Are you ready for a BIG day of eating and drinking in Disneyland?!

That’s right! It’s the most wonderful time of the year at The Happiest Place on Earth and we’re headed to the Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure Park! We’re ready to try amazing eats, drink delicious drinks, and feel the holiday cheer! Ready to see it all with us? Join us as we report LIVE from the 2021 Disneyland Festival of Holidays! And follow along ALL day as we will be updating this post with every festival detail. 

Festival Dates

Festival of Holidays is officially supposed to open tomorrow, November 12th, at Disney California Adventure, but the food booths were open today!! So, obviously we went to check them out. The festival will be available for everyone to enjoy through January 9th. So, that gives you plenty of time to swing on over to the festival!

Let’s get into the fun!

Holiday Marketplaces

First up, we visited the Winter Sliderland Marketplace to try out some new and returning items! A menu item that has made a long awaited return this year is the Nashville Hot Turkey Slider with dill pickle for $7.50.

There’s also a NEW drink over here! The Prickly Pear Tea Lemonade has Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. Ceylon Black Tea (cold brew), prickly pear beverage syrup, and house-made lemonade for $6.

Look at all that deliciousness!

Winter Sliderland booth offerings!❄️ Nashville Hot Turkey Slider, Beef Pot Roast on a Potato Roll, and Prickly Pear Tea Lemonade! pic.twitter.com/i8sOkoxE2j

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) November 11, 2021

It’s off to a pretty good start!

Click here to see our FULL review of Winter Sliderland!

Next, we went over to Making Spirits Bright to try out the new Cinnamon & Sugar Holiday Tart for $6.

Cinnamon & Sugar Holiday Tart from the Making Spirits Bright booth 🎄 pic.twitter.com/1xnq4pxcL0

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) November 11, 2021

We also tried the Maple Hazelnut Hot Buttered Rum for $15.00.

This has rum and maple syrup with flavors of hazelnut, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove topped with house-made salted caramel whipped cream — YUM!

 

Click here to see our review of Making Spirits Bright!

Moving over to the Favorite Things Marketplace, we got to have one of our FAVORITE (no pun intended) returning food items again — the Holiday Stuffing Mac & Cheese for $7.75.

Then, we tried out this gorgeous Hibiscus Ginger Mezcal Mule for $14.

This cocktail has mezcal, house-made hibiscus syrup, ginger, lime juice, and Topo Chico Mineral Water.

Click here to see our review of Favorite Things

Now onto Merry Mashups! We got the Esquites Carnitas Mac & Cheese featuring Oaxaca and Cotija cheeses with spiced puffed rice for $8.

Then, we tried the Holiday Spiced Wings with citrus cranberries for $8.

Holiday Spiced Wings with citrus cranberries from Merry Mashups! Would you try? pic.twitter.com/ISOUjgyKvN

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) November 11, 2021

Those cranberries though!

Click here for our review of Merry Mashups!

Okay, time for some Holiday Duets! We tried out everything at this marketplace — the Braised Pork Belly Adobo for $7.50, the Shrimp & Grits for $8…

…the Pabana Cachaça Colada for $14, AND the Calamansi Melon Lemonade for $6.50.

Click here to see our review of Holiday Duets!

Now, for even MORE comfort food, we’re heading to Grandma’s Recipes! And, good news for those of you that don’t eat meat, they have an Impossible Arepa Encantada for $7.50. It also has dairy-free queso!

And, we did the little lad dance (if you know, you know) for the Berries ‘n’ Crema drink for $6.50!

Berries ‘n’ Crema drink 🍓from Grandma’s Recipes Marketplace pic.twitter.com/1WqCNqclOF

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) November 11, 2021

This drink has huckleberry, strawberry, and raspberry house-made syrup, condensed and whole milk, and fruit-flavored cereal topped with house-made strawberry whipped cream.

Click here to see our review of Grandma’s Recipes!

Finally, the other booth that was open early today was Twist on Tradition, where there is the returning Beef Brisket Wellington for $8.50…

…and the Churro Toffee Cold Brew Latte for $6.50, which we saw a version of at Holiday Duets in 2019!

There are also Reuben Potato Bites over here for $7.

Click here to read more about Twist on Tradition!

We’ll continue updating this post as more festival offerings become available tomorrow, November 12th (the official opening day). Stay tuned so you don’t miss a beat! And if you’re looking for more updates follow along with us on Instagram!

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