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EPCOT Festival of the Holidays

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Will Disney World’s Holiday Crowds Vanish the Week Following Thanksgiving?!

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If there was any doubt whether or not the holiday season (and its crowds) had arrived in Disney World, we’re certainly in the thick of it now! With a large number of guests enjoying the parks over the Thanksgiving holiday, Park Pass Reservation availability has been more scarce this week than it has in recent months!

Crowds at Animal Kingdom

Will this trend continue into the month of December? Let’s take a look at the park hours and Park Pass Reservation availability for the week of November 28th to find out!

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We Tried an Eggnog Donut in Disney World and We Aren’t Mad About It.

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We’re at the first day of EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays! We’re ringing in the fourth and final EPCOT festival of 2021 by checking out all of the merchandise along with the tasty treats at places like Refreshment Port!

It’s time for EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays!

Next up is The Donut Box, which has been wowing us lately with knockout hits like their Crispy Chicken on a Sriracha-glazed Donut as well as their Maple Bacon Donut at this year’s Food & Wine Festival. Will they continue to impress us this time around at Festival of the Holidays? Let’s find out!

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REVIEW: Good Morning to This Funnel Cake and This Funnel Cake ONLY in Disney World

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The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is officially underway!

Funnel Cake Stand

We’ve been making our way through the DELICIOUS items at the food booths, keeping an eye out for little Olafs, and are super excited for the return of Candlelight Processional. Right now, we’re tackling one of the NEW items at the Festival and it is truly the fried holiday dessert we never knew we needed.

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Review: Where to Go For Tasty Noodles, Festive Sushi, and Chocolate & Banana Milk (?) in Disney World

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Happy holidays from Disney World!

EPCOT Tree

Today, we’ve been making our way around EPCOT for the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. Over in the Japan pavilion, the Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen booth has some NEW items as well as some returning favorites! Are any of them worth a try? There’s only one way to find out… .

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PHOTOS: Here’s Why You’ll See Olaf Randomly Around EPCOT Right Now

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Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt is one of Disney’s newer additions to their EPCOT Festival of the Holidays, featuring a search for Olaf statues hidden throughout EPCOT’s World Showcase. If you find all the Olaf statues around EPCOT, you’ll get a free prize!

An Olaf statue from last year’s hunt

Today, this holiday scavenger hunt is back and we’re on the hunt for our favorite snowman.

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Potatoes AND Cookies? Only Plastic Cheese Could Make This Disney World Location Better

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One of the best parts of the holidays in Disney World has finally arrived.

EPCOT

The International Festival of the Holidays in EPCOT features several Holiday Kitchens, which are booths around the park that have festive snacks, treats, and drinks from around the world. You can taste Thanksgiving and Christmas snacks at the American Holiday Table, find various holiday donuts at the Donut Box, and even follow the smell of delicious cooked nuts over to the new Chestnuts & Good Cheer booth. We’re visiting a returning favorite now, so let’s head in to see if it’s as good as we remember! [Read more…]

The Best $5 You’ll Spend on a Treat in Disney World Right Now

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Happy Holidays from EPCOT! We’re eating our way through the park on the first day of this year’s Festival of the Holidays. It has already been quite the full morning in the park as we’ve browsed this year’s festival merchandise and learned that our favorite purple dragon Figment waits until after Thanksgiving to change into his holiday attire. But now, it’s time to EAT!

Festival of the Holidays Passport

Refreshment Port always adds a few specialty menu items for every EPCOT festival, so we stopped by to see what they had to offer this holiday season.

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We Spotted a Disney World DEAL on a Holiday Souvenir!

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There’s a LOT of Christmas fun happening in Disney World today!

The holidays are here!

We’re over in EPCOT exploring the Festival of the Holidays LIVE, but that’s not the only park that’s extra jolly today. We were strolling through Magic Kingdom when we spotted a pretty sweet deal to add to your holiday merchandise collection!

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Forget No Bones, It’s a FIGMENT HOLIDAY SWEATER DAY in EPCOT

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Can you believe it’s already almost Christmas?? It’s a good thing we’ve been highly anticipating all the holiday festivities coming to Disney World, because Christmas has taken over the parks and resorts!

So Pretty!

There’s already SO much going on with gingerbread displays appearing in resorts, the kick-off of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, and more! Still, some of the biggest holiday features we look forward to are the attraction overlays we see around Disney World. We’ve seen themed decorations appear on Living with the Land lately, but another more subtle overlay has arrived in EPCOT too!

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PHOTOS: Frozen Fans Will Be OBSESSED With the 2021 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays Merchandise!

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The 2021 Festival of the Holidays is here! Today we’re here at EPCOT trying all the festive new goodies.

Festival of the Holidays Passport

And we had to check out all the new merchandise too! This year’s collection stars some lovable Disney characters with a variety of new items, so let’s go shopping.

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