PHOTOS & VIDEOS: We’re LIVE from the 2021 Festival of the Holidays in EPCOT!

Are you ready to eat ALL the holiday goodies your stomach can handle?

2020 Festival of the Holidays Sign

Today the holidays have officially kicked off in EPCOT with the 2021 Festival of the Holidays! We’re so excited to do the Cookie Stroll, and check out ALL the Holiday Kitchens! Do you want to come along with us? Join us as we report LIVE from the 2021 Festival of the Holidays! And keep checking back ALL day as we will be updating this post with every festival detail. Let’s get into the holiday spirit.

Festival Dates

The 2021 Festival of the Holidays kicked off at EPCOT today (November 26th) through December 30th, so you have a little more than a month to get your fill of holiday treats!

EPCOT Festival of the Holidays 2021 Passport

Should we get to the cookies? First, we have to get into EPCOT!

Getting Started

We got to EPCOT bright and early today before the park opened at 10AM. Cast Members went ahead and let us start entering the park around 9AM.

We snagged our Festival Passport to help us navigate the fest, and started limbering up for a big day of eating.

Crowds started forming on the path to World Showcase as the time got closer to the official park open.

Crowds

Lots of people were ready to Rope Drop the fest!

Entertainment

A great tradition for kiddos (and the young at heart) is Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Scavenger Hunt. With this map, you try to spot the summer-lovin’ snowman around the park — for a prize!

Merchandise

We stepped into Creations Shop to check out some of the festival merchandise and spotted some COOL new Frozen merchandise! Get it? Cool?

There’s even a new Festival of the Holidays MagicBand with Olaf on it!

Check out the fab Frozen-themed festival pins.

Did this cookie jar just win festival merchandise? We’ve been waiting for a way to turn our kitchen into a cookie stroll!

We’ll be updating this post to ALL DAY as we explore the Festival of the Holidays! Stick along with us so you don’t miss any part of this holiday festival. And if you’re looking for more updates follow along with us on Instagram!

Want to see ALL of the booth menus for Festival of the Holidays? Click here!

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Are you planning to visit Festival of the Holidays? Tell us in the comments!

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