Thousands of guests are queuing all day to buy a $25 popcorn bucket in one of the longest queues in recent times at EPCOT

Jan 14, 2022 in "Epcot International Festival of the Arts"

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Posted: Friday January 14, 2022 11:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts begins today, and EPCOT is seeing the biggest queue we've seen in years, and it isn't for a new attraction.

Festival of the Arts Figment Popcorn Bucket

Disney is selling a $25 Figment popcorn bucket, and people seem to really, really want one, or two, or as many as they can get their hands on. It isn't clear how much supply Disney has, although leaders we spoke to said they expect to sell out within the next few days.

Festival of the Arts Figment Popcorn Bucket

The line as of 11 am is thought by managers to be somewhere around 5 to 8 hours and snakes through the center of the park. Scroll down to the bottom of the article to see a timelapse of the queue.

Festival of the Arts Figment Popcorn Bucket

There is a purchase limit of 2 per guest, but we have seen guests dragging bags full of them out of the park to sell to the highest bidder on eBay. We have already seen eBay auctions reach as high as $275 with more than 50 bidders.

Watch the video below for a Timelapse walk-through of the line.

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scoobygirl39541Feb 25, 2022

We had a great time at the art festival a few weeks ago! We saw Heidi Blickenstaff at the Broadway concert whom I have adored for YEARS! Also, I'm always on the lookout for Sleepy Hollow art (its my favorite) and there was only ONE artist selling it. Tim Rogerson. We snatched it up right away! We also got a fun picture of my son with the chalkart.

MisterPenguinFeb 23, 2022

FutureCEOFeb 23, 2022

So the lady who I was buying glasses from thought I was Irish...which I'm not. So she had a cute joke. Why did the Irish couple buy a house? To get Paddy O furniture.

CntrlFlPeteFeb 17, 2022

this was the first year my family attended the Festival of the Arts. I certainly enjoyed seeing a lot of the art work and I really enjoyed the sidewalk art. My daughter really likes Broadway, so we made a point to attend one of the concerts. I let my wife pick a night and it worked out amazingly well. We saw Kerry Butler with Telly Leung. Personally, I love live music and really enjoying live performances. Well, my wife made some off comment while we were waiting on the show (something along the lines of B level talent) which caused me to look into what Kerry has done -- well, my daughter's favorite musical is Beetlejuice, our daughter is going to NY to see Beetlejuice's Broadway return -- so I thought it neat that we would be there to see Kerry. I understand these shows being kind of on the short side (I believe it was five songs) -- I thought the sound was wonderful and both singers performed Disney Broadway tunes well. Fun night for my family! edit to add a sidewalk 3d art photo

wdwmagicFeb 16, 2022

Art Defying Gravity https://www.wdwmagic.com/events/epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts/gallery/16feb2022-2022-epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts---art-defying-gravity.htm

TouchdownFeb 16, 2022

I felt the concerts were far better this year. They preformed more songs (30+ min as opposed to 20 min in years past) the actors were much happier to be there (or you know just better actors😉) as they sung the songs with much more emotion.

TrainsOfDisneyFeb 16, 2022

Anyone have any recent experiences from the festival? Broadway concerts they attended, Artists they met, etc?

MagicHappens1971Feb 16, 2022

Aside from someone needing to be cut off if they’re acting a drunken fool, I don’t think Disney has any interest in monitoring guests alcohol consumption.

GringrinngghostFeb 15, 2022

To repost a comment of mine from a few weeks ago... take it as you will. ---- Oh I am certain. My numbers we're meant to be vague.

The a98Feb 15, 2022

I was there today (had made a reservation a while back). Interesting to read they had a ton last night. We didn't ask questions, but a cast member was standing next to a sign (in front of the building gates) that indicated no sales today. Honestly, I didn't pay attention to the extra words.

PlutoInOrlandoFeb 15, 2022

Anyone see that the offer has been totally removed now? It's not showing on MDX mobile order at all.

Diamond DotFeb 15, 2022

When I was an AP holder and went to claim the freebies you got they would scan your band or ticket and if you already claimed it they would say no. So why can't they do this with popular special editions? They could also do this with alcohol sales in the parks, because its only a matter of time where a giant brawl will break out in EPCOT from all the groups who do the drinking around the world every weekend.

DznyGrlSDFeb 15, 2022

Interesting because when I picked up mine around 845p last night there were still a TON available

DCBakerFeb 15, 2022

There was a sold out message in MDE later in the evening yesterday and today the option to mobile order is not there for anyone (currently at least) -