food IS a theme park
There’s no shortage of interesting places to sit down to a meal in Disney Springs. You can eat in a volcano, an ice cave, or even in a giant diving bell, but you can also eat on a BOAT!
Paddlefish Disney Springs
This boat has been floating (well, pretending to float, at least) in the waters of what is now Disney Springs for almost 45 years! We’re back at Paddlefish in Disney Springs!
Ahh, do you feel that sense of culinary wonder in the air?! If you do, well, that’s because it’s festival time (yet again!) at EPCOT. Today, the 2021 Taste of Epcot International Festival of the Arts officially kicked off! And we’re here to taste (and photograph!) all of the beautiful food!
2021 Festival of the Arts
Our journeys have brought us to Festival Favorites, which is located in World Showplace, the building between the United Kingdom and Canada Pavilions. We’ve enjoyed this trip down EPCOT Festival memory lane at Taste of Food and Wine and Taste of Festival of the Holidays, so we were definitely looking forward to checking it out today.
Guess where we are???
Everglazed
We’re BACK at Disney Springs’ newest restaurant today! You might remember when we reviewed Everglazed Donuts and Cold Brew yesterday. Today, we’re back to try a few more items, and we’re bringing you MORE thoughts on those eats!
I feel like we have an embarrassment of sweet riches in Disney World right now! Last week, it was cookies from Gideon’s Bakehouse, and now it’s donuts from Everglazed Donuts & Cold Brew. If your 2021 resolution was to eat ALL the sweets, Disney Springs is definitely here to help you accomplish that!
Everglazed Donuts
Gideon’s has temporarily closed at the moment to prepare for their grand opening. But earlier this morning the brand NEW Everglazed Donuts & Cold Brew opened in Disney Springs. We were there at the crack of dawn to try a BUNCH of their donuts, some of their specialty drinks, a grilled cheesy donut sammy, and more.
Disney’s Riviera Resort had its grand opening last year, and it has brought us some pretty solid eats!
Primo Piatto Sign
Not only can you dine at the charming Topolino’s Terrace, but there’s also an incredible Italian-based quick-service location called Primo Piatto! We haven’t visited for a full review since the grand opening where we absolutely adored the unique eats and the chic design, so we are excited to take you back with us and see how the place is holding up. Without further ado, let’s dive in!
Sometimes you gotta go where everybody knows your name! Whoops, that’s Cheers, isn’t it?
Rose & Crown Pub and Dining Room
You know that feeling of walking into your neighborhood bar and everyone knows you? The Cheers reference holds true of this spot too. That’s basically the feeling you get when walking into Rose and Crown. We like the food just fine but we love the feeling we get when we enter the pub doors at this EPCOT restaurant. We revisited the restaurant to cozy up with some Guinness and warm our bones from the “chilly” Florida weather. (Hey, it got below 50 degrees this week!) Step inside for a pint and see what the restaurant is like since our last visit!
If you’re anything like us, you have been EAGERLY waiting for Gideon’s Bakehouse to open their location at Walt Disney World’s shopping and dining district, Disney Springs!
Gideon’s Bakehouse
And after a week or so of slowly sharing their new location menu, Gideon’s has LANDED at Disney Springs today for their opening!
You just KNOW we couldn’t help but make our way there and get our cookie on. And we’re gonna share the good, the bad, and the HONEST with you about our full reviews today!
Hang on to your hats, kids, because we’re heading into the rainforest!
Rainforest Cafe
No, we’re not riding the Jungle Cruise (again). We’re headed to Disney Springs to have a meal at Rainforest Cafe. We recently ate at the location at Animal kingdom (you can read our review here), but it’s been a hot minute since we’ve dined at the chain’s location at Disney Springs. This spot is typically way more about the theming than the food, so we tempered our expectations and headed in for lunch!
Many reopened Disney restaurants have opened with slightly different menus or a completely new menu. But we have yet to see a restaurant serving up SEVERAL items from another closed restaurant in the park — until now!
Tomorrowland Terrace Reopening
Sure, you can grab Ronto Wraps or Chesire Cat Tails in a new place now, but we’re looking at Tomorrowland Terrace because it seems to be serving up quite a few old favorites from Columbia Harbour House! The restaurant just reopened today with this new menu, and we had to see how it compared to the original.
Since Disney World has reopened, character experiences have looked a bit different than before. This not only includes meet-and-greets in the parks but character dining experiences too!
Chef Mickey’s
That’s why as soon as we heard Chef Mickey’s at Disney’s Contemporary Resort (one of the most iconic character dining locations in all of Disney World) would be bringing its characters back, we knew we had to check it out! While there were some issues originally trying to grab a reservation, we were lucky enough to snag one. This meal has been updated when it reopened in July, serving breakfast to your table as an all-you-care-to-eat meal, rather than the usual buffet.
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