Dining and Event News

At first glance, this might seem like a duplicate page for the Seven Seas Food Festival, but it's not. When it comes to food festivals, I'm really interested in the food first — and then tend to drink whatever is around, close to the food. The full "food & beverage" list for Seven Seas is really long... so I usually put together this "food only" page — to help me figure out what I want to try and where it is on the map. Hopefully, it's useful to someone else out there too! I've kept ... ( read more ... )

There's brand new Red, White, & Brews event on the calendar at Busch Gardens, Tampa this year — so I'm adding it to the Festivals & Events list here at Mealtrip.com. While it may be a little too early to "officially" speculate if this new event is going to have a food component — I'm guessing that it will. Since the word "Brews" is in the title of the festival, beer will most probably be one of the featured components. Because you really shouldn't be walking around drinking too ... ( read more ... )

The 2024 Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld, Orlando is taking place on (select) Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from February 2nd through May 19th, 2024. The food booths are said to open at 11:00am on all festival days (although in years past, we've noticed that on some Thursdays and Fridays — the booths didn't open until 2:00pm). The popular Sampler Lanyards are back for 2024! There's 10 and 15 sample options this year (along with an 18 sample option for annual passholders), and ... ( read more ... )

This colorful Bulging Eye Chicken Passholder Magnet will be available starting January 29th, 2024 at Epcot, and will be available until February 23rd, 2024 (or until supplies run out). The Bulging Eye Chicken's name is Hehei, an accident-prone rooster from the beloved Disney classic animated feature, Moana… who is dependent on, and yet contributes to the social fabric of the Motunui community. (You have no idea how hard it was for me to write that previous sentence.)Each Annual Passholder can get ... ( read more ... )

The Garden Rocks Concert Series features performances from popular bands at the American Garden Theater which is located in the American Pavilion near the back of Epcot. While the concerts are free with your admission to Epcot, there are also Garden Rocks Dinner Packages available (more info below), which guarantee a seat for one of the concerts. (Entertainment subject to change without notice.) The popular concert series has shows scheduled every night from February 28th, 2024 through May 27th, ... ( read more ... )

The Busch Gardens Mardi Gras Event takes place on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 13th and March 3rd, 2024 (along with MLK Monday January 15th, 2024). Mardi Gras Sampler Lanyards are back for 2024 and are a great way to enjoy the event. A 5 Item Sampler Lanyard is $45.00 (plus tax) and a 10 Item Sampler Lanyard is $60.00 (plus tax)… there's even a Pass Member Exclusive 12-item Food & Beverage Sampler Lanyard available (that gives you 12 samples for the price of 10). The Sampler ... ( read more ... )

There are 16 food and/or beverage booth locations (give or take) for this year's Epcot International Festival of the Arts that will be offering a multitude of food and beverage items during the 2024 festival. There are also 6 “everyday” locations that will be adding special items to their menus just for the festival.  Most of the kiosk locations open from 11:00am and stay open until the posted park closing time, during the festival dates. The event is included with park admission, but ... ( read more ... )

The Disney On Broadway Concert Series is back for the 2024 Epcot Festival of the Arts ... along with the Disney On Broadway dining package.  The popular show features a pair of award-winning Broadway stars performing songs from Disney’s Broadway productions with a small live band. The stars that perform alternate each night, so that you can (usually) go two days in a row and not see the same performers (but the set list generally stays the same). On the last day of the festival (February ... ( read more ... )