food IS a theme park
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is now open on the West Coast, and Disneyland is celebrating big!
Tiana’s Palace in Disneyland
For the new ride, we’ve seen lots of fun merchandise and special offerings, but one thing we’re most excited to try is the new menu at Tiana’s Palace. Let’s go check out some new eats!
Some new eats are making their way down the bayou to Tiana’s Palace just in time for the opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Disneyland Park!
Tiana’s Palace
Disney just announced some new eats and an adorable souvenir straw clip that will be available to celebrate the opening of the rethemed ride on the West coast.
After a long day in the parks, you may be starving.
Magic Kingdom
Quick-service food courts at some resorts used to be open super late, some even 24 hours a day, but now, for the most part, the latest these restaurants stay open is 11 PM. Still, 11 PM is late and gives you enough time to make it back to your resort for a late-night dinner. We recently stayed at Port Orleans, and we still think they have one of the best late-night dinners at Disney World.
We eat in Disney World parks a lot, but we have to admit that some of the BEST dining in Disney World is happening at Disney World hotels.
Disney’s Port Orleans — Riverside Resort
We’ve already told you so much about Disney World hotel restaurants you should NOT sleep on, including Jiko — The Cooking Place at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge (yes, we know, Sanaa and Boma there are amazing, too). We’ve also reviewed the extremely underrated Maya Grill at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort. We’ll also keep singing the praises of Geyser Point Bar and Grill at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. We’ve got another super underrated restaurant to tell you about Boatwright’s Dining Hall at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort — Riverside.
There are plenty of unique dining spots at Disney World.
House of Blues
But if you’re a fan of music, you might just find yourself dining at House of Blues in Disney Springs. Sure, it IS a chain restaurant, but it’s a chain restaurant with loads of atmosphere and live music in the evenings, and sometimes that’s all you want. So we revisited House of Blues for the first time in a while to see if the food is as rockin’ as the music.
Disneyland reopened in late April, but not EVERY restaurant opened with the parks. Now, Blue Bayou Restaurant has REOPENED inside Disneyland’s New Orleans Square!
Blue Bayou!
If you’re a frequent diner at Blue Bayou: one, lucky you! Two, the reopened restaurant looks a little different. There are additional health and safety measures as well as a major menu update: ALCOHOL! This has NEVER been allowed here before, so we were pretty excited to see what having a drink on the bayou would be like. Let’s check it out!
In case you missed it, it’s almost Oscars night! And get this — the Walt Disney Company has received a total of 15 nominations! Woo-hoo!
Soul of Jazz
Some of our favorite movies from the last year have been nominated, including Soul, Mulan, Onward, Burrow, The One and Only Ivan, and more! So which movies will take home Academy Awards — we don’t know, but we can’t wait to watch and find out! It’s Oscars Party time!
Do you smell a certain something in the air? Maybe a mix of jazz, beads, and beignets? Oh yeah, baby, Mardi Gras is right around the corner!
Mardi Gras Glazed Beignets
And the BEST way to celebrate Fat Tuesday (or any Tuesday…or any day) is with FOOD, of course!
Disney World is home to SO MANY restaurants, and some of the BEST are in the four theme parks and in Disney Springs.
Cinderella Castle
BUT many of our favorite restaurants are found at the over 20 Disney World resort hotels! Today, we’re going to tell you about the best meals you can get without ever leaving your resort.
might just be one of Walt Disney World‘s best-kept dining secrets. Located within Port Orleans Riverside, it’s a great spot to seek out if you’re looking for a quiet table service dinner outside of the parks.
Boatwright’s Dining Hall
Boatwright’s has had a few menu updates since our last visit and most recent guest review (hello, All-You-Care-to-Enjoy Chef’s Platter!), so we were excited to get back to Port Orleans Riverside to check it out.
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