News and Updates

There's only 273 Master Sommeliers in the world, and one of them is George Miliotes, owner of Wine Bar George at Disney Springs. If you're interested in hearing what a Master Sommelier has to say about wine, and participate in a "blind" tasting of six different wines (chosen by George Miliotes)... you're in luck, because there's an event scheduled at Wine Bar George that pretty much sounds exactly like that. I'm still not sure if the event will feature new wine that's been made for drinking in the ... ( read more ... )

Father's Day is Sunday, June 18th, 2023 and the Rosen Center is serving up a pretty cool sounding picnic buffet at Harry’s Poolside Bar & Grill from 12pm-6pm. Adults are $49.95 and children ages 4-12 are $22.95. Tax and a service charge are not included in those prices. Reservations are highly recommended and can be made by calling (407) 996-3970. Dads get one FREE Draft Beer! I'm not sure what everyone else gets to drink. I'm assuming there's soda and water, but alcoholic beverages are ... ( read more ... )

I missed posting this one by about a month, but the Williamsburg Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival Menu for 2023 looks so good, I still wanted to add it to our system. Plus, the festival is still going on for another month… so there's plenty of time to visit! The food booths and kiosks are open Thursdays through Sundays (from April, 27th until June 11th, 2023), plus Memorial Day Monday… from 11:30am until 30 minutes prior to the posted park closing time. While parts of the event are free ... ( read more ... )

SeaWorld, Orlando has just introduced a new voucher program for annual passholders (SeaWorld Orlando Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Florida Platinum Pass Members only), called Passport to Summer, where you could (eventually) collect various rewards based on how many times you visit. Before we get to the rewards, here's how it works... Visit SeaWorld Orlando between May 17 – June 30, 2023. You must visit a self-service kiosk and print a "Visitation Voucher" on each visit or else it doesn't count. The ... ( read more ... )

SeaWorld is changing things up a little bit this summer with a new festival that they're tentatively naming "Summer Spectacular". The long new festival replaces "Electric Ocean" and runs from May 27th, 2023 through September, 4th 2023. Astute festival travelers may notice that SeaWorld's popular Craft Beer Festival also takes place on the tail-end of the new Summer Spectacular period. The Craft Beer Festival runs from July 28th, 2023 through September, 4th 2023. If the thought of keeping track of all ... ( read more ... )

Every now and then Harry's Poolside Bar & Grill at the Rosen Center hosts a fancy, culinary forward pool party. The Saturday, March 25th, 2023 event will feature several beers from the Big Storm Brewing Company and culinary pairings by chef Tello Luna. The event begins at 6:30pm, runs about 90 minutes (give or take), and costs $70 (plus tax and service charge). The event sounds pretty cool, it's maybe even something I'd go to ... but I've never been able to figure out how to get a ticket. The email ... ( read more ... )

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 14th, 2023 and the Rosen Shingle Creek is serving up a buffet style brunch at Café Osceola form 11am-6:00pm. The Rosen properties seem to have complicated pricing for these special event buffets — this one isn't much easier to calculate than the nearby Mother's Day Brunch Buffet at the Rosen Center (International Drive location). So for the Mother's Day Brunch here at Café Osceola, it's... Adults : $89.95Children (Ages 4-11): $37.95Children (Ages 3 & ... ( read more ... )

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 14th, 2023 and the Rosen Center is serving up a pretty great sounding brunch at Café Gauguin from 11am-4:30pm. As usual, there's a couple different prices, depending on when you book and pay for the experience (and it's a little confusing, to me anyway). If you make a reservation and pre-pay, it's $58.95 (plus tax, plus service fee) per adult, and children 4-12 are $24.95 (plus tax, plus service fee), while children 3 and under are free. They don't really publish how ... ( read more ... )