building kind of like rock and roller coaster and it's gonna be a thrilling ride here Let me know in the comments if you guys are excited for Guardians of the Galaxy here at Epcot I mean it's gonna be amazing to have a roller coaster here Or let me know in the comments if you just don't think Guardians of the Galaxy fits in here at Epcot I feel like that's like the big like Issue with it is people are like why Guardians of the Galaxy in Epcot? I mean it kind of makes sense next to mission space, but let me know in the comments what you guys think And until that opens up right now test track is the big thrill ride here And I think we're gonna go try to ride it. It says it has a 50 minute standby wait time But they have single rider so we might not have to wait at all Look at the two lines we got here We got one line over there for standby and this is the line for the lightning lane Wow, it is really really busy here. I think it might be longer than 50 minutes, but we're going single rider single rider all day The lightning lane is so long holy moly this is the lightning lane right here. I can't believe how long it is Well, would you look at that standby was over 50 minutes the lightning lane cost $15 and single rider took us less than 20 minutes So which one would you pick to do? Let's see how your designs hold up now commencing I Almost lost my hat there Oh man, that was so awesome. I love test track and believe it or not. It's not my favorite riding Epcot I mean, I really do love soaring. That's more of a nostalgic feel for me But I wonder if I'm gonna like guardians of the galaxy cosmic rewind more than I like test track when it opens I guess we'll find out Another thing that we can look forward to in 2022 is the return of some of our favorite festivals And the first festival that's gonna be coming our way is January 14th for festival of the arts And you can see they're actually already setting up the boots and tents and it's just 10 days away because today's January 4th I'm excited for festival of the arts. I always love and I love the Broadway too So we'll talk about that a little bit later Now I think we're gonna actually head right on into world showcase Maybe do a lap and like I said, I want to see if we can actually do a walk-up at the Annapolis I could definitely go for some pizza today and also just point out some cool things as we go One of the things we can look forward to is in 2022 is hopefully the return of some of our favorite restaurants opening back up I know Akashus right here the Royal Banquet Hall, which is a character dining isn't open yet And I don't even know if they gave us a timeframe when it would reopen right now. They're using it as a I think it's a Like a lounge area for Florida blue But hopefully like 2022 is gonna bring us more restaurants reopening because I like to see everything reopened in Disney World Now we have made it over to the Italy Pavilion and we're just gonna go up and ask like hopefully they'll actually Let us in usually with a lot of these restaurants that are like third party They have extra reservations that aren't on the my Disney experience app Because that is actually ran by Disney and the restaurants are third parties themselves. So you never know you might get lucky It also looks like Sergio the Italian meme is actually outperforming right now. That is so awesome I'm happy to see a lot of the entertainment returning to that's another thing to look forward to 2022 more entertainment coming back But he is so awesome. Look at him Oh Yeah, it's also really interesting to be back here in the Italy Pavilion the last time I was here It was a full-blown techno dance party for New Year's Eve I'll put a clip in right now to show you what it was like, but it was like seriously so wild Right here itself. There was just a gigantic light display music and it was like seriously like so wild But I'll insert like a little clip so you can see I Believe luck is on our side because they got availability for us actually they have plenty of availability There was a person in front of me and behind me that didn't have a reservation and when everyone came up They just said yeah 10 minutes and they have like a little cue here So really awesome to know if you want to eat here There's a good chance if you can't get a reservation you can just walk up Here is a look at the menu. They have a couple of things other than just pizza here like they have some pasta dishes some chicken parm, but we're all about the pizza today and Here are the prices you can get a 10-inch pizza for $21 and that serves one person You can get a 20-inch pizza for $33 or you can get the mezzo metro Which is a huge pizza that feeds three to four people for $44 And then you pay for the individual toppings that you want added to it So I think it's actually a good price especially for families Also another thing to point out if you ever had the pizza here at the quick service This is a pizza window right here It is not the same pizza as you get inside the restaurant inside the restaurant I believe is a superior pizza. It's a way better pizza. Oh, they just called our name. We're heading in Now we have made it in the restaurant and I want to show you the amazing Ovens they cook the pizzas in and this is like one of my favorite things about this restaurant Right here are the pizza ovens that they cook the pizzas in and look at that. Isn't it so cool? They're named after the three volcanoes in Italy, Stromboli, Vesuvio and Etna And it just adds like a special touch to it. It is really really special to me I really think it's beautiful and I know I've come here before and I've talked about it But this place like I said is one of my favorites for pizza Especially in Walt Disney World because the pizza isn't the best As I said before I wanted to kind of show off like the greatest pizza I believe in Walt Disney World Recently if you guys seen Barstool Sports World the press came to Disney and he went to Pizza Rizzle And he gave that pizza a 7-1 rating which is kind of a high score Like it's a really high score for Pizza Rizzle And he said that he doesn't plan on coming back to another Disney park for like a decade So I wanted to give you guys the look at some of the better pizzas Not just Pizza Rizzle because that shouldn't be the pizza people think about when they come to Walt Disney World This pizza on the head like on the other hand is actually really good, but it's not like a 9 or a 10 I know that already the mom and pop shops like from Pennsylvania Those are the ones that are high up there, but I'll get to the official score once we try it We just put in our order for our pizza and they brought out some Parmesan cheese and look at this It's a little hidden Mickey. It's a little hidden Mickey Parmesan cheese, and I like it. It's adorable Looks like the pizza is here, and it is massive And I'm happy I have some friends to actually eat it with we got Kristen with right down on Main Street and Also my friend Shannon from the second star collective and we're gonna try this pizza look at it It is huge. I love it I ended up getting a little bit of pepperoni a little bit of sausage and a tip is make sure you ask them to cook it a Little bit well done because all of that like the way this style of pizza is it's a little bit greasy And it can be soggy in the middle, so make sure you ask them to cook it a little well done I can see there's some char on the end there, but let's dive in Wow look at that oh I love it. We're gonna start with the sausage and then we'll try the pepperoni Here we go. I am so excited. I love this pizza like I said and we're doing sausage first and It's got a nice fold. It's not too like charred on the bottom there, but that's kind of a style of this pizza and One bite everyone knows the rules here All right now it's time for the pepperoni, and I'm not gonna grab an end piece I'm gonna grab right in the middle there. I'm gonna flop it down That's the way looking good though about one two three four five six pieces of pepperoni on one slice very fancy So one of the big difference I've noticed already with the sausage I feel like the crust was a little bit more soggy because it's a little bit more greasy or and the pepperoni Look at that a nice little fold definitely more char on the bottom, and I'll give you a Score on both of them once we try them both, but yeah, I think the pepperoni is gonna be a little better I can already call it the pepperoni is gonna be better. So here we go one bite Okay, so I think we're gonna do a seven three on the hot sausage and In eight one for the pepperoni only because I do love the pepperoni It does have a little bit more of a flavor to it I think they put bay leaves on top of it. Isn't that what that is? Oh basil base bay leaves basil Wow But that is a lot better the pepperoni is it doesn't make the crust so soggy It's actually foldable pepperoni for the win Looks like we've got plenty of pizza to take home or actually give out to some of our friends Maybe and this was $50 and like I said this could feed probably a family of three or four. So $50 For a family of four to eat at Disney World. That's not too bad. That's honestly like a value. I would say Now it's time to head out. We're all done here pizza was great and the overall dining experience in here is what I love I love all of the cast members that work here. Everybody is so friendly and it's just like a really like Dining experience even if the pizza was not like amazing It's the experience of dining in here that really sets it apart It makes it like one of my favorite places to get pizza at Walt Disney World We're gonna continue our lap around world showcase But look at how beautiful it is today and it's nice to see them using the Fountains like they promised for Harmonious there the burges or the barges themselves actually have like a little water fountain happening It is so amazing out right now. I love being an Epcot during this hour Earlier I was talking about Festival of the Arts and it's starting January 14th And I was excited for the Broadway and that's what they actually do over here in the American Gardens Theater They do like Disney Broadway here and it's so amazing and they're setting up for it I don't know who the lineup is but usually like the Lion King is here and It's one of the things I love most about Festival of the Arts. So that's something else to look forward to Look at that. They've got all of the scaffolding out and they're ready to get ready. It's gonna be really fun. I Have to keep checking because I don't know if I got pizza crumbs on my shirt You know when all you don't want to be walking around world showcase with pizza crumbs on your shirt, but I think I'm good I actually wore a black shirt today because I knew I was getting pizza and I was afraid I might drop a little sauce on There so you don't want to wear white on pizza days. That's a bad sign right there As we make our way back out to future world I think we're gonna do a couple more rides take a look at this empty patch right here This is usually where they have all the festival signs now. You get kind of like a clear shot of spaceship birth I like it and it's probably gonna look a lot nicer once the lights get turned on But it's still weird to see it like this soon. It's gonna be filled with Festival of the Arts things though Now we've made it out to the front of the park I've been carrying around a box full of pizza because we're gonna meet up like meeting up with some more friends so I wanted to see if they wanted some pizza and I think maybe we'll ride spaceship first. It's been a while and it's kind of something I kind of want to do, you know Hey, how's the pizza is the pizza good Good good We're spreading the pizza give it a score A nine a nine I hear that's a rookie score. No Oh It wasn't too long ago that they were actually supposed to reduce spaceship birth which they canceled their plans to do it Well, I don't know if they cancelled it just moved it, but I think it could use a little touch up I don't know if they should get rid of any of the scenes though Because I kind of like it the way that it is maybe they can add on to the end of it Now that would be something I'd be interested in seeing but let me know Do you think with like rides like this they should just leave well enough alone? Or do you think they should improve and change them? Like that's like a big debate among Disney like community and Disney fans Let me know what you guys think and now I think we're gonna actually go ride Pizza delivery, how do you like the pizza? You got to give it a score Five five out of five what out of ten one to ten Holy moly It says it's only a 15 minute wait, but also I think this is the first time I've been able to wait in line while the lights are on and it's so pretty also look at the sky over there Wow, look how pretty that is too and you can see the moon I'm loving all of the feels and like the just the the views tonight. They're amazing We'd be singing By my pizza We got separated from our friends they're back there. Goodbye. When will I see you again? Oh never During your slow-moving journey your time machine will slowly rotate back and they stop momentarily I Remember how easy it was to learn your ABC's thank the Phoenicians they invented I Really love spaceship birth and it was really cool that the ride vehicle slowed down enough at some points in this video You might have seen and I'm gonna keep that all in where we drove like we went past Some of the animatronics very slow and I got a really good look at it and I thought that was super special I don't think I've ever had that much time actually I would love to have like the ride to stop it like one of my favorite characters I'd probably just stare at it like mesmerized, but now it's time to move along continue the night and have fun I think we'll make our way back into world showcase You know, it's kind of funny because we kind of did a full lap when we first got here We rode test track and spaceship earth and now back to world showcase. I mean, it's always good I always love hanging out world showcase and I'm actually very excited from when the Reconstructed dish opens up for the festival of the arts because this booth is one of my favorites the way they prepare the food like an Deconstructed way. I think I said reconstructed so reconstructing would be deconstructing it, but I do love it here Now I think it would be fun if we actually went and did the Grand Fiesta tour I feel like we're getting a lot of attractions done today and the Grand Fiesta tour is a really fun Epcot ride In fact, I think it was the first Disney ride. I have ever ridden I don't know if I've ever talked about that before but Epcot was the first park that I've ever come to and I'm pretty sure This was the first ride. I Love coming in the Mexico Pavilion and it's so beautiful and it's always decorated this way not just for Christmas So it's like Christmas every day here, and I love it It's just like so beautiful and I wish I can go to the blue bayou because that's like over in Disneyland the version of This restaurant at St. Anne Helen, but instead of the Grand Fiesta tour. It is Pirates of the Caribbean Remember me though I have to say goodbye remember me The dancing kid is gone You guys remember not too long ago. They actually replaced Donald Duck in here with a plant I remember they did this it was in 2021 and they acted like nobody would notice Adios amigo What a beautiful ride on the Grand Fiesta tour and now I think we're gonna go try to find ourselves a spot Watch her monies because I think it starts at nine o'clock tonight. The park is closing at nine o'clock It's been open since like until 10 o'clock and then on New Year's Eve is open till 1 a.m But now we're back to the 9 o'clock time, and that's when the fireworks actually go off is at 9 As it gets closer to 9 o'clock seems like a lot of spots are kind of still open to watch harmonious normally people are lined up and it's under an hour before the show starts So we're gonna have to try to find a good spot I try to actually look and see harmonious from all around World Showcase and one of my favorite spots is right here in the UK, but I Don't know maybe we won't I think we decided on sticking around here in the Japan pavilion and believe it or not This is the first place that I watched her money is from so it's a good spot But we did get here a little bit late So there's a lot of people in front of us so we're gonna kind of just kind of look over them You know what I mean like I feel like you can get a good fireworks view all around World Showcase It's just depending on how many people are in front of you, and it's still always good Plus I love being underneath the fire too. That is like a favorite thing of mine, and it's not so bad I I mean the first night that we actually came to watch harmonious here I remember we were up close right here, and there wasn't even a walkway right here This was all full of people all the way over there. It was almost impossible to move So this is a good spot to actually sit and stand Up here we go I have often dreams of a far off place We're here Welcome will be waiting for me with a boy Spirit set the song inside you soaring. This is what happened here today What a fun day in the park here at Epcot We got to have some great pizza got to ride a lot of rides enjoy harmonious I really had a fun day today, so I hope you enjoyed the video because I enjoyed making it We'll see you next time. Bye