Tables in Wonderland Restaurant Additions

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Great news! Disney World’s Tables in Wonderland discount program has added four next restaurants to the list of participating locations!

Big River Grille & Brewing Works at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort; Bongo’s Cuban Cafe at Downtown Disney West Side; Paradiso 37 at Downtown Disney Pleasure Island; and Via Napoli in Epcot’s World Showcase are newly accepting the Tables in Wonderland discount card!

For more information and a list of all participating restaurants, see our Tables in Wonderland reference page.

Blue Sky Wine

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Once again, Disneyland pulls through with another themeing creation that brings me back to “original” Disney Parks perfection.

With puns like this, you’ll think you’re in line for Muppets 3D, but, in fact, you’re in Disney California Adventure’s Blue Sky Cellar, formerly the Golden Vine Winery — Seasons of the Vine. This location is now themed to represent an old winery that the Disneyland Imagineers have taken over as an impromptu office. Guests are free to roam about, sneaking peeks at models and blueprints for upcoming attractions, taking video screen quizzes, watching a film about the upcoming changes to Disney California Adventure, etc.

To your left as you walk in you’ll see a big sign — labeled “reference center” — draped over a full wall of “resting” wine barrels. Video screens that offer fun quizzes and trivia are set within some of the wine barrels, but the others seem pretty plain. Until you look more closely. [Read more…]

Review: Citricos

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It’s “discreet;” that’s why you didn’t hear about Citricos until you’d been going to Disney World for years. At least, that was my story! When I finally found this restaurant, I knew I’d stumbled onto a gem.

Atmosphere
Located in the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, tucked up into the corner between Mizner’s Lounge and Victoria & Albert’s, Citricos looks like a giant living room. In fact, you might mistake it for a seating/lounge area for Victoria & Albert’s until you realize that there is actually a kitchen back there!

Citricos Dining Room

The long, open style of the restaurant and big, cushy chairs really do scream “comfy living area” vs. “hoity toity restaurant,” so you definitely know you’ll be at ease. In fact, as soon as I first sat on the chairs during my first visit to Citricos, I knew instantly that this was going to be a [Read more…]

2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Low-Cost Seminars and Demonstrations Booking Info

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Finally! Booking information for the low-cost seminars and demonstrations at the 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival are available.

Registration begins Wednesday, August 25, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern for Disney Vacation Club members, Tables in Wonderland members, and Annual Passholders. Discounted prices apply.

Registration begins Friday, August 27, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern for the general public.

Click here to get details on your dates and to register.

For more information about the 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival, see our Epcot Food and Wine Festival index page.

Thanks to Werner Weiss of Yesterland for the info!

Chef Mickey’s Limited Edition Character Lunch Information

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More Chef Mickey’s availability has just opened up! From now though August 28th, and September 19th-October 2nd, you can book Chef Mickey’s for lunch from 12:30pm-2:30pm.

Cost is $28.75 for adults and $15.97 for kids ages 3-9. Kids under 3 eat free.

Call 407-WDW-Dine or go to DisneyWorld.com to book.

The Mystery of the Pink, Blue, and White Cupcakes

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If there’s one thing you know about me by now, it’s that I love Disney cupcakes. I want to try every kind of Disney cupcake ever made and document the process for you, but I realized something very interesting recently.

There’s one type of Disney cupcake I haven’t yet tasted…but oddly I have over a dozen pictures of them:

I call these the “Pink, Blue, and White Cupcakes,” because those are the most common forms I see them take. (I once saw Halloween orange — below, in back — but [Read more…]

2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Fisherman’s Stew

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Disney’s showcasing another menu item from the 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival — the Lobster and Scallop Fisherman’s Stew from the Ireland Booth!

Lobster and Scallop Fisherman's Pie

Also on the menu in Ireland this year are:
Kerrygold® Cheese Selection (click here for photo)
Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Baileys Irish Cream Ganache (click here for photo)
Guinness Draught
Bunratty Honey Meade Wine (click here for photo)

Click here to see more 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Menus and photos!

Thanks to Stitch Kingdom for the heads up!

Rose and Crown Review

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I have a love/hate relationship with Rose and Crown Pub and Dining Room, and I’m currently in love. Blissful, British-y love.

Atmosphere
This tidy little pub and dining room set on prime World Showcase Lagoon real estate really does approximate a pub you’d find in the UK today. Although I’m not sure they have pub quizzes…which they should have. Does anyone know if the Rose and Crown has pub quizzes?

View from Pub into Dining Room

The site is split between the pub, which sits on the street-side of the building, and the dining room, which sits on the lagoon side of the building. The two have separate entrances; to head into the pub, use one of the front doors on the street-side of the building. To check-in for a [Read more…]

Disney Food Post Round-Up: August 22, 2010

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News you can use:

FREE DINING 2011 has been announced!
Mid-September will see the opening of La Hacienda de San Angel in Epcot. La Hacienda reservations will soon be available to book for dates after Oct. 15th.
Check out this Belgian Waffle, which will be available at the 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Belgium Booth!

Swan and Dolphin

have released more info about the Food and Wine Classic! Check it out here.

Animal Kingdom Lodge Fan Site offers the results of their recent reader poll: Best Eats at the Mara.

Daveland has some vintage shots of the Golden Horseshoe AND he’s got another Club 33 visit documented. I love when Dave goes to Club 33. He takes the best pictures.

Studios Central reviews Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ Fairfax Fare.

Breakfast at Norway's Akershus

Eating Around the World brings her little prince to meet the princesses at Epcot’s Akershus breakfast.

Theme Park Insider shares his thoughts de cuisine from a recent trip to Epcot.

Makin’ Memories Photo Blog takes a look at Columbia Harbour House in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.

A World View enjoys the character breakfast at Cape May Cafe in Disney’s Beach Club Resort.

Main Street Gazette taste tests taffy!

The Disney Chick shares the recipe for and makes Artist Point’s Berry Cobbler!

The “Great Eighth” Edition of the Disney Blog Carnival

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Another edition of the Disney Blog Carnival chock full of incredible Disney blog posts and articles is live! This is a great way to spend your Saturday getting to know some new Disney bloggers over on the Eighth Edition of the Disney Blog Carnival! (There are a few brand new bloggers in the carnival this week of whom I’m a big fan, too, so this is particularly exciting!) There are also several veteran bloggers who you know and love participating, so head over and give them some comments on their hard work.

Topics this week include The Art of the Hall of Presidents, an interview with Disney-themed writer Ridley Pearson, the Top 10 Epcot Tunes, thoughts about the Matterhorn Bobsleds, tips for Christmas at Disney and lots more! 🙂

Have more time? Check out the past editions, too! Here are links to the first , second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh carnivals. (If you haven’t read them yet, I can HIGHLY recommend!)

Just head over to DisMarks to see dozens of articles about Disney from your favorite new and veteran Disney bloggers 🙂

I think it’s the [Read more…]

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