What's New at EPCOT: A Popular Ride Closes Early & the Latest Starbucks Collectables

Welcome back to another roundup of what’s new at EPCOT!

Spaceship Earth

EPCOT is gearing up to start the Festival of the Holidays next week, so in the meantime, we’re checking out the latest merchandise finds as well as checking in on our favorite rides!

EPCOT General Updates

Test Track has been closing early more regularly for maintenance! The popular ride closed at 7PM yesterday and today, with the park closing at 10PM each day.

Test Track

We’ve been keeping an eye on Test Track’s early closures for a while, and we’ll continue to let you know if the ride is operating on a limited schedule!

Click here to read more about Test Track’s early closures.

EPCOT Merchandise Updates

Creations Shop

We spotted some of Disney World’s newest merchandise arrive at EPCOT on our recent visit! Over at Creations Shop, we found the new Dooney & Bourke Disney Dogs “Santa Paws” collection.

These bags will hold all of your holiday essentials!

We also found a new Cinderella Citizen watch!

Super stylish

Creations Shop is the new one-stop-shop destination at EPCOT, so be sure to check it out on your next visit!

Click here to check out more photos of the new Dooney & Bourke holiday collection!

Port of Entry

Over at Port of Entry, we spotted new items from Starbucks’ “Been There” series, including an ornament…

A cute little mug ornament!

…and a mug!

So many EPCOT icons are in this design!

These are two items you’ll definitely want to add to your collection if you’re into the “Been There” series! We also spotted this cute bracelet at Port of Entry for $19.99.

Super chic!

Looks like we spotted some solid finds at Port of Entry on our recent visit! We’ll admit, it is SO tempting to purchase everything we see!

Click here to see more photos of the latest “Been There” merchandise at EPCOT!

That’s all for today from EPCOT! Be sure to follow along for all of the latest news and updates from around Disney World!

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