If you’re planning a trip to Walt Disney World in the not-too-distant future, and really have your heart set on a character dining experience with some princesses, I have some bad news for you. At the time of this writing (November 2022), almost none of …
Are you planning a trip to Disney World soon and wondering about the best counter service locations at Magic Kingdom? There are plenty of different options throughout the park where you can a great meal and/or snack without needing reservations or spending much time before …
If you’re heading to Walt Disney World for the first time, it’s very likely that you have some kids going with you. The good news is that there are a lot of kid-friendly restaurants in Disney World. And the bad news is that there are …
The good news is that Cape May Cafe, located in Disney’s Beach Club Resort, one of the “Epcot resorts,” re-opened on May 18,2021. (They were open for reservations beginning May 7, 2021.) More good news is that the prices are significantly lower — particularly for …
Update: It’s been confirmed that ‘Ohana will reopened on Friday, July 9. You might still enjoy reading the rest of the article, though. 😊 It’s been over half a year since Walt Disney reopened its gates in July 2020, but as you already know, things …
Eating at quick service restaurants is practically a must when you go on a Disney World vacation. They’re relative cheap (in Disney terms), they offer a lot more variety than your basic “theme park food,” and since they don’t require reservations, you can easily work …
If there’s still any doubt in anyone’s mind that Disney World is “just another theme park,” consider this: Most people — whether they’re first-timers or hard-core Disney people — spend way, WAY more time researching and deciding where they’re going to eat than which attractions …
Flame Tree BBQ is a quick service restaurant located in Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom park. It has a fairly central location, in Discovery Island between Dinoland and the Tree of Life, which means you probably won’t have an incredibly long walk when you decide …
I think a lot of adults, me included, have a love/hate relationship with Chef Mickey, located in Disney’s Contemporary Resort. And if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I like to make fun of Chef Mickey as often as possible. Chef Mickey …
Have you ever eaten at a restaurant in Disney World and thought to yourself, “This is sooo good … I wish I didn’t have to wait til our next Disney trip to be able to eat it again”? It turns out that you may not …
On my recent adults-only Disney trip with my friend Loraine, we had breakfast at Cape May Cafe. It was a good choice for us because, in all the years each of us have gone to Disney with our respective three kids and husband (we leave …
1900 Park Fare is a character dining buffet restaurant with high ceilings and a carnival and carousel theme. I had dinner there for the first time last week on my adults-only trip to Disney World with my friend Loraine. After reading this post, you’ll know …
I’ve been curious about Hollywood & Vine, a table service at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, for some time now. If you do any research about it in forums or blog comments, you’ll see that it doesn’t have the greatest reputation. I’ve even seen it called “the …
The Garden Grill is one of two character meals that you’ll find in Disney World’s Epcot, and is a pretty nifty place for at least three reasons, in my opinion: The restaurant rotates You get to meet Chip and Dale It’s one of the more …
The Crystal Palace is a character dining restaurant in the Magic Kingdom where you get to meet characters from The Hundred Acre Woods (ie, Winnie the Pooh and Friends.) According to Mickey Wiki, the Crystal Palace is as old as the park itself, but originally …
We all know that you can save time by just eating a quick bowl of cereal or granola bar in your hotel room for breakfast before heading out for a day at the Disney parks. But come on, do you want to start every morning …
Chef Mickey’s in the Contemporary Resort is considered by many (including myself) to be one of the best Disney World restaurants for kids. It’s been a long time since we’ve been to Chef Mickey’s, and it was before I had this blog, so I wasn’t …
In my post about the best Disney restaurants for first time visitors, I recommended the 50’s Prime Time Cafe in Hollywood Studios even though our personal experience was not that great (because our waiter was not that great). I still wanted to give 50’s Prime …
A few months ago I wrote a round-up post where I had various Disney bloggers vote on their favorite quick service meals in Disney World. While several different restaurants got a lot of love in that post, Animal Kingdom’s Satu’li Canteen was one of the …
Whether you’ve been to Disney World or not, you’ve heard people speak of the “Dole Whip,” often with a touch of love and longing in their voice. In this post we’ll cover some important facts about the Dole Whip, all the places where you can …
‘Ohana (which means “family) is a family-style table service restaurant at Walt Disney World. While they offer a breakfast character meal with Lilo, Stitch, Pluto, and Mickey Mouse (they do not serve lunch), this review will focus on our family’s recent experience, which was …
A big part of planning your Disney vacation is choosing fantastic places to eat. But which restaurants are really the best — and which are mostly just hype? For as much as it costs to eat at Disney World — and even if you’re getting …
Every year since 2009, Walt Disney World has offered a “Free Dining” package for specific dates in the fall and early winter. It is always a very popular promotion that my family has taken advantage of in the past and plan to do again in …
Planning a vacation to Disney World is a strange thing. It often requires that someone (probably you, since you are the one reading this) needs to take on a part-time job of learning complicated details of things thing that are relatively simple in Real Life. …
“The best meal I have ever had at Disney World,” my eye doctor told me a couple years ago, “was breakfast at the Tusker House restaurant in Animal Kingdom.” Well, she should know. This is a woman in her mid-thirties who has been to Disney …
Our family’s first trip to Disney World was very spur of the moment. My parents invited us to go with them, and the trip was in less than six weeks! So we didn’t have the luxury (or is it a curse?) of pouring over articles …