food IS a theme park
If you’re visiting the “House of Mouse” and are havin’ a Big Mac attack, you’re outta luck!
What McDonald’s looked like
That’s because while the former on-property McDonald’s located over by the Disney’s Animal Kingdom used to look like this, it now looks like…
Happy weekend! We’ve been hard at work in the parks scoping out all the latest news for you! First, a few things to remember… .
There are lot of BRAND NEW 2020 DISCOUNTS for Disney World Hotels and Packages, and we’ve got them all here!
The 2019 Epcot Food and Wine Festival is ON, and we’re covering it all! See every single Food and Wine Festival MENU and ALL THE FOOD PHOTOS as well — here! And don’t forget to check out our Best of the Fest!
FULL Menus and lots of food photos are available for Disney World’s Festival of the Holidays!
There’s been ANOTHER epic price increase in Disney World and Disneyland, and this one makes us change one of our long-time DFB recommendations!
Cinderella Castle
We have a lot to share with you this week, so let’s jump right in…
Grab your Big Mac and Quarter Pounder with Cheese while you still can!
McDonald’s on Disney Property
McDonald’s will be closing its doors at its super-popular Disney World location for VERY soon and they’re not planning to reopen UNTIL 2020!
Disney Dream's Enchanted Garden
Welcome to February, my food-loving friends! Dare I say — not a whole lot of Disney Food news this week, so let’s jump right into the round-up!
Kevin Kidney‘s got part II of his Disneyland Chicken of the Sea ‘spective!
Main Street Gazette reports on a brand new spot to get your favorite treat in the Magic Kingdom, a la Fantasyland refub!
DLRP Today has news on some discounts at McDoh’s in Disneyland Resort Paris — and news on how the Earl of Sandwich construction is going!
Studios Central reviews Sci Fi Dine-In in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Skimbaco Food showcases a Curried Carrot and Apple Soup recipe from the Enchanted Garden on the Disney Dream cruise ship.
Unlimited Thinking blogs about eating gluten-free on the Disney Wonder cruise ship.
Via Napoli Pizza Window
Happy New Year! The first Disney Food Post Round-Up of 2011 is here! But first — two important bits of news:
And now, on to the round-up!
WDW for Grownups has a piece about late night eating in Disney World.
Laughing Place reviews Tokyo Disneyland’s Club 33.
Main Street Gazette, in one of my favorite posts ever, reminds us of Disney’s former partnership with McDonald’s with a series of photos of old Happy Meal Epcot World Showcase toys!
Yesterland looks at Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant in Disneyland.
Everything WDW has updated info on using adult and child counter service credits from the Disney Dining Plan.
Cooking With Mickey shows us how to make Chef Mickey’s Breakfast Pizza!
Thanks to Leigh Caldwell for putting together this great review of Pollo Campero, Disney World’s newest quick service restaurant, which opened in Downtown Disney this weekend. Leigh writes about Walt Disney World and theme parks in general on her site, ThemeParkMom.com, and for AOL’s travel blog, Gadling.com.
My daughter and I made a visit to the Festival of the Masters at Downtown Disney this weekend, and we had to stop in to try the new Pollo Campero restaurant for lunch.
Pollo Campero is a counter service restaurant, which shares space with two other eateries – Fresh A-Peel and Babycakes NYC. It’s part of a chain of chicken restaurants that serve up Latin flavors.
The new restaurants opened Nov. 12 at Downtown Disney, in the building formerly occupied by McDonald’s, in between T-Rex Cafe and the Lego store.
Atmosphere
At Pollo Campero and Fresh A-Peel guests order at the counter, get their food and proceed to a central bank of cash registers to pay, much like the Sunshine Seasons set-up. There was a long line when [Read more…]
Brewer's Collection at Disney's California Food and Wine Festival 2010
Hey all — welcome to the Disney Food Post Round-Up!
The big — and sad — Disney food news this week is about Disneyland’s unfortunate announcement that Disney’s California Food and Wine Festival will be canceled in 2011 and 2012, with no promises that it will return in 2013. You can read my thoughts here.
Also, we’re going into the final week of the 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival! I hear the lines are getting really long, so plan ahead! You can see all of our coverage here, and World Showcase Booth food photos, menus, and prices here!
Now, on to the round-up!
Yesterland has a photo eulogy for the Disney World Downtown Disney McDonald’s — along with a couple of construction pics from the upcoming Pollo Campero!
Frugal Dinks has a great review of the Food and Sake pairing in Epcot’s Japan at the Food and Wine Festival!
Main Street Gazette has another peek into the Epcot Food and Wine Festival! Check out these gorgeous photos (and review) of the United States booth’s incredible heirloom tomato dish.
WDW Today Podcast has a very cool (if I do say so myself…) look at the new restaurants in Epcot’s World Showcase…and Karamell Kuche, too!
Mouseplanet has the dish on ordering celebration cakes in Disneyland!!
DisneyGeek has a pic of some Disney-branded potato chips in Disney California Adventure (Disney makes ‘tater chips?)
The Culinary Cellar enjoyed a wonderful visit to the Contemporary Resort’s California Grill, with a few extras thrown in!
Disney Parks Blog showcases the Thanksgiving Buffet at Vero Beach Resort, as well as this great video about creating quick, easy, and beautiful caramel ice cream toppers from one of our favorite Chefs — Kevin Dundon (see our interview with Chef Dundon here)!
Remember! The Orlando Food and Wine Festival is November 13-14 — learn more over on Watch Me Eat.
Here’s the food news of the week, highlighted here on the Disney Food Blog:
Also, if you didn’t see it already, be sure to check out our first ever Disney food photo quiz. You can see the answers at the bottom of this post. Now, on to the round-up!
SamLand’s Disney Adventures shares a great detail from Pinocchio’s Village Haus in Disney World. Be sure to check the comments, where Anthony from DLRPMagic shares a very related detail from Disneyland Paris!
Orlando Sentinel shares more construction pics from Epcot.
DLRPToday, same folks from DLRPMagic, incidentally, reports that Hurricanes Discotheque will be closing permanently on March 31, 2010.
Designing Disney takes us to Disneyland’s Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor.
Disney and More reminds us that Disney Legend Walt Peregoy’s artwork is currently being exhibited at the Chocolate Bar in Encino, CA. I call this a food post because of the location. I think it works. Walt is best known for his work on 101 Dalmatians.
Stuff From the Parks shares a cool Haunted Mansion “I Scream” ice cream spoon from the 1969 Haunted Mansion grand opening promo. Learn more about the “I Scream” promo from this Imaginerding post.
The OC Register explains how Disney’s paying employees to lose unhealthy, excess weight.
2719 Hyperion is able to take its eyes away from the goodies and document the decor at the Disney’s Hollywood Studios Beverly Sunset Sweet Spells shop (also known as the Scary Apothecary).
WDW Alone reminds us to get training for the Wine and Dine Halloween 5K fun run
Orlando Sentinel reports that central Florida and the Disney area is the Word’s Most Celiac Friendly Destination!
DF 82 brings us back to Disneyland Paris with a look at Toad Hall.
Main Street Gazette shares a trip to Le Cellier — including a photo of the Chocolate Moose.
Disney Parks Blog has some suggestions for Date Night at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, McDonald’s is pulling out of the Disney World entertainment district, Downtown Disney.
The McDonald’s restaurant at Walt Disney World’s shopping-and-dining district will close April 30, Disney said this afternoon.
This is the part of the fall-out from the end of the Disney/McDonald’s exclusive sponsorship agreement, which terminated in 2004.
“Our alliance partners are ever-changing and this shift in our relationship with McDonald’s reflects the dynamic nature of the sponsorship business,” Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said.
The replacement restaurant, Pollo Campero, is a Latin chicken fast-food chain. Business Wire is reporting that the chain is joining forces with franchisee Levy Campero to provide a new concept restaurant in Downtown Disney based on Pollo Campero’s standard family-style Latin dining coupled with new fresh, healthy menu additions, like chef-made salads, sandwiches, fruits, and healthy snacks as well as vegetarian, gluten-free, sugar-free, low-sodium or organic offerings.
Pollo Campero is scheduled to open in Fall 2010.
UPDATE:
I had a horrible revelation as I walked down the street to Tower of Terror that my french fries are now gone. They have been replace with a turkey leg stand. Alas. Are McDonald’s french fries a thing of the past throughout Disney World? I do believe so. Oh well, continue on and read–it’s a good point, regardless.______________________
Our stake-out in DHS
I’m gonna go ahead and have me some McDonald’s french fries instead.
Now, seriously, folks, you know I love the pricey places, too. I’d eat at Citricos every night if my wallet allowed it. But for some unknown reason–some shift in the earth’s crust, maybe, some crop-dusted Disney magic drug, perhaps–those McDonald’s french fries that you find in a few of Disney’s parks (we’ve sadly lost our stake-out in Frontierland) taste better than any McDonald’s french fries I’ve ever gotten at an actual McDonald’s.
Just goes to show that setting DOES make a difference. Restaurant architects and designers of the world unite! (And meet me for some fries later.)
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