What's New EPCOT: A New 'Frozen' Meet and Greet, TONS of Christmas Pins, and a HUGE Festival Merch Sale!

Oh, EPCOT… How do we love thee? Let us count the ways.

Spaceship Earth

We love thee for all the staples (Spaceship Earth, festivals) and for all of the NEW things. And hey, let’s see what IS new in jolly ol’ EPCOT!

EPCOT Food and Drink Updates

Regal Eagle Smokehouse

Summer may be a distant memory, but refreshing drinks are forever. Regal Eagle Smokehouse has a new alcoholic beverage option, the Frozen Iced Tea Lemonade, made with Tito’s vodka.

Regal Eagle Iced Tea Lemonade Vodka

Technically, they could always add the alcohol of your choice to the frozen slushies (which also include Mint Julep and Strawberry Daiquiri), but they’re calling out the lemonade and vodka combo specifically with a sign.

Frozen Iced Tea Lemonade sign

House of Good Fortune

We’ve found a TON of interesting potato chips at EPCOT lately, and now the House of Good Fortune shop in the China pavilion has Lays Taro Chips!

Taro chips

We’ve been pleasantly surprised by EPCOT’s chips in the past, so these could be a winner too!

EPCOT Character Updates

We’ve seen them in cavalcades, but now our favorite Frozen queens are doing socially-distanced meet-and-greets and photo opps at the Norway Pavilion!

Anna in EPCOT

Like most character appearances these days, Anna and Elsa don’t appear on a set schedule.

Elsa in EPCOT

So, next time you’re in Norway, who knows?! You could see a familiar face!

EPCOT Merchandise Updates

Mission: Space Cargo Bay

Christmas is right around the corner, if this Shoulder Christmas tree Groot plush has anything to say about it!

Shoulder Christmas Tree Groot Plush

We spotted this festively lit lil buddy at Mission: Space Cargo Bay in Future World for $19.99!

Ho Ho Groot! Read more about this shoulder plush here!

Test Track Simporium

Christmas has reached another galaxy — the Star Wars galaxy! We spotted some festive Star Wars pins at the Test Track Simporium in Future World!

Star Wars holiday pins

There’s a Millennium Falcon made out of gingerbread…

Gingerbread space junk

…Yoda levitating a star on top of a Christmas tree… (Wait — can he come to our house and do that?!)

Yoda star of my tree

…Some Jawas unwrapping R2-D2….

Merry Christmas, R2D2!

…And Darth Vader and a couple of Stormtroopers singing what we can only imagine to be some dastardly caroles!

Fa la la la la

These pins are $9.99 each!

Image Works

Christmas is all over EPCOT! We also spotted some festive pins at Image Works over by Journey Into the Imagination! Mickey and Minnie share a lil smooch in this sweet Christmas pin!

Mickey and Minnie Mistletoe pin

In fact, it’s so sweet Mickey turned into a gingerbread Mickey in this pin!

Mickey gingerbread pin

Winnie the Pooh and friends are busy decking the halls here…

Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet decorating the tree

While Goofy struggles to wrap a present and not himself in his own starring pin!

Goofy holiday pin

Meanwhile, Slinky Dog found a friend in his gift box!

Slinky Dog holiday pin

There are also some Christmas buddies like Chip ‘n’ Dale…

Chip n Dale

…Fozzie and Gonzo…

Fozzie and Gonzo holiday pin

…and Stitch and Jumba Jookiba!

Reindeer Stitch

Most of these pins are $9.99, while Chip ‘n’ Dale are $14.99.

Mouse Gear

Be our guest and see the new Beauty and the Beast Wishables! The new limited release blind bags feature Belle, Lumiere, Cogsworth, or the Wardrobe!

Beauty and the Beast Wishables

Want to know which Beauty and the Beast character you’re going to get for sure? Well, there’s The Beast for you!

Beast Wishable

These sweet plushes are $9.99 each!

Festival Booths

As the Germany Pavilion houses the Annual Passholder pop-up, a festival booth that used to be a gardening booth now houses German merchandise.

Germany pop-up

Meanwhile, the booth that used to sell the Figment Food and Wine Festival merch now has pins!

Pin pop-up at EPCOT

Speaking of festival merchandise, we’ve seen that a Minnie Mouse Queen of Cuisine spirit jersey was 30% off, and now MORE festival merch is showing the same discount!

Food and Wine merchandise discount

And there you have it! That’s all the new sights, stuff, and bites at EPCOT! Until next time!

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