PHOTOS: EPCOT Said Bye to a Bit of Construction and Said Hello to a New Map

Greetings from Disney World’s work-in-progress park!

EPCOT

We visited EPCOT yesterday to check out all of the latest changes and updates after the end of the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts. So, without further ado, here’s all the latest news in food, construction, and merchandise!

EPCOT Food Updates

House of Good Fortune

First up on the snack front, we spotted some new-to-us Tomato…

Tomato Chips

…and Wasabi Chips at House of Good Fortune in the China Pavilion. If you’re looking for fun flavors, these could be worth a try! These are $4.50 each.

Wasabi Chips

Nine Dragons

After our stop at the House of Good Fortune, we noticed something sort of interesting on our receipt. There’s a discount being offered at Nine Dragons. Well, that seems pretty normal — except Nine Dragons is closed right now!

Check out that deal!

We spoke to a Cast Member who told us that the discount has been listed on receipts for a while and she thinks that it will be offered when the spot reopens. Well, when it does, you might be able to snag a 20% discount on lunch.

To learn more about this discount, click here!

Refreshment Outpost

Refreshment Outpost was offering an exciting new soft-serve option! Are you ready? It’s Strawberry and Banana SWIRL Soft-Serve.

Strawberry and Banana Soft-serve in a Waffle Cone

We won’t lie, we were pretty wowed by this combo and the waffle cone it comes in made it even better. Try it yourself for $5.25.

Click here for our FULL REVIEW of this soft-serve!

Japan Pavilion

Garden House was open while we were there and we spotted that QR Code Menus were posted in the queue.

Garden House QR Code Menu

Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie

Good news, cheese lovers! The Brie Bowl has returned to Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie in the France Pavilion!

Les Halles Menu

EPCOT Construction Updates

Entrance Area

On to the construction updates! Finally! The last wall in front of Spaceship Earth has come down. Yup, all of the walls are BEHIND Spaceship Earth now.

Spaceship Earth (without walls!)

This change has the entrance area looking quite spiffy and we can’t wait to see the rest of World Celebration when more walls come down.

Want to learn more about this update, click here!

2021 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

We also saw a few updates that show that EPCOT is getting ready for the 2021 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival on March 3rd! Take this new map, for one!

EPCOT Map

It fittingly shows some masked guests getting ready to enjoy a fun fest!

To see more of the new Flower and Garden map, click here!

But that definitely wasn’t the biggest sign of the festival popping up! We also spotted booths for the festival…

Northern Bloom

…and signage around! Eek! We can’t wait to explore a new fest!

Want to see more of the Flower and Garden booths? Click here!

Aaaand we’ve got a topiary update! We’ve already seen a few topiaries but today we noticed some more had been added including the Lady and the Tramp topiaries…

Lady and the Tramp Topiaries

…the Dragon topiary…

Dragon Topiary

…the Remy topiary…

Remy Topiary

…the Belle and Beast topiaries…

Belle and Beast topiaries

…and the Kermit and Miss Piggy topiaries.

Kermit Topiary

So fun!

Miss Piggy Topiary

Test Track

Test Track had a development too. Since the parks reopened, this attraction has been loading one party per car, but we noticed a shift today.

Test Track is now loading every row

Now, Cast Members are loading every row on Test Track.

To learn more about this Test Track change, click here!

EPCOT Merchandise Updates

Mouse Gear

At Mouse Gear, we spotted two new-to-us t-shirts for $24.99 each. There’s this Mickey and Friends Shirt…

Disney Tee

…and the Cinderella Castle Shirt.

Disney Tee

House of Good Fortune

The House of Good Fortune had two watches from Shanghai Disney! The one on the left is $129 and the right one is $295.

Shanghai Watches

That’s all of the latest updates from EPCOT! As always, stay tuned to DFB for all the latest news from Disney World and beyond. We’ll be sure to keep you in the loop!

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