We go every October, the weekends are usually very crowded, so going on a weekday is much better. I'm wondering if it will be less crowded this year because of the economy? Every country will have a little booth of their own set up in front of their respective country and there are also some different booths of different countries spread out in different places all around that are not even in Epcot normally, samples usually cost around $3-$4 and you will find some you love and some you don't like or don't even want to try...we will go back multiple times during the week and sample the ones we really like again (and again). I personally love the Plum wine in Japan. Don't make too many dinning reservations, we make that mistake every year thinking we will be hungry for a sit down meal in the evening and usually end up canceling a few of them because of all the munching that we do. This is my favorite time to go to WDW.