EPCOT’s Worldwide Pageant of the Arts runs from mid-January by means of late February 2025 at Walt Disney World. This information presents information, suggestions, meals suggestions, and our must-see highlights of this annual winter particular occasion, which is likely one of the better of the 12 months! (Up to date October 21, 2024.)
Walt Disney World has now launched official dates for the 2025 EPCOT Pageant of the Arts, and it’ll proceed its run beginning the Friday of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day vacation weekend. The excellent news is that it gained’t preserve the custom of ending on Presidents’ Day, however finish its run the next Monday.
Acknowledged extra instantly, the EPCOT Pageant of the Arts runs from January 17 by means of February 24, 2025. We’re truthfully a little disenchanted that the occasion gained’t be longer. For the explanations mentioned under, FARTS (don’t take a look at me, it’s not my smelly acronym) is way and away the perfect fest of the 12 months at EPCOT…and nonetheless the shortest! The silver lining of that, we suppose, is that at the least this occasion hasn’t been diluted in consequence…
For these unfamiliar with it, the EPCOT Worldwide Pageant of the Arts is the “latest” particular occasion of the 12 months, which is in its tenth 12 months come 2025. Time flies if you’re having enjoyable–I nonetheless keep in mind when the inaugural occasion was introduced, and now it’s celebrating its tenth anniversary!
Walt Disney World has dubbed this occasion the “final celebration of world-class meals, superb visible artwork, and reside leisure.” We agree. EPCOT’s FARTS is our favourite occasion of the 12 months, and we love chatting with artists, watching the performers, and consuming our manner across the 13 cubicles, and having fun with among the artwork on show. Attempting the brand new meals, seeing artists exhibit their work, and taking part within the interactive choices on the occasion is at all times a superb time.
After being blown away by the inaugural occasion, and whereas among the specifics have modified in the previous few years, our impression stays the identical: EPCOT’s Pageant of the Arts is our #1 seasonal occasion of the 12 months at Epcot.
On this put up, we’ll cowl among the explanation why we like it, and why we advocate experiencing it for your self from January 17 by means of February 24, 2025! One factor to notice is that the remainder of this information is not but up to date for 2025, excluding some gentle updates on crowds. It’s because Walt Disney World hasn’t introduced something concerning the 2025 EPCOT FARTS apart from the dates.
Our expectation is that the core particulars of the 2025 EPCOT Pageant of the Arts stay unchanged. This is kind of true year-in and year-out. Our hope is that Walt Disney World goes huge for the tenth Anniversary of EPCOT’s FARTS, introducing one thing particular or new–and never simply celebratory merchandise. We will see!
The final couple of years, the most important change has been extra Figment.
EPCOT Pageant of the Arts has gotten extra imaginative, with Figment’s Inspiration Station: Artwork, Meals, and Little Sparks of Magic. With this, Figment primarily takes over the Odyssey occasions middle, which was beforehand the EPCOT Expertise preview middle (and has additionally functioned as a competition middle for previous occasions).
Figment’s Inspiration Station on the Odyssey consists of nods and restored items from the unique Journey Into Creativeness at EPCOT Heart, circa 1982.
Figment’s Inspiration Station options an unique Figment Audio Animatronics determine, mural impressed by the experience’s load space, the unique background music, and projections from the attraction. There’s additionally inspiration drawn from the unique upstairs ImageWorks, with unique pin tables and a rainbow corridor-esque aesthetic in Figment’s Inspiration Station.
Moreover, the Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket has been supplied in a number of completely different varieties. Two years in the past, FARTS was dominated by headlines that EPCOT’s Longest Line Is For Figment Popcorn Buckets. It took some time, however Walt Disney World finally solved that drawback by streamlining the method with Cell Order.
Fortunately, Cell Order is as soon as once more the answer to that individual drawback. Merely search for EPCOT Memento Launch and choose a return timeslot, beginning at 11 am. Restrict 2 per individual. Final 12 months, a model new type of popcorn bucket was launched–we’re hoping for one more new one for the tenth Anniversary of FARTS!
Figment’s Inspiration Station doubles as a meals and merchandise sales space, serving the Pop’t Artwork, Rainbow Cake, and a wide range of different snacks and drinks, together with quite a lot of completely different beers. (Strikes me as sorta odd for Figment’s sales space to serve alcohol, however no matter.)
Along with the popcorn bucket at Figment’s Inspiration Station, it’s also possible to convey residence the brand-new Fruity Fig Bar Figment Disney Munchling. This limited-edition Disney Munchling options the candy scent of berries and will be discovered each on the merchandise places on the competition and on shopDisney.
The Figment enjoyable continues when the solar goes down on the EPCOT Pageant of the Arts.
Over at Spaceship Earth, a Beacons of Magic gentle present options Figment. This technicolor tribute options music that’ll convey one little spark your creativeness, together with a spectacle of dazzling gentle. This combines Journey into Creativeness and Muppets by additionally using “Rainbow Connection” in what may be probably the most impressed and imaginative model of the superb EPCOT Beacons of Magic but.
With what’s new out of the way in which, let’s provide a little bit of background on the fundamentals of the occasion which are constant from year-to-year. The Epcot Worldwide Pageant of the Arts is a particular occasion celebrating the visible, culinary, and performing arts from all over the world. The occasion consists of Meals Studios (naturally!) and an array of leisure choices.
The very first thing you have to know is that there’s loads to see and do on the Epcot Worldwide Pageant of the Arts, however the overwhelming majority of the leisure is not repeatedly operating. Fairly the converse, actually.
Whereas there may be nearly at all times one thing occurring all through the park between park opening and 5 p.m., lots of the reside performers are solely out a number of occasions per day, and a few of their units are pretty quick.
Due to this, it’s completely important that you just seek the advice of a occasions information or leisure schedule for the day your visiting, and plan across the leisure that’s the most “uncommon.” Alternatively, when you have a surplus of time, you would possibly wish to take a gradual strategy, simply meandering round World Showcase and stumbling upon artwork as you stroll. We actually take pleasure in that sense of “discovery.”
The Meals Studios, reveals, and interactive artwork alternatives will be slotted in every time, so match these into your schedule when you might have down time, however plan across the reside leisure.
You gained’t have the ability expertise all of Epcot and Pageant of the Arts in a single day. Accordingly, we advise spending two days at Epcot throughout Pageant of the Arts: each weekdays.
Weekends at Epcot are busy throughout Pageant of the Arts, primarily as a consequence of sturdy phrase of mouth concerning the occasion amongst locals, who work through the week. As with each different Epcot competition, weekdays are far much less busy.
The previous few winters have been a veritable crowd curler coaster at Walt Disney World. It’s our perception that issues have returned to pre-pandemic regular, and we count on comparable crowds in Winter 2025 as there have been this previous 12 months. (See Winter is Nonetheless Not Off-Season at Walt Disney World.)
The excellent news is that among the dates encompassed by the EPCOT Pageant of the Arts are among the many better of the 12 months. The unhealthy information is that winter is busier than ever, and the ultimate week of the 2025 EPCOT Pageant of the Arts would be the busiest of the primary few months of the 12 months.
For more information, seek advice from our rankings of the 10 Greatest and 10 Worst Weeks to Go to Walt Disney World in 2025 & 2026, which incorporates good and unhealthy dates through the 2025 EPCOT Pageant of the Arts. Alternatively, seek the advice of our January 2025 Crowd Calendar and February 2025 Crowd Calendar for Walt Disney World for a rundown of all FARTS dates.
Let’s flip to the Meals Studios. For a lot of visitors, these would be the spotlight of the occasion, providing market snack choices in venues just like these discovered through the Epcot Meals & Wine Pageant. We thought the meals was usually actually introduced exceptionally effectively, and tasted superb finally 12 months’s occasion.
We sampled many of the menus on the Epcot Worldwide Pageant of the Arts, and have been shocked that the majority parts have been comparatively hearty and worth for cash was pretty stable. In each circumstances, higher than the Meals & Wine Pageant, however not nearly as good of worth as an everyday counter service meal.
As we word in our Meals Studio Information to the Epcot Worldwide Pageant of the Arts, the “culinary arts” are the least essential part of the occasion. We have now a number of particular snack suggestions there, however none are important to having fun with the occasion.
Whereas the meals is superb and a few parts are beneficiant, it’s additionally on the costly facet–much more than Meals & Wine Pageant. This makes it a troublesome promote if you happen to’re paying out of pocket–particularly since this occasion doesn’t revolve round meals.
In the event you do go for the foodie components of the competition, the Great Stroll of Colourful Delicacies is a enjoyable option to do it. Set out on a tasty trek across the EPCOT Pageant of the Arts and buy 7 vibrant dishes—and be rewarded with one technicolor deal with to take pleasure in on the finish of your journey.
Use your Pageant Passport as your information to search for specifically notated menu gadgets, then monitor your progress by amassing a stamp after every buy. When you’ve loved at the least 5 of the 7 dishes—and picked up the corresponding stamps—convey your stamped Pageant Passport to the Deco Delights meals studio to obtain a complimentary Artist Palette Cookie.
With that stated, you may skip the meals completely and nonetheless have an superior time on the occasion. That is sentiment you won’t learn elsewhere, however remember that a lot of the curiosity round Epcot’s festivals revolves round meals; that is additionally how Disney monetizes the occasions.
So after all it is smart for Walt Disney World and different blogs to hype up the meals…even when it’s far from the spotlight of Epcot’s Pageant of the Arts. Apart from the snacking, Epcot’s Worldwide Pageant of the Arts presents Walt Disney World visitors the power to peruse paintings by Disney artists in galleries.
Moreover, there are reside artists creating paintings in Epcot. It’s actually attention-grabbing to look at them; we have been so captivated by one of many artists that we watched him full a whole Mickey Mouse portray, which he did in ‘unison’ with music.
Different artists will probably be portray panorama scenes all through World Showcase. Moreover, chalk artists will reproduce traditional works on park sidewalks, Epcot Dwelling Statues will do roaming artwork, and visitor efficiency artists will create reside artwork with the wave of a paintbrush.
Interactive visitor artwork is one other considered one of our favourite facets of FARTS. We have now had an opportunity to assist full a number of completely different murals, together with the one pictured under.
It’s additionally a extremely enjoyable expertise within the second, and satisfying when you see the completed product a number of days later, realizing I helped make that!
For teenagers of all ages, one of many highlights is Figment’s Brush with the Masters Scavenger Hunt. Mischievous Figment has re-imagined what well-known work would possibly seem like if he have been a part of the paintings, and hidden one in every nation round World Showcase–see if you’ll find all of them. The work are cleverly finished, and a great way to introduce children to artwork historical past.
It’s additionally simply a number of enjoyable to seek for the Figment-infused artwork. If you’d like, you should buy maps for ~$10 every on the most important reward outlets (Port of Entry, Creations Store, World Traveler Store, and so forth.) and play the sport–being rewarded with a Figment souvenir as soon as you discover all of them. Nevertheless, it’s also possible to simply search for them for a way of enjoyable and satisfaction–that’s normally what we do!
There’s additionally extra structured leisure for the Epcot Worldwide Pageant of the Arts. The Disney on Broadway live performance collection will as soon as once more return. This options three exhibits every night headlined by Broadway stars performing beloved songs from greater than 25 years of award-winning stage productions.
Right here’s the Disney on Broadway live performance lineup for final 12 months’s EPCOT Pageant of the Arts (we’ll replace as quickly because the schedule is launched for 2025):
Kara Lindsay (Newsies) and Kevin Massey (Tarzan)
- January 13
- January 15-16
- January 19-20
Arielle Jacobs (Aladdin) and Adam Jacobs (Aladdin)
- January 14
- January 17-18
- January 21-22
Patti Murin (Frozen) and Robert Creighton (The Little Mermaid)
- January 23
- January 25-26
- January 29-30
- February 2-3
Mandy Gonzalez (Aida) and L. Steven Taylor (The Lion King)
- January 24
- January 27-28
- January 31 by means of February 1
- February 4-5
Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins) and Michael James Scott (Aladdin)
- February 6
- February 8-9
- February 12-13
- February 16-17
Kissy Simmons (The Lion King) and Josh Strickland (Tarzan)
- February 7
- February 10-11
- February 14-15
- February 18-19
On February 20, the Disney on Broadway Live performance Collection options an prolonged finale that includes Ashley Brown, Josh Strickland, Kissy Simmons, and Michael James Scott. In previous years, this prolonged finale has been the spotlight–don’t miss it if you happen to’re in EPCOT that night!
Disney on Broadway Eating Packages are additionally accessible, however we sometimes do NOT advocate these (apart from perhaps the prolonged finale). We’ve seen Disney on Broadway live shows numerous occasions and by no means as soon as had a problem getting seats. I suppose if you happen to completely want a chief view, it’s not a foul choice–nevertheless it strikes us as a waste of cash. To every their very own, although.
Finally, Epcot Worldwide Pageant of the Arts has confirmed itself to be one thing completely different. Meals and drinks are the bottom precedence right here, and there may be a lot “different stuff” that it’s arduous to view this as a thinly-veiled option to promote excessive margin stuff. When you think about how a lot the entire artists and entertainers seemingly value, the cynicism melts away.
On the contrary, the Epcot Pageant of the Arts is a real enhancement to Epcot. It cherrypicks the weather of Flower & Backyard and Meals & Wine that we like finest, and enhances the park in an natural manner that feels prefer it recaptures a little bit of the unique spirit of EPCOT Heart. The occasion’s ambiance makes it much more gratifying to simply wander round Epcot, and there are sturdy instructional and leisure parts.
With 9 years beneath the occasion’s belt, we’re assured that EPCOT’s Worldwide Pageant of the Arts has discovered its footing. We hope that it continues to evolve and develop, and 2025 is lastly be the 12 months for that! EPCOT will now not be within the midst of a large building mission–which suggests no maze of building partitions for the primary time since 2019! Right here’s hoping that Figment’s Inspiration Station returns greater and higher, and maybe in a bigger new venue inside CommuniCore Corridor.
Disney continues to ship on EPCOT’s FARTS, which is why it has been our favourite competition because it began a number of years in the past. That may be arduous to consider given the barrage of protection that Meals & Wine receives, and provided that that is the shortest and latest occasion, but when we may solely select one to attend, this is able to be it. Regardless of the shock spike in crowds final 12 months, we might extremely advocate this occasion–and this time of 12 months–to anybody contemplating when to go to Walt Disney World in 2025.
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