Impressions de France and Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along Reopen Early at EPCOT

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Palais du Cinéma

Posted: Saturday May 9, 2026 9:41am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Impressions de France and Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along reopened today at EPCOT, one day ahead of the scheduled May 10 date.

Palais du Cinéma

Both films are now operating at the Palais du Cinéma theater in the France Pavilion after a refurbishment that began February 22.

Impressions de France runs from 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM and 7:00 PM to 8:45 PM. Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along operates from 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM.

This schedule matches what was in place before the refurbishment. The two films continue to share the theater throughout the day.

Impressions de France has been at EPCOT since 1982. The 18-minute film shows French landscapes, architecture, and culture set to classical music.

Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along was added to the theater in 2020. The film invites you to sing along with songs from the animated movie.

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MisterPenguin26 days ago

I hope the new seats are more amenable to napping than the old.

mikeymouse26 days ago

YAY! those seats were so uncomfortable.

JerseyMan9526 days ago

New carpet, seating and all new ADA seating in the theater.

muddyrivers27 days ago

Has anyone gone to the film yesterday (or planning to today) who can tell us if anything changed during the refurb?

It’s such a beautiful experience. I went to France as a teen as part of a multi European country summer abroad education trip and I got to visit some of the places in the film and it really strikes a chord with me emotionally. It’s a France of time gone by to be sure, but it makes me nostalgic for a version of a place I never saw until later.

ChrisFL27 days ago

It's truly a piece of art

Tha Realest27 days ago

In all of our travels we’ve never done this. My wife and I are thinking of coming for Food and Wine and may need to rectify this.

WondersOfLife27 days ago

Well, you dont need me to defend my stance. Disney is doing that for me by keeping the old schedule.

Mr. Sullivan27 days ago

It is. It’s one of the best attractions at EPCOT.

WondersOfLife28 days ago

🤷‍♂️ Meh.

DCBaker28 days ago

It appears Impressions de France and Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along reopen a day early - operating hours are now showing for today:

WondersOfLifeApr 22, 2026

Its ok. I have the generic Disney theme park tourist patrons, whom I dont usually care for, to back me up on this one. 😂 and this is the only case I will ever use them as an excuse and agree with them. Me hating the travelogue films in Epcot is my only unpopular opinion on these threads. Lemme have it.

WondersOfLifeApr 22, 2026

I have seen impressions 100s of times. I am okay now. 😂 I feel the same about Reflections of China... I just never got into the travelogue film stuff. Thats the only retro epcot stuff I am not passionate about. Now, O Canada with Martin Short? I enjoyed that one. The new one? Meh. I'd take Maelstrom and El Rio Del Tiempo any day, tho. Sad that those had to go but we still have these old movies.

TrainsOfDisneyApr 22, 2026

Childhood me told my parents “I don’t want to go in any of those buildings they look boring” - those buildings being original figment and horizons. But we rode the omnibus around world showcase and watched illuminations 1.0 so I can at least brag about that!