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Plan Your Visit to EPCOT’s Fall Food & Wine Festival

February 21, 2026 Barbara Ryan Leave a comment

This is a must-attend festival which happens late summer into the Fall.

Each country in World Showcase, along with many “pop-up” countries scattered around the lagoon, features scrumptious bites! There is nothing better than wandering around the WORLD, tasting the flavors of all the different countries.

This past Fall, I had the pleasure of spending several days doing just that. Wandering around World Showcase and sampling many different sweet and savory treats from around the world.

The Sweet Potato Casserole fries from the Fry Basket were a sweet dessert. Yum! The Pumpkin Ravioli were another favorite.

Honestly, I could just wander Food & Wine for days on end. The lines moved quickly, even if they were long, and we always managed to find a table or trash can to perch on to eat.

Have you been to EPCOT’s Food & Wine Festival? If not, let’s get you there. The Fall is the perfect time to visit. The weather is tolerable and the crowds are better than Spring and Summer.

I’ve got the perfect base for a great Food & Wine Festival-focused trip! Just a few steps away on the Boardwalk, at the lovely, recently renovated Boardwalk Inn.

Disney Food, Memory Keeping

Delicious Breakfast Delights at Trattoria al Forno

February 14, 2026 Barbara Ryan Leave a comment

While I’ve had dinner at Trattoria al Forno several times, this was my first breakfast experience. It did not disappoint.

Staying at the Boardwalk Inn made booking a last-minute breakfast here very easy. We were able to snag the reservation the night before and get a nice breakfast in our tummies before heading over to Epcot for more picture taking and Food & Wine exploring. Not to mention a ride on Guardians of the Galaxy!!

You’ll find all the delicious breakfast options from omelets and frittatas to pancakes and even a breakfast pizza.

I chose a Peach Bellini and the Caprese Omelet. Both were delicious and the service was excellent. The restaurant was busy, but we didn’t feel rushed.

A lovely start to the day. Trattoria al Forno never disappoints.

Disney Food, Epcot

Unforgettable Dining at Space 220

January 27, 2026 Barbara Ryan Leave a comment

A truly unique experience!

Your experience starts with a check-in and a ticket to space. Next, you board an elevator that launches you up to space in 1 minute. Upon arrival, you step out and walk into the Centurion Space Station and are immediately surrounded by enormous windows overlooking…space.

Once seated, you can take it all in. Each floor-to-ceiling window offers a view of various scenes. A shuttle or space debris, an astronaut, flies by every so often. The music piped in is otherworldly.

Clever drink and dish names enhance the experience. A fun disk serves as a drink menu with names such as the Galaxy Spritz, Illumination, or Black Hole Fashioned. Entrees called Star Course such as Space Pad Thai, Galactic Miso Salmon, and Orbit Filet Mignon. Lift off appetizers such as Blue Moon Cauliflower, Apollo 16 Shrimp Tacos, and Starry Calamari. Some items appear on both the lunch and dinner menus, but there are some differences.

Space 220 is a prix fixe meal. Specialty dining with a set cost for adults and children, regardless of what you eat. Drinks are additional. Currently, the prices are $79.00 adult for dinner and $55.00 adult for lunch.

My visit was at lunch, and I had the Apollo 16 Shrimp Tacos for an appetizer or Lift-Off, and then the Titan Crater Flatbread for my Star Course. Both were delicious as was my drink, the Illumination.

This is a special experience, but it is a little pricey. It’s worth doing once and you can book lunch for a better price with the same experience.

There is also the option of trying to just walk up and sit in the lounge or at the bar. Then you can order à la carte without the high prix fixe menu.

Have you tried Space 220? Is it on your list?

Disney Food

Whispering Canyon Café launches a new menu

March 15, 2019 Barbara Ryan Leave a comment

Today, Whispering Canyon Café at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge launched a new menu, offering skillets galore! The fun-filled restaurant is known for its sassy cast members, Old Western games, and fine frontier fare, which now includes a whole new array of all-you-care-to-enjoy signature skillets for lunch and dinner (starting today), as well as breakfast skillets (starting March 26). And while you chow down on these signature skillets, the rowdy canyon townsfolk are there to serve them, and their boisterous goings-on aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Do the hokey pokey, ring the dinner bell, and even ask for ketchup (at your own risk, of course).

Starting with a hearty lunch option, the Signature Lunch Skillet comes with maple-chipotle BBQ slow-smoked pork ribs, barbecued pulled pork, and citrus-herb chicken.

On the dinner menu, you can try the Traditional Dinner Skillet with oak-smoked mustard BBQ beef brisket, maple-chipotle BBQ pork ribs, slow-smoked pulled pork, and citrus-herb chicken. Or pig out on The “Pig” Dinner Skillet with heaping helpings of braised pork belly, maple-chipotle BBQ pork ribs, slow-smoked pulled pork, and mustard BBQ “piggy wings.” Both of these particular skillets come with western-style sausage as well.

Sea-farers can order the Land and Sea Dinner Skillet, which comes with house-smoked salmon, citrus herb chicken, vegan sausage, and charred portabellas.

You can also feast on the Vegan Dinner Skillet – filled with maple-chipotle BBQ jackfruit, spicy vegan sausage, mustard-glazed beefless tips, and herb-brushed trick’n chick’n.

In addition, each one of these hearty all-you-care-to-enjoy skillets comes with a different assortment of sides that may include coleslaw, sautéed green beans, buttered corn, oven-roasted carrots, charred peppers, BBQ cauliflower, Yukon mashed potatoes, or roasted potatoes. Plus, chow down on freshly-baked cornbread served with delicious honey butter with every dinner skillet.

For dessert, order the Apple Pie. This mouth-watering slice of pie comes dusted with powdered sugar and is served with a big ol’ scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Thirsty cowpokes will also enjoy a selection of newly-themed cocktails such as the Bourbon Cowboy, which comes garnished with apple slices and pairs great with any lunch and dinner skillet. Selections of wines and draft beers are also available.

In addition, starting on March 26, you will also be able to feast on an array of breakfast skillets. Rise and shine to a delicious chuck wagon breakfast with the Heritage Skillet or the Carnivore Skillet. The Heritage Skillet comes with country potatoes, hickory-smoked bacon, and pork sausage links. For the meat-lovers, the Carnivore Skillet comes loaded with house-smoked ham, hickory-smoked bacon, pork sausage links, and oak-smoked beef brisket. Both of these skillets come with house-made buttermilk-cheddar biscuits, scrambled eggs, and Mickey Waffles.

For those looking for a lighter start to their morning, the Lighter Side Breakfast Skillet is a great option. It comes with Bircher Muesli (Swiss oatmeal), egg white spinach frittata, turkey bacon and turkey sausage, country potatoes, fresh fruit, yogurt, and of course, more Mickey waffles!