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Living With the Land

Living With the Land is a fascinating tour that showcases the vast variety of climates and environments to be found throughout the world.
Location:Epcot
Future World
Type of Attraction:Indoor boat ride
Height Restrictions:None
Typical Wait Time:10-40 minutes
Is It Scary?Nothing scary here!

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Magical Moments
Hidden Mickeys & Other Secrets
Did You Know…?
Touring Tips
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Once you board your boat, you’ll take a leisurely cruise through lush rain forests, arid deserts, tropical storms, and the windswept plains of the midwest. After visiting a farm (complete with all sorts of barnyard critters), it’s time for the second part of your journey—a tour of an actual working greenhouse.

At this point you will learn about the innovative ideas and experiments taking place here. Because this is a working greenhouse, what you’ll see will depend on the activities that are currently happening. Expect to see giant variations of familiar fruits and vegetables (lemons and pumpkins are usually abundant), unusual ways to grow plants, fish farms, and some out of this world experiments courtesy of NASA.

Magical Moments

  • The rainforest scene is especially magical, you’ll swear that it’s actually raining!
  • Keep an eye out for the prairie dogs popping their tiny heads out of their borrows.
  • The hydroponics segment of the greenhouse tour is fascinating. You’ll see some innovative (and hard to believe) methods to grow plants.
  • Look carefully in the greenhouse and see if you can find the ladybugs.
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Hidden Mickeys & Other Secrets

  • There is usually at least one fruit or vegetable that’s being grown in a Mickey shape, see if you can spot it! (Hint, it might be in the watermelon or pumpkin section…)
  • Look for the number ’82’ on the mail box in the farmhouse scene. That’s a reference to the year that Epcot opened, 1982!
  • In the NASA portion of the greenhouse tour, look for a device holding a large number of green capped test tubes. You’ll see that they form a giant Hidden Mickey!
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Did You Know...?

  • The original sponsor of the Land pavilion was Kraft Foods. Nestle took over in 1993 and ended their sponsorship in 2009.
  • Some of the food grown in the greenhouses is served to guests at restaurants in the Land Pavilion. Additionally, some of the fish that you see in the fish farming segment of the tour are served in several of the Walt Disney World Resort restaurants.
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Touring Tips

  • This is a FastPass+ attraction, though most of the time lines aren’t that long. At one point Living With the Land was one of the most popular attractions in Epcot, with wait times of 45 minutes or more not uncommon. Today wait times average between 5 and 20 minutes, though if the line is longer than 20 minutes you’ll definitely want to take advantage of FastPass.
  • If you’re traveling with small children let them sit on the ends of the benches so they can get a good view.
  • If you enjoy Living with the Land you might be interested in the Behind the Seeds Tour. For a small fee, you’ll get a special guided walking tour of the greenhouse (be sure to sign up early in the day!)
  • Be sure to catch the film Awesome Planet. The theater can be found in the upper level of the pavilion.
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Photo Gallery

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