EPCOT threw open the gates today to welcome back guests for the first time in what felt like forever. We have been at EPCOT to capture all the special moments, including the kickoff of the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival!
A Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival
As excited as we have been to get back to EPCOT, we’ve noticed how pumped up the Cast Members are to see everyone!
As people made their way into World Showcase, we saw Cast Members lined up to celebrate guests’ return to EPCOT.
EPCOT Cast Members Line Up to Welcome Guests Home
We have to admit, it brought some tears to our eyes.
EPCOT Cast Members
While carrying flags of the World Showcase countries, Cast Members (who all were wearing the required face masks) cheered as the guests entered World Showcase. With every “Welcome back!” and “Welcome home!” we heard, our smiles just got wider. And, of course, we showed the love right back with some waves, as well! Naturally, we got a bunch in return.
EPCOT Cast Members
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Granted, Disney’s first priority is to make a profit. That’s business. How you make a profit is a decision. Universal is Universal, because Disney is Disney. They set the standard. If you take time to recognize it, the Epcot welcome is the added value. I can relate to those greeters. I got my enjoyment out of my life and my career by seeing others happy, and knowing I played a part in that. Whether I did something they could see, or added to their enjoyment without them even knowing it was done. It would be everyone’s loss if people like these, “just standing around” were holed up in an office, or warehouse, or somewhere else out of the general public’s eye. So Disney has to pay these people (and of course the ones you never see), that’s the added value. Many times it’s mentioned that this is not an easy vacation to put together. You could have went anywhere, but you went there. This tells you they appreciate that. (To borrow a phrase from Chris Cuomo from CNN)