EPCOT Food and Wine Festival, Sept. 25 - Nov 16 2015

[Spliter]

I don't think that information has been released. There is also a tier 1 FP+ option for Eat To The Beat available too.

Oh alright. Thank you!

Do you know if Chase will be giving out passes for special Illumination area during F&W nights again this year?

 

[PNO4TE]

That has not been confirmed yet either.

 

[Deb123]

I am waiting to see if Chase will be giving out armbands for the Eat to the Beat concerts, too. I don't see where you would sit though, based on all of the reserved seating for the concerts they already have!

 

[CJ]

I asked this question earlier, but didn't get a reply. Does anyone with past experience know when the map of Food & Wine kiosks will be posted? We'll be there on opening night, and I'm really hoping to have some idea of a touring plan beforehand!!

 

[Stinky_Pete]

I am waiting to see if Chase will be giving out armbands for the Eat to the Beat concerts, too. I don't see where you would sit though, based on all of the reserved seating for the concerts they already have!

I know what you mean. Between the Eat to the Beat dinner seating, the seating for purchasers of the sampling package and the Fast Pass + seating...I wonder how much other seating will be left.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Here it is...

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/e...d-wine-festival/#/drawer=drawerDisneygiftcard

I assume they will also have the any currency Wrist band version. Especially since limited supply means people will come in buy them and put them on eBay for $300, where idiots will buy them. Sorry but overpaying for Disney's scalpers to make money strikes me as dumb

 

[VrBchJ]

For anyone who booked one of the three Disney Visa cardholder events, does the event show in your MDE? We booked The Creation of Food and Wine Marketplaces but it's not showing up for either of us. My fiancee, who did the booking, thinks she was told they would mail us the tickets, which sounds strange since I don't recall ever getting hard tickets for any F&W event in recent years. I wouldn't be concerned but the event has a start time of 8am when the park opens at 9am so I would hate to show up at the wrong entrance or lacking some ticket or other credential we needed.

We have the Chase Behind the Making of the PFTS and it's on our MDE.

 

[FeralCatRogue]

I asked this question earlier, but didn't get a reply. Does anyone with past experience know when the map of Food & Wine kiosks will be posted? We'll be there on opening night, and I'm really hoping to have some idea of a touring plan beforehand!!

I don't remember seeing it until the first night when someone scanned in the pdf of it.

 

[Stinky_Pete]

So I was just reviewing the booth list and menus on the DFB and I'm not seeing Singapore. I also don't see it on All Ears. Has anyone heard if it's not returning this year? I really love the curry chicken and rice they offer and hope it will be back.

I'm up to 75 items on my spreadsheet that I want to try LOL.

 

[POOHsie]

So I was just reviewing the booth list and menus on the DFB and I'm not seeing Singapore. I also don't see it on All Ears. Has anyone heard if it's not returning this year? I really love the curry chicken and rice they offer and hope it will be back.

I'm up to 75 items on my spreadsheet that I want to try LOL.

I didn't see Puerto Rico listed for 2015, either. They had a primo location near to Refreshment Port in 2014 (their first year--I think), and incredible menu items. Maybe it's because PR's having hard times right now.

 

[sunflare]

I don't believe either Puerto Rico or Singapore are returning this year. I'm actually kind of glad about Singapore... the Slings were deadly!!!!

 

[AngiTN]

Hi guys,

We've just booked the Premium and Sampler packages for our trip this year, it's our 4th time visiting during F&W but the first year we've really wanted to be involved.

I was planning on giving the demo a miss but now I'm thinking maybe I'm being too hasty. I am teetotal so if we do attend it will be a Culinary Demonstration. Can someone fill me in on how these work!? How long do they take?! How the seating works!?

It is such a pain that we have to ring to book these; they should email you a voucher code when you book your PP that you can then enter when you book your demo/seminar online. Disney's systems are so antiqued.

Thanks all, very excited.

I booked a PP package last week. They booked the deminar at the same time. But it would be very nice to do it all online. Calling it a PITA. But at least it's only 1 call

This one is going to be tougher to pull off, but.... what about buying one of the special food and wine gift cards and telling her it's "different" It certainly looks different so she might go for it But you can't buy it in advance which is a problem

This is exactly what I suggest. Buy her a F&W card and tell her it is only good for F&W festival.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Food and Wine Festival kiosk installation underway around the World Showcase promenade!

http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/inte...-underway-on-the-world-showcase-promenade.htm

 

[POOHsie]

Food and Wine Festival kiosk installation underway around the World Showcase promenade!

http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/inte...-underway-on-the-world-showcase-promenade.htm

Great post! I would love to know how those kiosks are brought in. Obviously they aren't constructed in place each year. Are they on wheeled trailers or something? Guess there's a giant warehouse someplace where they're parked the rest of the year. Does anyone have pics. Would love to read about, or see the actual installation process.

 

[jedijill]

I've seen the kiosks sitting backstage behind the World Showcase when i was on a tour.

Jill in CO

 

[AngiTN]

Great post! I would love to know how those kiosks are brought in. Obviously they aren't constructed in place each year. Are they on wheeled trailers or something? Guess there's a giant warehouse someplace where they're parked the rest of the year. Does anyone have pics. Would love to read about, or see the actual installation process.

Don't know about F&W booths specifically but Disney has some MASSIVE warehouses for decorations and such. We did the Holiday D-Lights tour last year. We got to see one of the warehouses that stores stuff like Halloween or Easter decorations, along with the lights for Christmas. Even simple Disney themed things. It was over by the Monorail maintenance house. They discussed the system they use to track decorations and talked about how conventions, etc and request different items. I bet the F&W booths are stored in a similar manner.

 

[POOHsie]

I've seen the kiosks sitting backstage behind the World Showcase when i was on a tour.

Jill in CO

Wow! Would have loved to see that.

Don't know about F&W booths specifically but Disney has some MASSIVE warehouses for decorations and such. We did the Holiday D-Lights tour last year. We got to see one of the warehouses that stores stuff like Halloween or Easter decorations, along with the lights for Christmas. Even simple Disney themed things. It was over by the Monorail maintenance house. They discussed the system they use to track decorations and talked about how conventions, etc and request different items. I bet the F&W booths are stored in a similar manner.

Great story! When we took the MK KTTK tour, we went backstage and saw into the building where the parade vehicles were stored each night, plus other MK decoration stuff. Interesting.

 

[partyof2]

I booked a PP package last week. They booked the deminar at the same time. But it would be very nice to do it all online. Calling it a PITA. But at least it's only 1 call

I am up to call #4 Poor cast members hadn't a clue what I was trying to do.

I think I'm all set now, although MDE saying 'Epcot Food & Wine Premium Package Seminar' at 5pm instead of 'Demonstration' like I've seen here in others' screenshots.

 

[AngiTN]

I am up to call #4 Poor cast members hadn't a clue what I was trying to do.

I think I'm all set now, although MDE saying 'Epcot Food & Wine Premium Package Seminar' at 5pm instead of 'Demonstration' like I've seen here in others' screenshots.

Bummer. I guess I got a CM on top of things last week. My booking went super smooth. I was even able to cancel the Beverage Seminar I had booked for Sunday and most it to go under the one on our PP package since the one we wanted was the same exact offering. I'm sure they didn't have any issues cancelling the $15 seminar since I was booking a much more expensive PP too

 

[willidc]

For anyone who booked one of the three Disney Visa cardholder events, does the event show in your MDE? We booked The Creation of Food and Wine Marketplaces but it's not showing up for either of us. My fiancee, who did the booking, thinks she was told they would mail us the tickets, which sounds strange since I don't recall ever getting hard tickets for any F&W event in recent years. I wouldn't be concerned but the event has a start time of 8am when the park opens at 9am so I would hate to show up at the wrong entrance or lacking some ticket or other credential we needed.

I hope your fiancee was given a confirmation number! It is a twelve digit number like all of your other ADRs. It could be that the event was simply booked and no reference was made to a linked ticket or to a resort reservation. If that is the case and one of you has the confirmation number, you can go on to your MDE and manually link the reservation. We booked the Making of the PFTS and it does show up in MDE, but I had to link it since I made the reservation under DH's name and the resort reservation is under my name.

If you cannot confirm online, then get on the phone and have things straightened out. There should be no tickets and nothing coming by mail. I don't even think I received an email to confirm our Chase private event. Check the credit card information on the card used to make the reservation. If the charge is there, some of that info could help them get this fixed.

Good luck!