Dining and Event News

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 ... )

It's hard to believe that in less than a month, the 2016 Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot will be over! Since the festival began (and after my last post about the Festival's new Bauernmarkt kiosk), I have had the chance to sample a few more items at the 12 other "Outdoor Kitchen" food booths around World Showcase. The new La Isla Fresca kiosk near the front entrance of World Showcase (veer to the left if you're standing in Future World and looking at World Showcase) is offering a Jerk-spiced ... ( read more ... )

A few of you may have noticed that we're not showing photos of every single one of the Outdoor Kitchen Food Items at this year's Flower and Garden Festival. When looking at the statistics for our site, it seemed that while many visitors enjoyed viewing the main photo page, very few were leaving detailed reviews for individual food items. The more I thought about it, the whole implementation was a little too deep for "strolling kiosk food items". I am working on a new, quicker, more fun interface that ... ( read more ... )

There's tons of pollen in the air here in Central Florida, and that can only mean one thing... the outdoor Food and Beverage Kiosks at Epcot's 2016 Flower and Garden Festival are very close to serving up their yummy tapas-sized treats once again! This year's 23rd Flower and Garden Festival is an unprecedented 90-days long and in an also unprecedented move, we actually have the full menu available… 11 days before the festival starts!!!! Who's updating their website late-night and over the ... ( read more ... )

A few years ago, we saw Sunshine Seasons (the giant food court located on the bottom level of the Land Pavilion), briefly get in on some of the Food and Wine action by serving up a few tasting-sized items during the annual Festival. An oak-grilled vegetarian sandwich and vegetarian flatbread were available if memory serves me right... and they were pretty good too! This year during Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival is officially "in the books" with two items, an Oak-Grilled Vegetable Flatbread and a ... ( read more ... )

Well, it looks like it's going to be a warm Christmas here in Central Florida. The Hot Toddies are just going to have to wait until January, but no worries… we found a great substitute on a recent Mealtrip to Portofino Bay's Holiday Harbor Nights. The Santaquila Sunrise has a shockingly modern, bright green holiday appearance, and includes a small nod to the season thanks to the Jose Cuervo Cinge (which is a Cinnamon Infused Tequila). The drinking profile is most definitely tropical, but the ... ( read more ... )

There's a great event series that takes place at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel called Harbor Nights and we wanted to find a way to work it into our ever growing directory system somehow. In the theme park and resort world, Disney hosts many themed special events that include dining elements. Most are in-park and a few are held at various resorts throughout the year. They are expensive splurges to be sure, but they are fun and most are executed at a very high level. In commercial ventures, ... ( read more ... )