We’ve eaten a LOT of breakfast stuff at Disney World, from waffles (LOTS of waffles) and breakfast wraps to breakfast sandwiches.
Landscape of Flavors
So we feel we know a little bit about what to expect from breakfast foods at Disney Resorts. But one morning, we headed over to Landscape of Flavors at the Art of Animation Resort to check out what was for…you guessed it…breakfast, and got something a little…unexpected.
This super creative option is called…Breakfast Sandwich, which seems a little too on-the-nose, but whatever. It’s eggs, bacon, and American cheese on a freshly-baked baguette. It’s basic, but sounds like it could be OK, right?
Landscapes of Flavor Breakfast Menu ©Disney
So we grabbed it for $6.79, along with a cup of coffee, because, for this reviewer, breakfast ALWAYS requires coffee.
Breakfast Sandwich
After unwrapping and digging into the sandwich, we get why they didn’t bother with a better name. The eggs tasted microwaved. The plain American cheese was gooey and stuck messily to the wrapper. The bread tasted stale, and the bacon was flimsy. Who wants to start breakfast with meh bacon, y’all?
Breakfast Sandwich
And if this was our first experience with food at Disney, we’d be disappointed and wishing we’d just gone to McDonald’s! And I imagine that’s what a lot of people think when they dig into a disappointing item at Disney World.
This could have been so much better; and honestly, since we visited on Art of Animation’s reopening day following the pandemic, things were probably a little hectic. The potential was there, but it’s definitely a breakfast fail this time around. Plus, you never know what might be on the menu when you visit as things can change pretty quickly!
But we wanted to do this post for two reasons:
- To illustrate why we return again and again to Disney restaurants. Everyone has an off day, so it’s important for us here at DFB to let you know when we have a meh experience and when we have a great experience. Often, they’re at the same exact restaurant. Disney restaurants change so much over their lifetime — new chefs, new servers, new menus on a regular basis. So going back multiple times and reviewing these locations is the only way to really know who’s hitting their stride right now…and we share that info with you.
- To show that when it comes to standard items at Disney hotels — like a breakfast sandwich literally called “breakfast sandwich” — you can kind of deduce from our experience that those menu items are there simply to feed the masses as they’re rushing out to catch the bus or Skyliner to the park for the day. They don’t really have any wow factor. And that’s good to know. There are Disney breakfast items that are incredible, but “breakfast sandwich” isn’t one of them. So maybe save your money and grab something more unique or delicious later on in the parks instead. OR, if “breakfast sandwich” makes sense for you on a frantic Disney morning when you know you aren’t going to be able to stop for food for a while, you know what to expect.
Hopefully that’s helpful!
We’re keeping an eye on more menu items at Disney World, so we’ll let you know what else we find and let you know what we think!
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We visited the Art of Animation food court last January and were EXTREMELY disappointed. I had an italian dish and ended throwing it away. The worst meal we had on property that week.
That sandwich would have probably been better on a croissant or an English muffin. Baguettes are meant to be just eaten alone, not heated up and they have to be eaten fresh. Kind of like eating a stale beignet. Tough and inedible.
I agree with DebC. If it was actually a baguette and not just a stale long roll, totally wrong bread. When Music had its food court redone, they brought a food truck in for limited breakfast items. We exchanged a QS meal credit for an egg, cheese and bacon sandwich on a huge lovely croissant and an orange juice. Very filling, cooked well, yes, the bacon was floppy but hey, mass production, it still tasted good. Even my picky husband was impressed with the size and quality.
We had this same sandwich Thursday morning at Landscape of Flavors and it was a letdown. This thing had very tough and chewy bread and nasty sticky cheese. Not good. I can’t believe they sell this thing.