Home EPCOT EPCOT News Disney's Food and Wine guessing game confirms five 2026 EPCOT dishes and the booths serving them — Disney Parks has posted a first look at the 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival menu as a Disney Eats Name It episode, with Brook Lopez, Robin Lope…EPCOT lists every Food & Wine Global Marketplace, with three opening waves to know — Disney has published the full Global Marketplace lineup for the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival: 28 booths spanning World Showcase, the Creations Shop…Emile's Fromage Montage returns with 14 cheese dishes, and only six open August 27 — EPCOT's cheese stroll is back for the 2026 Food & Wine Festival, running August 27 through November 21. Buy five qualifying dishes, collect five Festival Passp…EPCOT's Food and Wine booth signs reveal which marketplaces get the 30th anniversary treatment — Global Marketplace signage is up across EPCOT ahead of the 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, confirming booth names and positions. A teal Cheers…EPCOT's Harvest Hollow playground gets its fall theming back ahead of Food and Wine — The EPCOT playground behind Refreshment Port has been re-dressed for the 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, with pillars wrapped as tree trunks,…EPCOT's 2026 Food and Wine Festival menus bring back 30 items from past festivals, including a 1996 Poland pierogi — The 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival runs August 27 to November 21 and marks the event's 30th year with 30 returning or reimagined items, some p…Dreamfinder returns: a new Journey Into Imagination is coming to EPCOT — Disney closed its D23 Experiences showcase by confirming a new Journey Into Imagination for EPCOT's Imagination Pavilion, reuniting Figment with Dreamfinder. H…Spaceship Earth is getting a new chapter that reaches the present day — Disney announced at D23 that Spaceship Earth will receive an update built around a broadened vision of human connection, carrying EPCOT's icon into the present…Spaceship Earth reimagining announced at D23, its first update in nearly 20 years — Disney announced at D23 that Spaceship Earth at EPCOT will be reimagined for the first time in nearly two decades. Imagineer Ali Rubinstein, joined onstage by…Dreamfinder and Figment will return to EPCOT in a new journey into imagination — Disney closed its D23 Experiences showcase by announcing a new journey into imagination at EPCOT starring Figment and Dreamfinder, the inventor character absen…Approved at Last? Reported Imagination Pavilion Redevelopment Has EPCOT Fans Watching D23 — Multiple sources indicate Disney has approved plans to redevelop EPCOT's Imagination pavilion, with a possible announcement at this weekend's D23 Fan Event in…Goodbye, Sandwich Board: GEO-82's Permanent Sign Has EPCOT Fans Cheering — GEO-82, the adults-only lounge hidden inside Spaceship Earth's post-show building at EPCOT, finally has a permanent exterior sign at the west entrance to Proje…Walt the Dreamer Still Pulls a Crowd at EPCOT, and Dreamers Point Is Why — The Walt the Dreamer bronze sits on a bench at Dreamers Point behind Spaceship Earth, dedicated December 4, 2023 and opened to guests on Walt Disney's birthday…Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit Returns to EPCOT, and Fans Finally Have the Dates and the Price — Walt Disney World has confirmed that Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit returns to EPCOT from September 25 through November 2, 2026. Game boards cost $11.99 plus tax at s…Disney Reveals First 2026 EPCOT Food & Wine Merchandise: Chef Ears, a Pocket Tee, and a Churro Tote — Disney Parks shared four photos of the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival merchandise collection on X, and the linked Disney Parks Blog preview name…Seven Things to Know About CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza at EPCOT — CommuniCore Hall, CommuniCore Plaza and the Mickey and Friends greeting location open in EPCOT's World Celebration on June 10, completing a park transformation…A $150 Sushi Dinner for Luminous: EPCOT Fans Are Split on the New Shiki-Sai Package — EPCOT is adding a third fireworks dining package, this one at Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya in the Japan pavilion, with a multi course menu for $120 per adult befor…Test Track's Sliding Doors Are Working Again, and EPCOT Riders Have Notes — The breakaway foam doors leading to Test Track's outdoor high speed loop are operating again at EPCOT, more than a year after a vehicle struck them during cast…First Look: The 2024 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend Medals — runDisney has revealed the finisher medals for the 15th Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend, with the Swedish Chef on the 5K, Tiana on the 10K, Remy and L…EPCOT International Festival of the Arts: Chalk Art, Animation Academy and 136 Festival Menu Items — The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts pairs a 136-item festival menu with hands-on activities that do not cost extra, including Chalk Art, Animation Aca…Getting the Most Out of a Disney Dining Plan Snack Credit, According to planDisney — planDisney's video series opens with the question the panel gets asked constantly: what is the best use of a snack credit on a Disney Dining Plan? Panelists Gr…A Napoleon wrasse named Toa is the first of his species at EPCOT — Disney Parks has introduced Toa, a Napoleon wrasse now living in the aquarium at The Seas with Nemo and Friends at EPCOT. The animal care team says it is the f…Smoke Over the Dolphin Hotel: Bourbon Steak Closed Indefinitely After a Kitchen Fire at Walt Disney World — A kitchen fire at Bourbon Steak inside the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel forced the evacuation of the lobby and several guest room floors on Friday morning,…Disney Store launches series 2 of its Disney Parks trash can mystery vinyl figures — Disney Store has launched series 2 of its Disney Parks Trash Can Mystery Vinyl Collectible Figures, six $14.99 blind-box replicas of the themed trash cans foun…Catherine Laga'aia Tours Journey of Water at EPCOT and Talks Becoming Moana — Catherine Laga'aia, who plays the title role in Disney's live-action Moana, tours Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana at EPCOT in a new Disney Parks video. Bet…Disney Goes Backstage With EPCOT's Voices of Liberty for the First Time Ever — A new Disney Parks special, "The Voices Behind EPCOT's Voices of Liberty," delivers the first-ever behind-the-scenes look at the acclaimed a cappella ensemble…Imagineering Reveals the 150-Ton Machine That Powers The American Adventure at EPCOT — Walt Disney Imagineering has released a behind-the-scenes video breaking down how The American Adventure works — including the roughly 150-ton scene carriage,…Fans Mourn a 25-Year Tradition as Disney World Confirms the Grand Floridian's Giant Gingerbread House Won't Return for 2026 — Walt Disney World has confirmed that the Grand Floridian's iconic 14-foot gingerbread house will not return for the 2026 holiday season, saying the change will…EPCOT's Coral Reef Restaurant Will Temporarily Close This Fall — What Diners Should Know — Coral Reef Restaurant, EPCOT's underwater-view dining room beside the aquarium at The Seas with Nemo & Friends, is set to temporarily close beginning September…Disney Celebrates America's 250th: Soarin' Across America, Fireworks, Treats, and Festivities at Sea — Over Fourth of July weekend 2026, Disney marks America's 250th anniversary with the debut of Soarin' Across America, fireworks and flyovers at Walt Disney Worl…2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays: Dates, Storytellers, and Festive Eats — The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays presented by AdventHealth returns November 27 through December 30, 2026, included with park admission. Guests…EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival 2026: Dates, First Menu Items, Merchandise and What Returns — The EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival runs August 27 to November 21, 2026, an 87-day stretch that carries the park from late summer into Thanksgiving…2026 EPCOT Eat to the Beat Concert Lineup: The Full Schedule — The Eat to the Beat Concert Series returns to the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival from August 27 to November 16, 2026, with EPCOT debuts from Lauren A…Fans Eye a Star-Spangled Summer as Disney's Swan and Dolphin Plans a July 4th Bash for America's 250th — The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin is throwing a Fourth of July weekend party (July 3–5) for the United States' 250th birthday — complete with a poolside D…Disney's America 250 Foodie Guide: Every Star-Spangled Treat Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland — America's 250th birthday brings a coast-to-coast wave of red, white, and blue eats to Disney parks — new Fourth of July Beignets and a Sam Eagle Star-Spangled…2026 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival: Full Dates, Garden Rocks Lineup, and Orange Bird Merch — EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival returns March 4 – June 1, 2026 with more than 60 character topiaries, the full Garden Rocks Concert Series lineup,…Soarin' Across America: First Look at the New Bi-Coastal Flight Coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World — Disney has revealed the first locales featured in Soarin' Across America, the all-new flight overlay debuting May 26, 2026, at EPCOT and July 2, 2026, at Disne…Walt Disney World Donates $1.3 Million and Sends Goofy to Central Florida Schools Ahead of Cool KIDS' SUMMER — Walt Disney World is launching Cool KIDS' SUMMER with a $1.3 million donation to all five Central Florida school districts, surprise Goof Troop visits to eleme…Meet Warren Clarke, the EPCOT Saucier Behind 500 Gallons of Festival Flavor — Warren Clarke is the Walt Disney World Resort saucier who has spent nearly 20 years crafting the foundational sauces and dressings powering EPCOT's festival fo…Garden Graze at EPCOT: The Perfect Pairings Guide to the 2026 Flower and Garden Festival — The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival's Garden Graze challenge invites guests to sample five or more qualifying dishes to earn a complimentary DOLE…Takumi-Tei at EPCOT Launches New Spring Omakase Menu with Seven Seasonal Courses — Takumi-Tei, the omakase restaurant nestled in EPCOT's Japan Pavilion, has unveiled its new spring menu featuring seven courses built around seasonal Japanese f…Air Force Veteran Leads EPCOT Norway Pavilion Refresh — A 24-year Air Force veteran named Rosa is leading a sweeping refresh of EPCOT's Norway Pavilion, coordinating artisan teams that used more than 200 colors and…Portraits of Courage Extended Through July 4th at EPCOT — Veteran Visits His Portrait — The Portraits of Courage exhibit at EPCOT's American Adventure Pavilion has been extended through the July 4th weekend, 2026, as part of Disney's celebration o…Voices of Liberty Perform Special Echo Sets at EPCOT for America's 250th Anniversary — EPCOT's Voices of Liberty a cappella ensemble marked Presidents' Day with rare Echo Set performances in the American Adventure Pavilion rotunda, featuring two…The Seas with Nemo & Friends Celebrates 40 Years at EPCOT — The Seas with Nemo & Friends pavilion at EPCOT is marking 40 years since it first opened as The Living Seas on January 15, 1986, with 2,000+ animals and 90 mar…Boursin Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake Recipe from EPCOT Food & Wine — Disney has released the recipe for the new Boursin Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake served at the Milled & Mulled Global Marketplace during the 2024 EPCOT Internation…Green Tea Berry Mint Julep Recipe for National Mint Julep Day — Celebrate National Mint Julep Day with an exclusive Green Tea Berry Mint Julep recipe from the Disney Recipe Vault, originally served at the EPCOT Internationa…5 Disney Cookie Recipes to Celebrate National Cookie Day — Disney has released five holiday cookie recipes for National Cookie Day from locations including Disney's Contemporary Resort, PizzeRizzo, the EPCOT Internatio…5 Disney Apple Recipes for the Holidays from the Recipe Vault — Disney is sharing five holiday apple recipes including a never-before-released Holiday Apple Tart from Tomorrowland Skyline Terrace at Disneyland Park. The col…EPCOT Peanut Stew Recipe From Festival of the Holidays — Recreate the plant-based Peanut Stew from the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays at home. This hearty West African-inspired dish combines sweet potat…1 2 Next