food IS a theme park
This coming Sunday, we’ll be kicking off the Festival of the Holidays in Epcot. But out on the west coast…
Festival of Holidays
…the Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure has been in full swing for the past week!
Are you familiar with New York City’s Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer? Then you may be excited to hear that this award-winning burger joint will open its first California location in Disneyland’s Downtown Disney District next year!
Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer ©Disney
Black Tap will bring their well-known All-American and Vegan Burgers to the new location, along with their signature CrazyShake™ milkshakes, like The Cotton Candy Shake (Strawberry) and The Bam Bam Shake (the “Fruity Pebbles” Shake). Garnishes for these over-the-top Shakes include items like lollipops, rock candy, cotton candy, candy pearls, and more!
Visions of Sugarplums (and much more!) sure are dancing all around Disneyland for the Holidays!
Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle
I mean, you didn’t think all the Holiday Snacking was limited to the Booths at the Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure, did you? Of course not! There are festive treats galore all over Disneyland Resort, available now through January 7, 2018!
Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, and the Disneyland hotels are full to the brim with sweet snacks like Gingerbread Man Cookies and Snowman Shortbread Cookies.
HOORAY!!! We’ve got all the info you need about one of the best Disneyland Holiday traditions EVER. The famous Hand-Pulled Candy Canes are on the way back for the season… and we’ve got all the WHENS and WHERES for you right here!
Hand-Made Candy Canes in Disneyland!
If you’re new to these legendary treats, you can learn all about the Disneyland Candy Canes by clicking here!
Disney’s Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure officially kicks off this Friday, November 10th, for the second year running!
Festival of Holidays!
But DFB was on the scene for a soft opening of the event TODAY (with a HUGE “Thank You” to our on-the-scene pals, Sabrina — also known as @everythingdisney.55 on Instagram, and Heather @diningindisney!).
Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure
Disney California Adventure is packed with festive music, entertainment, and FOOD to celebrate the season from now through January 7, 2018! [Read more…]
The twelve Disneyland Festival of Holidays Food Booths serving eats at Disney’s Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure Park are already in place, ready for the Festival to start on Friday, November 10th!
Festival of Holidays
And guess what else is ready? The Festival Marketplace Booth MENUS!!
As we learned last week, the vast majority of Festival Marketplace Booths are NEW for 2017 — which means the vast majority of items on the menus are brand new, too!
You can check out the full menus here! But among other items, look for Chorizo Queso Fundido with House-made Tortilla Chips at Chips, Breads, & Holiday Spreads.
HUGE NEWS out of Disneyland today, my friends! It has just been announced that Pixar Pier — which is coming to Disneyland Resort’s Disney California Adventure Park — will bring serious changes for favorites Cove Bar and Ariel’s Grotto — including closures and renovations. While we’ve known that Pixar-themed changes are in store for Paradise Pier for a while, now we have more of the scoop!
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Pixar Pier will be made up of four new neighborhoods representing four Pixar stories. The highlight of The Incredibles neighborhood will be the new Incredicoaster (transforming the current California Screamin’, which will close on January 8th).
Toy Story and Inside Out will also be represented in their own neighborhoods and will include a new family-friendly ride in the Inside Out area (opening season not yet announced).
Several Pixar stories will be represented in the fourth neighborhood, which will bring a new look to Mickey’s Fun Wheel (each gondola will feature a different Pixar character). The Games of the Boardwalk will likewise be re-themed with Pixar characters. January 8th is again the closing date for Mickey’s Fun Wheel, Games of the Boardwalk, and Sideshow Shirts so the spots can begin their transformation. [Read more…]
The Disney Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure Park in Disneyland Resort will run from November 10, 2017, through January 7, 2018, celebrating the season with special entertainment, music, and FOOD! You can read all about the various experiences that make up the Festival here. But in the meantime, the merry elves at Disneyland Resort are already getting prepared for the second annual celebration!
Twelve Festival Marketplace Booths have made their way to Disney California Adventure (with more to come!). And there are SEVERAL new booths making up the list this year, including Chips, Breads & Holiday Spreads (pictured above), and Joy to the Sauce (pictured below)!
OK, for serious. I’m just going to say it. This is the BEST food in Disneyland. Believe me, Napa Rose is incredible, Steakhouse 55 slays, and Club 33 is amazing. I’ve been to all three many times. But if I only have one meal to eat in Disneyland, it’s going to be this one.
We all know that Disney restaurants can be maddeningly inconsistent, but this one? Always good. And these particular menu items are home-runs every single time. It’s a good day for a visit to Cafe Orleans in Disneyland, don’t you think?
Located in New Orleans Square, this casual Table Service restaurant serves consistently killer NOLA French Quarter-inspired fare with a little bonus panache.
New Orleans Square
New Orleans Square, for those who haven’t been, is so fun. It’s always Mardi Gras here, people! Big masks, oversized beads, and beautiful architectural details make this place a magnet for visitors to the Happiest Place on Earth.
And Cafe Orleans is right in the heart of things.
Cafe Orleans is a pretty classy joint. Think stained glass and elegant decor (by theme park standards). It all starts outside. [Read more…]
If you follow our Disneyland correspondent Heather Sievers on her Instagram, you know she’s got a bit of a thing for the Haunted Mansion. (And hey, don’t we all 🙂 ? )
Well, lucky for us, Heather’s friends and family treated her right for her recent birthday by ordering a totally epic specialty cake for her birthday dinner at Napa Rose at the Grand Californian Resort in Disneyland.
It’s the Haunted Mansion-themed cake, and It. Is. EVERYTHING.
Haunted Mansion Cake
Let’s just break this thing down for a minute. First is the perfectly eerie purple frosting with black Haunted Mansion wallpaper accents and Haunted Mansion-approved script, written by some of the greatest ghost writers the literary world has ever known, I presume… [Read more…]
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