Today’s THE DAY! The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has opened and we’re in the park all day — eating and drinking everything, checking out the new merchandise, and MORE!

We wait all year long for this festival and it has a LOT to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. And if you’re curious about it all, you’ve come to the right place because we’re bringing you with us as we eat, see, and do everything at the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival!

Festival Dates

The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival runs through November 23 this year — which means you’ve got plenty of time to eat and drink your way around the world!

That’s plenty of time for you to plan a visit to check out what this festival has to offer.

Good morning from DAY 1 of the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival! 🍷🧀🌐
Follow along with us to see EVERYTHING (and we MEAN everything) as we take on the Festival today! pic.twitter.com/qdN8C9Jp1h

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

Getting Started

To start your time at the Festival the right way, be sure to pick up a Festival Passport. This has all the food booths and menus, plus info about Emile’s Fromage Montage!

We’ve got our Festival Passport! Here we goooo! pic.twitter.com/xEqzYXJpEX

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

You can also grab a Food & Wine Festival gift card wristlet that you can reload to stay on budget!

Crowds

Crowds were surprisingly low on the morning of opening day! When we headed into the park, there weren’t too many people at the entrance.

What really surprised us was the lack of a line at Creations Shop for the new Food & Wine Festival souvenirs!

It was a pleasant and crowd-free morning.

Crowd check!
Here’s what crowd levels are looking like this morning in EPCOT! pic.twitter.com/8uFlgjRq8D

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

And now, on to the main event — the food!

Food and Drinks

It wouldn’t be the Food & Wine Festival without food and wine (and beer and mixed drinks), of course! 

 Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company

Joffrey’s Near Mission: SPACE in World Discovery is serving up a Coconut Mocha Latte! YUM!

First things first, let’s caffeinate! The Joffrey’s locations across EPCOT have new drinks today including THIS:

🥥 Coconut Mocha Latte (New) pic.twitter.com/t4BZXEgsA9

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

See the Full Joffrey’s Reviews Here

Australia

The Australia booth is starting the Festival off in this tent location.
A Cast Member said they’re waiting on the permits for the actual booth and they hope to be there in a few weeks. pic.twitter.com/sctNm6zYQL

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We ordered the NEW Grilled Bushberry Spiced Shrimp Skewer, the Roasted Lamb Chop, and the Lamington.

See Our Full Australia Booth Review Here

Milled and Mulled

Another new booth for 2024 — stop by Milled and Mulled for hard cider, wine, Carrot Cake, and more!

It’s time for our first booth of the day — and it’s a NEW one! Milled & Mulled:

🥕 Freshly-baked Carrot Cake (New)
🧀 Boursin Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake (New)
🍐 Pear and Almond Frangipane Pâte Brisée (New)
🍺 Blueberry Pie Hard Cider (New)
🍷 Chocolate Red Wine (New) pic.twitter.com/EDyQmdglvf

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We checked out the Freshly-baked Carrot Cake with walnuts and cream cheese icing, the NEW Boursin Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake with fig jam and pomegranate, and another NEW dish the Pear and Almond Frangipane Pâte Brisée.

Click Here to Check Out the Milled and Mulled Booth Review

Macaztizers

This new booth for 2024 is all about MAC AND CHEESE!

Next up is MACATIZERS!

🧀 Traditional Macaroni and Cheese (New)
🧀Cheesesteak Macaroni and Cheese (New)
🧀Truffle Macaroni and Cheese (New)
🧀IMPOSSIBLE Chili Macaroni and Cheese (New)
🍷 Wine Flight

(P.S. any items labeled with a 🧀 today are part of Emile’s Fromage Montage!) pic.twitter.com/sCmvPvD2Rb

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We’re eating Traditional Macaroni and Cheese with herbed panko, Cheesesteak Macaroni and Cheese with shaved beef, peppers and onions, and breadcrumbs, Truffle Macaroni and Cheese, and the plant-based IMPOSSIBLE Chili Macaroni and Cheese with sour cream and cheddar.

Click Here to Read Our Full Review from the Macatizers Booth

Bramblewood Bites

This is one of the NEW booths for 2024!

Time for another NEW booth! Bramblewood Bites:

🍎 Grilled Cider-brined Pork Tenderloin (New)
🍖 Grilled Bison with butternut squash purée (New)
🥕 Cast Iron-roasted Brussel Sprouts and Root Vegetables (New)
🥃 Spiced Apple Old Fashioned inspired cocktail (New) pic.twitter.com/ij8YOk2vMG

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We checked out the Grilled Cider-brined Pork Tenderloin with fennel apple slaw and apple cider gastrique, Grilled Bison with butternut squash purée, roasted mushrooms, and huckleberry gastrique, and Cast Iron-roasted Brussel Sprouts and Root Vegetables with dried cranberries, candied pecans, and maple bourbon glaze.

Click Here for Our Full Review of the Harvest Table Booth

China

Two new dishes are on the menu at the China booth this year — Crispy Duck Bao Bun with hoisin sauce and Shanghai Scallion Noodles with shrimp!

China is up next!

🥟 Pan-fried Chicken Dumplings with house-made sweet-and-spicy sauce
🦆 Crispy Duck Bao Bun with hoisin sauce (New)
🍜 Shanghai Scallion Noodles with shrimp (New)
🧋 Mango Peach Bubble Tea: Green tea, mango and peach syrups, and white boba pic.twitter.com/ZJmajH6uVF

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

The Pan-fried Chicken Dumplings with house-made sweet-and-spicy sauce returns.

Find Out Why You Can’t Skip the China Booth Here

 Flavors of America

This year, this booth is ALL ABOUT HOT DOGS!

Hot dog! Flavors of America is up next!

🌭 New York-style All Beef Hot Dog (New)
🌭 Chicago-style All Beef Hot Dog (New)
🌭 Carolina-style All Beef Hot Dog (New)
🌭 Southwest-style All Beef Hot Dog (New) pic.twitter.com/qeEnC0ZgXY

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We ate FOUR new hot dogs here!

Check Out Our Full Review of Flavors of America Here

Forest and Field

This is another NEW booth for 2024!

Another new booth is up next! Forest & Field:

🍲 Autumn Chili with bison, lamb, pork belly, and Crème Fraîche (New)
🧀 Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli (New)
🍎 Burrata with seasonal fall fruit (New)
🍺 Brewery Ommegang All Hallows Treat Chocolate Peanut Butter Imperial Stout (New) pic.twitter.com/cUwkkDN5FO

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We’re checking out three new items including Autumn Chili with bison, lamb, pork belly, root vegetables, jalapeño cornbread, smoked cheddar, and Crème Fraîche, Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli with sage-brown butter, pecorino cheese, and hazelnut praline, and Burrata with seasonal fall fruit, spiced pecans, apple purée, and fig vinaigrette.

See Our Full Forest and Field Review Here

 India

We’ve got some returning fan-favorites from the India booth!

🥔 Potato and Pea Samosa with coriander-lime cream
🫓 Chicken Tikka Masala with fennel-spiced yogurt and naan bread
🥭 Mango Lassi pic.twitter.com/1h5NM0BJ5E

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We tried Potato and Pea Samosa with Coriander-Lime Cream, Chicken Tikka Masala with Fennel-Spiced Yogurt and Naan Bread, and the Mango Lassi (non-alcoholic) drink. You can also get an alcoholic version of this, Mango Lassi with Somrus Chai Cream Liqueur.

Click Here for Our Full Review of the India Booth

Italy

Italy has a new menu this year that includes Italian-style “Nachos”: Homemade beef ragoût, pasta chips, tomato sauce, dried ricotta cheese, Polpettine Toscane: Beef meatballs, rosemary focaccia, and Pomodoro sauce, and a Vanilla Cheesecake: Vanilla cheesecake, whipped cream, and fresh strawberry sauce.

Your turn, Italy!

🥫 Italian-style “Nachos” (New)
🍝 Polpettine Toscane (New)
🍰 Vanilla Cheesecake (New)
🍑 Bellini Spritz (New)
🍊 Italian-inspired Blood Orange Margarita pic.twitter.com/If7MmQY9uC

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

The Bellini Spritz is new for 2024! And we also checked out the returning Italian-inspired Blood Orange Margarita. You’ll also find other drinks options at this booth.

Should You Try the Italy Booth This Year? Read Our Full Review Here

Mexico

Once again, Mexico is serving up new eats!

The Mexico booth is our next stop!

🍤 Tostada de Camarones (New)
🫓 Flauta de Barbacoa (New)
🌽 Pan de Elote (New)
🥭 Mango Sunrise Margarita (New)
🫑 Poblano Margarita (New) pic.twitter.com/s8sN9gAuts

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

This year we’re checking out the Tostada de Camarones, the Flauta de Barbacoa, and the Pan de Elote. For drinks, we’re checking out the Mango Sunrise Margarita and the Poblano Margarita.

Click Here for Our Full Mexico Booth Review

Refreshment Outpost

The Refreshment Outpost has added some new eats for 2024!

Refreshment Outpost is next!

🫑 IMPOSSIBLE Spicy Sausage piri piri aïoli (New)
🍲 Curried Chicken and South African Boerewors Sausage Stew with chickpeas and potatoes served in a bread bowl (New)
🦓 Chocolate Amarula Mousse Dome (New)
🍺 Blackberry Apricot Jam Hard Cider (New) pic.twitter.com/2UtCvByJpl

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We checked out the plant-based IMPOSSIBLE Spicy Sausage with piri piri peppers and onions, and piri piri aïoli, the Curried Chicken and South African Boerewors Sausage Stew with chickpeas and potatoes served in a bread bowl, and the Chocolate Amarula Mousse Dome with white chocolate.  

Read Our Full Review of the Refreshment Outpost Here

Germany

How could we NOT going to get the Schinkennudeln?! We just HAD to. 

Let’s hit the Germany booth!

🧀 Schinkennudeln: Pasta gratin with ham, onions, and cheese
🌭 Bratwurst on a pretzel roll with mustard
🍎 Apple Strudel with vanilla sauce
🍻 Beer Flight pic.twitter.com/n5VPhmirux

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We also got the Bratwurst on a Pretzel Roll with Mustard, the Apple Strudel with Vanilla Sauce, and the Beer Flight.

Click Here for Our Full Review of the Germany Booth

Festival Favorites

New to this year’s Festival, stop by Festival Favorites to check out…your FAVORITES!

Festival Favorites has some ICONIC eats from Food & Wine Festivals past!

🥔 Kielbasa and Potato Pierogies with caramelized onions and sour cream
🧀 BBQ Pork Rinds served with pimento cheese
🍋 Key Lime Tart
🍫 Frozen S’mores
🇮🇪 Irish Milk Shake
🍻 Beer Flight pic.twitter.com/WrFtktqL7O

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

The Ireland booth might not be at this year’s festival but you’ll find the Irish Milk Shake at this new booth. It even comes in the Ireland cup!

Check Out Our Full Festival Favorites Booth Review Here

Brew Wing at the Odyssey

It’s time for WINGS!

It is time…Brew-Wing here we come!

🥜 Peanut Butter and Jelly Sticky Wings
🧄 Garlic-Parmesan Wings
🌶️ Unnecessarily Spicy Yet Extremely Tasty Carolina Reaper Pepper Curry Wings (New)
🥒 Fried Pickle Spears with dill ranch
🥤 Pickle Milk Shake
🍻 Beer Flight (New) pic.twitter.com/EwCtJYkf68

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We checked out tons of fun wings at The Odyssey including Unnecessarily Spicy Yet Extremely Tasty Carolina Reaper Pepper Curry Wings! Of course, you can also get the returning Pickle Milkshake here, too.

Click Here for Our Full Review of Brew-Wing

France

You do NOT want to miss this booth!

Time for France!

🧅 Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre (New)
🐌 Brioche aux Escargots
🍖 Boeuf Bourguignon
🥭 Crème Brûlée mangue et passion
🍸 Cocktail au Gin et Aux Fraises (New)
🥂 Guillaume Touton, Brut de Pêche (New)
🍧 Frozen French Cosmo (New) pic.twitter.com/IFbc2ZEF4B

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

This was one of the most cohesive booths at the festival this year, and it was SO good!

Click Here for Our Full Review of the France Booth

Swirled Showcase

If you’re looking for a cool treat, stop by Swirled Showcase for some soft-serve ice cream and more!

Swirled Showcase is a MELTY booth 🫠 let’s take two trips! Here’s what we got on round one:

🍠 Liquid Nitrogen Frozen Sweet Potato Mousse with candied pecans and maple-caramel sauce (New)
🥧 Frozen Apple Pie
🍓 Berry-vanilla Float pic.twitter.com/V1HpYjgp0C

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

Ready for Round 2 at Swirled Showcase?

Time for round 2 from Swirled Showcase!

🥥 Toasted Coconut Float
🍦 Salted Caramel Soft Serve pic.twitter.com/cfgUNPOgev

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

Check Out Our Review of Swirled Showcase Here!

Spain

We grabbed the updated Spanish Charcuterie and the Paella Negra. The Red Sangria returns for this year, along with the Quinta del ’67 Almansa Garnacha Tintorera.

Read Our Fill Spain Booth Review Here

Earth Eats

Earth Eats returns to the Food & Wine Festival this year!

Earth Eats is our next booth!

🍷 Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib with goat cheese polenta, puttanesca sauce, shaved pecorino, and petit herbs (New)
🍋 Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with lemon icing (New)
🍊 Blood Orange Agua Fresca pic.twitter.com/Y4s4YQymOi

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

See Our Full Earth Eats Booth Review Here

 Flavors From Fire

Let’s try Flavors from Fire!

🍔 Steakhouse Blended Burger
🍔 IMPOSSIBLE Montreal Style Burger Slider (New)
🫕 Smoked Corned Beef with house-made potato chips and beer-cheese fondue
🥃 Swine Brine with Jim Beam Bourbon, apple cinnamon cider, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard pic.twitter.com/tufu9poGlr

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

The Smoked Corned Beef with house-made potato chips, cheese curds, pickled onions, and beer-cheese fondue is an old favorite that rarely disappoints.

See Our FULL Flavors From Fire Review Here

Hawai’i

Always a popular booth, this year’s menu features some returning favorites including the Slow-roasted Pork Slider with sweet-and-sour DOLE Pineapple chutney and spicy mayonnaise and the Passion Fruit Cheesecake with toasted macadamia nuts. We also checked out the new Hawaiian Rice Bowl.

Don’t Miss Our Review of the Hawai’i Marketplace Here!

Funnel Cake Stand

This year’s funnel cake is a Tiramisù Funnel Cake with vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate rum sauce and cream cheese whipped cream and dusted with cocoa and espresso powder!

Check Out Our Review of the Funnel Cake Here

Noodle Exchange

The Noodle Exchange returns to the Food and Wine Festival this year! All the dishes are returning, and we’re checking them out.

Next up: The Noodle Exchange!

🍜 Ramen with shaved beef, mushrooms, carrots, peppers, and an egg in broth
🍤 Thai Shrimp with Noodles, Mushrooms, and Basil in Broth
🍜 Ramen with tofu, mushrooms, carrots, peppers, and Bok Choy in Broth
🍓 Parish Brewing Co. Strawberry Mochi pic.twitter.com/8Ojl6LCXIu

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

Click Here to Check Out Our Review from The Noodle Exchange

The Fry Basket

It’s Fry Basket time!

🍠 Sweet Potato Casserole Fries with candied pecans, marshmallow cream, and bourbon maple syrup
🍟 Fry Flight
🧄 Adobo Yuca Fries with garlic-cilantro aïoli
🍊 Boyd & Blair Grapefruit Mule (New)
🥭 Collective Arts Brewing Mango-Rita Sour with Chili (New) pic.twitter.com/iW3xFU3HsB

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

We couldn’t go to The Fry Basket and NOT order the Fry Flight!

Block and Hans

Block and Hans is serving up a non-boozy drink for this year’s EPCOT Food and Wine Festival!

Japan

Two new menu items were added at the Japan booth — Wagyu Temaki Sushi and Eel Temaki Sushi.

Read Our FULL Review of the Japan Booth

Greece

We grabbed the Spanakopita, Griddled Cheese, a Lamb Gyro, Impossible Moussaka, a wine flight, and a cocktail at the Greece booth!

Click Here for Our Full Review of the Greece Booth

Refreshment Port

Returning to the Festival this year is the Braised Beef Poutine.

For drinks we’re checking out the new Boulevard Beverage Company Quirk Ginger Grape Fizz Hard Seltzer and the Boyd & Blair Pumpkin Spice Mule. The Florida Orange Groves Winery Sparkling Peach returns this year.

See Our Full Refreshment Port Review Here

We’ll be updating this page with our reviews as we eat our way around EPCOT, but right now you can click here to see a full list of the booths and menus for the Food & Wine Festival.

EVERYTHING You Need to Eat and Drink at the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival

Activities

There’s plenty to see and do other than just eat — like Emile’s Fromage Montage which is back for this year’s festival. With this activity, you pick up a Festival Passport, which will list some of the cheesy dishes you need to buy to get a stamp. Get all the stamps, and you can win a prize!

This year, the prize was Blueberry Cheesecake Soft Serve topped with a Mini Cheesecake and Graham Cracker Crumbs in a Specialty Cup. Yes, the price is CHEESE CAKE! We just won at life!

Here’s a look at the completer treat for finishing Emile’s Fromage Montage! 🧀 pic.twitter.com/UmevLcUqSY

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 30, 2024

Entertainment

This year the Eat to the Beat concert series is back! You’ll find concerts from big-name bands and singers from Friday to Monday, with local musicians performing from Tuesday to Thursday. Click here for the FULL list of Eat to the Beat performers!

If you don’t want to miss a certain performance, you may want to look into booking an Eat to the Beat dining package. You can get these with advance reservations at select EPCOT restaurants, and you can also find some limited day-of dining packages at certain places when available.

First Look Inside CommuniCore Hall During a Festival

We have our first look inside CommuniCore Hall DURING a Festival in EPCOT! ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/QmAS2kHbAC

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

Merchandise

Let’s go do some SHOPPING! We spotted a ton of new merchandise this year, including a brand-new festival Lug bag!

Check out this Remy Lug bag for the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival! 🐭 pic.twitter.com/ctvqGakrmk

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

In the past, we’ve seen EPCOT’s festival-exclusive Lug bags sell out QUICKLY. If you’re interested, you might want to grab one ASAP!

We also spotted a Muppet Labs glass! You’ll definitely NEED to add it to your drinkware collection.

This Muppet Labs glassware is a NEED, not a want! 🧪 pic.twitter.com/ThNigel1WQ

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

See EVERY 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival Souvenir Here!

Details and Extras

Even the infamous Tiny Train Town is all decked out for the event! We spotted tiny little EPCOT Festival banners throughout the area. SO CUTE!

Tiny Town is all decked out for the Food & Wine Festival in EPCOT! pic.twitter.com/gF9CN5Bwxj

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 29, 2024

There’s Something NEW in EPCOT’s Tiny Train Town!

There’s no better way to end the night than with a little nighttime show at Spaceship Earth!

Here’s a peek at the nightly show on Spaceship Earth! This version will run throughout the Food & Wine Festival! pic.twitter.com/hJ3XdjyGSo

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 30, 2024

It’s so fun to catch this at the end of the day — make sure to hang out by Spaceship Earth when the sun goes down if you want to see a little magic!

Check Out Spaceship Earth’s LIMITED-TIME Look for the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival 

Florida Blue Medicare Lounge

While you’re wandering around the festival, you can stop by Restaurant Marrakesh at the Morocco Pavilion to take advantage of the Florida Blue Lounge!

Learn More About the Lounge Here

We’ll continue updating this article with everything you need to eat, drink, see, and do throughout the day, so stay tuned for more!

Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival!

And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below.

Are you heading to the Food & Wine Festival this year? Tell us in the comments.