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We’ve been down the rabbit hole of Disney makeup many times. We’ve tested eyeshadows, foundations, and mascara in the middle of a hot summer day in Disney World. It’s not easy to find a cute, affordable, and user-friendly makeup product — trust us! Alice Well, if you’re looking for one simple way to knock out all of your makeup shopping at once, you’ve come to the right place. We spotted a FUN Alice in Wonderland-themed makeup kit that is PERFECT for Disney fans and those looking for a way to simplify their rotuine. Let’s take a look! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we receive a commission. Amazon has the FULL Alice in Wonderland PR Box from wet n wild! wet n wild Alice in Wonderland palette This set is filled with Disney-inspired makeup products! From a colorful eyeshadow palette to a blush, bronzer, and highlighter trio, you can create a full makeup look with one package of items. Here’s a look at all the shades! The set comes with 15 (!!!) items, and for the price, that’s a GREAT value! (pssst. There’s also a 10% off coupon on Amazon RIGHT NOW!) There are some pretty shimmer shades in here! We love the way that those neutral matte shades can work with any makeup look. It’s so versatile! View on Amazon From the fun Disney-themed packaging to the shimmery highlights included here, this would make an excellent gift! wet n wild Alice in Wonderland highlighter palette You can swipe your brush across the full row of shades or tap your brush into just one shade — the possibilities with this one palette alone are endless! So shimmery and bright! We like to use this highlight on our cheekbones and on our eyelids for a little extra shimmer. View on Amazon The set even comes with a travel mirror! wet n wild Alice in Wonderland mirror This one is great to throw in your park bag for a visit to Disney World. Plus, the Cheshire Cat is so cute! So cute! This is great for touching up your makeup when you’re on the go. View on Amazon The set also comes with a liquid eyeliner AND a glitter mascara. wet n wild Alice in Wonderland eyeliner If you like light, bright eye makeup, you can really liven up your makeup with these products. View on Amazon We love to toss this lip gloss in our bag, too! wet n wild Alice in Wonderland lip gloss The shade is perfect for both your cheeks AND your lips! We love a makeup product that can be used in several ways, don’t you? View on Amazon In the meantime, we’re always on the lookout for the latest Disney products, so stay tuned for more. Check out our Amazon Storefront for more Disney items!! The post I Accidentally Spent Hours Scrolling Amazon for Disney Gifts, and I Found a WINNER! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

It’s time for MIMOSAS at the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Come with us as we visit the Shimmering Sips booth! Shimmering Sips Booth 2024 Oh…you’re still here? Alright, well then let’s go over ALL the details you need to know. The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has started, and that means we’ve got lots of eats and drinks to grab, merchandise items to check out, and entertainment to see. But now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Shimmering Sips booth — to let you know what items here are worth your visit! Menu Over at the Shimmering Sips booth, you’ll find, well, mostly sips! You can get a guava cake here along with various mimosas, and a mimosa flight(!). This is also the spot where you’ll get your completer prize if you get enough qualifying dishes in the cheese crawl (Emile’s Fromage Montage). 2024 Shimmering Sips Food Booth Menu Now that we’ve taken a quick look at the menu, let’s get into the full review of what you can get here. That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post There's One BIG Reason To Visit the Shimmering Sips Booth in EPCOT! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Let’s face it — when you’re in Disney World you’re surrounded by tons of snacks seemingly everywhere you turn. But while Disney’s busy churning out some funky, cute, and downright bizarre snacks where do you turn when you’re just looking for something familiar that stands the test of time? Funnel Cakes!! Luckily you’ve come to just the right Disney World food experts! It’s true we’ve tried it all, and when we’re really looking for something that we can count on, there’s one place that comes to mind first! Epic Eats is located along Echo Lake in Disney’s Hollywood Studios and is also conveniently located near the entrance to Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular. It’s been a fan favorite for years and serves just the right amount of treats to keep consistent but it had been a while since we had ventured over for a quick snack — so we decided it was time. Epic Eats One of our favorite hacks about this snack stops location is that since it’s right by the entrance to the show, it’s very easy to pick up a funnel cake just before entering the queue to be seated and enjoy it for a tasty treat and show! Atmosphere This restaurant is basically a glorified snack stand but don’t let that fool you! They’ve got an order and pick up window where your food and drinks will be presented to you once you’ve paid and that’s really all that it needs. Epic Eats You’ll find self service utensils and napkins nearby that you can grab at your convenience, too! Menu The menu here isn’t terrible extensive but it’s effective. It’s mostly funnel cakes and ice cream, with a few alcoholic beverages along with a few fountain soda options and water. Menu The menu is posted on both sides of the windows where you’ll order and pick up making reviewing the menu a breeze before you order! From time to time, this restaurant will also offer limited-time treats as Disney World rolls them out as well — especially around holidays and special events. Drinks For this review we decided to pick up the Rum Island Breeze cocktail. This drink will cost you $15 and has quite the island vibe to it. Rum Island Breeze It holds a light taste of watermelon flavoring against a coconut flavored rum and maybe even a hint of banana. It tastes like it’s premixed and given that the restaurant is smaller we could see why this would be most effective to do, but we found it just as refreshing as any drink you could have mixed on the spot would be. Fruity! It might not be the best drink to pick up here and for the price we think the walk over to the neighboring Oasis Canteen (which is more of a bar) would serve you better in the long run. Eats So then it was time to dig into our snacks! As we mentioned earlier Epic Eats is mostly defined as a funnel cake spot so guess what we ordered — that’s right funnel cakes (with an ‘s’). We kicked off our taste fest with a classic Funnel Cake with Strawberry Topping and Soft-Serve Vanilla Ice Cream for $8.49. Funnel Cake with Strawberry Topping and Soft-Serve Vanilla Ice Cream It’s a crispy and soft funnel cake topped with vanilla soft-serve and strawberries. Getting her “good” side The strawberry topping is lightly coated in juices that helps make them just slippery enough to bring out their sweeter side when you bite into them. Ours were so juicy and and it didn’t taste like there’s a lot of artificial flavoring added to them to help strengthen its flavor. Delicious bite Since we couldn’t leave you just hanging, we also tried out the dueling version of this funnel cake here at Epic Eats (that’s probably equally as popular if not more). The Funnel Cake with Cookies ‘n Cream and Soft-Serve Vanilla Ice Cream can also be snagged for $8.49! Funnel Cake with Cookies ‘n Cream and Soft-Serve Vanilla Ice Cream This version of the funnel cakes served here is the same size as the other fun funnel cake option just with different toppings. However, if you’re a huge Mickey and/or chocolate lover, this one’s for you! The creamy vanilla soft-serve ice cream is smothered in warm gooey chocolate sauce and adorned with two Oreo cookies that make the shape of Mickey’s ears when they stick out from the side of the ice cream swirl. Look at the little ears! All the toppings meld together as nicely as you’ve probably imagined it already and as it melts the chocolate syrup slinks down to settle in the funnel cake pieces. If you’re really wanting to dig into that chocolate, you’ll want to make that your first priority! A winning combination of toppings Honestly this one is equally just as great as the strawberry topped funnel cake, and really just comes down to which flavor sounds better on the day you’re ordering — you simply can’t go wrong with either of them! Overall This place will serve you well when you’re looking for a quick spot to stop by for a snack. While the menu isn’t terribly extensive, its consistent and sometimes that’s even better than trying out Disney World’s latest wacky new treat! Is it really… epic? On this particular day we felt especially drawn to the strawberries (maybe because we were holding on to the last of the summer vibes) but as we mentioned before you really can’t go wrong with either of these options, but we will recommend you plan on splitting it with at least one other person! Nosh or Not? Journey on over to Epic Eats if… Your best snack dreams are loaded funnel cakes. Seriously, it just doesn’t get more of a heavenly combination and this place is calling your name! You’re not looking for a full meal, but really need something more filling than an ice cream bar. This is a great (almost savory) sweet combo of a snack AND as we mentioned before there are several shows around the park you CAN take snacks into. You’re looking for a great use of a DDP snack credit or really trying to stretch the snack budget! Yes, not only are these snacks currently one of the BEST values for a snack entitlement on the Disney Dining Plan, their sharability makes them each super budget friendly and we think that speaks volumes. Your expedition will lead you elsewhere if… You’ve just gotta get some air conditioning! There’s practically no seating for this restaurant aside from a small set up nearby, so if you’re needing a spell of good ole A/C, you’ll have to grab it elsewhere. You’re looking for a snack with a stellar walkability score. Listen, while we love these funnel cakes they are big, and topped with lots of melty things. We’d recommend picking one up if you’re able to dedicate some time to staying seated for a bit while snacking on it. There’s just not much to the menu here. Correct, the menu here is tiny but mighty so if funnel cakes are just not quite the snack you’re feeling at the moment, you might be limited to just drinks and whatever limited items might be available at the time. We’ve eaten everywhere you can think of at Disney World! While you’re here, check out a few of our most recent reviews below and stay tuned with us at Disney Food Blog for even more! REVIEW: Is a Hand-Dipped Corn Dog at Disney World Worth the Hype? Need Disney Restaurant Advice? We’ve Got EVERYTHING You Need to Know The ONLY Disney Dining Planning Tool You’ll Need Is Here – Get the DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining! See Our Complete Disney World Restaurants Guide The Best Magic Kingdom Restaurants The Best EPCOT Restaurant Restaurants The Best Hollywood Studios Restaurants The Best Animal Kingdom Restaurants The Best Disney Springs Restaurants Check Out Dozens of Disney Dining Tips and Tools Learn All About Tipping at Disney Restaurants How to Use Mobile Order in Disney World Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the latest Disney food news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! Are you team Cookies ‘n Cream or Team Strawberry Topping on your funnel cake? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: Should Disney RETIRE These Old Snacks? first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Are you a “rope drop” kind of Disney fan or a “stay late” kind of Disney fan? Cinderella Castle at night If you’re a night owl, there are plenty of ways to spend time in the parks after hours. From holiday parties to Extended Evening Hours — but one of our favorite ways to get our late night on is at After Hours events! They’re returning in 2025 and Magic Kingdom is promising something special! Disney After Hours events are returning to Disney World in 2025! These limited-ticket events are great for enjoying low crowds and low wait times at popular attractions. They’ve been announced to return to Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Hollywood Studios so far — but something particularly exciting will be returning to the Magic Kingdom After Hours events. Cinderella Castle at night Disney revealed that during Magic Kingdom After Hours, the 50th anniversary fireworks show, Enchantment, will be performed! This means that folks who visit Magic Kingdom during these special events will be able to see both the Happily Ever After fireworks show and Enchantment on the same night — pretty cool if you ask us. Magic Kingdom Fireworks In 2025, the events will kick off on January 6th at Magic Kingdom, January 22nd at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and February 27th at EPCOT. Magic Kingdom and EPCOT will have After Hours from 10PM-1AM, while Hollywood Studios will offer the event from 9:30PM-12:30AM (except for March 26th and April 1st, where Hollywood Studios will have the same hours as the other two). Enchantment At Magic Kingdom, you’ll be able to experience many of your favorite attractions, including TRON Lightcycle / Run and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, both available with a standby queue. Here’s the list of dates for that park: January 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th February 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th March 3rd, 17th, 24th, and 31st April 7th and 28th May 5th, 12th, and 19th Enchantment We can’t wait to check out this returning Magic Kingdom fireworks show once it comes back — so make sure you check back here for a full look. In the meantime, we’ll be on the hunt for the latest updates and news from Disney World. Don’t forget to stay tuned for more! Learn More About After Hours Coming to Disney World in 2025 Here Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! WE KNOW DISNEY. YOU CAN, TOO. Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Have you been to After Hours at Disney World before? Tell us in the comments. The post Magic Kingdom Just Announced HUGE Fireworks NEWS! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort is undergoing a massive transformation. Downtown Disney We’ve already seen parts of it come to fruition with the new Din Tai Fung restaurant, Paseo, Centrico, and Tiendita from Chef Jose Andres, and more. But, it doesn’t sound like Disney has plans to stop this transformation anytime soon because we’ve got even more restaurants and shops to tell you about! NEW restaurants, shops, and more have been announced for Downtown Disney Anaheim and we’ve got all the details! Let’s get into it. This winter, Avengers Reserve will open with all sorts of merchandise dedicated to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the rest of the Marvel gang. This shop will feature favorite characters and stories with collectibles, apparel, accessories, toys, and comics. ©Disney Also opening this winter, the D-Lander Shop will be a “fresh, quintessentially Southern California boutique celebrating trend-forward fashions for Disneyland fans” and will feature apparel, accessories, and jewelry. ©Disney Marceline’s Confectionery will be transformed into Disney Wonderful World of Sweets and will offer churro toffee, caramel apples, sour balls, lollipops and even freshly made Werther’s Original Caramel popcorn! This shop will also open this winter and will feature an exhibition kitchen. ©Disney The Kawaii Slime Cart will be a new addition this fall and will bring “an imaginative array of clime concoctions and toys in a multitude of different textures, colors, scents and glittery mix-ins” for all the fun you could possibly have. ©Disney And, Chef Joe Isidori will be bringing his talents to Downtown Disney with a new steakhouse and barbecue eatery. The steakhouse will have “a warm and sophisticated ambiance with a menu highlighting prime cuts of beef, chops, fresh seafood, sandwiches and chopped salad…” ©Disney …while the barbecue spot will “take a culinary approach to quick-service, offering traditional BBQ dishes such as pulled pork, beef brisket and smoked wings that incorporate unique spices and house-made sauces.” There will also be a prominent outdoor bar. ©Disney Earl of Sandwich has also announced a new concept — The Carnaby Tavern. The second floor of the new space will be an homage to the ’60s “British Invasion” pop and rock bands from the United Kingdom with a patio and full bar. The east side location of Earl of Sandwich will be closing in 2025 so construction can begin on Porto’s Bakery! ©Disney In the meantime, we’ll be on the lookout for more news from Downtown Disney, so stay tuned to Disney Food Blog for the latest updates! Want to Learn More About Disneyland? Check Out the Links Below! DFB Disneyland Restaurants Guide Disney Genie and How to Use it in Disneyland What You Need to Know About the Theme Park Reservation System for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Closures and Construction at Disneyland Learn All About Disneyland Park See What Marvelous Stuff You’ll Find at Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure Learn About Pixar Pier in Disney California Adventure Get All the Details About the Disneyland Mobile App Everything You Need to Know About Mobile Order in Disneyland Learn More About Disneyland’s Magic Key Program Full Details About the Holiday Season in Disneyland Full Details About Halloween Time at Disneyland Get Some STRANGE Tips for Disneyland Click HERE to Check Out Lots of Other DFB Posts About Disneyland Join the DFB Newsletter To Get All the Latest Disney News Delivered Right to Your Inbox! Click here to Subscribe When are you heading to Disneyland next? Tell us in the comments. The post NEWS: 3 NEW Restaurants and Shops Announced for Downtown Disney first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

We’ve been to Disney World a lot over the past years! Magic Kingdom We’ve also seen a thing or two at each of the four parks and the resort hotels, and we’ve picked up a secret or two along the way. Speaking of secrets, we’ve got one about the Magic Kingdom that we probably shouldn’t be telling you, but we’re throwing caution to the wind for this one. Let’s dive right in! “So, what’s this juicy tidbit about Magic Kingdom?” I hear you saying. We’ll I’m glad you asked. We could be divulging insider info about some attraction or maybe the snacks around Magic Kingdom, and those are all well and good, but today we want to share where the best spot to watch the fireworks is (and you won’t find it on Main Street)! Magic Kingdom fireworks The Sleigh at Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe Alright, so this first one on our list is a spot that’s really quite sneaky and can be a challenge to pull off, but if you can, it’s definitely worth it. We’re talking about sitting in the sleigh that’s parked right outside Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe in Liberty Square. Yep, you read that right. It’s a whole sleigh. Sleigh at Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe While this spot is technically more of a photo op, if you time it right and get cozy in that sleigh, you’ll feel like you’re starring in your own Disney Christmas movie. Trust us, this one’s a must-try if you want to sprinkle some Christmas magic into your day. Big Thunder Mountain & Seven Dwarfs Mine Train This next one applies to two rides — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. They’re both amazing attractions in their own right just about any time of the day, but when it comes to catching the fireworks while you’re riding either of these, it’s about timing. Ride this DURING the fireworks — you get a show AND a ride! Both rides give you stunning views of the park, especially during sunset and/or when the fireworks are starting to light up the sky. Can you just imagine cresting a hill on Thunder Mountain just as the sky bursts into color? Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Or gliding through the enchanted land on Mine Train with a backdrop of shimmering lights. Honestly, it’s pure Disney magic from two very different but equally epic angles. The PeopleMover Alright, this one might be the best-kept secret in Tomorrowland. You’ve probably passed by the PeopleMover a million times and thought, “Eh, maybe later.” But here’s why it should be on your must-do list: it’s the perfect spot to get a view of the fireworks from multiple angles, all while chilling in your seat. PeopleMover Also, since you’re going to be riding it at night, you’ll get to see the TRON Lightcycle/Run lights in all their glowing glory. Plus, it’s a low-key place to rest your feet and recharge without missing out on any of the magic. We love catching the fireworks from the PeopleMover. It’s a whole vibe. The WDW Railroad Station Platform Now, this one’s a bit of a gamble, but if you can make it happen, it’s worth it. The WDW Railroad Station platform can be a great spot to catch the fireworks, but it’s not always accessible because Disney sometimes reserves it for special events. Main Street, U.S.A. train station When it’s open, though, it’s like having your own private viewing deck. The perspective from up there is just different enough to make the show feel fresh, especially if you’ve seen it before. There’s just something pretty iconic about watching the fireworks from up there. Other Unique Fireworks Perspectives If you’ve seen the fireworks from Main Street or right in front of Cinderella Castle a few times (or a dozen), it’s time to switch it up. Watching from behind the castle in Fantasyland gives you a totally different perspective. You won’t be able to see the projections on the castle, but what you will get is an immersive experience surrounded by fireworks in every direction. It’s like being in the middle of the magic. Fantasyland at night Another spot you’ll want to checkout is the bridge/boardwalk in Frontierland. Now, you’re not always going to get the perfect view of the castle, but it’s a really great backup spot especially if the crowds are too wild on Main Street. Plus, you’ll have a bit more breathing room to enjoy the show without all the elbow-to-elbow madness. Frontierland at night There you have it, some of the Magic Kingdom secrets we probably shouldn’t be telling you but couldn’t resist sharing. How about you share some of your secret tips in the comments below? Until then, we’re always keeping our eyes and ears open for all the latest Disney news, so keep following DFB for more! ALERT: An EXTREMELY Special Parade Is Happening in Magic Kingdom This Week! Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! WE KNOW DISNEY. YOU CAN, TOO. Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Where is your favorite spot to watch the fireworks at Magic Kingdom? Let us know in the comments! The post The Disney World SECRET We Shouldn't Be Telling You first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

From swirling sweets and Super Hero supplies to even more places to nosh, we’re bubbling with lots more news on what’s coming to Downtown Disney District at Disneyland Resort! Several new shopping and dining experiences are adding to the exciting evolution of this dynamic district, and we’re thrilled to tell you all about it! Avengers Reserve, an All-New Shop, Landing in Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort Coming this winter, an all-new shopping destination will open in the district, celebrating the unique fandom and stories of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and all their amazing friends! Avengers Reserve will feature favorite characters and stories through collectibles, apparel, accessories, toys and comics. Curated assortments will make this a must-visit for fans of all ages. D-Lander Shop to Feature Stylish New Collections Also coming this winter, the D-Lander Shop will be a fresh, quintessentially Southern California boutique celebrating trend-forward fashions for Disneyland fans, offering a stylish collection of apparel, accessories and jewelry. Marceline’s Confectionery to Transform into Disney Wonderful World of Sweets Marceline’s Confectionery is being reimagined and expanded into the Disney Wonderful World of Sweets, a whimsical candy, sweets and treats shop featuring tasty favorites such as churro toffee, caramel apples, sour balls, lollipops, packaged confections and freshly made Werther’s Original Caramel popcorn! You’ll be able to watch these delectable delights being handmade from an exhibition kitchen viewable from the promenade. This shop will also open this winter, and in the meantime, you may visit the Marceline’s Confectionery cart to pick up yummy goodies! Super Cute Kawaii Slime Cart Coming This Fall Stretch it, fold it, squeeze it, twist it! The cutest slime ever — Kawaii Slime — is coming to a cart this fall in Downtown Disney District. “Kawaii” means cute in Japanese, and this company puts cute in everything they do! This mom-owned business brings an imaginative array of slime concoctions and toys in a multitude of different textures, colors, scents and glittery mix-ins for kids and kids at heart to play with over and over again! Steakhouse and BBQ Restaurants from Michelin-Starred Chef Joe Isidori We have more juicy details on two new restaurant concepts – a steakhouse and a barbecue eatery – that are in the works for Downtown Disney District from Michelin-starred Chef Joe Isidori. The full-service steakhouse will have a warm and sophisticated ambiance with a menu highlighting prime cuts of beef, chops, fresh seafood, sandwiches and chopped salads. Bourbon connoisseurs and mixology enthusiasts may enjoy an inventive selection of expertly crafted cocktails. The adjacent barbecue spot will take a culinary approach to quick-service, offering traditional BBQ dishes such as pulled pork, beef brisket and smoked wings that incorporate unique spices and house-made sauces. A prominent outdoor bar will feature a wide selection of craft beers and a medley of moonshine cocktails. Chef Isidori’s most recent culinary successes include Arthur & Sons, with locations in New York and the Hamptons, and JOTORO Kitchen & Tequila Bar in Tampa, Fla. As we previously mentioned, these two eateries will be located on the footprint of the former Tortilla Jo’s. Stay tuned for more mouthwatering details! Earl of Sandwich Announces New Restaurant Concept – The Carnaby Tavern Earl of Sandwich fans, we have news for you! As we previously shared, an all-new Earl of Sandwich is being developed in Downtown Disney District. In addition to a light and airy Earl of Sandwich planned for the ground level, the second floor will be home to an all-new table service concept, The Carnaby Tavern. The Carnaby Tavern is being designed as an homage to the swinging ‘60s “British Invasion” pop and rock bands from the U.K. The restaurant will feature a patio with an indoor/outdoor full-service bar. We look forward to sharing more details in the future! As we look forward to this all-new Earl of Sandwich offering, the Earl’s location on the east side of the district will close in 2025, so construction may begin on Porto’s Bakery. For now, you can satisfy your cravings at the Earl of Sandwich and Earl of Sandwich Tavern at the east side location or at the new pop-up pod near Star Wars Trading Post on the west end of the district. Both serve all of your favorites including hot sandwiches, wraps, salads and sweets. While we’re gearing up for these fantastic projects on the horizon, there’s still so much for you to do, see, explore and enjoy right now throughout Downtown Disney District. No two visits are ever the same, so we look forward to welcoming you, your family and friends back often for even more fun! Keep your eye on the Disney Parks Blog for the latest updates and be sure to check out our new @DowntownDisney account on Instagram! The post Announcing New Shops, Eateries Coming to Downtown Disney District appeared first on Disney Parks Blog. View the full article

‘Tis the season… Disneyland Believe it or not, the holidays are almost here. While Halloween Time has essentially just begun at Disneyland, we can’t help but think ahead to the Christmas season that follows right behind it! Disney recently released some first looks at all the new holiday experiences and returning festive favorites coming back to the resort this year. Let’s dive in! Disneyland’s holiday celebrations will kick off on November 15th, which will also mark the long-awaited West Coast opening day for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. ©Disney Kids and adults alike will be delighted to know that Santa Claus will be appearing at several locations around the Disneyland Resort. These include Disneyland’s Fantasyland Theatre at Disneyland, where Santa and certain Disney characters will meet with guests. In addition, the theatre will also feature “cookie decorating, craft making, storytelling, and atmospheric music throughout the day.” Santa will also appear at California Adventure’s Redwood Creek Challenge, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, the Disneyland Hotel, and the Pixar Place Hotel through December 24th. Santa! Speaking of Disney characters, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Clarabelle Cow, Donald Duck, and Daisy Duck will be appearing on Main Street in brand-new holiday costumes. According to Disney, these new looks will be “reminiscent of writing warm letters to loved ones during the holidays.” ©Disney Other new offerings include the Chip and Dale’s Ornament Trail at the Downtown Disney District. Guests will be able to search for ornaments hidden among the holiday trees throughout Downtown Disney. You’ll also be able to purchase an activity map at select shopping locations in Downtown Disney and Disneyland’s hotels, which you can redeem for a collectible holiday souvenir at World of Disney or Disney’s Pin Traders. Beginning on November 19th, you’ll be able to enjoy Mickey’s Holiday Pajama Party breakfast and brunch at Storytellers Cafe at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. This event will feature holiday-themed meals, seasonal décor, and special characters donning new pajamas. This is in addition to Goofy’s Kitchen Celebrates the Holidays!, which will be returning to the Disneyland Hotel. Reservations for both will be available soon. As you would expect, there will also be a litany of new Holiday merchandise available resort-wide, including sweaters, Loungeflys, and ears. ©Disney In addition to all of these new offerings, many longtime favorites are returning to Disneyland this holiday season. These include the resort’s traditional decorations, the Christmas Fantasy Parade at Disneyland, each park’s Holiday night time spectacular (Believe…In Holiday Magic at Disneyland and World of Color – Season of Light at California Adventure), and the always popular holiday overlays of “it’s a small world” Holiday, Haunted Mansion Holiday, Mater’s Jingle Jamboree, and Luigi’s Joy to the Whirl. Haunted Mansion Holiday is BACK! The Festival of Holidays will return to California Adventure and feature a “diverse season of celebrations in Southern California with a wide range of flavorful food and beverages, a variety of live entertainment and more.” The park will also once again be home to Disney ¡Viva Navidad!, which includes “daily crafts, live music, menu items and décor inspired by Latin American traditions – with a dash of Disney flair.” Characters including Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, The Three Caballeros, and Mirabel from Encanto will be featured during ¡Viva Navidad!. © Disney On the hotel front, the Grand Californian Hotel will feature a massive gingerbread house on display, and all of the property’s hotels will feature “festive in-room celebrations available for purchase and special activities and entertainment during the holidays. “ Finally, you’ll be able to experience “snowfall” at various spots across the resort, including along the Rivers of America, outside of “it’s a small world” Holiday, and on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland, as well as the at the west end of Downtown Disney. Disneyland Disneyland’s holiday celebrations will kick off on November 15th and run through January 6th, 2025. Stay tuned to DFB for further coverage of the resort’s holiday offerings. 50 Easy Tricks That Make Disneyland So Much Better Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! WE KNOW DISNEY. YOU CAN, TOO. Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW What’s your favorite element of the holidays at Disneyland? Let us know in the comments below. The post NEWS: Disney Confirms 5 NEW Holiday Additions for 2024! first appeared on the disney food blog. 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Well, it’s been an exciting week in Disney World. EPCOT The EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has officially kicked off, and we were there LIVE, eating all the things (like ALL the things), checking out the cheese crawl (who doesn’t love a good cheese crawl), and watching the first Eat to the Beat concert of the festival. It’s been FUN! However, a different kind of fun is coming to Disney World, and that’s a long holiday weekend. However, we want to warn you about something that could potentially affect that fun: crowds! This weekend is Labor Day weekend, and in the past, this weekend has brought huge crowds to Disney World. It’s a long weekend for a lot of folks, so not only do you have people traveling to Disney World to spend some time in the parks, but it’s also a good opportunity for locals to visit the parks, too. So, if you’re coming to Disney World this weekend, you’ve been warned. Labor Day 2022 So, what can you do to deal with the crowds? Well, keep your expectations low and have a plan for your priority rides, restaurants, and experiences. If you plan on dining at quick-service locations, use Mobile Order at those locations that have it. Pro tip: put your order in earlier than normal so your meal or snack will be ready when you’re ready for it. Many shops also have Mobile Checkout, which could speed up your shopping process. Mobile Checkout at Creations Shop in EPCOT For rides, consider purchasing Lightning Lane Multi Pass to skip the long standby lines. You might also want to consider purchasing Lightning Lane Single Passes for those rides that offer it if they’re a priority. You can even take advantage of Early Theme Park Entry if you’re staying at a participating hotel or rope drop if you’re not. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway Lightning Lane sign According to ABC News, the TSA is anticipating that a whopping 17 million people will be screened at airports from August 29th through September 4th, up 8.4 percent from last year. We can imagine a lot of those folks will be headed to Orlando International Airport, so you’ll want to prepare for crowds there, too, if you’re flying this weekend. Orlando International Airport You might also want to use TSA PreCheck if you have it or take advantage of Orlando International Airport’s FREE MCO Reserve, which lets you skip the long lines at security to reserve a specific time to go through a shorter line. ©Orlando International Airport If you’re driving to Disney World, the worst travel time on August 30th is from 2PM to 6PM. The busiest time on the rodes on September 2nd will be from 11AM to 8PM. However, the good news is that AAA said that drivers will be paying less for gas this year. This time last year, the average price was $3.81 per gallon. This year, it’s expected to be around $3.50 per gallon. Driving to Disney World So remember to bring a lot of patience with you if you’re traveling to Disney World! Stay tuned to DFB for more. 2 NEW Perks For Your 2025 Disney World Hotel Stay Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! WE KNOW DISNEY. YOU CAN, TOO. Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Will you be heading to Disney World this weekend? Why or why not? Share with us in the comments! The post ⚠️WARNING⚠️: Increased Crowds Predicted for Disney World This Weekend first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Disney announced that the Tropical Americas will be coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom and we couldn’t be more hyped about it! The Tree of Life in Disney’s Animal Kingdom With the DinoLand, U.S.A. re-theme, we’ll be getting experiences inspired by both Encanto and Indiana Jones coming to the new land! Specifically focusing in on Encanto, there will be an attraction inside the Casita and we’ve got to talk about it! Disney will be taking us all to the new town of Pueblo Esperanza in the Tropical Americas land which will take the place of DinoLand, U.S.A. The new town Esperanza will be situated in Tropical Americas land coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The town features classic Spanish-style architecture in the heart of the rainforest. ©Disney In this new town, we’ll not only find all sorts of beautiful biodiversity, but also the Casita straight from the film in all its glory! A new attraction themed after the Walt Disney Animation Studios film “Encanto” follows Antonio the day after he received his magical gift – the ability to communicate with animals and is situated in the new Tropical Americas land coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. ©Disney The Casita is going to be the home for an all-new ride featuring the Madrigal family. Specifically, Disney has said that this ride takes place after, “Antonio has just received his special gift — the ability to communicate with animals — and his room has transformed into a rainforest. It’s time to go explore alongside him, and you never know what member of the family you might bump into…” A new attraction themed after the Walt Disney Animation Studios film “Encanto” follows Antonio the day after he received his magical gift – the ability to communicate with animals and is situated in the new Tropical Americas land coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. ©Disney If that concept art is any indication, it’s possible that this new ride will be a trackless ride like a number of other attractions across the parks like Rise of the Resistance, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. Also, it appears that the ride vehicle could have four rows. ©Disney The ride looks like it will be a visual treat with its rainforest setting… ©Disney …and all the fantastical creatures that we’ll meet like these toucans and capybaras. ©Disney It might make more sense for Disney to use projection mapping to drop us right into Antonio’s bedroom world in Encanto as opposed to using traditional animatronics, which would make the ride a bit more like Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway over Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Construction on this new land will begin this fall and is planned to open in 2027. We even got to see a 3-D model of the new ride at the D23 event. The model looks amazing! While we don’t get a look inside of the Casita, it still is extremely detailed and looks incredible! Casita I mean, just look at the details like the magic candle that can be seen in the Casita window if we zoom in. Will we be seeing the magic candle from the inside while we’re on the ride too? The candle! Here’s what the Casita would look like at scale in Pueblo Esperanza. We can’t wait to see this and all the surrounding trees and plants. Here’s what it looks like within the land Since we don’t have full details on how long this ride will be, let’s have a look at some examples of other trackless ride times in Disney World. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — 5 minutes Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway — 7 minutes Rise of the Resistance — 20 minutes We’re not saying that it’s going to be another whole production that lasts about 20 minutes, but it could be somewhere between that 5-7 minute mark just based on these examples. Overview of Pueblo Esperanza coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom If you couldn’t tell, we’re super excited to adventure in the Encanto world and get on this new ride! We’re going to be watching for more details, so keep following DFB for more all the latest! Disney World Is Building a NEW Villains Land and We Have QUESTIONS Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! WE KNOW DISNEY. YOU CAN, TOO. Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Are you excited for this new Encanto ride? Let us know in the comments! The post NEWS! Close-Up Look At NEW Encanto Ride Announced for Disney World! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

If you are reading this post while hungry, BE WARNED. Seriously, we’re not joking! You’re willing to keep reading? Okay, well then — we’ve got some DELICIOUS details to share with you! The Alps Booth The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has officially begun, and there is a lot to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — The Alps — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out! Menu Over at The Alps, you’ll find a variety of available items — but mostly cheese! There are a couple of Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese dishes with various accompaniments. Oh, did we mention the Dark Chocolate Fondue dessert?! Yeah, cheese & chocolate make this a must-do food booth! 2024 Menu for The Alps Booth Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats First up, we grabbed the Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Alpine Ham, Baby Potatoes, Cornichons, and a Baguette for $5.75. Note that this is part of Emile’s Fromage Montage cheese crawl this year! In years past, we thought it was super filling and delicious, and we especially loved the tangy crunch from the cornichons. So how does this dish hold up in 2024? Warm Swiss Cheese Raclette It’s really hard to go wrong with this, especially if you’re a cheese fan. It’s definitely a strong cheese that some might call stinky, but that doesn’t mean it’s not delicious. It’s best when you eat it right away — before the cheese has had a chance to stiffen up. The potatoes are cooked well and the ham is perfectly smokey and salty. The baguette is soft and really nice when slathered in cheese — but what isn’t? SO cheesy The Raclette is a Food & Wine Festival classic for a reason. Hello — it’s CHEESE! This is a hot, savory snack that feels like a warm, comforting hug. It’s a great portion size; thanks to the ham, we felt nice and full after enjoying this dish. Hot tip: pay attention as they’re preparing your food here! The chefs slice the cheese right off the wheel in front of you, so you can see the cheese melt into a gooey pile of deliciousness live and in person. You can also get the Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Baby Potatoes, Cornichons, and a Baguette (which is the same as the last one, just without the ham) for $5.25. This dish is also part of Emile’s Fromage Montage cheese crawl, so make sure to get your stamp if you buy this one! Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Baby Potatoes, Cornichons and Baguette We also grabbed the Dark Chocolate Fondue with Berries, Pound Cake, and Meringues for $6. This is a crowd-pleasing returner from 2023, and we’re SO glad it’s back! It’s a fun little dessert with melted chocolate, pound cake, and berries and when combined with the chocolate everything just tastes SO good. Dark Chocolate Fondue with berries, pound cake, and meringues Now let’s check out the drinks! Drinks We got the Frozen Rosé, which cost $9. We liked the balance of dry and sweet flavors in this drink last year, and this year we felt the same! If you’ve ever had Frozen Rosé before, this one tastes the same as every other Rosé drink we’ve tried before. It’s easy to drink, light, and sweet. Our reporter who tried this said that it was the best drink she had tried all day. Frozen Rose You can also grab the Stiegl Brewery Key Lime Radler from Salzburg, Austria, for $5.75/6oz or $9.75/120z. This is a surprising Key Lime beer. It tends to be more floral than fruity in terms of flavor. This beer is definitely on the sweet side; it’s light and refreshing. It’s not as sweet as cider, so don’t expect to drink a cider-like drink here. Stiegl Brewery Key Lime Radler So, is the Alps booth a hit again? OVERALL YES! Of course, we’re partial because of all the cheese but that’s what makes this booth such a winner for us year after year. We also really enjoyed the chocolate fondue and when it comes to refreshing drinks on a hot day, the frozen rose is a must. The Alps Full Spread That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! 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There is one quick-service restaurant that probably gets the most hate, but some of us actually like it, and it is finally time to share our truth. Cosmic Ray’s Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe is a quick-service option in Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland. Here, you will find quick American bites like cheeseburgers and chicken tenders. We have posted about how our readers say to skip Cosmic Ray’s, but we have four reasons why we actually love to eat at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe. Cosmic Ray’s is actually a pretty popular place to grab a bite to eat at Magic Kingdom, especially during the lunch rush, and while people may just visit Cosmic Ray’s for the convince of a quick Magic Kingdom meal, some of us actually seek out Cosmic Ray’s for a meal. Cosmic Ray’s Cosmic Ray’s is a Good Place to Eat for Picky Eaters Cosmic Ray’s menu may not be spectacular, but it does offer many safe options for picky eaters. As we mentioned, it serves dishes like cheeseburgers, chicken tenders, and fries. But there are also more elevated options like Greek Salad and a spicy chicken sandwich. Chicken Tenders at Cosmic Ray’s If you want to know you are going to like the food, then Cosmic Ray’s is the place to go because you can’t go wrong with the classics that they serve here. Although it may not satisfy super adventurous eaters, everyone in your party should be able to find something to enjoy. There are even plant-based options here as well. Plant-based Patty Melt There are Always Mobile Order Windows Cosmic Ray’s is a very big dining location and can take in a lot of orders both in person and on the My Disney Experience app through Mobile Order. Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe Mobile Order Pick-Up Since it is a larger dining location, it is usually pretty easy to find a Mobile Order window for Cosmic Ray’s. You may have some issues finding the exact time you want during the lunch rush, but most other times, it is not difficult to find a Mobile Order window. Mobile Order Pick Up Area at Cosmic Ray’s This makes Cosmic Ray’s a quick option for ordering, especially if other quick-service Mobile Order windows are already taken. It is not always guaranteed that a Mobile Order slot will be available, but in most cases, you will be able to find one. Cosmic Ray’s Mobile Order Cosmic Ray’s Gets Fun Holiday Offerings During Party Season and during the holiday season, Cosmic Ray’s is usually home to a few fun specialty items. Full Spread of Christmas Party Offerings at Cosmic Ray’s For example, this year at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, you can find the Sinister Satay Burger, a Cocoa-rubbed All-Beef Patty with Bacon, Lime Pickles, and Thai Peanut Sauce, and the Halloween Pot Roast Sandwich with Cheddar and Horseradish Mayonnaise served on a Black Bun at Cosmic Ray’s.There are even three other specialty offerings at Cosmic Ray’s during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, which makes it a great place to stop to get multiple party exclusive offerings in one place. REVIEW: Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe DID NOT MISS at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in Disney World 2023 Offerings In past years, at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and sometimes even during regular park operating hours, you can get your sandwich or cheeseburger with a Santa Mickey Mouse toasted on the bun! Santa Mickey! You Get Serenaded by the Man Himself, Sonny Eclipse Alright, this is probably the top reason to dine at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe. Resident entertainer Sonny Eclipse can serenade you. It’s Sonny Eclipse! Sonny Eclipse is an animatronic vocalist who performs throughout the day at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe. If we are able to find a table in the dining room where he is located, that is always our go-to spot to see him perform! Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe While we know that this is a very controversial take, you can’t deny that Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe is a safe, go-to, quick-service location in the Magic Kingdom. How Did One of Magic Kingdom’s Most HATED Restaurants Get the PRETTIEST New Snack?! Need Disney Restaurant Advice? We’ve Got EVERYTHING You Need to Know The ONLY Disney Dining Planning Tool You’ll Need Is Here – Get the DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining! See Our Complete Disney World Restaurants Guide The Best Magic Kingdom Restaurants The Best EPCOT Restaurant Restaurants The Best Hollywood Studios Restaurants The Best Animal Kingdom Restaurants The Best Disney Springs Restaurants Check Out Dozens of Disney Dining Tips and Tools Learn All About Tipping at Disney Restaurants How to Use Mobile Order in Disney World Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the latest Disney food news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! Do you like Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe at Magic Kingdom? Let us know in the comments!The post I Love Cosmic Ray’s at Disney World, and I Don't Care Who Knows It first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

It’s World Princess Week and what better way to celebrate than living out a real-life fairy tale? From charming ceremonies to regal transportation, we’ve compiled the ultimate list of ways the Disney Princesses can inspire your Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons. A Story that Reflects Your Personality The timeless tales of Disney Princesses often inspire Disney Weddings couples. Many choose to reflect those stories in their decorations, attire, and other special elements. Whether you’re inspired by Rapunzel’s spirit of adventure or Tiana’s passion for making a dream come true, there are so many stories to help inspire your special day. Charming Ceremony Ideas From immersive venues to floral landscapes, your guests will feel like they have been transported to a faraway land. With Disney’s dedicated planning team, we can help you create the backdrop of your dreams inspired by the beloved tales and adventures of your favorite Disney Princess. Royal Reception Inspiration Deck out your reception venue with fairy tale-inspired details, from place settings inspired by Cinderella’s Coach to a sweetheart table with a storybook backdrop. Regal Transportation Imagine being transported to and from your wedding events in an enchanting horse-drawn coach inspired by the Walt Disney Animation Studios film “Cinderella,” flanked by royal footmen and decked out in royal detailing. Cinderella’s Coach at Walt Disney World Resort, the Cinderella Platinum Coach at Disneyland Resort and the Disney Fairy Tale Carriage at Disneyland Paris are available for couples looking for a fully immersive experience they will never forget. Disney Princess-Inspired Wedding Dresses Inspired by the style and spirit of nine Disney Princess characters and their stories, these royally inspired wedding gowns offer silhouettes and designs to suit any bride looking to be the hero of their own fairy tale. Enchanting Park Portraits From the iconic castle backdrop to stunning princess-inspired settings like Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World, there are so many picture-perfect opportunities for wedding portraits. Exclusively available to Disney Weddings couples, Disney park portraits offer a stunning backdrop to capture this special moment in time. Dreaming of a Disney’s Fairy Tale Wedding? Explore the possibilities or download a digital brochure to learn more, & follow us on Instagram for more inspiration. The post 5 Royal Ways to Inspire Your Disney Wedding appeared first on Disney Parks Blog. View the full article

Shades of Green has announced their Savings in August Special for 2025. This Special is currently for 15% off room and breakfast. The current discount rate of this offer is 15% off of the regular rate for Standard Rooms and the breakfast buffet (for all registered guests) in the Garden Gallery. Dates: August 1 – […] The post Shades of Green Savings in August Special 2025 appeared first on Military Disney Tips Blog. View the full article

Police responded to an incident in Magic Kingdom at Disney World as the park was closing this evening. Magic Kingdom gate Multiple posts on social media starting at about 10:15PM on August 29th indicated that Magic Kingdom visitors were being guided through stores to backstage areas and in some instances being held backstage before they could exit the park. Those traveling to the Ticket and Transportation Center were being led to buses — the monorail and ferry boats are apparently closed at the time of this post. Donna Vivino, who was visiting Magic Kingdom at the time of the incident, told us she was escorted through a backstage exit, and there were “tons of cops” on the scene. Vivino said that Disney World Cast Members were keeping people away from an area in front of the Main Street Confectionery, and that some people were “very shaken up” because they believed they heard gunshots. Again, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has said this was not a shooting incident. Vivino went to the Contemporary Resort to wait for an Uber, and she said that all the music was turned off in the park and is turned off at the resort — making the whole scene more eerie feeling. Another DFB reader in the park tonight said they were walking near Tomorrowland Terrace when they encountered “a herd of people running for their life.” They said that many people did not know what they were running from — they just started running because others were. Keep following DFB for more. Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! The post BREAKING: Large Police Presence Reported at Magic Kingdom, Park Locked Down While Guests Evacuated Backstage first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

If you’re a big fan of poutine, you’ll need to stop by the Refreshment Port booth! A fan-favorite poutine is back again for 2024 along with some new drinks! 2023 Refreshment Port It’s officially time for the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival, which means lots of food booths, merchandise, and more. We’re checking it all out, and now we’re heading to Refreshment Port to let you know whether or not it’s worth a visit! Menu Over at the Refreshment Port booth, you’ll a returning poutine along with a couple of new drinks and some returning drinks too. 2024 Refreshment Port Menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats First up, we grabbed the Braised Beef Poutine. This one is made of French fries with braised beef, Boursin Garlic & Fine Herbs cheese sauce, cheese curds, and gherkin relish. This item cost $10.00. This is a returning item for the festival from years past and we’ve really enjoyed it before. Braised Beef Poutine Last year we really liked how big the portion size was and the savory taste was a welcomed change to all the sweet and sugary treats we’d had through the day. This year, we think it was the best thing we tried at Refreshment Port. The dish was very hearty, the mushroom flavor was incredibly earthy, and the snack was perfectly creamy and delicious. The cheese was plentiful but the curds were a bit tough to navigate through. Still, the texture was wonderful and all the flavors were very present. Braised Beef Poutine The relish adds a nice acidity to the dish that helps cut through how buttery and rich the rest of this poutine is. We’d eat this 100 times over! However, we recommend eating this later in the day and not when the park is at its hottest — this snack is best eaten when the weather is slightly cooler. Drinks The first new drink for this year is the Boulevard Beverage Company Quirk Ginger Grape Fizz Hard Seltzer for $12.00. This drink was rough. It was way too tart with too much zing. When you think of seltzer you think of something bubbly and light, but this had almost too much overpowering flavor to the point it offended our tastebuds. In our opinion, you’ve got to passionately love tart grape to dig this drink. Boulevard Beverage Company Quirk Ginger Grape Fizz Hard Seltzer Next up is the second new drink at the booth — the Boyd & Blair Pumpkin Spice Mule. You can get this for $12.00. This drink was another misstep. It tasted like a can of pumpkin spice seasoning and was way too much in our faces — and this is coming from fans of pumpkin spice season! The theme of these drinks is that they didn’t know when to pull back, to their own detriment. The ideas were there, but the execution was flawed. If you like more over, in-your-face drinks, you might enjoy these more than we did. Boyd & Blair Pumpkin Spice Mule The final drink on the menu is the returning Florida Orange Groves Winery Sparkling Peach for $11.00. This drink was so refreshing when we’ve had it in the past! It’s incredibly delicate and light, which makes for a nice change from the poutine. It’s not too heavy and would make for a nice beverage to sip on a hot EPCOT day. Florida Orange Groves Winery Sparkling Peach Lastly, this booth offers the CORKCICLE Stemless Flute. OVERALL Stop by Refreshment Port if you love poutine and sparkling peach wine! Avoid if you’re looking for more subtle snacks and drinks. While the poutine is something we highly recommend, we’d be lying if we didn’t say the new drinks at Refreshment Port didn’t put us off. Overall, we found these offerings to be as average as it gets. Still, taste is subjective and if you think these offerings are something you and your family would be into, you should give them a chance! Refreshment Port Spread That’s all that’s offered at this booth this year but there’s still so much to explore around the other festival booths, for the latest in Disney news, stay tuned with us at Disney Food Blog as we bring you the rest of the booth offerings! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! 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WHAT A DAY! It’s the very first day of our favorite time of year at Disney Food Blog: ’tis the season for the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival, which is running now through November 23rd, 2024! 2024 Food and Wine Festival But even as we’ve spent the entire day bringing you full reviews of ALL of the Festival’s Global Marketplace Food Booths, checked out the scene at this year’s Eat to the Beat Concert Series, ate ALL. THE.CHEESE. and more, the day is not over yet, my friends. It’s time to cap off this terrific day with a special show that takes place nightly at Spaceship Earth throughout the Festival! Over the past few years, Spaceship Earth’s Food & Wine Festival show has been inspired by Beauty and the Beast, featuring the beloved song “Be Our Guest.” It’s EPCOT’s way of inviting you to partake in all of the flavorful fun that the Food and Wine Festival brings. This year, the show is filled with fun designs and plenty of bright colors! And yes, that iconic “Be Our Guest” song is BACK for 2024. EPCOT During our visit, “Be Our Guest” played as Spaceship Earth lit up in different colors and patterns in sync with the memorable tune. What a fun way to end the night! To catch the show during your Festival visit, you don’t have to worry about being in World Celebration at a specific time. The show begins when it gets dark outside and plays several times throughout the evening through park close. How PRETTY! We hope you’ve had a blast with us as we’ve covered EVERYTHING in EPCOT on the first day of the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! If you’re planning a trip of your own to enjoy everything the Festival has to offer, you can click any of links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus Find ALL of our Food and Wine Festival Food Booth REVIEWS here! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about our Guide below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! The post Check Out Spaceship Earth’s LIMITED-TIME Look for the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

There are SO MANY dishes to eat at the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival — it might be hard to decide what you really NEED to eat. Food and Wine Festival So how do you know where to start and what to get when there are TONS of booths and menu items to pick from? We’re here to help! We have eaten and drank our way through the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival (all in the name of research, of course ), to share our picks for the VERY best of the best (or, as we like to say, best of the fest!). What is worth your hard-earned cash and calories? We did the work for you and now we’re spilling ALL the details. So, without any further delay, let’s dive into our picks for the BEST eats and drinks at the 2023 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival! NEW BESTS Tostada de Camarones at Mexico We found this dish to have an amazing explosion of flavors! The tostada is made with tempura battered shrimp atop a fried corn tortilla with guacamole, cabbage, chipotle aïoli, diced mango, and chile-lime powder. Every time we took a bite we got to taste different flavors, which made it all come together for an amazing bite. Tostada de Camarones We would say this is like shrimp tacos but 10 times better. It came with three huge pieces of fried shrimp that were fried perfectly. The shell on the bottom even stayed crispy even with all the toppings. This was SO GOOD. Flauta de Barbacoa at Mexico The Flauta de Barbacoa is fried tortillas filled with barbacoa beef topped with salsa verde, crema Mexicana, and queso fresco. Our reporter who tried this normally does not like flautas, but they said that this dish was amazing! The corn fry was light and airy and not greasy at all. It is stuffed with juicy and delicious marinated meat. Flauta de Barbacoa The salsa was our favorite part. It had a little kick to it, and when combined with the cheese, this whole dish just melts in your mouth. Pan de Elote at Mexico Pan de Elote is a traditional Mexican cornbread topped with chocolate sauce and queso fresco. This was UNBELIEVABLE! The cornbread was super moist and was similar to the texture of a tres leches cake. Pan de Elote The chocolate combined with the raspberry on top gave it a fruity tartness. This honestly might be one of the best desserts we have ever had at the Food and Wine Festival. See Even MORE of Our Mexico Review Grilled Cider-brined Pork Tenderloin at Bramblewood Bites Bramblewood Bites is a new booth to the festival, and it debuted with a BANG! The Grilled Cider-brined Pork Tenderloin with fennel apple slaw and apple cider gastrique easily made this list. Grilled Cider-brined Pork Tenderloin The pork tenderloin is so juicy and the char from the grill gives it a nice textural thing that just works beautifully — a hint of crunch, if you will. Then you’ve got that sweetness from the apple cider, which pairs perfectly with the savoriness of the pork tenderloin. This is seriously going to be one of our favorite things at this year’s festival. No, really! Read More About Bramblewood Bites Here Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre at France The new Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre is an egg moelleux with goat cheese and caramelized onions. The egg was very fluffy, cloudy, and pillowy (yes we just described eggs as pillowy and we’re sticking with it!). Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre The onions could have been a bit more caramelized, but honestly, the dish was great. There was just enough cheese sprinkled through it that we got some with each bite. Brioche aux Escargots at France The France Booth has presented Escargots in a croissant at more recent Festivals, so this is something of a new take on a previous dish but that doesn’t mean we weren’t impressed by it! Inside the pastry The escargot was fantastic. It was garlicky and soft. Someone else had described them as “slimy yet satisfying” like Timon on The Lion King, and honestly, that’s a great way to describe them. See Our Full Review of the France Booth Here Hawaiian Rice Bowl at Hawai’i The NEW Hawaiian Rice Bowl features eggs, SPAM, spicy mayonnaise, eel sauce, and furikake. We were super intrigued by this dish! We did NOT expect this to be SO GOOD. The SPAM is cooked perfectly and pairs so well with the other flavors. We ate EVERY LAST BITE of this one and we have NO regrets. Hawaiian Rice Bowl It’s essentially a deconstructed version of the SPAM Musubi roll we’ve had at past festivals which we also loved! It’s a fun take on a traditional dish that we really enjoyed and would absolutely get again for lunch! Read Our Full Hawai’i Review HERE Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli at Forest and Field Over at the new Forest and Field booth, you’ll find the Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli, made with sage-brown butter, pecorino cheese, and hazelnut praline. The pumpkin ravioli itself was so tasty, with a solid amount of sweet pumpkin and mascarpone filling that was pleasant but mild. But, the hazelnut praline just elevated this dish into something else entirely. Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli The little crunchy bits on top were so interesting both texture and flavor-wise. Pumpkin + sage-brown butter = a classic fall combination and this was executed perfectly. Plus, it’s part of the cheese crawl! It could also be a Best of the Fest contender for us this year. Check Out Our Full Review of Forest and Field Freshly-baked Chocolate Pudding Cake at Flavors of America This $5 Freshly-baked Chocolate Pudding Cake was our favorite dish from the booth! It’s slathered in a bourbon caramel sauce and we mean SLATHERED. Freshly-baked Chocolate Pudding Cake The cake was super-moist and gooey, and the chocolate was very light and airy. The Flavors of America booth got a menu overhaul this year — read our full review below to see our thoughts! You Can Find Our FULL Flavors from Florida Review Here Vanilla Cheesecake at Italy The Vanilla Cheesecake is topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberry sauce — it sounds simple but it was SO GOOD. We were so surprised by how fantastic this dessert was! It’s so creamy and melts in your mouth. Vanilla Cheesecake It tastes like fresh vanilla, not artificial vanilla syrup. The strawberry sauce was a really nice touch. We will definitely be stopping by this booth again just for this cheesecake! Read Our Full Italy Booth Review Here Burrata at Forest and Field The Burrata features seasonal fall fruit, spiced pecans, apple purée, and fig vinaigrette. It doesn’t sound like much, but we were really surprised by how well this worked! If fall could be taken and transformed into a dish, it would be this. We enjoyed how light and refreshing it was while also being the perfect combination of fall flavors. Burrata with seasonal fall fruit, spiced pecans, apple purée, and fig vinaigrette There was a nice spice and nuttiness thanks to the pecans, plus plenty of apple puree and fig vinaigrette. When combined with the Burrata, it was spicy and creamy with a hint of sweetness. Check Out Our Full Review of Forest and Field Paella Negra at Spain The Paella Negra is made with Squid ink rice with shrimp, Bay scallops, and octopus served with garlic aïoli. It comes with two big shrimp and scallops and it is SO fresh. It’s also topped with a garlic aioli that we found to be a nice addition, and overall this was so good! Paella Negra The dish has elevated flavors and is a fun twist on an original paella because of the garlic aioli and squid ink rice. We appreciate just how many pieces of seafood we got — two large shrimp, a few scallops, and plenty of squid. Read More of Our Spain Review Here Chocolate Amarula Mousse Dome at Refreshment Outpost The Chocolate Amarula Mousse Dome with white chocolate is essentially a giant Zebra Dome and yes, it’s exactly as incredible as it sounds. You really can’t go wrong with this. There’s a reason Zebra Domes are so popular and this giant one is no exception. The mousse is fluffy and creamy without being overly sweet. Chocolate Amarula Mousse Dome The chocolate on the inside is rich while the cookie on the bottom is buttery and gives a nice crunch to this otherwise soft dessert. We think it could be shareable, but don’t be surprised if you catch us eating the whole thing — and maybe even one more. See Our Full Review of Refreshment Outpost Here Returning Bests These items are ones we’ve had in the past and they’ve thankfully returned in 2024, bringing a whole lot of deliciousness with them. Adobo Yuca Fries at The Fry Basket We cannot express how thrilled we are to see the Adobo Yuca Fries with Garlic-Cilantro Aïoli back on the menu at The Fry Basket in 2024. These things seriously impressed us in 2022 and were our FAVORITE things at the booth that year. Adobo Yuca Fries In 2023, their texture was fantastic (perfectly crunchy), their flavor was spot-on (like Texas toast garlic bread in French fry form), and the sauce served with them offered a delicious tangy flavor. The fries did NOT disappoint this year. They were once again the BEST thing at this booth. The flavor of the aïoli was fantastic (light on the cilantro), the breading on the fries was dreamy (delightfully crispy!), and the fries were incredibly garlicky in the BEST way possible. Imagine the most amazing garlic bread you’ve ever had in your life but in a wedge/fry form. Trust us when we say you do NOT want to miss these. Get them for $5.75. See our full review of The Fry Basket here! Smoked Corned Beef at Flavors from Fire The Smoked Corned Beef is BACK people and it is something you do NOT want to skip. This deliciousness is served with house-made potato chips, cheese curds, pickled onions, and beer-cheese fondue. And no, we don’t blame you for drooling all over your screens at the sight of that cheese. Smoked Corned Beef In 2023, we felt the balance of flavors and textures was fantastic — there was the salty beef, creamy cheese, a little tang from the pickled onions, and the crunchiness of the chips. This year, we loved the dish just as much! The mix of textures added such great dimension to the dish, the cheese was AMAZING (we couldn’t get enough of it), and it was a warm, comforting WIN. Try it for $6.50. Learn all about Flavors from Fire here! Swine Brine at Flavors from Fire We know what you’re thinking — a drink made with Jim Beam Bourbon, apple cinnamon cider, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard can’t be good. But, it was! It was really different and unique, like nothing we’ve had before thanks to the mustard. It reminded us of fall and pickles all at the same time. Swine Brine with Jim Beam Bourbon We didn’t taste much of the Bourbon, which is probably a good thing. It tasted like a briny pickle juice with a splash of meat in there. We know — but try it for yourself! Steakhouse Blended Burger at Flavors from Fire The Steakhouse Blended Burger is a beef and wild mushroom slider with truffle brie cheese fondue, arugula, and truffle potato chips on a sesame seed bun. It sounds rich — and it is, in the best way possible. There’s a charred flavor that really compliments the mushroom and truffle flavors. Steakhouse Blended Burger The brie gets so melty and it really holds this whole burger together. The patty is the perfect combination of meat and mushrooms, and it’s easy to see why this has made our Best of the Fest list yet again! Freshly Baked Carrot Cake at Milled & Mulled In the past, this delicious dessert has been at the Hops and Barley booth, but this year it has appeared at the NEW Milled and Mulled booth and we’re soooooo glad it has returned. The Freshly Baked Carrot Cake comes with Cream Cheese Icing and it is a sticky sensation. Freshly-baked Carrot Cake with walnuts and cream cheese icing Once again, this cake delivered! It tasted more like a nutty spice cake than a carrot cake, but we didn’t mind! It was dense (but not dry), and the icing (though it can harden a little) melts on your mouth, has a hint of a tang to it, and isn’t overly sweet. If you want something that just screams autumn, we think you’ll love this. Grab a friend and a fork and dive into this snack for $4.75. See all about Milled & Mulled here! Mango Lassi at India The Mango Lassi is not a new drink, but it has made a special appearance on our Best of the Fest list this year because it really impressed us! We got the non-alcoholic version for $5, but you can get it with Sōmrus Chai Cream Liqueur for $11.50. In the past, we’ve felt like this drink had a lot of mango flavor and was pretty milky in consistency (sort of like a milkshake but a little lighter). This year it was one of our favorites! It was very light for being a milk-based drink, and it had a great, fruity flavor. Mango Lassi We found it to be really fresh. It can be great if you need something to cool you down from the Florida heat or cool you down after eating some of the more spicy dishes at the Festival. If you want something fun and non-alcoholic (or alcoholic should you so choose), this is a great pick! Click here to read more about the India booth! Frozen Pineapple Chipotle Lemonade at Block & Hans The combination of pineapple and lemonade in this drink was something we don’t see often, and having it in a slush form was a treat on top of a treat. It was, of course, refreshing on a hot day and wasn’t too tart despite the pineapple and the lemon — but it wasn’t too sweet either. Frozen Pineapple Chipotle Lemonade The chili-lime rim was delicious but did get pretty spicy after a while! This isn’t one we’d recommend for kiddos just because of that, but overall we will definitely be getting this again. Maybe next time with vodka! Read More About Block & Hans at the Festival Here Braised Beef Poutine at Refreshment Port The Braised Beef Poutine is made of French fries with braised beef, Boursin Garlic & Fine Herbs cheese sauce, cheese curds, and gherkin relish and it’s hit with us every year! This time is no different. The french fries are salty and crispy, and the Boursin cheese gets so melty and just smothers the whole thing. Braised Beef Poutine The cheese curds are nice and squeaky and the vinegar from the gherkin relish is exactly what the dish needs! See Our FULL Refreshment Port Review Here Cheddar Cheese and Bacon Soup at Canada The famous Le Cellier Cheddar Cheese and Bacon Soup is once again a returning best, of course. It’s hot cheese soup — what’s not to love? It does get a little hard to eat in the hot Florida sun, but it’s the only soup we’d willingly sweat bullets for. Canadian Cheddar and Bacon Soup served with a pretzel roll It’s thick and cheesy without being too thick and cheese, if you catch our drift. The bacon adds a nice saltiness and crunch that’s absolutely necessary — because when is bacon NOT necessary?! Find Out What’s Happening Over at Canada Here Roasted Lamb Chop at Australia This is one that’s just a hit for us year after year. The mint pesto and crushed salt and vinegar potato chips on top are such a unique combination, and when eaten with the tender lamb really just make the whole dish come together. Our reporter who tried this dish doesn’t even particularly like lamb, but they love this! Lamb Chop The mint is pretty pronounced, and if you’re not used to that sort of flavor with meat it can be off-putting but it’s a rather popular flavor to combine with lamb especially. Try this one — you might find a new favorite! See more about the Australia booth right here! Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Alpine Ham at The Alps Oh look, it’s…another dish with lots of cheese!! Can you blame us though?! The Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese is an ICONIC dish at the Festival and one we can’t stop recommending! We particularly enjoy the version with Alpine Ham, Baby Potatoes, Cornichons, and Baguette. Warm Swiss Cheese Raclette This year it once again was a hot, savory snack that felt like a warm, comforting hug. It was also a great portion size, which can really leave you feeling full (in a good way). Grab the Raclette cheese for $5.75 — you can thank us later! See our review of The Alps here! Mimosa Flight at Shimmering Sips Hosted by CORKCICLE If you’re looking for an incredible set of drinks to pick up at the Food & Wine Festival, the Mimosa Flight at Shimmering Sips is one of our picks. We couldn’t go more than 5 minutes without someone asking us where we got this — so just be prepared to make some people jealous around you! This year, you can get a Tropical Mimosa, a Berry Mimosa, and a Blood Orange Mimosa. Mimosa Flight And you can get it all for $14! See more about Shimmering Sips here Boeuf Bourguignon at France The Boeuf Bourguignon, Pommes de terre roties is braised short ribs in cabernet with roasted potatoes. It’s one of our favorites every year — though in 2023 it was served with “puffed potatoes” that ended up being tater tots. Boeuf Bourguignon, Pommes de terre roties This dish was wonderful. It’s really flavorful and melts in your mouth. There was nothing dry about the meat at all. It was very robust and hearty, and we absolutely loved it. Find our complete review of the France Booth HERE BEST Plant-Based Dishes of the Fest IMPOSSIBLE Montreal Style Burger Slider at Flavors from Fire A new dish over at Flavors from Fire — the IMPOSSIBLE Montreal Style Burger Slider — is served with cheddar cheese and tomato jam on a sesame seed bun. We literally did a happy dance when we tried this! The “burger” was tender and not rubbery which you can sometimes find with plant-based burgers. IMPOSSIBLE Montreal Style Burger Slider The combination of the tomato jam with the salty meat and cheese was a nice addition — it gave the burger a vinegary, pickle-like kick that made us want to get a whole other slider to eat! IMPOSSIBLE Moussaka at Greece One of the returning dishes to arrive at the Festival this year is the IMPOSSIBLE Moussaka at the Greece Booth and it was a HIT for us once again. This is sort of like a lasagna/casserole dish with eggplant, the IMPOSSIBLE meat, and more items. The dish was heavy, rich, and felt like its very own mini-meal. IMPOSSIBLE Moussaka It might not be great on a super hot day (because it is very filling), but it’s hearty, comforting, and the ingredients blend together really well. Plus, we loved the bechamel sauce on top, which was sweet and creamy. It might not slam you with a ton of flavor, but this dish does a great job of being that comforting little casserole you want to tuck into after a long day (and it’ll fill you up!). Get it for $5.50. Read more about the Greece booth here Potato and Pea Samosa at India The Potato and Pea Samosa with Coriander-Lime Cream is a returning dish that has seen some great improvements this year! In the past, we’ve found the dish to be soggy and very spicy. This year, we were surprised by the spice, but the pastry dough was wonderfully crispy and flaky (while the inside was nice and soft). Alright! We have a win! Potato and Pea Samosa The coriander lime cream was also a nice touch since it added a sense of freshness to the dish. The peas on the inside added a lot of flavor, but they were on the mushy side so just be aware of that if you don’t love mushy textures. Also, this was a touch salty, but we didn’t mind that all too much. If you’re looking for a flavorful and fun plant-based dish, give this one a try! You can get it for $5.50. See more about the India booth here! CONTROVERSIAL Best of the Fest These next eats are controversial picks — some of our team LOVES them, others absolutely DETEST them. Where will you stand? You’ll have to read our notes and decide whether they’re worth a buy for yourself. If you do taste them, be sure to come back to this post and drop us a comment with your thoughts! Griddled Cheese at Greece At the Greece booth, you’ll find the divisive Griddled Cheese with pistachios and honey. It has made our Best of the Fest list in the past. One time we tried it, we found that it had a great mix of savory and sweet flavors — creamy cheese, sweet honey, and salty pistachios — a nice combo. But 2022 changed things. In 2022, a different reporter tried the dish and was…not impressed. To them, the flavor was strangely pungent and the honey didn’t mix well, though the pistachios and cheese textures were nice. Griddled Cheese with pistachios and honey Our reporter found the cheese (goat cheese) to be quite rich. Plus, they liked how the honey paired with the cheese, and thought the pistachios added a great crunch and nutty flavor that helped to bring out the cheese flavor even more. Where will you stand on this cheesy treat? You’ll have to try it and find out! Get this dish for $5. See more about the Greece booth here STRANGEST Item at the Fest Pickle Milkshake at Brew-Wing Y’all, you know we couldn’t make this list without at least mentioning the Pickle Milkshake(!!!) at the Festival! This is a non-alcoholic treat — returning for its second year — and it is…something else. Pickle Milk Shake One of our reporters who tried this said that it was extremely dill-heavy, tangy, and creamy. It had a smooth texture without any chunks, which we think is a good thing? But they noted that as someone who loves pickles, the shake was more of a dill milkshake to them. On another visit, a separate reporter tried the shake and said that in their opinion the shake tasted like you were drinking from a pickle jar, but with the consistency of ice cream. They described it as “better than you think” and explained that it tasted salty, sour, and briney. So…yeah…it’s…a pickle shake. Will you love it? Will you hate it? Will you get a batch that has a stronger dill flavor or a stronger pickle flavor? You’ll have to taste it to find out. If you are brave enough to taste it, be sure to drop us a comment with your thoughts ’cause we would love to know how you feel about this! See more about Brew-Wing here! Most Surprising Item at the Fest Lemon Poppy Seed Cake at Earth Eats We were seriously shocked by how much we enjoyed this! It was light and airy with the perfect amount of lemon icing on top — it wasn’t too sweet and didn’t weight the cake down. It was a great balance between keeping the cake moist without being overpowering. Lemon Poppy Seed Cake The lemon wasn’t too strong either, which you can sometimes find with lemon-heavy desserts. We’d definitely recommend this as a nice sweet treat after scarfing down some braised beef. Read More About Earth Eats Here BEST Booth of the FEST Mexico We loved this both and found every item on here to be Best of the Fest-worthy, which can only mean one thing — it’s our BEST Booth of the Fest this year! We will 100% be returning to the Mexico booth multiple times throughout the festival because the food is just that good. We think the Mexico booth is always good, but this year, it was truly, shockingly good. Full Spread at the Mexico Booth We loved the Tostada de Camarones — it was fresh and full of flavor, the Flauta de Barbacoa was rich without being heavy, and the Pan de Elote really surprised us — each was an explosion of flavors that we weren’t expecting but all paired SO well together. See Our FULL Mexico Booth Review Here Flavors from Fire — Runner-Up This booth really has it all — something for the carnivores, something for the plant-based folks, and something for those who like pork in their cocktails. KIDDING, but not really. The Steakhouse Blended Burger here is BOMB and super unique, while the IMPOSSIBLE Montreal-style Slider was delicious no matter what kind of diet you follow. Flavors from Fire Spread The Smoked Corned Beef is always a hit, of course, and the Swine Brine cocktail is super fun to prank your friends and family with — and it’s pretty darn delicious, too! See More of Flavors from Fire by Clicking Here Bramblewood Bites — Runner-Up This NEW booth really impressed us! We enjoyed everything we had here. The Grilled Cider-Brined Pork Tenderloin is so juicy and the char from the grill gives it a nice textural thing that just works beautifully. The Grilled Bison tasted like fall, and those Cast Iron-Roasted Brussels Sprouts will be dancing around in our dreams for a while. Full Spread at Bramblewood Bites We also really enjoyed the Spiced Apple Old Fashioned-inspired cocktail with Boyd & Blair Rum. Typically, old-fashioned cocktails are made with bourbon or whiskey, so this was a new take on a classic drink. We liked the rum because it made the drink a bit sweeter, although we couldn’t really taste the rum. Instead, it just brought out the sweet apple flavor. Check Out More About Bramblewood Bites! France — Runner-Up The France booth is always a hit, which is why it deserves to be a runner-up for Best Booth of the Festival. The new Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre is an egg moelleux with goat cheese and caramelized onions. The egg was very fluffy, cloudy, and pillowy (yes we just described eggs as pillowy and we’re sticking with it!). Full Spread The escargot was fantastic. It was garlicky and soft. Someone else had described them as “slimy yet satisfying” like Timon on The Lion King, and honestly, that’s a great way to describe them. You also can’t go wrong with the Boeuf Bourguignon! Read the FULL Snail Review and More from France Here The Fry Basket — Runner-Up Not all of the items at The Fry Basket are necessarily exceptional stand-out dishes, but we do feel like the booth as a whole is one of those you absolutely MUST visit, even if it’s just to get one or two items. The Adobo Yuca Fries are by far our favorites here and are WELL worth your time. Full Fry Spread 2023 But we can’t deny that the Fry Flight is ICONIC. It comes with Sea Salt and Malt Vinegar Fries, BBQ Bacon Fries with smoked aïoli, and Sweet Potato Casserole Fries with candied pecans, toasted marshmallow cream, and maple bourbon glaze. (Note that you can also order the individual flavors here by request.) The Sweet Potato Casserole Fries were our favorite fries in the flight, and they really captured the flavors of sweet potato pie in the BEST way possible. Think of them like bite-sized sweet potato casseroles, complete with marshmallow fluff and everything! The Salt & Vinegar fries were not our favorite here — they were just boring, but probably a “safe” choice for those who don’t want anything too adventurous. And then there were the BBQ Bacon Fries, which tasted like Lay’s BBQ chips in a great way. They had a nice smoky chipotle flavor going on, which elevated them beyond your basic BBQ taste. Fry Flight All in all, each individual item at the booth might not blow you away on its own (save for those Yuca Fries), but it’s the kind of booth you just gotta go to because…well…it’s a booth full of FRIES!!! And several of them are quite tasty! See more about the Fry Basket booth here Best of the Fest for Kids Looking for a few dishes the kiddos will love? Here are a few dishes we think little ones will really like trying. Frozen S’mores at Festival Favorites Kids will definitely LOVE the Frozen S’mores — it’s a chocolate milkshake with marshmallow syrup topped with mini marshmallows and a graham cracker. Frozen S’mores Seriously, what’s not to love here?! It’s sweet, and creamy, and reminds us of sitting by the campfire. Read Our Full Festival Favorites Review Here Apple Strudel with Vanilla Sauce at Germany First up, we have the classic Apple Strudel with Vanilla Sauce from Germany. This has been a favorite of ours for years and it did NOT disappoint this year. Apple Strudel with vanilla sauce The flavors are simple enough that picky eaters won’t be deterred and when mixed with the vanilla sauce it makes for an extra delicious experience. This year, we felt like it really captured that apple pie flavor and the pastry was wonderfully flaky. That all paired with the vanilla sauce well (that sauce was INCREDIBLE by the way). If you have a little one who enjoys apple pie, vanilla sauce, and pastries, this is an easy pick. Also, note that our reporter fully recommended this one for the main Best of the Fest list. In other words, don’t overlook this just ’cause we put it in the kiddo category. Adults — we think you’ll love this too! Get it for $4.50. See more about the Germany booth here Belgian Waffle with Berry Compote and Whipped Cream at Belgium Another easy pick for the little ones is the Belgian Waffle with Berry Compote and Whipped Cream. Seriously, a waffle and berries — what’s NOT to love?! Belgian Waffle with Berry Compote and Whipped Cream The Berry Compote really carried the team in this dessert this year, and the strawberries were divine! We felt like they were actually some of the freshest berries we’d had at the Festival this year. The waffle was a little plain, but that can actually be a bonus for the kiddos. Overall, for $5, we think it’s a snack little ones will likely gobble up with ease! Click here for more on the Belgium booth WOWZERS. That was a LOT of food. Be sure to bring those stretchy pants when visiting EPCOT during this Festival — you’ll need them! Don’t forget that you’ll have until November 23rd to give these items a try! And as always, check back with us for all the Disney food news you need. Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! Click here for a FULL LOOK at the menus for the Food & Wine Festival IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! Which of these dishes are you most excited to try? Tell us in the comments! The post EVERYTHING You Need to Eat and Drink at the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Wait, so we can eat a bunch of cheese-filled dishes AND win a prize at the end of the cheesy food crawl at the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? SIGN US UP! Emile’s Fromage Montage The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has officially started, and there’s so much to do! There are tons of tasty eats to try, souvenirs to purchase and even concerts to watch. But one of our favorite parts about this festival is Emile’s Fromage Montage, or — as we call it –the cheese crawl. Come check it out! Emile’s Fromage Montage is an EPCOT challenge that only comes around during Food & Wine time. To participate, you’ll buy any 5 of the featured dishes in the “crawl,” and then once you’ve collected the 5 corresponding stamps, you’ll get a special prize. There are lots of items to pick from, but you only need to buy 5 in order to get your prize. First, pick up a Festival Passport. These are free, and you can grab one at either entrance to EPCOT. (If you don’t see them, ask a Cast Member or stop by guest relations.) Make sure that you get your Festival Passport stamped each time you buy a qualifying item. Don’t forget to get those stamps! Once you’ve ordered the dish at one of the food booths, just ask the Cast Member to stamp your passport. When you’ve got all 5 stamps, bring that stamped Festival Passport to the Shimmering Sips Marketplace hosted by CORKCICLE for your prize. Shimmering Sips 2023 The 2024 menu items and locations for Emile’s Fromage Montage are: The Alps Marketplace Any Warm Swiss Cheese Raclette Brazil Marketplace Pão de Queijo Festival Favorites BBQ Pork Rinds (NEW) Forest & Field Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli (NEW) Greece Marketplace Griddled Cheese Hawaiʻi Marketplace Passion Fruit Cheesecake Macatizers Any Macaroni & Cheese Milled and Mulled Boursin® Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake (NEW) Spain Marketplace Spanish Charcuterie Germany Marketplace Schinkennudeln First, we tried the new BBQ Pork Rinds at the new booth Festival favorites for $5. Our pork rinds had a great coating of barbecue flavor that was a little hotter than regular barbecue sauce, but still fairly low heat. The cheese was super creamy, greasy, rich, and DELICIOUS. This was our favorite option at Festival Favorites! BBQ Pork Rinds served with pimento cheese Then, we checked out the new Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli at Forest & Fire for $5.25. It’s made with sage-brown butter, pecorino cheese, and hazelnut praline, and it was AWESOME. The pumpkin ravioli itself was good, with a solid amount of sweet pumpkin and mascarpone filling that was pleasant but mild. But, the hazelnut praline just elevated this dish into something else entirely. It’s easily a Best of the Fest contender this year! Pumpkin Mascarpone Ravioli Next up, the new Boursin® Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake for $4.75 at Milled and Mulled. Initially, we were somewhat dubious about how fig and balsamic flavors would work with cheesecake flavors, but they all melded together deliciously. We do suggest eating it quickly and in the shade because it will melt in the sun! Boursin® Fig & Balsamic Cheesecake Over at the new booth Macatizers, we tried the Truffle Mac & Cheese for $6.50 There are SEVERAL varieties of mac & cheese at this booth, but the Truffle Mac & Cheese really surprised us! The truffle was subtle but adds an interesting textural element — it’s not too overpowering which you sometimes find with truffle. Truffle Macaroni and Cheese You can’t go wrong with a charcuterie board in Spain for $6.50! This is a great adult “lunchable.” It features Jamón, Manchego, and pan con tomate, and we enjoyed it. Spanish Charcuterie We’ve had the Griddled Cheese from the Greece pavilion before and this year it costs $5. The cheese was great and ooey gooey! It went so well with the honey and pistachios that are drizzled on top of it. Griddled Cheese with pistachios and honey We also picked up the Passion Fruit Cheesecake at the Hawaiʻi Marketplace for $5. We had this last year, and we continued to enjoy it again this year! It’s served with toasted Macadamia nuts and is light and fluffy. Passion Fruit Cheesecake You can’t do a cheese tour at the Food & Wine Festival without getting the Warm Swiss Cheese Raclette! This is $5.75, and Warm Swiss Cheese Raclette The last cheese dish we grabbed was the Schinkennudeln from the Germany booth for $5.25. This is always a favorite of ours! You get tons of delicious flavors in a hearty dish, and it is sure to fill you up, so grab it while you’re hungry. Schinkennudeln Our passport is full of stamps, so now let’s go to Shimmering Sips to collect our prize! This year, the prize was blueberry cheesecake soft serve with a piece of cheesecake on top served in a souvenir cup featuring Emile himself. Yes, the prize is CHEESE CAKE! We just won at life! Completer Prize So what do we think? Is the cheese crawl worth the prize? Well, if you love cheese, the answer is “YES!” Who doesn’t need an excuse to eat a TON of cheese and get cheesecake in a fun souvenir cup as a reward? Isn’t that just #lifegoals? So even though we technically paid over $29 for this prize (if you add up the price of all the items in the cheese crawl), we thought it was 100% worth it, especially since we enjoyed all of the items that were in the crawl. Food and Wine Festival (2022) Remember that you don’t have to pick the items that we chose! You can choose from any of the cheesy snacks listed in your Festival Passport that are marked “Emile’s Fromage Montage.” Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! Are you going to take part in the cheese crawl? Let us know in the comments! The post We Paid for DESSERT in EPCOT...Was It Worth It? first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Are you ready for a little HEAT at the 2024 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival? 2024 Flavors from Fire Booth We sure hope so, because we’re visiting a Festival Marketplace Food Booth that delivers Flavors from Fire! Among this booth’s unique offerings are the storied Swine Brine and an item that we LOVE seeing come back every year because it tends to rank among our Best of the Fest picks every time. So please join us for our complete review of EVERYTHING at Flavors from Fire! Menu You’ll find Flavors from Fire near the Refreshment Station in World Discovery. Flavors from Fire boasts the fan favorite Smoked Corned Beef with house-made potato chips, and it’s also brought back the Steakhouse Blended Burger from a few years back. These dishes are joined by the new IMPOSSIBLE Montreal-style Burger Slider. 2024 Flavors from Fire Menu When it comes to drinks, Flavors from Fire offers the new Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter and Four Virtues Bourbon Barrel Zinfandel. And what’s the Food and Wine Festival without some SWINE BRINE?? Yep, it’s back again! Are you ready? Then let’s go! There’s another slider up for grabs, and this one is all new: the plant-based IMPOSSIBLE Montreal Style Burger Slider is topped with cheddar cheese, and tomato jam and served on a sesame seed bun. IMPOSSIBLE Montreal Style Burger Slider It costs $6. It’s a GREAT burger, but be prepared for a “pickle kick” in the aftertaste! We weren’t expecting that hit of salty, tangy pickle flavor, but we weren’t mad about it! If you’ve ever had a Chick-fil-A pickle, you might find that the flavor here is pretty similar. IMPOSSIBLE Montreal Style Burger Slider And last, but certainly not least among the food items is the Smoked Corned Beef with house-made potato chips, cheese curds, pickled onions, and beer-cheese fondue! Smoked Corned Beef It’s up for grabs for $6.50. But is it as great as we remember? Well, YES! YUM! It had a lamb-like, chewy flavor that worked so well. The onions gave it a bit of zing, and the kettle chips were perfectly crunchy and salty. Really, you can’t go wrong with beer cheese fondue. Drinks Alrighty, my friends, it’s time to raise a glass of Swine Brine! This truly unique cocktail features Jim Beam Bourbon, apple cinnamon cider, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard. The cost is $11.50. Swine Brine with Jim Beam Bourbon And the fact of the matter is, even thought we try Swine Brine year after year…we still need to brace ourselves before that first sip. Is it weird? Yes. But you know what? Our reporter found that this had a briny, pickle juice taste that worked shockingly well! In fact, they thought it was great. Different tastes for different stomachs, right? Flavors from Fire Spread If you’ve already decided that Swine Brine isn’t exactly your thing , you can try the new Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter which is $5.75 for for 6 ounces ($9.75 for 12 ounces) or the returning Four Virtues Bourbon Barrel Zinfandel which is $6.50. OVERALL This booth was a BIG winner! We loved everything we tried and truly enjoyed the lineup here. From warm, freshly-made sliders to weirdly good Swine Brine, this is easily a top booth of the festival. GO TRY THE FOOD HERE! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus Find ALL of our EPCOT Food and Wine Festival REVIEWS right here! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post Hold On, WHAT?! Did This EPCOT Food and Wine Festival Booth Make Us Like SWINE BRINE?! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

If you are reading this post while hungry, BE WARNED. Seriously, we’re not joking! You’re willing to keep reading? Okay, well then — we’ve got some DELICIOUS details to share with you! Greece booth The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has officially begun, and there is a lot to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Greece Booth — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out! Menu Over at the Greece Booth, you’ll find a variety of available items. There are four menu items available, all of which are returning and one of which is a plant-based option. You’ll also see a NEW cocktail and a classic wine flight option. Greece Booth 2024 Menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats First up, we grabbed the Spanakopita, which is a savory pastry with a filling of spinach and cheese. This is priced at $5. In 2022, we LOVED this item because…well…it was full of cheese! The cheese also had a hint of sourness to it that paired really well with the spinach. We tried it again last year, and it just kinda fell flat. So, how did it hold up in 2024? Spanakopita This year, it was AMAZING. It was so flaky and buttery while the inside was creamy and delicious! It was the perfect amount of spinach and cheese. We would totally get it again this year. Now, let’s move on to the Griddled Cheese with pistachios and honey, which is also part of Emile’s Fromage Montage (a.k.a. the Festival’s Cheese Crawl). It is also priced at $5. In 2022, this dish made our Best of the Fest list as a CONTROVERSIAL pick. It is essentially cheese covered with honey and pistachios, and while some members of our team have loved it in the past, it can be a little off-putting for others. Last year, we found the cheese (which was goat cheese, by the way) to be quite rich, which can be good depending on what you like. So, we just had to try it again in 2024 to see if opinions would differ this year. Griddled Cheese with pistachios and honey It was really good this year! The cheese was ooey and gooey, and it mixed really well with the sweetness of the honey and pistachios. Our reporter hasn’t cared for it in the past, but they really enjoyed it this year. Next is the returning Lamb Gyro with shaved lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, and tzatziki on warm flatbread. It is priced at $6.75. This was new in 2022, and it pleasantly surprised us. The lamb was a little tough to eat, but the whole thing was smothered in tzatziki sauce, which made things nice and tangy. Last year, the lamb was much improved in tenderness, but a little light on the tzatziki sauce. So, what did the 2024 version have to offer? Lamb Gyro with shaved lettuce, tomato-cumber relish, and tzatziki on warm flatbread This was really nice! It was super special, but it was really good. The flatbread was nice and fluffy, while the relish and tzatziki added a great balancing acidity and crunch. It won’t knock your socks off, but it’s worth getting if you like gyros. Our last dish (and the only plant-based item on the menu this year) is the returning IMPOSSIBLE Moussaka that you can grab for $5.50. Moussaka is traditionally a sort of Greek lasagna dish made with eggplant and a meat sauce. Last year, we actually REALLY liked this addition to the Festival booth! It was heavy, rich, and felt like a mini meal. IMPOSSIBLE Moussaka It’s a good plant-based option, but it was strangely sweet. We wouldn’t have realized the IMPOSSIBLE meat wasn’t meat if we didn’t know it, so that was good. But we wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to anyone who doesn’t have a dietary restriction. Drinks In terms of drinks on this menu, you can snag the Wine Flight, which comes with small glasses of each of the wines on the menu, which are the Mylonas Winery Assyrtiko White Wine ($6.50 on its own), Skouras ‘Zoe’ Rosé ($6.00 on its own), and the Kir-Yianni Naoussa Xinomavro Dry Red ($6.50 on its own). The wine flight is $7.50. Greece Wine Flight The white wine was really dry while the rosé was more on the sweeter side but still dry. The red wine, was as its described — dry. Overall, this is a DRY wine flight, so if you’re looking for sweet, sugary wines, this is not the flight for you. And now for the NEW item on the menu! The Greek Melon Limenade! Even though Disney World is already decked out for Fall, this cocktail just screams “SUMMER!” It is made with Kleos Mastiha Spirit, Aelred Melon Apéritif de Provence, Pearl Vodka, and lime sour mix, and you can grab it for $11.50 . Greek Melon Limenade This was fantastic. It was really light and refreshing. This is super sweet and juicy. The lime gave it a nice balancing acidity. We would definitely grab this drink again! OVERALL This is a must-try booth! It’s probably not our top booth of the festival, but it does have some really great options that we think people will enjoy. Full Spread at Greece That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! 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It’s time to eat some NOODLES at the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival. We’re checking out the Noodle Exchange, which is back again this year. The Noodle Exchange 2024 The EPCOT Food and Wine Festival runs through November 23rd this year! Throughout the festival, there are plenty of food booths, merchandise items, and concerts, too. Come along with us to the Noodle Exchange to find out if it’s a booth you need to add to your must-eat-here list! Menu Over at the Noodle Exchange, you’ll find three returning noodle dishes and two beverages. Noodle Exchange Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food! And now, we’re moving on to drinks! Drinks Returning for another year is the Parish Brewing Strawberry Mochi. A 6oz pour is $5.75 and a 12oz pour is $9.75. Parish Brewing Co. Strawberry Mochi The Strawberry Mochi was actually quite good. We found it refreshing and not at all tart, which was definitely a plus. If wine is more your thing, you can grab the Pacific Rim Solstice Vineyard Old Vine Riesling for $8 instead. Noodles Exchange So, was the Noodle Exchange worth the wait?! Overall Unfortunately, the Noodle Exchange is a bit of a letdown in 2024. Both the beef and shrimp dishes let us down, especially compared to last year. That said, the strawberry mochi was good, and the tofu dish is a solid choice if you’re looking for a vegetarian option. Full Spread at The Noodle Exchange That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: Unseasoned Beef and DELICIOUS Drinks. This EPCOT Festival Booth Is COMPLICATED. first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

We’re trekking over to the Japan booth at the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival and checking out the new and returning menu items right now! Japan food booth The EPCOT Food and Wine Festival runs through November 23rd this year! Throughout the festival, there are plenty of food booths, merchandise items, and concerts, too. Come along with us to the Japan booth to find out if it’s a booth you need to add to your must-eat-here list! Menu Japan has TWO new sushi dishes and a new drink along with several returnees. 2024 Japan Menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s EAT! Eats First up, we checked out the new Wagyu Temaki Sushi, hand-held sushi with sweet and savory American Wagyu beef topped with Takana Japanese pickles and spicy mayo sauce. This is available for $9.50. The beef was very tender and juicy and was complimented well by the spicy mayo. The mayo had a little bit of a kick that would be considered hot by people who struggle with Disney spice, but we still enjoyed it. The Japanese pickles on top were pretty pungent and had a ginger-like taste, and the ratio of beef to rice favored the rice, but we found it was held together nicely by the seaweed and was quite tasty overall. Wagyu Temaki Sushi Next up is the other new sushi for 2024, the Eel Temaki Sushi. This is also a hand-held sushi with grilled eel, egg crumbles, cucumber, and pickled daikon radish served with eel sauce. Get this for $9.50! This was probably the most disappointing thing we had because the potential was so high. The grilled eel tasted great but there wasn’t enough! Despite tasting so good, the eel, or lack thereof, was not enough to carry the dish. As for the egg crumbles, they really had no flavor and we wouldn’t have known they were there had we not read the menu listing. The eel sauce was also way too light and practically non-existent. However, the cucumber had a good crunch and we were also fans of the pickled daikon radish. Still, there just wasn’t enough happening with this dish despite the flavor profile being there. We hope it was a rare instance and you get a better plate if you decide to try it. Eel Temaki Sushi Returning for 2024 is the Teriyaki Chicken Bun, which is a steamed bun filled with minced chicken, vegetables, and teriyaki sauce. You can order this for $7.95. In 2023, this was one of our favorite items at the Festival. Teriyaki Chicken Bun Last year it was about 60% bao, 40% filling. It’s nice and meaty, but that teriyaki is sweet enough to complement the dough. We suggest checking it out again this year! Teriyaki Chicken Bun Now let’s check out the drinks on the menu! Drinks The new drink for 2024 is the boozy Kyoho Grape Sour made with Kyoho Black Grape cocktail with Japanese vermouth and Shōchū. It’ll cost you $8.75. This cocktail was fantastic! We couldn’t taste the alcohol as it was juice-heavy, which can be a good thing especially if you decide on going all-out at EPCOT. This beverage was sweet, light, tasty, and very smooth. A non-boozy drink on the menu this year is the Kyoho Drink which is made with Calpico with fragrant mellow and Kyoho Black Grape. This one is $7.00. Kyoho Grape Sour Returning again to the Japan book is a traditional Sake which you can order for $12.00, and the Sapporo Premium Beer which is priced at $5.50 for 6oz and $10 for 12oz. OVERALL Overall, this is a good booth with a ton of potential. While nothing blew us out of the water, we really liked the flavors the booth provides and think if you’re a fan of Japanese cuisine, you should give it a try. More adventurous with bold offerings, the Japan booth is worth a visit. Japan booth spread For the latest updates and reviews of each item, check out our links below and stay with us at Disney Food Blog. Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: These NEW EPCOT Snacks at Disney’s Japan Booth Will Be DIVISIVE first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Block & Hans is returning to the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival this year with something special! Block & Hans Block and Hans is one of the permanent EPCOT locations that also join in on the festival fun with exclusive, limited-time drinks and snacks. Come with us to check out this year’s item! Menu Over at Block and Hans, you’ll find a special festival-edition drink — the non-boozy Frozen Pineapple Chipotle Lemonade made Minute Maid Lemonade and chipotle pineapple syrup with a chili-lime salt rim. YUM Let’s try it! Drinks We stopped by Block and Hans and picked up the Frozen Pineapple Chipotle Lemonade! You can grab it from the festival for $5.29. You can also opt for a spirited version with Tito’s Handmade Vodka for $15 if that suits your fancy. We grabbed the nonalcoholic version to try this time around. Frozen Pineapple Chipotle Lemonade First things first, this drink is PRETTY! But, we do have to give the warning that since it’s a frozen drink, it melts FAST in that Florida sun. If you’re visiting the festival later in the year, it probably (hopefully!) won’t be a problem. The combination of pineapple and lemonade in this drink was something we don’t see often, and having it in a slush form was a treat on top of a treat. It was, of course, refreshing on a hot day and wasn’t too tart despite the pineapple and the lemon — but it wasn’t too sweet either. Frozen Pineapple Chipotle Lemonade The chili-lime rim was delicious but did get pretty spicy after a while! This isn’t one we’d recommend for kiddos just because of that, but overall we will definitely be getting this again. Maybe next time with vodka! OVERALL If you’re looking for a refreshing and fruity drink you likely haven’t had at EPCOT before, consider stopping by Block and Hans to try this treat! While we didn’t try the version that comes with Tito’s Vodka, we can easily see how it would be a welcome addition to the drink for someone looking for something a little extra. Even without it, though, we liked this and would get it again! That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! Would you try this festival treat? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: Shh! We’re Going to Let You in on a SECRET from the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

If you thought we were done eating our way around the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival, you would be wrong! Australia Booth Now that this deliciously entertaining festival has officially begun, we’ve started making our way around the food booths with tasty items, checking out the merchandise, and figuring out which concerts we just can’t miss. We know it sounds overwhelming, but we’re here to help ensure you know what to get and skip. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Australia booth — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out! Menu Over at the Australia booth, you’ll find a variety of available items. All the items are returning this year, including the Grilled Bushberry shrimp with Pepper, Onion, Snap Peas, and Coconut-Chili Sauce, the Roasted Lamb Chop with Mint Pesto, and Potato Crunchies, and the Lamington Yellow Cake with raspberry filling topped with chocolate and coconut. It’s time to get meaty. 2024 Australia Food Booth Menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats First up, we tried the Grilled Bushberry Shrimp with Pepper, Onion, Snap Peas and Coconut-Chili Sauce for $7. In the past, this entree had a bit of a kick, and we really loved how everything went together with the spicy shrimp flavor. Especially the snap peas! Grilled Bushberry Spiced Shrimp Skewer This year, we thought this was delicious once again! The rub on the shrimp is the really good part, as it’s a little spicy, but also a little sweet from the berry. You’ll definitely need to have some tolerance for spice before ordering this because we could still feel the heat 10 minutes after eating it. The one downside to this item is that the texture of the shrimp was a little fishy — because of that, it was probably our least favorite thing at this booth. Shrimp Skewer Next, we had the Roasted Lamb Chop with Mint Pesto and Vinegar Potato chips for $8.75. This has been one of our favorites at the festival. It’s juicy and flavorful, and as a bonus — it’s also gluten and wheat-friendly. Roasted Lamb Chop with mint pesto and crushed salt and vinegar potato chips Even if you don’t love lamb, you might like this dish. The lamb is SO tender and good, but the mint chutney and the salty potato chips just take it to the next level texture and flavor-wise. Our one caution here is that the mint is a pretty strong flavor, so you may want to avoid it if that’s not your thing. Lamb Chop And finally, we finished things off with something sweet — Lamington. This is a Yellow Cake with Raspberry Filling with Chocolate and Coconut for $4.75. When we had this last year, the cakes were really dense, while also being incredibly moist. Though this cake has a lot going on, this tends to be a dessert of balanced flavors, no one flavor is too strong or overwhelming. Let’s see if the same holds true for this year! Lamington Once again, this was moist and dense, while also somehow being light and delicious. It’s not flashy or fancy, but it’s a classic good dessert option, so if you’ve got the room for it, you might want to try it. Lamington So what about the beverages? Drinks We typically see a selection of beer and wines here. Grab the Yalumba ‘The Y Series’ Viognier, South Australia for $7.50 as part of the wine flight. We tried this as part of a flight last year when it was new and thought it was quite dry, and by the time we got to drink it, it was incredibly warm from the Florida heat. Once again, this was fairly dry, but it also has a nice floral taste and a hint of sweetness. Yalumba ‘The Y Series’ Viognier New to the booth this year is a new white and red wine. If you’re a fan of white wine, you can grab the Bulletin Place Sauvignon Blanc as part of the wine flight. This wine was very acidic and tart with some strong apple notes. This was quite dry overall, but paired well with the shrimp. If you don’t like acidic wines though, this won’t be for you. Bulletin Place Sauvignon Blanc Or, if you’re more of a red wine fan, pick up the Fowles Wine Farm to Table Shiraz as part of the wine flight as well. This was incredibly dark and very peppery. It kind of dries out your whole mouth when you drink it and sits on your tongue. This wine pairs nicely with the lamb though. Fowles Wine Farm to Table Shiraz So, what’s the verdict on Australia this year? OVERALL Australia has some delicious eats as always! We’re continually impressed by this booth year after year and it really is a sleeper hit — overshadowed by longtime favorites nearby like Canada or the brand new booths also near the front of World Showcase. The eats are all pretty great, and the wine flight comes with three VERY different beverages. You’d probably be hard-pressed to find someone who liked all three wines because they’re so contrasting. Full Spread at Australia That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Food & Wine Booth Menus One HUGE Change Is Coming to the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. IT'S WINE & DINE TIME! Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience. If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Learn More About the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival! Food and Wine Festival 101 Eat to the Beat Concert Updates EPCOT Food and Wine Festival - Fans Facebook Page Wine and Dine Half Marathon Details Get More Updates, Tips, and Tricks to Help You Conquer the Food & Wine Festival Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post Disney Can Pry This EPCOT Festival Food From Our Cold Dead Hands first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article