Dining and Event News

Show times are listed as being 5:30, 6:45, and 8:00pm, daily. The Eat to the Beat concert series features three nightly performances from popular bands at the American Garden Theater which is located in the American Pavilion at the back of Epcot. While the concerts are free with your admission to Epcot, there are also Eat to the Beat Concert Dinner Packages available, which guarantee a seat for one of the concerts. (Entertainment subject to change without notice.) Sept 14-15 (wed-thu) ... ( read more ... )

There are several free and paid events that take place in Epcot's "Festival Center" during the International Food and Wine Festival. We'll start with the premium (paid) events and then move on to the no-additional cost experiences. Additionally, a Disney Fine Art Gallery, bookstore, a wine and beverage shop, the Festival Gift Shop, and Intermissions Cafe are located in Festival Center, which is open from 9:00am until park close. General booking for paid events begins on July 21st, 2016 at 7am EST For ... ( read more ... )

Located just past Canada and before the UK pavilions at Epcot, you will find the entrance to the World ShowPlace building. This is "the" premium location for Food and Wine Events. If you're walking down the World ShowPlace courtyard to enter the building for an event, you're about to experience the best that the Food and Wine Festival has to offer. The space will host 11 events during the 2016 Food and Wine Festival, possibly more if special Disney Chase/Visa events are added to the calendar. Most ... ( read more ... )

New for 2016, the "Resort Premium Dining Experiences" are Food & Wine Special Events that take place (wait for it).... at Disney Resort locations. There are just 12 dates in total (at the moment) and we'll keep you posted if any more become available. All four new events are special experiences that have not been offered to the public before. If you're interested, I wouldn't wait much past the opening booking day to book your experience. These will likely fill up fast General booking begins on ... ( read more ... )

Formerly referred to as the "Signature Dining" events, the newly named "Festival Culinary Adventures Around the Walt Disney World Resort" Series allows guests to treat themselves to unique dining experiences from a line-up of resident chefs, preparing culinary delights to entice the senses. Sept 15 (thu) - The BOATHOUSE (Disney Springs) 11:30am - $150 Sept 20 (tue) - ESPN Club (BoardWalk Inn) 12:00pm - $119 Sept 24 (sat) - Narcoossee's (Grand Floridian) 12:00pm - ... ( read more ... )

The Food and Wine Festival Preview Lunch for Tables in Wonderland members is one of the longest-standing events that we've had over the years. Usually held a couple months before the festival starts, it gives TiW Members a chance to preview some of the new food and beverage offerings that will be arriving at the annual fall festival. The TiW Food and Wine Preview Lunch was held last Sunday (June 26th, 2016) in the World Showplace Pavilion at Epcot. There's so much information that's given out, ... ( read more ... )

The Contempo Cafe at Disney's Contemporary Resort seems to have a good rotation of cupcakes over the course of a year. There's not really any set schedule, but if you show up seasonally, there's a pretty good chance that there will be a couple different cupcakes in the good old bakery display case. Rounding the corner and rushing over to the chilled plexiglass box to see what's new is quickly becoming one of my favorite things to do at the Contemporary Resort. On my most recent visit, the previous ... ( read more ... )

We're performing some testing here at Mealtrip.com, and will also be implementing a few site-wide changes over the next few weeks. Some changes you won't notice, some you will. We've taken measures to insure that no matter what the site looks like, it will continue to "work" without interruption and none of the reviews that you've put into our system will be lost. All of this work is to address three main points... 1) to make the site just a bit faster 2) to make the site more useful on ... ( read more ... )