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UPDATE! Magical Dining has been extended by two weeks and will now run through October 17th.Â
If there’s one thing we love more than Disney dining, it’s a DEAL on Disney dining!
Disney Springs is a great place to spend your evening!
We’re always on the lookout for all the great Disney deals and discounts and, OF COURSE, for all the tasty eats. What if we told you we spotted a CRAZY good deal coming to some Disney World restaurants?
Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining will soon return for its 15th year!
Paddlefish
If you’re looking for an incredible meal at a great value, you’re in luck! During Magical Dining month, select restaurants in the Orlando area offer options from their regular dinner menus to create a three-course, prix-fixe dinner for $35 per person! Plus, $1 from each meal is donated to Feed the Need Florida to help students and families in need.
Welcome back, DFB friends! We’re here with another roundup of What’s New in Disney Springs.
World of Disney in Disney Springs
We’ve got plenty of merch, food, and construction updates for ya, so let’s dive right on in!
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Happy weekend! Here’s all the Disney food news this week!
Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich
TOY STORY LAND IS OPEN at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!!! Click here to see ALL of our coverage!!
Booking is NOW OPEN for the 2018 Epcot Food and Wine Festival! Find out EVERYTHING you need to know about the festival on our Epcot Food and Wine Festival pages!
Pixar Fest is ON at Disneyland Resort! This fun festival runs through September 3! Click here to get a checklist for ALL the food at Pixar Fest and see our review!
And it’s time to get the DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining 2018 e-book! Save 25% now with code wdw2018!
We have a lot to share with you this week, so let’s jump right in…
Check out all the latest Disney Food News — even the stuff we don’t mention in posts on the blog! — on our Disney Food News Pin Board, including menu updates, restaurant closures, special events, and more! We’ve got all the latest for you, so check it out before you go. [Read more…]
Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining Month is returning once again for September 2018! Sponsored by Visit Orlando, this annual event begins with a preview week starting August 24th and runs through September 30th. Magical Dining offers Orlando locals and guests the chance to enjoy the Orlando culinary scene at a significant savings: $35 for three courses at participating area restaurants. Over 100 restaurants will be offering the prix fixe dinners, which include appetizer, entree, and dessert.
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In keeping with tradition, one dollar from each meal goes to support local charities. Best Buddies and Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida are the two charities for 2018.
For a complete list of participating restaurants and Magical Dining Month menus, head over to Visit Orlando’s website. And to see all of the restaurants at Disney World and in the immediate Lake Buena Vista area, click here.
As in previous years, several Disney World restaurants are participating! New additions for 2018 are Terralina Crafted Italian and Wine Bar George.
Wow! What a fun surprise to see so many Disney Restaurants participating in Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining Month for 2017!
September is Orlando Magical Dining Month sponsored by Visit Orlando, and it begins with a preview week on August 25th and runs through October 1st. Magical Dining offers Orlando locals and guests the chance to enjoy the Orlando culinary scene at a significant savings: $35 for three courses at participating area restaurants. This year, the tally is over 100 restaurants offering the prix fixe dinners, which include appetizer, entree, and dessert.
In keeping with tradition, one dollar from each meal goes to support local charities. Freedom Ride and BASE Camp Children’s Cancer Foundation are the two charities for 2017.
For a complete list of participating restaurants and Magical Dining Month menus, head over to Visit Orlando’s website. And to see all of the restaurants at Disney World and in the immediate Lake Buena Vista area, click here.
This year, an unprecedented number of Disney restaurants are participating, and we are happily surprised to see several Disney owned and operated spots on the list! Among them are The Turf Club, Boatwright’s Dining Hall, Grand Floridian Cafe, Jiko, Olivia’s Cafe, and The Wave… of American Flavors.
Inguday Tibs in Brik at Jiko
If you’re planning to be in the Orlando area for the month of September, get ready for some terrific dining savings that include hot new Disney Springs Restaurants like Morimoto Asia and STK!
For the eleventh straight year, Visit Orlando is sponsoring Orlando Magical Dining Month. The event kicks off with a preview week on Monday, August 29, and runs through Sunday, October 2, offering guests and residents of the Orlando area five full weeks to enjoy special savings, all while doing good. And this year, more than 90 restaurants will participate — up from 77 in 2015. The list includes several options in the Disney Resort Area as well. [Read more…]
If you love to explore new restaurants, or just enjoy getting a good deal, then this one’s for you!
Orlando Magical Dining, sponsored by Visit Orlando, is once again coming to restaurants all over Orlando — including some of your favorite spots in the Disney Area.
The event features 3-course, prix fixe meals for only $33 per person. A dollar from each meal goes to support ELEVATE Orlando, whose mission is to equip urban youth to graduate with a plan for the future.
While Magical Dining Month runs through September, for the second year in a row, restaurants will offer a preview week, so mark your calendars for August 24-September 30 to enjoy five full weeks of delicious eats. [Read more…]
Once again, if you’re planning to visit Walt Disney World during the month of September, you can take advantage of Orlando Magical Dining Month! And this year, the discounts actually start six days early during a brand-new Preview Week!
Mark your calendars for August 25 — September 30. During that time, guests can enjoy prix-fixe menus at more than 75 Orlando Area Restaurants — including a few at Disney-area spots!
Dinners at all of the restaurants will feature three courses from a set menu for $33. And even better — $1 from each dinner will go to benefit the Foundation for Foster Children!
La Luce Butterscotch Pudding – YUM!
If you’re Disney-bound during this time and would like to take advantage of the savings while dining on property, check out the offerings from these participating restaurants!
, located at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, offers some of the best Italian fare that we’ve enjoyed in Walt Disney World. Check out a review of our recent visit!
Il Mulino Magical Dining Menu
You’ll find La Luce by Donna Scala at Hilton Bonnet Creek Resort. The menu features [Read more…]
Helllloooooooo, Disney food fans! I have got some AWESOME links to share with you in the round-up at the end of this post, but first…
Sundae Sampler Dessert Trio at California Grill!
Check out this adorable dessert that you’ll be able to get very soon at Disney’s California Grill restaurant in Disney World!
This and several other yummy new menu items will be waiting for you as soon as the restaurant re-opens after a long refurb…possibly in late August or early September!
In the meantime, here’s the rest of the Disney food news to drool over… 😉
Read on for more Disney Food information!
Of course, there’s more! Check out all the latest Disney Food News — even the stuff we don’t mention in posts on the blog! — on our Disney Food News Pin Board, including California Grill Re-Opening in August or September, and Lunch Specials at The Hollywood Brown Derby.
If you find a fun new food — or other edible awesomeness — in or from Disney, share a photo with us on facebook or twitter so we can add it to our DFB Reader Finds each Sunday!
Take a look at this Ghirardelli chocolate milkshake sent in by Reader C.n.! Yum! Speaking of, C.n. mentioned that this should be part of our Disney World Milkshake Crawl! This has GOT to be worth the calories…
Chocolate Milk Shake!
Reader Chris sends us a toast with these delicious beverages from ‘Ohana! Cheers!
Cheers!
We’re still celebrating the grand launch of our BRAND NEW DFB Guide to Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios Snacks e-Book!
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