food IS a theme park
Who doesn’t love a good cookie? We know we sure do!
Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Kiosk at Animal Kingdom entrance
And we’ve certainly eaten our share of cookies this holiday season, including Spiced Holiday Cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, and Caramel Cookies. Plus, we’ve even eaten our way through the 2020 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays Cookie Stroll! When it comes to cookie eating, we’re basically professionals at this point.
Since Disney World has reopened, character experiences have looked a bit different than before. This not only includes meet-and-greets in the parks but character dining experiences too!
Chef Mickey’s
That’s why as soon as we heard Chef Mickey’s at Disney’s Contemporary Resort (one of the most iconic character dining locations in all of Disney World) would be bringing its characters back, we knew we had to check it out! While there were some issues originally trying to grab a reservation, we were lucky enough to snag one. This meal has been updated when it reopened in July, serving breakfast to your table as an all-you-care-to-eat meal, rather than the usual buffet.
Dining looks a little bit different in Disney World right now for both table-service and quick-service locations. Things are constantly changing, and we like to give you the most up-to-date experience possible. That said, there are certain quick-service spots in Disney World that we just don’t find ourselves visiting as often as others. This is one of them.
The Pinocchio Village Haus Entrance
Pinocchio Village Haus is a quick-service location in Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland, known for serving up flatbreads, salads, and other Italian-inspired food. This spot has a prime location yet it has been largely forgettable for the most part on past visits. How would the food hold up on this visit? Let’s find out!
Oga’s Cantina is a spot that really contributes to how immersive Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge feels.
Oga’s Cantina
Oga’s Cantina serves up really unique, galactic cocktails inspired by the films! And, one of them might even make your mouth feel a little fuzzy…? Among the drinks this location offers is the Bloody Rancor. This drink used to be on the breakfast menu, but since Oga’s isn’t serving breakfast right now, we’ve been really missing it! Luckily, we’ve found a way to get our hands on it!
Although Spice Road Table at EPCOT’s Morocco Pavilion reopened with the rest of the park back in the summer, it recently announced it would stop taking reservations as of December 10th and temporarily closed.
Spice Road Table Sign
And it wasn’t the only thing closed in Morocco — much of the pavilion shut down while Disney took over the pavilion from its previous operators. But today, Spice Road Table was set to reopen, and we came to check out some new menu items!
We’ve been at the Morocco Pavilion at Disney World, watching things beginning to open back up!
Morocco Pavilion
The pavilion recently closed temporarily to prepare for Disney to take over its operation from its previous operating partners. But this weekend has seen the reopening of one of its gift shops, as well as the reopening of Spice Road Table.
Hello, from Disney’s Yacht Club Resort!
Ale & Compass sign
We decided to try breakfast at the table-service location Ale & Compass on our recent trip to Disney World. This restaurant is known for coastal, New-England style cuisine. We haven’t been blown away by this location in the past so we wanted to see how breakfast was holding up.
It’s a shame that the only time of the year we get to eat a lot of gingerbread snacks is during the holidays — we would totally eat them year-round!
P & J’s Southern Takeout
But the good news is that there are plenty of gingerbread treats available to Disney World guests this time of year, and we’ve tried a lot of them. Some of these festive holiday snacks include a gingerbread muffin, gingerbread churros, and gingerbread cookies.
It’s been a little chilly in Florida recently, and that’s not a bad thing, because some of the dining locations at Disney World start breaking out the cold weather drinks!
Ronto Roasters
One of those drinks is the Spiced Surabat Cider, served at Ronto Roasters when it’s chilly out. We previously tried the non-alcoholic version, but this time, we went back to try it spiked!
As Disney World restaurants continue to open, we have been making our way around to see all of the updates or changes.
Narcoossee’s Sign
We’re making our way to Narcoossee’s is located at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. This waterfront Signature Dining location reopened back on September 21st. While other signature restaurants like California Grill and Cinderella’s Royal Table have reopened, we were eager to see how our past memories at Narcoossee’s compare to this new experience!
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