What’s New in EPCOT: Weekend Crowds, Weird Holiday Merchandise, and MORE!

Welcome back, DFB friends! We’re here with another What’s New at EPCOT!

EPCOT

And, we’ve got plenty of holiday merchandise and Food & Wine Festival crowds updates to share with you and even a sighting of a Disney artist! So, what are you waiting for? Let’s jump right on in!

EPCOT Merchandise Update

Tea Caddy

While almost all of the other Disney Parks have decked out for the holidays already, EPCOT has been a bit slower to go all-in on the trees, wreaths, and red and green this year. But, we spotted some of the FIRST Christmas merchandise when we were making our way through the shops in the UK Pavilion. Now you can find a Santa Phone Booth Snow Globe that lights up and fills with glitter in the Tea Caddy store!

Hello? Is this Santa?

It may be a bit different than the holiday merchandise we’re used to seeing in Disney World, but it’s certainly a unique souvenir to bring home! It costs $45.99.

Vins de France

It’s no secret that we’re all for eating and drinking our way around the world and if you’re a big fan of champagne, then there’s a new shirt in the France Pavilion for you! The black tee features the Eiffel Tower, a champagne bottle, and champagne glass and says “Champagne s’il vous plait” on the front.

New Tee!

It also has “World Showcase” written on the bottom and is available for $32.99.

Italy Pavilion

And, if you’re looking for a special scent to remind you of the holidays in Disney World, the Notte di Stelle (aka starry night) perfume scent is BACK in Italy!

Holiday Perfume!

You can normally only find this during the holiday season and it costs $104 per bottle.

Art of Disney

When you’re visiting Disney, you never know who you might stumble upon and this week we found Artist Rob Katz autographing his pieces in front of Art of Disney in the American Adventure Pavilion!

It’s Rob Katz!

You can find a lot of his vibrant artwork sold in the store including prints of fireworks in front of Spaceship Earth and the Partners Statue.

Other EPCOT Updates

Living With The Land

Earlier this year, Disney confirmed that the fan-favorite holiday overlay would return to Living With The Land this year. We’ve already seen a few Christmas lights arrive throughout the attraction and this week we spotted even more lining some of the plants in the gardens.

More lights are up around the gardens!

We’ll keep an eye out for any more decorations to come!

Crowds

Over the weekend, runDisney welcomed runners back for the first in-person races since the 2020 Princess Half Marathon Weekend. And, the return of the Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend meant that crowds were out in full force at EPCOT! So, there were long lines for almost every Food & Wine Festival booth…

Lots of people here!

…plus the walkways were pretty full of people. The Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend lasted through Sunday and crowds have since gone down a bit for the week.

Busy day for the Food & Wine Festival

Well, that’s a wrap on everything that’s new in EPCOT this week! Of course, we’ll continue to keep an eye out for more of the latest merchandise, food, holiday, and crowd updates, so be sure to stay tuned to DFB!

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