food IS a theme park
Grabbing a dining reservation for your Disney World vacation can be a struggle, but this one tip can help!
The Cake Bake Shop in Disney World
As a former Cast Member, I know how frustrating it can feel for guests when they can’t find a dining reservation at their favorite restaurant. So I would love to take some stress out of your dining reservations and tell you about this one tip that you can use on your next Disney World vacation.
Greetings from Disney World! We’ve just spending the past week going through all the great discounts that just dropped (NOW is the time to book that Disney World trip, y’all), eating not-so-great pizza, thinking about breakfast, checking out the most EPIC Easter display ever, and more!
White chocolate bread pudding at Planet Hollywood
Disney World restaurants have been busy this week, too. Like always, we’ve been tracking all the menu changes happening around the resort, and now we’re going to list them all out for you so you can stay updated, too! So let’s take a look at what changed.
If you’re a movie buff and obsessed with all things Hollywood, there’s really only one place in Disney World where you can go to enjoy a meal and see all kinds of film memorabilia.
A HUGE burger
That restaurant is Planet Hollywood, a dining spot you’ll find in Disney Springs. Here, you can dine among Hollywood royalty (well, more like props, costumes, and things used by Hollywood royalty). Now, we’ve dined here in the past, and let’s just say we never quite fell in love with it, but we’re giving it another go to see if it can redeem itself. So join us!
It’s been an exciting week for Disney World food. Although we’re not QUITE done with the EPCOT Festival of the Arts, we’ve already received a lot of BIG details about the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival, including a list of food booths and full menus for each booth!
Shrimp N’ Grits from House of Blues
However, we also saw some regular Disney World restaurants change their menus this week. So let’s take a closer look at these changes.
If you’re a D23 Gold Member, we have three new reasons why you should be going to Disney Springs!
Disney Springs!
Being a D23 Gold Member comes with a lot of perks and benefits! Whether it’s an advantage to D23 Expo tickets, or discounts around Disney World, there are so many reasons why being a Gold Member is worth it. Speaking of, Disney Springs has a few different discounts for members right now!
Snagging dining reservations for your Disney World vacation can be a STRUGGLE.
The Cake Bake Shop
If you’re using the Disney World website or the My Disney Experience app, you’ll need to book your restaurants 60 days before your trip, and some locations fill up fast. It can be frustrating to plan so far in advance and not be able to snag your preferred spots, so that’s why we’re here to tell you about a very important app!
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: not all Disney World restaurants are created equally. Some are worth singing about from the rooftops, while others are more of a one-and-done.
Planet Hollywood
This brings us to Planet Hollywood at Disney Springs — a restaurant we find generally so upsetting, that even the Terminator himself couldn’t save it (okay, that might be dramatic — but you get it). While there are some redeemable dishes on the menu at this spot, the most recent meal we tried certainly wasn’t one of them.
Disney Springs has some pretty amazing restaurants, and yes, we’ll happily tell you about our favorites — will you ever get tired of us talking about Wine Bar George and Homecomin’? We hope not!
Disney Springs
So when we were invited to attend a special event to taste and tour our way around Disney Springs, we couldn’t refuse. Literally, that sounds like the BEST day ever, right? So, let’s get to it!
When you visit the most popular theme park destination in the world, it’s not totally unfeasible that you might run into a celebrity.
Disney Springs
Celebrity sightings are nothing new at Disney World. However, celebrity chef sightings can be a bit more hit or miss. With that said, your odds are still decent at Disney World, considering the resort is home to TONS of celebrity chef restaurants and other fine-dining experiences. If your goal is to see a celebrity chef, we recommend checking out some Disney World spots during future visits!
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.
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