Dates and first details announced for the 2024 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival at Walt Disney World

Apr 23, 2024 in "Epcot International Food and Wine Festival"

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Posted: Tuesday April 23, 2024 10:17am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The 2024 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival presented by CORKCICLE takes place at Walt Disney World August 29 through November 23, 2024.

This year's Food and Wine Festival is notably shorter than last years, which ran from July 27 through November 18 2023.

Here are the early details of what to look forward to at this year's festival.

Global Marketplaces

Returning favorites at the Global Marketplaces include Belgian Waffles with Berry Compote and Whipped Cream or Warm Chocolate Ganache at the Belgium Global Marketplace, Apple Strudel with Vanilla Sauce, at Germany, and The Alps will feature Dark Chocolate Fondue with Berries, Pound Cake, and Meringues.

2024 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival food and merchandise early preview

Emile's Fromage Montage also returns in 2024. This food stroll encourages guests to sample a variety of delicious cheeses served in inventive ways. Purchase any five cheese dishes from the official Global Marketplaces list in your Festival Passport, and make sure to collect a stamp for each dish purchased. Once you've collected all five stamps, bring the passport to the specified location for a specialty unique item to enjoy.

Merchandise

Here is a sneak peek at some of the merchandise available during this year's festival.

2024 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival food and merchandise early preview

CommuniCore Hall

New at this year's festival, CommuniCore Hall will open on June 10 in the heart of World Celebration. Disney says that once the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival begins, the new space will add exciting fresh elements to the festival. Stay tuned for more.

CommuniCore Hall

Eat to the Beat Concerts

As evening falls, chart-topping musical acts and Orlando's top talent will take to the stage as part of the Eat to the Beat Concert Series presented by Florida Blue. Performances will take place nightly in the America Gardens Theatre. Eat to the Beat Dining Packages will also return, ensuring you get a seat for your favorite acts—more details to come.

Scavenger Hunts

Scavenger hunts return for 2024, and guests can purchase a map (while supplies last) for Remy's Ratatouille Hide & Squeak and search to find their favorite little chef hidden throughout World Showcase.

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christine72574 hours ago

I'm probably delusional and naive but I'm still hoping they'll bring back the special events -- culinary demos, wine tastings, luncheons at various restaurants around the lagoon, celebrity chef events, Party for the Senses etc. Sigh. The festival used to be so fun. Now that the food booths are ubiquitous, having "just" them is a bit of a letdown. All the other festivals offer something extra.

networkpro9 hours ago

We're waiting on the full booth menus to appear as most of the regular food service locations are just a meh of sameo sameo thats available everywhere.

wdwmagic10 hours ago

EPCOT Gears Up for the 2024 International Food and Wine Festival with Kiosks in Position https://www.wdwmagic.com/events/international-food-and-wine-festival/news/26jul2024-epcot-gears-up-for-the-2024-international-food-and-wine-festival.htm

MisterPenguin11 days ago

The leaks from the Slack hack keep coming!!!

JD8011 days ago

Pretty smart to have chili, they just need to expose it to the sun to slow cook it.

WeNamedTheDogIndiana11 days ago

Two new booths coming to F&W this year: Autumn Blaze and Harvest Table. Autumn Blaze will feature dishes like brined pork tenderloin with fennel slaw, while Harvest Table's menu will include wild game chili.

ToTBellHop14 days ago

No it just means I will definitely break a toe on one of these abandoned boxes after Luminous next month.

WeNamedTheDogIndiana14 days ago

A large number of the booths are up - some with names, some without. Hopefully this means more info is imminent!

Comped19 days ago

Also food and wine presumably makes a bunch of money from the food and the wine unlike the Christmas stuff. I don't think that the issue is that Candlelight is too expensive, rather than Disney doesn't want to get rid of the end of F&W. A lot of them are now touring again, particularly with having to make up money from the pandemic. Some of them definitely made money from song licensing, but most make a lot more money from concerts especially if the band doesn't even have any original members in it who recorded those songs... Disney is lower on the totem pole unless they have kids, want a free vacation, or just want to keep coming back. You'd be surprised how many fit all three.

Touchdown19 days ago

But the full orchestra up front is paid, as is the VOL in the center of the tree. I assume the only reason the Holiday Festival doesn’t start till Thanksgiving when the rest of the resort goes full Jolly mode within a week of Halloween is how expensive Candlelight is (which I think is a mistake, CL dining packages sell out in minutes every year, I bet demand could easily absorb the extra 2-2.5 weeks of shows.)

Nottamus19 days ago

Big bad voodoo daddy not in the fall lineup seems odd. They are always there near the end, and very entertaining! I’m sure it’s not mostly about the money Disney pays , but these older bands have received a resurgence of fans with all of the tribute bands out there - so they just got more busy perhaps?

Lilofan19 days ago

At Candlelight those cast who performed on stage center that looked like a Christmas tree performed for free. Their pay is a few free tickets so they can give to family or friends for a future time.

Comped19 days ago

I suppose that there's only two of them so you are right... Technically haha. There are a few others who have most of if not all of their members still around, but I did derive certain acts which only have one or even no remaining original members for a reason haha. Disney continues to budget for Candlelight because it is an essential portion of Epcot's holiday festivities and has been for 30 years or so. If it went away, there would be much more uproar than with other productions. Personally, I don't think they're paid too high, but using it as a baseline for Candlelight in particular, which is reasonable, it does amuse me that Disney has kept it around largely unedited in terms of accompaniment (but not content) for decades after major entertainment cuts began that continue to this day. Fans would probably riot if it was cut. As for Equity member payments, while I have no reference for anything past 2017, as I am not a member of Equity and do not have access to more recent deals specific to WDW, they were getting paid about $18 an hour for lead vocal roles - as a show is budgeted to last an hour, basic math essentially says that even if you double it because of inflation and through negotiation on the part of Equity it's a fraction of what the orchestra is getting paid (as I can only assume it's about that much of not slightly more, as the local musician association also doesn't publish their rates, although even to this day most other musician associations within Florida charge cheaper rates than that).

networkpro20 days ago

Folks tend to ignore that the members of these acts of what was current pop groups, like themselves have aged as well. If they are still alive they are older too. The younger acts mentioned like Boys II Men are almost 50. The members of Air Supply that are still alive are in their 70's. The last remain member of the Monkees is 79. Nothing lasts forever, memories last only as long as the person does.