Exactly. Their current social media wording DOES NOT sound like the wording they used for Light Side, which to me means this isn't a cancellation situation.
My guess is that it's still on, but something is changing, or they are waiting on something (such as a sponsor)
I've been reading rumors on another site for quite awhile that they are slowly trying to make the Food & Wine booths a permanent thing, because the festival is so popular (see booths at the Flower & Garden Festival, and they have booths at that Festival of the Arts thing, right?)...so I wonder if you're right that the festival is technically going away, because the booths will always be there in some form. So it's Food & Wine time all the time.
I've been reading rumors on another site for quite awhile that they are slowly trying to make the Food & Wine booths a permanent thing, because the festival is so popular (see booths at the Flower & Garden Festival, and they have booths at that Festival of the Arts thing, right?)...so I wonder if you're right that the festival is technically going away, because the booths will always be there in some form. So it's Food & Wine time all the time.
Yes. That, exactly. ^
If so, it's failing completely for me: the longer this goes on, the less interest I have in forking over my money, lol!
Agree!! I 100% hope that the rumors of the booths being permanent are NOT true. I wouldn't want the booths there all the time, and I like Food & Wine being its own special thing. But some of the special-ness has already gone away with the booths popping up at other times of the year, so I can see them slowly making them permanent.Please don’t let permanent booths be true. While EPCOT is kind of already all festival all the time, I hate to see World Showcase have those permanently. That’s just a blatant money grab and EPCOT really doesn’t need more alcohol options.
I mean it’s runDisney so who knows but I don’t think they’d include the dates if there was a thought they’d change. I’m guessing they did that maybe to calm the rumors.
Edit: calming the rumors didn’t work.
The entire race weekend theme would need to change, right?
They DID already announce food-related themes for each race though...Assuming this is true, I wonder where the money was lost - the after-party? Was it not as well-attended since the race wasn't immediately before it?
My guess is that it's #5. With the Guardians ride going up near the Epcot parking lot, the gondolas going up at DHS and Epcot, those all interfere with the courses as they currently stand. I'm sure they are trying to find a different course but maybe they're trying to confirm it will be plausible before making thousands of people sign up, and then afterward realizing logistically it wouldn't work out and having to refund those people. This is all pure speculation on my part, but I could easily see this being the case.
Agree!! I 100% hope that the rumors of the booths being permanent are NOT true. I wouldn't want the booths there all the time, and I like Food & Wine being its own special thing. But some of the special-ness has already gone away with the booths popping up at other times of the year, so I can see them slowly making them permanent.
The entire race weekend theme would need to change, right?
Assuming this is true, I wonder where the money was lost - the after-party? Was it not as well-attended since the race wasn't immediately before it?
As I always say, nothing much would surprise me with Disney. However, the special events at F&W are why we make a separate trip each year. That would be one less trip for us if they scale it back.
