Christmas is bringing some big changes to EPCOT, and Walt Disney World has officially revealed what visitors can expect when one of its most popular seasonal celebrations returns.
With the holiday season quickly approaching, Disney has released the complete food and beverage lineup for the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. This year’s event will feature returning favorites, brand-new dishes, and several additions that could change how visitors plan their time around World Showcase.
The festival officially begins November 27 and continues through December 30, giving visitors just over a month to experience the seasonal offerings.
However, this isn’t simply a repeat of last year’s celebration. Disney is introducing new Holiday Kitchens, expanding its international food selections, and bringing unexpected flavors to several familiar locations.
For returning visitors, that means some holiday traditions will feel familiar, while others are getting a noticeable makeover.
Disney World Announces New Holiday Kitchens for 2026
One of the biggest developments involves the addition of two Holiday Kitchens, both offering menus that bring something different to EPCOT’s Christmas celebration.
The first is Season’s Eatings, a new location opening in CommuniCore Plaza. Its menu combines familiar comfort foods with unexpected seasonal combinations.
Visitors can order Reuben Croquettes featuring pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Thousand Island dressing. Another option, the Holly Jolly Bánh Mì, combines smoked turkey with cranberry-Chambord mayonnaise, pickled vegetables, cucumbers, Fresno chilis, and cilantro.
For dessert, the kitchen will serve a cranberry-almond frangipane bar topped with cranberry-cherry compote, whipped cream, and candied orange peel.
The second addition is Diwali Holiday Kitchen, located along the walkway connecting World Showcase with the Imagination! Pavilion.
This new location introduces Indian-inspired dishes, including pani puri filled with curry-spiced potatoes and chickpeas, chicken biryani, and a mango mousse cup topped with plant-based lime whipped cream.
Visitors can also try a thandai milkshake featuring almond, fennel, cardamom, saffron, and other traditional flavors.
The additions give visitors more opportunities to experience holiday foods beyond the Christmas dishes traditionally associated with American celebrations.
EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays menus feature 98 new items November 27 through December 30, 2026.
The lineup includes Prototype Cookie, Reuben Croquettes and Wreath Matcha Mochi Doughnut. https://t.co/ADKjU2aXD8
— Theme Park Shark 🎢🦈 Dustin Sparage (@ThemeParkShark) November 12, 2026
EPCOT Is Changing More Than Just Its Holiday Kitchens
While the two new kitchens are significant additions, they represent only part of the changes coming to the festival.
Disney has also confirmed new menu items at several existing dining locations, including Connections Café, Connections Eatery, Sunshine Seasons, and the American Adventure pavilion.
At Connections Café, visitors will find a new wreath matcha mochi doughnut. Connections Eatery is introducing sausage pizza topped with peppers, onions, and Calabrian honey.
Meanwhile, Sunshine Seasons will serve a Mickey-shaped caramel-gingerbread macaron and a snickerdoodle milkshake topped with a spiced cookie and snickerdoodle Bundt cake.
These additions are particularly convenient for visitors who don’t want to spend their entire day traveling between Holiday Kitchens.
They also give families more opportunities to enjoy seasonal treats while exploring EPCOT’s attractions.
For those planning a Walt Disney World Thanksgiving vacation, the expanded menus could make the holiday festival an even bigger part of their itinerary.
New Christmas Treats Are Coming to EPCOT
Dessert lovers will have plenty of new options when the festival begins.
At Holiday Hearth Desserts, located inside The Odyssey, Disney is introducing milk chocolate Minnie bows, Mickey-shaped nonpareils, peppermint bark, and a hot chocolate mousse cup.
The location will also offer returning treats, including apple-caramel crumb cake and Christmas sugar cookies.
The Odyssey has previously attracted attention because of changes involving the EPCOT pavilion, but the building will play another important role in this year’s holiday celebration.
Over at the Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow location in CommuniCore Hall, visitors can try a new Prototype Cookie as of November 13
This elaborate dessert combines a caramel blondie with peanut butter buttercream, TWIX cookie bar pieces, and a shortbread cookie base.
Disney is also introducing a jelly doughnut milkshake at the location.
Elsewhere, the American Adventure’s Funnel Cake stand is getting a new hot cocoa funnel cake.
The dessert features chocolate-chocolate chip ice cream, marshmallow whipped cream, mini marshmallows, cocoa cinnamon sugar, and dark chocolate sauce.
At Holiday Sweets & Treats near Port of Entry, visitors can order chocolate-peppermint soft-serve in a waffle cone bowl.
These additions continue EPCOT’s tradition of offering seasonal desserts that go well beyond ordinary Christmas cookies.
World Showcase Receives Major Menu Updates
The changes extend throughout World Showcase, where several countries are introducing new dishes alongside returning favorites.
At Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen in Mexico, visitors can try an empanada de carnitas filled with pork and potatoes, or the new Taco Nochebuena featuring barbacoa beef, grilled Monterey Jack, birria sauce, and pickled vegetables.
Germany’s Sommerfest location will introduce a Christmas Market Bratwurst served on a pretzel roll with sauerbraten pot roast, red cabbage, sweet mustard, and paprika-curry chips.
Italy’s Tuscany Holiday Kitchen is adding cheese tortellini carbonara, potato-and-cheese croquettes, and a freshly baked orange-pistachio cookie.
Japan’s Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen will introduce miso ramen with grilled chicken, corn, and butter, along with a strawberry-chocolate dessert bun.
France is also expanding its selections with truffled chicken and mushrooms, plus a salmon burger served on house-made brioche.
These changes follow an earlier round of EPCOT festival menu announcements, which also gave visitors plenty to consider before arriving at the park.
Disney World Brings Back Familiar Holiday Favorites
Despite the new additions, Disney isn’t abandoning the foods that have become staples of EPCOT’s seasonal celebration.
Germany’s Bavaria Holiday Kitchen will continue serving pork schnitzel, cheese fondue in a bread bowl, and hazelnut Linzer cookies.
At the American Holiday Table, visitors can enjoy slow-roasted turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce.
The location will also introduce carved roasted ham served with sweet potato casserole, fried apples, and whiskey-mustard glaze.
Canada’s Yukon Holiday Kitchen will offer returning selections such as beef bourguignon, seared salmon, and maple leaf shortbread cookies.
Meanwhile, the L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen will continue serving potato latkes, smoked salmon potato latkes, and raspberry-walnut rugelach, while adding a new brisket dish.
For longtime festival visitors, the balance between familiar favorites and new selections could be one of this year’s biggest selling points.
The festival also arrives alongside changes to EPCOT’s holiday operating schedule, making advance planning especially important for visitors hoping to experience everything.
Additional Changes Bring More International Flavors
Another location worth watching is Nochebuena Cocina, which features Latin American holiday dishes.
Its menu includes new rotisserie lechón served with arroz mamposteao, pickled red onions, maduros, and salsa verde.
Visitors can also try plancha-seared corvina with vegetable-sofrito hash and romesco sauce.
For dessert, the location is introducing warm Bauducco Chocottone with almond turrón ice cream and pistachio sauce.
Returning offerings include pan de jamón, a traditional Christmas bread filled with ham, raisins, and green olives.
Elsewhere, La Poutinerie near Canada will introduce an English Pub Poutine featuring chips, cheese curds, bangers, and caramelized onion gravy.
At Swirled Showcase, new offerings include liquid nitrogen eggnog cheesecake mousse and a Dubai-style chocolate liqueur float with pistachio soft-serve.
The new offerings arrive as EPCOT transitions away from its Food & Wine Festival, which has already experienced closures affecting some of its seasonal dining locations.
EPCOT’s Holiday Drinks Are Getting an Update
Food isn’t the only part of the festival receiving attention.
Disney has also announced several new seasonal beverages, including four specialty lattes available at Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company locations throughout EPCOT.
The Mallow Drop Latte combines espresso, dark mocha sauce, toasted marshmallow syrup, whipped cream, and graham cracker crumbs.
The Sugar Sleigh Bells Latte features caramel and almond flavors, while the Candy Cane Latte combines peppermint and vanilla.
Visitors can also order the Berry Merry Snowball Latte, which blends almond and raspberry flavors.
The new drinks follow earlier concerns about specialty coffee availability during EPCOT’s Food & Wine Festival.
Other new beverages include a snickerdoodle milkshake at Sunshine Seasons, a frozen merry punch at Block & Hans, and specialty frozen Coca-Cola and Fanta drinks at the Refreshment Station in World Discovery.
Several locations will also offer new alcoholic beverages, including seasonal beers, hard ciders, and cocktails.
Disney World Prepares for Its November 27 Holiday Celebration
The 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays will run from November 27 through December 30.
Disney previously confirmed the return of the holiday celebration, including international entertainment, seasonal storytelling, and the popular Candlelight Processional.
With two new Holiday Kitchens, dozens of new food and beverage selections, and returning seasonal favorites, this year’s celebration offers plenty of reasons for visitors to explore the park.
The festival is also bringing exclusive merchandise, including a new Figment Holiday Sweater Popcorn Bucket, which could attract considerable attention from collectors.
The expanded menus mean visitors may need to plan ahead, particularly if they hope to sample several dishes during a single visit.
Rather than focusing on just one or two familiar locations, visitors may want to explore the entire festival before deciding where to spend their money.
Disney’s latest announcement makes one thing clear: EPCOT’s Christmas food celebration is changing for 2026, and returning visitors will have plenty of new options to discover.
