It’s almost time for the 2025 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival!
2024 Food and Wine Festival
We’ve been going to this festival for decades now and covering it here at DFB for more than 10 years, and throughout that time, we’ve kept an eye on which booths are the most popular. Many return year after year, and if there’s one that’s guaranteed to be busy, it’s The Alps.
The Alps is located in the Germany Pavilion each year, usually right next to the Germany booth, and it has been at the festival since 2019. Even though it has only been around for a few years now, it’s one of the booths that consistently has a loooong line, even sometimes when it’s not a peak meal time.
The Alps queue in 2023
Do you know why The Alps tends to be so popular? Well, it’s down to one word — CHEESE. This booth is home to the famous Raclette, which is a Swiss dish where cheese is heated up and then scraped (all melty and gooey 🤤) over a bed of potatoes or other accoutrements.
Warm Swiss Cheese Raclette
At The Alps booth, you can get two different versions of this dish — one with ham and one without. Both dishes come with baby potatoes, cornichons, and a baguette. Usually, the Raclette is part of Emile’s Fromage Montage, the cheesy scavenger hunt you can complete during the Food & Wine Festival.
Look at that HAM!
In the past, our reviews have described The Alps booth as a must-visit, and the Warm Raclette has made our “best of the fest” list several times over. The cheese is strong and some might call it stinky, but it has that punchy cheesy flavor that complements the more tame potatoes and bread that are served alongside it. It’s best to eat this dish hot and fresh before the cheese has had time to firm up; that way, it’s more like a delicious fondue.
Warm Raclette with Ham at The Alps in 2022
It also tends to be one of the festival’s cheaper items, and it’s pretty filling, so you get some bang for your buck. Are you starting to understand why people line up for this booth all day long? It’s a crowd-pleaser option that brings fans back again and again.
Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Baby Potatoes, Cornichons and Baguette in 2023
So if you’re hoping to visit The Alps booth during the festival this year, be prepared to wait in a long line. But the good news? We can almost guarantee it’ll be worth it once you have that cheesy goodness in your hands. (Well, not literally in your hands — they serve it to you in a paper dish.)
The Alps Booth in 2024
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I wish the cheese would be served hot and melted, by the time you get your portion the cheese is more plastic looking than creamy. We usually scrap off the cheese and eat the meat and potatoes. They are the real star of the dish. Ditch the cheese and enjoy the rest and you’ll come back again and again.
I recently found raclette cheese at my local grocery store. very costly, but i bought a loaf of French bread and
just used my microwave. it was gone in 2 days!1