The Friendship boats at EPCOT take guests across World Showcase Lagoon when they’re looking for a respite from the sun and a way to traverse over to World Showcase. The boats are back up and running today with significant seating changes.
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There has always been a specific entrance and exit queue at each of the Friendship boat landings. Social distancing markers are now present in the entrance queue.
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As usual, the boats depart every 15 minutes. The last boat departs at 8:30pm.
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Inside, every other row is unavailable on alternating sides of the boat.
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Aisle seats are all unavailable. Larger parties will have to split up into different rows.
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We took a boat from World Showcase to Future World, but the boats are available in either direction.
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Keep checking WDWNT for updates about Walt Disney World’s new health and safety procedures.