It’s finally time, festival day is HERE!

That’s right, folks, we’re live from the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, the biggest festival of the year in Disney World. For people who cover Disney food, this is like our Olympics, and we’re here to bring you all the reviews of eats and drinks, as well as cover the rest of the fun that Food & Wine has to offer. Let’s head on in!

Festival Passport

Before you start your day at the festival, you’ve got to grab a festival passport! We snagged ours from the stands near the front entrance, but you can also grab them at many of the food booths around the park. Inside, you’ll find all the booth menus, the entertainment schedule, information for Emile’s Fromage Montage, and more.

This year’s passport also has a showcase of the 30th Anniversary legacy menu items at the festival, noting which decades they come from. These are marked on the menus, so you can make it a challenge to try all 30 items if you’d like!

To see the full passport, check out the link below.

Click Here to See the Passport!

Crowds

When we arrived at the park, the crowds were already in full swing! At the entrance, folks were eagerly anticipating rope drop.

Surprisingly, the crowds inside Creations Shop for the merchandise were not bad at all! We had plenty of space to move around inside the store and check out the new collections.

We’ll let you know more about the crowds throughout the day, especially as food booths begin to open.

Merchandise

Now it’s time to do some shopping! You can find the festival merchandise at Creations Shop, but it’s also scattered throughout several other locations around the park.

This year’s collection has everything from kitchen essentials to Minnie ears to Spirit Jerseys to Loungefly bags. Being the festival that it is, there are lots of chef motifs throughout the collection.

To see the full list of merchandise (being updated throughout the day!) check out the link below.

Here’s All the Food & Wine Merchandise!

Festival Marketplaces

This year, there are more than 30 food booths to check out around the festival, and across those booths, there are more than 100 new items. On top of that, Disney is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the festival with 30 items that are either returning or reimagined from previous years.

NOTE: The food booths typically start opening around 11 AM, so check back after then for more updates throughout the day.

See the Menus for the Food Booths Here!

Emile’s Fromage Montage

If you’re a cheese fanatic, you simply HAVE to check out Emile’s Fromage Montage! This food crawl features a handful of cheese dishes, and you can pick and choose which you’d like to try. As you order one, you get your festival passport stamped — once you collect five stamps, you’ll be able to pick up a prize!

Stay tuned throughout the day for updates as we tackle a LOT of cheese!

NOTE: We’ll be updating this article throughout the day with all of our Food & Wine Festival coverage, so keep checking back to see everything we’re doing. Happy Festival day!

Learn All About the Festival Here!

Are you going to the Food & Wine Festival this year? Tell us in the comments!