food IS a theme park
We’re loving the abundant (and we mean abundant — three snack checklists worth!) holiday eats and drinks at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. We found the brand new Sugar Plum Churro at the snack cart by Haunted Mansion!
Sugar Plum Churro
Salt & Straw Handmade Ice Cream
in Disneyland’s Downtown Disney is a small-batch ice creamery serving up some seriously provocative and surprising flavors.
Salt & Straw
The holidays are in full effect at Disney Parks on both coasts, and Disney California Adventure Park’s Flo’s V-8 Cafe is in on the action with a trio of holiday-specific menu items.
Oil Filter Roof — Up Close
There’s no shortage of great new eats coming to Disneyland Resort for the holiday season, and but if you want to get your paws on something new today, you’ll want to bumble your way over to Hungry Bear Restaurant! The official DisneylandToday Twitter page reveals that this charming quick service spot has a brand new menu!
Hungry Bear Restaurant
We get a ton of questions about allergens here at the DFB, and we know lots of you will be thrilled with the latest news from the online menus on DisneyWorld.com and Disneyland.com.
Allergy-friendly menus are now ONLINE
Guests can now view allergy-specific menus for some of Disney World’s and Disneyland’s restaurants online — and that means you can get a better idea of what’s safe to eat before you even arrive for your vacation!
Allergy-specific menus
Epcot’s World Showcase at Walt Disney World
is home to so many interesting restaurants serving high-quality food from around the (actual) world that it can be hard to decide which to choose.
And frankly, Nine Dragons in the China Pavilion has been one that we’ve decided to skip much of the time. The setting is lovely and worth exploring, but in the past, the food has been lackluster, no better than most of the Americanized Chinese restaurants found in strip malls around the country.
But we give second chances (and third and fourth and fifth) here at the DFB, so I made a reservation and hoped for something to love in this table service spot. And while I won’t say Nine Dragons has clawed its way up too far in the rankings of table service restaurants at Epcot, I will say that my most recent visit was the best I’ve had here.
While I encourage you to take that with a grain of salt, I also want to acknowledge that plenty of you do enjoy eating here, and I will always cling to optimism that even the least palatable of Walt Disney World dining locations will be in a constant state of flux, striving for better.
But let’s start with what we already love about Nine Dragons: its magical decor and warm atmosphere.
Welcome to Nine Dragons!
OK, we just told you about an off-the-menu, secret Bell Burger loaded with lobster over at Liberty Tree Tavern. And today we’ve got another specialty burger to share with you! …are you ready for a SPAM BURGER?!? We’re taking you over to Capt. Cooks at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort for this sweet treat.
Specialty Pineapple Spam Burger at Captain Cook’s
We’re turning the clocks back one hour this weekend…which means YOU get an extra hour of sleep! To celebrate “falling back” this weekend we’re having a FLASH SALE at the DFB Store!
Are you planning a trip to Walt Disney World during the busy holiday season? Or do you have your eyes set on 2019 vacation? Whenever you visit, we know one thing for sure: you need to make some plans.
Can you believe it? Seriously, it’s time to get going on those Advance Dining Reservations for SPRING BREAK NEXT YEAR! (Nope. Not even joking.) And we’re going to make sure you choose the best restaurants Disney has to offer — and save some money while you’re at it — with our Fall Back Flash Sale!
Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs
is packed wall-to-wall with terrific places to grab a meal, but sometimes, even with all the new choices, you might want to enjoy an old favorite. For us, Earl of Sandwich has been a consistently tasty spot to pick up a quick service sandwich and sides. And at a recent media event, we were excited to revisit two holiday favorites and a brand new holiday offering!
Earl of Sandwich in Disney Springs
You know the holiday eats are a big deal with the Earl is in the house — holding his beloved Holiday Turkey Sandwich.
Earl with Sandwich
Since this was a holiday event, you’ll want to know how to treat yourself even while buying a little somethin’ for someone else. At Earl of Sandwich this holiday season, if you purchase a $25 gift card, you’ll get a $5 holiday reward card, too! [Read more…]
The Christmas season has begun in earnest at Walt Disney World, and even the dinos at T-Rex restaurant in Disney Springs are getting in on the action! That’s right: Santa and Mrs. Claus are hosting a breakfast buffet among the giant lizards, and you can join them!
©T-Rex Cafe
This perennial event has been held at T-Rex for the past two years, with guests getting their fill of a breakfast buffet that includes such tasty morsels as Mini Pancakes, Omelette and Waffle Stations, and a French toast stack called Dexter’s Delight! (Dexter, you’ll want to know, is the dinosaur mascot of the restaurant!)
T-Rex Restaurant Welcomes Santa and Mrs. Claus!
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