Dining and Event News

Below are our beautifully squared off, easy to read, menu boards and prices for the 2022 Epcot Festival of the Holiday's "Holiday Kitchens" (aka food booths). If you happen to be a Pinterest user, individual squared off menu boards have been uploaded to our Festival of the Holiday's board on Pinterest. They fit so nicely in your phone's display! Those menu boards can be found here... Pinterest Menu Boards for the 2022 Festival of the Holidays at Epcot. The Holiday Cookie Stroll is a little scavenger hunt ... ( read more ... )

The Disney On Broadway Concert Series is back for the 2023 Festival of the Arts at Epcot … (along with the Disney On Broadway dining package). Technically, I'm supposed to write "Disney On Broadway" in all caps, so that you know it's at Epcot and not the actual "Broadway" which is in New York — but I don't like typing in all caps, and you're smart enough to realize I'm talking about performances at Epcot in Orlando and not New York. The popular show features a pair of award-winning Broadway ... ( read more ... )

The Holiday Kitchen Food Booths are a big part of Epcot's Festival of the Holidays event — which takes place this year from November 25th, 2022 through December 30th, 2022. The food, beverage and booths are similar to those at the Food & Wine Festival and are open from 11:00am. There might not be quite as many booths around the park — but there's a distinct "winter food" theme in all the food and beverages being offered. The cost of each item is only revealed once the festival starts and ... ( read more ... )

Now that the Halloween season has come to an end, we can start thinking about the Holidays!!! Over at Loews Portofino Bay "the" holiday event that kicks off the season is Holiday Harbor Nights — and we've got (almost) the whole menu! This year's event will take place on Friday, November 25th, 2022 (one day after Thanksgiving), from 6:30pm - 9:00pm in the Harbor Piazza. Right now (I'm writing this about four weeks before the event) all the ticket levels are still available... but they do tend to ... ( read more ... )

Christmas Town at Busch Gardens, Tampa begins on Monday November 14th, 2022 and takes place every day through January 9th, 2023! There's all kinds of festive holiday offering including Santa's North Pole Experience, the Holly Jolly™ Express, Rudolph's Winter Wonderland, an Ice Skating show, holiday lights, fireworks, and of course — holiday food and beverages!Most of the Christmas Town Village Food & Beverage Cabins are located in the "festival food loop" (around the Garden Gate Cafe), ... ( read more ... )

SeaWorld Orlando's Christmas Celebration begins on Friday, November 11, 2022 and takes place on select dates until December 31, 2022. There are all kinds of festive holiday offering including special stage shows, a Sesame Street Holiday Parade, nightly snow flurries, holiday lights, fireworks, and of course — holiday food and beverages!  The Christmas Celebration Tasting and Brew Sampler Lanyard is back this year, and it's a great way to try the food and beverage samples that the festival ... ( read more ... )

It looks like the Kona Cafe (over at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort) will be open for business again starting on November 1st, 2022 — for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The location had been closed for a minor refresh — probably new carpet or paint and wallpaper retouches... we're not expecting anything major to change. Disney has mentioned there will be a couple of menu changes, "everything will be different, yet familiar" — which usually means the prices are increasing. I ... ( read more ... )

We're finally getting our first look at the Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic Menus for 2022!!! The event runs from 5:30pm until 9:00pm again this year, and (as of 19/17/22) "causeway" strolling tickets are still available. The "causeway ticket" allows unlimited food and beverage tastings for each night. A separate causeway ticket would be needed for each night of the event. A causeway ticket this year is $165 per person ($185 with tax and service fees). For more information (or to purchase tickets) ... ( read more ... )