Epcot
Theme park at Walt Disney World
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June 5 2025 | Final performance of Forces of Nature live show by AntiGravity in Inspiration Gardens. |
June 4 2025 | Geo–82 and Geo–82 Fireworks Experience lounge will open, reserved for adults only. |
March 25 2025 | Disney Vacation Club announced the opening of Château de Voyage, the first in-park Welcome Home Center, located in the Canada Pavilion, replacing the Hotel du Canada space. |
March 23 2025 | A fire broke out near the CommuniCore Plaza Stage area. |
2024 | The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival featured character topiaries including Asha and Valentino from Walt Disney Animation Studios' Wish, Groot from Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy films and Disney+ I am Groot shorts, and Miguel Rivera and Dante from Pixar's Coco. |
August 29 2024 | The 29th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival begins, running until November 23, 2024. The festival will feature nightly concerts at the America Gardens Theater by popular bands from the 80s to the 2000s. |
June 17 2024 | Test Track closed for refurbishment, expected to open in late Summer 2025. |
June 10 2024 | CommuniCore Hall and Plaza, named after the former Future World pavilion, opened to the general public. |
2023 | Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival featured characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios' Encanto (Mirabel Madrigal, Antonio Madrigal, Isabella Madrigal, and Luisa Madrigal) and The Princess and the Frog (Tiana). |
2023 | Epcot attracts 11.98 million guests, becoming the eighth-most visited theme park in the world. |
2023 | Concept art and plans for the Mary Poppins attraction were leaked on a former Imagineer's portfolio, revealing plans for an indoor teacups experience inspired by Mary Poppins Returns. |
2023 | A new fish display with a Hidden Mickey, created by an artist from Dieppe, New Brunswick, was approved by Disney Imagineering and placed in the Canada Pavilion. |
December 5 2023 | Luminous: The Symphony of Us fireworks show debuts at World Showcase Lagoon, becoming the current entertainment spectacle at Epcot |
December 5 2023 | World Celebration Gardens, divided into five sections, opened to the public. |
October 16 2023 | The Disney 100 Years of Wonder celebration officially begins during the Food & Wine Festival. |
October 16 2023 | Journey of Water: Inspired by Moana opened in World Nature. |
July 27 2023 | The 28th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival begins, running until November 18, 2023, and coinciding with Disney's 100th Anniversary celebration. |
2022 | Living with the Land launched a new seasonal event called 'Glimmering Greenhouses'. |
2022 | The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival featured themed topiary displays of characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios, specifically Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as well as Lumiere and Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast. |
2022 | Continued recovery saw attendance rise to 10.0 million visitors. |
2022 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opened, and the EPCOT Experience Center closed. |
2022 | DuckTales World Showcase Adventure attraction was introduced at the United Kingdom Pavilion in Epcot, providing a new interactive experience for visitors. |
December 16 2022 | DuckTales World Showcase Adventure officially begins at the France Pavilion. |
December 12 2022 | EPCOT announces the DuckTales World Showcase Adventure for the France Pavilion, which was postponed since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
November 19 2022 | The 27th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival concluded after running for 128 days. |
July 14 2022 | The 27th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival began, running in conjunction with Walt Disney World Resort's 50th Anniversary celebration. |
May 27 2022 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opened. |
2021 | Park attendance began recovering, increasing to 7.75 million visitors as pandemic restrictions eased. |
October 1 2021 | Premiere of Harmonious fireworks show |
October 1 2021 | Remy's Ratatouille Adventure opened in the France pavilion during the 50th anniversary celebrations. |
October 1 2021 | The Walt Disney World's The World's Most Magical Celebration officially commenced, coinciding with the ongoing Food & Wine Festival. |
September 29 2021 | The nighttime spectacular Harmonious replaced EPCOT Forever as part of the resort's 50th anniversary celebration. |
July 15 2021 | The 26th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival began, running until November 20, 2021. This edition was part of Walt Disney World Resort's 50th Anniversary celebration. |
2020 | Innoventions West is demolished, with the site now home to Journey of Water, CommuniCore Hall, and CommuniCore Plaza. |
2020 | The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first interruption of the event since its inception. The festival went on hiatus until 2022. |
2020 | Epcot experienced a dramatic drop in attendance to 4.04 million visitors, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and park closures/restrictions. |
2020 | Disney took ownership of the Morocco pavilion, ending its direct sponsorship by the Moroccan government. |
2020 | Agent P's World Showcase Adventure concluded its run in the United Kingdom Pavilion at Epcot. |
2020 | The Mary Poppins expansion project was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2020 | The new attraction 'Canada Far and Wide' opened, replacing the previous exhibit. |
November 22 2020 | The 25th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival concluded after a modified run during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
July 15 2020 | The 25th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival began, running under the name 'Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine' with modified operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival excluded the traditional Eat to the Beat concert series. |
March 16 2020 | EPCOT closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with modified operations established upon reopening on July 15. |
March 16 2020 | EPCOT was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with operations modified to promote physical distancing. |
January 16 2020 | Beauty and the Beast sing-along show premieres in Palais du Cinéma, alternating showtimes with Impressions de France. |
2019 | Fountain of Nations is permanently closed after nearly four decades of operation. |
2019 | Innoventions East closes, with the space now housing Connections Café and Connections Eatery. |
2019 | CommuniCore west side was demolished to create space for CommuniCore Plaza, CommuniCore Hall, and Journey of Water. |
2019 | O Canada! Circle-Vision 360° film is succeeded by Canada: Far and Wide. |
2019 | Living with the Land introduced a seasonal 'Merry and Bright Nights' event, which ran until 2021. |
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