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 select shops, guests hunt for character-themed pumpkins hidden around the park, and every completed board earns one festival keepsake while supplies last.
EPCOT's Halloween scavenger hunt is back on the calendar. Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit runs from September 25 through November 2, 2026, with game boards at $11.99 plus tax and a festival keepsake waiting at the end for anyone who turns one in.
Key details
- Dates: September 25 through November 2, 2026, while supplies last
- Price: $11.99 plus tax for a game board and stickers
- Sold at: Creations Shop, Disney Traders, festival merchandise kiosks, Gateway Gifts, and World Traveler at International Gateway
- Redeem at: Creations Shop, Disney Traders, Gateway Gifts, or World Traveler
- Prize: One festival keepsake per board, up to five boards per guest
- Runs during: The 2026 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, August 27 through November 21
How the hunt works
Guests buy a game board and sticker sheet, then walk the park looking for decorative pumpkins hidden in the landscaping and along the walkways. Each pumpkin is themed to a different Disney character, and finding one earns the matching sticker for the board.
Completing the whole board is not required. Guests can turn in a partially filled board at Creations Shop, Disney Traders, Gateway Gifts or World Traveler and still collect a prize. Each board earns exactly one festival keepsake, redemption runs through November 2, 2026 or while supplies last, and guests can buy up to five boards each.
Where the pumpkins hide
Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit is generally kept to World Discovery, World Nature and World Celebration, with a short run into World Showcase. That is a deliberate split from the festival's other hunt: Remy's Ratatouille Hide and Squeak lives in World Showcase and runs the entire length of the Food and Wine Festival.
The practical result is that the two hunts do not compete for the same walking route. A guest doing both covers the front half of the park for Pluto and the promenade for Remy, which is close to a full lap of EPCOT either way.
How it fits into the fall calendar
Pluto's Pumpkin Pursuit debuted at EPCOT in 2022 and has returned every year since. It sits inside the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, which runs August 27 through November 21, 2026, but only for the Halloween-specific window rather than the full festival.
That is worth checking against travel dates. A guest visiting in early September gets the festival and Remy's hunt but not Pluto's, and a guest visiting in mid-November gets the festival without either Halloween element.
The Buzz
- The hunt has become one of the cheapest ways to give kids a task at EPCOT, and the dates are the first thing families ask about each fall.
- At $11.99 plus tax it is well under the price of most festival food items, and it comes with a keepsake.
- It only runs for about five weeks of a nearly three-month festival, which makes the window narrow enough to plan around.
What this means for guests
Buy the board early in the day. The hunt is a walking activity rather than a queue, and doing it while moving between festival booths costs almost no extra time. Guests entering through International Gateway can pick up a board at World Traveler on the way in and redeem it there on the way out.
Disney notes that the event is subject to change or cancellation without notice, including changes to dates and pricing, so confirm current details on DisneyWorld.com before counting on it.