Crowds: Large during festival and holiday performances and celebrity concerts.
Strategy: Check the entertainment schedule and arrive one hour or so ahead of time for holiday and celebrity performances.
Audience: Varies with performance.
On the edge of the lagoon, directly opposite Disney's magnificent bit of colonial fakery, is this open-air, partially tree-shaded venue for concerts and shows. Some are of the "Yankee Doodle Dandy" variety. Others are hot tickets themed to such Epcot events as the Flower Power concerts with '60s pop legends during the March or April-through-early-June Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival and Eat to the Beat! concerts during the October-through-mid-November Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. This is also the setting for the annual yuletide Candlelight Processional—a not-to-be-missed event if you're at WDW during the holidays. The Candlelight Dinner Package (available through Disney's dining reservations hotline) includes dinner in a select World Showcase restaurant and preferred seating for the moving performance.
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