No One Is Talking About This Major EPCOT Festival Problem … But They Should Be

The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts is in full swing, and we were there on the first day to check out ALL the offerings!

Festival of the Arts

We stopped by every food booth, checked out the Disney on Broadway Concert Series, scoured the art on display, and enjoyed the various performers and artists out and about. But there’s one big problem with this year’s festival…and nobody seems to be talking about it!

If you’re a plant-based eater, you’re going to have a HARD time at the 2024 Festival of the Arts. During other festivals, we’ve seen Disney offer a plethora of plant-based eats, but at the Festival of the Arts this year? There are only TWO plant-based items throughout the whole fest.

One of the plant-based offerings

Compared to other events like the Flower & Garden Festival and the Food & Wine Festival, this can be particularly disappointing. We’ve seen entire plant-based booths at those festivals in the past, with menu items made completely for those on vegetarian or sometimes vegan diets. If you come to the Festival of the Arts with that same expectation, you might be let down.

Impossible Meatball from Earth Eats at the 2022 Flower & Garden Festival

But what about past years at this festival? Well, compared with the menus from the past three years, things weren’t much better. In 2021, 2022, and 2023, there were only three plant-based items at the festival each year. That’s not a lot of options if you’re hoping to enjoy the offerings to their fullest!

2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts

So consider this your warning if you’re a plant-based eater. You might want to look into other dining options around EPCOT so you don’t go hungry — after all, those festival portions aren’t exactly big!

If you do want to try the two items, the first is the Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with hummus, chermoula, and zhoug dips at Tangierine Cafe: Flavors of the Medina. The other is the Wild Mushroom Risotto with truffle shavings and zinfandel reduction at Gourmet Landscapes.

Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with hummus, chermoula, and zhoug dips

We’ll keep you in the loop with more Disney World dining news, so stay tuned to DFB for the latest!

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OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS

DFB’s guide to the Festival of the Arts details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what’s worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB’s Best of the Fest.

It includes all the must-have information for navigating this colorful festival at Disney World, including:

  • 🍭 Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB’s exclusive recommendations!
  • 🖌 The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don’t have to go hunting for all the dates!)
  • 🎨 All the details on special events, artist meet-n-greets, festival exclusive merchandise, and more!

Are you going to the Festival of the Arts this year? Tell us in the comments!

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