food IS a theme park
Are you ready for the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival?
This year’s festival is starting a little later and will run from August 29th through November 23rd. Now, we’ve seen a few details about what to expect for this year’s festival, including the schedule for the Eat to the Beat concert series. However, the most important question has finally been answered: what food booths will this year’s festival have? Now, we know!
We’ve got BIG NEWS about the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival!
It’s festival time!
This festival is one of the BIGGEST ones of the year, bringing tons of food booths, a concert series, and all kinds of themed entertainment to the park. Now, Disney has finally announced all of the FOOD that’ll be arriving at EPCOT for this year’s festival!
Villains Land is officially coming to Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios is getting Disney’s first suspended – Monsters Inc themed – coaster, Dinosaur is out and Indiana Jones is in, nighttime parades are coming back, a Coco ride, a Spider-Man coaster, The Mandalorian is taking over the Falcon, MORE cruise ships…
©Disney
…AND THAT’S NOT EVEN ALL OF THE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM D23 – BUCKLE UP!
If there’s another singular Disney merchandise item we tend to go a little nuts about at Disney World, it’s popcorn buckets.
©Disney
Yep, these little guys tend to be among the most sought-after Disney World souvenirs that exist. We even like to keep our own tally of which ones we think are the best (and totally sparks a whole team debate some days). So, when we spotted a surprise debut of one we didn’t think we’d see for the Halloween season, we were so excited!
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event brought us HUGE Disney parks news!
Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom was one Disney park that got a lot of attention on August 10th during the Horizons — Disney Experiences Showcase. We learned that a new nighttime parade, Villains Land, and Cars Land will all be coming to Magic Kingdom soon! The parade, Disney Starlight, will debut in summer in 2025 and preliminary work on Villains Land has already begun. Disney shared that work on Cars Land will start early in 2025, and now we have spotted the first permit that might mean the very early processes will soon begin!
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event has officially come to a close, and WOW was it a wild weekend!
Villains Land coming to Magic Kingdom ©Disney
We got to hear tons of news about all the exciting attractions coming to Disney parks in the coming years, find out that there’s 4 (!!!) new Disney Cruise Line ships on the way, and so, SO much more. But in between all the panels and booths we experienced, we got to see some truly incredible Disney costumes that we couldn’t get enough of!
It’s almost time for EPCOT’s International Food and Wine Festival again!
2023 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival
We’ve gone almost THREE MONTHS without a festival in the park, which is pretty wild. We can’t wait to try all the delicious eats at all the different booths (we’re eagerly awaiting those menus, Disney!), but before the first day of the festival hits, we have to make sure we have our essentials. And no, that doesn’t mean our wallet, comfortable clothes, and good shoes (although those are very important) — no, these essentials may seem silly, but we won’t do a festival without them!
Disneyland has a big birthday coming up!
Disneyland
As expected, Disney announced that Walt’s original park would go big for its birthday in 2025 during the 2024 D23 Ultimate Fan Event! Next year, Disneyland will be celebrating its monumental 70th birthday, and like it has in the past, doing so in style.Â
Disney’s major fan event just wrapped up, and we were left with a LOT of big announcements!
In front of the convention center
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event took place in Anaheim, CA, and it was basically an entire weekend filled with Disney news. We got updates on future films, announcements about Disney Cruise Line, and of course, plenty of big reveals about things coming to the theme parks. But through all that news, there were some things that we didn’t get ANY information about! So here are the announcements that were missing from D23.
We know when Lightning Lane prices will finally dip.Â
Lightning Lanes in Walt Disney World
A lot of aspects of waiting in line at Disney World changed since the company introduced the new Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass systems last month. However, one thing that’s remained stable is the price…until now.Â
Our handy (and portable!) ebook guides make sure you get the best deals and can plan a vacation of a lifetime.
