Disney Facts: 18th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival by the numbers

The 18th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival taking place next month in Disney World is now at 46 days in length. When it first began in 1996 it was only 30 days long.

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The festival will contain cuisine from six continents as well as wine, beer and cocktails. Plus a nightly Eat to the Beat! concerts with entertainment ranging from rock and soul to funk and blues, according to a Disney World press release.

Here’s a look at the upcoming festival, by the numbers, according to Disney:

910,000: Cranberries are expected to be used in the Ocean Spray Cranberry Bog.

360,000: Beer servings expected, enough to fill the aquariums five times over at Rainforest Café at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

300,000: Wine servings expected, if laid end-to-end the number of wine glasses used would reach from Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista to the Disney Cruise Line terminal at Port Canaveral, Fla.

100,000: Dessert servings expected, including the dessert trio of Cherry Pistachio Mousse, Orange Cupcake and Hazelnut Cheesecake.

1,200: Fireworks exploding each night over World Showcase Lagoon in “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth.”

500: Pounds of watermelon is expected to be tasted at the “3D” Disney’s Dessert Discovery parties.