News Walt Disney World casting for a new experience celebrating Encanto

[KDM31091]

I don’t hate the show in a vacuum but I do hate the loud music destroying the vibe of the area 6 times a day.

 

[LSLS]

I mean, I guess it's fine if it's keeping them from sticking Encanto in Italy or Soarin' or something, but this is such a weird thing for Epcot.

 

[monothingie]

This is great news for the tens of people that actually will watch it.

So I guess this means that the festival celebration area won't be used for festivals?

 

[James Alucobond]

I wish they’d use this space for, like, Festival-related music that actually fits the vibe of the hub. The America Gardens Theatre already exists for Broadway-adjacent stuff. Put something chill in CommuniCore.

 

[wdwmagic]

Worth keeping this mess running as long as they're still serving up those Arepas at Festival Favorites. The cheese one was one of the best bites of my last trip.

They will be gone come August 29 when it switches menu to

Food Items:

• Kielbasa and Potato Pierogis with caramelized onions and sour cream
• BBQ Pork Rinds served with pimento cheese
• Key Lime Tart

Beverages:

• Frozen S’mores: Chocolate Milk Shake with marshmallow syrup topped with mini marshmallows and a graham cracker (Non-alcoholic)
• Irish Milk Shake: Guiness Stout, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, and Vanilla Ice Cream
• Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Hefeweizen
• Parish Brewing Co. SIPS Cab Franc Strawberry
• 3 Daughters Brewing Beach Blonde Ale
• Beer Flight
• Goldschmidt ‘Katherine’ Cabernet Sauvignon
• Martin Ray Chardonnay

 

[Stupido]

They will be gone come August 29 when it switches menu to

Food Items:

• Kielbasa and Potato Pierogis with caramelized onions and sour cream
• BBQ Pork Rinds served with pimento cheese
• Key Lime Tart

Beverages:

• Frozen S’mores: Chocolate Milk Shake with marshmallow syrup topped with mini marshmallows and a graham cracker (Non-alcoholic)
• Irish Milk Shake: Guiness Stout, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, and Vanilla Ice Cream
• Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Hefeweizen
• Parish Brewing Co. SIPS Cab Franc Strawberry
• 3 Daughters Brewing Beach Blonde Ale
• Beer Flight
• Goldschmidt ‘Katherine’ Cabernet Sauvignon
• Martin Ray Chardonnay

Here's to hoping the Arepas find a forever home in Tropical Americas

 

[radiorae]

I don’t mind the Encanto show. What I do mind is that we were told Communicore stage/plaza would be for rotating seasonal acts to complement the ongoing festivals, and that… clearly is not the case.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I don’t mind the Encanto show. What I do mind is that we were told Communicore stage/plaza would be for rotating seasonal acts to complement the ongoing festivals, and that… clearly is not the case.

That’s my thought too… the jammitors do a food and wine show don’t they? At least put them up there to make it feel like a festival!

Are they doing anything inside communicore for the food and wine?

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

I'm guessing these type of shows will be for summer season like it did now between when there's no festival. If popular enough could return again another time!

 

[DCBaker]

Disney says ¡Celebración Encanto! is now a full-time entertainment offering at EPCOT:

 

[bmr1591]

Disney says ¡Celebración Encanto! is now a full-time entertainment offering at EPCOT:

There's always a good crowd out when I pass by, so I can't blame them for keeping it. I do wish they'd switch things up for different festivals, but a popular offering that's already been developed saves the company development money on new shows, so I can't blame them for that.

 

[Bocabear]

I can...

 

[Haymarket2008]

Woof.

That ain't it, kid.

 

[Brian]

Ugh.

 

[threvester]

There's always a good crowd out when I pass by, so I can't blame them for keeping it. I do wish they'd switch things up for different festivals, but a popular offering that's already been developed saves the company development money on new shows, so I can't blame them for that.

Ive seen the opposite, hardly anyone there when i walk by.

 

[SageOfTime]

I really don't think there should have been a stage there in the first place. Ruins whatever atmosphere World Celebration could have claimed to have otherwise had. Wish these shows were in America Gardens (or just not present in EPCOT.).

 

[Bocabear]

I vote for not present in EPCOT unless it is directly related to, and performed at one of the corresponding pavilions... No Colombia Pavilion? Build one...or put this show in the Tropical Americas section of DAK when it opens...

 

[Brian]

I vote for not present in EPCOT unless it is directly related to, and performed at one of the corresponding pavilions... No Colombia Pavilion? Build one...or put this show in the Tropical Americas section of DAK when it opens...

This. It's fair middle ground between EPCOT purists and the IP mandate, specifically to insert IP wherever there's space just for the sake of featuring that IP in the parks.

 

[HauntedPirate]

"Sir, the out-of-place Encanto show at Epcot isn't terribly popular"

"Expand to run multiple times every day!"

No one asked for this. Good job, TDO.

 

[Brian]

World Celebration designer: "What kind of futuristic show are you thinking for this stage you asked for?"
Execs: "About that..."