food IS a theme park
So many of our favorite snack spots, restaurants, and hotels are reopening at Disney World!
Welcome to the Polynesian!
And we’re especially excited about the reopening of Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort in just a few days! In the meantime, we’ve been enjoying the newly-reopened ‘Ohana there. But today, we noticed a snack spot at the resort had also reopened!
We paid a visit to Disney World’s flagship park and we’ve got updates!
Magic Kingdom
Is there a more magical place on Earth than Magic Kingdom? We’re not sure. We took a spin around Magic Kingdom the other day and now we’re bringing you everything NEW in food, construction, and merchandise!
Following Walt Disney World’s lengthy closure due to the global health crisis, Disney Springs, Disney World’s shopping and dining district, started welcoming back guests in May. Many of the district’s restaurants reopened in May while others followed suit throughout the last three months.
The Newly Reopened Edison
Three more restaurants reopened, The Edison, Maria & Enzo’s Ristorante, and Enzo’s Hideaway, a couple weeks ago and we had a chance to check one out! We decided to pop into The Edison and see if anything’s changed since the closure. (Spoiler: A LOT has changed!) Step inside the steampunk speakeasy with us and see what it’s like now!
We’re bringing home the bacon thanks to Kona Island at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort in Walt Disney World!
Candied Bacon
Oh yeah, my friends, the Polynesian now serves Chocolate Covered BACON. And THREE VARIETIES to boot!
What happens when you ask a Cast Member to “Spice up” your order at The Tropical Hideaway (Disneyland’s newest hangout in Adventureland)?
“Spiced Up” Dole Whip @micechat
You get whatever you order topped with candied BACON. [Read more…]
Happy weekend! Here’s all the Disney food news this week!
Churro Bites Cereal Sundae
The 2018 Epcot Food and Wine Festival is happening NOW!! Find out EVERYTHING you need to know about the festival on our Epcot Food and Wine Festival pages! PLUS – check out our BEST OF THE FEST!
TOY STORY LAND IS OPEN at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!!! Click here to see ALL of our coverage!!
And it’s time to get the DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining 2018 e-book! Save 25% now with code wdw2018!
We have a lot to share with you this week, so let’s jump right in…
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 menu updates, restaurant closures, special events, and more! We’ve got all the latest for you, so check it out before you go.
It was just an ordinary day in the Magic Kingdom until we neared the Haunted Mansion and could smell bacon. We followed our noses to Liberty Square Market and made a discovery!
Liberty Square Market
Guess what we found! Candied Bacon and Chicken Skewers!
Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival
is a fabulous opportunity to eat lots of great food and to drink lots of great drinks. And while we know we’ll be putting some of our returning favorites on our must-eat list — we also make a second list: New Stuff We Can’t Wait to Try! (Yeah, we’re all about lists here at DFB!)
2018 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival
And this is that list — including a few items we got the chance to sample recently!
The new Guinness Bailey’s Shake from the Ireland booth got us all kinds of excited when we saw it on the menu! We were expecting a frozen, creamy drink with a powerful hit of Guinness and Baileys — and that’s just what we got when we tried it during a preview! PLUS it comes with the glass! We can’t wait to try it again!
Guinness Baileys Shake
The Shimmering Sips Mimosa Bar is brand new this year, and the offerings sound incredible! Mimosas include varieties like the Tropical Mimosa and the Madras Mimosa (which we have tried!), and there’s a tasty-sounding, kid-friendly drink called Frozen Apple Pie!
Madras Mimosa
But aside from those intriguing drinks, the Mimosa Bar is also serving up pastries like an Almond Croissant and a Cheese Danish with Sweet Icing! One of each, please! [Read more…]
Y’all already know about the new grown-up drinks being served up in Pandora at the Pongu Pongu lounge, but that’s not the only place you can get something new and boozy in the Animal Kingdom! Nosiree!
If you happen to find yourself on the other side of the park in the land of cartoonish dinosaurs, stroll up to the window of Trilo-Bites and take a gander at their (changing-with-some-frequency) little menu.
Trilo-Bites Exterior
OK, I promised you on Saturday that I’d have a full, extensive review of the new BoardWalk Bakery for you soon…and here it is!!
Last Friday, I was up bright and early to be first in line for the grand re-opening of the brand new BoardWalk Bakery at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn! And while I wasn’t FIRST in line, I came pretty close. 🙂
Long a fan favorite, this tiny bakery needed a major overhaul in the space department, and we couldn’t wait to see what Imagineers had dreamed up.
We’ll start with atmosphere pics and lead into the goodies. If you want to dive right into the super sugary part, scroll to the bottom section called “What Did I Pick?”
When looking for the BoardWalk Bakery, head down the steps from the hotel’s main lobby to the BoardWalk, and you can’t miss it.
Sign Leading Down to the BoardWalk
I wasn’t disappointed to see that the bakery had tripled in size. This place really needed to be larger!
The NEW Boardwalk Bakery -- three times the size of the old one!
You can see that there are now two entrances to the bakery — one for those queuing up for food, and one for BoardWalk Inn and Villas guests who just need to refill their resort mugs. A great system!
Mug Filling Station Has a Separate Entrance from Bakery Queue
And, of course, Hue G. Krazont is still the proprietor. 🙂
Bakery's Windows and Proprietor's Name
Time to head inside!! Guests who were there first thing received these snazzy celebration buttons. (Okay, they’re the regular celebration buttons with handwriting. But still.)
Celebration Buttons to Mark the Grand Re-Opening!
We are ecstatic to see a lot more room inside the bakery, even though most of it is reserved for the actual queue line.
The classy red walls and checkerboard floor along with wrought iron, brass, and dark wood accents give this spot a been-there-forever kind of classic feel. The schoolhouse lighting is another fun addition!
Note, however, that the display cases have multiplied by about four! They’re not kidding around with the focal point here!
Bakery Display Cases and New Queue Setup
If you do find yourself in that long queue line, at least the large windows make people watching on the BoardWalk an easy sport.
Looking Out from the Inside Onto the BoardWalk
Soon you’ll get up to the bakery and dessert cases to make your selections. We’ve got LOTS more pics of these in our “Eats” Section of this review…so scroll down for the goodies!
Assorted Pastries in the Bakery Case
After you’ve made your selections and check out, it’s time to [Read more…]
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