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REVIEW: Is This Specialty Food & Wine Event in Disney World Worth the Price Tag?

There are lots of delicious treats to sample on at the various EPCOT festivals. But, just a hop away from the park, you can experience a totally different, intimate and luxurious food and wine experience.

Disney’s Dolphin Resort

The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel’s Food and Wine Classic is a fan-favorite event where foodies can truly live their best lives. This year, the Swan and Dolphin have brought back this fun event in a modified way to help guests maintain social distancing. We got the chance to experience it recently and now we’re bringing you ALL our thoughts!

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NEW Holiday Merchandise Now Available at Disney World!

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Halloween may not even be here yet, but the Christmas countdown has begun!

Minnie Mouse Nice List Holiday Ornament

We’ve already spotted some Christmas ornaments and fun holiday merchandise, but today we spotted even MORE holiday items in Disney World!

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Check Out the MENU for the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Food & Wine Classic: Limited Edition!

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You know, the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival isn’t the only Food & Wine event to get excited about in Disney World. Unfortunately, like many other events, the much-loved Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic annual event was canceled this year due to the global health crisis.

Sip, Savor & Stay Saturday

In its place though, the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin have put on the new Sip, Savor, & Stay Saturdays, including the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic: Limited Edition — and now we have the menu!

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These BBQ and Oktoberfest Foodie Events in Disney World Are Now $75 Each!

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Although many special events have been canceled this year due to the global health crisis, there are still plenty of fabulous foodie events happening at Disney World!

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin

We’ve been happily eating our way around the 2020 EPCOT Taste of Epcot Food and Wine Festival. And although the Swan and Dolphin’s Food and Wine Classic was canceled this year, we’ve been given the alternative Sip, Savor, & Stay Saturdays.

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Another DATE Has Been Added for the Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic: Limited Edition Event in Disney World!

By Quincy Stanford 1 Comment

In lieu of the annual Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic (which was canceled this year due to the global health crisis), the Swan and Dolphin have given us something else to satisfy our food-based event cravings.

Screenshot from the Swan and Dolphin Website

We already swung by the first of the new Sip, Savor, & Stay Saturdays at the Swan and Dolphin and we had a BLAST. The most anticipated in this series of events is probably the October 17th Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic: Limited Edition — and now there’s another date for this event!

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Is $295 For This All-Inclusive Disney World Food Event Worth It? (Answer: YES.)

By Quincy Stanford 3 Comments

We’re major foodies, you know this, so we’re in the loop when it comes to Disney World food festivals.

Sip, Savor & Stay Saturday

Unfortunately, this year’s Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic was canceled due to the global health crisis. In its place, the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Disney World is hosting Sip, Savor, & Stay Saturdays, inspired by the canceled fest. Well, we spent an evening at the event and we have our REVIEW!

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TWO Menus Just Dropped for Sip, Savor, & Stay Saturdays at Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin Resort!

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Sip, Savor, & Stay starts this weekend at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort!

Swan and Dolphin Resort

Sip, Savor, & Stay is a modified version of the annual Food and Wine Classic event. This year, the event will be held indoors and with a limited capacity. Along with an overnight stay at the resort, guests will have access to finely curated food, drink, and entertainment! Swan and Dolphin JUST released the full menus for the first two weekends of this delish event! We gotta tell you, this stuff looks GOOD.

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You Don’t Even Need a Park Ticket for This Underrated Disney World Foodie Event!

By Brianna LeCompte 2 Comments

It’s no secret, we LOVE tasting all of the delicious snacks and drinks Disney World has to offer!

Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic

Many people are familiar with the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival, an annual event that tons of guests (including us!) look forward to every year. But did you know that isn’t the only foodie paradise available on Disney World property?? In fact, there’s another event offered within walking distance of the Food and Wine Festival — and you don’t even need a park ticket to enjoy it!

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You Can WALK To The Parks From These 5 Disney World Hotels!

By Quincy Stanford 1 Comment

When we’re at Walt Disney World, we’re always focused on the best ways to get around.

Grand Floridian Resort

Of course, Disney transportation will get you where you need to go on property for free, but those waits can be LONG. Especially right now with social distancing limiting capacity on transport vehicles, and no monorail service at all to EPCOT.

Even in the best of times, we all wish we could just stroll right into the park from our hotel, and we REALLY wish for that super short commute after a long day — when we just want to COLLAPSE in our room.

Well, a few Disney World resorts actually make that possible! And this is their secret superpower! Check out these FIVE Disney World resorts that are close enough to walk to a theme park!

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The ULTIMATE GUIDE to Disney’s NEW and Newly Announced Restaurants!

By Courtney Willingham 1 Comment

In case you haven’t heard, there are a LOT of changes coming to both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort.

While many changes come in the form of new attractions (like the highly-anticipated TRON Lightcycle Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind), there are also a whole bunch of NEW restaurants coming soon, like Space 220 and Woody’s Roundup Barbecue to the parks and resorts! Let’s explore all the new and soon to be new options you need to know about.

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