The Best Way to Enjoy Festival of the Arts at Epcot
Epcot at Walt Disney World has become known for its seasonal festivals which are happening now almost year-round and to start off every new year we get to enjoy Festival of the Arts.
Epcot International Festival of the Arts is a celebration of the visual arts, performing arts, and culinary arts. Starting back in 2017, Festival of the Arts takes place every year from January through February, and this is a festival you don’t want to miss!
Here are a few tips we suggest following to make sure you have the best time during your visit to Festival of the Arts!
Go on a Week Day
Going to Epcot during the week makes a huge difference! Epcot is known for “drinking around the world”, so a lot of locals like to visit Epcot on their days off which tends to be the weekends. If you can avoid going to Festival of the Arts Friday evenings through Sunday, chances are you will wait in fewer lines for all of the festival offerings.
Share Plates
When you start browsing the festival menus on the My Disney Experience app you are probably going to want to try a lot of the amazing items they are offering. To be able to try the most items without getting too full too fast, we always recommend sharing! We always get different items and then each of us will eat half, that way if we can’t visit again for a while or even until the next year, we will have gotten to try the majority of what we wanted!
Don’t Go on Opening Day
If you want to get the most out of your experience with fewer crowds and shorter lines, don’t go to an Epcot festival on the day it begins. People will wait for hours outside the gates of the park just to be first to try new food items or purchase the festival merchandise. And being honest, sometimes other guests aren’t the nicest if you happen to get in their way. On the first day of festivals, they are typically still working out the kinks of expediting food orders and having everything ready to go, so if you wait a few days after opening day, chances are you will have a much more enjoyable experience.
Get a Gift Card
One of the best ways to save money during an Epcot Festival is to give you and your partner an allotted amount that you want to spend. Put that money onto a Disney Gift card (does not cost anything extra) then you will be sure not to spend too much money during the festival. You can budget for just food items, or you can add merchandise and artwork into that budget as well!
Enjoy Eachother’s Company!
Every avid Disney goer knows that we can get caught up in the “go, go, go” mentality. We are so excited to be there and want to make sure we don’t miss anything we’ve been excited about for the weeks and months leading up to the visit, but we can’t forget about each other. Epcot is a big park, so there is a lot of ground to cover, but don’t forget to stop and enjoy it with each other! There are artful photo ops, broadway concerts, and art galleries that will help you slow down and take it all in.
No matter how you decide to spend your time at Festival of the Arts, we know you are going to have an amazing time!