food IS a theme park
We were already excited that Yorkshire County Fish Shop is set to be open on the weekends now in EPCOT, but now we’ve found a way to celebrate our love for fish & chips all the time…
Yorkshire County Fish Shop
…Fish & Chips Minnie Mouse EARS!
Updates: Cinderella’s Royal Table opened today, one day earlier than its scheduled reopening date, with a 5 minute wait! Click here to check out all the details. We were also surprised by a special guest during our dining experience today. Click here to see who made a guest appearance during our meal! Stay tuned for our full review of Cinderella’s Royal Table.
Ever wanted to dine like royalty?
Vaulted Ceilings in Cinderella’s Royal Table
You can truly feel like a princess when you eat at Cinderella’s Royal Table in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. But, let’s be honest, this place has always been off-the-charts expensive.
Pre-closure, you could drop over $300 (after tax and tip) for your family of four, and it wasn’t even all you can eat. But we’ve always still recommended it as a one-and-done — because getting the experience to dine inside Cinderella Castle AND seeing five princesses at once almost made it worth the cost. Especially if this was your one and only experience to dine here.
The Disney World park hours have been changing a lot in recent weeks.
Disney World
Overall, the hours were shortened coming into September with Disney announcing an extension for select parks coming in November. Additionally, we spotted small hours extensions in Animal Kingdom and EPCOT this Saturday and just Animal Kingdom on Sunday. Now, the rest of the parks are following suit.
We’ve eaten our way around the world (many times) at EPCOT, but thankfully calories don’t count at Disney (right?).
EPCOT
Well, if you’re like us and you’re still waiting for some of those closed restaurants in Disney World to reopen (so you can eat even MORE food), then you’ll be excited to hear that one quick-service spot in EPCOT was open this past weekend and should be available when you visit on the weekends.
We were strolling through World Showcase today when we spotted a bit of a surprise.
Italy Construction
EPCOT is certainly Disney World’s biggest work in progress. Between the Future World construction and upcoming attractions, the EPCOT Transformation is in full swing. That means we tend to see a LOT of construction. Today though, we spotted some construction we WEREN’T expecting.
The 2020 Taste of EPCOT Food & Wine Festival is well underway, and we’ve been reaping the delicious rewards!
2020 Taste of Food and Wine Festival
If there’s one thing that we love almost as much as eating and drinking our way through the fest, it’s the always-adorable, always-collectible merchandise! And you KNOW we’re talking about those magnets!
We’re starting to see a bit of an uptick when it comes to crowds in Disney World.
Magic Kingdom
Since the parks reopened in July, Disney has been implementing the new Disney Park Pass theme park reservation system to manage the limited capacity in the theme parks. It wasn’t until this month that we saw dates getting fully booked up, and now, this weekend is following suit!
Welcome back, DFB friends! We’re here with another What’s New at EPCOT!
EPCOT
And, we’ve got plenty of construction, food, and merchandise updates, so let’s dive right on in!
One of the best perks of being a Disney Visa Cardholder is being able to take advantage of special character meet and greets with photos at Disney Parks. However, when Disney World reopened, character meet and greets were no longer part of the Disney World experience due to new health and safety guidelines.
Disney Visa Cardholder Photo Spot at EPCOT
Because of these changes, many might assume that the Disney Visa Cardholder Photo Spots are no longer open, but we would like to remind you that this isn’t the case at all!
We’ve had cucumber margs. We’ve had avocado margs. We’ve even had beet margs.
La Cava del Tequila
Could TOMATOES be next?!
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