food IS a theme park
For YEARS people have complained about Disney World pizza.
PizzeRizzo
And to be fair, we’ve had some pretty iffy pizzas in Disney World in the past. There have been quite a few discussions about the less-than-optimal puffy pizza that you get at places like PizzeRizzo, Pizzafari, and Catalina Eddie’s. But we’re here to tell you that not all Disney World pizza is terrible! In fact, there are some actually delicious options out there…you just need to know where to look.
Food in Disney World can be expensive, so you don’t want to waste money buying BAD snacks and meals! Don’t worry — we’re here to help you sort out which eats you should get and which you should SKIP.
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We ate a lot of food in Disney World in February, from new eats to classic fan favorites. We visited several table service restaurants, grabbed seasonal snacks, and even discovered a few brand-new items. So which were WINNERS and which should you avoid? Let’s dive in. [Read more…]
Okay, let’s face it — not all Disney World pizza is great. In fact, a lot of it is just…well, it’s enough to scratch the itch, we suppose.
Terra Treats
There are standout pizzas, though, including the pizza at Via Napoli at EPCOT, but pizza like that tends to be the exception to the rule — AND requires an advance dining reservation. However, we just found a quick-service pizza in Disney World that totally surprised us — in a good way.
Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill along with Wolfgang Puck Express are now taking Mondays and Tuesdays off.
Wolfgang Puck
But since today’s Wednesday, we stopped by the restaurant to see how they’re doing since they’ve got big plans for Father’s Day including a huge feast for dads!
Alien Pizza Planet
is getting into the spirit of Get Your Ears On with three specialty items — two winners and a dud. Our Disneyland correspondent (HI!, @DiningInDisney!), give us the a slice of the action.
Alien Pizza Planet
First up: the Buffalo Chicken Pizza. This is pizza topped with fried chicken breast bits, Buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, fresh carrots and celery, and a creamy Buffalo sauce.
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
We appreciate the creativity of putting literal fresh veggies on top of the pizza, but looking at it, we’re definitely missing some of the sauces they claim are on it. Maybe some creamy ranch would help?
Welcome back Carrie Hayward as she returns to show us specialty menu items from Disneyland’s Soundsational Annual Passholder event! And don’t forget to read Carrie’s bio at the end of this post — she’s pretty amazing!
Over the last week, Disneyland has hosted two after-hours parties to give annual passholders an up-close look at the new Soundsational parade and how it was created. Four special menu items were introduced for the events, each available at a different location and only between the hours of 4pm and midnight that day. However, word on the street is that one or more of them may have been a test for future inclusion on park menus.
Let’s see how the four potentially new menu items stack up!
Mac & Cheese Hot Dog – Main Street Refreshment Corner
Definitely the most talked-about special menu item, this diet-busting snack featured one of Disneyland’s new larger — and reportedly more flavorful hot dogs — smothered in neon macaroni & cheese and topped with bacon bits.
The last Disney hot dog I ate was at Walt Disney World (at Disneyland, I go straight for the corn dogs) and it didn’t seem particularly puny or bland, so I can’t comment on whether the new dog is an improvement.
Disneyland’s has a snappy casing and a salty, beefy taste. The macaroni and cheese was not quite up to par with my beloved Walt Disney World Mickeyroni — more plasticky and less cheesy — but it still had that satisfyingly creamy quality that tells you you’re eating a hot dog covered with mac ‘n’ cheese!
The bacon crumbles were the packaged kind you can buy at the market and didn’t taste like much of anything… think of them as savory sprinkles.
Mac n Cheese Hot Dog
Soundsational “Cupcake” – Blue Ribbon Bakery
As it turned out, there was no Soundsational cupcake at Blue Ribbon Bakery on either party night, and at the first party, bakery cast members acted as if the sign announcing the cupcake was the first they’d heard of it. By the time the second party rolled around, the chef had pulled something together on the fly — a chocolate-chocolate chip muffin topped with cream cheese frosting and a white chocolate Mickey pumpkin.
This sounded like it might be weird, but the muffin was so [Read more…]
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