Walt Disney World Recognized for Providing Options to Guests With Special Diets

Babycakes NYC Cupcakes in Downtown Disney are perfect for many special diets

Guests traveling to Walt Disney World with special diets rave about the exemplary attention that they received while dining at WDW restaurants. We often hear that WDW listened to their concerns and responded with menu choices that were not only safe but also delicious.

So, it’s not surprising that Walt Disney Parks and Resorts have been recognized for their dedication to providing options for guests dining with food allergies by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resort accepted the FAAN Corporate Leadership award.

In 2009 alone, WDW accommodated [Read more…]

Disney Food for Families: Steal This Idea – The Rice Krispie Treat Vinylmation

By Erin 7 Comments

Disney Food for Families columnist Erin Foster has a fun project for anyone who’s ever loved rice krispie treats and vinylmation!

Second only to my family’s love of Disney food is our love of Disney Vinylmation. These collectible figurines all start with the same Mickey-shaped base, but are designed by artists to resemble other characters, park elements, cultural touchstones, or random cool designs. My daughters and I have spent many a happy hour in the parks hunting for and trading Vinylmations. Some of our favorite finds have been food-themed Vinyls.

Food themed Vinylmations

We’ve been impressed with the execution of classic Disney-food items in Vinyl: the Mickey bar, the turkey leg, the box of popcorn. One day while speculating about which delicious icon might be Vinylized next, my daughter Josie came up with the idea that Disney should make a Rice Krispie treat themed Vinylmation — a plastic depiction of the [Read more…]

Special Snacks: Disneyland’s Lunar New Year Egg Roll

By Heather 1 Comment

Our Dining in Disneyland columnist, Heather Sievers, celebrated Lunar New Year in Disneyland with this special egg roll!

A few weekends ago, I had the chance to visit Disneyland’s special “Family Fun Weekends” event for Lunar New Year. The celebration was held in the Festival Arena next to Big Thunder Ranch. The decor was amazing and there were special character appearances that included Mickey, Minnie, Chip & Dale, Mulan & Mushu, all dressed in traditional Chinese costumes.

My Boys with Mickey & Minnie

Lunar New Year Decor

Kumquat Tree Adorned with Traditional Red Envelopes

My focus though: the food! There was a special menu for the event and Family Fun Weekends, including the [Read more…]

Coming Soon: The “DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining” e-Book!

By AJ 49 Comments

I couldn’t wait a minute longer to spill the beans!
The DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining e-Book is coming soon!

That’s right! We’ll soon be releasing an e-Book all about dining in Disney World and planning for your best possible vacation! We’re just a short time away from the e-Book’s release, but we want to make sure we’ve included everything you need. That’s where you can help!

What Do YOU Want To Know?

There’s a lot to be said about dining in Disney World — and we’re covering funnel cakes to fine dining! So we need your input to be sure we’re answering all of your questions about eating in the Happiest Place on Earth.

New to Disney World? If you’re new to Walt Disney World, tell us in the comments section below what questions you’d like to see answered in a dining guidebook about WDW. Is there anything stumping you during your planning? Are there topics you’d like to see covered in more depth?

WDW Veteran? If you’re a Walt Disney World veteran, tell us in the comments section below what topics you think should get some attention in a dining guidebook about WDW. What are your top dining tips that you think can greatly improve a WDW vacation?

I’m looking forward to hearing all of your thoughts!

Why We Wrote The DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining e-Book

This all started with a few of my observations about dining in Walt Disney World over the past 20 years:

Planning your WDW dining can be a daunting task. Disney World encompasses 42 square miles and hundreds of restaurants and dining locations. Hundreds! Add in that many of the popular restaurants are booked solid six months in advance, and figuring out where your family will eat on your vacation can be downright scary!
Walt Disney World is expensive. A huge chunk of your vacation budget will go to food, and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t get the biggest bang for your buck.
There’s no guidebook I’ve found that covers Disney World dining the way I’d like it to be covered. This e-Book has twice as much dining information and advice than [Read more…]

2011 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Foodie Events

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It’s not quite time for that other Festival that foodies mark on their calendars ;). While we wait (and wait) for October, there are some other fun exhibits to explore in Walt Disney World!

For the 18th year, Epcot will be hosting the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival from March 2-May 15, 2011, and you can find the festival guide here. Foodies will find some delightful exhibits, which we’ve detailed below.

Future World
GoGo on the Go Challenge – Discover more about healthy [Read more…]

Disney Food Pics of the Week: Hidden Mickeys!

By Kim LaPaglia 1 Comment

Thanks to all who have contributed their photos to the Disney Food Blog Photo Extravaganza! Keep sending them along! This week, the Disney Food Pics of the Week feature some hidden and not-so-hidden — Mickeys! Do you see Hidden Mickeys everywhere you go too?

This photo of Escargots served during Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival distinctly shows a Mickey shape! Photographer: Kelly Tressler

Escargot at Epcot's 2010 Food and Wine Festival

The condiments are an important part of our Disney meals and you’ll be seeing Mickey when yours are served at the Plaza Restaurant in the [Read more…]

What’s Your “Every-Trip” Food?

By AJ 62 Comments

Have you realized that you have an “every-trip” food? Something you eat every time you’re in your favorite Disney park or resort?

I figured my “every-trip” food would be something very “Disney-esque,” like an ice cream cookie sandwich or a Mickey rice krispie treat. But, it’s not. I realized that the thing I eat on every single trip, without fail, is candy, made by Nestle, and imported to Florida from the UK. Sad, but true.

It’s no secret that I’m addicted to Rowntree’s Fruit Gums and Fruit Pastilles. I have been since I first found them in a Tesco in London a million years ago; I used to keep rolls of them in my tiny dorm-room refrigerator and eat ’em while I was studying. 🙂

They’re ten times better than any Ju Ju Be or Dot ever could be, and they have a serious history. You can even [Read more…]

Guest Review: Breakfast at Pollo Campero

By Kim LaPaglia 9 Comments

Learn About:Pollo Campero

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Disney World Restaurants

Thanks again to our roving reporter, Sarah Holodick, we get to find out all about breakfast at one of Disney World’s newest dining locations! Chorizo and cheese… I’m getting hungry!

Over the holiday weekend, I took the opportunity to try out Pollo Campero‘s breakfast menu. When I arrived Saturday at 8:30 am, the building was a ghost town. I only saw one other family dining in the entire restaurant.

Immediately, I was greeted with a very rehearsed spiel by a manager mentioning the various options under the roof, including Babycakes NYC (which was still closed at this early hour).

Pollo Campero's Side Entrance

I’m not typically a fan of breakfast burritos, but decided to try one along with a cubano. I was the only one ordering, yet [Read more…]

Disney Food Post Round-Up: February 27, 2011

By AJ 2 Comments

Pollo Campero and Fresh APeel

It’s been a great week for foodies! The addition of new counter-service restaurants to the Disney Dining Plan was welcome news. And we’re already green with envy about the culinary events at Raglan Road for St. Paddy’s Day Week!

Also looking forward to the opening of Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sam’s at the Disneyland Hotel!

But for now… on to the round-up!

RedWhiteBoston’s offers a mom’s personal insight to WDW survival tips.

AllEars blogger Laura Gilbreath reviews the food on the Disney Dream Christening cruise.

Main Street Gazette samples the White Chocolate Elephant Cupcake at Kusafiri Bakery in Animal Kingdom. (Though it’s painful for me to read that he wishes there were less frosting…)

Danielle’s Brain Bits is disappointed by the [Read more…]

News: Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sam’s to Open in Disneyland Hotel

By Kim LaPaglia 6 Comments

Tangaroa Terrace Restaurant

and Trader Sam’s Bar will open in Spring 2011 as part of the Disneyland Hotel renovation. As the Disneyland Hotel keeps its nostalgic atmosphere, the new restaurant is a tribute to the Tahitian Terrace that resided in Adventureland from 1962-1993.

Tangaroa Terrace

Interestingly, Disney World’s Polynesian Resort once had a flourishing restaurant called Tangaroa Terrace; and you’ll remember Trader Sam as the name of the Jungle Cruise’s “head salesman.”

Named after one of the tiki gods from the Enchanted Tiki Room, Tangaroa Terrace will [Read more…]

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