The EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival might not begin until July 27th but Disney is NOT wasting any time in getting ready.
Thus far, we’ve seen the dates for the Festival announced, a bunch of returning experiences confirmed, and details shared about the Eat to the Beat concert series. But now something else has appeared in EPCOT for the Festival…a little early!
The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival is still going on in the park and will run for several more days — through July 5th — but it seems like Disney is ready to push that festival to the side and get ready for Food & Wine already. Why do we say that? Well, it’s because festival food booths for Food & Wine have already started to appear!
That’s right, Disney’s basically saying “GET OUTTA HERE FLOWER AND GARDEN, YOU WERE SO LAST SEASON!” Okay, okay, maybe they’re not quite saying that. We are used to seeing Food & Wine Festival booths pop up well ahead of the Festival’s start date, but still — it feels a tiny bit rude to Flower & Garden, right?
Maybe we shouldn’t be all that upset at Food & Wine for showing up early — punctuality is a great trait. In 2022, the Flower & Garden Festival ran through July 4th and Food & Wine Festival booths popped up around June 3rd — a full month before the end, so it really isn’t unusual to see them pop up early.
Thus far, we’ve seen booths popping up without any signage on them, meaning Disney hasn’t officially confirmed which booths these will ultimately be. But, based on their positions and the appearances from previous years, here’s what we think they’ll house once the Festival begins!
Hi from EPCOT! 👋 Food & Wine Festival booths are here! pic.twitter.com/saQbNTzpsC
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We also found a booth that looks like it could be the returning Belgium booth!
Further along our walk, we spotted booths that appear to be the returning Spain booth (which Disney had already confirmed would be coming back to the Festival this year)…
…and The Alps.
Next up, we have a booth that looks like it could be the returning Kenya booth!
We also spotted a spot that looks like it may be the returning India booth — Disney had previously confirmed that the India booth would be back this year.
These are the booths we’ve seen so far, but we’ll continue to update this post as we spot more.
Disney has NOT confirmed the full list of returning booths yet, but they have said that The Fry Basket, Flavors from Fire, Canada, India, Spain, and Shimmering Sips hosted by CORKCICLE will be back.
In terms of what else is coming to the Festival, you can expect to see the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and the return of Dining Packages for this event too. Check out the full list of performers here.
Also returning this year is Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak Scavenger Hunt, Emile’s Fromage Montage (the cheese crawl!), Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit, and the ability to get some great merchandise (of course).
We’ll keep an eye out for more Food & Wine Festival news and share all of that with you, so stay tuned!
Click here to see when you can book a dining package for the Eat to the Beat concert series!
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When is Disney going to understand that he did not want any kind of alcohol on property. Disney I guess does not care what Walt said!