Walt Disney World has released food booth menus for the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, our favorite event of the year! This post previews new & returning savory snacks and decadent desserts, along with a look at the awesome Figment fun that’ll be returning or debuting during Artful EPCOT.
For starters, the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts runs from January 12 through February 19, 2024, making it about on par with Festival of the Holidays and significantly shorter than Flower & Garden or Food & Wine–by a measure of months. The Food Studios are all located throughout the World Showcase pavilions and portions of the new neighborhoods of Future World, just like the Holiday Kitchens and Global Marketplaces before them.
Also akin to its Christmas-time counterpart, the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts offers a smaller slate of food booths than the the park’s (supposedly) “flagship” fall foodie event. That’s actually a good thing for guests. In fact, everything about the 2024 EPCOT Festival of Arts is good for guests–that’s why it is, again, the best event of the year at EPCOT.
The decreased emphasis on the culinary arts allows other things to shine during the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts. As we’ve pointed out time and time again, food is the least important element of the festival. We want to underscore this for newcomers: buying food is not essential to enjoying the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts. Sure, food is great and snacking around these booths is fun. But it’s easy to drop a pretty penny and still be hungry.
Moreover, there’s so much substance to this event beyond food…and it’s totally FREE! You can watch artists create art right in front of you, peruse booths and galleries, attend free seminars, participate in the creation of art, and so much more. Festival of the Arts is great in spite of the food, not because of it. If you’re interested in knowing what not to miss in terms of non-food offerings, read our Guide to the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts.
The more subtle reason why it’s good that cuisine is not cornerstone to Festival of the Arts is because it relieves pressure on the Food Studios and, counterintuitive as this may sound, results in even better food. Because fewer people are there for food, lines are shorter and there’s less demand, so the booth menus can be more ambitious and artful with their presentation, rather than having to churn through tons of guests per hour.
Paradoxically, Food & Wine Festival is the least foodie-oriented festival because it’s like event catering–efficiency and ease are paramount to get through backlogs of guests. By contrast, Festival of the Arts has far less pressure so it can be far better. You’ll see dozens of items on the menus and food photos below that have beautiful presentation and exceptional attention to detail. The same ambitious dishes simply wouldn’t be possible during the more popular Food & Wine Festival.
On that note, let’s take a look at the food & drink menus for the 15 Food Studios that showcase the best in culinary art, blending colorful ingredients, unique cooking techniques, and imaginative presentations to create edible masterpieces…
The Deconstructed Dish
Food Items:
- Deconstructed BLT: Pork belly, onion bread pudding, watercress espuma, and tomato jam
- Deconstructed Key Lime Pie: Flexible Key Lime Curd, “Key Lime” Mousse, Graham Cracker Cake, and Meringues (The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
Beverages:
- Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- Wicked Weed Brewing Blank Canvas Belgian Blonde Witbier
- Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep with bourbon
Cuisine Classique
Food Items:
- Beef Wellington: Mushroom duxelles, prosciutto, and puff pastry with red wine demi-glace
- Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I. mussels with sautéed tomatoes, garlic, and fresh herbs
Beverages:
- Gulf Stream Brewing Company Sum of All Colors IPA (New)
- Tesselaarsdal Pinot Noir (New)
The Craftsman’s Courtyard
Food Items:
- Grilled Pork Belly with salsa verde, broccoli rabe, pickled peppers, and raclette cheese on grilled sourdough (New)
- Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak with caramelized onions and mushrooms, blue cheese fondue, and arugula on a grilled French roll (New)
Beverages:
- BrewDog Jet Black Heart Nitro Oatmeal Stout
- Coffee Old Fashioned Cocktail
Refreshment Outpost
Beverages:
- Parish Brewing Co. Blueberry Mochi Berliner Weisse
- The Tank Brewing Co. Street Art Amber
- Brewery Ommegang Neon Rainbows IPA
Pastoral Palate
Food Items:
- Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib with parsnip purée, broccolini, baby tomatoes, and balsamic glaze
- Black Forest Cake: Chocolate mousse with morello cherries and chantilly cream
Beverages:
- 3 Daughters Brewing Rosé Hard Cider
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Rosé Blonde Ale
- Frozen Rosé
- A Play on Rosé Flight
- Marietta Old Vine Rosé
The Artist’s Table
Food Items:
- Duck and Dumplings: Smoked duck breast, ricotta dumplings, baby vegetables, and duck jus
- Hummingbird Cake: Banana and pecan cake dipped in cream cheese icing with caramel sauce and warm pineapple compote
Beverages:
- Wicked Weed Pineapple Daydream IPA (New)
- Brew Hub Jazzberry Wheat Jam Ale (New)
- Lost Coast Brewery Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Stout (New)
- Migration Pinot Noir (New)
- Beer Flight also available
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina
Food Items:
- Grilled Kebabs with carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aïoli
- Chermoula Chicken
- Moroccan-spiced Lamb
- Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with hummus, chermoula, and zhoug dips (Plant-based Item)
- Chocolate Cake with pomegranate mousse and pomegranate whipped cream (New)
Beverages:
- Twinings Chai Tea with Sprite and mint (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Grizzly Pear Hard Cider (New)
- Rekorderlig Strawberry-Lime Hard Cider (New)
- Keel Farms Blueberry Lavender Hard Cider (New)
- Chai Tea Mint Mimosa: Twinings Chai Tea with Key lime sparkling wine and mint (New)
- Hard Cider Flight
Vibrante & Vívido: Encanto Cocina
Food Items:
- Chorizo and Potato Empanada with turmeric aïoli and annatto aïoli (The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
- Passion Fruit-filled Mango Cheesecake with coconut-pineapple cake, dragon fruit gelée, and dragon fruit-strawberry sauce (New)
Beverages:
- Coconut and Passion Fruit Smoothie (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- Frozen Piña Colada
- Passion Fruit Daiquiri
Gourmet Landscapes
Food Items:
- Verjus-roasted Beets with goat cheese, petite lettuce, blackberry gastrique, and spiced pecans (New) (The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
- Roasted Bone Marrow with onion marmalade, pickled mushrooms, and petite lettuce
- Wild Mushroom Risotto with truffle shavings and zinfandel reduction (Plant-based Item)
Beverages:
- Whole Hog Brewery Raspberry Chéret Double Radler
- Schlumberger Cuvée Klimt Brut
- The Meeker Vineyard Winemaker’s Handprint Merlot
- Frozen Scotch Cocktail: Scotch and herbal tea garnished with a chocolate nail
Refreshment Port
Food Items:
- Gnocchi Poutine with red wine-braised beef, cheese curds, basil, and burrata
- Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
Beverages:
- Blood Orange Cosmo: Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka with blood orange, cranberry, and lime
- Boulevard Brewing Co. Quirk Blueberry Lemon & Lavender Hard Seltzer
Deco Delights
Food Item:
- Neapolitan Dessert Trio: Chocolate tart, vanilla bean cheesecake, and strawberry mousse (New) (The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
Beverages:
- 3 Daughters Brewing Strawberry Blonde Nitro
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Vanilla Porter
- Playalinda Brewing Co. Milk Stout
- Espresso Martini featuring Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka
- Beer Flight
Pop Eats
Food Items:
- Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese
- Tomato Soup with pimento cheese, bacon, and fried green tomato grilled cheese
- Rock the Dots White Chocolate and Orange Mousse with vanilla bean chiffon cake (New)
Beverages:
- Brooklyn Brewery Pulp Art Hazy IPA
- Blanc de Bleu Cuvée Mousseux with boba pearls
Refreshment Station
- Frozen Slushy: Coca-Cola, dragon fruit, or watermelon
Connections Eatery
Beverage:
- Orange-Lemonade Cocktail: Three Olives Blueberry Vodka, lemonade, and orange juice with cotton candy
L’Art de la Cuisine Française
Food Items:
- Crème de Brie en Petit Pain: Warm creamy brie in a house-made bread bowl
- Saumon Fumé Mousse et Aspic, Blini et Fromage de Chevre: Salmon mousse, smoked salmon, dill, and flaxseed biscuit, served cold (New)
- Vol-au-Vent de Saumon et Epinards, Sauce Chardonnay: Puff pastry with salmon and spinach and a chardonnay-shallot sauce, served warm (New)
- Duo de Saumon Hot and Cold: Enjoy both of the salmon offerings (New)
- Moelleux aux Noisettes, Croustillant Noisettes, Coulis Framboise et Mangue: Molten Valrhona chocolate cake, hazelnut crunch, and mango-raspberry coulis (New)
Beverages:
- Frozen French Martini: Grey Goose Vodka, Chambord liqueur, pineapple, orange, and grape juices with lemon-lime foam
- Elderflower Liqueur Cocktail: St. Germain Liqueur, sparkling wine, and mint (New)
- Charles Lafitte, Brut Rosé Prestige, Méthode Traditionnel Champenoise French Rosé Sparkling Wine
- Pinot Noir J. de Villebois (New)
El Artista Hambriento
Food Items:
- Carne Asada: Chipotle-marinated beef sirloin, grilled queso fresco, Nopales salad with queso fresco foam and chicharron dust
Beverages:
- Mexican Craft Beer
- Rubí Delicioso Margarita: Tromba Blanco Tequila, Lejay Blackcurrant Liqueur, citrus, mint, spicy agave, and beet juice
- Smokey Banana Bliss Margarita: Ten to One Rum, Ilegal Mezcal Joven, banana purée, and lime juice
Goshiki
Food Items:
- Wagyu Bun: Steamed bun filled with American wagyu beef served with green shiso sauce
- Sushi Donut: Donut-shaped Sushi featuring salmon, tuna, shrimp, cucumber, and sesame seed over a decorated plate of wasabi aïoli, sriracha aïoli, and eel sauce
- Ichigo Mochi – Daifuku: Daifuku mochi filled with fresh strawberry, sweet azuki bean paste, and white chocolate served with strawberry cream
Beverages:
- Murasaki Blueberry Drink: Sweet blueberry and cream (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- Mikan Orange IPA
- Masu Sake in a traditional personalized wooden cup
- Blueberry Cocktail: Nigori sake with sweet blueberry, cream, and yuzu
The Painted Panda
Food Items:
- General Tso’s Chicken Shumai
- Char Siu Pork Bun
- Sesame Balls with red bean paste
Beverages:
- Black and White Bubble Tea with black tea, milk, chocolate, and black & white boba pearls (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- Lucky Foo Pale Ale
- Silk River Hard Lemonade with vodka, lavender-coconut syrup, and lemonade
- Butterfly Blue: Butterfly pea flower-infused cocktail with vodka, light rum, lychee syrup, and magic boba pearls
L’Arte di Mangiare
Food Items:
- Mozzarella Fritta: Flash-fried breaded fresh mozzarella with artist palette condiments
- Conchiglie Ripiene: Baked stuffed conchiglie pasta with beef, ricotta, peas, pomodoro, and creamy sauce
- Torta Ricotta di Cioccolata: Chocolate cheesecake and whipped cream
Beverages:
- Peroni Pilsner
- Langhe Nebbiolo
- Prosecco
- Italian Sangria (Red or White)
- Italian Margarita with tequila and limoncello
- Elderflower Sparkling Cocktail: Mint-infused elderflower liqueur, prosecco, and sparkling blood orange
Swirled Showcase
Food Items:
- Soft-serve in a Waffle Cone
- Vanilla
- Chocolate
- Cupcake (New)
- Cream Soda Float with Vanilla Soft-serve
- Strawberry Fanta Float with cupcake soft-serve (New)
Funnel Cake
- Crazy Chocolate Funnel Cake Sandwich: Mini funnel cake sandwich with vanilla ice cream, rainbow whipped cream, strawberry sauce, powdered sugar, and sprinkles (New)
Figment’s Inspiration Station at the Odyssey: Art, Food, and Little Sparks of Magic
Food Items:
- Blueberry-filled Pastry Tart with purple icing (The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
- Rainbow Cake with freeze dried SKITTLES bite sized candies
- Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket with Rainbow Popcorn (Limit two per person, per transaction; available while supplies last.)
Beverages:
- Grape Smoothie with freeze dried SKITTLES bite sized candies (Non-alcoholic beverage)
- 3 Daughters Brewing Black Cherry Hard Cider
- 3 Daughters Brewing Blood Orange Hard Cider
- 3 Daughters Brewing Passion Fruit Hard Cider
- Rainbow Hard Cider Flight
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Green with Envy Blonde Ale
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Blue Butterfly Lager
- Urban Artifact The Gadget Raspberry & Blackberry Midwest Fruit Tart
- Rainbow Beer Flight
Finally, guess who’s back? FIGMENT’S BAAAACK. The 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts is getting even more imaginative, with Figment’s Inspiration Station at the Odyssey: Art, Food, and Little Sparks of Magic returning for a second year.
Not only that, but you can bring home Figment with the brand-new Journey into Imagination Pavilion Popcorn Bucket. This limited-edition bucket features Figment inside on a rainbow diving into rainbow colored popcorn. It follows up on two consecutive years of the Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket, which last year had a EPCOT 40th Anniversary strap.
The first year of this Figment popcorn bucket, Festival of the Arts was dominated by headlines that EPCOT’s Longest Line Is For Figment Popcorn Buckets. It took a while, but Walt Disney World eventually solved that problem by streamlining the process with Mobile Order.
I’ll be honest: I’m not the biggest fan of popcorn buckets. You might’ve gathered as much by various comments over the years. But I’m a diehard Figment fan and always love seeing the character get love, so I was really happy with the success of the first bucket. With that said, I absolutely adore this Imagination Pavilion Popcorn Bucket.
Obviously it’s still early and I haven’t seen this in person, but I like this more than the previous Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket. What pushes this over the top for me is that it leans into being a popcorn bucket, rather than just being a plastic thing that happens to hold popcorn (if that makes sense).
Everything about the design is really clever, from using the clear glass pyramids to showcase the rainbow popcorn inside to Figment diving into the popcorn like it’s a ball pit at McDonald’s (they don’t still have those–but they did in my day!). This is just top-notch through and through, with creativity truly befitting Figment. I hope it’s as awesome in person as it looks in the stock photo. Huge kudos to the Disney Design team on this!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be buying the Journey into Imagination Pavilion Popcorn Bucket? Do you already have the Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket(s) from the last two years? Which look do you prefer? Do you have any favorite savory snacks or decadent desserts from the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts? Any least favorite items? Do you think the food is worth the high price tags given the attention to detail, or is it all still overpriced? What are you looking forward to trying at the Food Studio booths? Any questions? Hearing from you is half the fun, so please share your thoughts in the comments!
