Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’

A mushroom indulgence from Raglan Road in Downtown Disney’s West Side

Portobello Mushroom Cap Sandwich with chips and mixed green salad at Raglan Road Irish Pub. Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant in Downtown Disney’s West End was constructed in Ireland from old bars then dismantled and shipped to Florida. The menu was crafted by chef Kevin Dundon of Dunbrody...

March 2nd, 2010 | Dining, Disney Recipes, From the Archives, Heather McPherson | Read More

Crawfish Andouille Lasagna from Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney

In 1996, The Orlando Sentinel’s food section asked Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney for some inspiration for a Mardi Gras menu. The result was this fab crawfish lasagna. The dish incorporates many traditional Louisiana ingredients including spicy andouille sausage, crawfish and Tabasco. But...

January 7th, 2010 | Dining, Disney Recipes, From the Archives, Heather McPherson | Read More

Hotel hopping: See Disney World’s grand holiday decorations

The monorail play set wraps around this Christmas tree at Disney's Contemporary Resort. (Photo by Kristin Ford/Orlando Sentinel) Visiting Disney’s deluxe hotels to see the holiday decorations has become an annual tradition for our family. And it’s a great thing to do when seasonal passholders...

December 22nd, 2009 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

Dancing under Osborne Family lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney's Hollywood Studios started in Arkansas as a single home's annual display. It moved to Walt Disney World in 1995. (Photo by Kristin Ford/Orlando Sentinel) Over the weekend, we joined friends for dinner at Disney’s Hollywood Studios...

December 15th, 2009 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

HGTV, David Bromstad look behind the scenes at Disney’s holiday decor

HGTV's David Bromstad hangs with Mickey and Minnie at the foot of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom. HGTV will start rerunning its holiday special Behind the Magic: Disney Holidays beginning Dec. 11 (full schedule here). I admired some the behind-the-scenes access they received, including a look...

December 9th, 2009 | Celebrities, Dewayne Bevil | Read More

More passholder discount nights at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party events

Toy soldiers march through the Magic Kingdom during the "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime" parade during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party. Disney has expanded the list of discounted nights for annual passholders wishing to attend one of the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party...

December 3rd, 2009 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Tickets and Deals | Read More

Decorating holiday cookies like the Disney experts

An assortment of holiday cookies from Disney's expert pastry chefs. This time of year, it’s hard to escape the intimidating line up of food and lifestyle magazine cookie covers at the supermarket checkout. There are never crumbs in the frostings of the cover cookies. There’s hardly a...

December 2nd, 2009 | Disney Recipes, Featured, Heather McPherson, Uncategorized | Read More

Fulton’s Crab House hosts Holiday Wine Dinner

The folks at Fulton’s Crab House are giving you a chance to taste different wines, along with some of its signature dishes, in a festive atmosphere. Here are the details from the Downtown Disney icon: Fulton’s Crab House, located at 1670 Buena Vista Drive in Downtown Disney, is hosting a...

November 24th, 2009 | Dining, Matt Palm, News | Read More

Disney to serve Thanksgiving dinner at Orlando homeless shelter

Chef Tony Marotta of Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa (pictured) will prepare Thanksgiving dinner for 700 at the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda / Orlando Sentinel) Sometime today, chef Tony Marotta of Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa...

November 24th, 2009 | Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney Institute chefs helped us lighten up Thanksgiving dinner

This holiday meal has so much flavor, you won't miss the fat. In 1997, we asked the creative culinary team at the then open to the public Disney Institute to help us breeze, not waddle, through the holidays. We love the menu now just as much as we did then. The meal features jerk-cirtus roasted...

November 20th, 2009 | Dining, Disney Recipes, From the Archives, Heather McPherson, Things to do | Read More