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WDW Radio: Your Guide to the Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise and More Disney Magic!

WDW Radio # 660 - The Best of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

WDW Radio: Your Guide to the Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise and More Disney Magic!

Lou Mongello - Disney Expert

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Leisure, Places & Travel

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 99 minutes

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WDW Radio # 660 - The Best of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

Join us live from EPCOT as we wander the World Showcase promenade and the "Best of the Fest" and our favorites from the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. We share and live review the menus from our Top Five Festival Kitchens, as well as our favorite Candlelight Processional narrators, Holiday Storytellers, and more!

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0:00.0

Oh, how does summer we've had in years?

0:04.3

Well, we've progressed a long way since the turn of the century, 20 years ago.

0:08.4

Hey, animator.

0:18.0

What do you say we have some fun, huh?

0:20.0

The time is now on an evening very much of the one we have just witnessed.

0:36.5

Hello, my friend and welcome to the WWE Radio Show, your Walt Disney World Information Station.

0:45.0

I'm your host, Lou Mangelo, and this is show number 660, and together we're going to celebrate the magic of the Disney Parks,

0:52.0

movies and more.

0:53.0

Here on the podcast, my weekly live video on Facebook, community, blog and more, please be sure to subscribe to the podcast and find everything else at www.redio.com.

1:04.0

So this week we'll be live from Epcot where I share the best of the fest from the Epcot Festival of the Arts.

1:10.0

We'll have our Disney trivia question on the week and more updates at the end of the show.

1:15.0

So sit back, relax and enjoy this week's episode of the WWE Radio Show.

1:22.0

I know, at the beginning of every single festival review I do, I start off by saying that it is the most wonderful time of the year, but this time I really mean it.

1:48.0

Because the weather is beautiful, the holidays are in full swing, we are standing in the shadow of the majestic Christmas tree at the entrance to the World Showcase promenade, and the festival of the holidays is in full swing here at Epcot Center.

2:03.0

Now, through December 30th and of all the festivals, this is the one I look forward to most because it's the one that's going on now.

2:12.0

And I really, I say it, I know, I say it every time, it has a little bit of something for everyone and it's not just about the food, but it's about the entertainment and we will get into that.

2:21.0

And today I am joined by friends and fellow foodies, say that three times fast, as we're going to do something a little bit different this year, in our what started out, a little bit of history lesson, what started, it used to start out as a walkabout.

2:37.0

And I would sort of record it or do it live, and we would stop in every single booth during the festivals and eat from every single booth until the one year I remember sitting down somewhere in between like Morocco and France, I sat down with like this lamb, Kafka burger, and I just, I can't, I give up, I just cannot do it anymore.

3:01.0

So we're getting more efficient, and I think we're getting better and I'll explain to you how we're going to do it this year to put a little spin on it after I introduce not one, not two, but three of my very good friends.

3:14.0

She is, of course, Ashley Coggins from a cup of charming dot com.

3:18.0

Hi everybody, really excited to be here again for another festival full of food and fun.

3:23.0

First of all, we always always seem to get together and it's always around food and festival. Yeah, that's how we even met. I mean, we were just bonding over at a conference standing in line waiting to see what the food was going to be and we're just so excited. So I mean, it's our passion, everything.

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