Reviews of Food & Wine Food Booths
Reviewed by JakesMom Review Date: 05/30/2017
Rating: (8) Recommended
We love coming to this event even with the crowds. We found the best time to visit is for lunch. If you hit it right at 11am there are NO lines.
I just wish they provided more seating and shade.
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Food selectionCons:
crowds and the lack of seatingReviewed by SSM Review Date: 11/15/2016
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Think twice before attending this event!!! It is too crowded! So crowded that you can't enjoy the park or the food. Really, it's a sea of people who are rude and drunk. Lines for the food are very long, and they often run out of food. After standing in line for 30 minutes for a tiny portion of food, you don't want to be told "we are out of that"! I thought the crowds would be less on a weekday, but Tuesday night was as crowded as Saturday night.
Stay away, miserable. Did I mention it was CROWDED?
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FoodCons:
Everything But The FoodReviewed by bethocindigo Review Date: 10/20/2016
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
DO NOT enter this park on a day that the festival is occurring, especially on the weekends with your children. We witnessed thousands of inappropriate shirts, extreme cussing, vulgar displays of public drunkenness to the point that many people could NOT stand on their own. SHAME on Disney for letting this festival become Bourbon St. during Mardi Gras night!!!!
Pros:
delicious foodCons:
unruly drunkeness and foul languageReviewed by TeacherGrandma Review Date: 09/20/2016
Rating: (2) Not Recommended
It certainly has an air of festivity, but the crowds were suffocating. This was my first time visiting during September. I know some people love the F & W festival, but not me! It was as hot as the surface of the sun, and most of the kiosk queues and tables were smack in full sun. It's enough to give you heatstroke just looking at people waiting. Even if you are visiting Epcot solely for the rides, it was difficult to navigate with the crowds. I will definitely avoid Epcot during the F & W festival in the future. This is my first visit that I have not stayed for Illuminations!
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Interesting choices and lovely smells of food cookingCons:
Incredibly crowdedReviewed by MCMod Review Date: 11/19/2015
Rating: (7) Recommended
Originally posted by disneymom35
My husband and I have attended Food and Wine every year for at least ten years. I would say over the last few, the unruliness of some guests and the general over indulging of the crowd have made it less and less enjoyable. I think we're actually going to skip next year. It is definitely not a place to bring children of any kind (not that we would).
We were there several different nights, but Friday and Saturday were just totally out of control, a bunch of 18 to 25 years olds getting drunk and falling all over the place. I didn't see one person being carded when I was getting food, and they definitely should have been. I'll give it a year's rest and see if it improves.
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Food and wine (obviously)Cons:
Drunks, drunks and more drunksReviewed by MCMod Review Date: 11/05/2015
Rating: (8) Recommended
Originally posted by MWS.
This was our first trip to the F&W Festival and we really enjoyed trying the different dishes from several of the booths. The lines were long, but Cast Members seemed well organized and kept the line moving. Since this was our first visit to the F&W, we had trouble finding the Festival Center and some of the booths we wanted to try. I asked a Cast Member where the Festival Center was and she had no idea, finally another visitor told us where it was located. Once we found an F&W Passport, it was much easier to pick which booths we wanted to try and it made the experience much better. No matter what time or day we attended the festival, it was always crowded so having the passport is a must.
Pros:
Variety of food options,festive atmosphereCons:
—Reviewed by DisneyDana Review Date: 10/30/2015
Rating: (6) Recommended
I have been to the festival a couple of other times and never has it been so crowded so early in the day. We started hitting the food booths at 11am and there were already some of the longest lines I've ever encountered. I'm used to getting in a line with maybe 5 to 10 other people at this time of day, but the lines were easily 30 to 40 people long and it only got worse as the day went on. It got so bad that there was no way we were getting in a line that was 80 people deep! It was fun to try all of the offerings but I would much rather be at Epcot on just an average day. Also, there seemed to be a LOT of people that were on a mission to drink as much as possible. Quite a few groups of people with t-shirts made to let everyone know that this was a "drinking around the world" event for them. I was surprised to see so many children at this event. I would leave the kids out of this one for everyone's enjoyment.
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Lots more boothsCons:
Far too crowded and kids should be left out of this one.Reviewed by MCMod Review Date: 10/29/2015
Rating: (2) Not Recommended
Originally posted by JoyceArlene
on October 18th, we came especially for the Food and Wine Festival with my daughter and her family. What a mess. it was crowded and the lines were long; people were running from one kiosk to another carrying their beer or liquor, bumping into others, holding a place in line for 15 others to jump in. we were concerned about safety for the kids as they were walking with us and not in strollers. we won't be back the way it's handled now.
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can't think of oneCons:
long lines, drunkeness, not caring about othersReviewed by MouseDaddy Review Date: 05/30/2015
Rating: (10) Recommended
My wife & I experienced the F&W fest on our first trip to Disney back in '99. We've been lucky enough to get back a few times since and it seems this event just gets better & better. The food and wine, the music, the presentations. Something for everyone.
Now we're back with our 14 yr old twins and the family loves the idea of purchasing smaller plates that we can all share. If we find something one of us really enjoys, we grab another little taste.
We were in Epcot on 4/3/15 and we came with some friends who now live in the area with their two daughters. We had carne asada tacos from the Mexico booth. We always go to the China booth to get those candied strawberries. We loved the chicken buns and spring rolls they had this year. I think we went back to get 2 extra orders of those buns. Delish! Manicotti from the Italy booth, burnt ends hash from one of the bbq booths. Everything was excellent.
Food, wine, music, family & Disney. Does life get any better? I only wish we could go every year.
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Variety of foods; tapas sized servingsCons:
noneReviewed by MCMod Review Date: 04/29/2015
Rating: (4) Recommended
Re-posted on behalf of Fitzboyzmom
I attended this for the first time in September with my son. We had planned to hangout here for a couple days, but never came back after the first day. Some of the food was good and it was fun to try some new things. It was not fun eating on top of garbage cans or trying to beat someone to a table. At one location, my son sat at a high table while I was in line and some woman went and stood in front of it because I guess she thought he was invisible or didn't count. She left as soon as I arrived....but weird.
There were so many people drinking so much, that it really wasn't place for children of any age. I get it and like to indulge, but it was not a place for families at all. I was really disappointed and don't plan to attend again.
