food IS a theme park
If you’ve never explored the dining options at Disney World Resort hotels, you are seriously missing out!
Disney’s Grand Floridian lobby
Some of the best restaurants on property are found in Disney World hotels, like Boma, Topolino’s Terrace, and ‘Ohana — just to name a few. But, even Disney World restaurants can be closed for refurbishment from time to time. That was supposed to be the case for one hotel dining location, but now things have changed!
April is over and to quote Mickey, “OH, BOY!” It was certainly a busy month in Disney World — at least when it comes to eating and drinking (something that we LOVE to do!).
New snack at a NEW restaurant!
With festive treats to celebrate Easter and Halfway to Halloween to price increases on several iconic snacks, there was already a lot to keep track of. But then Disney surprised us and opened up a BRAND NEW restaurant in EPCOT, Connections Cafe and Eatery. We’ve got a lot of menu updates to cover — so let’s get right to it!
It’s that time of the week again!
Be Our Guest Restaurant
It’s that time when we take a look at what’s going on with Disney World restaurants, review all the new snacks we tried, check out any new menus arriving, and look out for menu updates. Speaking of which, we’ve got some menu updates to share with you, so let’s get to it!
Some of the best restaurants on Disney World property are at the hotels!
Jiko
Topolino’s Terrace, Jiko, California Grill, ‘Ohana, Toledo — all of these are hotel restaurants that knock it out of the park. So, we can totally understand why you would sacrifice some park time to eat at these spots during your vacation! And, for those of you planning where you want to eat on your upcoming trip, you need to know about a closure happening soon at a Disney hotel restaurant.
One of the most magical ways to end your Disney World day is to watch the fireworks over Cinderella Castle or above the EPCOT World Showcase Lagoon.
Happily Ever After Fireworks
You can make that experience even better by adding some delicious Disney food into the mix! Digging into a tasty meal while The Magic Kingdom fireworks are going off in the background? Sounds like heaven to us. Today, we’re taking a look at the BEST restaurants for fireworks views in Disney World.
October was QUITE the month at Disney World. So much happened!
Lemon mousse from Space 220
In the past month alone, THREE new restaurants opened (Steakhouse 71, Space 220, and La Crêperie de Paris), the 50th anniversary snacks arrived, AND we were still seeing some Halloween snacks getting introduced. So we’ve got quite a few menu updates to share with you from October.
We’re in that weird part of the year where it’s both Halloween AND Christmas at Disney World.
We’ve got some bad news about the Mickey beignets…
Plus it’s also still the 50th Anniversary Celebration, meaning that we’re pretty much celebrating all three events at once! And while we’re snacking our way around the parks, we’re also trying to keep up with Disney World menu updates to keep you informed of what’s changing around the resort. And we’ll warn you now — one iconic snack is now missing!
Okay, we’ve got one for all you seafood lovers headed to Disney World!
Perfect lobster
We’ve told you a lot about the best Disney World restaurants for picky eaters, the best value quick-service spots, the best restaurants for first-time visitors, and more! But now, we’re going to give you a full run-down of all the BEST seafood locations at Disney World!
NOTE: As of this writing, several of the dining locations listed are currently unavailable and have yet to reopen. You can check out our list of the restaurants and other dining locations currently opened and closed in Disney World here. As always, we encourage you to follow along with our newsletter as well as the blog for all the latest Disney World dining news!
When it comes to dining at Disney World, there are countless options to choose from. But if we were to ask you to name your FAVORITE hotel in terms of restaurants, we think most of our readers would be quick to name their top pick.
Grand Floridian
We recently polled our readers and followers on Instagram to find out which Disney World Resort hotel YOU thought had the best dining. Here are your top picks!
Sooo… do you remember last month when a new dining feature made its debut on the My Disney Experience app for Walt Disney World guests?
Inside the Grand Floridian Cafe
The new Mobile Dine Walk-up Waitlist feature allows guests to view Table Service restaurants that have available seating for walk-up guests with a tap on their phone. You can check out how the whole process works here. But today, we just wanted to pop in and let you know of a newly reopened restaurant that’s now offering the Walk-up Waitlist option. [Read more…]
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