Hi Kathleen! Welcome to planDisney.
Oh, how fun! You are arriving so very soon at
EPCOT in time to catch holiday cheer. I am so very happy to read you have secured both a
Disney Park Pass Reservation and Advance Dining Reservation. Good work.
You can think of Theme Park Reservation basically as holding your place at EPCOT for the day. You are welcome to leave and return back to EPCOT. Please note, currently, park hopping privileges begin at 2:00 PM based on availability. So, if you intend to "hop" on over to say,
Magic Kingdom Park, you can call (407) 560-5000 to verify.
Your visit is during a very busy time at
Walt Disney World Resort. I suggest you allow extra time for traveling via Walt Disney World Transportation to
Disney's Contemporary Resort. Also, consider using
Disney Genie Service to help maximize your theme park day. Here are
six short videos to help familiarize yourself with all aspects of this service. And finally, on the day of your EPCOT park reservation, beginning promptly at 7:00 AM, you can try your luck at joining the
virtual queue for an out-of-this-world journey on
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.
Keeping it Magical,
Cindy