Welcome to planDisney, Marie!
I’m so happy to hear that you have an upcoming visit to Walt Disney World Resort. During a wonderful time too! If I’m not mistaken, you should be visiting during
EPCOT International Festival of the Arts. I just checked, and dates for this festival should be finalized in December! You’ll get to channel your internal artist and contribute to the A Paint by Numbers Mural. How exciting! I’ve only been lucky enough to enjoy this festival once, as we usually follow the school calendar and visit during the Festival of the Holidays or International Flower & Garden Festival, during the kids' spring break. Don’t get me wrong, I love them all, but it’s been a while since my last Festival of the Arts, so I’m ready to make a return.
At the moment, the
calendar has not been updated for January and February. I’d imagine that later this year is when we should see an update to the calendar. I recommend frequently checking so that you can start making those plans. As a guideline, you’ll find that the theme park hours usually remain the same, give or take a few hours, so for the moment, you can pencil your plans using the current hours and make them permanent once those new hours have been added.
Since
EPCOT is where you plan on visiting, you may even consider booking your stay at a resort closer to EPCOT. Anything on the BoardWalk would be a good option, and if I had to choose, I’d pick
Yacht Club only so I could stop in
Ale & Compass for breakfast before heading into the park. Although with a festival occurring, I would much rather snack around the world. Still, a resort on the Boardwalk is a great option! Maybe even
Disney’s BoardWalk for your stay.
Marie, I hope this helps answer your question. I know the wait is hard, but pretty soon you’ll be finalizing your plans, and shortly after that, you’ll be in the parks enjoying those plans. Until then, let us know if there’s anything else
we can help with.
See ya real soon,
Shantel