One of the biggest festivals at Walt Disney World Resort is about to begin, and the official Foodie Guide has been released. The EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival presented by CORKCICLE officially begins on August 29, 2024 and will continue daily through November 23, 2024. So many favorite items return to the Global Marketplaces, and there are so many new items coming to the 2024 menus. Let’s see what we have to look forward to this year!
First up is a new location inside CommuniCore Hall. Macatizers will be dishing up four different types of macaroni and cheese options, one of which is a plant-based option. The first menu item will be Traditional Macaroni and Cheese that is topped with a herbed panko crumb. The next is Cheesesteak Macaroni and Cheese which will have shaved beef with peppers and onions, plus those panko breadcrumbs. The plant-based option is an IMPOSSIBLE Chili Macaroni and Cheese that has a dollop of sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese. The final item on the food portion of the menu will be a Truffle Macaroni and Cheese.
Another new location in CommuniCore Hall, Festival Favorites, will have three popular food items and a few beverage options as well. A Kielbasa and Potato Pierogi that has caramelized onions and sour cream. A second menu item is BBQ Pork Rinds that are served with a side of pimento cheese. The final food item is a Key Lime Tart. There will be two delicious beverage option, along with others, but these two are absolutely amazing! The Frozen S’mores is a chocolate milk shake that has marshmallow syrup and topped with mini marshmallows with a graham cracker. The second is an Irish Milk Shake. This delicious beverage is a mix of Guinness Stout and Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur then blended with vanilla ice cream, it’s one of my favorites!
Continuing into the park, the Odyssey is home of the Brew-Wing Lab. The menu consists of Traditional Buffalo Wings, Garlic-Parmesan Wings, and a brand new Unnecessarily Spicy Yet Extremely Tasty Carolina Reaper Pepper Curry Wing. Returning at this location is the Pickle Milk Shake, which I was not brave enough to try last year.
The Global Marketplace in Mexico has an entirely new menu. Featuring Tostada de Camarones, Flauta de Barbacoa, and Pan de Elote. The Tostada de Camarones is a tempura shrimp that sits on top of a corn tortilla with guacamole, shredded cabbage, with a chipotle aioli sauce and diced mango. Flauta de Barbacoa is Barbacoa beef on top of fried tortillas then topped with salsa verde, crema Mexican, and queso fresco. Finally the Pan de Elote is a traditional Mexican cornbread that has a chocolate sauce and queso fresco on top.
Heading around to China, the Pan-fried Chicken Dumplings have made their return while a Crispy Duck Bao Bun and Shanghai Scallion Noodles with shrimp are now on the menu. Also new this year is a Mango Peach Bubble Tea. With a green tea base, mango and peach syrups are placed together then added in white boba.
Receiving three new food items is the Refreshment Outpost. The plant-based IMPOSSIBLE Spicy Sausage has piri piri peppers and onions then topped with piri piri aioli. Curried Chicken and South African Boerewors Sausage Stew that is served in a bread bowl also made its way on this menu. The final item is a sweet, a Chocolate Amarula Mousse Dome.
One country that I love to visit is Italy and now with three new menu items I will surely stop again! Let’s start with dessert for this one. A Vanilla Cheesecake that is topped with whipped cream and a freshly made strawberry sauce sounds absolutely amazing. Back to the savory menu items, up first is a Italian-style “Nachos” which is make with homemade beef ragout with tomato sauce on top of pasta chips, and served with dried ricotta cheese. The last is Polpettine Toscane which is meatballs made of beef with a rosemary focaccia, and pomodoro sauce.
The one location that my very picky child will eat has five new menu items! Flavors of America will be offering four different types of all beef hot dogs for the festival. New York-style features sauerkraut, spice mustard, and an onion-tomato sauce. The Chicago-style is covered in tomato, dill pickle, diced onions, yellow mustard, pickled sport pepper, and Chicago green relish. Carolina-style means chili, coleslaw, and yellow mustard. While finally the Southwest-style is wrapped in bacon and topped with warm pinto beans, tomatoes, jalapeños, queso fresco, and avocado crema. For dessert you may want to try the new Freshly-baked Chocolate Pudding Cake which features bourbon caramel.
While Swirled Showcase will be swirling around with vanilla, cinnamon apple, and salted caramel soft-serve ice cream, they are also offering a Liquid Nitrogen Frozen Sweet Potato Mousse this year. It is served with candied pecans and a maple-caramel sauce on top.
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Bramblewood Bites is a new location for 2024 between World Showcase and imagination! Pavilion. It will offer Grilled Cider-brined Pork Tenderloin that comes with fennel apple slaw and an apple cider gastrique. A Cast Iron-roasted Brussel Sprouts and Root Vegetables that comes with dried cranberries, candied pecans, and a maple bourbon glaze sounds similar to a Thanksgiving plate. And finally, Grilled Bison with a butternut squash purée and topped with roasted mushrooms, and a huckleberry gastrique.
Also between World Showcase and Imagination! pavilion is Milled & Mulled. Here guests will find a Freshly-baked Carrot Cake that has walnuts and a cream cheese icing. Boursin Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake which features fig jam and pomegranate. A Pear and Almond Frangipane Pate Brisee is also new for this season.
Throughout the park, Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company has multiple locations, each with its only specialty option for the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. A Coconut Banana Cream Pie Latte, PB&J Latte, Hazelnut Mocha Latte, and a Coconut Mocha Latte are all new.
New to the 2024 menus will be an exclusive wristlet available for purchase that holds a Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse Disney Gift Card. What a perfect and easily accessible item to have for purchasing all of those delicious items!
With so many new locations, new menu items, and even those popular returning items, are you ready to experience the 2024 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival presented by CORKCICLE? Contact Marvelous Mouse Travels for more information on booking your exciting and tasty adventure to Walt Disney World!
