Category: Disney
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 310 – Cheese
Today was another visit to the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, likely the last for 2011. I tried a bunch of items I hadn’t had before, including an artisan cheese selection with Le Delice de Bourgogne Lincet, Thomasville Tomme Sweet Grass Dairy, and Chevre Affine Wyngaard Kaas. It was a great combination of mild, medium, and strong tasting cheese with honey, fig, and crackers to go with them. Yum.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 309 – Typhoon Lagoon
I upgraded my Walt Disney World annual pass back in August to the Premium version to start getting 20% off merchandise instead of just 10%. The pass also gives me unlimited access to Disney’s water parks, which I’ve never had before. But since I upgraded, I haven’t found time to actually visit any of those parks… until this morning. Despite the fact that it was below 70 degrees when I woke up today (and snowing in other parts of the country), it was a good chance for me to hop over to Typhoon Lagoon for a few hours.
The chilly weather seemed to scare away most tourists, so the park was practically empty. I was able to hop on the slides as many times as I wanted with no wait and float around the lazy river for a while, without it being overcrowded. The water is heated and the sun was shining, so the lower temperature didn’t bother me at all. And I had fun.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 291 – Disney Afternoon
I was on a mission to buy the new DuckTales shirt I heard was available at Epcot and when I got there, I also spotted an excellent Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers shirt too, so I had to get both. While I like the DuckTales shirt (Woo hoo!), I love this Rescue Rangers shirt because it doesn’t say anything, so it’s slightly more subtle. Slightly.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 277 – Food and Wine Time
After skipping the always crowded first weekend, Michelle and I enjoyed a trip around the World Showcase for the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. There are a lot of great new items to try this year, and a few that aren’t so great. But in the end I left stuffed and look forward to going back to try a few more, as I only ate a small percentage of the many dishes that are available.
Food review and photos here.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 272 – 40 years of Walt Disney World
This morning I watched as Walt Disney World celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special presentation in front of Cinderella Castle. I also nabbed the one-day-only commemorative button and guide map. I wanted to get a photo in front of the large banner they had hanging from the castle during the morning show, but they took it down quickly after the presentation concluded, so this train station one had to do instead.
