Welcome to the Garden Grove, at the Swan Hotel! Guys. GUYS. Why are you not eating at the Garden Grove? I have a feeling you’re not, because we visited this character buffet on the first Thursday of the year, and were seated for dinner twenty minutes early in a half empty restaurant. The author with…
Category: Dining and Snacks at Walt Disney World
It’s all about the FOOD at Walt Disney World
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Top 10 Signature Restaurants in Walt Disney World
Following up the success of the Top 10 Table Service Restaurant and Top 10 Quick Service Restaurant awards from last year, the Mouse for Less Academy of Disney Culinary Arts and Sciences is at it again, this time adhering to the dress code. That’s right, once again thanks to the voting of the members of…
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Dining Review – Il Mulino Lounge
Welcome to the lounge at Il Mulino, at the Swan Hotel! Il Mulino is a full service restaurant at the Swan Hotel. There is a lounge right outside the restaurant. On a trip in the first week of January, my family had a dinner reservation at Garden Grove, also in the Swan. We arrived early,…
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Restaurant Review – Backlot Express
Welcome to the Backlot Express, at Hollywood Studios! The Backlot Express is a quick service dining establishment at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I’d eaten here on a previous trip, and thought that the food was solid and acceptable. Plus, we found a table that looked out over the Jedi Training Academy, so we got lunch with…
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Restaurant Review – Lunch at Be Our Guest Restaurant
Welcome to Be Our Guest, in the Magic Kingdom! Be Our Guest Restaurant, in the Magic Kingdom, has quickly become a “must get” reservation for many Walt Disney World guests. At dinner, it’s a full service restaurant, and at breakfast and lunch, quick service. However, for all three meals, it is almost impossible to get…
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Foodie Friday: Review of Sunshine Seasons’ Rose Gold Cupcake
Rose gold has quickly become the it thing. From rose gold ears, to rose gold spirit jerseys, and more, everywhere you look when walking around the Walt Disney World Resorts is coming up….rosey. And you know that with any popular trend and because they love their cupcakes, Walt Disney World introduced a version of the…
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Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Food: The Best and the Not So Best Part 2
Welcome back to day two. I hope you are well rested. Although this is a sequel, you will probably still be able to follow along even if you didn’t read part one. (But you should! It’s fantastic.) That being said, I won’t bore you with any more frivolous banter, let’s get right to the food…
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Restaurant Review: Tokyo Dining
Welcome to Tokyo Dining, in Epcot’s Japan pavilion! Tokyo Dining is one of the two table service restaurants in Epcot’s Japan pavilion. We recently had dinner here. It is run by the Mitsukoshi company, a Japanese company that has been in existence for over three hundred years! My traveling party consisted of nine people, and…
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Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Food: The Best and The Not So Best – Part 1
Opening day of the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival is definitely my current happy place. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Food and Wine Festival, and Festival of the Arts is certainly growing on me, but this one is my jam. The topiaries, the weather, the smaller(ish) crowds…the official beginning of Spring. I was…
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Tony’s Town Square Restaurant’s Festival of Fantasy Parade Dining Package
Tony’s Town Square Restaurant, located in the Magic Kingdom on Main Street, U.S.A, offers a dining package that includes a meal and VIP viewing of the Festival of Fantasy Parade. The Festival of Fantasy Parade Package The dining package is one dining credit with the Disney Dining Plan. The current cost of this package is…
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Restaurant Review – Sunshine Seasons
Welcome to Sunshine Seasons, in the Land pavilion! On a very cold, rainy day in January, my family and I were looking for a place to eat lunch in Epcot. We had just finished hanging out in the Disney Vacation Club lounge in the Imagination pavilion, and we had about an hour before our FastPass…
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Foodie Friday: A Stop at the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Food Booths
One of my favorite things to do in the spring is to visit Epcot for the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. It’s become one of my favorite events that Walt Disney World offers and it includes a myriad of activities. From viewing the beautiful topiaries and lush gardens, to taking part in unique tours, to…