We hope you’ve been saving your appetite, because EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival has finally arrived!

The popular EPCOT Festival started on August 28th and it’s here for a while, going through November 22nd. Of course, we were there on day one, and we’re letting you know how it was.
The EPCOT Food and Wine Festival features over 35 Global Marketplace Food Booths and locations, and Disney showed us they will be serving some tasty items! If you’re going to go to the festival, prepare to spend some money — you have been warned.

We knew we were going to eat lots of good stuff, but what we weren’t expecting were the crowds — or lack thereof! Things were a little bit crowded at the very entrance when the park opened, but overall, we didn’t think things were too crowded.

We thought it would be a good idea to rope drop for the festival…clearly, we weren’t the only ones who had that idea. The crowds were backed up in all areas where you wait during rope drop. One spot in particular that was extra busy was for the merchandise!

It was probably busier at the store for the brand-new Food and Wine Festival merch collections than it was at any pavilion this morning, but that makes sense since most of them don’t open until 11 AM.

Once things started to pick up speed, we spotted some crowds in lines for popular booths like Mexico, along with a bottleneck area in the United Kingdom pavilion. Overall, though, we weren’t expecting to see

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Will you be going to the festival this year? Let us know in the comments!

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