food IS a theme park
There are SO many delicious food and drink options available at the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival!
France
But, we’re always on the lookout for anything new, and sure enough, just yesterday we heard about a new wine coming to the France festival booth. Today, we got the chance to dry this new wine and we’re bringing you all the details!
From Macaron Minnie ears, to a Mademoiselle Minnie spirit jersey, we’ve spotted all kinds of fun new things in the France pavilion in EPCOT.
The France Pavilion
While the new merchandise is all nice, we get especially excited about new food; and today, we got the chance to try a brand new food item at the France festival booth for the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival!
It’s no secret that Disney World’s Animal Kingdom is amazingly wild — quite literally! This theme park meets zoo never fails to entertain as well as educate us on all the wonderful species of the…ahem…animal kingdom.
Entrance to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Of course, it’s this getting in touch with nature that makes Animal Kingdom so special. The park has a slew of different animal species for guests to meet from all over the world. And Disney often celebrates its love for everything Animal Kingdom with some very cool merchandise!
Perhaps the best part of The Nightmare Before Christmas is that it covers two of our favorite holidays in one movie: Halloween and Christmas! No wonder we always start seeing merch for the movie pop up this time of year.
The Nightmare Before Christmas display at World of Disney
Really, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate Halloweenmas! And we just spotted a new The Nightmare Before Christmas MagicBand at EPCOT to ring in the spooky and merry seasons!
Ever go on a shopping spree in a Walt Disney World theme park and then wish someone at the park could just hold all your stuff while you go ride your favorite attractions?
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Before the closure and reopening, you could purchase items at Disney gift shops around the park and either have those items sent to the front of the park for you to pick up at the end of the day, or have the items sent to your Disney hotel room. Since the reopening, however, that special feature has not been available. But, now, a store in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is giving guests a taste of the old system, with some modifications.
The France Pavilion has some serious culinary gems. That’s why it consistently tops our list for the best place to snack in World Showcase!
France
Today, we were checking out the menus in the Pavilion of Love when we spotted a new ice cream flavor available. It really is a good day for Pina Colada! What’s more, you can have the Pina Colada Ice Cream put in an Ice Cream Martini. Oh yeah, we went there and we have some THOUGHTS.
Walt Disney World’s Taste of EPCOT Food and Wine Festival event has been well underway for the past few months.
Dooney & Bourke
While we saw most of the new Food and Wine merchandise at EPCOT yesterday, the GORGEOUS new Dooney & Bourke bags hadn’t arrived yet. We got a preview of the accessories last week and finally got a good look at these new bags in the wild!
We’ve spotted quite a lot of merchandise recently that’s themed to some of our favorite Disney villains.
Dr. Facilier Fan
Whether you love them, hate them, or love to hate them, the villains look like they’re here to stay. Now, we’ve found even more villains merch, and this time the villains are sticking onto us for good — literally!
It’s not always easy to grab reservations for many table service restaurants at Walt Disney World, especially in the Magic Kingdom. But it seems that getting that must-want dining experience is starting to become a little easier, thanks to Disney World’s new Walk-Up Waitlist.
Magic Kingdom
The mobile dine walk-up waitlist gives guests the option to make something a lot like last-minute reservations at some of the most popular restaurants in the parks. And as the feature continues to roll out, even more restaurants are getting added! Recently, we noticed that five new Magic Kingdom restaurants had the mobile dine walk-up waitlist added!
We’ve already stocked up on Mickey Mouse Jack-o’-Lantern candy buckets, Halloween inflatables, and Halloween costumes!
Mickey Jack-o’-Lantern Bucket
But there’s another thing we’ve been eagerly awaiting…the arrival of spooky popcorn buckets in Disney World. But now, the wait is officially over!
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