Dining and Event News

This year's Swan and Dolphin's annual Food and Wine Classic weekend is taking place on Friday, November 15th and Saturday, November 16th, 2024 — and the popular Seminar Series is back as well... but with just three seminars this year. They're all being offered at the same time, and on the same day — so you'll have to pick just one if you're interested in attending. The "Learn to Impress" seminars are led by various Managers and Sommeliers that work with some of the Swan and Dolphin's ... ( read more ... )

It's almost Halloween time at SeaWorld and we've got an update to one of the long-standing Spooktacular offerings ... the Sesame Street themed "Spooktacular Breakfast Buffet with Count von Count" — has been replaced with the "Shamu & Crew Spooktacular Breakfast". Everything is pretty much the same, but with different characters! The buffet style breakfast starts at 9:00am at the SeaFire Grill and will take place on Saturdays and Sundays only  between September 7th, 2024 and November ... ( read more ... )

This Lion King themed "D" magnet will be available starting August 14th, 2024 at Animal Kingdom, and will be available until September 22nd, 2024 (or until supplies run out). Each Annual Passholder can get ONE magnet… you have to physically be in Animal Kingdom, with your Annual Pass (digital or physical), and have a government issued photo ID to prove that you — are you. There will not be any kind of Virtual Cue system in place for these… each passholder that wants one, will have to ... ( read more ... )

The full menu list for this year's Epcot Food & Wine Festival has arrived! When the festival opens on August 29th, 2024 there will be approximately 33(ish) food & beverage locations (or "Global Marketplaces") with an additional five "normal/everyday" locations serving special Food and Wine Items (the definition for what's "permanent" and what's not is getting a little fuzzy). While the event is included with park admission, food and beverage items require separate purchase. The annual festival ... ( read more ... )

The fall version of Jake's Beer Festival takes place on Friday, October 4th, 2024... and just from carefully reading the info from Loews, it sounds like the VIP Ticket has changed a little bit from what it had been. More on that in a minute (below the menu). Jake's Beer Festival is a "sip and stroll" style event and is three hours long (from 6pm to 9pm). It features 50+ craft beers and hard seltzers from local and regional breweries, along with some fun tapas-sized food pairings. The featured breweries ... ( read more ... )

While not exactly being a "foodie" event — the shear number of special, extra-cost food and beverage items that will be available for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party (MNSSHP) is worth putting together a menu page for. As we see it, there's too many things to try on just one night, so I wanted to do a little pre-planning and see what all is available... just like I would for one of the larger food festivals at Epcot. The "how, when and where" to get these food items is a little different ... ( read more ... )

For me, the full Epcot Food & Wine Festival menu list is a little overwhelming because it's very large. Usually, what I really want to read about is the new food items, and then I drink whatever is nearby. So I've assembled this "Food Only" menu list of Food & Wine Festival items — that's a little easier to digest. If you would like to see the FULL Epcot Food & Wine Festival menu list (with all the beverages), click here. Here's everything we know so far about the kiosks and food items ... ( read more ... )

Below are the squared off, easy to read, menu boards and prices for the 2024 Bands, Brew and BBQ Festival's food and beverage kiosks!  If you happen to be a Pinterest user, individual squared off menu boards have been uploaded to our gallery on Pinterest. They fit so nicely in your phone's display! Those menu boards can be found here... Pinterest Menu Boards for the 2024 Bands, Brew and BBQ Festival at SeaWorld.  They didn't use the tall, vertical standalone signs for this year's festival ... ( read more ... )