The Latest Breaking News from Epcot

ORLANDO, Fla. — Epcot shoppers always have an international selection of merchandise, but now its points of purchase are presented with holiday flair, lavender among the greenery, peppermint-striped faceplates and Donald Duck in a gold Candlelight Processional gown.

Disney World’s Blizzard Beach water park reopened this month with new features from the film “Frozen,” but that’s not the only news to make a splash at the Florida theme parks in recent months.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As the noon sun bore down on Epcot, the line for one of its newest attractions, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, stretched around the block in the France pavilion with a posted wait time of 50 minutes. Meanwhile, other guests strolled into the ride’s Lightning Lane with…

ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman who lost her Apple Watch while riding The Seas and Nemo and Friends at Epcot claimed someone used it to charge about $40,000 to her credit card last month, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Can a roller coaster dance?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, an indoor roller coaster, will make its debut at Epcot on May 27, Walt Disney World has announced.

Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne has an Overweight rating and a $170 price target (28.3% upside) on The Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS). Swinburne saw Disney implementing Technology and operational tools in its parks that should drive structurally higher growth and incremental margins, and he raised his Parks estimates accordingly.  Swinburne, who saw a multi-year period…

Rainfall follows above average temperatures for Florida

The wait time in the queue at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park was more than six hours, the kind of line that forms for the debut of a high-end attraction.