2016 Eat To The Beat Concert Series Schedule
Epcot Food and Wine
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 ... )
Festival Center Experiences for 2016 (Free and Paid)
Epcot Food and Wine
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 ... )
World ShowPlace Premium Events for 2016
Epcot Food and Wine
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 ... )
Premium Resort Dining Experiences for 2016
Epcot Food and Wine
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 ... )
2016 Festival Culinary Adventures (Signature Dining)
Epcot Food and Wine
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 ... )
Tables in Wonderland's 2016 Food & Wine Festival Preview Lunch
Epcot
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 ... )
Filled Pineapple-Raspberry Cupcake at Disney's Contempo Cafe
Disney Resorts
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 ... )
Updates and Changes
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 ... )
Last Call for 2016's Flower and Garden Festival Food Items
Epcot
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 Closer Look at the Bauernmarkt Outdoor Kitchen Food Kiosk
Epcot
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 ... )