food IS a theme park
It’s time! The 2026 Food & Wine Festival has officially begun at Disney California Adventure!
Full Spread from LA Style!
This festival has so many amazing food and drink options! Here’s our top picks!
This might be the most underrated Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival experience.
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While festival booths get a lot of attention, Disney’s Beverage Seminars quietly offer one of the most immersive Food & Wine Festival experiences. With expert-led tastings, smaller group settings, and a relaxed pace, their return is welcome news for Disney adults looking to elevate their visit.
If you’re a foodie visiting Walt Disney World, it truly is the “most wonderful time of the year.” Not only is the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival about to put a bow on its celebratory 2025 season, but another of our favorite events is about to happen in conjunction with it!
Food and Wine Classic
Each year, the Swan & Dolphin Resorts stage a special weekend in conjunction with the final weeks of EPCOT’s premier festival: The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic! This annual ticketed event, which kicks off on November 14th, will feature gourmet cuisine from award-winning chefs, fine wines, beers, and spirits from around the world, along with live entertainment, educational seminars, and even fireworks to put a bow on the experience.
Did you know Disney World has TWO food and wine festivals?! The EPCOT Food and Wine Festival is a very well-known and popular experience for foodies, families, tourists, and locals, but there is actually ANOTHER food and wine festival that is a little less known but just as exciting.
2024 Food and Wine Classic
The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts host the annual Food & Wine Classic. This year, the event takes place on November 14th and 15th and will feature gourmet cuisine, fine wines, beers, and cocktails, and live entertainment, including seminars and fireworks! The Food & Wine Classic is a fun event that we love visiting every year. If you plan to go in 2025, here are two rules you’ll want to follow to make your time there even more memorable!
Disney World is in its “self-improvement” era. You know, every few years when you go through a phase and want to overhaul your entire life? We’ve all done it!
EPCOT
The theme parks are changing at a rapid rate! A new attraction is days away from opening, new lands are being built, and that’s just scratching the surface. Over in EPCOT, things are about to look pretty different in just a few days, and if you aren’t prepared, it’ll catch you off guard!
It’s no secret that most of the people visiting EPCOT are tourists. They come from all around the world to experience all that the park has to offer.
EPCOT’s World Showcase
However, there’s a difference between first-time tourists at EPCOT and those who have visited the park many times and consider themselves self-proclaimed “pros.” Those of us who have been to EPCOT over and over choose to skip several things because we know they aren’t nearly as important as they seem. So if you’re going to EPCOT for the first time, consider skipping these four things!
If you’re craving something fresh from the sea (without leaving central Florida), EPCOT’s Coastal Eats booth might just be calling your name.
Peruvian Ceviche
The 2025 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival officially opened in late August and already has a LOT to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But guess what? We’re not done yet, because TWO NEW Food Booths have just joined the lineup, and the big question is: will Coastal Eats make you feel like you’ve stumbled into a breezy seaside bistro… or will it sink like an overcooked scallop? Let’s dig in and find out!
Who’s up for some Gyozas of the Galaxy?! Okay, wait… let’s back up a minute…
Let’s eat some dumplings!
Gyozas of the Galaxy is a brand new Marketplace Food Booth at the 2025 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! True, the Festival has been in full swing for a solid month now; however, Gyozas of the Galaxy and Coastal Eats were not slated to join the lineup of the Festival Marketplace Booths until now, so we’re here to bring you our full review of this new addition to this year’s Food and Wine Festival, to add to our COMPLETE LIST of all our Food and Wine Festival reviews!
In case you missed it, something NEW just appeared at the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival. Surprise? We LOVE surprises — count us IN!
2025 Festival Favorites
Yes, the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival has been going on for about a month now, but a NEW food booth opened on September 21st. It’s called Festival Favorites and it’s bringing back some of OUR personal festival faves, as well as a new (to this location, anyway) snack. So, does this booth still deliver? Let’s find out.
Y’all…we’ve got some big EPCOT news, and it has nothing to do with rides (although we’re still in shock at the lines for the new Test Track).
Frozen S’mores
As you may know, the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival is happening NOW through November 22nd, and we’ve already visited alllll the food booths…or have we? Actually, we haven’t because a new food booth, Festival Favorites, just opened TODAY, September 21st, and it includes a brand-new menu item that we can’t wait to try! OK, so technically it’s not a new item, as this is a booth starring the Festival’s greatest hits, but it’s new to the Festival Favorites lineup. Enough talking — let’s take a look!
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