Dining Archive
As announced a couple days ago, Walt Disney World will be canceling all existing Advance Dining Reservations, plus Free Dining and paid Disney Dining Plans through next year. Email notifications have started going out, providing additional details–including the impact on character dining and other certain experiences. This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. When Walt
Following the big announcement that Walt Disney World will begin the phased reopening of its theme parks in July 2020 and Disney Vacation Club Resorts would open in June 2020, it’s been a roller coaster couple of days for a variety of WDW reservations that have been cancelled or temporarily disappeared. First, the online booking
Following reopening day of Disney Springs, we headed back to Walt Disney World for the first time in over two months. It was an odd mix of surreal, normal, apocalyptic, and comforting. You know, all the usual feelings you get when wandering an outdoor mall and dining at a restaurant. We’re not going to rehash
Disney Springs has emerged as the culinary epicenter of Walt Disney World. Restaurants like Boathouse, Homecomin’, Morimoto Asia, and a variety of other table service restaurants by celebrity chefs have impressed, and offered a better value proposition than in-park alternatives. (Updated May 22, 2020.) Despite this, one challenge has been finding an affordable and delicious
Tangaroa Terrace Tropical Bar & Grill is an Adventureland-inspired counter service restaurant at Disneyland Hotel, located around the corner from Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar. In this Disneyland dining review, we’ll cover breakfast and dinner with food photos and thoughts on the atmosphere. This restaurant is a short walk from Disney California Adventure, Disneyland, and
Walt Disney World has just announced that a phased reopening of Disney Springs will begin on May 20, 2020. In this post, we’ll share details about the reopening of the entertainment complex, which will open its restaurants and retail ahead of the theme parks. This decision by Walt Disney World to reopen Disney Springs follows
Walt Disney’s 1954 classic movie adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea kicked off Imagineering’s decades-long fascination with science fiction author Jules Verne. Attractions and entire lands inspired by the science fiction author have since been built at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, and Tokyo DisneySea. Chief among these is the 20,000 Leagues Under
Last year, Walt Disney World surprised everyone by releasing Free Dining in January before releasing two subsequent waves of discount dates and hotel room inventory later in the year. The same happened again at the beginning of this year with the popular Disney Dining Plan promotion. Prior to that, Walt Disney World historically dropped its
For our meal at Crystal Lotus, we decided to go all out and ordered the entire menu of Disney dim sum, making it one of the more expensive meals we’ve ever done. This post reviews our dim sum experience at Crystal Lotus, eating every character from Mickey Mouse to Duffy the Bear, and shares a
Dinosaur Gertie’s Ice Cream of Extinction is an awesome Walt Disney World ice cream stand, but it’s also so much more. It’s one of the cool details at Disney’s Hollywood Studios that help make the park special, and is seemingly out of place but fits perfectly. The park catches a lot of flak and is
Our restaurant review of the newly-reimagined Beaches & Cream Soda Shop takes a look at the expanded and redesigned interior of the ice cream spot at Yacht & Beach Club Resort. This Walt Disney World dining review features thoughts on atmosphere, food photos, and our take on whether it’s still worth doing a meal or
