What's New at Disney World's Epcot Resort Area? Let's Check In!

We’re visiting the Epcot resort area to see What’s New at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts, and Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts! We’ve got some cupcake news, Mother’s Day shopping, and more!

Climb aboard a Friendship Boat!

What’s New at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn?

Our first stop is Disney’s BoardWalk Inn and Villas. Here’s where you’ll find fun BoardWalk entertainment and some dining spots!

BoardWalk Inn and Villas

We stopped into Screendoor General Store, where they had a large display of gifts for Mothers’ Day!

Mothers’ Day Display at Screendoor General Store

There are several pre-made baskets featuring goodies like I Love Mom Krispie Treats and Alex & Ani Bangles!

Mothers’ Day Basket

You can also create Custom Mother’s Day Baskets! The price for this is $7 for the basket, shrink wrap, bow, tissue paper, and arrangement by a trained cast member. You’ll need to purchase all the things for the basket separately.

Custom Mothers’ Day Basket

Guests can also participate in Mother’s Day Canvas Painting for $50 on Sunday morning. The price includes a canvas, a beverage, and snacks.

Mothers’ Day Canvas Painting

BoardWalk Bakery is featuring its sandwiches on its menu board. See a review of the Butter Butter sandwich here!

BoardWalk Bakery Board

The Spring Basket Cupcake is still available in the pastry case — but only for a couple more days! See our review here. A Mother’s Day Cupcake should be available soon!

Spring Cupcake from Boardwalk Bakery

This drippy, gooey Cinnamon Bun is available, too. We could go for one (or two!) of them!

BoardWalk Bakery Cinnamon Bun

And BoardWalk Bakery is celebrating Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ 3oth anniversary with this Strawberry-Frosted Cupcake. (The cake is white, not strawberry!)

BoardWalk Bakery Cupcake for DHS 30th!

What’s New at Disney’s Beach Club Resort?

Beach Club Marketplace

is quizzing guests with Beach Club Trivia about High School Musical. See how much you can remember from these fun movies!

Beach Club Marketplace Trivia Board

We liked this Cinnamon Roll Hidden Mickey in the case at Beach Club Marketplace!

Beach Club Marketplace Hidden Mickey Cinnamon Rolls

What’s New at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort?

Yacht Club

is advertising the Regatta Run. This 3K is held around Crescent Lake every Thursday morning! Pre-registration can be completed by calling 407-WDW-Play, and the run costs $15. But you’ll get refreshments and a swag bag at the end!

Yacht Club Regatta Run

For the kiddos, look into Captain Hook’s Pirate Crew. This fun activity is for kids 4-12 and includes a fun kids’ night out as part of Captain Hook’s Pirate Crew! Dinner and a snack are provided — and the grown ups can get a night off! The experience is held at Beach Club, but Yacht Club is also distributing flyers.

Captain Hook Pirate Crew

And FYI for wine lovers: Yachtsman Steakhouse is now hosting a wine pairing called Wonderful World of Wine that previously was at Beach Club’s Martha’s Vineyard Lounge. The wine pairing will be held on the second Tuesday of each month and costs $35 to $60. Call 407-WDW-PLAY for more info!

Yachtsman Steakhouse Signage

What’s New at Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts?

Next up, we stop into the Swan and Dolphin Resorts! Let’s see What’s New at the Dolphin first!

Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort

Guest Services at the Dolphin features a Toy Story Land display of giant blocks. So fun!

Guest Services at Dolphin

Meanwhile Fuel, the hotel’s grab-and-go spot, has a very cool and very impressive display!

Fuel Entrance

Monsters Can Be Sweet Too is a masterful sugar creation by Executive Pastry Chef Laurent Branlard!

Fuel Sugar Display

Check this out! It’s Mike Wazowski — with ONE EYE! (These are the jokes, kid!) He’s balancing on a stool with ribbons and flowers of sugar below.

Fuel Monsters, Inc., Display — Made out of sugar!

And trapped under Mike’s stool? Raaaaaandall! He looks about as annoyed as he should in the circumstances. 😉

Fuel Monsters, Inc., Display — Made out of sugar!

The Monsters display is near the candy dispensers in Fuel, so be sure to stop in to admire it! Sugar! Can you believe it?!

Fuel Monsters, Inc., Display — Made out of sugar!

In the pastry case at Fuel are some fun Krispie Treat options.

Fuel Krispie Treats

And this Not So Short Strawberry Cupcake. Pretty color — and with tasty white chocolate ears!

Fuel Cupcake

Meanwhile Fuel has their advertising on point: coffee + pretzel + cupcake. (Hey, us, too! We consist of these as well!)

Fuel Signage

The Fountain Funnel at Swan and Dolphin’s The Fountain ice cream shop is a fun challenge! It features 7 flavors of ice cream, 3 sauces, 3 toppings, whipped cream, and a cherry. It’s no Kitchen Sink — but it’s a great alternative!

The Fountain

The Fountain’s Milkshake of the Month is Mango Madness. That sounds refreshing in the heat!

The Fountain Milkshake

Meanwhile, at the Swan…

Walt Disney World Swan Resort

A display of Guide Maps, restaurant information, and Swan and Dolphin postcards!

Guest Relations Guide Maps, dining info, and postcards

These postcards are so pretty! We love the retro styling! And they’re FREE!

Swan Postcards

Swan is also advertising the Garden Grove character meal. This fun character meal is held at dinner nightly and at breakfast on the weekends!

Garden Grove Character Meal Signage

Java Bar has some fun beverage options! Some of them even have some character!

Swan’s Java Bar

Check out these adorable Evian bottles! Mickey, Daisy, Goofy, and Donald are ready to help you hydrate!

Character Evian Bottles

Mickey Evian Bottle

Daisy Evian Bottle

Goofy Evian Bottle

Donald Evian Bottle

But if you need caffeine, the coffee Flavor of the Month is White Chocolate Raspberry Mocha.

Java Bar Coffee of the Month

Turn It Up Tuesday recreation activities are on display at Swan and include fun options like Aqua Zumba, Music Trivia, and Karaoke!

Turn It Up Tuesday at the Swan!

And before we leave the Swan, let’s just relax with this view for a moment…

Pretty Swan Decor

International Gateway and Walt Disney World Resort Policies

On the path toward the International Gateway, this small brown building will become a ticket booth in the near future. It’s expected to be in place while construction winds down on the International Gateway Skyliner Station. Currently, Skyliner construction at IG has temporarily relocated the entrance and security while the new entrance from Skyliner is completed.

Future Ticket Area near International Gateway

Also in this area is a map with posted smoking areas. Recall that all smoking is banned from inside the parks, so designated smoking areas are outside of park entrances. Epcot, therefore, has two designated smoking areas.

Epcot Smoking locations

Epcot Smoking Area outside International Gateway

And near the Friendship Boat Dock, a sign with information to “Know Before You Go”. Info includes stroller sizes, smoking policies, and more.

Know Before You Go Signage near Friendship Boat Dock

That’s that, Disney food friends! We hope you’re enjoying our What’s New around the World posts — we love bringing them to you! Come along on our next What’s New walk!

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