Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360

Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360: attraction at EPCOT, Walt Disney World — live wait times, operating status, and planning data on MouseHub.

Wait time history

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Visitor sentiment

4.0· 40 Google ratings

The MouseHub take

Canada Far and Wide is a 12-minute Circle-Vision 360 film in the Canada pavilion at EPCOT, and it premiered on January 17, 2020. It replaced O Canada!, which had played in the same theater from October 1, 1982 until it closed in July 2019. Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy narrate the trip through the provinces, over the mountains, and across the cities, set to a score by Andrew Lockington. Screens ring the room, so the country moves past on every side at once. There are no seats. Guests stand on carpeted tiers and lean on the rails for the length of the show, in a dark theater with the air conditioning running hard.

It earns its place in the afternoon, when the heat peaks and the standby lines for the headliners are at their longest. The theater takes a big crowd at once and turns over quickly, so the wait is short and often nothing at all. Guests who like landscape photography and dry comedy come out happy. The ones who don't are usually the ones who walked in on tired legs and found nowhere to sit, or who felt unsteady watching the camera sweep across the wrap-around screens.

At a glance

Best for
Adults and older kids who want a cool, quiet twelve minutes and some of the best scenery in World Showcase.
Skip if
Your feet are done for the day and you need to sit, or panning camera work on a curved screen makes you queasy.
Ride type
Circle-Vision 360 travelogue film, standing room only
Intensity
Gentle but standing. Dark theater, no motion, and wrap-around camera work that leaves some guests briefly unsteady.

The good

  • The air conditioning does half the work
    Twelve minutes out of the Florida sun in a cold, dark room resets a group that has been walking World Showcase since lunch.
  • The line moves, when there is one
    The theater fills in one go and shows run back to back, so most guests walk in behind the next set of doors rather than waiting through a cycle.
  • O'Hara and Levy carry the narration
    Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy narrate the film, and the dry back and forth between them is what visitors quote afterward.
  • No height requirement, so nobody sits out
    The attraction is open to any height, and there is no boarding to split a party up. Everyone walks in together.
  • The screens wrap the whole room
    Circle-Vision puts the picture on all sides at once, so a canoe passing behind you is behind you. Little else at EPCOT frames scenery that way.

The bad

  • You stand for the entire show
    The theater has no seats at all. Twelve minutes on your feet reads differently at 3 p.m. than it does at opening.
  • The camera sweeps can make you woozy
    Panning shots across a curved screen leave motion-sensitive guests briefly disoriented, and a few report mild nausea afterward.
  • Young kids lose interest fast
    There is no vehicle, no character, and no story, so a travelogue about geography asks more patience than most toddlers have.
  • The tiers get tight on a full show
    When a busy afternoon crowd packs in, space along the lean rails runs out and sightlines close up behind the taller guests in front.

Veteran tips

  • Save it for the worst of the afternoon
    Somewhere between noon and four is the sweet spot, when it is hottest outside and the standby lines you actually care about are longest.
  • Skip Lightning Lane planning for this one
    Canada Far and Wide is not on Multi Pass or Single Pass at EPCOT. Spend those picks on Frozen Ever After or Test Track and walk into this one.
  • Stand in the middle of a tier
    Center position keeps the seams between screens out of your eyeline. The far ends of a tier leave you looking across the picture rather than into it.
  • Take a rail if screens bother you
    Getting a hand on the lean rail before the film starts settles most of the wobble people describe during the panning shots.
  • Roll straight in on a wheelchair or ECV
    Guests may remain in a wheelchair or ECV for this attraction, and Disney lists assistive listening, audio description, and handheld captioning here as well.
  • Head to the bottom of the pavilion
    The theater entrance sits at the lower level, down the path past the gardens and the waterfall rather than up by the promenade.
  • Book Le Cellier around the show
    Le Cellier Steakhouse sits in the same pavilion, so the film fills the gap before or after a table there. Disney recommends booking that one in advance.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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