Candlelight Processional (copyright Disney)
Disney World’s Candlelight Processional is a [Read more…]
2010 Candlelight Processional and Dinner Packages
Course Maps for Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend
Are you signed up for the 2010 Wine and Dine Half Marathon or the Mickey’s Halloween Family 5K? If so, here’s what you’re training for! The course maps for the Half Marathon and 5K are posted below. Click on the images to see larger versions. Course descriptions are taken from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Website.
Wine and Dine Half Marathon Course: click image for larger version
Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Course Description
Start at the newly re-imagined ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex running down Victory Way and then west on Osceola Parkway toward Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Park. Make your way past the Tree of Life, Expedition Everest™, Dinosaur® and then race back to Osceola Parkway and head toward Disney’s Hollywood Studios™. You will [Read more…]
Le Cellier Dinner Will Require 2 Dining Plan Credits Beginning March 2011
UPDATE: This is confirmed — click here to see the full 2011 Disney Dining Plan PDF. Below is a screen shot of the Le Cellier credit expenditure.
Thanks to Len Testa for the confirmation and GDPinvestigation for the PDF.
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While the “Le Cellier 2-credit” rumor had always been alive and well among Disney circles, I’ve never found enough evidence to report it here on the Disney Food Blog.
However, I received a mysterious email in my inbox last week mentioning that Le Cellier dinner will begin to require 2 Disney Dining Plan Table-Service credits starting in March 2011. Alas, the rumor has been confirmed.
Epcot’s Le Cellier Steak House will require 2 Disney Dining Plan credits for dinner, beginning March 1, 2011. Lunch will still be 1 credit.
Click the following link to read more about Disney World’s Dining Plans.
Click the following link for information and menus for Le Cellier Steak House.
Guest Review: Via Napoli
Thanks to Gloria Blankenship for this great review of her experience at Via Napoli! She also added a photo to the growing number on our First Look!: Epcot Via Napoli Pictures post! Thanks, Gloria!
Via Napoli in Epcot's Italy Pavilion
Atmosphere
We went there today before the soft opening, scheduled for Thursday. We were able to walk right in, although the tables soon filled up. Epcot is beautiful — and my favorite park — so I am biased.
The wood-fired ovens have faces and names: Stromboli, Versuvio and Etna. Nice touch and amusing. Wood-fired pizza is the specialty here, and you can also find veal, chicken, pasta, eggplant, gelato, and assorted wines and non-alcoholic beverages on the Via Napoli menu. There are nice chandeliers, decor, and a fresh “natural light” feel to the restaurant along with the charm of back-lit wood-fired ovens, chefs tossing pizza dough, and servers whose goal is to feed and charm the guests.
Eats
The calamari fritti (14.00) was good and came with marinara and lemons. Very nicely portioned.
The pizza was quite good and came in three sizes: 16.00 for individual 10 inch, 27.00 for 20 inch, and 37.00 for half meter, which serves four. The Margherita pizza has real basil on it, although they only had grated parmesan pecorino from a shaker — not fresh parmesan service. The pizza sauce and dough are good, and the pizza’s cheese was nice. The crust is not too thick or thin.
The kids meals come with pizza, chicken, or spaghetti and meatballs, and include a drink (no grapes, carrots, [Read more…]
Lunching Pad Offers New Gourmet Hot Dog Menu
Thanks to Paul Chadkin for allowing me to post this great pic of the new Disney World Tomorrowland Lunching Pad hot dog menu!
New Hot Dog Menu at Tomorrowland Lunching Pad
For $7.89 a piece, the new menu includes:
Philly Cheese Steak Hot Dog: Topped withe beef, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and cheese sauce
Reuben Hot Dog: Topped with Corned Beef, sauerkraut, swiss, and thousand island dressing
Taco Hot Dog: Topped with ground beef, lettuce, salsa, and sour cream
No idea if the turkey legs have stuck around!
First Look! Epcot Via Napoli Pictures
Hey all! As we reported, Monday was Via Napoli‘s first day open to walk-in guests, and — lucky us — we got some pics from some wonderful DFB readers! Check out these fantastic photos:
First, a few external shots. You can see that Via Napoli has a completely different “look and feel” from the rest of the Italy pavilion. It’s much more “movie-set” than what you see to the right and left.
How Via Napoli Fits In With The Rest of Italy
A Close Up Shot of the Exterior
Lots of Folks In and Out of Italy Today
Heading inside, you’re greeted by a large lobby and a massive check-in desk. You can see the whole restaurant through the windows of the lobby, and the decor and themeing are colorful as well as light and “airy.” It feels somewhat more like “farmhouse” Italy with a contemporary twist; the brightness of the restaurants, high ceilings, and accent colors remind me a lot of Naples in Disneyland, a sister restaurant to Via Napoli run by the same company — The Patina Group.
Check In Area
Lobby Chandelier
Lobby Tile
Lobby Tile Close Up
Servers
From here, you enter into the expanse of the restaurant proper. To your right, you’ll find a room covered in an “aged” fresco depicting nature scenes, trees, grasses, and blue sky. In the center of this part of the restaurant, you’ll find acqua fresca containers holding strawberry, lemon, and blood orange flavors. Outside some double doors is an [Read more…]
Via Napoli Menu and Soft Opening
Via Napoli
Disney World’s newest restaurant, Via Napoli is scheduled to have a “soft opening” beginning today, August 2, 2010. The restaurant will be open to walk-up customers only through September 10th, 2010. Guests wishing to make reservations for dates after September 10th may do so starting August 6th.
While we’re waiting for full reports on the new restaurant, feel free to check out the full Via Napoli menu here! The menu includes favorites like fresh, wood-fired pizzas with a variety of toppings (I might need to try the Carciofi); appetizers including calamari fritti and arancini; pastas; and desserts, including Zeppole di Catarina, which are ricotta cheese fritters with whipped cream and chocolate sauce!
To see our existing coverage of Via Napoli, click here.
Cupcake Store to Open in Disneyland’s Downtown Disney
The OC Register’s Fast Food Maven is reporting some great news! Those cupcakes that were selling like hotcakes from the kiosk in Downtown Disney this past winter are getting their own permanent location!
Celebration Cupcake from The Cupcake Store
While The Cupcake Store‘s main bakery will be in Mission Viejo, CA, they’re also setting up shop in [Read more…]
Disney Food Post Round-Up: August 1, 2010
Via Napoli
Greetings, Disney food lovers! As always, let’s start with the Disney Food News of the week:
- Check out this amazing photo of the Via Napoli ovens posted by Disney social media director Thomas Smith last week! They’ve even painted each ovens’ name above their “faces!”
- In 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival news, check out this cool photo of the new South Korea booth lettuce wraps! Also, here’s a sneak peek at the 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival pins!
In DFB news, I just finished a Food and Wine Festival project I was working on: To see information, menus, and photos of the individual Epcot Food and Wine Festival World Showcase booths (and even some photos of food items that will be on the menu for 2010!), click on any individual country name on our 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Booth Menus and Photos page. For example, check out pics of what you can order this year in the Brazil booth!
We’re looking forward to reports from Via Napoli this week as well, so stay tuned. And a huge thanks to Amanda Tinney of Disney Every Day for getting the word out about the 2010 WDW Foodie Fest!
And now, on to the round-up!
Main Street Gazette has a fantastic review of Disney World’s Nine Dragons!
DisZine has a great review of Disney World’s ‘Ohana with some gorgeous photos.
TouringPlans writer, Caroline Baggerly, has some great tips for how to navigate the Disney World dining reservations system, even when you don’t already have an ADR!
The Caribbean Beach Resort Fan Site surveyed their readers to find out about the favorite food choices at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort!
Rosie's Victory Garden
StudiosCentral has a great post about the “history” of the Victory Garden in DHS.
The Daily Disney reports that the Egg Rolls have vanished from the Anadapur Local Cafe counter service menu (i.e. the “Yak and Yeti counter service menu”). Can anyone confirm? So sad.
Everything Walt Disney World reports on a question for the ages: can you use kids’ quick service dining credits to purchase adult quick service meals?
Disney Wedding Blog gives us ten food and beverage Disney Wedding facts! Who knew?
Chip and Co reports on a an August 12th wine tasting event in Disneyland’s Downtown Disney.
Disney Parks Blog and Chef Kevin Dundon teach us how to make Irish Soda Bread!
DisUnplugged reviews Disneyland’s Celebration Round-Up.
To round out the week, here’s a great video from the Disney Parks Blog about everyone’s favorite Club Cool choice, Beverly!
And another great vid from Jeff Lange DVD of the outside of Via Napoli!
The Wait is Over! Disney Blog Carnival, 7th Edition!
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This is DisMarks’ biggest blog carnival EVER! It’s been exciting to watch this grow for the past few months, and it’s getting better every edition. Sit back, relax with a cup of coffee, and spend some time getting to know some new bloggers over on the Seventh Edition of the Disney Blog Carnival!
Topics this week include figuring out Your Disney Theme Park Personality, the legend of Humphrey the Bear at Wilderness Lodge, a look at Nighttime Activities at Animal Kingdom Lodge, thoughts about Golden Oak, and lots more! 🙂
Have more time? Check out the past editions, too! Here are links to the first , second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth carnivals.
Just head over to DisMarks to see dozens of articles about Disney from your favorite new and veteran Disney bloggers 🙂
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