We just had a big day of announcements for Walt Disney World. There are special character meet and greets coming to BOTH Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, a new DRONE show is coming to Disney Springs, and a new seating area opened in Animal Kingdom.
Plus, we got some REALLY exciting news regarding a new Encanto show and the OFFICIAL OPENING DATE for CommuniCore Hall and Plaza Festival Area in EPCOT! It was A LOT, and we are still recovering from all the news!
However, one of the announcements got us thinking, did we just get a HINT as to when the 2024 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival will begin?
Disney has not made any official announcements about the opening date of the Food & Wine Festival, but now we have some thoughts. We previously talked about how Disney shortened the Flower & Garden Festival by 36 days this year. The Flower & Garden Festival will be ending on May 27th this year instead of the beginning of July. Could this mean that there will be a longer time in between festivals, OR could we see an earlier start to the Food & Wine Festival?
Well, with all of the new announcements, we think we may have gotten a clue. CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza will be opening on June 10th, 2024, in EPCOT, and that could also mean the start of the Food & Wine Festival. Maybe? Are we reading too much into these announcements? We feel like we’re trying to decode a secret message here!
For context, Disney has described CommuniCore Hall as the new dedicated EPCOT festival space. In fact, it’s been called the “first fully purpose-built structure in festival programming, designed with flexibility in mind,” and will be able to host a wide variety of experiences with food, art, live music, and more. There will even be a demonstration kitchen, a mixology bar, and exhibition and gallery space here. The hall should also help extend the festival experience and give chefs new ways to connect and experiment.
With all that in mind, it makes sense that this space would show off its capabilities when it opens, right? There’s just one problem. The Flower and Garden Festival ends BEFORE CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza open! If Disney wants to show off its new CommuniCore Hall, it stands to reason that a festival should be going on at the same time as the grand opening.
Disney has not released an opening date for the 2024 Food & Wine Festival, so this is just us theorizing. However, with Flower & Garden ending early (May 27th versus early July in years past), that leaves a huge chunk of time between the normal start date of Food & Wine (usually mid-July).
We think that this could be a great opening date for the 2024 Food & Wine Festival, right? The start of a new festival AND the opening of a new area? We think that is a great combination!
Who knows! Maybe, just maybe, we will see you on June 10th, 2024, for the start of the International Food & Wine Festival? We shall see! Stay tuned to DFB for all your Disney news, including ALL the festival news!
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Do you think this could be a hint for the start of the Food & Wine Festival? Let us know in the comments!
Lloyd says
I have been to the Wine and Food festival a number of times including the last two years. I would hope they shorten the the festival . It goes too long and the quality has declined, make it shorter and make it a fall festival the way it began.
Jason Carpenter says
Shot we are there, June 1st through June 7th.