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Sheila E, 98 Degrees, MercyMe, Tauren Wells Bring Magic to 2018 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival

May 3, 2018 By Tony Caselnova

New to this year’s concert series will be percussionist extraordinaire and singer Sheila E and ‘80s Canadian rockers Glass Tiger. 98 Degrees – featuring brothers and “Dancing With the Stars” alums Nick and Drew Lachey – also bring their smooth harmonies to the festival. Maybe they’ll sing “True To Your Heart” from Disney’s “Mulan”? And, if that weren’t enough, entertainer Jim Belushi brings his rhythm-and-blues band The Sacred Hearts to the festival this year.

The lineup so far is:

  • 8/30-31 – Blue October – “Into the Ocean”
  • 9/1-3 – Tiffany – “I Think We’re Alone Now”
  • 9/4-5 – MercyMe – “I Can Only Imagine” NEW
  • 9/6-7 – Glass Tiger – “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone) NEW
  • 9/8-9 – Tauren Wells – “Hills and Valleys” NEW
  • 9/10-11 – Postmodern Jukebox
  • 9/12-13 – TBD
  • 9/14-16 – Baha Men – “Who Let The Dogs Out”
  • 9/17-19 – TBD
  • 9/20-21 – Living Color – “Cult of Personality”
  • 9/22-23 – Sheila E – “The Glamorous Life” NEW
  • 9/24-26 – Sugar Ray – “Every Morning”
  • 9/27-28 – David Cook – “Light On”
  • 9/29-30 – Jeffrey Osbourne – “On The Wings of Love”
  • 10/1-2 – Jim Belushi & The Sacred Hearts – Various Hits
  • 10/3-4 – Everclear – “Santa Monica”
  • 10/5-7 – Mark Wills – “19 Somethin’”
  • 10/8-10 – Air Supply – “All Out Of Love”
  • 10/11-12 – TBD
  • 10/13-14 – TBD
  • 10/15-16 – 98 Degrees – “Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)” NEW
  • 10/17-18 – 38 Special – “Hold On Loosely”
  • 10/19-21 – Devon Allman Project – “Ragged and Dirty”
  • 10/22-23 – TBD
  • 10/24-25 – Billy Ocean – “Get Outta My Dreams”
  • 10/26-28 – Starship featuring Mickey Thomas – “We Built This City”

Disney Parks Podcast Show #308 – Infotainment: 2016 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival Preview

September 10, 2016 By Tony Caselnova

dpp308bDisney Parks Podcast Show #308 – Infotainment: 2016 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival Preview

In this episode, Tony and Parkhopper John discuss everything new coming to this year’s Epcot International Food and Wine Festival!

Don’t miss our News Show this Wednesday with all the news and rumors from across the World of Disney Parks!

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21st Epcot International Food & Wine Festival By The Numbers

September 7, 2016 By Tony Caselnova

Walt Disney World Resort guests are invited to join the fun when the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival presented by Chase turns 21 from Sept. 14-Nov. 14, 2016. The longer-than-ever party will feature global and specialty cuisine, refreshing new beverages and three live concerts nightly.

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The 62-day festival at Disney’s Epcot theme park will showcase 30 global marketplaces including four new Future World marketplaces featuring fresh culinary concepts to pair with select wines, beers, cocktails and other beverages. ABC’s Emmy Award-winning lifestyle series, “The Chew,” will broadcast from the festival for the second year and will participate in one of the new Future World festival marketplaces, The Chew Collective. The festival is believed to be the largest food and wine event of its kind in the world.

Here are some fun facts about the 21st festival celebration:

  • Now 62 days long, the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival began in 1996 with a first run of 30 days
  • At the 2016 festival, 30 global marketplaces will include new offerings like The Chew Collective in Future World’s Next Eats festival area and Islands of the Caribbean along the World Showcase Promenade
  • Producers of ABC’s “The Chew” will tape 5 episodes of the show before 5 festival guest audiences numbering in the hundreds for each show
  • The 21st festival will feature 32 new marketplace dishes and 49 (as of right now) new cocktails, beers, wines and ciders
  • In 1998, 200 domestic and international wines were poured at the festival. This year, at marketplaces and premium events, more than 300 domestic and international wines will be offered
  • More than 50 wineries and more than 35 breweries from around the world, including local craft beer operations, will be represented at festival marketplaces
  • The new “The Best of Epcot Festivals 2016” cookbook by Pam Brandon and the Disney Chefs features 75 recipes from the global marketplaces.
  • 3 Rockin’ Burger Block Parties and 6 Party for the Senses grand tastings will take place at World Showplace during the festival run. In all, the festival will feature 204 premium events ranging from Signature Dinners and Food & Wine Pairings to Beverage Boot Camps and Festival Events in World Showcase pavilions
  • Guest chefs and Disney chefs numbering 250 will present culinary demonstrations and will cook for festival events
  • Celebrity chefs and visiting culinarians from 10 countries and 26 U.S. states will participate in the festival at culinary demos, book signings, and special tasting events and dinners.
  • Nearly 400 culinary demos, beverage and interactive seminars will take place during the 62-day festival
  • During Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak festival scavenger hunt, guests can help Remy scour the park for the ingredients to make his signature dish, ratatouille. Along the way, they’ll find 12 Remy statuettes hidden in each of 11 countries of the World Showcase and at the African Outpost location. Guests can redeem the 12 stickers they’ve collected for one of 6 special pins at Select merchandise locations
  • More than 375 hours of scheduled seminars will take place at the Festival Center for the 62 days of the festival.  These include culinary demos and beverage seminars, the new Mix It, Make It, Celebrate It! interactive events, plus more
  • 186 Eat to the Beat concerts will be performed; 8 musical acts will appear for the first time at this year’s festival featuring entertainment ranging from rock and soul to funk and blues
  • The Festival Passport (previously called the Marketplace Discovery Passport) was introduced in 2010 for the 15th annual festival; today, the free passport will feature pages with all 30 festival marketplaces
  • More than 1,200 fireworks will explode each night over World Showcase Lagoon in IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth nightime spectacular
  • Chase is the festival’s presenting sponsor for the 5th year; its Chase Lounge at the American Adventure Pavilion is open exclusively to Chase cardholders and offers an inviting place to relax and recharge
  • More than 225,000,000 festival dishes were served during last year’s 53-day festival
  • 100,000-plus desserts, including the Hard Soda Floats at Desserts & Champagne Marketplace, are expected to be served
  • In 1997, during the festival’s second year, festival planners introduced the first Grand Tasting culinary extravaganza; in 2002, the event was renamed and moved to World Showplace as Party for the Senses, now featuring up to 50 food and beverage stations and, in 2016, new and different themed entertainment for each event

New Cookbook Celebrates 20 Years of Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

September 10, 2015 By Tony Caselnova

FAWCB589607-613x409As you make your way around World Showcase Lagoon and over into Future World for new delicious tastes and sips of flavors from around the globe, we can bet there will be a dish or two that you might want to re-create at home to share special memories. The “Epcot International Food & Wine Festival” cookbook for 2015 is a little heftier than the usual collections of recipes we share – it also includes 50 pages of history, photos and memories from the last two decades.

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Disney Parks Podcast Show #160 – Best Things About The Epcot Food & Wine With AJ From The Disney Food Blog

October 21, 2014 By Tony Caselnova

Show160We have a GREAT show for you this week as Tony and Krista Discuss  the Best Things About The Epcot Food & Wine With AJ From The Disney Food Blog and so much more

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Best New Things

  • Scotland – Seared sea scallop with spinach-cheddar gratin and crispy bacon (gluten free)
  • Brazil – Crispy Pork Belly with Black Beans, Tomato, and Cilantro – $5.25, (gluten free)
  • Farm Fresh – Nueske’s® Pepper Bacon Hash with Sweet Corn, Potatoes, Hollandaise and Pickled Jalapeño
  • Hops & Barley – Fresh Baked Carrot Cake with Craisins® and Cream Cheese Icing
  • Brazil – Cocadas — or Brazilian Coconut Candy
  • France – Tartelette aux Escargots — or Escargot Tart with Garlic, Spinach, Bacon and Parmesan
  • Poland – Sauerkraut Pierogi with Pork Goulash
  • Mexico – Fried shrimp, pickled habanero pepper, and onions on a flour tortilla
  • Patagonia – Roasted Verlasso salmon with quinoa salad and arugula chimichurri (gluten free)
  • Farm Fresh – Griddled “Yard Bird” with braised greens and house-made habanero sauce (gluten free)

Best Items

  • New Zealand – Steamed green lip mussels with garlic butter and toasted bread crumbs and Lamb meatball with spicy tomato chutney
  • South Korea – Kimchi dog with spicy mustard sauce
  • Hawaii – Kālua Pork Slider with sweet and sour Dole® Pineapple chutney and spicy mayonnaise
  • Greece – Griddled Greek cheese with pistachios and honey (gluten free) and Spanakopita
  • Italy – Cannoli al cioccolato: Chocolate-covered cannoli filled with sweet ricotta, chocolate and candied fruit
  • Canada – Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup
  • Ireland – Lobster and seafood fisherman’s pie
  • Hops & Barley – Artisan cheese plate featuring Cabot Cloth wrapped cheddar, Purple Haze chèvre goat cheese and Cave Man blue cheese and Baked lobster alfredo and Florida grass fed beef slider with pimento cheese –
  • China – Mongolian Beef in Steamed Bun with Chili Mayo
  • Beer – all of it

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Disney Parks Podcast Show #47 – Disney News: Star Wars Weekends, Car Masters Weekend, and Disney Parks Podcast News

May 30, 2013 By Tony Caselnova

Disney Parks Podcast Show #47 - Disney News: Star Wars Weekends, Car Masters Weekend, and Disney Parks Podcast NewsWe have a GREAT show for you this week as Tony and Parkhopper John, Parkhopper Sid, and Krista discuss the Star wars Weekends, 24 Hour All-Nighter, Car Masters Weekend…  Plus they have a SPECIAL announcement!!

Show Notes

Cars Masters Weekend at Downtown Disney’s Westside

June 15 and June 16, 2013   from  [9:30] AM to [6:00] PM

  • Cars Meet ‘n’ Greet

  • Downtown Disney Car Show

  • Special appearances by automotive legend Chip Foose, as well as Disney•Pixar’s Cars filmmaker Jay Ward.

  • Exotic Driving Experience

  • Idle over to the Chevrolet Showcase

  • Disney•Pixar’s Cars Movie Marathon at AMC® Downtown Disney 24.
  • Car Masters Merchandise

  • Exclusive Disney Activities — Race over to play Disney Infinity; then get revved up for future Disney film releases with interactive fun.

So come on down for a rev’d up a good time!

Disney Parks Podcast Meetup at the Cars Master Weekend

We will meet at 2Pm Between Wolfgang Pucks and Bongos near the waterfall.

We will then walk around and check out the cars and entertainment

The 2013 Epcot Food and Wine Festival , September 27 – November 10, 2013 

Food and Wine Eat to the Beat Concert Lineup

  • Sept. 27-29 – Starship starring Mickey Thomas

  • Sept. 30-Oct. 1 – Go-Go’s

  • Oct. 2-4 – Air Supply

  • Oct. 5-6 – Sister Hazel

  • Oct. 7-9 – Sugar Ray

  • Oct. 10-11 – Edwin McCain

  • Oct. 12-13 – Manhattan Transfer

  • Oct. 14-15 – Wilson Phillips

  • Oct. 16-17 – The Pointer Sisters

  • Oct. 18-20 – Night Ranger

  • Oct. 21-23 – Boyz II Men

  • Oct. 24-25 – Survivor

  • Oct. 26-27 – 38 Special

  • Oct. 28-30 – Smash Mouth

  • Oct. 31-Nov. 1 – Spin Doctors

  • Nov. 2-3 – Christopher Cross

  • Nov. 4-5 – Hanson

  • Nov. 6-8 – Dennis DeYoung

  • Nov. 9-11 – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

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Disney Parks Podcast #0021 – Deb Wills from Allears.net

September 19, 2012 By Tony Caselnova

Hello and welcome to the Disney Parks Podcast Show #0021 and we are glad you are here!

We have a GREAT show for you this week with the Disney Parks Podcast Crew. We have a very special guest, Deb Wills from AllEars.net stops by and talks Disney Parks, Travel Tips, and Epcot Food and Wine Festival!

So sit back and enjoy this week’s Disney Parks Podcast!

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