Patch Notes // latest change 2026.02.27
EPCOT · Walt Disney World
Shop · opened 1982 · EPCOT · 3 changes on record
The connected Trading Post Refreshments walk-up bar permanently closed on February 27, 2026; from its menu, canned and bottled Canadian beer moved to the pavilion's Northwest Mercantile merchandise shop while ice wine was relocated to the Le Cellier restaurant.
The Northwest Mercantile / Trading Post merchandise shop and its connected Trading Post Refreshments bar reopened in July 2021 after being closed since March 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic, a closure of nearly 18 months.
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The Canada pavilion's trading post shop (Northwest Mercantile / Trading Post) opened with EPCOT Center on October 1, 1982, themed to the early days of the Hudson's Bay Company and selling Canadian goods like maple syrup, sheepskins, soapstone carvings, and lumberjack shirts.
That's every change on the record at Trading Post since 1982.
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Per the documented record, Trading Post at EPCOT opened on Oct 1, 1982.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Trading Post is dated Feb 27, 2026: The connected Trading Post Refreshments walk-up bar permanently closed on February 27, 2026; from its menu, canned and bottled Canadian beer moved to the pavilion's Northwest Mercantile merchandise shop while ice wine was relocated to the Le Cellier restaurant.
The latest documented change (documented Feb 27, 2026): The connected Trading Post Refreshments walk-up bar permanently closed on February 27, 2026; from its menu, canned and bottled Canadian beer moved to the pavilion's Northwest Mercantile merchandise shop while ice wine was relocated to the Le Cellier restaurant.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1982 — the fan-kept shop changelog nobody else keeps.
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