Epcot Food and Wine Festival cookbook and Eat to the Beat FastPass+

The 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival is just a few weeks away. Disney Parks Blog released information about the new cookbook and about FastPass+ for the Eat to the Beat concert series. Here are the details…

Eat to the Beat FastPass+

One of the coolest events that takes place during the Epcot Food and Wine Festival is the Eat to the Beat concert series. Guests can see some of their favorite bands from the past four or five decades perform nightly for free.

New this year is the ability to book FastPass+reservations for the Eat to the Beat concert series. You’ll book this just like you do any other FastPass+ experience, through the My Disney Experience app. Resort guests can book up to 60 days in advance (plus your length of stay) and up to 30 days in advance for Annual Passholders.

The shows take place at 5:30 pm, 6:45 pm, and 8 pm each night at the American Garden Theatre. If you get FastPass+, then arrive at least 20 minutes before each show. Guests will then be taken to their special seating area.

Epcot Food and Wine Festival Cookbook

If you are anything like us, you want to make some of your Epcot Food and Wine Festival favorites when you get home. Well, every year a new cookbook comes out which showcase some of those fan favorite, as well as some new festival items. This year, the Epcot Food and Wine Festival cookbook will be a celebration of the 20 years the festival has been going. Pam Brandon and the Disney Chefs made this cook a bit bigger than usual. In addition to the delicious dishes, there is also 50 pages of history, photos and memories from the last two decades.

Some of the recipes will go back to the beginning, 1996, like the Canadian Cheddar Cheese soup, while others are more recent. Fan favorite, such as the lobster roll from Hops and Barley Marketplace booth and apple strudel from Germany Marketplace booth are returning.

The Epcot Food and Wine Festival will be taking place Sep. 25 through Nov. 16, 2015. For more information, visit our Epcot Food and Wine Festival page.

Make sure to pick up our DiningatDisney.com 2015 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival Dining Guide. It’s nearly 200 pages of information, expert dining tips, photos and daily events. The book is just $9.99… but if you enter promo code FoodandWine at checkout, you’ll save $2.

What Eat to the Beat concert series artist are you looking forward to most? We’d like to know!