Disney-Trains
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Are they performing identical shows each night? Or changing them up?
I'm happy with either, just wondering how to plan!
I'm happy with either, just wondering how to plan!
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Epcot International Festival of the Arts coming in January 2017
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KnightRonin
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My family and I went yesterday, and even though I'm pretty cool towards Flower & Garden and Food & Wine, I'd have to say that Festival of the Arts holds a lot of promise. My kids and I enjoyed contributing to the Epcot mural and the small Mary Blair and Herbert Ryman galleries were pretty cool. Seeing their actual artwork up close was inspiring. Some of the snack choices we had were pretty cool -- the Artist's Palette cookie was neat and the Sipping Chocolate tour was very tasty (semi-lie: the white chocolate was yack, but the Milk and Dark Chocolate selections were great). We missed the Broadway performances and probably won't get back this year due to our passes expiring this week, but I'd really like to see what they do in the next couple of years to make it a can't-miss event.
star77kc1
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You will be able to pick from 4 different magnets showing Figment in a piece of artwork. I believe it's $6.99 to play the scavenger hunt, so that price alone may be worth it to some for the magnet!
Disney-Trains
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The Broadway show was great, went to it several times laat weekend (even during the storm).
Disney has so much Art they could display... It's a shame they fill the festival with retail booths. :-/ The Ryman and Blair displays were quite enjoyable.
I liked the murals being painted (1 by guests, 1 by Disney artists) a lot, and the chalk art was great too.
Lots of potential... Hopefully it will expand.
Disney has so much Art they could display... It's a shame they fill the festival with retail booths. :-/ The Ryman and Blair displays were quite enjoyable.
I liked the murals being painted (1 by guests, 1 by Disney artists) a lot, and the chalk art was great too.
Lots of potential... Hopefully it will expand.
A whole bunch of reviews from lots of different sites have been posted to the WDW subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/waltdisneyworld/new
Just scroll back from new to old to see them all.
For those who miss Animation Academy... it's back at Epcot during the festival.
drwadadli
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Thank you
jakeman
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I went to this the first night it was open.
Perhaps my expectations were off, but when I heard of an "International Festival of the Arts" I didn't really expect a tent of Star Wars art in Morocco.
The food was good. Similar, maybe a notch above Food and Wine. Beer selection was decent. We didn't stay for any music.
The art though...it appears to be an expansion of Art of Disney across the World Showcase. There were a few independent artist there, but not many in comparison to the crush of Disney "art".
I didn't care for it, but again perhaps I was expecting something I don't know...International..or Artistic...or more Festival and less reatail.
Perhaps my expectations were off, but when I heard of an "International Festival of the Arts" I didn't really expect a tent of Star Wars art in Morocco.
The food was good. Similar, maybe a notch above Food and Wine. Beer selection was decent. We didn't stay for any music.
The art though...it appears to be an expansion of Art of Disney across the World Showcase. There were a few independent artist there, but not many in comparison to the crush of Disney "art".
I didn't care for it, but again perhaps I was expecting something I don't know...International..or Artistic...or more Festival and less reatail.
FigmentJedi
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You know what would be a great thing for them to do in the future with this? Screenings of animated shorts from other countries. But that's not synergistic enough I suppose.
wannabeBelle
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I hope they keep the Broadway dynamic, that looked amazing in the videos I saw!! Marie