food IS a theme park
Sometimes, walking around Disney World gives us a BIG craving for popcorn.
Hollywood Studios
Can you blame us? All four parks have popcorn carts where the smell of that freshly-popped snack wafts through the air. Plus, there’s FLAVORED popcorn. We love the Maple Popcorn in Canada and fun flavors at the Gourmet Popcorn Booth in EPCOT. Now, there’s another spot to snag some crunchy flavored corn!
Things got real weird one morning in October when we noticed the Gourmet Popcorn Cart in Epcot’s Future World was strangely empty!
Epcot Gourmet Popcorn Cart
While we tried not to hyperventilate, a Disney World Cast Member assured us we could still get the deliciously-flavored snack, but we’d have to travel to the Epcot Experience exhibit to get it.
BUT NOW all is right with the world, and it appears the gourmet popcorn has magically returned from whence it came!
As we begin counting down the days until Canada’s new movie premiers in Epcot, we found the perfect seasonal snack to tide us over!
Canada Far and Wide
Join us, world travelers! We’re heading off to Epcot’s Canada Pavilion to see what’s poppin’!
A few weeks ago, Disney released information about new dining options in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge (see it here!), and Kat Saka’s Kettle was introduced as a flavored popcorn stand. Now, we have a look at BRAND NEW concept art for this spot!
Kat Saka’s Kettles
In keeping with other concept art we’ve seen from Galaxy’s Edge, Kat Saka’s appears to blend right into the scene. [Read more…]
Here at DFB, we talk a little about sweet snacks. You know, now and then.
Ok. We talk about them a LOT. And when we aren’t talking about them, it’s probably because we’re eating them. So we can talk about them some more.
But that shouldn’t lead you to believe that we love savory snacks any less.
I’ve talked about many of my favorite sweets, and even a few sweet and salty options. But today, I’m giving the post over completely to the non-sweet team.
These guys can double as a meal if you’d like them to. Or they can just give you that little boost between breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Let’s take a closer look at some of my favorites.
Recently, I discovered a stand in Epcot that’s offering one of the best things ever — Flavored Popcorn! While we’ve seen the reports of such delights from Tokyo Disneyland, it’s the first time something besides Caramel Corn has made much of a splash at Walt Disney World.
But that isn’t the case at Disneyland, where Flavored Popcorn has been a mainstay of at the Cozy Cone Motel since it opened!
Popcone at Cozy Cone Motel
And inside that Popcone, there are some yummy Flavored Popcorn options. They change up every once in a while, so you’ll never know what you might get!
Flavors of the Day
Personally, I’d be pretty happy with either Dill Pickle OR Nacho Cheese!
Dill Pickle Popcorn!
Which one would you choose?
is one of my favorite stops for a quick bite in all of Disneyland. In fact, it made my Top 10 List of Favorite Disneyland Fast Food Joints.
Don’t Look for Much in the Way of Seating at Bengal Barbecue
The spot is little more than a stand with a grill. Don’t look for scads of seating; there’s not much. But what they do have plenty of are delicious savory bites that can serve as either a snack or a meal.
And the name of the game here is Meat on Skewers. (Okay…there are a few veggies, too.)
I have a hard time choosing a favorite at Bengal, so I’ll show you a bunch! I like to get a few of the different options and share. (Or not.)
I recommend starting with the Chieftain Chicken Skewer. Chunks of Chicken Meat are grilled and then smothered in a sweet, slightly spicy Chili Sauce.
Chieftain Skewer
But then, ya gotta try the [Read more…]
So, I’ve got some serious Disney Popcorn for you today. And I. Mean. Serious. Like, so serious that if you don’t have any room left on your Disney World snack list for your next trip, you have to bump something else.
We’ve heard for years about all of the awesome Flavored Popcorns that guests enjoy at the Parks of Tokyo Disneyland. (Dining in Disneyland columnist Heather Sievers got to try many and shared them with us in this recent post.) And of course, we’ve seen a little dabbling in the Flavored Popcorn genre in Disneyland, with the intro of fun flavors at Sally’s Cozy Cone Motel.
Gourmet Flavored Popcorn Options at Epcot!
But at Walt Disney World, we’ve been kind of stuck with the Butter Flavored or Caramel. There are pre-packaged flavors and some fun movie popcorn options. But as for fresh, flavored popcorn? Pretty much nada.
But not anymore!
There it is! Looks like just another Disney Popcorn cart, right? This one is right outside Journey into Imagination in Epcot. And it’s the ONLY one that we know of that furnishes these beautiful little snacks.
Gourmet Popcorn Cart in Epcot
And there’s that fresh Disney Popcorn…
Popcorn Cart From the Side
But then, you spy this — flavors!!!!! (And colors too!)
Epcot Flavored Popcorn Cart
The menu tells all — you have your choice of popcorn here. You can go with the Gourmet Flavors, or you can stick with the plain Disney Popcorn. Both options are also available in a Souvenir Bucket too, of course.
Gourmet Popcorn Cart Menu — Click to Enlarge
This was too good to pass up — so of course, I had to try all three! The savory flavor choices include [Read more…]
I’ve always known that the Tokyo Disney Resort had multiple popcorn flavors, but I really had no idea how serious the popcorn game there was until I saw it for myself. It’s really like its own micro-culture.
People bring their collectable & rare resort buckets from the past and have them refilled, some people wear more than one popcorn bucket at a time, and we even had people offering us samples right out of their buckets. It’s seriously SO MUCH FUN!
Popcorn is so popular, there’s even popcorn themed merchandise that lists some of the many flavors available. Look at this fun zipper pouch I bought: Delicious Explosion Popcorn!
Popcorn Themed Zipper Pouch
Another fun popcorn fact? Tokyo Disney has Roastie Toasties just like Disneyland here in Anaheim. Not all of the stands have them, but several do. To see more about Roastie Toasties & Disney Popcorn in the states, check out this great Popcorn Gallery post AJ did a while back. There’s also a fun little video on the Disney Parks Blog here.
We made it a goal on our recent trip to Tokyo to try as many types of popcorn that we could. Although we missed a few, we did a pretty good job in our 4 days at the parks. Now, on to the flavors!
Let’s start with one that I was a little unsure about but it ended up being my absolute favorite. So much so that we had it twice on our trip! Soy Sauce and Butter. It’s salty, savory and delicious. We found this cart at Tokyo Disneyland park.
Soy Sauce & Butter Popcorn Cart
You can see that this cart has its own little roastie toastie Christmas Clown; I love that he is dressed for the season. Also, please note that there are [Read more…]
Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat, call in the spirits wherever they’re at… because Haunted Mansion Treats! I first spotted these in early October, but just recently went back to purchase and try them.
Haunted Mansion Gummies & Popcorn
I purchased both and brought them home to my live-in sweets specialists. Let’s start with the Popcorn. The packaging is so great. I love Gus the hitchhiking ghost on the front, and the teal and purple colors of the popcorn are so pretty! Yes, I just said that popcorn is pretty.
Perfect Packaging
The packaging says “Naturally and Artificially Flavored.” We were super curious to try it and see what the exact flavors were.
We were guessing maybe blue raspberry and grape. But after trying it, it was [Read more…]
Today, we’re making a pit stop with Kent Walker at the brand new Cozy Cone Motel in Disney California Adventure for snacks!
When they were putting the plans together for Cars Land, someone must’ve asked, “So what are we going to do with the Cozy Cone?”
The Imagineers knew that it had to be a part of the new addition to Disney California Adventure, but in what form should the Cozy Cone Motel be accessible to guests? In true Imagineer fashion, someone came up with the perfect solution – snacks! Each cone could be its own concession stand selling a specialized kind of snack.
Very cool sign!
Walking down Route 66 into Cars Land is like dropping yourself into a computer at Pixar studios. Radiator Springs is just as you remember it from the Cars movies.
Walking past Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree, you see Fillmore’s Taste-In on your right as you keep on going. After passing Sarge’s Surplus Hut on the right, you come across the courtyard for the Cozy Cone Motel on the other side of the street.
The front part of the property has a cool water fountain and a spot where you can meet Lightning McQueen or Mater at various points throughout the day.
Check out the flowers – they’re blooming tail lights!
Here’s our good friend Roger with his [Read more…]
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Popcorn is a staple snack at theme parks. It’s the perfect parade-waiting, fireworks-viewing, queue-calming munchie at Walt Disney World. And unless you purchase your popcorn in a pricey souvenir bucket, you’ll spend one snack credit or about $3.95 to $4.95 for a small box/bag.
Most of us are familiar with the traditional flavors such as butter, cheddar, kettle corn, and caramel. But, have you tried any of the specialty flavors?
The DisneyParks Blog recently found some interesting popcorn varieties at Disney’s Hollywood Studios — Cookies and Cream, Chocolate Mint, and Chocolate Caramel were all on display in pre-packaged bags.
New Popcorn Flavors
And here are some of the Disney popcorn flavors that we reported on last year.
Indecisive? Grab the bag of Chocolate Cheddar Caramel! Apparently the Consumables Team (a superhero sounding name, if you ask me) is testing this salty and sweet mixture to see if guests find it, well, consumable. Flavor testing? Sign me up.
Patrice Guy, a developer on the Team, says sales results show that “it is proving to be popular with our guests.” Maybe this flavor will be in a Disney Park on your next visit!
Fans (and Erin, our resident vinylmation guru) should stay tuned for Vinylmation Popcorns.
Vinylmation Popcorns
Vinylmation designer Thomas Scott indicated that [Read more…]
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