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2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts – Booths, Menus, and FOOD PHOTOS

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Full menus have been announced for the upcoming Epcot International Festival of the Arts it’s a new year which means lots of new discounts I’m going to tell you how to score a free Disney Dining Plan and Brace yourselves there’s a new figment popcorn bucket all of the latest

Disney news is coming up right now here on dfb guide happy New Year hey everybody it’s AJ for Disney food blog happy New Year and yes I can still say that even though it’s January 6th so we took a little Hiatus from the Disney News latest news videos for the

Holidays we are back and better than ever lots of news for you today it’s the same dfb news video you know and love but with even more to make sure you are ready to go for your upcoming trip let’s dive in we’ve got full menus for the

Festival of the Arts y’all the 2024 abcot International Festival of the Arts we call it farts as you know runs from January 12th through February 19th 2024 now this Festival is the Park’s first in the calendar year celebrates three artistic disciplines The Culinary the visual and the Performing Arts in terms

Of new booths there’s just one new Food Studio it’s the cuisine classic which will serve carefully crafted Classics carefully is a very interesting adverb to use here like beef wellington and roasted muscles now I must note that we have seen a Cuisine classic food booth at this Festival in previous years 2021

And 2020 but it was located in World Showcase and had different menu items back then so the word new kind of questionable on this one for Disney but here you go there are several dfb favorite booths and eats that are returning in 2024 and you can check out

The full menus at our website now link down below not only that but the first signs of the fest’s arrival have started appearing in the Park food booths are popping up so that’s super super exciting and speaking of Festival of the Arts take a look at the new Festival of

The Arts popcorn bucket this one is is bringing back the love for everyone’s favorite imagination Dragon figment now remember the past two years we’ve had that really really popular figment popcorn bucket that people were waiting like 6 hours for a couple of years ago Disney’s changed it up now they still

Have figment but now it’s inspired by figments attraction journeying into imagination with figment the shape looks like the building that houses the attraction I love the use of clear plastic on this one and back in 2022 you had that great pigment bucket but I think this one is even better I don’t

Know not a huge huge huge popcorn bucket a fish anado or fan I don’t have a ton of popcorn buckets but I kind of like this one I don’t know what I’m going to do I don’t want to wait in a really long line but heads up if you’re interested

In picking one up you can visit figments inspiration station at the Odyssey that’s where they’re going to be on sale fingers crossed that they are going to use mobile order for it like they’ve been doing for a couple of popcorn buckets recently so that the lines don’t

Get to be 6 hours long but we’ll keep you updated there’s a brand new addition to Tiana’s byou Adventure Disney is getting closer and closer to opening its new Splash Mountain replacement attraction this is set to open in 2024 though Disney hasn’t shared an exact opening date quite yet take a look at

The new addition though to the exterior of the attraction there’s so much going on here right now we are actually seeing a lot of flowers and a lot of greenery get added to Tiana’s Bou adventure and that just keeps happening but this new addition is a new Weather Vein it’s

Placed high at top the roof of part of the ride this is the section of the ride by the way that you go into after the drop where the old Riverboat was and it’s got intricate ornate details that all mean something important and it’s kind of hard to see behind all that

Scaffolding but trust me it is there Disney also released more details about that Weather Vein and the top blacksmith who created it Daryl Reeves crafted this custom Weather Vein at his blacksmith shop in Louisiana’s Seventh Ward Disney even posted a video about Daryl and his Apprentice Karina on the Disney parks

YouTube channel can’t wait to ride is by You Adventure in Disney World hopefully it’ll be right around the corner okay this is a really huge deal this is something I’ve been waiting for about four years for so that’s exciting not long at all right so it’s free dining

Y’all free dining is back for those of you who have been following us and watching these videos since pre-2020 how excited are we that this is actually coming back so if you book a minimum for night package at a Walt Disney World Resort Hotel including park hopper

Tickets and you are a Disney plus subscriber yes Disney’s using this as a way to make you sign up for streaming you could qualify to get that free Dining Plan with your trip the offer is valid if you’re traveling between July 1st 2024 and September 30th 2024 so that

Prime summer season and you got to book a non-discounted package with at least four nights but this offer may be available for longer lengths of stay now depending on which hotel you choose you’ll either get the standard Disney Dining Plan for free or the Quick Service Disney Dining Plan for free for

Everyone in your room the dining plans are returning next week on January 9th and when they return they’ll look a little different than they did before rules have changed some restaurants have changed their credit requirements and prices have been updated as well so we’ll be testing out the new Dining Plan

On January 9th so be sure to follow us on social media at Disney food blog to see all of that coverage and speaking of the new Disney Dining Plan our dfb guide to Walt Disney World dining is not just a list of restaurants it’s your complete planning campaign Canyon it’s like

Baymax for planning your Disney restaurants you’ll find Handy planning worksheets and our step-by-step process to tailor your experience to your needs we’ve eaten everywhere we’ve done it all a million times and we are going to be completely honest with you about The Good the Bad and the Ugly now I’ve

Compiled my top picks on just about everything in the Parks yep all my recommendations are in there my team hates when I have to edit that chapter cuz it’s always different every single time so whether you love sweet stuff Savory stuff anything there’s something for everyone in there

Because I just can’t help myself from recommending everything I love and if you’re traveling during festival or holiday time as if Epcot has a season without a festival check out our bundles that pair all the festival information with our classic dining guide so you make the most of the time of year you’re

Vacationing you can grab yourself a copy or a bundle at dfb store.com moving Ono okay new hotel discounts y’all new year new Disney World hotel discounts and there’s a couple different promotions happening right now this is confusing so stick with me Florida residents can save up to 30% on select rooms at Disney

World hotels valid for most nights from March 25th to July 7th 2024 annual passholders you can snag 35% off your stay on most nights from March 25th through July 7th 2024 and there’s another offer that could save you up to 35% at select Disney World hotels for

Stays five nights or longer or up to 30% on shorter stays now this offer is for everybody general public discount it’s valid for visits most nights from July 8th to October 3rd so that’s right there in that Prime summer period as well you’re also getting into Halloween stuff

There and for all my Canadian friends out there you can save 20% on 5day or longer Disney World theme park tickets this deal is valid for date based tickets between January 11th 2024 and September 28th and if you want to know about all the discounts currently being offered for Disney World hotels visit

Disneyworld.com special offers maybe you’re more interested in going on a Disney cruise this year well there’s a deal for that too there are tons of fun for the whole family and now you can save a bit of money when you book before February 16th Disney’s announced that when you book a

Cruise you can get 50% off your deposit at the time of booking this deal is good for cruises sailing between June 17th 2024 this year through May 31st 2025 next year but you must book your cruise by February 16th 2024 so got to make that decision ASAP this deal is not

Valid on the Disney treasure which is going to be Disney’s newest cruise ship that’s going to sail on December 2st the cruises that this is not good for are the December 21st cruise and the December 28th Cruise so that’s something to be aware of you can use it on the

Treasure sailings next year though and by the way we’re doing a lot more Cruise content here on the channel because I’m kind of in my cruise era right now so we’ve got a lot of cruise videos for you to check out start with the one that’s

Like everything you need to know about a Disney Cruise in 15 minutes because that’s a good entry point video for those of you who are interested in cruising and then we’ve got a ton more one of my favorites is also the one where I talk about everything we ate on

The Disney wish which is like a bajillion hours long because I just Babble through the whole thing but I do tell you everything we ate and so there you know there you go Disney has announced that construction on an allnew Disney Vacation Club Lounge will begin in 2024 unfortunately no other

Information was given about this one Disney only mentioned to be on the lookout for more news to be given in the near future so as of right now we do not know where the lounge will be located within Disney World or when it’s expected to open but we’ll tell you as

Soon as we know if you want to be one of the first to hear big Disney news sign up for our newsletter if you’re not already signed up it’s totally free we make sure to send big news out in the newsletter first the link to sign up is

In the description box below we’d love to have you as part of our newsletter family and for those of you who are subscribed thank you thank you thank you very very much we love to have you as part of that group extended evening hours are back one of Disney’s biggest

Hotel perks has returned for the new year visitors staying at Disney World’s Deluxe Resorts get the bonus perk of extended evening hours on select nights typically a couple nights a week and Disney will keep one of the parks open late for that small group of guests to

Enjoy low crowds and short weit times now we have seen extended evening hours offered at all four parks in the past of course but the schedule does vary depending on the week and depending on what else is going on in the Parks so the the big news here is that Magic

Kingdom is back you’re going to be able to see Magic Kingdom extended evening hours and abcot extended evening hours at this point now in the month of January this perk will happen continuously on Monday and Wednesday nights make sure to check the calendar on the Disney World website before your

Trip next heads up Disneyland fans magic key passes which is Disneyland’s annual passes are going back on sale on January 10th 20124 all four past types will be available for purchase Inspire believe enchant and imagine and Disney shared that the passes will go on sale no earlier than 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard

Time so mark your calendars if you’re trying to get your hands on one by the way these do sell out pretty quickly depending on how many they have available and the virtual queue wait times can be long so I do recommend getting onto the website right at 9:00

A.m. seeing if you can get into that virtual queue cuz some people will be in that virtual queue for hours now to compare magic key passes and benefits click on the link in the description below all right you’ve heard about the Mickey Steamboat Willie horror movie right okay 2024 marks 95 years since

1928 when thousands of copyrighted Works including Steamboat Willie were created since 1928 these pieces of intellectual property have been cozied up underneath that blanket of copyright protection but now it’s gone yep Steamboat willly recognized as the original Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain meaning his character in Ness are available to

Be used by anyone and there’s already a Mickey Mouse horror movie in the works again like I said if you haven’t seen that trailer it’s real weird Okay Disney has expressed that the copyright expiration includes only Steamboat Willie and the early versions of Mickey the modern Mickey that we see in

Cartoons and the theme parks today is still protected this isn’t the first time things like this have happened of course there are plenty of Disney characters in the public domain some of them weren’t even Disney’s characters to begin with just think about Cinderella Snow White Rapunzel and other princesses

That appear frequently throughout those other non- Disney movies here’s a couple of very important news items that you may have missed over the holidays first the virtual queue change starting on January 9th park pass reservations are going away for those with date based tickets on that same day visitors who no

Longer need a park pass reservation will be able to book one attraction virtual Queue at any theme park where they have valid admission visitors will only be able to hold one virtual Queue at a time so you won’t be able to book both Tron light cycle run in Magic Kingdom and

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic rewind in ECOT at the same time remember some admission types still need a Park reservation to book a virtual Queue at 7:00 a.m. we’re talking to you annual passholders speaking of annual passholders good to go days will be visible in the annual passholder

Calendar starting on January 11th 2024 they will also be visible for cast members in their calendar starting on that same day on these days I know you’re like what are good to go days I don’t know what that is annual passholders and cast members are going

To be able to visit any of the four Disney World theme parks without a park pass reservation you can view the good to go days on the theme park reservation calendar the annual passholder admissions calendar and the Disney World app Disney announced that more good to go days will be added periodically the

Dates could be released days or weeks at a time so you’ll want to check those calendars frequently in case new ones pop up so basically what that means is they are going to reserve the right to kind of require annual pass and cast members to make park pass reservations

If things are really crowded or looking like regular day guests can’t get in so that’s kind of what that’s for so hopefully we’ll see long stretches of good Togo days for annual passholders and cast members a brand new show The Little Mermaid a musical Adventure is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in

Fall 2024 yep that’s that puppet show is coming back but it’s going to be a little bit different it’s going to be a new show reimagined inspired by the original and animated classic so a lot of it’s going to be the same but there are going to be a couple of new scenes

And a brand new song they’re going to add kiss the girl into the show as well so if you loved that puppet show before Co expect to see something very similar but also a little upgraded one of the latest restaurants to hit Disney’s Hollywood Studios is already experiencing a menu update it hasn’t

Quite been a full year yet since Roundup Rodeo barbecue opened inside Toy Story Land and quickly became a popular option for their moderately priced Family Style Dining and lots of sides now when this restaurant first opened you were able to order four sides of your choosing from their menu of eight options however

Since this meal was served family style you could change out aide if you didn’t like it the first time around or just wanted to try something different now that menu has shrunk a bit down to five total sides that are brought out to your table all at the same time so no more

Choosing you just get all five of the ones that are left your side options are are the claw veggie SLO cow poke corn on the cob potato barrels which are tots buckin baked beans and the Slinky Dog mac and cheese which is great cuz if they’d gotten rid of that I would have

Probably rioted so this means the mean old potato salad the married spuds which are loaded potato barrels and the force field fried pickles have officially been cut from the Restaurant’s menu which I’m sure many of you be very sad about losing the fried pickles the cast member

We spoke with about the change said it’s a lot easier on the kitchen now and makes things less complicated for them and their visitors they also mentioned the change is planned to be permanent as of right now a delicious Burger is back in Disney World last year we tried the

French onion soup burger at Delux Burger in Disney Springs it’s made with two press signature blend patties with French onion Ragu Grier and an herb parmesan Parker House roll the burger comes with a Grier French onion dip on the side and we had a pretty hard time

Finding anything wrong with this one it was incredibly flavorful and very cheesy you know we love cheesy things but we’ll give you a warning as as delicious as it is this thing causes very bad breath so heads up on that one the burger only stuck around for a little while last

Year and then disappeared from the menu to make way for other seasonal eats but it’s back in 2024 Disney hasn’t shared how long it’ll be around but it popped back up on the Delux Burger online menu this week one of the best parts of being an annual passholder could be the

Discounts on food and right now one of those discounts has doubled if you’re craving some Italian food you might want to hit up tudo Italia in the Italy Pavilion in Epcot where you can indulge in some authentic Italian cuisine okay so to to Italia can be a little pricey

But if you’re an annual passholder it just got a little less so that’s cuz APS can now save 20% off at tudo Italia this discount will be available for a while the 20% discount runs from January 1st through March 31st then the annual passholder discount goes back to 10% the

Discount is also not offered on holidays all we can say is if you want to take advantage of the 20% off make that advanced dining reservation now and just triple check what days you’re going all right another new section to the latest news video this week what you

Need to know if you’re in Disney World this week we are coming off of one of the busiest weeks of the year and crowds are still pretty major in Disney World wait times are starting to go down for the biggest rides in the park so you

Won’t be waiting 5 hours for flight of Passage but you’ll still want to have a good plan of attack so you don’t spend your whole day in line if that means buying Genie plus you’ll want to make that purchase early cuz the service has been very popular and selling out in

Multiple Parks over the past week remember you can buy Genie Plus at midnight and you can start booking those lightning Lanes at 7:00 a.m. during busy weeks you definitely don’t want to miss that 7:00 a.m. start or you may miss out on rides like Slinky Dog or Peter Pants

Flight Genie plus is also starting to go down in price from the new high of $39 per person that we saw over the Christmas and New Year holiday you can likely expect the multi Park Genie plus option to cost somewhere in the 23 to $27 range right now so we’re quickly

Heading into what is typically a slower season at Disney world but Festival of the art kicks off in Epcot on January 12th followed by a long holiday weekend celebrating MLK Day on the 15th Martin Luther King day also don’t forget we’ve got the marathon going on right now so

If you’re in Disney World this weekend that could be a little wild the parks won’t be New Year’s Eve level busy through the first half of the month but lines still could be long temperatures in Orlando will only hit the mid to Upper 70s this week with a few chilly

Nights and some possible wet weather so pack those layers and a rain coat and if you’re traveling from a significantly snowier area keep an eye potential flight delays and cancellations cuz winter weather does cause those major hiccups at the airport as far as ride closures go over in Hollywood Studios

Rock and roller coaster will be closed starting January 8th until summer yep Disney website says it will reopen in the summer of 2024 which for Disney summer can mean June and it can also mean like the very last day of August so this type of refurb happened last year

So it’s nothing new and no they’re not retheming the ride that rumor gets thrown around every single year when this Reverb happens so don’t expect it to change until like a you know One Direction ride or anything but it will be closed for a very very long time so

Be sure to hop on it today or tomorrow if you can kie River Rapids in Animal Kingdom is closing for refurbishment also on January 8th Disney website currently list the closure until mid-march and finally this one isn’t a closure but a rethe the jingle cruise and Magic Kingdom will be running until

January 8th and starting on January 9th the regular old Jungle Cruise will be back in Action so make sure to check it out beforehand if you’re hoping to see it with all of its festive editions Disney’s got a brand new snack collection for you this is brand new

Merch that’s made it to Disney World’s World of Disney and Disney Springs and we saw a spirit jersey for $79.99 a popcorn box holder for $34.99 and a zipper jacket for $59.99 now the popcorn box holder maybe it’s a purse maybe it’s popcorn box holder who knows

We’ve also seen the collection over at rock around the shop the merchandise store that you go through after you ride Rock and roller coaster in Hollywood Studios there we found the sweatpants for $49.99 a popcorn purse for $34.99 a reversible bucket hat for $44.99 and a sweatshirt for $59.99 we love any snack

Related merch here at dfb and this collection is a lot of fun if you see it while you’re out in the Parks we recommend grabbing it while you can probably going to sell out another Disney Springs store has closed yep Alex anani is a fan favorite jewelry brand

That has had a store in Disney springs for years as well as several merchandise displays in the Parks but now the Alex and Anie store has closed in 2023 the store closed temporarily while it moved locations and now it seems that it’s closed for Good not only is the Disney

Springs location closed with construction walls in place we noticed that a sign was put up looks like we can expect to see something new coming soon the Starbucks bin their series mugs have been fan favorites for a few years now you’ll find them at Starbucks locations

All over the place but did you know there are Disney versions too like Disney places that aren’t necessarily real places okay well we’ve seen them for the parks and some fictional locations around in Disney films and Star Wars locations and now you can add another to your collection we spotted

The Starbucks bin there series Arendelle mug in the Emporium at Magic Kingdom for $24.99 this new collectible is decorated with scenes and characters from the Frozen movies of course and you may also be able to find this mug in other stores around Disney World so be on the lookout

If they’re sold out in the Emporium during your visit and that up the first latest news video of 2024 don’t forget to sign up for our free newsletter y’all that’s where you’re going to get the latest news every single day thanks for listening everyone and thanks for

Watching as always this is AJ for Disney food blog and we’ll see you real soon