Package Pickup—which allows guests to have merchandise purchases sent to a convenient in-park location for pickup later—has been largely absent since Walt Disney World began its phased reopening in July. Some stores began offering a modified version of Package Pickup where guests could return to the store later to get items they already purchased. With the Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts beginning today, Package Pickup has returned to EPCOT, with a caveat.
Souvenir Pick-Up is available beginning today for the festival, but only for purchases of $150 or more. Merchandise can be sent to Gateway Gifts at the front of EPCOT or the International Gateway entrance, whichever the guest chooses. Resort Hotel Delivery is not available.
While package pickup has always been convenient for large purchases, it is even more so for Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, where full-size artwork is sold. The $150 minimum should cover most large art pieces that guests don’t want to carry—both because they are cumbersome and because they are fragile.
Souvenir Pick-Up and Resort Hotel Delivery remain unavailable at Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
That sucks for buying $40 prints that are still big and cumbersome, but under the price threshold.