The EPCOT Food & Wine Festival is well underway and will be running through November 21st. Now, we’ve already eaten our way through most of the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival booths, but some food booths and experiences didn’t open until a little later, including a cool interactive exhibit that’s all about cheese!

We just visited the Cheers to Cheese exhibit at EPCOT, and all we can say is that, yep, we STILL really love cheese.

Cheers to Cheese is an interactive exhibit where you can explore the history of cheese and learn a lot of fun facts about this delicious dairy concoction. You’ll find the exhibit in CommuniCore Hall from September 18th through November 8th. An exhibit…all about cheese? Say no more! We are SO there. So, yes, we visited Cheers to Cheese, and we’re taking you with us.

Walking in, you’re immediately hit with visuals and smells of cheese! There are so many exhibits to check out with facts about cheese, its history, fun games, and more! 

But first, let’s take a look at the space! There are cheese slices hanging from the ceiling (don’t worry, it’s not actually cheese)…

… and tables that look like cheese! This is also where you’ll find one of the food booths, The Wedge!

The walls are also decorated with all kinds of cheeses!

Moving on to the exhibits, we have the Age of Cheese station, which shares the history of cheese and its journey around the world!

The Spread of Cheese section talks about how different cheese-pressing and aging methods made their way to Europe, and it took no time for cheese to spread throughout the continent thanks to the Roman soldiers.

The Prehistoric Cheese section takes us back to over 10,000 years ago when cheese was created…accidentally! This section takes you through ancient China, ancient Egypt, and Greek mythology.

And then, cheese came to America! This gives guests insight into how important cheese was in America as, by the 1840s, the country was home to a booming cheese industry, specifically in Wisconsin!

Dive even more into the history of cheese in America with the American Cheestory section, which takes you from the early 1600s all the way to today!

There is also an exhibit to show how cheese is made because — as the sign says — cheese doesn’t just magically appear in your refrigerator (although, I really wish it did). It takes you from the cows to the cheese caves and eventually to the grocery stores!

Can’t decide which cheese you want to try? Then you can spin a wheel to help you figure out which cheese is best for you! The wheel gives you options from soft cheeses all the way to hard cheeses, and it gives descriptions of each cheese.

Another fun thing to do is match different cheeses with other foods to find perfect pairings! The top spinner will give you a type of cheese while the bottom spinners will either give you something sweet, something savory, or something crunchy. Take some pictures and try it back at home!

You can also participate in the Cheese of the Day! Choose from 10 different cheeses on the board and slide one of the wheels from left to right to vote for your favorite! At the end of the day, you can return to the board and see which one won!

Also, in CommuniCore Hall, you can find a small souvenir shop. This shop includes Food and Wine Festival exclusive merchandise, so it’s a great stop to find something to take home! However, not every piece of merchandise can be found here, so you may have to visit Creations Shop for more.

Speaking of cheese, if you do happen to visit the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival, be sure to participate in Emile’s Frontage Montage, a cheese crawl that lets you sample five cheese-based dishes from a list you’ll find inside your festival passport. Once you’ve ordered one of the cheese-based dishes, you’ll get a stamp in the passport. Get five stamps, and you can turn in your passport for a prize. This year’s prize is a mix of Key Lime DOLE Whip with cheesecake soft serve.

We’ll keep an eye out for more EPCOT Food & Wine Festival news, so stay tuned to DFB for more.

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