While I have never been to the Food and Wine Festival, I did go to the Flower and Garden Show this year, and found that the 2-4 PM time slot is actually a pretty good time to eat at the booths. It's a nice way to avoid long ride lines during the afternoon, and to kill some time before the evening fireworks if you got to the parks super early and already rode all of the rides.
Thanks to your blogs where you list all of the foods at each booth for each festival, I always like to plan what items I get to eat/drink and I always have a budget of $30. If you plan wisely (or maybe I just like cheap foods :P) i can always get 5-6 items!
I'm a Disney Annual Passholder and I always tell my visiting friends and family to avoid going to the Food and Wine Festival on Friday nights and weekends as local Floridians pack the World Showcase. Just a suggestion to try to go during the work week and start eating around lunch to avoid the biggest crowds!
I go to WDW for my birthday every year. So every year I go to the Food and Wine Festival. I try to sample everything I hear about on DFB. I get the special DFB guide to the festival. But there is SO much! I will be trying again in the Fall!
One thing to remind people is that if you can't get to EPCOT, most larger cities have Food Festivals of their own (or Restaurant Weeks, which Boston has a wonderful one) and you can try super-expensive restaurant fare in your area for a lot less than you normally could. My best friend's birthday happens usually during Boston's Restaurant Week, so I always love to take her out to dinner then, because her birthday dinner can be a lot fancier than we normally could afford, and if it's a restaurant we wanted to try but were scared by the price, it's less of a gamble.
Thanks for all the FAWF videos. We are going for the first time this October for our 20th anniversary. We’re so excited that we’ve already bought a tray!
World Showcase doesn’t open till 11?! I’m glad you said that - it changes our day-tour plan in EPCOT. Thanks for all the good info; I LOVE this channel.
Evebn though the World Showcase opens later, you can actually still get in to the France Pavilion (at the entrance by the Boardwalk Resort) around 9am and can get a delicious brioche and coffee and then wander through to Future World that opens at 9am...at least we stumbled on that a year ago!
Just a thought: They should offer unlimited booth passes. Probably expensivish but a food pass and a food/ drunk pass for the length of the trip or daily maybe
They kind of do in that there is a gift card on a wristband for around 50-100$ and you can use that I don’t know if you could eat more than what $100 could get you
We always seem to miss the Food and Wine, But were in the middle of a Disney Restaurant Reveiw series at the moment so we probably should Probably try and make it this year! The food always looks beautiful at both here and Flower and Garden EPCOT is really an under rated park!
Can you guys talk about the flower and garden festival because my family and I are going there and I what to know what are the best foods that they sell there
Bianca Klopfer I went to the flower and garden festival and first of all: it’s is beautiful! Second of all it is realllyyyy similar to the food and wine festival in my opinion as the booths with the unique foods from around the world are up at this time as well; not sure about the special events however
So glad I ran across this video. This helped me get an idea how much to get for my gift cards since I know some of the booths take them. I emailed Disney about it. So excited to be finally getting to experience Food and Wine and Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party this year.
The FAWF always used to run through my birthday, November 18th, but the past few years it has been running earlier. Longer yes, but earlier and earlier in the season which makes it sooo hot. But it's still my favorite so I'll stop whining.
I am going to be celebrating my 21st birthday with my family at the Food and Wine festival! We are are passholders and might just eat one dish but never even looked at the drinks. Would be great to make a video on the drinks!
Hey aj ! Could you please do one regarding food/general at the Epcot flower and garden festival that’s going on now ? I’m going in 10 days and not sure but that’s the least spoken about on UA-cam unlike f+w so thought it’d be neat :) thanks x
Aug. 30 is my mother's birthday, and Nov. 12 is my birthday lol! We are going during the festival this year. I can't remember ever being there at that time of year.
Wish they would schedule it even earlier before I have to go back to work. I will be down there the week before. But least going to go to the Mickey Not so Scary Halloween Party. One day I will get to do this again when I move back down there in 2 years
Hey guys! Love the blog and videos. Can you guys do some resort overviews the way you do for the areas of the parks? Curious what food offerings each resort might have that are exclusive to just that resort. Want to know what to try when I visit specific resorts. Thanks!!
Hello guys! I have to say that I am addicted to your videos, they are so so great and helpful. Do you think that the last day of the Food and Wine Festival too crowded? is it worth going on the very last day? I cannot go before, I could go after, but I would miss it :( thanks again for ALL of your videos.
I’ve been waiting 33 years to go to WDW and I finally get to take my family this year! I have planned for our very first day (Nov. 12) to be at EPCOT. Since that is the last day of the festival, would you recommend switching days and experiencing EPCOT for the first time on a “regular” day or would the last day of the festival be a cool kickoff to our first trip? We will have 2 kids with us, ages 3 and 5. Thanks! PS - I love your channel and have learned so much from watching!
Definitely Check out the Festival. Its all the greatness of "Regular Day" with extra food booths. Dont make any dining reservations. Even if you dont like many of the booth foods there are lots of counter service restaurants around the world that are good. My suggestion would be to go to the Land pavillion first thing...Ride Soarin, Ride the land and then eat some Croissant Berry Bread Pudding at Sunshine seasons. Because soarin can get busy and if you do it first with the land you can save your Fastpasses for other attractions. I love talking to people going on their first trip....If you have any other questions please ask.
oreneishii honestly it depends on your priorities and if you have kids how young they are. If your kids are under 10 I would do it on a regular day. It’s just the last week of the festival is SO crowded and you might have to wait 30-60 minutes for food at the more popular booths and the wait times will also be heightened. A lot of times kids don’t want to wait in line and there are just SO MANY PEOPLE.
First of all - I want to say I hope you have the most magical visit ever! Next - if I were you, I would definitely visit Epcot another day, especially with little ones. It's going to be crowded, being the last day of F&W, plus it's Veteran's Day!
There are things for small children at Epcot, so no worries there (a splash pad, KidCot stations at all the Pavilions in World Showcase, characters, fountains, music, and much more - my kids loved it when they were little! If you and your party are "foodies" then definitely stop there first to catch the unique food kiosks!
Really looking forward to visiting Epcot during f&w as first time to Disney World. Is it worth swapping a quick service credit for the 3 snack credits as was thinking of doing it the two days we’re planning on spending at Epcot then making dining reservations for Teppan Edo and Garden Grill in the evenings.
Which is the lesser of two evils, Magic Kingdom on a Sunday or Epcot on a Sunday during food and wine festival? I am going in October and am trying to avoid the crowds as much as possible
Hi AJ! First off I LOVE all of your videos and am so jealous of your job! I have a question about the food and wine festival.. I was there in 2015 and I remember purchasing a passport for the festival but I can’t remember what sort of extras it gave me.. Do you recal some sort of passport that could have been purchased? I am planning my 50th trip to WDW for sept 2019 and I just need to know that I’m not crazy and that purchasing that passport thing back in 2015 was a real thing and if they still do it?
Can you please make a video about how to deal with Disney with high anxiety. Because I have really bad anxiety and panic attacks and love Disney but it’s hard with the crowds and noises. So can you please make a video about dealing with panic attacks and anxiety in Disney.
strawberry rain strongly recommend Adam Hattan videos with Gary c he has anxiety and they explain the pass to help, also Sarah from thingamavlogs has a whole video exploring places to have a quiet moment she is currently training her anxiety dog, Tim tracker also has good videos on universal
Is it possible to go to the Food and Wine Festival and the holiday celebrations in the same trip? In other words, does the end of the Food and Wine Festival overlap with the start of the holiday season?
Unfortunately, Food and Wine ends before Holidays around the World. If you are looking to celebrate Halloween, you can attend Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party during The Food And Wine Festival but the Festival of Holidays (formerly Holidays around the World) and Mickey's Very Mery Christmas Party don't start until after Food and Wine.
Usually Food and Wine Ends RIGHT before the holiday events begin in Epcot. But you'll be able to do both the food and wine festival AND Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party in the Magic Kingdom this year!
Anyone else come on this day and get hit by the storm? We were waiting for the bus to get back to our resort and got hit by the rain and wind. The one day I forget to bring the ponchos🤦🏽♂️ we were all soaked. Before that the day was nice
My favorite tip from you is to bring a tray. I never thought about it and it's so useful especially when you can't find a table.
While I have never been to the Food and Wine Festival, I did go to the Flower and Garden Show this year, and found that the 2-4 PM time slot is actually a pretty good time to eat at the booths. It's a nice way to avoid long ride lines during the afternoon, and to kill some time before the evening fireworks if you got to the parks super early and already rode all of the rides.
Attending food and wine for the first time this year! Very excited
You will enjoy it, my wife and I are going for our third year in a row this year and can't wait. Have a great trip!!
Make sure to try everything at France, even the escargot. They've put extra effort into french cooking everytime I've gone.
Thanks to your blogs where you list all of the foods at each booth for each festival, I always like to plan what items I get to eat/drink and I always have a budget of $30. If you plan wisely (or maybe I just like cheap foods :P) i can always get 5-6 items!
I'm a Disney Annual Passholder and I always tell my visiting friends and family to avoid going to the Food and Wine Festival on Friday nights and weekends as local Floridians pack the World Showcase. Just a suggestion to try to go during the work week and start eating around lunch to avoid the biggest crowds!
Yep! That's in our upcoming "top tips" video about the festival!
I go to WDW for my birthday every year. So every year I go to the Food and Wine Festival. I try to sample everything I hear about on DFB. I get the special DFB guide to the festival. But there is SO much! I will be trying again in the Fall!
Thank you for this FAQ. Attending my first Food and Wine Festival this year. Super excited!
My wife and I are going for our third year in a row to this festival this year. We absolutely love it and can't wait! Love all your videos AJ!
Thank you so much for this video! I'm going for the first time in the fall!
One thing to remind people is that if you can't get to EPCOT, most larger cities have Food Festivals of their own (or Restaurant Weeks, which Boston has a wonderful one) and you can try super-expensive restaurant fare in your area for a lot less than you normally could. My best friend's birthday happens usually during Boston's Restaurant Week, so I always love to take her out to dinner then, because her birthday dinner can be a lot fancier than we normally could afford, and if it's a restaurant we wanted to try but were scared by the price, it's less of a gamble.
A honeymoon with MNSSH and food and wine..perfect!
Can’t wait to enjoy all of this fun when I go for the wine and dine half in Nov.
Thanks for all the FAWF videos. We are going for the first time this October for our 20th anniversary. We’re so excited that we’ve already bought a tray!
My favorite time and I believe the best time to go to Disney. Especially if you go in October.
World Showcase doesn’t open till 11?! I’m glad you said that - it changes our day-tour plan in EPCOT. Thanks for all the good info; I LOVE this channel.
So glad to help!
Evebn though the World Showcase opens later, you can actually still get in to the France Pavilion (at the entrance by the Boardwalk Resort) around 9am and can get a delicious brioche and coffee and then wander through to Future World that opens at 9am...at least we stumbled on that a year ago!
Just a thought: They should offer unlimited booth passes. Probably expensivish but a food pass and a food/ drunk pass for the length of the trip or daily maybe
They kind of do in that there is a gift card on a wristband for around 50-100$ and you can use that I don’t know if you could eat more than what $100 could get you
We always seem to miss the Food and Wine, But were in the middle of a Disney Restaurant Reveiw series at the moment so we probably should Probably try and make it this year! The food always looks beautiful at both here and Flower and Garden EPCOT is really an under rated park!
Can you guys talk about the flower and garden festival because my family and I are going there and I what to know what are the best foods that they sell there
Bianca Klopfer I went to the flower and garden festival and first of all: it’s is beautiful! Second of all it is realllyyyy similar to the food and wine festival in my opinion as the booths with the unique foods from around the world are up at this time as well; not sure about the special events however
You can find some reviews of the Flower & Garden Festival on Trip Advisor
So glad I ran across this video. This helped me get an idea how much to get for my gift cards since I know some of the booths take them. I emailed Disney about it. So excited to be finally getting to experience Food and Wine and Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party this year.
Great job, as always, AJ, thanx! F&W and early December are my 2 fave times to visit! :)
The FAWF always used to run through my birthday, November 18th, but the past few years it has been running earlier. Longer yes, but earlier and earlier in the season which makes it sooo hot. But it's still my favorite so I'll stop whining.
I am going to be celebrating my 21st birthday with my family at the Food and Wine festival! We are are passholders and might just eat one dish but never even looked at the drinks. Would be great to make a video on the drinks!
Going to F&W in Sept! Look forward to the upcoming blogs!
Hey aj ! Could you please do one regarding food/general at the Epcot flower and garden festival that’s going on now ? I’m going in 10 days and not sure but that’s the least spoken about on UA-cam unlike f+w so thought it’d be neat :) thanks x
There are Trip Advisor reviews of the Flower & Garden Festival you can check out. Just came back and it was awesome!!!
Aug. 30 is my mother's birthday, and Nov. 12 is my birthday lol! We are going during the festival this year. I can't remember ever being there at that time of year.
Wish they would schedule it even earlier before I have to go back to work. I will be down there the week before. But least going to go to the Mickey Not so Scary Halloween Party. One day I will get to do this again when I move back down there in 2 years
Damn! Missing this event again. We're going August 13th-17th Dx
I would have thought you would have been posting on flower and garden? We're going to that this year.
You can see reviews of the Flower & Garden Festival on Trip Advisor - just came back from there and it was awesome!!!
Is there a passport for Food & Wine? I was told that you could purchase a "passport" for the festival.
she said no you don’t have to purchase anything to get in
Hey guys! Love the blog and videos. Can you guys do some resort overviews the way you do for the areas of the parks? Curious what food offerings each resort might have that are exclusive to just that resort. Want to know what to try when I visit specific resorts. Thanks!!
Hello guys! I have to say that I am addicted to your videos, they are so so great and helpful. Do you think that the last day of the Food and Wine Festival too crowded? is it worth going on the very last day? I cannot go before, I could go after, but I would miss it :( thanks again for ALL of your videos.
I’ve been waiting 33 years to go to WDW and I finally get to take my family this year! I have planned for our very first day (Nov. 12) to be at EPCOT. Since that is the last day of the festival, would you recommend switching days and experiencing EPCOT for the first time on a “regular” day or would the last day of the festival be a cool kickoff to our first trip? We will have 2 kids with us, ages 3 and 5. Thanks! PS - I love your channel and have learned so much from watching!
Definitely Check out the Festival. Its all the greatness of "Regular Day" with extra food booths. Dont make any dining reservations. Even if you dont like many of the booth foods there are lots of counter service restaurants around the world that are good. My suggestion would be to go to the Land pavillion first thing...Ride Soarin, Ride the land and then eat some Croissant Berry Bread Pudding at Sunshine seasons. Because soarin can get busy and if you do it first with the land you can save your Fastpasses for other attractions.
I love talking to people going on their first trip....If you have any other questions please ask.
oreneishii honestly it depends on your priorities and if you have kids how young they are. If your kids are under 10 I would do it on a regular day. It’s just the last week of the festival is SO crowded and you might have to wait 30-60 minutes for food at the more popular booths and the wait times will also be heightened. A lot of times kids don’t want to wait in line and there are just SO MANY PEOPLE.
If only you could have gone in the early nineties when all the greatest pavilions were still there
First of all - I want to say I hope you have the most magical visit ever! Next - if I were you, I would definitely visit Epcot another day, especially with little ones. It's going to be crowded, being the last day of F&W, plus it's Veteran's Day!
There are things for small children at Epcot, so no worries there (a splash pad, KidCot stations at all the Pavilions in World Showcase, characters, fountains, music, and much more - my kids loved it when they were little! If you and your party are "foodies" then definitely stop there first to catch the unique food kiosks!
Hi AJ, do you know if the Chase Lounge and card holder special Illuminations viewing areas are going to be back this year?
Really looking forward to visiting Epcot during f&w as first time to Disney World. Is it worth swapping a quick service credit for the 3 snack credits as was thinking of doing it the two days we’re planning on spending at Epcot then making dining reservations for Teppan Edo and Garden Grill in the evenings.
Which is the lesser of two evils, Magic Kingdom on a Sunday or Epcot on a Sunday during food and wine festival? I am going in October and am trying to avoid the crowds as much as possible
Hi AJ! First off I LOVE all of your videos and am so jealous of your job! I have a question about the food and wine festival.. I was there in 2015 and I remember purchasing a passport for the festival but I can’t remember what sort of extras it gave me.. Do you recal some sort of passport that could have been purchased? I am planning my 50th trip to WDW for sept 2019 and I just need to know that I’m not crazy and that purchasing that passport thing back in 2015 was a real thing and if they still do it?
I want to take my 75 yr old grandma to the food and wine festival. How would i be able to beat the heat and keep her from getting hot and tired?
Can you use either your quick service or table service credits at the 2018 food and wine festival?
Does some of the Food booths require a quick service credit too for larger portions?
Can you please make a video about how to deal with Disney with high anxiety. Because I have really bad anxiety and panic attacks and love Disney but it’s hard with the crowds and noises. So can you please make a video about dealing with panic attacks and anxiety in Disney.
strawberry rain strongly recommend Adam Hattan videos with Gary c he has anxiety and they explain the pass to help, also Sarah from thingamavlogs has a whole video exploring places to have a quiet moment she is currently training her anxiety dog, Tim tracker also has good videos on universal
Christina Dupont-Demaison thanks
Just stay home, do us all a favor!
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I have a question about the festival. Do you know why there is no Norway booth even though there is one for every other country in the World showcase?
For a while they had a "Scandinavia" booth, but they just discontinued it last year or the year before.
DFBGuide Is there a Norway pavilion?
K B yes!
Aline Thanks!!
Is it possible to go to the Food and Wine Festival and the holiday celebrations in the same trip? In other words, does the end of the Food and Wine Festival overlap with the start of the holiday season?
Kirsten Paff It overlaps with Halloween and Christmas. It costs extra for the holiday event, but yes you can go from one to the other!
LadyMelody1004, Thanks.
Unfortunately, Food and Wine ends before Holidays around the World. If you are looking to celebrate Halloween, you can attend Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party during The Food And Wine Festival but the Festival of Holidays (formerly Holidays around the World) and Mickey's Very Mery Christmas Party don't start until after Food and Wine.
Usually Food and Wine Ends RIGHT before the holiday events begin in Epcot. But you'll be able to do both the food and wine festival AND Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party in the Magic Kingdom this year!
Kirsten Paff Yes, I'm going then too. You would be catching the very end of the food and wine but you'd be there.
Anyone else come on this day and get hit by the storm? We were waiting for the bus to get back to our resort and got hit by the rain and wind. The one day I forget to bring the ponchos🤦🏽♂️ we were all soaked. Before that the day was nice
I would strongly advise against making reservations on festival days, it’s so hard to see all of the great booths but you are too full to enjoy
“The Food & Wine Festival is in the fall. It is from August 30-November 12th.”
AJ- Isn’t is it technically still summer on August 30th?
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Make sure you don't have a hangover when attending the F&W festival! It will ruin the experience