food IS a theme park
Well, it’s the end of an era. We’ve started to say our long goodbye to Muppets Courtyard in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Muppets Courtyard
The area will be closing to make way for a new Monsters, Inc. land, and although we’re excited about the new land, we’re sad to see this Muppets-themed part of the park go. Today, Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano in Muppets Courtyard has permanently closed, and it’s already looking a little different. Let’s take a look.
BIG things are happening in Disney World, which means we’re getting ready for a lot of change.
Hollywood Studios
We’re already seeing big changes in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, as parts of DinoLand U.S.A. have closed to start making way for Pueblo Esperanza, a Tropical Americas-themed land. Magic Kingdom will soon be closing Tom Sawyer Island and Rivers of America to make way for a new Cars expansion in Frontierland. In Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Muppets Courtyard will be closing soon to make way for a new Monsters, Inc. land. That means that everything IN Muppets Courtyard will also close, including one iconic restaurant.
A new land is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios — and we’re pretty excited about it!
©Disney
That land will be themed around Disney’s Monsters, Inc. movies and TV show, and will finally bring Monstropolis to life in a new way. It will even include a brand new attraction — one we’ve been waiting FOREVER FOR — that will put us INSIDE that thrilling doors chase sequence from the first Monsters, Inc. movie. WE ARE SO THERE. Well, Disney just dropped some brand new details about what it’s doing in preparation for that land’s arrival.
We’ve been thinking a lot about Disney World food recently — okay, we lie, we think about Disney World food ALL the time. That’s how we got here!
Vegan Spicy Falafel Pocket from Starbucks/Main Street Bakery
We have been looking forward to the rest of the year, though, and filling you in on our must-have foods for 2025. We’re also looking forward to the EPCOT Festival of the Arts starting soon, which will bring a variety of food booths and TONS of art-inspired food and drinks (and we are STOKED). However, we’re also starting to see more restaurant menu changes come in (it got quiet there for a while during the holidays…), so we want to make sure you stay updated on those, too.
If there’s one thing we love about Disney World, it’s the FOOD! We are Disney Food Blog, after all.
Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano
So, when a Disney World restaurant adds something new to its menu, well, we make it our job to go try it out. We’re serious. That literally is our job. And we LOVE IT! Recently, a hidden Hollywood Studios restaurant debuted some new menu items so of course, we had to check it out.
Summer is in full swing in Disney World, and so is the heat, humidity, and rain!
Tropical Ube Cocktail
But that hasn’t stopped us from hunting down new food, like a S’mores Shake that annoyed us because marshmallows kept getting stuck in our straw (still delicious, though). We also checked out some new food in EPCOT. We even mourned the loss of a beloved snack (why do you do this to us, Disney?!?!?!). While all that was going on, we kept an eye on Disney World restaurant menus, and, well, we’ve got more menu changes to tell you about this week.
Not every Walt Disney World restaurant is created equal.
Inside the sandwich
Walt Disney World offers a WIDE range of culinary options, from quick service comfort food all the way to a MICHELIN star restaurant. However, there are some Disney World restaurants that — to put it mildly — we feel like could disappear tomorrow and few would miss them. That doesn’t necessarily mean their food is bad either – though food quality does play a role – but it could also simply be that they’re redundant, or well past their cultural expiration date.
Well, it’s been another week of us eating our way around Disney World — do you blame us? We LIVE for Disney food.
Spread from Regal Eagle
We even reacquainted ourselves with Earl of Sandwich in Disney Springs this week, as well as checked out a new POG drink (YES, REALLY!!!). Now, we’re counting down until we can have beignets in Magic Kingdom again (and these look more like authentic New Orleans-style beignets, which is ALL we ever wanted). In the meantime, we’re going through all the menu changes we spotted in Disney World restaurants.
Chances are when you’re considering where you’ll stop to eat in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, you think you already know where your favorites can be found. We’re here to tell you that a popular Disney World restaurant JUST had a menu change, and we think you’re gonna love it!
New menu items!
We knew Mama Melrose’s was gaining a few new additions to their menu, so we wanted to be some of the first to try them out and tell you all about it! [Read more…]
Well, it has CERTAINLY been a week in Disney World, right?
Amorette’s Patisseries petit cake
Things are VERY busy right now in the parks, so much so that Magic Kingdom recently reached capacity. However, we also got some NEW details about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, as well as saw some permits being filed for the new expansion for Magic Kingdom. On top of that, Disney World restaurants changed up their menus this week. So let’s take a look at that!
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