Fall at Walt Disney World does not just mean Halloween taking over Magic Kingdom. It also means EPCOT finally gets a festival again. And if you have visited EPCOT during one of the rare gaps between festivals, you know how different the park feels without one. The booths are gone, World Showcase is quieter, and a big part of what ...

EPCOT is once again in transformation mode, and this time it’s the playground tucked between La Poutinerie in the Canada Pavilion and the Imagination! Pavilion that’s getting the seasonal treatment. Walt Disney World Resort shut down the interactive play space on August 10, pulling it offline just weeks before the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival opens its doors. ...

Nearly 11 years after a classic attraction disappeared from EPCOT, Disney is officially bringing a piece of its past back into the spotlight. The timing is especially interesting. A major anniversary is approaching, Disney is celebrating the attraction at this year’s D23 event, and another recent release has put one of the biggest names associated with it back in front ...

Construction has become a familiar sight around Walt Disney World, and guests don’t have to look far to find another project underway. From major attraction work to smaller refurbishments, Disney continues to update different corners of the resort. EPCOT’s World Showcase is no exception. Several pavilions have seen construction walls and refurbishment work appear in recent months, creating temporary changes ...

Fall is creeping closer, and that can only mean one thing for Disney World fans: the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is right around the corner. Every year, EPCOT slowly starts dropping little hints about what’s coming, and this year is no different. Details are trickling out about returning favorites, new marketplace treats, and now a brand-new addition that ...

There is a moment on Test Track at EPCOT that guests have been describing to each other for over a decade. You have just finished the indoor portion. Your vehicle is lining up for the launch. And ahead of you is a wall, closed and solid, with nothing behind it but the knowledge that you are about to be moving ...

The construction presence at the American Adventure World Showcase Pavilion at EPCOT grew significantly on Wednesday, with new barriers now wrapping around portions of the building that hadn’t been touched since the repair work began. Unfortunately, the damage being uncovered in the process is worse than what was initially visible. More Pillars, More Damage WDWNT reported on July 29 that ...

Watching fireworks around World Showcase Lagoon is one of the most popular ways to end a day at EPCOT. Soon, Disney World guests will have another option that combines dinner with a view of the nighttime spectacular. Disney is introducing a new fireworks dining package at Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya, the table-service restaurant located inside EPCOT’s Japan Pavilion. The Shiki-Sai Fireworks ...

Guests waited nearly a decade for Disney to upgrade the animatronics inside EPCOT’s Frozen Ever After, and Imagineering finally delivered earlier this year. But just months after the long-anticipated refresh debuted, guests are reporting a string of malfunctions across some of the attraction’s most anticipated scenes. A Decade-Overdue Upgrade Frozen Ever After opened in EPCOT’s Norway Pavilion in 2016, replacing ...

Something has been noticeably missing from the main entrance of EPCOT for at least two days. Guests arriving at the second Walt Disney World Resort theme park have been walking past a dry fountain basin where the iconic water feature in front of Spaceship Earth usually flows. The Spaceship Earth Fountain Has Been Dry Since Tuesday On Wednesday, WDWNT reported ...