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Why Disney Fans Are Going Nuts Over This Once-Ignored EPCOT Restaurant

August 25, 2024 ,

We are DAYS away from the return of the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, and we are getting excited!

Food and Wine 2023

All the booths and menus for the 2024 Food and Wine Festival were just recently released, and we have been making our game plans for when we visit the festival on August 29th. This year, there are five new booths and so many new menu items! And, of course, fan-favorite booths and items will also make their return this year. If you are like us, though, you may be looking for a place to cool off in EPCOT, and this newly re-opened space is the perfect place to do so!

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Morocco Pavilion in the World Showcase was home to the Annual Passholder Lounge during V.I. Passholder Days over the summer. This lounge has now closed, and if you have walked by the Morocco Pavilion recently, you may have noticed that it is somewhat quiet. However, if you head towards the back of Morocco, Restaurant Marrakesh has recently re-opened its doors!

Restaurant Marrakesh

Restaurant Marrakesh has been temporarily closed, and last year, it re-opened as a lounge space for the Food and Wine Festival. This year, it is once again open, but for a different reason. 

Restaurant Marrakesh

Although Kidcot has changed over the years, it is still a great activity for kids and kids at heart to learn more about the countries in the World Showcase. Kidcot Fun Stops are typically located at small tables in each pavilion, with a Cast Member stationed there. Those participating get to collect activity cards from each country that include activities and facts about the cultures and traditions of each country. You even get a fun-themed baggie to carry all your cards in!

Kidcot

Morocco’s Kidcot Fun Stop used to be located at the Marketplace in the Medina, and the Disney World website is still showing that this is the current location, but when we stopped by, it was actually inside of the abandoned Restaurant Marrakesh!

Morocco Kidcot

We are not sure how long this area will stay open, but we have our fingers crossed that it will be open for the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, which is just around the corner. This location is a great place to chill out and get some air conditioning to help you power through trying all the fun and booths around EPCOT!

Restaurant Marrakesh open as an indoor seating area

Last year, Restaurant Marrakesh was used as the Florida Blue Medicare Lounge, which offered free drinks, henna tattoos, and sometimes special seating for certain Eat to the Beat concerts. There has been no word of whether this lounge will make its return for the 2024 festival, as it is Morocco’s current Kidcot location.

Kidcot

If you are looking for other fun activities to do around EPCOT during the Food and Wine Festival, you can participate in a cheese crawl! Emile’s Fromage Montage is a cheese crawl where you can sample different cheese items all around the festival and get your Festival Passport stamped to redeem it for a prize. 

We got all of our stamps last year!

If you want to do a more classic scavenger hunt, Remy’s Hide and Squeak Scavenger Hunt will also make its return. This scavenger hunt is fun for all ages, and once you purchase your map, you can either redeem it for your Festival prize right then and there or complete the scavenger hunt and look for Remy first. 

2023 Remy’s Hide & Squeak Scavenger Hunt Map

Of course, it is Halloween time at Disney World, so if you are looking for another fun scavenger hunt, you can participate in Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit. This hunt works the same way as Remy’s Hide and Squeak Scavenger Hunt, but there is a different map and prize for finding all the pumpkins. This scavenger hunt is not offered the entire duration of the festival and is available from September 29th to November 1st, or while supplies last.

Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit (2023)

We are looking forward to trying all the food offerings at all of the global marketplaces/booths during the Food and Wine Festival this year and hope that Morocco’s Kidcot Fun Stop in Restaurant Marrakesh keeps its doors open during the Festival.

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