Greetings from EPCOT!

We’re here to tell you all about everything NEW in EPCOT, from food, construction, merchandise, and more! Let’s get started!

EPCOT Food Updates

La Cava del Tequila

We found three NEW drinks inside Mexico’s famous tequila cave! The first was the Spicy Mentirosa which is a non-alcoholic option made with Lyre’s Italian Orange, Non-alcoholic Lyre’s Dry London, lime juice, cucumber and jalapeno juice, agave nectar, and a hibiscus salt rim for $13. It was pretty spicy but also had a light citrus taste!

Next, we tried the new secret menu item called the Virgin Colada. As you can tell by the name, it’s a non-alcohol drink with island oasis mix blended with ice and costs $10.64. It was sweet and refreshing, and had a strong pineapple flavor!

But THEN, we found out there’s an *alcoholic* version of this drink, there’s a Pina Colada on the secret menu! It’s made with the same island oasis mix but is blended with a mixture of rum and pox (which is a Mexican liquor). The booze bumps this drink up a little to $15.45. 

It was great to see some new non-alcoholic drinks at La Cava, and it’s fun getting to use the secret menu!

Click here to read more about these 3 new La Cava del Tequila drinks!

Chefs de France

While in EPCOT, we saw some new menu pics up in the France pavilion because there have been price increases at a few of the restaurants! At Chefs de France, we saw several items go up slightly in price.

For example: As far as appetizers go, the Escargot is now $14.95 instead of $14, the French Onion Soup is $10.75 instead of $10.50, and the Baked Goat Cheese is $14.25 instead of $13.99.

Click here to read more about the price increases at Chefs de France

L’Artisan des Glaces

There were also price increases over at L’Artisan des Glaces. Their entire menu got more expensive! A single scoop of ice cream or sorbet is now $5.75 instead of $4.69 and our favorite Macaron Ice Cream Sandwiches are now $7 instead of $4.69. Yikes!

We don’t love to see our favorite snacks get pricier!

Click here to read more about the price increases at L’Artisan des Glaces!

EPCOT Construction Updates

Food and Wine Booths

We saw FOUR Food and Wine booths pop up this week around EPCOT! Two of them were familiar, like this one that looks exactly like the Flavors From Fire booth and is in the same place as last year.

And this booth, which looks just like Spain!

Then there were two we didn’t recognize, like this one, which used to be the Africa booth. But since the Africa booth is not returning this year, it’s probably one of the new booths coming to the festival!

We also found this booth, which is a mystery to us, too! It’s located near Disney Traders in the World Showcase Plaza.

It’s pretty weird that some of these booths are already up, considering 8 festival booths aren’t opening until October 1st!

Click here to read more about these festival booths we found!

Harmonious

We saw people on a crane working on the center Harmonious barge in the World Showcase Lagoon! They seemed to be doing a LED light test, we saw some lights turn on around the ring and on the arms, and then they changed colors!

We can’t wait to see Harmonious once it opens!

Click here to read more about Harmonious!

Creations Shop

There was a lot of construction going on around the new Creations Shop, which will take over as EPCOT’s main merchandise location now that Mouse Gear is gone.

We saw a few workers up on the roof!

Click here to read more about the Creations Shop!

Spaceship Earth

We noticed construction going on near the old exit of Spaceship Earth by The Seas.

This could possibly be the new Moana attraction — Journey of Water, but we can’t be quite sure!

Click here to read more about the new Moana attraction!

EPCOT Merchandise Updates

Gateway Gifts

We saw the new MagicBand holder key chains in Gateway Gifts in a variety of different styles!

That Stitch one is SO cute!

Click here to read more about how MagicBands are changing!

EPCOT Additional Updates

The Splash Zone is open again in EPCOT.

And so is the playground.

We also found a new Cruella Magic Shot in the UK pavilion!

It’s located in the back across from the gazebo and you stand on the steps of the building to take the shot!

And if you’re looking to explore the Morocco pavilion, you may think it is closed. But alas, it is not. The main part of the pavilion is almost completely blocked by bushes, but you can still get back there!

Morocco has been undergoing a lot of construction, so the bushes are most likely covering up whatever is being worked on!

This is a great spot to go if you want to be away from people, cause there was almost NO ONE back there!

Social Distancing

We noticed that the social distancing stickers are GONE in the line you wait in to get inside the pyramid in Mexico.

And there are no markers when you walk inside the pyramid either.

That’s everything new from EPCOT this week! We’re always in the parks to see what’s new, so stay tuned to DFB for updates!

Click here to see the DFB reviews you have to read before going to EPCOT!

Are you excited for Harmonious? Let us know in the comments!