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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is almost HERE!
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars fever is going STRONG over at Disney World! In the past few weeks, we’ve had Baby Yoda melt our hearts and the opening of the new Rise of the Resistance ride blow our minds! Now, thanks to Sprinkles in Disney Springs and Downtown Disney, it looks like Star Wars will bringing us some tasty TREATS as well!
If you’ve ever daydreamed about a Disney wedding designed by Fairy Tale Weddings (or if you just like to gawk at the gorgeousness and cringe at the costs…), our Disneyland correspondent Heather (hi, @DiningInDisney!!) is bringing you some serious eye candy (or should we say eye bling?) from her visit to the Disney Weddings Showcase! So let’s link arms and make our way down the aisle, shall we?
Floral design on Magic Kingdom Lawn at Disneyland Hotel
Sigh. Those are flower petals in stunning ombre filigree on the Magic Kingdom Lawn at Disneyland Hotel. [Read more…]
We’ve hopped the monorail for another fun check-in at the Contempo Cafe!
On a recent jaunt through the Contemporary to view the Frozen Gingerbread Display, I couldn’t resist checking out the pastry case at the Contempo Cafe. More often than not, I usually find a new-to-me cupcake there!
Now, at first glance, this one doesn’t seem all that interesting. But let’s dig a little deeper. First off, the cupcakes featuring Mickey Mouse’s likeness at the Contempo in the past have been topped with a Chocolate Mickey — like this Red Velvet Cupcake. This one features a Souvenir Ring. SWAG! 😉
The top of the cupcake is crowned with a light Buttercream Frosting, and it’s finished with cute Mickey-shaped Confetti in classic colors. But we know the Contempo well enough at this point to figure there’s a surprise inside.
Contempo Cafe’s Mickey Cupcake
…And right we are! This cupcake features the same structure of others sold here; the center plays host to [Read more…]
It continues to be be chilly out there, guys!
And I don’t know about you, but when it’s cold like this, all I want is some comfort food!
One of my favorite homestyle desserts in all of Epcot is Sticky Toffee Pudding, which you’ll find at the Rose and Crown Pub and Dining Room, located in the UK Pavilion of World Showcase in Epcot.
This new British classic features a cake that is very moist in the British “pudding” tradition. It’s topped with the combo of Butter-Rum and Vanilla Custard Sauces, making for a sweet ending that’s hard to resist!
Sticky Toffee Pudding from Rose and Crown Pub and Dining Room in Epcot’s UK Pavilion
This is definitely one that you can enjoy anytime the fancy strikes you with this awesome recipe!
Epcot’s UK PavilionIngredients:Custard Sauce [Read more…]
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you fantastic moms, mothers-in-law, grandmas, and moms-to-be out there!
Disney Mother's Day Cookies
We love that Disney is featuring some yummy “just-for-mom” cookies and rice krispie treats in their candy shops this month! Have a wonderfully sweet day!
And let’s start that day with a little Disney food news…that’s always sweet!
Read on for this week’s news from your favorite Disney destinations…
And there’s more! Check out all the latest Disney Food News — even the stuff we don’t mention in posts on the blog! — on our Disney Food News Pin Board, including Celebration Cakes at Epcot, a fall refurbishment for Cinderella’s Royal Table, and new menus at ESPN Club, Kona Cafe, and Beaches & Cream.
If you find a fun new food — or other edible awesomeness — in or from Disney, share a photo with us on facebook or twitter so we can add it to our DFB Reader Finds each Sunday!
This week, we get a glimpse of some fun birthday celebrations such as this one sent in by Facebook Friend Alynne. She says “This was my son’s 4th birthday cake I ordered in advance at the Enchanted Garden Restaurant at the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel. It was super yummy!”
Birthday Cake at Enchanted Garden in Hong Kong Disneyland!
Another friend from Facebook, Hal, sent this delicious treat from their son’s birthday. It’s “a build your own sundae birthday celebration at Le Cellier”!
Build Your Own Sundae at Le Cellier!
Be sure to check out lots more Disney birthday goodies in our Disney Birthday Treats Gallery!
When you pre-order your copies of the DFB Guide to the 2013 Walt Disney World Holidays and/or the DFB Guide to the 2013 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival for an exclusive discounted rate, you’ll be able to instantly download the 2012 Guides and start your planning — TODAY.
The Holiday season in Disney World is packed with magic: Holiday meals and snacks, special events, and seasonal shows, for starters! How will you see all the attractions, save money, AND take in the extra festivities in your already jam-packed vacation?
46 days of special events, 29 food and beverage tasting booths, and celebrity chefs to meet? How do you fit it all in without breaking the budget? Make sure you make the most of your time and money at Disney World’s Food & Wine Festival!
Walt Disney World for Grown Ups
sips on rum drinks at Walt Disney World! What’s your favorite rum drink at Disney?
Mickey Fix leads us to some great merchandise this week. How about a Build on Brick Lego mug or Gaston’s Tavern Stein?!
Cake Wrecks shares photos of an awesome Millennium Falcon cake!
Daveland highlights one of my favorite past Disney restaurants — Casa de Fritos — for Cinco de Mayo.
Yesterland remembers Bountiful Valley Farm in Disney California Adventure.
Disney Travel Babble highlights new celebration cakes available at select Epcot restaurants.
Main Street Gazette stops by the Landscape of Flavors food court at the Art of Animation resort.
Disney Parks Blog announces a Celebration of Greece at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure parks, including wine education and tasting seminars on May 25.
It is a happy day when we can tell you about a brand new cupcake! (Or at least one that’s new to us!)
HUGE thanks to DFB readers Matt and Lenore for telling me about this — and making it imperative that I head over to Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort on my last Disney World Visit!
One of the treats that I couldn’t wait to sample on my recent trip to Walt Disney World was the Monkey Cupcake at Old Port Royale Food Court within Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort. I’d heard it had peanut butter buttercream icing (hubba hubba!!) and a surprise inside!
You might be asking at this point: so, what makes this a “monkey cupcake?” I mean, there are no little chocolate monkeys or faces on it, like you’d find on the Elephant Cupcake at Animal Kingdom’s Kusafiri Bakery and Coffee Shop…
Monkey Cupcake at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
But when you cut into the moist cake, you begin to get the picture. The proof is in the pudding — or filling as it were. And the filling just happens to be chock full of bananas!
Vanilla Monkey Cupcake -- Cross Section
If you get a fork in there like I did, you can see that there are [Read more…]
On our most recent trip to the magic, it was time to revisit one of our favoritest spots, Beaches and Cream Soda Shop!
Located at Disney’s Beach Club Resort, Beaches and Cream Soda Shop has long been a favorite of Disney World guests, featuring lots of decorative touches that whisk guests right back to beach vacations of their childhoods.
With vintage “beach balls” scattered throughout, giant ice cream cones lighting your way, a jivin’ jukebox playing tunes you remember from the 50’s and 60’s, and a nostalgic and simple menu, you’ll feel like a kid again…and YOUR kids will love it just as much.
Seating
Seating is either in big pink booths or at small, white wrought iron tables. If you’re in a rush or just looking for a bit more fun, ask for a stool at the counter where you can watch the chefs and servers work their magic on classic burgers and massive ice cream sundaes.
Booth Table
Choose a favorite song from the vintage [Read more…]
Now that you’ve scored that coveted Advance Dining Reservation at Cinderella’s Royal Table, there’s a new package available for your little princesses.
Give your princess the royal treatment with the Her Royal Highness Package. Upon your arrival, a Princess balloon centerpiece, crystal-adorned tiara, and an exclusive princess-themed cake (prepared by the Royal Chefs at Cinderella’s) will be found at your table.
The six-inch vanilla or chocolate cake can be decorated with Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, or Tiana! The package is currently priced at $112.05 including tax and gratuity.
Cake choices at Cinderella's. Click image for larger version.
Cinderella Stained Glass Window Seen From Staircase at Cinderella's Royal Table
To order this exclusive package, inquire about a Fairytale Engagement, or to learn more about the special enhancements available, call [Read more…]
Complimentary Champagne Toast at Victoria and Albert's Chef's Table
Happy New Year, everyone!! We hope your year is filled with delicious treats and lovely toasts, but most of all, we hope your year has a little Disney in it!
To start things out right, here’s a recap of the Disney Food news that’s been happening over the past week while we were all stuffing ourselves with fudge, cookies, and egg nog (oh, wait, that was just me?). 😉 Believe it or not, there were a LOT of developments last week!
For more delicious food news, stop by our Disney Food News Pin Board, where Disney Food News is updated on a regular basis!
And don’t forget to follow along on our 2011 Holiday Dining page!
Walt Disney World for Grown-Ups
hangs out at the Dawa Bar in the Animal Kingdom. Sigh — so relaxing!! One of my favorite places!
Tokyo Disneyland Club 33 Pins!
RocketNews24 shares six reasons Tokyo Disneyland’s secret restaurant Club 33 is awesome! I’m LOVING the pics in this one!
SamLand Disney takes a power lunch at The Brown Derby restaurant. Check out the vintage phones!
Gorillas Don’t Blog shares a vintage Disneyland photo of the Red Wagon Inn, Walt’s personal favorite restaurant in 1955.
AllEars.net celebrated 15 great years at the beginning of December, and did so with some delicious Disney food.
Main St. Gazette celebrates the season with some Pumpkin Fudge! Great pic, Ryan!
Disney Parks Blog shared recipes for two of Trader Sam’s holiday cocktails! If you can’t make it to Disneyland, make one at home!
Disney’s Boardwalk Bakery is located seaside at the Boardwalk Inn, and while it’s small, there’s always a new and inviting treat beckoning to be bought and dissected for DFB readers!! 🙂
You’ll remember when we devoured the Cheesecake Brownie, of course; and the yummo Peanut Butter Cupcake was out of this world!
On my recent trip, though, I decided to sample something old AND something new! First up, a snack that I’ve been wanting to try for years and years, but have never gotten around to: The Mickey Face Cake (Amazing that when my main focus at Disney is food I still miss out on some of these, isn’t it? Just goes to show how much there is to try!!)
Mickey Face Cake
How can you not smile when you see that thing?? It’s a giant Mickey head for heaven’s sake — and it’s [Read more…]
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