Guest previews begin for Journey of Water Inspired by Moana, Virtual Queue now open

Sep 24, 2023 in "Journey of Water Inspired by Moana"

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Posted: Sunday September 24, 2023 9:14am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World Annual Passholder and Disney Vacation Club previews are now underway at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana ahead of the October 16 official opening.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana Passholder previews

Unlike other recent passholder previews, guests do not have to register for a preview window but do require an EPCOT park pass reservation.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana Passholder previews

Disney is using the large walkway alongside Spaceship Earth as a check-in and queue area, with guests required to scan admission media to verify passholder status.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana Passholder previews

According to managers in the area, passholders can experience Journey of Water Inspired by Moana multiple times a day if the standby line is available.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana Passholder previews

A Virtual Queue opened around 9:15am to provide guests with a return time. You can access it in "My Disney Experience" in the Virtual Queues tab. Managers in the area say it is unlikely that the standby line will reopen, and it will remain a Virtual Queue only for today at least. Guests can only use the Virtual Queue once per day, and guests must be inside the park to join.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana Virtual Queue QR code

Passholder previews will take place at EPCOT from park open to park close on the following dates:

September 24 to September 29, 2023
October 1 to October 4, 2023

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana overview

To participate in this preview experience, Passholders must have a theme park reservation for EPCOT on the day of the preview. Note that:

If your theme park reservation is for a different theme park (and not for EPCOT), then you will not be eligible to participate in a preview that day.
If you enter EPCOT without a theme park reservation after 2:00 PM, then you will not be eligible to participate in a preview that day.

An in-depth look at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana overview

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Brian3 hours ago

Some of the water features/interactive "stations" were having issues from the get-go, including even before the affinity group previews.

Vegas Disney Fan1 day ago

2 big empty buildings that housed a Starbucks, a Coke store, and a meet and greet, also a lot of concrete on the ground, and a sail overhead. With the exception of the fountain everything else is an improvement, and it could be argued Moana is an improvement over the fountain.

Incomudro1 day ago

Remind me what was lost?

Disstevefan11 day ago

Kids love water play areas. Some adults do too. I hope they duplicate this for Animal Kingdom. maybe theme it to Avatar: The Way of Water. AK really needs a water play area!

DreamfinderGuy1 day ago

I don't think anyone doubted this. It was designed for kids, of course kids are going to like it. The biggest complaints have always been and always will be that it was not worth what was lost for it and that it's misplaced. On its own it's perfectly adequate for what it set out to accomplish.

ohioguy1 day ago

Wow... now that this attraction is open, people seem to love it or appreciate it for what it is. And look -- kids adore it! Who knew? Disney knew.

EricsBiscuit2 days ago

Just experienced this for the first time today and I absolutely loved it! Very high attention to detail. I noticed the kids really liking it too. The only thing that shocked me is how much of a slip and fall hazard this attraction is. I would hate to see how much it costs to insure this attraction.

TrojanUSC2 days ago

Did this the other day and our group, along with nearly everyone else, was speculating that a lot of the effects are just on timers if the sensors weren't working (which most weren't). The sprays and things seemed random, at best. Some of the effects towards the end and the wall of water worked as intended though.

peter114359 days ago

Everything at WDW needs constant attention to keep it in working order. The question is will it get the attention it needs.

CntrlFlPete10 days ago

fwiw, we had no issues on two walk throughs (one being during previews). We went one night recently -- there was one of the water string areas that was blocked off, another had water flowing but the sound did not corollate with ones strumming of the water. On the same night, the large area where folks make the water shoot super high, well that one was not working. I hope it was just an off night, but it seems a shame if this will need constant attention to keep in working order.

James Alucobond10 days ago

I'm not sure "already not working" is exactly the right framing. There are certain effects—particularly the ones just before the caves where the water rises to meet your hand—that have regularly gone down for maintenance even before the attraction officially opened. I'd be interested to know the why, but it's not performing any worse than when it opened; there just seems to be a reliability issue with that portion for whatever reason.

CntrlFlPete10 days ago

was going to say this. we went through last week to see it at night and I was really surprised how many elements were already not working.

MisterPenguin11 days ago

According to an Unscrupulous source, the water in JoW is heated when temperature in WDW is low. (Or, when it's in the 60's, the water, which has been in the 70-80s, feels heated.)

Rteetz15 days ago

I experienced it for the first time a couple weeks ago now. For what it is it’s lovely. I didn’t find it overly in your face Moana. Yes there is the Te Fiti statue or whatever you want to call it but outside of that Moana is more subtle. I have to say kids were in love with the play aspects. I’ve talked with friends and others too who say their kids loved it. I think that’s really who the target audience is for this and its working.