The Princesses of EPCOT are now traveling around the World Showcase in a horse-drawn carriage to greet guests in this new socially distant Princess Promenade Character Cavalcade. In lieu of the traditional meet and greets and character entertainment offerings, it was announced back in June that special character cavalcades would take place throughout the Walt Disney World … Read more
Greetings from the China pavilion in the World Showcase at EPCOT! When we visited during the Cast Member previews, Reflections of China was the only thing not affected by the lack of cultural representative Cast Members. Still wanting to immerse ourselves into the culture, we decided to seek out some shade and head inside to … Read more
The Friendship boats at EPCOT take guests across World Showcase Lagoon when they’re looking for a respite from the sun and a way to traverse over to World Showcase. The boats are back up and running today with significant seating changes. There has always been a specific entrance and exit queue at each of the … Read more
One of the best parts of La Plaza de los Amigos is La Cava del Tequila at the Mexico Pavilion in the World Showcase at EPCOT! We already saw plenty of new health and safety measures in place inside this pavilion, but now we’re checking out La Cava del Tequila specifically to see what sort … Read more
If you liked the Canada-themed Minnie ears we saw the other day, then you’re going to love this new merchandise collection from EPCOT’s Canada Pavilion. Mickey and Friends Canada Kid’s T-Shirt – $19.99 This shirt features Mickey, Goofy, Donald, Pluto, Chip, and Dale hanging out by a stream. Mickey and Friends Canada Adult T-Shirt – … Read more
We are back in EPCOT during the Cast previews, and are excited to be back exploring our favorite pavilions all across the World Showcase. Our next stop is Mexico, and with the main part of the pavilion being located indoors we can expect to see many new health and safety measures in place to help … Read more
The introduction of new Mickey ears at Walt Disney World is always exciting news. As we explored the newly reopened EPCOT theme park today, we discovered these lovely new Canadian ears available for purchase at the Canada pavilion in the World Showcase. The news red and white ears feature a Canadian flag design, two hockey … Read more
We’re at the newly-reopened EPCOT, and we’ve decided to visit Biergarten in Germany for lunch! Biergarten is of course known for its live entertainment celebrating Oktoberfest all year long. The menu outside remained the same except for one item that was covered up. A sign at the register let us know that the band is … Read more
There be no pirates among these dishes, just a treasure of wonderful flavor! The Islands of the Caribbean marketplace is making its fifth festival appearance at this year’s Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. Menu for the Islands of the Caribbean Booth at the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival Food: … Read more
We are back in EPCOT during Cast previews ahead of the park’s official reopening on Wednesday, and have been busy exploring the new health and safety measures which have been implemented across the park. It is not just social distancing and sanitation updates which have had to be made within EPCOT however, since due to … Read more
The 2020 EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival might have been short-lived, but there’s still plenty of merchandise available to purchase while supplies last at EPCOT! We spotted the Festival Marketplace around the World Showcase fully stocked with Flower and Garden merchandise still available for guests to purchase. It’s not often we see two festival … Read more
Cast Member previews are underway at EPCOT, so we’re taking a quick tour of the Relaxation Station at the United Kingdom Pavilion! Located near Yorkshire County Fish Shop, you can tell you’re getting close by the social distancing markers on the ground nearby. Arrows on the ground control the flow of guests. Winding down the … Read more
With EPCOT approaching its official reopening date of July 15th, we’re visiting during Cast Member preview days to get an idea of health and safety changes to the park. Much of World Showcase has been affected, with barely any cultural representatives staffing the pavilions. This was especially apparent in the China pavilion, which despite “reopening”, … Read more
Greetings from EPCOT! We are at the World Showcase during Cast Member previews ahead of the park’s official reopening, and a very special promenade is taking place… In lieu of the traditional meet and greets and character entertainment offerings, it was announced back in June that special character cavalcades would take place throughout the Walt … Read more
EPCOT temperature screenings installed at the International Gateway entrance.
During the COVID-19 closure of the Walt Disney World Resort theme parks, we’ve been dipping into our archives of vintage park materials for a look back into park history! If you’re missing IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, look back on how EPCOT’s legendary nighttime spectacular came to be with this issue of Birket Engineering News! Note: … Read more