JoJo’s World: Epcot Eggstravaganza 2023

JoJo starts the vlog saying he’s at Epcot to do the annual Eggstravaganza Easter egg hunt. It’s a paid activity where participants search World Showcase for 12 painted Disney character Easter eggs. Like last year, he’s going to do it with Dan, except at the moment he doesn’t know where Dan is.

JoJo goes looking for Dan, and at Connections Café, he instead finds Emily Nelson. He greets her with, “Hey, girl,” and compliments her outfit. At the café, JoJo also meets up with girlfriend Krista. Together they look over the sticker sheet that’s used to record finding each egg.

JoJo and Krista go to the Mexico Pavilion to start the hunt, and there spot Dan and Dan’s girlfriend Bailey. Eager to begin, JoJo asks the assembled group, “Mexico egg, where is it?” Krista immediately spots the egg’s location. JoJo is disappointed that the egg is in the same place as last year, since it makes the hunt less challenging. He and Dan are challenged though in trying to identify what film the character is from. The see from the sticker sheet that it’s “Jackalope”, but they don’t he’s from the Pixar animated short Boundin’.

Moving on to Norway, they spot the next egg. It’s Skippy from the Disney film Robin Hood. JoJo notes that the egg is “not really hidden”, but accepts that it’s another one checked off. To add some fun, and to try to recreate the adventure he and Dan had with the hunt last year, JoJo makes a rule that “with each egg, one drink of alcohol and water.”

Next, in the China Pavilion, the group struggles to figure out where the hidden egg is located. Eventually, JoJo spots it, and it’s Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. While in China, the group talks about their mermaid powers. Bailey says hers is speaking to all the sea animals. Dan says his is doing back flips, and Krista says hers is having Beyoncé hair at all times. JoJo says his is going underwater for 20 seconds.

Before leaving the pavilion, Dan and Bailey get a Bye Joe shot, which is strong alcohol. Dan looks uncomfortable and a little distressed after he downs it. To add to that, or maybe because of it, Dan loses the egg hunt sticker sheet. Fortunately, Krista has a spare one in her possession, allowing them to carry on with the hunt. When Dan asks JoJo if he will edit out him losing the sheet, JoJo says no.            

The group moves on to Germany, and there JoJo spots the egg right away. It’s Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh. Finding the egg requires another drink, and for that they to Weinkeller, for shots and a glass of wine for Krista. Rain starts to pour and the group kills time by looking at the merchandise in the adjoining shops. They see a crystal Spaceship Earth for $99,000 and JoJo says for 10,000 likes of his vlog he would buy it.

Not waiting for the rain to stop, they venture out and make their way to Italy. Dan and Bailey get prosecco, and while the girls go in a store, Dan and JoJo wander in the rain in search of the Italy egg. JoJo apparently sees the egg right away, but he lets Dan keep searching for it. After a while, JoJo leads Dan to it, but Dan has trouble finding it even though it’s right in front of him. This egg is Alec Azam from the Pixar short film Presto.

Dan Jansson at Epcot Eggstravaganza Easter egg hunt
Dan not seeing the egg in front of him

In the America Pavilion, JoJo does it to Dan again. JoJo sees the egg of Ducky and Bunny from Toy Story 4, but let’s Dan keep looking.  After Dan finds it with some help, he notes that they are about halfway done with the egg hunt. JoJo asks Krista what time it is and she tells him, “It’s time for you to get a watch.” The time is 7:51pm and there’s just a little over an hour before the park closes.

In Japan, as daylight fades to dusk, JoJo points out that “it’s getting harder” for them to find a hidden egg. Nevertheless, JoJo finds Judy Hopps from Zootopia egg. After that, they find the Thumper from Bambi egg in Morocco.

In France, things fall apart, as JoJo states that he and Krista have lost Dan, and with Dan, the sticker sheet. “I texted him and he’s gone and I don’t think we’re going to find him again tonight,” JoJo says, unsure of what to do. Although JoJo finds the Miss Bunny from Bambi egg in France, he can’t record the find without the sticker sheet.

In the UK, JoJo and Krista keep calm and carry on, locating the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland egg. In Canada, they find the March Hare egg.

Past Canada, JoJo and Krista find Dan and Bailey, who are casually eating eggrolls. Dan hands over the sticker sheet to Jojo and with no concern about JoJo’s feelings or sense of obligation, Dan says he and Bailey are going to go ride Spaceship Earth.

JoJo realizes that there is one egg left to find and it’s in the Odyssey building. Remarkably, JoJo doesn’t know what the Odyssey building is despite having been in it a hundred times. With the park about to close, he and Krista rush to the building and inside it find the last egg, Bean Bunny from the Muppets. Having completed the Eggstravaganza egg hunt, JoJo turns in the sticker-filled sheet to collect a prize.

Reflecting on the chaotic egg quest, JoJo concludes by stating “Definitely not going to let Dan and Bailey take Bye Joe shots in the future, because we definitely lost some in the sauce. But it’s okay, we did finish the map. Did you think the Eggstravaganza egg hunt was going to go as plan? Of course not.”

Krista Lynn at Epcot Eggstravaganza Easter egg hunt
Krista filling in for Dan

[4/5]  This vlog shows what happened before and after JoJo’s livestream of the Eggstravaganza. For anyone interested in the Eggstravaganza Easter egg hunt at Epcot, the vlog is useful for showing what the eggs are and where there are. For Dan fans, it’s a rare opportunity as of late to see him in a vlog.


by Angela Tortelli

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