Looks like the elves are already starting to gear up for the holidays… . Could it really be that a special holiday meal is coming to Hollywood & Vine at Disney’s Hollywood Studios?
A mysterious menu has appeared on the My Disney Experience app! At the time, it seems this menu is viewable on Android devices, but NOT on iDevices. Still, what’s remarkable about this menu is not the items themselves (standard items for the Hollywood & Vine buffet), but
the NAME: Minnie’s Holiday & Dine Dinner!
How much fun would it be to dine with Minnie and friends all dressed up in their holiday finery?
Let’s check out what’s showing up on the menu right now… .
It also shows up with a Fantasmic! Dining Package option.
This experience is currently not bookable (even on an Android phone), and a call to WDW-DINE — as of the time of this publishing — has revealed no further information. However, “Dinner” disappears as an option for Hollywood & Vine on the Disney World website beginning November 7th, so there is reason to believe that might be the start date.
If this special meal does indeed come to pass, it would certainly make sense judging from the success of the Jedi Mickey Character Dining Meal available at this venue during Star Wars Weekends, and the popularity of special holiday events in general, don’t you think? We will be sure to keep our holiday eyes-and-ears peeled, and will keep you posted here on the DFB!
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What do you think of the possibility of Minnie’s Holiday & Dine? Please let us know with a comment!
mealtrip says
I wouldn’t be surprised, Hollywood and Vine is a perfect location for doing a StarWars and a Holiday Character transformation like this. There’s tons of room (relatively speaking) for characters to move around in, decent light for taking photos of the characters, and the location itself doesn’t have any strong design cues that would clash with doing any kind of character themed meal.
While Hollywood and Vine has always been one of the pricier buffets, the location has a ton of really solid line-item foods that can also be tweaked to match the theme. Candy Cane chipped brownies, gingerbread cupcakes. Heck yeah… I’m in… this sounds like a great idea, and I’m sure it would book well. It’ll probably be 2 table service credits, just like the StarWars event, if it becomes a reality though.
Kristina says
Waiting impatiently for them to release this for booking, or at least confirm it’s happening!
Essie says
Sounds like a very good idea, but I don’t think we’d be interested for 2 credits. There are too many good 1 credit options.
Julia @ Lord Still Loves Me says
This is the perfect location for such an idea! I just came back form Hollywood Studios and was pleasantly surprised by it, especially hearing that it’s not doing too well.
Colette says
Interesting!
We have a dinner ADR for Nov 7 booked at Hollywood & Vine, we booked at 180 day mark. Excited to see how things pan out.
Katie says
I have a party of 9 and wiil be at magic kingdom on 12_25 i was hopping for be our guest any news on breakfast
linda dunlap says
I got up soooooo early today (my 180th day) to make my dining reservations. It was frustrating to me that the Hollywood and Vine/Fantasmic was not available…. at all. I also made a call to Disney to inquire and they said that the Minnie’s Holiday at Hollywood and Vine would be available tomorrow but I wonder if it will still be offered in February when our visit will be.
Natalie says
I booked an ADR for the F! Dining package at H&V for 4:30 on November 9 when my 180 window opened in May. I was worried that it would be dropped now that the restaurant is hosting this event but the CM at Disney Dining assured me that the ADR is still good and is for the character event as well!
What a cool surprise!