EPCOT Holiday Festival Adds 98 New Food and Drink Items

EPCOT’s International Festival of the Holidays will begin November 27, 2026, bringing 186 food and beverage offerings to Walt Disney World’s World Showcase and other areas of the park. Disney says 98 of those offerings are new, spread across 20 Holiday Kitchens.

Two Holiday Kitchens are new for 2026. Diwali Holiday Kitchen will serve items including pani puri and a Thandai Milkshake, while Season’s Eatings in CommuniCore Plaza will offer a Holly Jolly Bánh Mì with smoked turkey, cranberry-Chambord liqueur mayonnaise and pickled vegetables. The latter booth will also have Reuben croquettes and a cranberry-almond frangipane bar.

Other new dishes include an empanada de carnitas at Las Posadas in Mexico, cheese tortellini carbonara at Tuscany in Italy, a Christmas Market Bratwurst at Sommerfest in Germany, and carved roasted ham at American Holiday Table. Returning selections listed for the festival include potato latkes at L’Chaim!, lomilomi salmon at Mele Kalikimaka and a hazelnut Linzer cookie at Bavaria Holiday Kitchen.

The Holiday Cookie Stroll is also returning. Guests can purchase five qualifying cookie items, collect stamps in a Festival Passport and redeem the completed passport at Holiday Sweets & Treats for a special sweet treat. A new Minnie Mouse Magic Shot will be available near the Christmas tree at the World Showcase entrance, using a cookie-tray prop.

Festival offerings extend beyond food. Disney lists Holiday Storytellers, Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt, Living with the Land: Glimmering Greenhouses, Guardians of the Galaxy: Christmas Rewind and the Candlelight Processional among the seasonal experiences. The festival begins after Walt Disney World’s broader Christmas season starts November 13 and runs through the day before New Year’s Eve, according to the source.

Visitors planning an EPCOT holiday visit can review Walt Disney World ticket options as they map out festival dates and dining stops.