Tag: EPCOT
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Walt Disney World Announces EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival Dates
The EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival dates have been announced for Disney fans wanting to experiencing this annual offering at Walt Disney World Resort. Disney shared that the festival will begin on July 27 and continue on through November 18, 2023. The festival this year will include more than 25 Global Marketplaces throughout EPCOT.…
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Largest Solar Canopy Plant in Europe Coming to Disneyland Paris
The largest solar canopy plant in all of Europe will soon be found at Disneyland Paris. The solar canopy will cover a parking lot at Disneyland Paris and once it is completed, it will generate 36 GWh/year, or enough to handle generating electricity for a town of 17,400 people. The Disney Parks Blog shared details…
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EPCOT Transformation To Be Completed This Year!
For guests visiting EPCOT during the last few years, there has been a lot going on. As a massive transformation has brought EPCOT into a new era, guests have seen new attractions at EPCOT, new buildings, new entertainment, and new neighborhoods pop up to name a few things. Today it was announced that the transformation…
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EPCOT to Host Walt Disney World Resort’s Disney100 Celebration
On January 27, 2023, the Disneyland Resort began celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company. The Disney100 celebration at Disneyland includes the opening of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, two new nighttime spectaculars, festive statues, merchandise, outfits for Mickey & friends, food, and a whole lot more. Walt Disney World Resort will be…
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New Character Meet and Greets Coming to Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort has announced three new character meet and greets that will be coming to the most magical place on Earth later this year. The three characters will be arriving in three different parks at three different times. Moana – Disney’s Animal Kingdom Moana will be arriving in Disney’s Animal Kingdom next month.…
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Disney Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Figment With the Help of Stacia Martin
On March 5, 1983 the world was introduced to Figment at EPCOT. This little imaginary dragon was the embodiment of what could happen when one puts their imagination to work. 40 years later, Disney is commemorating Figment’s 40th birthday with a post on the Disney Parks Blog where Stacia Martin shares not only how to…
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Impressions de France Sees Showtimes Reduced and Then Expanded at EPCOT
For fans of Impressions de France at the France Pavilion in EPCOT it has been an interesting week watching changes happen to its operations. The show shares a space with the Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along for most of the day. Impressions de France is one of the remaining EPCOT opening-day experiences and is found…
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Guests Visiting EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival Are Greeted by Mirabel and Other ‘Encanto’ Topiaries
The 2023 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival began today. Guests visiting EPCOT were greeted by several characters from Disney’s Encanto in topiary form as they entered the park. They could be found just as guests came through the main gate with Spaceship Earth towering behind them. Both during the day and also at night,…
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Disney After Hours Events Get New Dates and a New Theme Park
New dates and a new theme park have been added to Disney After Hours events at Walt Disney World Resort. Disney After Hours are ticketed experiences that happen after the gates of one of Disney’s theme parks close for the day. This gives guests extra access to their favorite attractions and have more time to…
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Walt Disney World Resort Reveals Showtimes for ‘Happily Ever After’ and ‘EPCOT Forever’
Two nighttime spectaculars are returning to Walt Disney World Resort this spring. Both Happily Ever After and EPCOT Forever will be lighting up the nights above Magic Kingdom and EPCOT respectively starting on April 3, 2023. It is also now known that both of these shows will be presented at 9:00 PM. The return of…
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EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival Returns March 1, 2023, With New Additions
The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival dates and highlights have been announced for Disney. This year, the festival will be returning to Walt Disney World Resort on March 1 and continue through July 5, 2023. This celebration of spring includes beautiful gardens along with entertainment, topiaries, merchandise, and of course food. This year, there…
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New Parking Lot Names Announced for EPCOT
As EPCOT continues its ongoing transformation, there have been a lot of changes to the park. Now, there are some changes to the parking lot at EPCOT as the transformation continues. This morning it was announced that the parking lot has new names. Those aren’t the only changes though. Guests arriving at EPCOT will see…
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Don’t Miss Any of These EPCOT International Festival of the Arts Photo Ops!
The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts begins on January 13 and continues through February 20, 2023. During its run, there are some fun Disney PhotoPass photo locations to check out and enjoy. Five have been highlighted by the Disney Parks Blog as ‘can’t miss’ opportunities. These five are shown below. The Festival of the Arts…
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Check Out All The Food Offerings for the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts is a beautiful festival to visit at the Walt Disney World Resort. It celebrates many different types of art throughout its run from January 13, 2023, through February 20, 2023. Guests who visit the Festival of the Arts will get to experience and see the beauty found in…
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50 New Menu Items Announced for EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts begins on January 13, 2023, and continues through February 20, 2023. This year there are 50 new menu items added to the booths around EPCOT. This also includes new booths Moderne, located near Test Track, and Figment’s Inspiration Station at the Odyssey: Art, Food, and Little Sparks of…
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Sam Eagle Sipper Arrives at EPCOT’s Regal Eagle Smokehouse
A new Sam Eagle Sipper has arrived at the Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts and Barbecue. This is found at the America Pavilion at EPCOT’s World Showcase. The Sam Eagle Sipper is on sale for $16.29 and can be purchased through the My Disney Experience App, while supplies last. The sipper adds a souvenir option…
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Harmonious to Say Goodbye as Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary Concludes
Harmonious, EPCOT’s nighttime spectacular will be saying goodbye to EPCOT as Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th Anniversary does the same. The show will be ending its run on March 31, 2023, with The World’s Most Magical Celebration. Harmonious officially opened on October 1, 2021, with some soft opening performances on the nights leading up to…
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Te Fiti Arrives at EPCOT at Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
Today, Walt Disney Imagineering reached a new milestone in the progress of Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana at EPCOT. This morning, Te Fiti was installed in the new experience that is being built at EPCOT. The news was shared on the Walt Disney Imagineering Instagram page today with the following post: This morning, our…
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Alfajores – GEEK EATS Disney Recipe for National Cookie Day
Today is National Cookie Day! While every day should be National Cookie Day, December 4th is the date that gets the delineation. There are so many different cookies to find in and around the Disney Parks around the world. Today, a cookie recipe has been shared by Disney from the EPCOT International Festival of the…
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Spaceship Earth Shares the Magic of the Holidays With New “Frozen” Light Show at EPCOT
A new projection show is now lighting up the exterior of Spaceship Earth nightly at EPCOT. This holiday show has the song When We’re Together from Olaf’s Frozen Adventure with accompanying lighting effects on Spaceship Earth and some of the area around it. Daps Magic team member Roger has been at EPCOT this week and took…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Shows More Details of EPCOT’s Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
Work continues to be done on Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana at EPCOT. Today, Walt Disney Imagineering shared some specific details that will found in this new area when it opens to the public. These details show how Imagineering is incorporating various characters from Moana into the rocks and waterways found in the walkthrough.…
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Check Out the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Presented by AdventHealth 2022 Foods
EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Presented by AdventHealth will soon be starting at EPCOT! From November 25th through December 30, 2022, EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Presented by AdventHealth will be highlighting how holidays are celebrated around the world. This is done through entertainment, holiday storytellers, decorations, merchandise, and of course food! The…
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More Details Released About Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind “Holiday Remix” at EPCOT
More details have been released about Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind “Holiday Remix” that will soon be ringing in the spirit of the season at EPCOT. The new Walt Disney World Resort attraction will begin offering this holiday version of the attraction at EPCOT on November 25 and continue through December 30, 2022. This…
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Day Ten: EPCOT – 24 Days of Thanksgiving
May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire and, above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man’s ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere.” – Epcot Center Official Dedication, Oct. 24, 1982 There are few places in the world I love more than EPCOT. I am…