The Epcot International Festival of the Arts will return in January 2018, now available daily to guests rather than just on weekends.
New for 2018, the Festival will remain open 7 days a week, with various entertainment offerings planned on just the weekends. The event will take place January 12 to February 19, 2018.
Families dining at Restaurant Marrakesh in the Morocco pavilion at Epcot can now enjoy complimentary henna tattoos for children ages 12 and under. Children must order a meal to take advantage of this offer.
Restaurant Marrakesh offers Moroccan delicacies such as roast lamb, shish kebab, couscous, and brochette of chicken. Additionally, belly dancers and live music continue to entertain Guests each evening.
Today, we released two new shirts on Teepublic in honor of the upcoming 35th anniversary of Epcot. For the next two days these shirts will be just $14, that’s 30% off!
The shirts celebrate the EPCOT Center of the past featuring:
Figment from Journey Into Imagination
Singing Vegetables from Kitchen Kabaret
Manatees from The Living Seas
Bird and Robot from the World of Motion
Floating Shoes from Horizons
Crannium Commandos from Wonders of Life
Dinosaurs from Universe of Energy
Geodesic Spheres from Spaceship Earth
Get these shirts now to celebrate 35 years of Epcot!
We made our way over to Epcot to check out some of the newly released Epcot 35th Anniversary merchandise found at MouseGear. Keep in mind this isn’t everything that will be released. Let’s check it out below!
Yellow Figment Epcot 35 Women’s Cut Tee – $29.99
Epcot 35 Metal Ornament – $16.99
White Figment Pattern Epcot 35 Women’s Cut Tee – $29.99
Last night, we made our way over to Epcot to check out the new 35th Anniversary merchandise that showed up at MouseGear and decided to make a pitstop at Test Track to check out the progress on the transformation from After Market Shop to Test Track SIMporium. Check out the changes below as well as a neat video showing the cool new lighting effects added to the shop.
The awning and Test Track banner are still missing after they were removed due to Hurricane Irma a couple of weeks ago. No news on if and when it’ll return.
I spy with my little eye, a new SIMporium sign near the entrance of Test Track!
As we get closer we see the new updated signage above the entrance to the store…
The Stat Station isn’t running yet and we don’t have many more details on what you’ll be able to do with these once they go live.
New accents were added recently with the 4 logos you test your SIM Car on Test Track, and now they are accented by lighting effects and illuminating logos, just like on the attraction.
The Engravable I.D. tags machine moved opposite of where it was last week.
Behind the cash registers is a brand new Test Track mural which is really sweet and matches the new accents added to the SIMporium.
Walt Disney World has announced that they have commenced with the construction of the Ratatouille attraction for the France Pavilion at Epcot.
Work began on September 20th, 2017 for the ride that will open sometime before October 1st, 2021. Construction is not yet visible to guests and is only taking place backstage.
The ride, already a popular attraction at Disneyland Paris, was announced at the D23 Expo 2017 as part of phase 1 of the Epcot park overhaul.
The Ratatouille ride will be part of a larger expansion of the France Pavilion that will include new shopping, dining, and more.
Disney today announced the many festivities that will be taking place on October 1st, 2017 for the 35th anniversary of Epcot. Here the list of what you can expect:
Commemorative Guide Map – Be sure to pick up a commemorative Epcot Guidemap and Times Guide on your way into the park. They’ll be available at the park’s Main Entrance, at International Gateway and Guest Relations.
Anniversary Celebration – A special celebration will be held at the Fountain View stage at 10:01 a.m. Gather to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Epcot with Mariachi Cobre and Voices of Liberty.
Exclusive Anniversary Merchandise – Guests visiting Epcot on October 1 will have the chance to grab anniversary merchandise as a part of the “I Was There” collection, which has been specifically designed for this year’s milestone. Items in the collection will be available only at a “pop-up” shop (which will be open for one day only/while supplies last), located just past the Art of Disney location at Epcot on October 1. Additional Epcot 35th Anniversary logo merchandise will be available in select merchandise locations at the park, such as Mouse Gear and on the Shop Disney Parks app. Some of this merchandise was released yesterday and you can see it here.
Special Edition: IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth – Conclude your day at the park by attending a special edition of the park’s nighttime fireworks show, “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth,” which begins at 9 p.m. If you would like reserved viewing for this and a selection of drinks and snacks, WDWCelebrations still has tickets for sale to their Illuminations Dessert Party for October 1st.
For the last few days, we have been speculating what the new Stat Stations at the newly renamed SIMporium inside of Test Track will do. Well now we know…
Guests can scan their MagicBands or tickets at the kiosks and create a custom card featuring the car they built on Test Track. Guests may then purchase this card to take home with them.
Sadly, we don’t have pricing or any additional information yet, but we should soon.
It appears as though the Figment Funko Pop Vinyl figure will be released this weekend at Epcot.
According to an internet leak, the Pop Vinyl will be released at MouseGear, Disney Traders, Port of Entry, and World Traveller at International Gateway inside of Epcot. Just like previous Disney Parks the figure will be priced at $19.99 and is expected to be released at the park on October 1st.
