Greece – 2018
We chose to experience the recommended pairing of Loaded Greek Nachos (Vegan) and Domaine Skouras Moscofilero.
We tasted the Moscofilero before the nachos and did not love it but once we began eating, we found the pairing of the wine and food to be perfect. Continue reading Disney Food and Wine Festival – Greece
Islands of the Caribbean 2018
You should stop here, YUM!!
Once again we chose the recommended pairing and wow was it good.
The Jerk Spiced Chicken Lollipop was a perfect blend of spicy & sweet plantain and mango. The flavors mixed together and delighted our taste buds.
I think it is called a lollipop because it is a drumstick – nice name.
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Festival Center 2018
Stop by the Festival Center to get information about the food and wine festival.
They have an information booth and a huge map. This is also where they have classes and seminars, both complementary and for an extra fee.
The Ghirardelli chocolate experience is a nice self-tour display with some amazing chocolate sculptures. You will also get a small sample.
If you are an annual pass holder, stop here to get your magnet and on your 4th visit, pickup your small cutting board.
At the Shimmering Sips Mimosa Bar, the Tropical Mimosa ($6) was cold and sweet, we liked it but it would have been too sweet for more than one glass. The Blood Orange Mimosa ($6) was cold and tart but not sour. Both Mimosas had a nice taste but they were great when we mixed them together.
There are shops and a craft beer experience here as well.
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The Light Lab
This is not our first visit to the Food and Wine Festival but it is our first visit in 2018. We usually start at Mexico and work our way around but this year we decided to be different.
Our first stop was the Light Lab where we began our Food & Wine experience with a cider flight ($9+). Yes, $13 for 3 small glasses of cider and a bottle of water. I wasn’t in a Disney Frame of mind just yet but I was working on it.
The Dry Rose was dry but had a nice taste because you could still taste the cider through the rose.
Surprisingly, the blueberry peppercorn cider was quite tasty, not too dry not too sweet and not overly spicy.
The third cider, 
Zen Berry, was less cider and more sweet.
It is a good sample of different ciders. This location is a temporary location so water is only available by the bottle, no free glass of water here.
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This new festival celebrates the Arts and has both paid and complementary workshops. I attended two complementary workshops – one on Henna and one on Photography.
Although the workshops are complementary, there are a limited number of tickets. We arrived about 45 minutes early to get our tickets and had no problems getting a ticket but it was a Monday and they had waiting areas for tickets setup so it could have been more crowded over the weekend.
Both workshops were run by Disney employees who had worked with Disney for quite awhile and were very knowledgeable about their areas. Both workshops were informative and entertaining and worth the time to attend.
Check out the remaining workshops for this festival here: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/epcot/epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts-seminars-workshops/
Disney has a new Festival — Festival of the Arts. It seems like they are always trying something new to get us to spend our day (and money) at Epcot! This festival takes place Friday-Monday until February 20th.
This festival isn’t quite as large as the Food and Wine Festival but it is still fun.
Neopolitan — Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry — Beer that is. Cost $9. Just had to give this one a try.
The strawberry was very sweet and the chocolate had a hint of chocolate flavor. My daughter thought it tasted like coffee but I did not. Neither of us cared much for the vanilla.
We then walked around the World Showcase to see what the festival was all about. There are pavilions set up all around featuring different artists and foods. The art was varied and included the original piece and some less expensive prints. It was quite windy so none of the artists were able to demonstrate their work but they were all out talking to the people.
The food, of course, was good. We had some Mexican food with sangria.
The food was excellent (under $20 for both items ) but the sangria was very sweet. It took us so long to drink the sangria that we didn’t purchase any other food or drink until we had completed our walk of the entire showcase.
After a breezy walk where we teased each other about being from Florida and freezing in 45 degree weather, we found a coffee I could not pass without trying. Although the coffee was good ($10), it was small and not mixed well.
The food is delightful to the eye and I wish we could have sampled more. I will be going back and I will be trying some of their beautiful food.
Here is a link to look at the food options during the festival: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/epcot/epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts-culinary/
