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Your Kid-Friendly Guide to the Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival

Updated November 13, 2025
Mom and daughter at Epcot Food Festival

The Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival, running from August 29th to November 23rd, is about exploring new foods and flavors, but it puts family fun on the menu, too! “We want all ages to have a great time together while discovering great food, too,” says Dave Kesting, General Manager of Food and Beverage and Festivals at Epcot®. Cardmembers, when using your Disney® Visa® Credit Card from Chase, enjoy 10% off select merchandise purchases of $50 or more at select locations including: Festival items such as kitchenware, glassware or this year’s Disney Festival Cookbook. Here’s a look at what’s being served up for heaping smiles that the entire family can share and enjoy.12

    • Fun Zone Playground

The Fun Zone Playground, located in Future World East, offers lots of places to explore and climb. It’s perfect for the kids to burn off pent-up energy, while adults relax with a beverage or food sample from nearby marketplaces.

    • Disney Du Jour Dance Party

From the Fun Zone Playground, head to the nearby Disney Du Jour Dance Party hosted by a lively DJ seven days a week between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. On Fridays and Saturdays, enjoy live performances by stars such as Meg Donnelly from Disney Channel’s original movie, Zombies, who will be performing August 30th and 31st. Additional performers will be announced on the Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival Website.

Kids Dancing at Disney Du Jour Dance Party

    • Kid-Friendly Cuisine

“On the Festival Passport, we notate all the kid-friendly items with a strawberry icon,” Kesting explains. “And the great part is you’re purchasing small samples, so if the kids decide they don’t like something, you haven’t spent a lot on a full entrée. It’s a low-risk environment for introducing them to new tastes.”

    • Candy Sushi-Making Experience

Learn to turn a crisped rice treat, fruit roll and candy into Candy Sushi at the Sunshine Seasons kitchen in The Land Pavilion. The low-cost activity sells out quickly, so reserve your spot early.

Girl making candy sushi at Epcot

    • Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak Scavenger Hunt

Everyone loves Remy! Have fun searching for him while you’re also trying new tastes. Simply purchase a map with stickers from select Festival merchandise locations and set out on a scavenger hunt for statuettes of Remy and the ingredients for his famous ratatouille. Once you’ve found all the items, bring your completed map to Disney Traders and choose a surprise. And don’t worry—even if you don’t complete the search, the surprise is still yours!

Remy Hide and Squeak scavenger hunt

    • Epcot® Forever

There’s no better way to end your day than by sharing the beauty of a new, limited-time fireworks spectacular, “Epcot® Forever,” when it lights the night above the World Showcase Lagoon beginning on October 1st. The beloved spectacle “IllumiNations—Reflections of Earth” will retire on September 30th.

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NEW + EXCLUSIVE

For New Disney® Inspire Visa® Cardmembers

$600 OFFER

A $300 Disney Gift Card eGift upon approval + earn a $300 statement credit after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.12

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NEW + EXCLUSIVE

For New Disney® Inspire Visa® Cardmembers

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A $300 Disney Gift Card eGift upon approval + earn a $300 statement credit after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.12

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Offer and offer elements including, but not limited to, participating locations and eligible items, are subject to availability and additional restrictions and exclusions, and may change or be canceled without notice. A $50 minimum pre-tax single transaction merchandise purchase is required to receive discount. Must use your valid Disney Visa Card and/or Disney Rewards Redemption Card as payment form and mention this offer. Discount is not valid on previous purchases or on purchases of the following: ticket media, Disney Gift Cards, Park Admission, Arcades, tobacco, alcohol, Outdoor Vending (e.g., in-Park balloon vendors, glow vendors), Add-a-Dollar (Wildlife Conservation Fund), postage stamps, rentals (e.g., strollers, ECVs), personalization, Disney PhotoPass® purchases (e.g., purchases through any application, website or onsite sales location), Memory Maker and Memory Maker One Day, select print packages, framed Disney Dollars, Artist Sketch Program, original or consignment art, select limited editions, select specialty items, purchase-with-purchase offers, newspapers/periodicals, books, videos, DVDs, CDs, sundries, pantry/prepared foods, digital/video/disposable cameras, film, consumer electronics, National branded fragrances, treatments and cosmetics, Lladró®, Swarovski® Crystal, Tiffany & Co.® Jewelry, select collectibles, handmade items, special orders, live auction artwork, select product launches, select premium branded items, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Pirates League packages, phone, email or mail order purchases, shipping or taxes. Discount is not available at Cast Connection, Disney's Character Premiere, Disney's Character Warehouse or Walt Disney World® Resort Operating Participant locations and any other locations or kiosks that are not owned or operated by the owners of the Walt Disney World® Resort, except for Basin®, Basin White®, Chapel Hats (store and kiosk), Filthy Rich, Good Fortune Gifts and House of Good Fortune, House of Blues® Gear Shop, Joffrey's coffee/tea kiosks and Tea Traders Café by Joffrey's, kidsHeritage, Levi's®, Luxury of Time, Marrakesh Emporium Arts & Crafts, Sperry, Sugarboo & Co., and Volcom. Not valid in combination with other offers, discounts or promotions. Separate admission may be required. Discount is for personal use only and may not be transferred or used to purchase merchandise with the intent to resell the merchandise.

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