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The fun at the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival doesn’t end when the sun goes down! Spaceship Earth Not only can you rock out to the Garden Rocks concert series but you’ll also want to check out this year’s nighttime show on Spaceship Earth! Disney debuted the Beacons of Magic shows for the 50th Anniversary celebrations, and even though that celebration has ended, the beautiful lights on Spaceship Earth remain! Each time a new festival rolls around, the Spaceship Earth show gets a bit of a makeover. So pretty! We’ve seen Muppets-themed shows, Beauty and the Beast-themed shows, and more. For the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival, there’s an Encanto show! The song “What Else Can I Do?” plays while floral patterns and other shapes light up Spaceship Earth. (Encanto was also featured at the Spaceship Earth show for this festival last year!) “What Else Can I Do?” The lights in the World Celebration Gardens coordinate with the show, too, including the pretty lights on the ground! We’ve been making our way around the festival all day and you can see every single food review and more entertainment at the link below. Click here to see ALL our reviews from the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Stay tuned to DFB for all your Flower & Garden Festival needs! MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What are you looking forward to at the Flower & Garden Festival? Let us know in the comments. The post Don't Miss the 'Encanto'-Themed Spaceship Earth Show at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

The 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival is HERE, and from now until May 27th, you can check out the topiaries, gardens, and most importantly THE FOOD! Hi Tink! From February 28th through May 27th, you can enjoy new eats, specialty merchandise, all kinds of entertainment, and SO much more. We’ve been making our way through all of the food booths and sharing detailed reviews with you. But what are the very BEST dishes and drinks at the Festival this year? We’ve got the list you need right here! Here’s our list of the very BEST eats and drinks at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! New Bests Soy-glazed Sticky Ribs at Trowel & Trellis The Soy-glazed Sticky Ribs with green onions and peanuts are returning to EPCOT (coming from a previous Food & Wine Festival) for $7. This is the first time we’ve seen this dish as part of the Flower and Garden Festival — how exciting! Soy-glazed Sticky Ribs These ribs are PHENOMENAL. We were obsessed with these ribs. They were very savory. They were sticky. You can taste that signature soy flavor, and the jalapeños and peppers that topped our dish weren’t listed on the menu, but we were happy they were there. Sticky, sweet meat with a bright jalapeño topping? YES! Click HERE for our review of Trowel & Trellis! Toasted Pretzel Bread at Bauernmarkt: Farmers Market Three words: Toasted. Pretzel. Bread. You can try it for $6. For the sake of reviewing, we’ll go ahead and tell you all about this dish, but really, all you need to know is that this is cheesy bread that tastes as good as it sounds. Toasted Pretzel Bread OK, it’s no secret we LOVE cheese here at DFB. This pretzel bread has a combination of melted shredded cheese and gooey fondue. There’s also a black forest ham in the bread, and rest assured, the ham is moist and flavorful. To round it all out, we’re happy to report that the bread is perfectly baked, too. Yeah, this is a TOTAL winner in our book! Click HERE for our review of Bauernmarkt: Farmers Market! Chocolate Mousse Terrarium at Trowel & Trellis Meet the Chocolate Mousse Terrarium, which is made with matcha crumble and chocolate “soil.” You can pick it up for $5.50, and the adorable pictures you’ll get are a free BONUS. Chocolate Mousse Terrarium If this sounds somewhat familiar, you deserve a gold star for a GREAT memory! This dessert appears to be an updated version of what was previously the Chocolate Pudding Terrarium. This year, though, we were SUPER pleased with the taste! Of course, the decorations — including the little flower — were adorable. But the matcha crumble on top was very light and quite subtle. The chocolate filling was creamy, smooth, and rich. It’s sweet but not too sweet. Looking for a fun (PRETTY) chocolate dish? Look no further! Click HERE for our review of Trowel & Trellis! Liquid Nitro Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake at Swirled Showcase We NEED to talk about the Liquid Nitro Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake. This Fro-Zone style chilled cheesecake comes with fresh honey, granulated honey, honey mead blueberry compote Presented by National Honey Board. You can get it for $5.25. Liquid Nitro Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake The first thing we noticed about this dish was the fact that it had a really interesting crystalized thing going on up top. Like a crystalized sugar coating! Underneath that, there was the sweet cheesecake, and then at the bottom, you have a thicker bit of cheesecake that also sort of feels crystalized. We LOVE this dish because of all of those rich flavors and textures. Click HERE for our review of Swirled Showcase Honey-glazed Cauliflower at The Honey Bee-Stro Don’t sleep on the Honey-glazed Cauliflower for $5! This is made with honey-roasted carrot purée, wild rice pilaf, spring vegetables, honey-blistered grapes, and sunflower brittle. You might be wondering how honey AND cauliflower work together, but we’re here to tell you it’s GREAT! Honey-glazed Cauliflower This is such a pretty, hearty plate of food. There was so much here, so in terms of value, this one is automatically a win. It was so warm and hearty with all the cruciferous veggies, and the sunflower brittle added an earthy seediness to the overall dish that made it all work. The honey-roasted carrot purée was sweet and savory at the same time. Overall, this was another NEW hit. Cauliflower for the WIN! Click HERE for our review of The Honey Bee-Stro Sope de Chilorio at Jardin de Fiestas The Sope de Chilorio features Guajillo pepper-braised pork on fried corn shells. The dish, which costs $8.50, is complete with black beans, shredded cabbage, crema Mexicana, queso fresco, and chives. Sope de Chilorio Prepare for a bean-forward dish here. It’s nicely spiced without being too spicy, and the cabbage provides a nice crunch. The sope was lightly fried and crunchy while still being soft, and the braised pork had a rich, complex flavor from the peppers but wasn’t spicy. It was pretty tender, too! Click HERE for our review of Jardin de Fiestas Ramen Cup at Hanami Next up is the NEW Ramen Cup for $8.50 — it’s Ramen salad shaken in a cup with fresh vegetables, grilled chicken, and dashi broth with chili oil and yuzu. This is NOT the ramen you ate in college! (Thank GOODNESS!) Ramen Cup The Ramen is served cold, which that is EXACTLY how we think it should be served. The vegetables are light and bright. We thought the grilled chicken was just fine, but you don’t get a lot of it. The Dashi broth is savory and very robust. We didn’t get much of the chili oil and yuzu flavors, but this is EXACTLY what we needed to eat on a hot Florida day. Talk about a SURPRISE winner! Click HERE for our review of Hanami IMPOSSIBLE Jamaican Beef Patty at La Isla Fresca Behold the IMPOSSIBLE Jamaican Beef Patty with a Spicy Papaya Syrup. IMPOSSIBLE Jamaican Beef Patty It costs $6.50, and as you may have guessed, this is a plant-based item at this year’s Festival. Since this is a plant-based item, we noticed it had a meat patty inside instead of loose, ground meat. It had a texture similar to that of a meatball, but the non-traditional aspect of this was offset by the great spices. The crust is nice and flaky. The sauce on top makes this a sweet and spicy dish, but more like a medium spice level. If you like a little amount of spice, we think you’ll enjoy this. Click HERE for our review of La Isla Fresca Returning Bests Coconut Tres Leches at La Isla Fresca We are thrilled to see the dessert has returned in 2024! What makes this treat especially unique is that it is plant-based. It features a vanilla cake soaked in oat milk, almond milk, and coconut milk with toasted coconut. Try it for $5. Coconut Tres Leches The coconut flavor, while certainly present, isn’t too overwhelming (though we did find it to be a little more coconut-y this year than before). Plus, the cake is super moist but not to the point of being overly soaked. It was one of our favorite desserts in the entire Festival last year, and we think it could become one of your favorites, too. Plus, it’s part of the Garden Graze food challenge, so you can have a delicious treat AND work your way up to get a prize. See our FULL review of La Isla Fresca here! Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites at Brunchcot Brunchcot returned to the Festival this year. One particular favorite here is the Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites (formerly at The Sunshine Griddle booth). These lovely little beauties come with cream cheese frosting and candied bacon, and they are EVERYTHING. Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites The filling is generous; they’re loaded with cinnamon and sugar, and the cream cheese icing pairs well with all of the flavors. In the past, we’ve felt that the candied bacon didn’t really mix well with the icing, but that didn’t really bother our reporter this year. The flaky pastry combined with the cinnamon sugar was fantastic. We’d happily order a dozen of these in a heartbeat! Try them for yourself for just $5. Want to see more about Brunchcot? Click here! Avocado Toast at Brunchot Yes, there’s ANOTHER favorite at Brunchcot — the Avocado Toast! Again, this might sound like a dish you can make or get anywhere but believe us when we say this one is worth a try. The dish is made with marinated toybox tomatoes on toasted ciabatta, and it is delicious. Avocado Toast We wish that the portion size was bigger for the price, but the avocado is seasoned well, the toppings are wonderful, and the dish is absolutely beautiful. Plus, those fresh tomatoes add an amazing zing. And this is another one on the Garden Graze challenge, so it’s a win/win. Get it this year for $6. Want to learn more about Brunchcot? Click HERE! Orange-Lemon Smoothie in a Souvenir Orange Bird Sipper Cup at The Citrus Blossom If you didn’t get an Orange Bird Sipper, did you really go to the Flower & Garden Festival? Really, the drink and sipper combo here is a great way to get a delicious drink that’ll cool you down as you walk around EPCOT AND a souvenir that’ll keep you thinking sunny thoughts all day long. Orange-Lemon Smoothie in a souvenir Orange Bird sipper cup The Orange-Lemon Smoothie is non-alcoholic (making it again a good pick for the whole family), and it is literally like drinking an orange sherbet or a creamsicle in the BEST way possible. Grab this combo for $15. Check out our full review of The Citrus Blossom here! Beignet Caramélisé at Fleur de Lys You’ve had a classic Mickey beignet. Maybe you’ve even had beignets covered in special toppings. But now there’s another beignet you’ve got to try — the returning Beignet Caramélisé! This amazing dish is made with a caramelized beignet filled with vanilla cream and glazed with caramel fleur de sel, and yes, it’s every bit as good as it sounds (and looks). Beignet Caramélisé, Fourré Crème Vanille, Glacé au Caramel Fleur de Se This treat is thicker than your typical beignet, and the crystallized caramel glaze is INCREDIBLE. Just be warned — that topping can be extra hard and might just chip a tooth, so consider breaking it with your hands or a knife before you bite into it! Still, the risk is worth it because the bread is fluffy, and the filling is wonderfully creamy. If you haven’t tried this already, add it to your must-get list — you can thank us later! Grab it for $6.50. Need a full review of Fleur de Lys? Click here! La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush at Fleur de Lys La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush is a returning drink at the France booth, and it is one you shouldn’t miss! Made with Vodka, Grey Goose L’Orange Vodka, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, and white and red cranberry juices, the drink is $14.50, making it pricey but well worth it. La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush It’s light, sweet (but not overly so), and incredibly refreshing. Seriously, this is an ideal drink for a hot day in EPCOT, and its pink color makes it great for photos, too. Spicy Chicken Gumbo at Magnolia Terrace WOAHHHH. This returning gumbo is one you will not want to miss! The Spicy Chicken Gumbo is made with chicken, andouille sausage, and BEN’S ORIGINAL Long Grain & Wild Rice and is $6.25. It really surprised us this year. Spicy Chicken Gumbo It’s not super spicy, but there is definitely a kick here (which we really enjoyed but could see as being a bit too much for some people). The rice was wonderfully chewy, and the chicken was soft. Overall, the flavors were fiery in a great way. It might be a heavy dish on a super hot day, but it really impressed us! See more about Magnolia Terrace here! Strawberry Rhubarb Upside-down Cake at Farmer’s Feast The Strawberry Rhubarb Upside Down Cake is served with crème fraîche whipped cream for $4.75 and has been one of our favorites for several festivals, now. Luckily, this year, we’re happy to report this dish is STILL a festival fav. Strawberry Rhubarb Upside-down Cake Ah, where to start? The strawberry and rhubarb topping tasted light and fresh, all while balancing a nice sweetness that complements the fruit. This treat features a pleasant combination of soft, moist, crunchy textures. Can you tell we’re BIG fans of this treat? We highly recommend you give it a try! Click here for our FULL review of the Farmer’s Feast booth Best BOOTH at the Fest Fleur De Lys Ah, France. We love you! Our reporter gave the NEW dishes, like the Gâteau au Crémeux Citron, Lavende et Thym, Compote de Fruits Rouges, AND the returning treats, like the Croissant au Fromage de Chèvre RAVE reviews this year, so it’s no surprise this booth made the Best of the Fest list. 2024 Fleur de Lys Outdoor Kitchen If you see a LONG line over in the France Pavilion, now you know why. From the strong, flavorful goat cheese to the crystallized caramel glaze on the beignet, Disney did NOT disappoint with ANY of the menu items. We’ll be dreaming about that Parmentier de Canard A L’Orange for days. Sigh. We loved it here. Get a FULL LOOK at everything this booth has to offer HERE! Best of the Fest for Kids Froot Loops Shake at Brunchcot If you’ve got a kiddo who simply loves Froot Loops, add Brunchcot to your MUST-VISIT list! The Froot Loops Shake is a returning favorite here for little ones, and it’s definitely earned that spot. Froot Loops Shake It tastes like drinking cereal milk but with an even stronger Froot Loops flavor (in a good way). The cereal on top adds a nice crunch, it’s not overly sweet, and the drink as a whole is just delightful. It’s like having breakfast and dessert all at once (and we don’t mind!). Get one for the kiddo in your life (or yourself!) for $5. See the full Brunchcot review here! Frushi at Hanami Frushi is an iconic returning dish at the Festival and one that kiddos (and adults) could really enjoy! Basically, it’s what it sounds like — a fruit-focused sushi with strawberry, pineapple, and lychee wrapped in sweet rice and pink soy wrap served with whipped cream, drizzled raspberry sauce, and toasted coconut. Frushi It gives you the fun shape of sushi and the adventure of a pink soy wrap and sweet rice, with the familiarity of fruits and whipped cream. To us, it tasted just like strawberry milk. Fruity, sweet, light, and refreshing, it’s a snack that’s pretty, fun to eat, and delicious — win, win…win! Get it for $7.75. See our full review of Hanami here! Best Plant-Based Dish Plant-based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine at Refreshment Port This year, EPCOT tried something NEW with its Plant-based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine. This is plant-based buffalo chicken bites served on top of crispy potato barrels (tater tots) with ranch and plant-based blue cheese crumbles. You can grab this tasty dish for $10. Plant-based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine YAY! We LOVED this dish. We think it is one of the best plant-based dishes that the festival has to offer. The potato barrels were super crispy and helped with the texture of the dish. We also liked that it came with both ranch and blue cheese crumble. Both the ranch and the blue cheese balanced each other’s flavors. To be fair, note that the buffalo sauce was not super spicy, but the ranch helped cool that buffalo flavor off. OK, Disney! We see you with the plant-based WINS this year! Click HERE for our review of Refreshment Port IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball at Trowel & Trellis IMPOSSIBLE meat for the WIN! This plant-based dish is plated with lentil bread, spinach, marinated vegetables, and creamy herb aïoli. It’s one of the items available with the Garden Graze this year, and it costs $6. IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball Don’t let the IMPOSSIBLE name scare you away! This one is seriously good. The meat is heavily spiced, but not in a bad way. The vegetables here add a nice, juicy crunch, and the aioli on top provides a nice, earthy addition to the meat. Even the soft lentil bread was a winner for us. Give this a try if you’re feeling adventurous! Click HERE for our review of Trowel & Trellis! And that’s it for our BEST of the FEST picks! What items would YOU add to your personal best-of-the-fest list? Tell us in the comments! And stay tuned for more Festival news. CLICK HERE to see every single review of the outdoor booths at the Flower & Garden Festival! MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What do you think is the BEST item at the Festival? Tell us in the comments! The post Everything You NEED To Eat and Drink at Disney’s 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

The EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival runs from February 28th through May 27th, celebrating all things SPRING with food booths serving up fresh eats, topiaries and gardens adorning EPCOT, and a ton of fun entertainment options! Say ‘hi!’ to Buzz! Yep, that’s right — there’s more than just food to enjoy at the Flower & Garden Festival, so let’s check out ALL of the entertainment at this year’s Flower and Garden Festival! Garden Rocks Concert Series The Garden Rocks Concert Series is returning to the festival this year! The concerts are free with EPCOT admission and take place at the America Gardens Theater. Internationally known artists will perform Friday through Monday; local bands will rock the house Tuesday through Thursday. Show times are 5:30PM, 6:45PM & 8PM. The Vybe at Garden Rocks Here’s a full list of the artists performing at the Flower and Garden Festival: The Vybe — February 28 and 29 Jason Scheff — March 1 and 2 Richard Marx — March 3 and 4 Evolution Motown — March 5, 6 and 7 Berlin — March 8 and 9 Rick Springfield — March 10 and 11 Dian Diaz — March 12, 13 and 14 Modern English – New! — March 15 and 16 Commodores — March 17 and 18 Foreigners Journey — March 19, 20 and 21 The Orchestra — March 22, 23, 24 and 25 Funkafied — March 26, 27 and 28 Mike DelGuidice — March 29 and 30 Pointer Sisters — March 31, April 1st The Female Collective — April 2, 3 and 4 Blue October — April 5 and 6 Crowder – New! — April 7 and 8 Hooligans — April 9, 10 and 11 Jo Dee Messina — April 12 and 13 A Flock of Seagulls — April 14 and 15 M-80’s — April 16, 17 and 18 Plain White T’s — April 19, 20, 21 and 22 Champagne Orchestra — April 23, 24 and 25 Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas — April 26 and 27 Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone — April 28 and 29 Southbound — April 30, May 1 and 2 Monsieur Periné — May 3 Raul Acosta & Oro Solido with Magic Juan — May 4 Raul Acosta & Oro Solido with Luisito Ayala and The Puerto Rican Power Band — May 5 To Be Announced — May 6 Gilly & The Girl Band — May 7, 8 and 9 Simple Plan — May 10, 11, 12 and 13 Element — May 14, 15 and 16 The Spinners — May 17 and 18 Sister Hazel — May 19 and 20 Epic — May 21, 22 and 23 Lit – New! — May 24 and 25 To Be Announced —May 26 and 27 You can also get a Garden Rocks Dining Package, which pairs lunch or dinner at a participating EPCOT restaurant with guaranteed seating for a Garden Rocks performance for that evening! Learn more about that here. Click here to learn more about the Garden Rocks Dining Packages Topiaries Flowers are a HUGE part of the Flower & Garden Festival of course, and you can see a variety of different Disney characters made up of plants and flowers. Topiaries Here is the COMPLETE LIST of 2024 Disney-themed topiaries and their locations: Disney Film, Wish (Asha, Valentino and the Wishing Star) – NEW! – Main Entrance Butterflies – Main Entrance, Scentsy Garden, Butterfly House and World Showcase Figment, Flower Topiaries, and Flower Towers – World Celebration – World Celebration Plaza Huey, Dewey, and Louie – World Celebration – World Celebration Plaza Donald Duck – World Celebration – Community Garden Near Connections Café in World Celebration Bambi and Friends – World Discovery – Near Imagination! and Refreshment Port Wish topiary Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy – NEW! – World Discovery – Near Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Buzz Lightyear – World Discovery – Near Mission: SPACE Woody, Bo Peep and Her Sheep – World Nature – Between Imagination! and The Land Pavilion Simba and Friends (Rafiki, Simba, Mufasa, and Sarabi) – World Nature – Near The Land Pavilion Pumbaa and Timon – World Nature – Near The Land Pavilion Goofy – Rosewalk Groot! Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Chip, Dale, and Pluto – Bridge to World Showcase Encanto (Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela and Luisa) – World Showcase Coco (Miguel and Dante) – NEW! – World Showcase – Mexico Pavilion Anna and Elsa – World Showcase – Norway Pavilion Troll – World Showcase – Norway Pavilion Pandas – World Showcase – China Pavilion Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – World Showcase – Germany Pavilion Lady and the Tramp – World Showcase – Italy Pavilion Tiana – World Showcase – The American Adventure Pavilion Dragon – World Showcase – Japan Pavilion Near Torii Gate Coco Topiary Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy – World Showcase – Between France and Morocco Pavilions Beauty and the Beast – World Showcase – France Pavilion Lumiere and Cogsworth – World Showcase – France Pavilion Butterfly and Flower Towers – World Showcase – International Gateway Winnie the Pooh and Friends (Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger) – World Showcase – United Kingdom Pavilion Tinker Bell’s Fairy House Garden – World Showcase – United Kingdom Pavilion Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and Tick Tock Croc – World Showcase – Between United Kingdom and Canada Pavilions Geese – World Showcase – Canada Pavilion Global Gardens There are also beautiful gardens around the park for you to explore! All are listed in your Festival Passport, but we also have the COMPLETE LIST of Global Gardens and their locations for 2024: 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival Passport The Community Garden – World Celebration Festival Blooms – World Celebration Connections Conservatory Garden – World Celebration Near Connections Eatery Songbird Meadow Presented by Wild Birds Unlimited – World Discovery Camp Get Out ‘N’ Play Garden Presented by OFF! – World Discovery Prehistoric Garden – World Discovery Near Mission: SPACE Floating Gardens – World Nature Bold Bromeliads – World Nature in The Land Pavilion Butterfly Landing Presented by AdventHealth – World Nature Near Imagination! Butterfly Landing English Tea Garden Presented by Twinings® – World Showcase – United Kingdom Pavilion Shakespeare Garden – World Showcase – United Kingdom Pavilion The Honey Bee-stro Hosted by National Honey Board® – Rosewalk Near Imagination! Blossoms of Fragrance Presented by Scentsy – World Showcase Bridge Extraordinary Orchids – World Showcase – Mexico Pavilion Desert Garden – World Showcase – Mexico Pavilion Bamboo Garden – World Showcase – China Pavilion English Tea Garden China Penjing Garden – World Showcase – China Pavilion – NEW! Gnome Garden – World Showcase – Germany Pavilion – NEW! Miniature Garden – World Showcase – Germany Pavilion Garden Italiano – World Showcase – Italy Pavilion Bonsai Collection – World Showcase – Japan Pavilion Kokedema Garden – World Showcase – Japan Pavilion Shishi Odoshi – World Showcase – Japan Pavilion Spice Garden – World Showcase – Morocco Pavilion Bouquet Garden – World Showcase – France Pavilion Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration is a scavenger hunt that you can participate in throughout the park! You can pick up your scavenger hunt for $9.99 at select EPCOT merchandise locations, then come back to redeem your completed hunt for a special prize. Scavenger hunt There are 12 places throughout the park where you can search for Spike the Bee. He’s hiding though, so you might have to look hard! But here’s a hint: he’s usually hiding amongst some plants and flowers. Spike is a bee, after all! Garden Graze If you’re looking to earn a prize just for eating some food, then you gotta check out the Garden Graze! The Garden Graze is a returning activity that can be found in your Festival Passport. 2024 Garden Graze To participate, you’ll need to buy five of the qualifying food items from festival booths around EPCOT. When you get one of the items, make sure to get your Passport stamped. Although you only need to eat five of those items, this year’s list includes eight options, so you’ll be able to pick those things that sound best to you. This year’s prize is a Dole Whip Lime with Minute Maid Lemonade and Mango Smoothie Mix and a Packet of Wildflower Seeds. The prize! Once you have all 5 stamps, you can go grab your prize over at Pineapple Promenade! Here are the options for Garden Graze eats: Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market (Germany Pavilion): Potato Pancakes with House-Made Apple Sauce BRUNCHCOT (Near Test Track presented by Chevrolet): Avocado Toast with Marinated Tomatoes and Plant-Based Cheese Crumbles on Toasted Ciabatta EPCOT Farmers Feast (Near Test Track presented by Chevrolet): Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with Savory Garlic Spread and Plant-Based Cheese Florida Fresh (Near Disney Traders): Florida Strawberry Shortcake La Isla Fresca (Between the France and Morocco Pavilions): Coconut Tres Leches: Vanilla Cake soaked with Oat, Almond, and Coconut Milks topped with Toasted Coconut Refreshment Outpost: Seasonal Fruit Parfait with Sweet Chili Sauce and Mango DOLE Whip® Refreshment Port (Near Canada Pavilion): Plant-Based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine on Crispy Potato Barrels with Plant-Based Ranch and Blue Cheese Crumbles Trowel & Trellis (Near Disney Traders): Impossible Farmhouse Meatball with Lentil Bread, Spinach, Marinated Vegetables and Creamy Herb Aioli Jammin’ Gardeners The Jammin Gardeners are performing rhythmic beats with inspired backyard percussion over near World Celebration Gardens. The Jammin’ Gardeners Other Live Music You’ll also find other bands playing around World Showcase. We had a chance to check out a band called Atlas Fusion in Morocco. Atlas Fusion in Morocco That’s ALL of the entertainment that we know about so far at this year’s EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival! We’ll keep updating this post with more entertainment as we see it, so stay tuned to DFB for more. Click here to learn all about this year’s Flower & Garden Festival. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What are you the most excited for at this year’s Flower and Garden Festival? Tell us in the comments! The post COMPLETE Guide to Entertainment at the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

There’s something special — and often overlooked — in EPCOT’s Germany Pavilion, and today we’re taking you on a little tour to see what’s happening in the tiny train village! EPCOT’s Germany Pavilion train This tiny train town is fun to check out each time you’re in EPCOT since you never know what might be happening! And now that the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival has started, we’re back for another visit! The tiny village loves to celebrate all the EPCOT Festivals and right now, it’s all about Flower & Garden. Tiny Town in EPCOT’s Germany Pavilion If you look closely, you can see special banners have been added to its street lamps! These pop up for every festival, and now the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival banners have arrived. So cute! For the next few months, all the little tiny citizens of this village can look forward to celebrating spring with flowers and fresh eats, too! So be sure to stop by Germany to check out how the tiny village is celebrating the festival! More Flower and Garden Festival News! Don’t Miss the ‘Encanto’-Themed Spaceship Earth Show at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival!Everything You NEED To Eat and Drink at Disney’s 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden FestivalCOMPLETE Guide to Entertainment at the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden FestivalThere’s a NEW Addition in EPCOT’s Tiny Train Town!We Paid $32.75 for DOLE Whip in EPCOT…Was It Worth It? If you’re heading to the Flower and Garden Festival soon, be sure to stay tuned to DFB for all the latest news! Check out all the menus at this year’s Flower and Garden Festival! MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! Are you visiting the Flower and Garden Festival in EPCOT this year? Let us know in the comments. The post There's a NEW Addition in EPCOT's Tiny Train Town! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

There’s a NEW DOLE Whip in EPCOT! Refreshment Outpost Come with us to Refreshment Outpost, where we’re going to try all the tasty festival eats on the menu, including a brand-new DOLE Whip flavor. Here’s a word of warning: this DOLE Whip is a bit spicy! Menu At Refreshment Outpost, we’ve got a nice combo of new items and returning favorites. Refreshment Outpost Menu We can’t wait to dig in! Eats First up, we grabbed the NEW Seasonal Fruit Parfait for $7. This is a bright refreshing treat that is made with sweet chili sauce and DOLE Whip Mango. This is a Plant-Based dish that is also part of the Garden Graze Food Stroll, so be sure to get your passport stamped! Y’all – this is AMAZING. This is a lot like those spicy Dole Whips we often see in Disneyland. It’s nice and light with a flavorful mango Dole Whip. The spice just offers a perfect balance. It made our lips pucker — but in a good way, we promise! Seasonal Fruit Parfait Next up, we grabbed a returning favorite — the Tangerine soft-serve for $6.50. Now, be aware that this isn’t DOLE Whip. It’s soft-serve ice cream, so there is dairy in this treat. We loved this treat in years past, but just know that it melts QUICKLY. This is one of our favorite flavors and we kinda’ wish we could get it year-round. It tastes like tangerines with just a hint of vanilla. SO good. Tangerine Soft-serve And finally, if you’re feeling a little extra, the Ice Cream Float made with Tangerine Soft Serve and Barq’s Red Cream Soda for $6.50 might be just the thing! First, it already has that tangerine soft serve WE LOVE, but the addition of the creme soda just makes it PERFECTION. It’s fizzy tangerine creamy goodness. (We know it looks just like the soft serve pictured above…honestly, our editors had a hard time telling them apart once the ice cream started to melt!) Ice Cream Float: Tangerine soft-serve and Barq’s Red Creme Soda And to go along with your dishes… Drinks In terms of drinks on this menu, there are three new beers to test out! First up is the Crooked Can Brewing Sorpresa Picante Pale Ale Winter Garden for $12. We found this beer a little hoppy, but not TOO much. We also got some floral notes when sipping on it. Crooked Can Brewing Sorpresa Picante Pale Ale Winter Garden Next up, we’re trying the Woodchuck 802 Barrel-Aged Hard Cider for $12. This is SO easy to drink, and that could be a good or bad thing. It is very light with hints of apple, but it is quite sweet. But it’s a win for us! Woodchuck 802 Barrel Aged Hard Cider The third beer you can get here is the SweetWater Brewing Co. Fruit Punch IPA for $12. Also, the Lavender Martini has returned this year. This drink is made with Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka with lavender and lemon. Lavender Martini 2022 You can get it for $12. OVERALL We’ll just say it. Everything here is a big hit with us and if you’re looking to try a Dole Whip snack with a little bit of a kick, we say the Seasonal Fruit Parfait is the way to go. We’ll also never say “no” to the Tangerine Soft Serve or the Float (mostly because that soft serve is in it). This is where you want to be if you’re looking to eat some cool treats on a hot day in EPCOT. Full spread Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! Why You Might Want to WAIT To Go to the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What do you think about the Refreshment Outpost? Tell us in the comments. The post REVIEW: There's a NEW, SPICY Dole Whip in Disney World! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Get ready to GRAZE your way around the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival with this year’s food crawl, where eating some snacks can earn you a prize! Figment The 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival is happening now through May 27th, and we’re eating ALL the snacks at the festival, checking out the Garden Rocks concert series, and participating in the Garden Graze food stroll to check out some plant-based eats and win a prize. Come with us to experience this plant-based food crawl! Details on this year’s Garden Graze can be found in the festival passport, which you can pick up at the park’s entrance and at food booths throughout the festival. 2024 Garden Graze To participate, you’ll need to buy five of the qualifying food items from festival booths around EPCOT. When you get one of the items, make sure to get your Passport stamped at that booth. Although you only need to eat five of those items, this year’s list includes eight options, so you’ll be able to pick those things that sound best to you! 2024 Garden Graze — Don’t forget to have your Passport stamped! You will have to pay for each item, but once you collect stamps for five of those items, you can turn your passport in at the Pineapple Promenade food booth to collect your “free” prize (which actually ended up costing $32.75 if you add up the prices of all the snacks we bought as part of the stroll). This year’s Garden Graze items are: Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market (Germany Pavilion): Potato Pancakes with House-Made Apple Sauce BRUNCHCOT (Near Test Track presented by Chevrolet): Avocado Toast with Marinated Tomatoes and Plant-Based Cheese Crumbles on Toasted Ciabatta EPCOT Farmers Feast (Near Test Track presented by Chevrolet): Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with Savory Garlic Spread and Plant-Based Cheese Florida Fresh (Near Disney Traders): Florida Strawberry Shortcake La Isla Fresca (Between the France and Morocco Pavilions): Coconut Tres Leches: Vanilla Cake soaked with Oat, Almond, and Coconut Milks topped with Toasted Coconut Refreshment Outpost: Seasonal Fruit Parfait with Sweet Chili Sauce and Mango DOLE Whip® Refreshment Port (Near Canada Pavilion): Plant-Based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine on Crispy Potato Barrels with Plant-Based Ranch and Blue Cheese Crumbles Trowel & Trellis (Near Disney Traders): Impossible Farmhouse Meatball with Lentil Bread, Spinach, Marinated Vegetables and Creamy Herb Aioli First, we tried the beautiful Avocado Toast from Brunchcot! This insta-worthy snack is $6 and topped with marinated tomatoes and plant-based cheese crumbles, all served up on toasted ciabatta. It’s a classic that we keep coming back to for good reason — we love the fresh flavors and incredible bread! Avocado Toast Next, we ordered the Grilled Street Corn on the Cob from EPCOT Farmers Feast for $5.75. The tasty corn is generously coated in a savory garlic spread and plant-based cheese. We loved it! Grilled Street Corn on the Cob For our third item, we chose the Plant-Based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine from Refreshment Port. This was another win in our books! Its tater tots topped with plant-based buffalo “chicken” bites, ranch, and plant-based blue cheese crumbles. SO GOOD. At $10, it was the most expensive Garden Graze item we bought today. Plant-based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine The fourth item for our Garden Graze was the Coconut Tres Leches from La Isla Fresca! This is a returning favorite that we enjoy year after year. The vanilla cake is soaked with oat, almond, and coconut milk. Grab one for $5! Coconut Tres Leches And finally, we wrapped up our food crawl with the Impossible Farmhouse Meatball at Trowel & Trellis. We definitely ended on a high note! This is a plant-based IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball that is plated with lentil bread, spinach, marinated vegetables, and creamy herb aïoli. It’s super good and just $6. IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball We’ve collected all of our stamps now, so come with us to collect the prize! We headed over to Pineapple Promenade to turn in our stamps. The prize this year is the same as last year — a souvenir festival cup filled with DOLE Whip! It’s DOLE Whip Lime with Minute Maid Lemonade and Mango Smoothie Mix. You’ll also get a little packet of seeds with it. Garden Graze Prize So is this activity for you? If you want to try out some new eats and enjoy plant-based food, you should definitely give it a try! And if you’re planning on trying five of those Garden Graze eats anyway, why not collect a prize along the way? On its own, the prize is probably not worth almost $33 (there’s a more interesting DOLE Whip over at Refreshment Outpost, and it’s only $7), but if you’ll enjoy all the snacks required to get the prize, it’s a fun addition. Garden Graze Completer Treat! Stay tuned to DFB for more updates on the latest Disney news! Be sure to check out ALL the reviews of the food booths at the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! Are you going to try the Garden Graze food stroll in Disney World? Let us know in the comments. 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If your energy is flagging at EPCOT’s 2024 Flower & Garden Festival then you may wanna to visit a Joffrey’s cart to refuel! Every Joffrey’s cart offers classic coffee and espresso drinks as well as some unique Festival-specific beverages to join in for this park’s springtime celebration! Stop here while enjoying the Festival’s famous Disney topiaries, garden displays, and entertainment. Join us as we review Pineapple Promenade to see if it lives up to its reputation as a deserving fan-favorite booth once again this year! Menu There are four different Joffrey’s locations with NEW special offerings for this festival. The first is in World Discovery near Mission: SPACE. The next Joffrey’s is near Canada, then there’s another in World Showcase near Disney Traders, and lastly, there’s one in The American Adventure. Joffrey’s by Disney Traders So let’s try these drinks! Drinks First up was the Tropical Frosted Iced Tea, which you can find at the Joffrey’s location at the back of World Showcase at the American Adventure pavilion. Tropical Frosted Iced Tea This is an exotic blend of frozen lemon, Minute Maid Lemonade, iced tea, and Hawaiian Island Syrup garnished with a glazed orange peel. This is the best Joffrey’s drink we had today! It’s very citrusy and tropical without being overwhelmingly sweet. Plus, it almost tastes spiced because of the almond peel that’s inside. It’s nothing to write home about because it’s honestly JUST a tea, but it’s still good. You can grab this drink for $6.49, or try the alcoholic version with Grey Goose Vodka for $14.99. Over near Canada, we tried the Citrus Frosted Iced Tea. Citrus Frosted Iced Tea This is a tangy blend of frozen lemonade, Minute Maid Lemonade, Iced Tea, and orange-tangerine syrup garnished with a glazed orange peel. This one is pretty syrupy-sweet, but we do taste the tangerine. It’s refreshing, and we did like it, but it’s a bit overwhelming. It tastes like tangerine sweet tea. Citrus Frosted Iced Tea You can grab this drink for $6.49 or try the alcoholic version with Grey Goose Vodka for $14.99. At World Discovery (Near Mission: SPACE), we tried the Iced Honey Jasmine Latte. Iced Honey Jasmine Latte This is a floral fusion of espresso, honey jasmine syrup, milk, whipped cream, and graham cracker crumbles. The coffee has a very mild flavor, and it definitely has a higher amount of milk than a normal latte. We do taste the honey just a bit, but we can’t taste the jasmine at all! Iced Honey Jasmine Latte: A floral fusion of espresso, honey jasmine syrup, milk, whipped cream, and graham cracker crumbles You can grab this drink for $6.91, or try the alcoholic version with Bailey’s Irish Cream Liqueur. Over near Disney Traders, the new drink is the Iced Berry Chai Latte. This is a berry sweet blend of chai tea, blueberry syrup, and milk topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. We didn’t try it today because the Cast Members were out of the ingredients, but it sounds absolutely delicious! OVERALL It’s Joffrey’s. Here, we always get slightly elevated or more interesting versions of things that are there year round, and this experience was no different. We’d say save your money and snag something from one of the booths, unless you’re already going to Joffrey’s for your dose of caffeine. All we’re saying is that we wouldn’t go out of our way for it! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! Why You Might Want to WAIT To Go to the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! Which of these drinks would be your favorite? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: Don't Spend Your EPCOT Festival Money on These 3 Items first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Have you heard the news? The BUZZ-worthy booth at this year’s EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival is serving up some new and returning items and you’ll want to stop by! 2024 Booth Of course we’re talking about The Honey Bee-Stro sponsored by The National Honey Board! This booth has become a staple at the festival and its menu features dishes and drinks made with Winne the Pooh’s favorite ingredient — HONEY! Let’s take a look! Menu Over at the Honey Bee-Stro you’ll find a returning dish along with some returning drinks and a new beer! The food items are both sweet and savory and maybe even unexpected! We checked out the food items and a couple of drinks this year. Honey Bee-Stro menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats Our first dish is the returning Chicken and Waffles featuring crispy chicken and a honey sweet cornbread waffle topped with whipped honey butter and spicy honey. You can order this dish for $6.75. Last year this dish was one we enjoyed and even found a bit spicy. Chicken and Waffles Again, this was so, so good. The cornbread waffle is sweet and savory at the same time and reminds us a bit of a hushpuppy. It was a little dark so we thought it may be burnt, be it was perfectly cooked. The chicken is phenomenally done — the outside was crispy and crunchy while the inside stayed moist. The honey butter they melt over the top of it just ties everything together. We’ll probably be dreaming about this! New to the menu this year is the Honey-glazed Cauliflower for $5. This is made with honey-roasted carrot purée, wild rice pilaf, spring vegetables, honey-blistered grapes, and sunflower brittle. You might be thinking “honey AND cauliflower…how does THAT work?” We’re gonna tell ya! Honey-glazed Cauliflower This is such a pretty plate of food — and a plate of food it was! There was so much here so in terms of value this one is already a win. It was so warm and hearty with all the cruciferous veggies and the sunflower brittle added an earthy, seediness to the overall dish that made it all work. The honey-roasted carrot purée was sweet and savory at the same time. Overall this was a hit. And now to wet our whistle! Drinks The stand-out drink at this booth is the Honey-Peach Cobbler Freeze cocktail, which comes with blueberry vodka and streusel. This drink is $13. We couldn’t wait to check out this drink again this year! Honey-Peach Cobbler Freeze with Streusel For those who don’t like a strong alcoholic taste, you’ll appreciate this drink. You can barely taste the vodka itself but the blueberry flavor is there. In fact, we actually noticed the blueberry more than the peach! This beverage is fluffy, foamy, and creamy. As fruity as this is, the consistency is a little thick and some might find this to be too heavy on a hot park day. Also returning to the Bee-Stro this year is the Florida Orange Groves Winery Orange Blossom Honey Wine for $6.50. Orange Blossom Honey Wine And finally, a new beer has landed at the Bee-Stro this year — Copperpoint Brewing Co. Bee’s Squeeze Blonde Ale for $5.75/6oz and $9.75/12oz. We loved this — it reminded us of a German Honey Kolsch. It was nice and light with a super faint honey flavor giving it just a bit of sweetness. Copperpoint Brewing Co. Bee’s Squeeze Blonde Ale So, is it worth a visit? OVERALL Overall, the Honey Bee-Stro blew us away and just might be the Best Booth on our Best of the Fest list this year! The menu isn’t extensive, but we think that works in its favor because what they do, they do well over here. The chicken and waffle is what dreams are made of, and that cauliflower truly wowed us. Make sure you stop by to check out these eats when you’re at the fest! Full Spread at Honey Bee-stro Be sure to check out all the booths at this year’s Festival! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Flower & Garden Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: This EPCOT Festival Booth DOES. NOT. MISS. first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

There’s one booth at EPCOT’s 2024 Flower & Garden Festival that you might visit even if you aren’t going to buy anything off the menu. Pineapple Promenade Outdoor Kitchen 2023 We’re talking about the Pineapple Promenade booth — one of the Outdoor Kitchens (also known as Food Booths) at the park’s springtime celebration! Stop here while enjoying the Festival’s famous Disney topiaries, garden displays, and entertainment. Join us as we review Pineapple Promenade to see if it lives up to its reputation as a deserving fan-favorite booth once again this year! Menu At Pineapple Promenade, many items are returning, but this year also brings us 2 new beers. We can’t wait to dig into the Spicy Hot Dog and DOLE Whip (yes, we’re wiping some drool off as we write this). There’s also a good selection of beers here, including a Beer Flight. 2024 Pineapple Promenade Menu This booth is full of new items, and we can’t wait to dig in! Eats First up, we grabbed the Spicy Hot Dog with pineapple chutney and plantain chips. We’ve had this before. The sweetness from the pineapple chutney goes really well with that spicy hot dog, and the plantain chips add a great crunch! You can grab this tasty dish for $8. So, is the third year the charm here? Spicy Hot Dog This bad boy is SPICY. Like, we love spicy food. And this. is. SPICY. We really like the plantain chips that are on the top of this dish, as well as the tang of the pineapple. It makes for some fun texture! However, get ready for a slow burn kind of heat when you try this one. Spicy Hot Dog Next up, we grabbed the other returning item at this booth, a classic Disney treat, the DOLE Whip. This is a classic pineapple DOLE Whip, which needs no introduction. It’s just like the ones you’ll find at Aloha Isle in Magic Kingdom — fruity, creamy, and delicious. You can’t go wrong. DOLE Whip Grab the DOLE Whip for $6.50. Pineapple Promenade is the completer booth for the Garden Graze. The Garden Graze is a food stroll around the festival. You can pick up a Festival Passport at the front of the park and find instructions inside. There are eleven plant-based eats on the list of qualifying snacks, and you must purchase five of them to complete the stroll. Make sure to get your Passport stamped each time you buy one of the snacks! Once you’ve collected five stamps, you can head to the Pineapple Promenade booth to pick up a free treat as a prize. This year’s prize is a DOLE Whip treat in a collector’s cup with a pack of seeds! The prize! And to go along with your dishes… Drinks In terms of drinks on this menu, we’ve got a lot of returning favorites and a few new beers to test out! We’re starting out with a Beer Flight. Why just try one beer when you can try three? The Copperpoint Brewing Co. Tropical Hibiscus Blonde Ale and the Wicked Weed Brewing Perni Haze Hazy IPA are new beer options this year. And returning for a repeat appearance this year is the 3 Daughters Brewing Tropical Hefe. Flight You can grab this flight for $10.25. Pineapple Beer Flight The Tropical Hefe wasn’t our favorite. It was more of a pale ale and reminded us of champagne. 3 Daughters Brewing Tropical Hefe The Tropical Hibiscus Blonde Ale has an interesting color, but it does have that typical “pale ale” flavor just as the first one did. Copperpoint Brewing Co. Tropical Hibiscus Blonde Ale As for the Hazy IPA, it was a bit stronger and tasted more like a stout beer rather than an IPA. It was hefty, if that makes sense! Wicked Weed Brewing Perni Haze Hazy IPA Next up, we’re getting the DOLE Whip with Fanta! DOLE Whip with Fanta This is a non-alcoholic treat that just might be what you’re looking for on a warm Spring day. You can grab it for $6.75. If you love Pineapple, you will LOVE this. We found it to be extra refreshing since you can eat it with a spoon AND sip it with a straw if you wish. After that refreshing beauty, we’re gonna sip on its boozy big sister, the DOLE Whip with Sōmrus Mango Cream Liqueur. DOLE Whip topped with Sōmrus Mango Cream Liqueur Another returning treat that we’re happy to taste again to see if it still delivers, you know, for y’all! We do this all for y’all! You can grab it for $12.50. This makes for a super thick beverage, and it tends to separate and get a bit chunky after a while. We recommend eating it with a straw for that reason! We do love the slight Mango flavor and think it makes for an interesting treat. And, of course, it wouldn’t be the Flower and Garden Festival without the Frozen Desert Violet Lemonade! Violet Lemonade You can get it for $4.75. We’ve had this drink before and thought that it wasn’t too sweet but was still very flavorful with slight floral notes. It was just as delicious this year, and we will certainly be coming back to enjoy this throughout the festival! You also can’t deny it’s stunning (and very Instagrammable!). The only downside is that it melts SO FAST. OVERALL Overall, this booth’s food options might not be for everyone with that spicy hot dog. However, it does have plenty of great options if you’re looking for a sweet, refreshing snack. Of course, we love the Violet Lemonade and the DOLE Whips. Full Spread at Pineapple Promenade This makes the booth ideal for perhaps those who are looking for something for the grown ups as well as something for the kids. We’d recommend this booth to anyone who’s looking for a refreshing bevi, and anyone who LOVES hot dogs, some spice, and twists on classic DOLE Whips. Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! Why You Might Want to WAIT To Go to the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What do you think about the Pineapple Promenade booth? Tell us in the comments. The post REVIEW: We’re Not Sure Who Paired Spicy Hot Dogs With DOLE Whips, But It Totally WORKS first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

If you love croissants, cheese, chocolate, and beignets, there is ONE place you need to visit during EPCOT’s 2024 Flower & Garden Festival. 2024 Fleur de Lys Outdoor Kitchen We’re talking about Fleur de Lys booth — one of the Outdoor Kitchens (also known as Food Booths) at the park’s springtime celebration! Stop here while enjoying the Festival’s famous Disney topiaries, garden displays, and entertainment. Join us as we review Fleur de Lys to see if it lives up to its stellar reputation. There’s one snack here that LOOKS pretty terrible…but just wait until you hear what our reporter thought of the TASTE! Menu At Fleur de Lys, many items are returning, but this year also brings us two new snacks 2024 Fleur de Lys Menu This booth is full of new items, and we can’t wait to dig in! Eats We’ll start our “eats” portion with the returning Croissant au Fromage de Chèvre, Herbes et Ail Rôtie. This is a returning favorite from 2022 and 2023, and we’re happy to see it back! The dish is a croissant with goat cheese, herbs, and roasted garlic. When we had it in the past, we found that it had a lovely, crispy, buttery outside, with a soft inside filled with goat cheese that worked so well with the light herbs and garlic. Croissant au Fromage de Chèvre, Herbes et Ail Rôtie We’re happy to report that this croissant is STILL very tasty! Depending on your bite you may end up with too much goat cheese to croissant ratio, but if you take intentional bites you should be able to get a good balance of bread and cheese. The goat cheese is really delicious and herby and there is PLENTY of it! Croissant au Fromage de Chèvre, Herbes et Ail Rôtie As for the croissant itself, it’s super soft, flaky, and buttery. Overall, the croissant is a really high-quality item and a big win in our book! You can grab this tasty dish for $6.95. Look at all that goat cheese! Next up, we have a NEW dish — the Parmentier de Canard A L’Orange. This is a Pulled Duck Confit with Orange Sauce and Garlic-Rosemary Mashed Potatoes. Parmentier de Canard A L’Orange This dish is SHOCKINGLY GREAT! Presentation-wise, it’s not very pretty at all, but the taste is wonderful. The best way we can put it is that this Duck l’orange is akin to elevated turkey, mashed potatoes, and gravy. The gravy has a nice herbaceous flavor and the potatoes are incredibly soft and creamy. It doesn’t look like much, but it tastes great! As for the duck, it does have that rich flavor that is typical with duck but overall was very delicious. Ours was perfectly cooked and paired beautifully with the potatoes and gravy. This may be one of the worst-looking dishes at the festival, but it is also one of the best-tasting. Grab the Parmentier de Canard A L’Orange for $7.95. Our next item was another new one — the Gâteau au Crémeux Citron, Lavende et Thym, Compote de Fruits Rouges priced at $6.95. This is a Warm Cake filled with Lemon, Lavender, and Thyme-infused Cream served with Berry Compote. Sounds like a bright and springy dream come true — let’s see how it tastes! Gâteau au Crémeux Citron, Lavende et Thym, Compote de Fruits Rouges This treat gives off Festival of the Arts vibes and is really delicious! Our cake had the perfect level of moistness and a little bit of filling with great fruitiness and nice acidity. The berry compote is the perfect companion to this cake and provides a burst of fruity flavor. The lavender gel on the side of the plate gives a nice lavender punch and isn’t overwhelming in the slightest. Overall, this cake has a lot of great components and tastes great! Great fruity flavors! And finally, we’re ending our Spring visit to France with a returning favorite — the Beignet Caramélisé, Fourré Crème Vanille, Glacé au Caramel Fleur de Sel priced at $6.50. Beignet Caramélisé, Fourré Crème Vanille, Glacé au Caramel Fleur de Se This is a Caramelized Beignet filled with Vanilla Cream and glazed with salted Caramel. This has been on the menu for a little while, and when we had it back in 2022 we loved it. And (surprise, surprise) in 2023, we loved it, again! The beignet is thicker than your usual one (so just keep that in mind!), but the crystallized caramel glaze has been INCREDIBLE and it has sometimes made our list of the best items at the festival. One of our favorites This beignet is more like School Bread at Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe in the Norway Pavilion than a classic Mickey Beignet, as it is very bready with a regular diner roll texture but sweet. Inside, you’ll taste the perfect amount of vanilla cream while the outside features a phenomenal cracked sugar caramelized topping to really complete that amazing crème brûlée texture and flavor. This treat is also big enough to share or save for later, so keep that in mind. Delicious filling And to go along with your dishes… Drinks First up, we have the returning Sparkling Raspberry Cocktail. This is a Rosé wine with a natural raspberry flavor. When we’ve had this in the past, we’ve found it to be much sweeter than a regular rosé, but not too sweet (at least for us). Plus, it has a nice dry finish, which we really loved. If you want a lighter, sweeter, or more fruity drink, this could be a good one to try. Sparkling Raspberry Cocktail You can grab this cocktail for $6.50. This year, we had a slightly different experience with the Sparkling Raspberry Cocktail. Our glass tasted like a refreshing glass of white wine, but we couldn’t taste any raspberry. It was good, but not necessarily as advertised. Maybe your glass will have a stronger raspberry flavor. Sparkling Raspberry Cocktail Next up, the Jean Bojour Val de Loire. This is a Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley for $7.00. We did not try this, but it is available and is Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley. You can also find Kronenbourg Blanc 1664 Draft Beer here for $5.50 and $9.95 depending on the pour. And finally, the last drink available here is the returning La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush. This drink is made with Vodka, Grey Goose L’Orange Vodka, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, and white and red cranberry juices, and is priced at $14.50. La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush In the past, we’ve found this drink to be VERY yummy! If you’re a fan of the more regularly offered alcoholic slushies within the France pavilion, this is one we’ve felt like you’d typically enjoy. We grabbed the drink again this year to see if it could live up to our memories, and we were still impressed! La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush This drink is super floral and very photogenic. We still prefer the Grand Marnier Slush, but this is a really tasty drink nevertheless! OVERALL There was nothing here we disliked, so this booth gets two big thumbs up! The beignet was our favorite item from the booth, but we honestly think you can’t go wrong with any of the selections here. The food is delicious, the drinks are refreshing, and overall, we definitely recommend checking Fleur de Lys out during your next visit to the Flower & Garden Festival! If you stop by Fleur de Lys and give it a try, be sure to give us your review in the comments below! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What do you think about the Fleur de Lys booth? Tell us in the comments. The post REVIEW: The WORST-Looking Snack in EPCOT Actually Tastes INCREDIBLE first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Do you have your fork ready? La Isla Fresca Outdoor Kitchen I sure hope so, because we’re DIGGING IN with another Outdoor Kitchen Food Booth review at the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival! La Isla Fresca is our next stop, and since this food booth has consistently delivered some terrific tropical tastes during previous festivals, we always look forward to checking it out. Of course, the question is: Does La Isla Fresca impress once again this year? Let’s find out… Menu You’ll find La Isla Fresca tucked between the France and Morocco Pavilions in EPCOT’s World Showcase. The menu features one new food item with the IMPOSSIBLE Jamaican Beef Patty, and one returning food item, with the Coconut Tres Leches. 2024 La Isla Fresca Menu The Tropical Slush returns in its non-alcoholic form, and of-age guests can order it with Don Q Límon Rum. Florida Orange Groves Winery Tropical Perception White Sangria is also up for grabs, along with the new Wicked Weed Brewing Mango Wowie Hazy IPA with mango. Eats NEW this year is the IMPOSSIBLE Jamaican Beef Patty, which was lent some additional flavor with a Spicy Papaya Syrup. IMPOSSIBLE Jamaican Beef Patty It costs $6.50, and as you may have guessed, this is a plant-based item at this year’s Festival. Since this is plant-based-, we noticed it had a meat patty inside instead of loose, ground meat. It had a texture similar to that of a meatball, but the non-traditional aspect of this was offset by the great spices. The crust is nice and flaky. The sauce on top makes this a sweet and spicy dish, but more like a medium spice level. If you like a little amount of spice, we think you’ll enjoy this. This is definitely a best of the fest regardless of what your diet preferences are! IMPOSSIBLE Jamaican Beef Patty HOORAY!! The Coconut Tres Leches is back, and coconut fans will want to pay close attention… We have LOVED this vanilla cake soaked with oat, almond, and coconut milk every time it’s made an appearance, and it’s consistently been one of our favorite desserts at the Flower and Garden Festival. A vanilla cake is soaked with oat, almond, and coconut milk and topped with toasted coconut. Not only is it another plant-based option, but it’s also an eligible item for those participating in the Garden Graze Food Stroll! You can grab it for $5.00. Coconut Tres Leches The coconut flavor is strong in this cake. It has a nice texture and is not dry even though we thought it looked that way at first. It is plant-based, so the topping is non-dairy and is sweet and creamy. Overall, it’s very good, and even if you’re not on a plant-based diet, we would recommend it. Coconut Tres Leches Next up? Drinks, of course! Drinks Ready for some more of those tropical tastes? The Tropical Slush is back, combining lemonade, grapefruit, and simple syrup in a frozen slushy form. Tropical Slush The non-alcoholic version of this beverage is $4.50, and it’s also available to order with Don Q Límon Rum for $11.50. It was probably the best beverage we had all day! We tried the non-alcoholic version, and we noticed the flavors all went super well together. It’s a great hot day drink to cool you off. The grapefruit is probably the most prominent flavor and it did overpower the lemonade a bit. People who don’t care for grapefruit should avoid this drink, but for everyone else, you should try it! It’s certainly one of our best of the fest. Tropical Slush New this year among the drinks is the Wicked Weed Brewing Mango Wowie Hazy IPA with mango for $5.75 for a 6-ounce pour or $9.75 for a 12-ounce pour. Wowie Hazy IPA We were pleasantly surprised by this IPA. It was much sweeter than many IPAs we’ve had, and it didn’t have the bitterness you would expect from an IPA. We would even say that if you’re looking for a bitter, hoppy beer, you might want to look elsewhere. But if you want to try an IPA, this might be the perfect one to try. We love that you can get smaller pours at the festivals, so you can feel more free to try new items! Wowie Hazy IPA Wine drinkers may want to try the Tropical Perception White Sangria from Florida Orange Groves Winery. You can purchase a glass for $11.50. OVERALL We tried more things that were bests of the fest than not at this booth! If you’re looking to try some new, plant-based options, definitely head over to La Isla Fresca for some good eats and drinks! There’s still SO MUCH MORE to check out at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival, so on we go! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: Dig Out Your Wallet, Because You'll Be Spending .75 at This 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival Booth first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

2024 is a special year because it is a LEAP YEAR! 2024 Ears Since it is a Leap Year, we get Leap Day which takes place on February 29th! There are a lot of ways that you can celebrate this extra day, but what if we said you can celebrate with discounted doughnuts?! To celebrate Leap Day, Krispy Kreme is rolling out a deal for that will only last one day so mark your calendars! © Krispy Kreme On Leap Day, February 29th, 2024, customers can buy a dozen original glazed doughnuts for only $2.29! Get it? $2.29… 2/29, very clever Krispy Kreme! To take advantage of this deal, customers also must purchase any dozen doughnuts at the regular price. © Krispy Kreme This deal gets even sweeter! If your birthday is on February 29th, you get an additional dozen original glazed doughnuts free of charge! Proof of your birthday is required. ©Krispy Kreme Do not miss out on this as it only takes place on Wednesday, February 29th, 2024! Click Here to See Our Review of Everglazed Donuts and Cold Brew in Disney Springs! Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! WE KNOW DISNEY. YOU CAN, TOO. Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW Will you be taking advantage of this deal? Let us know in the comments! The post HURRY! This Leap Day Deal Is Sweet, but It’s Only Good February 29th! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

A new sculpture honoring famed Disney Legend Rolly Crump is bound for the Haunted Mansion Parlor onboard the Disney Treasure!View the full article

It’s finally time for the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Primavera Kitchen Food Booth We’re bringing you along as we check out the Primavera Kitchen booth — one of the Outdoor Kitchens (also known as Food Booths) at the park’s springtime celebration! Stop here while enjoying the Festival’s famous Disney topiaries, garden displays, and entertainment. Join us as we review Primavera Kitchen to see if it can bolster the reputation of Italy Pavilion festival booths! Menu Over at the Primavera Kitchen booth, you’ll find a variety of available items. And, all the food this year is NEW! 2024 Primavera Kitchen Menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats First up, we grabbed the new Bocconcini — Mozzarella bocconcini, grape tomatoes, and pesto sauce for $7.50. We were honestly surprised by how much we liked this considering it was a pretty simple dish. The tomatoes were fresh and not mushy, and while the basil was not as fresh, the pesto made up for it. It was light but aromatic and blended well with the mozzarella. Bocconcini Next, we grabbed the new Arrabbiata made with Pennette pasta, spicy tomato sauce, and buttery shrimp for $9.25. This was the standout item at this booth for us — it was that tasty! You can tell that someone put thought into it, especially the sauce. The sauce was rich and had a kick to it from chili flakes and tasted homemade. There were quite a few shrimp in the bowl we got and they were cooked pretty well — a bit overcooked, but we’d prefer that at a festival booth, honestly. Arrabbiata The Quattro Formaggi is made with Pennette pasta and four-cheese sauce, and you can get it for $6.75. This was good, but it’s not a must-have — it reminded us of something you might find on a kids menu at a chain restaurant. We definitely wouldn’t get it again just because it’s not too exciting, but it would probably be a great option for picky eaters! Quattro Formaggi And for dessert, we got the Chocolate Cannoli. This is a Chocolate-covered cannolo shell with peanut butter-ricotta filling for $5.75. We loved the chocolate-covered shell here, but it didn’t really taste like a cannolo to us. It was incredibly creamy and not too heavy on the peanut butter flavor, which we could have used more of. It was nice and sweet and overall not a bad option. Chocolate Cannoli We washed it all down with… Drinks In terms of drinks at this booth, we grabbed the Italian Margarita with limoncello and tequila for $12.00. Extremely refreshing, tart, and acidic all at the same time. This is a classic EPCOT festival drink and for good reason. If you’re a fan of margaritas, give this one a try! Italian Margarita with limoncello and tequila You can also get the Italian Sangria for $12.00… Italian Sangria …Peroni Pilsner (6 oz $6.50 / 12 oz $11.00)… Peroni Nastro Azzurro Pilsner …Sauvignon Blanc for $14.00 and Prosecco for $11.75. WHEW! OVERALL So, did the Italy Booth redeem itself this year? It’s still not our favorite or Best of the Fest material by any means, but we do think the Italy Booth has improved over last year’s festival. The arrabbiata pasta was a huge hit for us, and we were surprised by how much we enjoyed the bocconcini. Consider giving Italy another chance at this year’s fest! That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: We're SHOCKED by the Italy Booth at the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

LOUNGEFLY ALERT! At this point, we think our Loungefly sense is even stronger than Spider-Man’s spidey senses. We can always tell when there’s a NEW bag to be found. EPCOT Right now, you can find the newest Disney Loungefly bag in EPCOT! The EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival is going on right now, bringing tons of tasty snacks and drinks to the park. But that’s not all — there are also tons of new souvenirs to celebrate the event! Creations Shop We’ve already spotted a new Lug bag (these are SUPER popular right now)… Orange Bird Lug Bag …some super cute Minnie ears… Ears …and a LOT of new pins. Butterfly Pin But we couldn’t forget to tell y’all about the new Orange Bird Loungefly Backpack! The backpack is light blue with a big Orange Bird character on the front. The adorable bird is sitting inside a flower pot, which is perfectly on brand for the Flower & Garden Festival. Loungefly Bag This backpack is covered in little festival symbols, like gardening tools, orange segments, and Spaceship Earth. The adjustable shoulder straps are bright orange. Here’s the back You can get this bag for $88 at Creations Shop in EPCOT! It’s not online yet, but we’ll be watching for it to pop up at the Disney Store. Creations Shop Stay tuned to DFB for more updates from Disney World! Click here to see ALL the merchandise at the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! Are you going to grab this bag the next time you visit EPCOT? Let us know in the comments! The post There's a NEW Disney Loungefly Bag in EPCOT! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

We’re stopping by a newly reopened spot at the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival today — The Land Cart! The Land Cart The 2024 EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival has officially started and it has a LOT to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, unique topiaries to check out, merchandise to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. The Land Cart, which has been closed for several months, finally REOPENED on the first day of the festival and is serving up some unique and fresh items — let’s check it out! Menu The Land Cart has a few special items for this year’s festival and is an “additional location” when it comes to the food booths! Sure, you’ll find the basic Mickey Pretzel here but it’s the special items we’re checking out today. Menu Now that we’ve taken a look at the menu, let’s dive into the food itself! Eats First up, we grabbed the Roasted Red Pepper Hummus with cucumbers, olives, and multigrain crackers. This dish is $5 and is also eligible as a snack credit on the Disney Dining Plan. This is literally like one of those Kid’s packs you get. We will say that the olives and cucumber were fresh. The crackers were sesame crackers with a nice saltiness with a crisp crunch. Roasted Red Pepper Hummus with cucumbers, olives, and multigrain crackers This was a solidly good hummus, though. We really liked it, but this isn’t anything extraordinary. Maybe a good option if you’re looking for a light and fairly healthy snack! Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Next, we checked out the Açaí Parfait with Greek yogurt, fresh berries, and granola This dish is priced at $4.75 and is also a snack credit on the Dining Plan. The granola comes in a little separate container. We will warn you that this melted fast on us! Açaí Parfait It’s sweet and smooth and could be a great breakfast option if you’re looking for something not too heavy with some nutritional value. Again, though, this isn’t anything groundbreaking or new. It’s melting And finally, there’s the Plant-based Strawberry Fruit Bar on the menu. This item is $6 and is a snack credit on the Dining Plan. This is just a regular packaged strawberry bar, although we did like the taste of it. Strawberry Fruit Bar This thing melted, though, before we even got it out of the package. If you plan on ordering it, you’ll need to eat it fast. Drinks There is one festival drink here — the Florida Smoothie for $6.25 is made with Pineapple, Orange, and Mango. So we’ve got what we’re going to call a POM smoothie, which is like a POG smoothie, but with mango instead of guava. This baby is FRUITY and a lot of fun. If you like fruity treats or sweet smoothies, this is for you. And if you’re a big fan of POG juice, we think you should give this a try. It’s very similar but with a fun little twist. We also think the presentation was top-notch. Florida Smoothie Warning, though: this is going to leave a sugary taste in your mouth FOREVER. But overall, this is the perfect thing to order when it’s hot out. We’re not positive that this drink will stick around after the Flower & Garden Festival ends in late May. Although the Land Cart is normally open year-round, it seems like this smoothie might be festival-exclusive. But we’ll be watching for updates! OVERALL If you’re looking for a quick and fresh bite at the Flower & Garden Festival, stop by The Land Cart and check out the menu! These are some good options if you’re looking for lighter healthier fare or even if you have some pickier eaters in your group. Note, though, that there’s nothing super special about the offerings here and some of it is just literally pre-packaged food. If you get anything at The Land Cart, we’d say go for the smoothie, especially if you’re visiting the festival on a hot day. Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2023 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024Flower and Garden Booth Menus And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: Is This NEW EPCOT Smoothie Even BETTER Than POG Juice?! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

It’s ON, my friends… Tangierine Café The EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival has returned, and the event’s Outdoor Kitchen Food Booths have returned along with it! The thing is, the return of Tangierine Cafe: Flavors of the Medina is something of a given, in that this spot has consistently served as a Food Booth for each of EPCOT’s seasonal Festivals throughout the year. But, hey, if you’re a fan of Mediterranean flavors, that’s good news! In fact, it even appears that Tangierine Cafe has some surprises in store for us this year… Menu There’s a mix of returning and NEW items at Tangierine Cafe! New on the menu this year is a Mediterranean Flatbread, which is up for grabs alongside the returning Orange Blossom-Saffron Cake and Grilled Kebabs. Tangierine Café menu The Pomegranate Mimosa is also back this year. This year’s Hard Cider options even include a couple of new options: Keel Farms Pear Honeysuckle Hard Cider and Woodchuck Imperial Sippin’ Citrus Hard Cider make their debut along with the returning 3 Daughters Brewing Pomegranate Hard Cider. The Cider Flight gives you the chance to try them all! Full Spread In general, out of all the festivals that we’ve been trying this festival booth, this was our favorite year! Almost everything was very good and better than past festivals. However, the pomegranate cider here had us REALLY confused. Eats We are MORE than ready to dig into something new at Tangierine Cafe. Introducing the Mediterranean Flatbread! Mediterranean Flatbread Coming in at $6.00, this flatbread is topped with chermoula, roasted vegetables, artichoke, olives, and feta cheese. We were honestly blown away by this flatbread. It’s not the best of the fest, but it came close. It has a luxurious garlic aioli drizzled on top of it, which isn’t listed on the menu. And honestly, the aioli was the bed part. It was like dunking Mediterranean bread into a tasty garlic dip. The Orange Blossom-Saffron Cake was a hit last year, so it’s fun to see it on the menu once again. Orange Blossom Saffron Cake This pretty dessert is $5.00, and we loved it! There have been variations of this cake at other festivals, but we think we liked this one the best of them all. The top isn’t hard, but it is more of a shell which we liked for the addition texture. It’s not super sweet and rich, which was another bonus for our reporter. The bottom layer is spongy, which makes this cake overall light and airy. Orange Blossom Saffron Cake You can also get the Grilled Kebabs with either Lamb Kefta or Chermoula Chicken at this booth. Each kebab is $6.25 and you get a side of carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aioli on top. Moving on to beverages… Drinks Say “Cheers!” with the returning Pomegranate Mimosa! Pomegranate Mimosa Fruity, simple, and refreshing, this bit of bubbly is a nice change of pace from the traditional orange mimosa. You can grab it for $11.50! That said, Tangierine Cafe is really the place to be for fans of hard cider! There are three that you can try this year: Keel Farms Pear Honeysuckle Hard Cider ($5.75 for 6 oz./ $9.75 for 12 oz.) and Woodchuck Imperial Sippin’ Citrus Hard Cider ($5.75 for 6 oz./ $9.75 for 12 oz.) are new to the Festival this year, while the 3 Daughters Brewing Pomegranate Hard Cider ($5.75 for 6 oz./ $9.75 for 12 oz.) makes a return. Cider flight And, as always, you can try all three with the Cider Flight for $10.25! Naturally, the flight was what we opted for so we could try them all. First up, the 3 Daughters Brewing Pomegranate Hard Cider. This was our favorite of the three ciders! It had the best flavor and you could actually taste the pomegranate. Don’t let the color fool you, this light-colored cider is actually pomegranate (!!), and we would recommend it over the other two any day. 3 Daughters Brewing Pomegranate Hard Cider Then, we tried the Keel Farms Pear Honeysuckle Hard Cider. This one and the honeysuckle citrus cider were kind of the same in that there wasn’t much flavor to them. We searched hard for the pear and citrus flavors but without luck. They simply tasted like standard ciders. Keel Farms Pear Honeysuckle Hard Cider The Woodchuck Imperial Sippin’ Citrus Hard Cider was the pink cider NOT the pomegranate cider, which was very surprising to us! Woodchuck Imperial Sippin’ Citrus Hard Cider OVERALL We were pleasantly surprised by this booth! It’s a booth that comes back festival after festival with good food, but this time it was even better. It may not make the best of the fest but don’t write it off. We recommend stopping! My friends, we’re not done yet! There’s still SO MUCH MORE to check out at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival, so on we go! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: We're Really CONFUSED by This New Festival Drink in EPCOT first appeared on the disney food blog. 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EEK! The day is finally here — a new show is on Disney+! ©Disney We know a ton is coming to the streaming service soon, and that includes this new series we’ve been excited about for a while. Iwájú is officially on Disney+! Iwájú is a new coming-of-age series that follows a girl who is a young heiress from a wealthy island, and a poor boy from the mainland as they face a terrible threat to their lives. Wow, that sounds serious — check out the trailer below! What’s extra special about this series is that Disney teamed up with a Pan-African entertainment company called Kugali to ensure the show has an authentic focus on African stories by African artists. ©Disney Looking for more recent Disney media news? Check out our posts below! More Disney Media News! NEWS: Disney Hands Over Control of DVD Sales to Sony PicturesFULL LIST of Disney Movies You Can Watch in 3D on Apple Vision ProNEWS: Disney Announces Plans For “Ultimate Gaming Universe” In Partnership With ‘Fortnite’ CreatorWill There Be a Season 2 of ‘Percy Jackson’ on Disney+? We Just Got a MAJOR Clue!Everything We Know About When Disney’s ‘Wish’ Movie Will Be on Disney+ As always, stay tuned to DFB for all the latest Disney news! Disney+ recently changed their subscriber agreement — make sure you’re up-to-date on the changes! Join the DFB Newsletter to get all the breaking news right in your inbox! Click here to Subscribe! WE KNOW DISNEY. YOU CAN, TOO. Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW What’s your favorite show on Disney+? Tell us in the comments! The post Disney's Newest Animated Series Is Finally on Disney+! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

It’s happening! EPCOT’s 2024 Flower & Garden Festival has officially kicked off! 2024 Magnolia Terrace Outdoor Kitchen We’re talking about the Magnolia Terrace booth — one of the Outdoor Kitchens (also known as Food Booths) at the park’s springtime celebration! Stop here while enjoying the Festival’s famous Disney topiaries, garden displays, and entertainment. Join us as we review Magnolia Terrace to see if it lives up to its reputation as a deserving fan-favorite booth once again this year! Menu At Magnolia Terrace, many items are returning, but this year also brings us 2 new beers. The menu here is inspired by food from the Gulf region. Three of the four food items here are new and we can’t wait to dig into the Muffuletta Panini, Crawfish Pie, and Bananas Foster Bread Pudding (yes, we’re wiping some drool off as we write this). There’s also a good selection of beers here, including a Beer Flight. 2024 Magnolia Terrace Menu This booth is full of new items, and we can’t wait to dig in! Eats First up, we grabbed the Muffuletta Panini with ham, salami, mortadella, provolone, and Swiss with olive salad. This is a returning item from last year, but to be honest, we weren’t big fans. It was VERY HEAVY on the olive salad. So, how does it taste this year? You can grab this tasty dish for $6.25. Muffuletta Panini This was a great mix of all the ingredients this year — last year it was pretty olive-heavy. The bread is crunchy on the outside but nice and fluffy as you bite through. The meats aren’t too greasy for deli meat, but our main complaint is that the cheese was pretty thick and wasn’t quite melted like it should have been. Next up, we grabbed the other returning item at this booth, the Spicy Chicken Gumbo with Andouille sausage with long grain & wild rice. This has been a long-term favorite of ours, and we are excited to see how it measures up this year! Grab the Spicy Chicken Gumbo for $6.25. Spicy Chicken Gumbo This had a bit of a kick to it! The chicken was tender, moist, and had a great blackened spice going on as well. The sausage had a nice smokiness and the rice was soft and fluffy. We’ve loved this in the past and this year is no different — it made our Best of the Fest list! Finally, the Bananas Foster Bread Pudding! Just the idea of these flavors with bread pudding is giving us happy thoughts. Brown sugar + cinnamon + banana = delicious, right? We’ll let’s find out! You can pick one up for $4.75 Bananas Foster Bread Pudding This is dangerously good. We got a good mix of the banana flavor along with the brown sugar and cinnamon. The bread itself was so soft, that it nearly melted in our mouth. This is definitely a must-try if you like bananas or bread pudding. And to go along with your dishes… Drinks In terms of drinks on this menu, we got the Beer Flight. Why just try one beer when you can try three? The Urban Artifact Capy Snacks Fruit Punch Fruit Ale and the Schneider Weisse LoveBeer Weissbier are new beer options this year. And returning for a repeat appearance this year is the Parish Brewing Co. Ghost in the Machine Double IPA. You can grab this flight for $10.25. Beer Flight The Urban Artifact Capy Snacks Fruit Punch Fruit Ale was by far the most approachable beer in the flight. It was certainly fruity, but didn’t have that artificial fruit punch flavor you might expect. Urban Artifact Capy Snacks Fruit Punch Fruit Ale The Schneider Weisse LoveBeer Weissbier was on the drier side, but it was still light and would make for a great “walking around” beer. It was also on the fruity side, but more from the traditional flavor of a weissbier than any additional fruit like the Ale. Schneider Weisse LoveBeer Weissbier And finally, the fruity cocktail that we’re pretty sure Mama Odie mastered the recipe for, the Bayou Cocktail. The nectar of the bayou is Spiced rum, coconut rum, fruit punch, and orange juice, and you can grab it for $12.50. Bayou Cocktail This thing was delicious — but pretty darn sweet! We could definitely taste the rum but it wasn’t overpowering, and we tasted more orange than fruit punch, but both flavors were still present. If you like fruity, rum-based cocktails, you’ll probably enjoy this! So, is this booth worth a visit? OVERALL Magnolia Terrace was a hit for us yet again. That gumbo was so phenomenal and made our Best of the Fest list, so we’d definitely recommend giving it a try. Plus, that bread pudding and Bayou Cocktail are just added bonuses! Magnolia Terrace Full Spread Stay tuned to DFB as we bring you even more reviews from the festival! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What do you think about the Magnolia Terrace booth? Tell us in the comments. The post REVIEW: There's a Reason We Keep Coming Back to This EPCOT Festival Booth! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

The 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival has started, and in addition to the traditional booths, there are some bonus locations, including a NEW addition for 2024 — the United Kingdom Beer Cart! 2024 UK Pavilion Beer Cart You’ll find the UK Beer Cart near the Rose & Crown in EPCOT’s United Kingdom Pavilion, and for this year’s festival, it’s added a NEW drink! Let’s stop by to check it out! Menu Over at the United Kingdom Beer Cart, you’ll find a special Festival-themed drink, the Scottish Thistle. 2024 Menu We’re intrigued! Based on the picture, it looks pretty good. Let’s see how it tastes! Drinks Since it’s the only festival item at the beer cart, we bellied up to the bar and ordered the Scottish Thistle. This drink is made with Fords Gin with lemon and blackcurrant-cucumber syrup garnished with cucumber. You can get it for $9.75. Now, let’s talk drinks. This one has a BEAUTIFUL presentation. Just look at it — we’d argue our drink was even prettier than the one in Disney’s stock photo! When you hold this one up to the light, it practically shimmers. Scottish Thistle OK, ok; this isn’t a fashion show, so let’s talk about the flavor. This one has a very prominent cucumber taste — it’s the first thing we noticed. The drink itself has an almost slushy-like consistency, and our beverage was nice and refreshing. As we said, this one is super cucumber-y, so be prepared for that bright, cool flavor to stick out. There is also a hint of berry flavor here, thanks to the blackcurrant syrup. Yum! Overall, this is a light, sweet drink that’s perfect for people who aren’t afraid of a cucumber-heavy beverage. OVERALL If you find yourself traveling through the UK Pavilion, stop by the Beer Cart and check out this special Festival item! It’s a fun addition to the festival and makes a great pick-me-up in the middle of a hot Florida day. Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus And don’t forget to pick up our 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: You’ll Regret Missing This SECRET EPCOT Festival Drink! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

Looking for something fruity and sweet at EPCOT’s 2024 Flower & Garden Festival? Well, you’ll find plenty of options all around EPCOT to satisfy that craving. But right now, we’re heading over to a favorite spot that never fails to impress us! We’re talking about the Funnel Cake booth — one of the Outdoor Kitchens (also known as Food Booths) at the park’s springtime celebration! Stop here while enjoying the Festival’s famous Disney topiaries, garden displays, and entertainment. Join us as we review Pineapple Promenade to see if it lives up to its reputation as a deserving fan-favorite booth once again this year! Menu At Funnel Cake, they do one thing, and they do it really well — funnel cakes. (Who woulda thunk it?) Funnel Cake Menu Not a big or broad menu, but we like what they’ve got! Eats So, we’re not gonna build up the suspense. We’re digging right in! We grabbed the funnel cake with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, whipped cream, strawberry glaze, and strawberry crunch. Funnel Cake You can grab this tasty dessert for $12. What did we think? Well, it’s a nice, fluffy, crispy funnel cake. The tart flavor from the fresh strawberries really compliments the sweetness of the funnel cake and vanilla ice cream. Funnel Cake We also really loved the texture that the sugar crystals on top added to the dish! This is good, don’t get us wrong, but we’re not sure it’s worth the $12 when you could get a cheaper one from Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (BTW, you can take the Skyliner from EPCOT to Hollywood Studios and get there pronto.) OVERALL While we enjoyed the funnel cake, we’d probably skip it. It’s nothing special. You can get a similar one in Hollywood Studios, OR you could literally whip it up at home with a batter recipe from Pinterest and a squirty bottle from Dollar Tree. Yep, we’re gonna save our cash. However, we tried so many AWESOME treats that we do recommend you spend your money on. Check out all of our reviews below! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! Why You Might Want to WAIT To Go to the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What do you think about the Funnel Cake option this year? Tell us in the comments. The post REVIEW: There's a CHEAPER Version of This EPCOT Treat Just a Skyliner Ride Away! first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

No trip to Flower & Garden is complete without the fan-favorite Orange Bird! Keep reading to discover all the places you can spot him throughout EPCOT this festival season. View the full article

DISCLAIMER! We are NOT responsible for any of the actions you may take after reading this post, which may include but are not limited to, suddenly ordering delicious food at home, booking a trip immediately to EPCOT, or expanding that Disney World budget so you can eat even more food. Florida Fresh We’ve been snacking around EPCOT at this year’s Flower & Garden Festival, but we had to stop and talk about this one booth that’s HIDING! We’re talking about Florida Fresh — one of the Outdoor Kitchens (also known as Food Booths) at the park’s springtime celebration! The Florida Fresh booth is located over near the Imagination pavilion, but that’s NOT where you’ll find the food. Confused? Let us explain. Florida Fresh Booth When we hopped over to the Florida Fresh booth, a Cast Member informed us that the booth itself wasn’t quite ready to open yet, so there’s a temporary Florida Fresh booth located at the Odyssey pavilion instead! It’s the same menu that will be at the booth in the future, just in a different spot, so it’s easy to accidentally MISS this booth! Menu At the Florida Fresh booth, you’ll find a variety of returning and new items. We were glad to see Florida Fresh return last year after a brief hiatus since 2020, so we have been excited to give this one a try! 2024 Menu This booth is full of new items, and we can’t wait to dig in! Eats Did someone say Grilled Warm Water Lobster Tail?! If lobster tail wasn’t enticing enough, it comes with Key lime butter. You can grab this tasty dish for $11.25. Interestingly enough, we didn’t get any of the key lime flavor or butter. It was creamy, but not flavorful. Grilled Warm Water Lobster Tail Some pieces of the lobster were tender, but there were still a lot of tendons and shell pieces, meaning this was very difficult to eat. We had to pull it apart with our fingers to get to the good bits and there’s quite a bit of inedible stuff left over. It WAS tasty, but way too much work. Hard to eat Lobster is a tough act to follow, but this next dish has brought its A-game! Mojo-marinated pork belly, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and stone ground mustard sauce are all coming together for the Cubanito! Grab it for $6.50. So this is basically a Cuban sandwich, albeit a good one. Cubanito The bread was toasted and it was a bit on the crunchy side. There was also a lot of meat, but the pickle and mustard gave it a bit of tang. We thought it was delicious! Cubanito Ready for something sweet? Let’s dig into the Florida Strawberry Shortcake for $5. But you can leave your guilt at the door with this fruity dessert because it’s plant-based! This dish is also eligible for a stamp if you’re attempting to complete the Garden Graze food crawl. This was literally just a piece of cake with strawberries and whipped topping. Strawberry Shortcake We did admire the whipped topping for not melting on us, even after sitting in the hot sun for a while. The cake itself was dense, but not dry. It’s just a regular strawberry shortcake, though. Nothing to see here…moving along… Florida Strawberry Shortcake And to go along with your dishes… Drinks Raise a glass of Cucumber-Watermelon Slushy for $5. This just keeps the theme of this booth going: basic. We did like that the watermelon did not taste artificial. We could also taste the cucumber, which brightens up the drink and makes it fresh. It is, however, a little small. Cucumber-Watermelon Slushy You can also add some gin to transform this into a cocktail for $13. OVERALL About the only thing we can say about this booth is that it’s fine. There are no real standouts here, and we wouldn’t eat the lobster again because it’s entirely too complicated to eat. The Cubanito is great if you just want a sandwich, but there are so many other interesting savory dishes to try at the festival. The same goes for the strawberry shortcake and drink. It’s just all a little too basic. The best news — even if none of these bites appeal you, you can come back in a few weeks and try the next items on this rotating dining menu! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! 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Who doesn’t love Brunch?! Come to think of it… who doesn’t love EPCOT? 2024 BRUNCHCOT Outdoor Kitchen No one that I can think of! And that’s a good thing… because here at the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival, we’re discovering once again what happens when BRUNCH meets EPCOT at BRUNCHCOT. Located just steps away from Test Track in World Discovery, BRUNCHCOT is one of the Festival’s Outdoor Kitchens (also known as Food Booths). And we’re bringing you our review right here as we check out EVERY SINGLE BOOTH at this year’s Festival! Menu What’s BRUNCHCOT serving up this year? The lovely Avocado Toast is back, along with the Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites. A new dish is also up for grabs: a Biscuit and Gravy (featuring ingredients by IMPOSSIBLE). Brunchcot Menu The colorful Froot Loops Shake returns once again! Of-age guests who are in search of a little caffeine can try the Coffee Cocktail, or opt for a Peach Bellini if you’ve already had your cup o’ joe for the day. So, does BRUNCHCOT impress this year? Let’s find out… Eats The always Insta-worthy Avocado Toast is $6 and is topped with marinated tomatoes and plant-based cheese crumbles, all served up on toasted ciabatta. This dish is basically a Flower and Garden Festival CLASSIC at this point, and we keep coming back for more. Avocado Toast This plant-based dish is also eligible for a stamp if you’re attempting to complete the Garden Graze food crawl! It tastes like a simple, classic avocado toast you can find at many breakfast restaurants, with all the salty, savory flavors we know and love. It’s a litttttle bland, but overall, we still really enjoy this dish. The tomatoes — despite the claim that they are marinated — didn’t have much flavor, but the bread was the star of the show here. The toast itself was crunchy AND chewy, which we really appreciated. The only thing we could see improving this dish would be a little drizzle of balsamic, but overall, this is a returning favorite for us! Avocado Toast Now, this one’s unexpected… the new Biscuit and Gravy dish ($6.75) probably isn’t what comes to mind when you think of the classic dish. Why? Well, this take features IMPOSSIBLE Chicken Fried Steak and IMPOSSIBLE Sausage Gravy. Hmmm…we’re intrigued. Surprisingly, we found this dish to be a winner! The biscuit and gravy combination was really delicious, and it tasted like real sausage and real sausage gravy. There was lots of pepper in both the gravy and the meat, which gave this a nice jolt of flavor. The Chicken Fried IMPOSSIBLE patty was shockingly convincing, too! In fact, we think even people who eat meat will like this snack. The biscuit is nice, light, and flaky and makes a good base to soak up the gravy. At the end of the day, though, the most noteworthy part of this dish is the fact that it’s made without real meat. Give it a try if you’re feeling adventurous! How about some Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites while we’re at it? This dish is $5. Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites The Cinnamon Roll Bites comes complete with cream cheese frosting and candied bacon (HELLO!). For the past two years, we’ve enjoyed this tasty treat as the perfect brunch-meets-dessert. But what about this year? Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites Without question, we’re here to report that these are a TOTAL contender for the best of the fest this year. The value is surprisingly good here — five big cinnamon roll bites for five dollars! Each Cinnamon Roll Bite is generously coated with cinnamon sugar and sweet cream cheese frosting. Need we say more? There’s also lots of candied bacon on top, which adds a salty, savory kick to cut through the sweet, sugary flavors. The cinnamon filling is HEAVEN! It’s creamy, gooey, and buttery. For five dollars, this is a no-brainer. GET IT. Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites Of course, it’s just not brunch without a few fun sips to go along with everything… Drinks Channel your inner child with the returning Froot Loops Shake! Surprise! This shake is a different color this year, but the flavor remains the same. It’s got that classic, milky Froot Loop flavor we know and love! Froot Loops Shake This is a great one to grab for your own kiddo (it’s non-alcoholic, after all!), and be sure to steal a sip for yourself. This drink is $5. Adults can pick up a traditional Peach Bellini for $11.50. Peach Bellini You can never really go wrong with a Bellini, but it’s still worth mentioning that this drink is pretty basic and even a bit light on the peach, with an emphasis on sparkling wine. Obviously, there are more unique beverages you can pick up not just at BRUNCHOT, but all over the Festival. Need something for an extra boost? The Coffee Cocktail ($11) might be what you’re looking for. Coffee Cocktail It features Joffrey’s Coffee with milk, vanilla vodka, and Kahlúa Rum AND Coffee Liqueur for a pick-me-up any time of day. This one doesn’t have an overpowering alcohol flavor; the main flavor is that rich coffee, along with a hint of sweet Kahlúa. Does this mean it’s a weak drink? Or just suspiciously easy to drink? We’ll let you be the judge. OVERALL This booth has SO MANY great options. From the classic Avocado Toast to the new IMPOSSIBLE dish, there is so much to explore here. Well, I don’t know about you, but I could eat brunch ALL DAY. That said, there’s still SO MUCH MORE to check out at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival, so on we go! Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival! Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know: Learn about the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Check out ALL of the 2024 Flower and Garden Booth Menus See what eats you’ll need to try to get a PRIZE at the Festival! And don’t forget to pick up our EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival e-book! See more details about the book below. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS DFB's Guide to the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest. It includes all the must-have information for navigating this one of the most BEAUTIFUL festivals at Disney World, including: Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations! The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!) All the details on special events, topiaries, festival exclusive merchandise, and more! GET YOUR GUIDE NOW MORE Flower & Garden Festival INFO! See the FULL LIST of Food Booths, Menus, and Photos from the Festival Learn About the Garden Rocks Concert Series and Dining Packages Secret Tips for the Flower & Garden Festival CONFIRMED: These 6 Things Will RETURN to the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2 Things We ALWAYS Bring to the Festival Click HERE for All of the Latest News and Details About the Festival! What items from this booth would you most want to try? Tell us in the comments! The post REVIEW: This May Be the BEST Way To Spend in EPCOT Right Now first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article

We talk a lot about the best things to help you survive a day at Disney World, but we’ve almost forgotten to talk about the biggest part of it all! Stanley Carrier Staying hydrated throughout the day is going to be key to making your day as successful as possible while visiting Disney World and we swear by our Stanley cups to help us out! If you’ve ever been curious to see what a Stanley Cup can do for you while at Disney or how to bring it to Disney, we’ve got the best things to show you. Let’s take a look! DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we receive a commission. Everything we’re going to show you today can be found on Amazon! If you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, use our free trial below to get started. We’ve got to have a Disney-themed straw cover! Stanley Straw Accessory These themed covers are perfect for a day at the parks! Minnie’s cute head can be found in various styles of snacks for almost any season! The best part about this one is they come as a pack of 5 so you’re able to switch them up as often as you like. See it on Amazon This is the best carrying case we’ve found for our Stanley Cup! Stanley Carrying Case This carrying case is the whole kit and caboodle! Not only will it conveniently hold your Stanley cup with a snug fit and convenient carrying strap, but the side has a small zippered pocket that’s perfect for carrying all of your necessities with you wherever you go. There’s even a clip for easy access to your keys! See it on Amazon This tray attachment for your Stanley Cup is genius! Stanley Food Carrier It’s a real party now that you’ve got this tray attachment! The snack tray is perfect for keeping all of your favorites within reach at all times and at your fingertips with just one hand. The tray is made of BPA-free silicone making it safe for kids, odorless, and clean up is a breeze. See it on Amazon Don’t already own a Stanley Cup? We got you covered! ©Amazon The Stanley Quencher model is a great fit to get you started. These vacuum-sealed cups come with their own lid and straw for best-enjoying water, iced tea, and coffee. They’re made of 90% recycled material, dishwasher safe, and a lifetime warranty. Plus, they come in so many different colors and patterns to fit almost any style! See it on Amazon We’ve searched all across Amazon for the best Disney deals! Take a look at the best things we’ve found below. Click HERE to see even more cool things we’ve rounded up on Amazon!The post How We Bring Our Stanley Cup to Disney World first appeared on the disney food blog. View the full article