A MAJOR change has come to EPCOT’s newest E-Ticket attraction – – Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – – and it will cause a ripple effect that could change your entire EPCOT trip.
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind has been running on Disney’s virtual queue system since the attraction first opened in May of 2022. However, in February of 2025 Disney announced that the ride would be transitioning over to a traditional queue system as of February 25th. This queue change has ramifications not only for riding Cosmic Rewind, but for the park’s other rides, and even which entrance is best to access the park.
Let’s start with the beginning of one’s EPCOT day. With Guardians transitioning to a traditional queue, many will choose to try and rope drop the coaster. However, that opens up a question of which entrance to enter EPCOT through.
Unlike Disney World’s other 3 theme parks, EPCOT is unique in having two entrances. The first is the traditional front-of-park entrance (servicing the park’s parking lot, and the Walt Disney World’s bus and monorail transportation options), while the second is located in the park’s International Gateway in the World Showcase (servicing the walking path and boats from the EPCOT resort area as well as the Disney Skyliner loop).
Inside the Cosmic Rewind queue
To be blunt, the front entrance provides a much bigger advantage to those trying to rope drop Cosmic Rewind, as it’s much closer to the attraction. That in-turn nullifies a bit of the advantage of the “Deluxe Perk” that is the Skyliner.
Disney World’s Skyliner
Moving on from entrances, there’s the question of Lightning Lanes. In addition to its new standby queue, Cosmic Rewind WILL still be available as part both the Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Premier Pass offerings. However, the ride won’t initially be part of the park’s Lightning Lane Multi Pass offering.
However, despite not being included in the system itself, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind moving to a standby queue does arguably make purchasing a Lightning Lane Multi Pass more worth it. See, since a much larger chunk of one’s potential EPCOT day may be spent in line waiting for Guardians, having Multi Pass available to use on other in-demand EPCOT attractions like Frozen Ever After, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, and potentially the newly redesigned Test Track when it reopens later this year.
Disney World Lightning Lanes have CHANGED
Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind is moving from a virtual queue to a standby queue option at EPCOT, which is causing a domino effect through the Lightning Lane system and even which entrance is best to use at the park. Stay tuned to DFB for more on this change.
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I don’t agree with this article at all. You are never going to get LLs for both Remy and Frozen and once Test Track is added, it will likely go to the Top Tier of LL rides meaning you will have to choose between Remy, Frozen, and Test Track. Moreover, with Remy getting a Single Rider line and the strong possibility that Test Track will keep its single rider line, getting LL Multi-Pass is still a waste or money for EPCOT.
The better strategy would be to buy LL Single Pass for Guardians, rope drop Frozen, and do Single Rider for Remy and Test Track.
I totally agree with Dan! I would get a ILL for Guardians for later in the day and rope drop Remys at the back entrance. Single ride Test Track and I am happy to skip the jerky Frozen ride. It will be interesting to see which ride at Epcot drops to Tier 2. They can’t leave half the rides at Tier 1.
I disagree with all of you Stop buying LL and it’s parts. If the standby lane is not held up for the LL then it would run smooth and quickly. I hope Disney charges so much for all the LL types that only the billionaires can buy them. We are never going to get free pass back so the next best thing is to keep the Standby line moving. Anyone remember how fast it as when the park reopen. That is what we should be pushing an tell people about.