REVIEW: Spaceship Earth Cookie, Mouse Crunch, and More Sweet Treats Arrive at Holiday Hearth Desserts for the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

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The iconic Spaceship Earth cookie has returned to the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays! Along with the cookie, Holiday Hearth Dessets has a huge lineup of sweet treats, both new and returning, along with several different types of hot chocolate and beer. Menu for Holiday Hearth Desserts at the EPCOT International Festival of … Read more

PHOTOS: 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Decals Added to Odyssey Pavilion Windows

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During the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, the Odyssey Pavilion will house Holiday Hearth Desserts and the Santa Claus meet and greet. Crews have installed holiday decals on the building’s doors and windows. Odyssey Pavilion Decorations On a window between the doors is a decal advertising Holiday Hearth Desserts and the Santa Claus … Read more

‘Fantasmic!’ Closed Through Spring 2024 at Disneyland, Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Approves Walt Disney World Property Tax Cuts, and More: Daily Recap (7/26/23)

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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 Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Walt Disney World EPCOT … Read more

Odyssey Pavilion Decorated as Citrus Blossom Kitchen for 2023 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

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The Odyssey Pavilion at EPCOT has been decorated to be The Citrus Blossom “outdoor kitchen” for the 2023 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival. A sign for The Citrus Blossom is in the center window facing across the lagoon. All of the windows are papered with images of oranges, lemons, and limes with green leaves … Read more

WonderGround Gallery Hosts Disney Artists With Modern Disney Film-Based Pieces & Reimagined Attraction Posters at the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

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For the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, The Odyssey is home to WonderGround Gallery, which features a rotating selection of 22 Disney Fine Artists. Sharlene Tulasoa Disney Fine Artist Sharlene Tulasoa is a freelance illustrator and muralist with a number of pieces on display at the Wonderground Gallery. Tulasoa channels her Pacific Island … Read more

Santa Goofy Takes Over for Santa Claus at EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Santa Goofy has replaced the regular Santa Claus at the Christmas meet-and-greet in The Odyssey at EPCOT, and he’s making mischief over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios too! Goofy is dressed up like Santa and posing for photos in the wheelchair-accessible sleigh. The meet-and-greet won’t be open for much longer, as Christmas has already passed, so … Read more

REVIEW: Holiday Hearth Desserts Returns with Spaceship Earth Cookie and Other Goodies for the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

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“Discover the hearth you’ll call home, with holly jolly desserts, hot cocoa and so much more” is how Holiday Hearth Desserts is described for the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. With a variety of treats from cakes and cookies to snacks that are great for the on-the-go, this booth has something for everyone. … Read more

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Tour The New “Walt Disney Imagineering Presents The Epcot Experience” Exhibit at The Odyssey Pavilion in Epcot

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Announced at this year’s D23 was a lot of exciting updates coming to Epcot. From more information on Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind to announcing a Mary Poppins-themed “Cherry Tree Lane” Neighborhood coming to the United Kingdom pavilion, we had a lot of information to process for this theme park. However, the most exciting … Read more

PHOTOS: New Logo Mural and Themed Trash Cans Unveiled at The Odyssey Pavilion Ahead of Epcot Experience Center Opening

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The Epcot Experience Center at The Odyssey is just about ready for its grand opening on October 1st, but before it can open to all guests, it needs to finalize its glow-up. The mural featuring the pavilion’s new logo has finally been unveiled alongside multiple colorful additions, like chevrons painted along the planters and even … Read more

PHOTOS: New Epcot Experience Center Logo Mural Gets Repainted, Additional Designs Added to The Odyssey Pavilion Facade at Epcot

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Hello again from Epcot! We stopped by today to check up on The Odyssey Pavilion and the progress being made on its exterior. Let’s take a closer look. In our last Odyssey update, we looked at the logo mural being painted on the side of the building near Test Track. You can see what this looked … Read more

PHOTOS: The Odyssey Pavilion Receives Mural of New Epcot Experience Center Logo First Revealed at D23 Expo

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Greetings from the ever-changing future of Epcot! There’s far more going on at The Odyssey than meets the eye… and behind that towering wall of scrim that’s been up throughout the blue and pink section painting, there’s a far more interesting piece of artwork. It’s the new Epcot Experience Center logo. The logo cuts off … Read more

PHOTOS: The Odyssey Receives Bright New Pink and Blue Sections as Pavilion Repainting Continues at Epcot

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When we first noticed the repainting project on The Odyssey building at Epcot, we assumed they were going for a more neutral scheme. Well, today we got the first glimpse of a bright, colorful new future for the building. This is the first wall to receive any color so far. A bright blue section of … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Epcot 8/15/19 (Rainbow Popcorn, Construction Updates, and Forky is Back!)

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We’re back at Epcot on a rainy summer day for another WDWNT Photo Report! Let’s get this park walk started and see what’s happening! With the construction walls up around the old entrance planter and the remaining Leave A Legacy monuments, there’s not much space left at the moment at the entrance of Epcot. It … Read more

PHOTOS: The Odyssey Receives Neutral Color Scheme with New Paint Job at Epcot

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The Odyssey building has been experiencing updates since early last year, but they have all been more interior updates. When it reopened on New Year’s Eve in 2018, we saw a clean and crisp modern look, but it had ultimately lost the touch of eighties nostalgia. As of today, it seems like the exterior of … Read more

The Classic ImageWorks Rainbow Tunnel Will Return in the New “Epcot Experience Center” Inside The Odyssey Later This Year

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Many a childhood was shaped by Epcot’s Imagination pavilion. While most regard the original Journey Into Imagination attraction as quite possibly the greatest theme park ride ever built, there was certainly a lot of memorable things to see and do upstairs, above the ride, in the ImageWorks play area. The one thing from the now-defunct … Read more

PHOTOS: New Flower & Garden Festival 2019 Souvenir Medallions Available at Epcot

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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