Overview
- Four remaining Food & Wine festival marketplaces — Coastal Eats, Earth Eats, The Alps and India — will open on October 2 and run through the festival end.
- Shiki-Sai in the Japan Pavilion is launching a paid fireworks dining package with bookings open and prices listed at $120 per adult and $60 per child before tax and gratuity.
- EPCOT will open one hour later than normal on Friday, October 23 and Sunday, October 25 for the runDisney Wine & Dine race weekend, and visitors should expect higher crowds on those dates.
- Extended Evening Hours for guests at Disney deluxe hotels will run from 9 PM to 11 PM on October 5, 12, and 19 and will include headliner attractions like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and Test Track.
- The phased rollout and new paid offerings affect planning and spending for visitors because some booths and ticketed experiences arrive after the festival start and popular dates will have altered hours and heavier crowds.