Disney Destinations, LLC PO Box 10045 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-0045 PAID Disney The Walt Disney World Passholder Newsletter Destinations, LLC Enjoy a world of festive fun this fall! Don’t forget to check the latest discounts on dining, merchandise and more on the updated Passholder website. Visit DisneyWorld.com/PassPerks today. FALL 2017 ©Disney ©Disney•Pixar ©Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. ©POOF-Slinky, LLC WDWAP-17-57291 In this Issue Join us this fall as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of Epcot®. Taste your way around the world during the Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival. Get a peek at the upcoming new Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios®. Prep for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in Magic Kingdom® Park. Check out some sweet Passholder discounts and more! REMEMBER Act soon! If your annual pass is expiring on or before October 1, renew and you’ll receive a 13-month pass to enjoy over a year of magic. Hope to see ya real soon, Your Passholder Program Friends First look Figment 1966 REVEAL CONCEPT ART “The EPCOT film” by Andy Gaskill ® Epcot CONCEPT ART by Herb Ryman Celebrate 35 years of Epcot ® Excitement n October 1, 1982, Ronald Reagan MILESTONES O was President. Japan presented the world’s first commercially released The Epcot® International Flower & CD player. And the #1 song in the U.S. Garden Festival was introduced was “Jack & Diane” by John Cougar. in 1994. But perhaps the biggest and best news Debuting in 1995, the Epcot® of all, was that EPCOT Center opened International Food & Wine Festival its gates––along with Spaceship Earth was the concept of current and nine of its World Showcase Walt Disney World® Resort President Pavilions––to the delight of all. George A. Kalogridis. OPENING DAY Test Track® Presented by Chevrolet® officially opened in 1999. As part of the opening-day ceremonies, dancers and band members performed; Guests blasted off on Mission: the famed Sherman Brothers wrote the SPACE® for the first time in 2003, and song “The World Showcase March” for took inaugural flights on Soarin’® the occasion; and groups representing in 2005. countries from all over the globe So this October, come celebrate the provided entertainment throughout 35th anniversary of the “Experimental World Showcase. Prototype Community of Tomorrow”! 3 Festival Marks 35 Years of Epcot® with 35 Marketplaces & More rom August 31–November 13 at the Seared Scallops with Roasted Corn F Epcot® International Food & Wine and Butter Bean Succotash and Chili- Festival, you’ll find more than ever to Chipotle Butter Sauce sink your teeth into to honor the Park’s ENCORE APPEARANCES 35th anniversary. Like 35 mouthwatering marketplaces (including new ones and India (last seen in 2009), returning favorites), delicious new dishes, Featuring All-New Dishes exclusive Passholder merchandise and Korma Chicken with Cucumber beyond. Here’s a taste. Tomato Salad, Almonds, Cashews and Warm Naan Bread EXCITING NEW MARKETPLACES Warm Indian Breads with Pickled Active Eats Garlic, Mango Salsa and Coriander Loaded Mac ‘n’ Cheese with Pesto Dips Nueske’s® Pepper Bacon, Cheddar Cheese, Peppers and Green Onions Madras Red Curry with Roasted Cauliflower, abyB Carrots, Chick Peas and Basmati Rice Pistachio Cardamom Bundt Cake with Chocolate Coconut Mousse Thailand (introduced in 2009) Chicken with Peanut Sauce and Stir-fry Vegetables Seared Shrimp and Scallop Cake with Cold Noodle Salad Red Hot Spicy Thai Curry Beef with Roasted Verlasso Salmon with Steamed Rice Quinoa Salad and Arugula Chimichurri Spain (last seen in 2010), NEW! Sweet Avocado Crema Featuring All-New Dishes with Strawberries, Yellow Cake and A selection of imported Spanish Tortilla Streusel Meats, Cheeses and Olives with an Herb Vinaigrette NEW! Coastal Eats Seafood Salad with Shrimp, Bay Lump Crab Cake with Napa Cabbage Slaw and Avocado Lemongrass Cream Scallops and Mussels, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, White Balsamic Vinegar and Baked Shrimp Scampi Dip with Smoked Paprika Sourdough Baguette 4 Olive Oil Cake, Powdered Sugar Earth Eats Hosted by “The CHEW” and Lemon Curd Ricotta and Zucchini Ravioli with Rustic Tomato Sauce EXPANDING INTO FUTURE WORLD Grilled Beef Skewer with Romaine, Flavors from Fire Apricots and Feta Cheese Piggy Wings: Smoked Pork Wings with Korean BBQ Sauce and Sesame Seeds Peanut Butter and White Chocolate Mousse with a Caramel Drizzle NEW! Smoked Corned Beef with Warm Crispy Potatoes, Pickled Onions EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISE and Blonde Ale Beer Fondue featuring Use your Passholder discount to BelGioioso Romano and American purchase exclusive festival merchandise Grana Cheeses at various locations throughout the NEW! Sweet Pancake with Spicy Park. See page 22. Chipotle Chicken Sausage, Onion Jam And that’s just a sampling of all and Maple Butter Syrup there is to enjoy at the 2017 Epcot® NEW! Chocolate Picante: Dark International Food & Wine Festival. Visit Chocolate Mousse with Cayenne Pepper, TasteEpcot.com to explore even more. Chili Powder and Raspberry Dust Offerings subject to change without notice. 5 Scavenge Up Festival Fun for the Whole Family e grown-ups know how much fun merchandise locations, including the W there is to be had at the Epcot® Festival Center, Pin Central, Disney International Food & Wine Festival. And Traders or World Traveler at there’s lots to do for kids and families, International Gateway. Then hunt for too—like Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & statuettes of Remy hidden throughout Squeak scavenger hunt, a Ratatouille- World Showcase and the global inspired adventure that’s magnifique! marketplaces and match the corresponding stickers to your map. Once you’ve found and matched them ...around the festival, kids of all all, bring your completed map to Disney ages can search for everyone’s Traders, located at the entrance to favorite little chef, Remy. World Showcase, to choose a new surprise, compliments of Chef Remy. A FESTIVAL OF SAVINGS During this savory scavenger hunt around the festival, kids of all ages can Passholders, enjoy 20% off your map search for everyone’s favorite little chef, and stickers and other select festival Remy. All you have to do is purchase a merchandise as part of your benefits. map and stickers from select festival 6 Our “Bring a Friend” Offer is Back ince Passholders love experiencing $79* plus tax per person (for a 1-Day S Walt Disney World® magic with Magic Your Way® Ticket with Park family and friends, we’re bringing back Hopper® Option)! this great limited-time offer. With it, Friends and family tickets are available you can bring up to six Guests along only at Walt Disney World Theme Park to enjoy excitement like Pandora–– ticket windows and Transportation and The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Ticket Center from 8/11 to 9/30/17. Kingdom® Theme Park, the Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival, *Limit six (6) tickets per Passholder. Passholder must be present with valid Annual Pass card Happily Ever After at Magic Kingdom® during time of ticket purchase. Tickets must be Park and The Music of Pixar LIVE! at used on date of purchase. Disney’s Hollywood Studios®, for only Button up your free Passholder gift Yes, it’s good to be a Passholder. And As an additional perk, when you make during the Epcot® International Food & Wine a purchase from our new Future World Festival, it’s going to be even better. Because Marketplaces including Light Lab, Flavors with your valid Annual Pass card, you have from Fire, Coastal Eats, Active Eats, Earth the opportunity to receive up to three FREE Eats, The Chocolate Studio, The Cheese specialty buttons—one per each month of Studio and The Wine & Dine Studio, you can the festival. To enjoy this magical perk, just acquire even more collectible buttons. Take head over to the Festival Center—and pin a look at all of the buttons you can collect by your exclusive new souvenir. visiting DisneyWorld.com/Passholder today! EIFFEL TOWER 8/31–9/30/17 AVAILABLE DATES LEANING TOWER 10/1–10/28/17 TORII GATE 10/29–11/13/17 SPECIALTY BUTTONS SPECIALTY *Valid Annual Pass card required. Commemorative buttons available while supplies last. 7 Enjoy a Fabulous Feast for the Ears elebrate all things food and wine the America Gardens Theatre stage C with a hearty helping of hits from our during the Epcot® International Food biggest lineup ever––over 30 amazing & Wine Festival at 5:30, 6:45 and 8 p.m. acts! Eat to the Beat Concert Series rocks nightly. It’s a dish you can’t resist. THE LINEUP Delta Rae 8/31 & 9/1 The Hooters 9/2 & 9/3 Baha Men 9/4 & 9/5 Fuel 9/6 & 9/7 STARSHIP starring Mickey Thomas 9/8, 9/9 & 9/10 Lauren Alaina 9/11 & 9/12 Plain White T’s 9/13, 9/14 & 9/15 Sister Hazel 9/16 & 9/17 Air Supply 9/18, 9/19 & 9/20 David Cook 9/21 & 9/22 Everclear 9/23 & 9/24 Sugar Ray 9/25, 9/26 & 9/27 38 Special 9/28 & 9/29 Mark Wills 9/30 & 10/1 American Authors 10/2 & 10/3 Christopher Cross 10/4 & 10/5 The Devon Allman Band 10/6, 10/7 & 10/8 Dennis DeYoung: The Music of STYX 10/9, 10/10 & 10/11 Taylor Dayne 10/12 & 10/13 Jeffrey Osborne 10/14 & 10/15 Postmodern Jukebox 10/16 & 10/17 10,000 Maniacs 10/18, 10/19 & 10/20 Toad the Wet Sprocket 10/21 & 10/22 Kenny G 10/23 & 10/24 Billy Ocean 10/25 & 10/26 Tiffany 10/27, 10/28 & 10/29 Hanson 10/30, 10/31 & 11/1 Blue October 11/2 & 11/3 Living Colour 11/4 & 11/5 Boyz II Men 11/6, 11/7 & 11/8 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 11/9, 11/10 & 11/11 Squeeze 11/12 & 11/13 Entertainment and appearances subject to change without notice.