food IS a theme park
Several of Disney’s hotels and resorts around the world have reopened, but others remain closed.
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One of the resorts that is currently closed is Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa. Previously, Aulani pushed back its earliest available reservations into August. Now, Aulani is cancelling reservations at the resort through some of the fall.
While Disney World has now welcomed back guests, Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii currently remains closed.
Aulani Resort
Earlier this month, Hawaii Governor David Ige extended the state’s 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state visitors until October 1st. And with the case numbers in Hawaii on the rise, this could point to a further extension of restrictions — and a potentially lengthy closure for Aulani.
With so much of our time and attention centered around Disney’s theme parks and entertainment industry, you might be wondering what’s been going on with Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Hawaii.
Disney’s Aulani Resort
When Disney Resorts everywhere began closing, Aulani followed suit and a reopening date for the hotel still hasn’t been announced.
The 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is upon us! We’ve got an extra-long festival season in store this year to take in the sights, sounds, and TASTES of this new hybrid EPCOT festival!
Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival
No surprise here, but we’re most concerned with the TASTES! This year, the festival features 20 Festival Marketplaces, each with a menu full of specialty eats and drinks. We’ve eaten our way around the World (Showcase) and back again — and we have some thoughts.
Earlier, Disney announced it planned on offering a hybrid festival experience for guests when EPCOT reopened ion July 15th. We’re at the park today attending a Cast Member preview and we actually got to experience a Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival TODAY!
Food and Wine
Incorporating elements from both Food and Wine (which normally doesn’t kick off until the fall) as well as Flower and Garden (since this year’s springtime festival was cut short), we already expected a Taste of Epcot to be a pretty unique offering! We’ve spotted a few Flower and Garden topiaries this afternoon, and you’ll never BEE-lieve who else we just ran into!
Now that we know Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival will be returning (in a modified and slightly smaller [but LONGER!] form), we’re looking forward to seeing which food booths will be returning!
2019 Epcot Food and Wine Festival
Disney has told us a Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival will feature 20 signature global marketplaces and will “continue into the fall” making it Epcot’s longest festival of ALL TIME! But with only 20 slots to fill, some of our favorite food booths won’t be coming back this year!
Disney’s animated films take us to some extraordinary places! They’ve taken us under the sea in The Little Mermaid and even to outer space in films like WALL-E.
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And did you know there are a ton of REAL places all over the globe that served as an inspiration for many of our beloved animated films?
Grab your snacks and settle in for an adventure around the world as we check out 14 real places from Disney’s animated films!
We have our sights set on the 2020 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. While the official dates and menus haven’t been announced yet, we’re already thinking of our dream food and beverage must-try list!
2019 Epcot Food and Wine Festival
Unfortunately, we don’t know at this time if ANY of our favorites are returning this year. Since the festival dates and menus haven’t been announced yet, all we can do is cross our fingers, hope, and PRAY that these festival faves will return in 2020! So, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and look back on some of our most beloved Food and Wine Festival eats.
Prepare yourself for some major cuteness. The newest Wishables collection has been unveiled and we’re just about ready to book a flight to Hawaii just so we can buy them all.
Aulani © Disney
Aulani, Disney’s Resort and Spa in Hawaii, often features exclusive merchandise that you can only find at that location and now they have new Wishables!
There’s nothing like cooling down with shave ice on a hot day, right?
Shaved Ice
While you can get shave ice in Animal Kingdom and at Polynesian Resort, it’s just kinda infinitely better to have the sweet treat in Oahu at Aulani Resort. But, you can bring the Hawai’ian Islands (and shave ice!!) home with you with this new merch!
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