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Restaurantosaurus at Disney's Animal Kingdom offering World Cup viewing for the final four games
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Epcot to open Wonders of Life this week for World Cup viewing
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Well, Argentina and Brazil are still playing, so I guess there is a lot of demand among a certainly segment of guests due to that....
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disney to open once-awesome restaurant, pavilion to use as ESPN Club satellite locations.
yeah, guys. it just doesn't get any better than this.
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↩ replying to wdwmagicThat's great and all but unless you need someplace to get out of the heat and cool down for a bit, what's the point? Sounds like a great vacation plan. Spend all kinds of money to get to WDW. Then go to Wonders of Life to watch the World Cup. If that's what you want to do, it's your money.
My sole reason for doing this would be to cool down until the next FP+. Adult beverages ought to be served too.
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↩ replying to JohnDIf you were a football fan you'd understand.
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↩ replying to JohnDIt's a 2 hour game, more or less. If one were a big soccer fan -- especially if one's team/country were playing -- why wouldn't you take the time out during a vacation to watch a game? If you are at WDW for a week or longer, then that time would be a small percentage of the vacation.
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↩ replying to doctornickNot knocking the World Cup but you go to the trouble to book a trip to WDW, schedule the parks, get your FP+ and ADRs, then sit down to watch an entire game? It would be one thing if you went to ESPN SportsZone in Boardwalk. Completely another to take two hours out of your day to watch it while INSIDE a park.
Perhaps the only justification I would have is to find out, say, that Soarin has a two hour wait (you used your FP+ on Test Track). So, you decide it's not worth the effort to wait in line and you go watch the game instead while the rest of your party waits to ride Soarin'. I can see that. Maybe not any other reason.
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they can all leave now. 5-0. I can't believe it. Brazil has never lost like this.
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As an aside, I wouldn't want to be in any of those viewing locations now if there are Brazilian tour groups around. They're getting demolished by Germany!
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Before today Brazil have not lost at home for 12 years. They are now quoting what the record scores are in World Cup matches. 9-0 by the way.
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"Brazil could still win if they catch the snitch"
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↩ replying to Pumbas Nakasakoh, we're all football fans.
It's soccer we don't give a rip about.
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I can understand why some people are saying 'Why spend money coming to WDW then watch TV?' but I think Disney is being clever here. There are football/soccer fans who would stay in their hotel to watch the game instead of going to the parks. By having the games on at Epcot people can still watch the game and they can still spend their money in the parks. Being English, if England were still in the World Cup I would definitely be watching it no matter how much I had paid. May as well watch it in Epcot where once the game is over I can go straight back into the parks immediately. If Disney weren't showing it I would either be sitting in my hotel room watching and not spending any money or I'd be off somewhere else watching it and spending money there. I know Disney would rather have that money.