News and Updates

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 ... )

Easter is in April this year. Yay!  It's April 9th, 2023 to be exact, and Café Gauguin in the Rosen Center, Orlando is hosting a pretty big Easter Brunch Buffet spread. Let's see if we can unpack some of the details before looking at the menu… the Brunch takes place on April 9th, 2023 and there's seating available from 11:00am - 4:30pm. There's a couple different prices though… if you make a reservation and pre-pay, it's $58.95 (plus tax, plus service fee) per adult, children 4-12 ... ( read more ... )

It's only a month long, but there's nothing quite like hot food on a cold day. From Friday, January 27th through Sunday February 26th, 2023 — guests at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg can enjoy some great food and beverage items while letting the good times roll — (but only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only… plus President' Day, Monday February 20th, 2023). There's over 30 food and beverage items on this year's festival menu and the popular Mardi Gras Sampler Lanyards are back too! A ... ( read more ... )