Disney’s 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays will add two new food booths: Diwali Holiday Kitchen and Season’s Eatings. The festival is scheduled for Nov. 27 through Dec. 30 and is included with regular EPCOT admission.
Diwali Holiday Kitchen will be located on the walkway between World Showcase and the Imagination Pavilion. Its entirely new menu includes plant-based pani puri with curry-spiced potatoes, chickpeas and tamarind water; chicken biryani with yogurt sauce, pomegranate seeds and bird’s eye chilis; and a plant-based mango mousse cup with lime whipped cream and cardamom-cookie streusel.
The booth will also serve a thandai milkshake made with milk, almond, fennel, poppy seed, cardamom and saffron, topped with rose petals and toasted almonds.
Season’s Eatings, opening at CommuniCore Plaza, will offer Reuben croquettes with pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Thousand Island dressing. Other new dishes include the Holly Jolly Bánh Mì, a Vietnamese-style sandwich with smoked turkey, cranberry-Chambord liqueur mayo, pickled vegetables, cucumbers, Fresno chilis and cilantro, plus a cranberry-almond frangipane bar with cranberry-cherry compote, whipped cream and candied orange peel.
Drinks listed for Season’s Eatings include Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider, Southern Tier Brewing Company Black Forest Cake Imperial Stout, Great Lakes Brewing Co. Christmas Ale and a beverage flight.
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The festival will also bring back the Candlelight Processional, featuring a choir and orchestra presentation of the Christmas story with celebrity narrators. Disney Fanatic reported that the announced narrator lineup includes Gary Sinise, Whoopi Goldberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Groban and Jodi Benson.
Guests planning to sample the festival’s offerings can find the new kitchens as part of their EPCOT ticket planning; Disney has not listed a separate admission requirement for the event.
