One of the worst kept secrets in EPCOT is that Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya has some of the best fireworks views in the park. Guests have spent three years quietly requesting window tables and timing their reservations to Luminous. Disney is now formalizing that, with a fireworks dining package coming to the Japan pavilion restaurant and bookings opening Thursday, August 27.
What It Costs And What You Get
Disney’s official booking page lists the Shiki-Sai Fireworks Dining Package at $120 per person for ages 10 and up, which comes to $149.50 once tax and gratuity are added, and $60 for ages 3 to 9, or $74.70 all in. Those two sets of numbers have been circulating separately as a 120 dollar package and a 150 dollar package. They describe the same product measured differently, so read carefully before comparing it to anything else.
The menu is a curated selection of Japanese cuisine: an appetizer, traditional sashimi, an extensive selection of sushi, and an exclusive dessert and beverages available only with the package. Guests check in at Shiki-Sai 60 minutes before Luminous begins, and the experience runs roughly an hour, ending when the show does. Disney says advance reservations are highly recommended, same-day bookings will be limited, and Disney Dining Plan credits are not accepted.
It Is The Priciest Fireworks Package At EPCOT
For context, EPCOT’s existing Luminous fireworks dining packages are considerably cheaper. The Rose and Crown Dining Room package starts around $92 per adult and $41 per child, tax and gratuity included, and seats guests on the outdoor patio. The Spice Road Table package starts around $81 per adult and $31 per child on the same all-in basis. Disney notes that prices for all three vary by date.
Measured the same way, Shiki-Sai at $149.50 is comfortably the most expensive fireworks dining option in the park. It also sits well above the roughly 80 dollar festival concert package Shiki-Sai has offered previously, which is a different product entirely.
Whether that is worth it depends on what you make of the room. Shiki-Sai sits on the second floor of the Japan pavilion above the Mitsukoshi Department Store, in the space that used to be Tokyo Dining, and its window side dining room looks straight down World Showcase Lagoon. Luminous audio is piped through the restaurant, so the show plays properly rather than as a distant light display.
The Obvious Knock-On Effect
The open question fans raised almost immediately is what happens to the walk-up crowd. Guests have long gathered on the terrace and stairs outside Shiki-Sai’s windows for a free version of the same view, and that walkway sits immediately outside the window tables. A paid package generally comes with some form of crowd management attached, and it would be a strange product to sell if the people who paid for it were sharing sightlines with a standing crowd. Disney has not said anything about that either way.
The August 27 booking date is worth noting for a second reason: it is the same day the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival opens, and festival booths have been going up around the park for weeks. This year’s festival runs through November 21 and marks its 30th anniversary, so anyone planning a Food and Wine trip will be making both decisions on the same morning.
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