2018 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival: August 30 to November 12, 2018

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Curious about other people’s strategies for visiting the booths. Based on the app there are 35 booths with food (the others have drinks only). Do you try to pick at least one item from every booth or just pick your favorites and revisit multiple times? I’m trying to pick at least one item from every booth. Some booths I’ve picked multiple items. The only booths I don’t have anything picked for is the festival center wine shop, islands of the Caribbean, Italy, shimmering sips mimosa bar, Spain, funnel cake and taste track. Just curious what other people do!


I have done both.
Now I pick what I want to try. Doesn’t always include every booth. I found that with all the choices this works better for me. Picking something from every booth would leave me full before I got to try what I really wanted.
But I suppose if you have multiple days planned at Epcot with no ADR’s you could pick something from every booth and fit in all your top choices too.
 
I haven't heard anything, and I'm one of the lucky ones who usually gets the Emails. I've been watching for info, because sometimes they require you to enter Epcot at least 3 times to get the gift (although that was back when they gave "real" gifts-glasses). Hope springs eternal, though, so I'm making my plans based on needing to enter Epcot 3 times just in case.

Does it have to be 3 times on 3 different days?
 
Are these booths going to be open for breakfast?

The booths open at 11am when the World Showcase opens.

The Festival Center has historically opened at 9 am and it appears the mimosa bar with various baked goods will be located there. The wine shop with some food items is also in the festival center, as is the Chocolate Experience.
 


Curious about other people’s strategies for visiting the booths. Based on the app there are 35 booths with food (the others have drinks only). Do you try to pick at least one item from every booth or just pick your favorites and revisit multiple times? I’m trying to pick at least one item from every booth. Some booths I’ve picked multiple items. The only booths I don’t have anything picked for is the festival center wine shop, islands of the Caribbean, Italy, shimmering sips mimosa bar, Spain, funnel cake and taste track. Just curious what other people do!

In my 2013 visit we hit all the booths. This year I am not sure if we really can, but I will likely try. So I have made a list of what I am interested in, and will mark priorities (top and secondary). I figure I can hit those first, top priorities, followed by whatever is on my "2nd tier" . Then systematically go through and hit the booths I didn't already and see where we end up. Either way it will be a fun adventure!
 
Curious about other people’s strategies for visiting the booths. Based on the app there are 35 booths with food (the others have drinks only). Do you try to pick at least one item from every booth or just pick your favorites and revisit multiple times? I’m trying to pick at least one item from every booth. Some booths I’ve picked multiple items. The only booths I don’t have anything picked for is the festival center wine shop, islands of the Caribbean, Italy, shimmering sips mimosa bar, Spain, funnel cake and taste track. Just curious what other people do!

We go through the menus and pick out everything we want to try and then consolidate what we can share. This year we're breaking the booths up over 4 days so that we can actually get to try everything on our lists.You'd be surprised how quickly you fill up.
 
I'm a big girl and a foodie. I had a day and a half trip a couple of years ago where I ate or drank at least one thing from each and every booth. Back then, you got the stickers and if you hit all of the booths, you could get a completer sticker from festival Center. It almost killed me to do it but I did it!. I have actually managed this twice.

But, now I go for new dishes and favorites from prior years and skip booths that do't appeal to me.
 


I'm a big girl and a foodie. I had a day and a half trip a couple of years ago where I ate or drank at least one thing from each and every booth. Back then, you got the stickers and if you hit all of the booths, you could get a completer sticker from festival Center. It almost killed me to do it but I did it!. I have actually managed this twice.

But, now I go for new dishes and favorites from prior years and skip booths that do't appeal to me.
DH & I did this once and it almost killed us too! It was super fun but I don't know if I would repeat it, haha. But we are going to try to eat at Food & Wine for at least one "meal" every day of our stay!
 
Are 2 full weekdays enough time to leisurely explore most, if not all, the booths?
explore or eat at? In two full. days, you can eat something from each booth but you will have to work at it. You will be eating a lot. But, then again, there are two of you so you can share dishes.
 
Unfortunately for us, we leave WDW on 8/29. Is there any chance some of the F&W booths open a day early?
In the past, there has been a "preview" day with some of the kiosks opening early. Given the sporadic way that WDW has released information regarding this year's festival, who know what may happen this year.
 
I just noticed that there are some glasses that are identified as "Annual Passholder glasses". Wouldn't it be great if those were AP gifts? Especially since one is the Figment glass that I'm already drooling over. However, realistically it probably only means that they're available to Annual Passholders at the "low, low price of...." some outrageous sum. Hey, maybe that's our AP gift this year-the opportunity to buy those glasses!
 
I just noticed that there are some glasses that are identified as "Annual Passholder glasses". Wouldn't it be great if those were AP gifts? Especially since one is the Figment glass that I'm already drooling over. However, realistically it probably only means that they're available to Annual Passholders at the "low, low price of...." some outrageous sum. Hey, maybe that's our AP gift this year-the opportunity to buy those glasses!

I’m going to guess they’re for purchase and to take a step further will guess available only as set of four (1 each: Mickey, Minnie, Figment, Sip Your Troubles Away). But pure guess. They have had quite a bit of AP exclusive merch for purchase last few years (Dooney, pin, ornament, tee).

I wonder what this year’s t-shirts look like. I usually get at least three: the standard F&W shirt, Brews Around The World shirt, and an AP F&W shirt. I’d love a Hawaiian shirt with Brews Around the World, but I don’t see Disney making that.

I like the stemless glass with the signs so hope that’s a tee. Interesting that they didn’t include any in the preview. The Hawaiian shirt is a cool idea!
 
I’m going to guess they’re for purchase and to take a step further will guess available only as set of four (1 each: Mickey, Minnie, Figment, Sip Your Troubles Away). But pure guess. They have had quite a bit of AP exclusive merch for purchase last few years (Dooney, pin, ornament, tee).



I like the stemless glass with the signs so hope that’s a tee. Interesting that they didn’t include any in the preview. The Hawaiian shirt is a cool idea!
I agree, they will most likely be sold in a set of 4.
I LOVE the stemless glass! Also will be sold in a set of 4. I am running out of room for stemless F&W glasses LOL.
 
I haven't heard anything, and I'm one of the lucky ones who usually gets the Emails. I've been watching for info, because sometimes they require you to enter Epcot at least 3 times to get the gift (although that was back when they gave "real" gifts-glasses). Hope springs eternal, though, so I'm making my plans based on needing to enter Epcot 3 times just in case.
Haven't heard anything about the AP gift this year. 2 years ago, you had to enter 3 different days and then you got the really cool glasses - still use and love ours. Last year was a magnet. Just not the same thing.
I'm hoping for better this year.
 
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