Santa Claus is moving his meet and greet location to CommuniCore Hall for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays at EPCOT. Santa Claus Moving to CommuniCore Hall For the last few years, Santa Claus has met guests inside the Odyssey Pavilion during the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. According to the Walt Disney World … Read more
The exterior facade of The Odyssey building in EPCOT has been decorated ahead of its return as Brew-Wing Lab for the 2025 International Food & Wine Festival. Brew-Wing Lab Exterior The Muppets-inspired Brew-Wing Lab debuted at the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. It has returned each year offerings wings, pickle spears, and unique … Read more
Many of the newly added floral flooring decals for the 2025 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival are already decimated in CommuniCore Hall. Flower & Garden Flooring Decals Already Destroyed in CommuniCore Hall The vinyl appliqués were added as decoration in the space for this year’s festival. However, just days after the festival’s start on … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Monday, September 27, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more
In a press release, Disney once again referred to EPCOT’s new festival home as an “area” instead of a “center”, confirming the multi-level festival pavilion project was canceled. The festival center was originally announced as part of the overhaul of EPCOT and was featured in concept art. In July of last year, amidst many construction … Read more
After rumors that the new Festival Center in EPCOT’s upcoming World Celebration neighborhood had been canceled due to COVID-19 delays, Disney is now calling the location a “festival area.” The festival center was supposed to be a multi-level structure overlooking the World Celebration gardens (currently Future World). In a new release, Disney referred to “a … Read more
Even with some projects being indefinitely postponed or modified around EPCOT, it looks like at least one job may be resuming. We spotted construction crews on the demolition site of Innoventions West, suggesting that work could soon resume. The building was scheduled to be demolished to make way for the Journey of Water and the … Read more
It doesn’t seem like EPCOT without a festival going on anymore, and with a festival, comes brand new merchandise. Today we spotted new festival marketplace merchandise booths that were newly installed across from Future World West. These new booths have been erected with a similar color scheme that matches Port of Entry and Disney Traders’ … Read more
Disney has officially confirmed the closure of many locations in Epcot’s Future World Central over the weekend to prepare for the construction of elements of the re-imagined Epcot. The final day of operation for the following areas is Saturday, September 7th: Fountain View and Club Cool (with elements of these expected to return sometime in … Read more
♫ Have you ever looked beyond today into the future? Picturing a world we’ve yet to see? ♫ It seems those lyrics from Horizons have a new meaning with Epcot’s display at Disney Parks’ “Imagining Tomorrow, Today” pavilion at the 2019 D23 Expo. One of the centerpieces of the exhibit is this stylized model of … Read more
With big plans for the upcoming Play Pavilion announced, Disney has officially closed off the former Wonders of Life complex and begun prepping for its massive overhaul. Newer guests may recognize the former Wonders of Life complex as the Festival Center. It was last used during the 2018 Food & Wine Festival, but has been … Read more
One of the newest collectibles at Walt Disney World within the last year has been metal medallions you can purchase from vending machines. We first spotted some at Disney Springs back in September. The newest addition to the line is this machine, located in The Odyssey (a.k.a. the Festival Center) at Epcot. The machine is … Read more
While a new entrance area, Experience Center, and more has already been announced for the massive overhaul of Epcot, Disney has remained quiet about the future of Innoventions Plaza and the center of Future World since showing off some very early concept art at the 2017 D23 Expo. What you see above has changed tremendously … Read more
With big plans for the upcoming Play Pavilion announced, Disney has officially closed off the former Wonders of Life complex and begun prepping for its massive overhaul. The upcoming new space will be devoted to playful fun and feature an innovative city that’ll come to life under the dome of the un-named pavilion previously known as … Read more
Are you ready for some…food and wine? Food & Wine Tailgate hosted by ESPN’s Monday Night Football is coming to the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. Fans will be able to enjoy a complimentary 45-minute program focused on pairing tailgate-inspired food and drinks. Guests will enjoy a flight of three food samples inspired by … Read more
Disney this morning has released a bunch of new information relating to the 2018 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival coming to Epcot from August 30th through November 12th, 2018 and below we’re going to share with you all the new information released. As always, WDWNT will be bringing you live coverage of the Food … Read more