food IS a theme park
Disney parks have many iconic snacks, including Mickey Premium Bars, DOLE Whip swirls, and the infamous turkey legs. One snack also doubles as one of Disney’s most long-lasting in-park souvenirs: the popcorn bucket!
Magic Kingdom Premium Popcorn Bucket
You can pick from many different flavors of the freshly popped snack. This includes the classic butter flavor as well as more adventurous options, like the seasonal Holiday Festive Popcorn and otherworldly Blueberry Almond Popcorn from Pandora.
Part of the fun of EPCOT’s festivals is trying out all the seasonal food and drinks!
Potato Pancake and Beer Flight
For some of us though, finding food and drink that we can eat and enjoy can be difficult. If you’re part of the gluten-free gang at Disney, you’re not alone! We hunt for gluten-free snacks for you guys so that you never have to go hungry or miss out on the magical food at Disney World.
The 2023 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival is nearly here!
Let The Fun Begin!
The Festival will run from March 1st through July 5th and there will be concerts to enjoy, dining packages to book, food booths to get all kinds of eats and drinks from, new merchandise, and MUCH more. Disney recently dropped the FULL menus for the Flower & Garden Festival, but just how many of those items are new? Let’s take a complete look here!
Calling all lovers of Orange Bird, springtime, and all things Flower and Garden!
We love Flower and Garden!
Disney just dropped NEW info on all that we can expect from EPCOT’s International Flower and Garden Festival in 2023, and we were NOT disappointed. Of course, the food and drink options are super exciting, but we’re excited about the merchandise options, too!
It’s an exciting time, DFB friends!
2022 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival
EPCOT’s Flower & Garden Festival is returning to the park from March 1st through July 5th. We’ve already shared a look at everything we know is returning for this year’s festival, and a peek at some of the booths confirmed for the festival, but we have been waiting on the official menus to be released for all the 15+ outdoor food kitchens, and now they’re here!
BIG NEWS for those of you hoping to participate in Hot Cookie Hour at Gideon’s Bakehouse in Disney Springs this month!
Gideon’s Bakehouse
You may be wondering: What’s Hot Cookie Hour? Well, Hot Cookie Hour happens twice a day at Gideon’s Bakehouse in Disney Springs, once from 2 to 3PM and once from 7 to 8PM. During this time, you can grab a fresh, HOT cookie with vanilla ice cream. It. Is. Delicious! Usually, you can only get a plain chocolate chip cookie as part of this experience, but during the rest of February, you can grab a special one!
You’ve got to be CAREFUL when you go to Disney World!
Trattoria al Forno
Why? Well, some of the things you might love may go totally missing without notice! Disney lost 6 food items in 2022 and we’ve even seen animatronics go missing for a while. You never know what surprises you might be met with during your next trip. Now, it seems another item may have disappeared without a trace!
It’s Mardi Gras season, but the French Market Restaurant AND Mint Julep Bar in Disneyland just CLOSED (to make way for the upcoming Tiana’s Palace restaurant). You know the Mint Julep Bar — the place where you could grab the delicious Mickey-shaped beignets at Disneyland? When we heard this news, we panicked a little, not gonna lie.
The most delicious
Of course, Disney knows better than to make us suffer from a lack of Mickey beignets, especially during Mardi Gras. Although the French Market Restaurant is permanently closed, the Mint Julep Bar will reopen later this year as part of Tiana’s Palace. In the meantime, you can grab Mickey beignets from another location at Disneyland!
It’s time to celebrate Mardi Gras!
Let’s Celebrate!
At Disney World, THE place to be for these celebrations is Port Orleans Resort! Guests can take part in themed activities at the resorts (like checking out a super unique parade), listen to exciting jazz music, and even enjoy tasty treats. If you don’t know that these celebrations are going on, you might have totally missed them — they’re a bit of a secret! But now that you’re “in the know,” join us as we check out 2 of the treats available there and see if either is worth your cash.
Let’s head back into EPCOT, shall we?
Spaceship Earth
This park has a LOT going on right now — lots of construction is going on, the Festival of the Arts has ended, and the Flower and Garden Festival is right around the corner. Come with us to take a look at what’s new in EPCOT from this past week!
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