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Experience Global Traditions and Flavors at EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays!

EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays returns with global traditions, flavors
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BAY LAKE, Fla. – Get ready to experience a world of festive cheer as the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, sponsored by AdventHealth, makes its return from November 28 to December 30. This annual event promises a vibrant celebration of global holiday traditions and flavors.

Visitors to the park can enjoy a variety of seasonal activities, including indulging in treats from the diverse Holiday Kitchens and attending the popular Candlelight Processional. Don’t miss the chance to meet Santa Claus himself at CommuniCore Hall.

As you explore, partake in the fun by collecting stamps in your Festival Passport. Purchase five cookie items, and you’ll be rewarded with a special treat at Holiday Sweets & Treats.

Access to the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is included with the price of regular park admission, ensuring all guests can join in the festivities.

Here’s a sneak peek at some of the delightful food offerings you can expect during this enchanting festival.

Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow

Location: CommuniCore Hall

  • Prototype Cookie: Sugar cookie with orange-cranberry icing and dark chocolate (New)

  • Ginger-Molasses Cookie with cream cheese icing (New)

  • Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie

  • Gingerbread Milk Shake (Non-alcoholic)

  • Gingerbread Milk Shake with whipped cream vodka

  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)

  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with whipped cream vodka (New)

  • Crooked Can Brewing Company Gingerbread Bock (New)

  • Gulf Stream Brewing Baking Spirits Bright Gingerbread Red Ale (New)

  • Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Frosted Gingerbread White Stout

  • Beer Flight

  • Seasonal Wine

Favorites of Festivals Past

Location: CommuniCore Plaza

  • Reuben Croquettes with pastrami, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese with Thousand Island dipping sauce

  • Brown Sugar and Mustard-glazed Ham Sliders with cranberry and apple coleslaw on a Hawaiian roll

  • Panettone Holiday Trifle with eggnog custard topped with cranberry-cherry compote and sugared almonds

  • Cigar City Brewing Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Brown Ale (New)

  • Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider

  • Southern Tier Brewing Co. Tiramisu Imperial Stout

  • Beverage Flight

  • Seasonal White Wine

  • Seasonal Red Wine

  • Martin Ray Chardonnay

  • Katherine Goldschmidt Cabernet Sauvignon

Connections Café Menu

Location: In World Discovery

Connections Eatery

Location: In World Discovery

  • Figment Holiday Sweater Liege Waffle: Chocolate-coated gingerbread waffle with a flurry of blizzard-themed sprinkles and white chocolate garnish

  • Spiced Caramel Apple: Minute Maid Cranberry Juice, apple cider, and caramel syrup garnished with a cinnamon stick (Non-alcoholic) (Spirited version available with Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey) (New)

Holiday Hearth Desserts Menu

Location: The Odyssey

Red Velvet Cake Pop with festive sprinkles (Disney Parks)
  • Cranberry-Oatmeal Cookie (Plant-based) (New)

  • Red Velvet Cake Pop with festive sprinkles (New)

  • Reindeer Chow featuring M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies Holiday Blend

  • Apple-Caramel Crumb Cake

  • Chocolate-covered Toffee Brittle

  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)

  • Frozen Caramel Hot Cocoa featuring TWIX cookie bar pieces and Whipped Cream (Non-alcoholic)

  • BRLO Winter Hard Cider (New)

  • Keel Farms Yukon Maple Bourbon Hard Cider (New)

  • 3 Daughters Brewing Peppermint Hard Cider (New)

  • Wicked Weed Brewing Jack Frost IPA

  • Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Cranberry Vanilla Wheat Ale (New)

  • Brewery Ommegang Gilded Noel White Chocolate Imperial Blonde Stout (New)

  • Beer Flight

  • Hard Cider Flight

  • Cocoa Peppermint Warmer: Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with peppermint schnapps

Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen

Location: Mexico

Tostada de Carne at Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen (Disney Parks)
  • Tostada de Carne: Braised beef tips slowly cooked Mexican-style atop a fried corn tortilla with black beans, crispy onions, and queso fresco (New)

  • Tamal de Pollo con Mole: Shredded chicken and mole in corn masa topped with mole negro, queso fresco, crema Mexicana, slivered almonds, and sesame seeds (New)

  • Dulce de Leche Churro sprinkled with cinnamon sugar (New)

  • Chai-mazing Margarita: Chai-infused Dulce Vida Tequila Blanco, apple-ginger juice, and chai liqueur (New)

  • Horchata Margarita: Cinnamon-infused Ilegal Mezcal, Abasolo Corn Whiskey, agua de horchata, and cinnamon horchata rum (New)

  • Holiday Cerveza: Mexican artisanal craft lager with black currant liqueur

Shanghai Holiday Kitchen

Location: China

  • BBQ Char Siu Pork Fried Rice with Chinese La Chang sausage, egg, yellow onion, green onion, and sesame (New)

  • Beef Noodle Soup Bowl with slow-braised beef shank, green onion, and house-made chili oil

  • Vegetable Spring Rolls with citrus sauce

  • Tiger Milk Tea with Assam black tea, whole milk, brown sugar syrup, and tapioca boba (Non-alcoholic) (NEW)

  • Brew Hub Year of the Dragon: Dragon fruit lager

  • Butterfly Lantern: Butterfly pea blossom gin, vodka, prickly pear syrup, lychee syrup, and white boba

  • Lychee Martini: Vodka, lychee syrup, and vermouth

  • Peach of Longevity: Peach schnapps, citrus vodka, piña colada mix, and Minute Maid Orange Juice

Refreshment Outpost

Location: African Outpost

  • Spiced Shrimp Stew with Jollof Rice (New)

  • DOLE Whip Raspberry in a waffle cone (Plant-based)

  • Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Florida Ginger Snap Lager (New)

  • Crooked Can Brewing Company Chocolate Mint Cookie Stout (New)

  • Ciderboys Caramel Apple Hard Cider

  • Boyd & Blair Chai Tea Mule

Bavaria Holiday Kitchen Menu

Location: Germany

  • Pork Schnitzel with mushroom sauce, spätzle, and braised red cabbage

  • Cheese Fondue in a bread bowl with steamed baby vegetables and marble potatoes

  • Hazelnut Linzer Cookie with raspberry jam

  • Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier (New)

  • Possmann Pure Hard Cider

  • von Trapp Brewing Trösten Smoked Dark Lager

  • Beverage Flight

  • Regional Riesling

  • Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine. Served warm

Sommerfest

Location: Germany

  • Warm Apfel Cider with Jägermeister liqueur garnished with an orange wedge. (Served warm) (New)

Tuscany Holiday Kitchen

Location: Italy

Salsiccia e Peperoni (Disney Parks)
  • Salsiccia e Peperoni: Sweet sausage, roasted peppers, and focaccia (New)

  • Pizza e Cioccolato: Fried house-made pizza dough with sugar, cinnamon, and chocolate (New)

  • Montanara: Fried house-made pizza dough with pomodoro sauce, Parmesan, and fresh basil

  • Peroni Pilsner

  • Tiramisu Stout

  • Prosecco

  • Moscato

  • Chianti

  • Italian Red Sangria

  • Italian-inspired Blood Orange Margarita: Tequila, triple sec, and blood orange liqueur

Fife and Drum

Location: American Adventure

Apple Pie Sundae: Apple pie filling with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce topped with streusel (New)

Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue Menu

Location: American Adventure

Frozen Gingerbread Eggnog with gingerbread syrup topped with nutmeg (Non-alcoholic; spirited version available with Thomas Tew Single Barrel Rum) (New)

Block & Hans

Location: American Adventure

Cinnamon-glazed Nuts (Plant-based)

Apple Pie Frozen Slush: Frozen Minute Maid Apple Juice with cinnamon syrup topped with cinnamon and sugar (Non-alcoholic) (Spirited version available with apple pie moonshine) (New)

American Holiday Table Menu

Location: American Adventure

  • Chocolate Cookie featuring SNICKERS bar pieces and salted caramel (New)

  • Slow-roasted Turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce

  • Blackened Catfish with Hoppin’ John and comeback sauce

  • Victory Brewing Co. Chocolate Cherry Stout (New)

  • Crooked Can Brewing Company Bah HOPbug IPA

  • 3 Daughters Brewing Eggnog White Porter

  • Beer Flight

  • Regional White Wine

  • Regional Red Wine

Funnel Cake

Location: American Adventure

  • Red Velvet Cookie Funnel Cake topped with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, cream cheese whipped cream, red velvet cookie pieces, mini chocolate chips, and chocolate syrup (New)

Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen

Location: Japan

  • Strawberry Bun: Soft pink dessert bao containing sweet strawberry cream filling finished with a light coconut sauce (New)

  • Sushi Tree Roll: Christmas tree-shaped sushi roll with krab meat and cream cheese garnished with spicy mayo and colorful rice pearls

  • Toshikoshi Soba: Buckwheat soba noodles in hot dashi fish-based soup topped with shrimp tempura and chopped green onion

  • Yuzu Refresher: Yuzu and passion fruit drink with Minute Maid Premium Lemonade and popping green apple boba pearls (Non-alcoholic) (New)

  • Sapporo Premium Black Beer

  • Chocolate Nigori Sake

  • Japanese Punch: Shōchū, plum wine, white cranberry juice, and lemon juice

Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina

Location: Morocco

  • Moroccan Wrap with tomato-cucumber relish and garlic sauce served on warm Moroccan flatbread

  • Chermoula Chicken

  • Moroccan-spiced Lamb

  • Falafel (Plant-based)

  • Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with assorted dips

  • 3 Daughters Brewing Golden Fig Hard Cider (New)

  • Keel Farms Frostbite Blueberry Ginger Hard Cider (New)

  • Gulf Stream Brewing Holiday Snakebite

  • Beverage Flight

  • Sparkling Holiday Fig Cocktail: Sparkling Wine, Kleiner Feigling liqueur, and white cranberry juice

L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen

Location: Between Morocco and France

  • Mickey-shaped Almond Black and White Cookie (New)

  • Pastrami on Rye with house-made pickles and deli mustard

  • Smoked Salmon Potato Latke

  • Potato Latkes (Plant-based)

  • Rugelach: Pastry with raspberry jam, walnuts, and cinnamon

  • Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout

  • Frozen New York Whiskey Sour: Manifest Whiskey and Manischewitz Blackberry Wine

Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen

Location: France

  • Macaron de Noël aux Épices: Large gingerbread macaron with spiced filling (New)

  • Dinde Rôtie, Sauce et Garniture, servi avec Patates Douces: Roasted turkey with mushrooms, pearl onions, bacon, turkey gravy, and roasted sweet potatoes (New)

  • Crème de Saumon Fumé en Brioche aux Grains de Sesames, Concombre et Radis: Smoked salmon spread on a sesame brioche roll with cucumber and radishes

  • Pierre Sparr Crémant d’Alsace Brut Rosé (New)

  • Vin Chaud French Mulled Wine flavored with orange and cinnamon spices. Served warm (New)

  • Frozen Hot Chocolate Martini: Vodka, cocoa, and whipped cream

Yukon Holiday Kitchen

Location: Canada

  • Maple Leaf Shortbread Cookie with maple buttercream (New)

  • Seared Salmon with butternut squash purée, maple-bourbon glaze, and fennel-arugula salad

  • Beef Bourguignon with crushed potatoes

  • Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic)

  • 81Bay Brewing Co. Peanut Butter Banana Porter

  • Playalinda Brewing Co. Maple Cookie Blonde Ale

  • Collective Arts Brewing Brown Sugar Coffee Porter (New)

  • Beer Flight

  • Regional Ice Wine

  • Regional Red Wine

  • Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee with Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky

Refreshment Port

Location: Near Canada

  • Turkey Poutine: Sweet potato fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions

  • Keel Farms Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hard Cider (New)

  • Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine

Swirled Showcase

Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination Pavilion

  • Liquid Nitrogen Chocolate-Peppermint Mousse featuring M&M’S Holiday Mint Chocolate Candies (New)

  • Soft-serve in a waffle cone

    • Vanilla

    • Apple-Cinnamon

    • Dark Chocolate

  • Soda Float: Barq’s Red Creme Soda or Barq’s Root Beer with vanilla soft-serve (Non-alcoholic)

  • Yuletide Float: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and Barq’s Red Creme Soda with apple-cinnamon soft-serve

  • Coffee Float: Dark chocolate soft-serve with Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee and choice of Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur or Mozart White Chocolate Liqueur

Holiday Sweets & Treats

Location: Near Point of Entry

Festive Flight (Disney Parks)
  • Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy

  • Festive Flight featuring Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic) (New)

  • Christmas Sugar Cookie Hot Cocoa topped with whipped cream and sprinkles

  • Gingerbread Hot Cocoa topped with whipped cream and a gingerbread garnish

  • Cookie Butter Hot Cocoa topped with whipped cream and speculoos spice

  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)

  • Chocolate-Peppermint Shake featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea (Non-alcoholic)

  • Carib Brewery Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree IPA (New)

  • Stevens Point Brewery Whole Hog Hazelnut Brownie Porter (New)

  • Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with choice of liqueur (Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream Liqueur, or Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey)

  • Chocolate-Peppermint Shake with Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea and whipped cream vodka

Mele Kalikimaka Holiday Kitchen

Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination Pavilion

  • Kālua Pork with coconut, sweet potatoes, and mango salad

  • Lomi Lomi Salmon with tomatoes, onions, salmon roe, yuzu mayonnaise, and yuca chips Coffee-Mocha Cookie topped with coffee-infused buttercream, cocoa nibs, and chocolate-covered espresso beans

  • Maui Brewing Co. Mango Stickee Rice IPA (New)

  • Florida Orange Groves Winery Pineapple Sparkling Wine

  • Melon Breeze: DOLE Pineapple Juice, lime juice, melon liqueur, and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum

Nochebuena Cocina

Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion

Salsiccia e Peperon (Disney Parks)
  • Pan de Jamón: Traditional Latin Christmas bread, rolled ham, raisins, and green olives (New)

  • Plant-based Chorizo Tamale with plant-based cotija and spicy red chile sauce (Plant-based)

  • Cinnamon-spiced Chocolate Crinkle Cookie

  • Ponche Navideño: Christmas punch with apples, pears, guava, oranges, dried hibiscus, brown sugar, tamarind, cinnamon sticks, and cloves (Served warm) (Non-alcoholic)

  • Left Hand Brewing Co. Mexican Hot Chocolate Milk Stout

Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen

Location: Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion

  • Cinnamon-glazed Almonds (Plant-based)

  • Cinnamon-glazed Cashews (Plant-based)

  • Cinnamon-glazed Pecans (Plant-based)

  • Fire-roasted Chestnuts (Plant-based)

  • Eggnog (Non-alcoholic)

  • Southern Tier Brewing Co. Chestnut Praline Imperial Ale

  • Eggnog with choice of liqueur (Fireball Cinnamon Whisky or Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey)

Sunshine Seasons

Location: The Land

  • Peanut Butter Cookie featuring M&M’S Minis Milk Chocolate Candies Holiday Blend

  • Cookie Milk Shake: Spiced gelato with whipped cream, a cookie wreath, Mickey-shaped holly, and sprinkles (Non-alcoholic) (New)

Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company

Location: Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company throughout the park

  • Holiday Cookie Latte: Espresso, caramel sauce, almond syrup, and choice of milk topped with whipped cream and merry sugar sprinkles (Non-alcoholic) (New) (Spirited version available with Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur)

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