Details were just released today on two of Epcot’s favorite festivals. The Epcot International Food & Wine Festival and the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays. The 2019 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival will run for 87 days, Aug. 29-Nov. 23, 2019 which will make it the longest Food & Wine Festival in the park’s history. The festival’s Eat to the Beat Concert Series will run Aug. 29-Nov. 19 and will feature a lineup of pop, rock, R&B, country, Christian, swing and Latin artists. This year’s festival will offer tasty dishes, fine dining events, and appearances by favorite Disney culinarians and top celebrity chefs to keep in line with their past traditions. Celebrity chef appearances will be announced coming soon. The 2019 Epcot International Festival of the Holidays also returns Nov. 29-Dec. 30, 2019. The park’s seasonal celebration invites you to discover holiday cheer across all 11 World Showcase pavilions and throughout the park. Special entertainment, storytellers, seasonal favorites at Holiday Kitchens and eye-catching holiday decor will all be included in the fun. The Candlelight Processional, will feature nightly retellings of the traditional Christmas story read by a celebrity narrator, accompanied by a massed choir and live orchestra. More information will be released in the upcoming weeks!!!
Disneyland Park continues to deliver a world-class guest experience. While carrying forward Walt Disney’s original vision, the improvements range from beautification to maxi¬mizing guest comfort and improving guest flow, as they prepare the theme park for its next phase of significant growth, starting with Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Last year, Disney announced plans to build another parking structure adjacent to Mickey & Friends. The new structure will be called Pixar Pals, featuring familiar friends from Disney Pixar films such as “Coco,” “Monsters, Inc.” and “Inside Out”. More than 5,000 parking spaces will be available within the structure. Disney anticipates it opening by the end of July, possibly sooner. The new structure will feature a new electronic parking system to expedite guest parking. In the next few months, the Toy Story parking lot also will be expanded with more than 2,000 additional parking spaces, and additional entrances. They will also be adding security-screening tents before guests board the Toy Story parking lot shuttles to eliminate screening in the esplanade outside the theme parks at peak times. Disney completed many of the improvements to guest flow and queuing that we have previously shared, including the curb grading in Town Square. Work has now begun to finish the walkways in the central Plaza, also referred to as the “hub,” while retaining the intimate feel at the heart of Disneyland Park. In addition to enhancing curbs with slow inclines, they will also be are softening corners on planters to help guests navigate around them. There is also work being completed to the entrance and marquee to Adventureland as part of Project Stardust. Some other Project Stardust enhancements include policy updates to make the theme park experience more enjoyable for guests. When Project Stardust is complete, Disneyland Park will remain the beloved icon and international treasure it is today, while preparing the Disneyland Resort for generations of future guests.
