Eating your way around the world
If you are a true foodie, then the 2021 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is the place to challenge your palette. Food, wine, and entertainment are the primary focus of the Festival, so why not book your vacation with us and enjoy what Disney has to offer.
I had the pleasure of speaking with my good friends, Becky Jo and Kierstin Miller about their annual retreat to the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival.
Eating your way around the world is how Becky Jo and Kierstin describe their experiences participating in the annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. This Festival is one of many offered at Epcot throughout the year and always runs between mid-summer to late fall. This year it runs from July 15th to November 20th, 2021.
Before I continue on the Food & Wine Festival, I have to briefly describe the Epcot experience. Epcot is an acronym for The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow and is one of the four theme parks at Walt Disney World. Epcot is known for its scientific and technological subjects and also for its World Showcase, which includes pavilions of various countries. In each pavilion, you will find restaurants and attractions relating to the country.
Back to the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, in addition to the permanent pavilions, additional countries are added as part of the Festival. As part of your participation, you will receive a Festival Passport, which not only outlines Festival information but also has stickers to keep track of which sections you have visited and which foods you have tasted.
Becky Jo and Kierstin describe themselves as foodies and have been going to the Festival for many years. While the Festival runs between mid-summer to late fall, the Millers prefer to go in the fall, one of the reasons being the weather is better. The Festival has food and wine for every dietary need. You can even find vegan and plant-based options, and each country offers wine pairings with its dishes. The cost is the price of admission to the park, plus the additional cost of the food and wine. The food is offered in generous size tasting plates to small appetizer size plates. What works for Becky Jo and Kierstin is the opportunity for each to purchase a different plate and share it.
What advice did Becky Jo and Kierstin offer:
- Purchase the park hopper option. Because you need more than one day to enjoy the Festival, after a day at one of the theme parks, you can hop over to Epcot to sample some more fare.
- Stay at one of the resorts close to Epcot:
- Value Resorts: Disney’s Pop Century Resort, and Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
- Moderate Resorts: Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
- Deluxe Resorts: Disney’s Beach & Yacht Club Resorts, and Disney’s Boardwalk Inn
- Pop Century, Art of Animation, Caribbean Beach are connected to Epcot via Skyliner.
- Because Epcot is so big, you can walk your food off.
- Be sure to enjoy Eat to the Beat. Disney brings in different musical local and international artists to serenade you will you eat.
Becky Jo describes the Festival as taking a trip abroad but having the opportunity to do it in one spot. You can enjoy empanadas or jerked chicken in the Caribbean Pavilion or pork sliders in the Hawaii Pavilion. Most of all you will have the opportunity to meet people from all over the world. Both Becky Jo and Kierstin are truly experts and just by the way they talk about the Festival, are genuine fans.
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