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Friendship Boat Transportation Returns to EPCOT’s World Showcase
Good news for EPCOT visitors! The Friendship Boat Transportation has made a welcome return to World Showcase, offering a convenient and scenic way to travel between the Canada and Germany pavilions. This re-established route includes an alternate path, bringing back a popular mode of transport that has seen several changes over the years.
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EPCOT’s World Showcase Lagoon features four docks, known as Friendship Launches. Historically, these boats offered broader connectivity, allowing guests to travel from Canada to Morocco on the west side, or from Mexico to Germany on the east. However, the Mexico and Germany launches saw infrequent use after the summer of 2016. This was largely due to frequent closures necessitated by the “Illuminations” nighttime spectacular, ultimately leading Disney to discontinue the route.
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Last year, there was a brief glimmer of hope when the Germany Pavilion Friendship Boat Launch reopened, coinciding with the temporary closure of the Morocco Pavilion dock for refurbishment. Unfortunately, the Germany launch closed again just weeks later.
Now, however, the Germany location is operational once more, running on an alternate route directly to and from Canada. Guests boarding a Friendship Boat in Germany will now travel past the currently closed Morocco Pavilion launch before continuing on to Canada.
Conversely, those departing from the Canada boat launch, which has remained open with varying destinations depending on refurbishment schedules, will now be taken past the Italy and America pavilions, eventually arriving back at the Germany launch.
Do you use the Friendship Boats as transportation when traveling through World Showcase?
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