Hello from an unbelievably hot day at EPCOT! After a couple of days with ever so slightly cooler temperatures, today reminded us that we’re still in Florida, and we have a long ways to go until truly cooler weather is upon us. No amount of heat can keep us from having fun at Walt Disney … Read more
China has added a new food item to their menu at the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival: Crispy Fried Shrimp with Chengdu Street Fries. We’ve had China’s street fries before at last year’s Festival of the Holidays as well as in Nine Dragons Restaurant, so we were curious about the addition of … Read more
Hello from another hot day at EPCOT! While it started out as a partly cloudy day, it never rained and was fairly breezy all day, which was a nice change. Everyone else must have known it was going to be a nice day, because it was a bit crowded for a weekday! We still managed … Read more
Though they posted a menu back in June, The Donut Box has yet to reopen at EPCOT for the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. We’ve been keeping an eye on it and the neighboring Cool Wash for signs that these locations would be reopening. We did notice that the door to The … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from September 14 to September 20, 2020. Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom Tour the Magic Kingdom with us … Read more
The Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival has been running since the park reopened in mid-July. Unfortunately, not all the marketplaces planned for the festival opened on time. Now after we noticed it preparing to open, Flavors From Fire has finally returned. Menu for Flavors From Fire at the Taste of EPCOT International … Read more
Hello from a rainy day at EPCOT! Even a rainy day at Disney is better than a sunny day not at Disney, am I right? We found some interesting things today, so let’s get started! While over the holiday weekend and for the few days before and after line up at the parking gate was … Read more
Guten tag from EPCOT! It’s a bit of a wacky day at Walt Disney World’s second park — the crowd levels of Labor Day weekend, mixed with some not-so-nice weather compliments of Tropical Storm Sally moving through South Florida. At the same time, A Taste of the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival continues on, … Read more
Hello from a quiet and rainy day here at EPCOT! We were happy to have a nice day strolling around World Showcase today, so let’s get started! We started by checking in on a couple of construction projects to see if any work had been done overnight. At Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, we … Read more
If you loved all of the Minnie Mouse “Queen of Cuisine” merchandise for the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, then you’ll want to pick up this new Spirit Jersey. The jersey is pink with Chef Minnie on the front. Minnie is posing proudly with the 25th anniversary logo for the EPCOT International … Read more
Wear your favorite EPCOT festival on your sleeve with these new Pandora charms for the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival 2020. The first charm is an Annual Passholder exclusive and features everyone’s favorite Chef, Remy from Ratatouille. Remy is holding a strawberry and a slice of cheese. Next to Remy, it says … Read more
Though most of the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival has already opened, some booths are still getting ready. One such booth is Flavors From Fire, but we spotted the booth preparing to open on our most recent EPCOT trip. There are now social distancing markers leading up to the register of Flavors … Read more
Greetings from a bright and sunny EPCOT! With the holiday weekend drawing to a close, we were interested to see what new things we would find, and what the crowd levels would be like today. We have news on both of those fronts, as well as some International Food & Wine Festival news. Let’s get … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from August 30 to September 6, 2020. Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom We ventured into the … Read more
Greetings from around the world—World Showcase, that is! It’s been an eventful last couple of days at EPCOT with the debut of the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival merchandise and a new Escargot dish at the France Food & Wine booth. We were excited to see what we might find today, and … Read more
There’s new merchandise cooking at EPCOT for the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. New magnets and phone cases have arrived around the park featuring classic characters and global goodies. (It should be noted that these items don’t have the “Taste of” part of this year’s festival name, meaning they were likely … Read more