The day is FINALLY here — we got the chance to ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT!

Guardians of the Milky way: Cosmic Rewind Concept Art ©Disney

We've been waiting on the opening of this new "omnicoaster" for YEARS, and soon it'll be bachelor for all guests when it opens on May 27th. But before that, we wanted to take this chance to indicate out a few cardinal Easter eggs that you'll want to look out for during your visit!

Proceed with caution if you want to remain completely spoiler-free on the ride!

Disney is known for dropping petty hidden details into theme parks, new lands, and new rides, and this one is no dissimilar! There are so many fun Easter eggs to await out for, and we caught several on our kickoff visit.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

SO Many Universe of Energy References

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is housed in the old Universe of Energy edifice, and there are lots of references to one-time EPCOT. In the queue, you'll find the Guardians being interviewed on Skillful Morning time Xandar, where Peter Quill (Star-Lord) mentions that he can't expect to get dorsum to EPCOT to ride Horizons and Universe of Energy…which might testify hard as these one time beloved EPCOT attractions are no more.

Speaking of Universe of Energy, hither's some other reference to the "Big Blindside." There's another ane you'll find on the ride — when they mention the "big blindside" on ride, Drax refers to it as the "ding dang", a reference to a conversation between Bill Nye and Ellen on Universe of Free energy.

The Universe of Energy references don't end there though. On ride, the Guardians wing in listening to a veryfamiliar vocal — a rock version of the Universe of Energy theme vocal!

And, y'all'll even find some more references to Universe of Energy written in Xandarian on columns in the ride equally well! From top left clockwise it reads: Ellen, Alex, E=MC, and Dino.

Universe of Energy Easter eggs galore!

References to the Sheer SIZE of EPCOT

At the terminate of the ride, you'll be met with the Guardians and can have a few different conversations — all EPCOT related.

The clothes of the people of Xandar are on display in the Xandar Gallery!

One of our favorites featured a chat welcoming yous to EPCOT. When asked if that was even a word, they responded with "Yes! Information technology ways every person comes out tired." Anyone who has done a full twenty-four hour period in EPCOT will tell you there is someexistenttruth to that statement.

Hidden Mickey

What would a Disney ride be without a subconscious Mickey?! Wait closely in the Xandarian Urban center model (a model that takes some existent inspiration from PeopleMover'due south Progress City model!) and you lot'll spot a subconscious Mickey.

Here'southward a closer look!

Hidden Mickey

Walt Disney, Progress Urban center, and EPCOT History

Speaking of Progress Urban center, at i point in the pre-show you'll run across a screen that shows Walt Disney and Progress Metropolis…

Hey, we know that guy!

… and they besides show a weather pattern that you might recognize as a MAELSTROM! You might recollect that Maelstrom was the Norway Pavilion ride before it was replaced with Frozen E'er Afterwards.

Maelstrom!

Disney Parks took to TikTok to share some additional Easter eggs with us, and in the process of doing and then gave a dainty little nod to Spaceship World. When you exit the ride and become through the doors, you'll see "EPCOT" spelled out in Xandarian overhead.

In the video, the narrator mentions thanking the Xandarians if you're able to read the text, equally they invented that alphabet — which is a reference to the "Thank the Phoenicians" line from Spaceship Earth.

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Anyone who has been to Disney Earth knows the unmistakeable scent of turkey leg that will occasionally waft its way throughout the parks, and it seems that Peter Quill thought this sodium-bomb of a snack was important plenty to mention to the Xandarians.

Take you e'er seen anything so total of splendor?

Equally part of the queue, guests enter the Galaxarium where Worldmind, a Xandarian supercomputer, shares what it has learned nigh Terrans and poses the questions, "Why only the leg? What about the rest of this beast?"

That'due south the biggest turkey leg nosotros've ever seen.

Cast Member Inside Joke

When you exit the ride, you're technically backstage. So Disney has placed a mirror at the exit — something Cast Members will recognize for taking a final look before y'all go on phase!

Hi there!

Nosotros'll keep you updated with any other Easter eggs we find on this exciting new ride! Stay tuned to AllEars for all the details on the latest offerings coming to Disney World.

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Disclosure: We were invited by Disney to attend a media preview of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. This did not impact our reporting of the event — our opinions are our own.