food IS a theme park
Downtown Disney has been gradually reopening various shopping and dining locations, in line with California’s health and safety guidelines.
Christmas decorations in California Adventure
It’s been pretty slow-moving, but hey, we’ll take what we can get. We’ve been hanging out at Downtown Disney to check out their holiday decorations, snacks, and more. It looks like its hours are going to be extended a tiny bit as seen on Disney’s website!
Shortly before Disney World’s phased reopenings began on July 11th, Disney announced that they would be cancelling Mickey’s-Not-So-Scary Halloween Party this year.
Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
As for their winter seasonal offerings, Disney World hadn’t quite reached a decision — until today. Disney has just officially announced Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will not take place in 2020.
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The 2011 Epcot Food and Wine Festival was AWESOME! Be sure to check out all of our Epcot Food and Wine Festival Pages for the reviews and details from 2011 (many of which will repeat in 2012!). But it’s always fun to start planning for next year!
Luckily, Stitch Kingdom spotted and passed on the info that the 2012 Epcot Food and Wine Festival will be taking place from September 28-November 11, 2012! As always, that opening date is the last Friday in September, so if you’ve been making plans to visit the same week every year, you’re A-OK to plan next year as well!
Also, our guess is that if a 2012 Wine & Dine Half-Marathon happens, it will be on September 29th, the first Saturday of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival.
We’ll see you there! But for more information about the 2011 festival, check out our 2011 Epcot Food and Wine Festival index!
I know we’re pretty enmeshed in the 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival info right now, but I was excited to see a press release in my inbox today from Disneyland announcing their 2011 Food and Wine Festival dates! I was also excited to see on the back of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival Guide that the 2011 Epcot Food and Wine Festival dates are already set as well! So, for future reference:
The sixth annual California Food and Wine Festival will run from April 29th to June 12th — later than last year’s festival — and will include locations in both Disney California Adventure and Disneyland! (I’m excited to hear that the original park will be included, too!) You can see my coverage from the 2010 Disney’s California Food and Wine Festival here!
The 16th annual Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is now scheduled to take place September 30th through November 13th! There are no other details at this time, but you can always check out the coverage of the 2009 and 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festivals to get an idea of what to expect!
Happy Planning!
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