A big thanks to Mary Giordano, who just returned from a trip to Disney World! She’s been kind enough to review a special dining opportunity in the Grand Floridian Resort, the Afternoon Tea (which I have done and can highly recommend)! Take it away, Mary!
Nestled in the corner of the Grand Floridian’s massive Main Building is the Garden View Lounge. Every afternoon from 2pm to 5pm, an afternoon tea of sorts is served at the lounge. After many years of hearing about the afternoon tea, I finally found time during a recent trip to check it out and can only ask myself why I had not tried it sooner.
Garden View Lounge
Atmosphere:
The Garden View Lounge is beautifully sunlit from the windows overlooking the garden outside. It is a bright and intimate space despite being within the Continue reading →
Posted in: Drinking Around the World, High-Brow, Special Stuff, Table-Service.
Tagged: Afternoon tea · disney's grand floridian resort · Disney's Grand floridian resort and spa · Grand Floridian Tea
Disneyland’s bakeries are tempting me yet again with September’s Treat of the Month!
Disneyland's Treat of the Month -- Peanut Butter Mickey Cookie Dipped in Chocolate
This Giant Mickey Mouse Peanut Butter Cookie is dipped in chocolate, then drizzled with even more chocolate! Get one of your very own during the month of September for $4.95 at select candy locations including Marceline’s Confectionery, Candy Palace and more.
Posted in: Counter-Service, News, Snacks, Special Stuff.
Tagged: chocolate · Disneyland · disneyland bakery · peanut butter cookie · treat of the month
We’re transported back to the year 1790 in Dutch Tarry Town, New York. The more detailed location is Sleepy Hollow (which has yet to become an official town), and here we find the memory of a star-crossed couple, Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel…
Atmosphere
You never know what to expect with those brilliant Imagineers. Believe it or not, you’re actually in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom theme park — at a counter-service location, no less. Sleepy Hollow (the snack spot, not the town) is located just southwest of Cinderella Castle and Continue reading →
Posted in: Counter-Service, Cult Favorites, History, Snacks, Special Stuff.
Tagged: ice cream cookie sandwich · magic kingdom · Sleepy Hollow · Snacks
Disney’s unveiling a fun Jack-o-Lantern themed caramel apple for the Halloween season!
Keep watch for this Mickey Pumpkin Apple, which will start showing up on Disney candy store shelves tomorrow, September 1st! You should be able to purchase them through October 31st!
Regularly $8.95, word is that Annual Passholders should be able to get this sweet treat for $6.95, plus tax. (Offer subject to change without notice.)
Find these at Marceline’s Confectionery and Candy Palace in Disneyland, and at select locations in Walt Disney World!
Posted in: Counter-Service, News, Snacks, Special Stuff.
Tagged: candy apple · halloween caramel apple · halloween mickey apple · jack o lantern apple
