2016 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival: September 14 - November 14, 2016

[tony67]

Posted on Twitter by Josh from EasyWDW:

There are flights at Craft Beer and they do take the coupons for each 1 so there is about $2 savings vs paying cash

Thanks - that makes the coupon thing a bit more worthwhile -between the mixed drinks and the beer flights that will work out for me

 

[damskipi13]

Grilled beef skewer with romaine, apricots and feta from the Chew Collective. $5. This was very good. The meat was very tender and a great cut. The saltiness of the feta offset the dressing on the salad nicely. The only thing I would change is for the apricots to be served chilled. I don't know why, but the lukewarm-ness of them bothered me.

Ricotta and zucchini ravioli with rustic tomato sauce from the Chew Collective. $4.75. This was fine. It was all done very well, but was just kind of generic for nearly $5. It was a very large ravioli though. Probably about 6 bites. The beef skewer was a better deal, though.

 

[jerseygal]

View attachment 194631 Grilled beef skewer with romaine, apricots and feta from the Chew Collective. $5. This was very good. The meat was very tender and a great cut. The saltiness of the feta offset the dressing on the salad nicely. The only thing I would change is for the apricots to be served chilled. I don't know why, but the lukewarm-ness of them bothered me.

View attachment 194632 Ricotta and zucchini ravioli with rustic tomato sauce from the Chew Collective. $4.75. This was fine. It was all done very well, but was just kind of generic for nearly $5. It was a very large ravioli though. Probably about 6 bites. The beef skewer was a better deal, though.

LOVE the zucchini ravioli from last year! Gtilled beef skewer looks YUMMY!

 

[berryinDC]

It's great to see all the menus, after months of planning with partial info. I'm pretty disappointed with the gluten-free options, I have to say. Several items that I hoped would be gluten free based on the description, ingredients and preview photo ended up not being gluten free for reasons that are pretty mysterious to me. Like, hummus fries in Morroco, a scallop over celery root purée, and everything at Intermissions Cafe. How do you add wheat to a fruit and cheese plate? Grrr. I'm not GF but my wife is, and she's also mostly vegetarian. I anticipate she will be eating lots of salads and desserts and will probably not be willing to try F&W with me again.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Found this:
2015 brought changes to the size of beer portions. Individual beer servings topped out at 6 ounces, while flights featured four 4-ounce pours. In 2015, beer was $3 – $5 for 6oz. options, and around $9.25 for most flights. Most wines were $2.50 – $4.75 and mixed drinks averaged $7 – $9. But there may be a BIG change in 2016. Stay tuned for all of the details!

I would guess that if beers are 4oz pours wines are probably 4oz as well. Just a guess.

They were not as big as the beer pours last year so I don't think the "guess" is correct.

Someone posted on another site that they received a voucher for a free alcoholic drink at the Chase Lounge. Can someone confirm/deny that they are doing this? I have not seen it posted on Disboards anywhere.

This tends to be a random event. Never happened to me!

Posted on Twitter by Josh from EasyWDW:

There are flights at Craft Beer and they do take the coupons for each 1 so there is about $2 savings vs paying cash

Make sure it's still working when you buy before you depend on this. Last year the first few days you could use the coupons at some places that apparently got told "NO" later so....

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

It's great to see all the menus, after months of planning with partial info. I'm pretty disappointed with the gluten-free options, I have to say. Several items that I hoped would be gluten free based on the description, ingredients and preview photo ended up not being gluten free for reasons that are pretty mysterious to me. Like, hummus fries in Morroco, a scallop over celery root purée, and everything at Intermissions Cafe. How do you add wheat to a fruit and cheese plate? Grrr. I'm not GF but my wife is, and she's also mostly vegetarian. I anticipate she will be eating lots of salads and desserts and will probably not be willing to try F&W with me again.

Wheat to a fruit and cheese plate? Easy it comes with crackers!

 

[FLkid]

anyone have a list of things included/not included that you can use the sampler vouchers for? I saw on the website it said "certain exclusions apply and will be listed on voucher" I was just curious if anyone had a definite list

 

[berryinDC]

Wheat to a fruit and cheese plate? Easy it comes with crackers!

There are no crackers in the photo on Disney Food Blog: http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/wp-co...Fruit-and-Cheese-Plate-Intermissions-Cafe.jpg

Maybe they're optional. I sure hope so!

 

[hopemax]

Is there a picture of the pin that comes with the Sampler package posted somewhere?

I am not that much of an alcohol person, but I do usually try a few during F&W. I am a pin person, so my decision will likely come down to if the pin is cute, or just a generic logo that isn't exciting.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Another point for the cost/savings ratio is nobody in this thread has been including tax into the single pay as you go items. They all will have tax as well.

There are no crackers in the photo on Disney Food Blog: http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/wp-co...Fruit-and-Cheese-Plate-Intermissions-Cafe.jpg

Maybe they're optional. I sure hope so!

Last year it came with some packaged crackers.

 

[DisneyLove2015]

Can the sampler be shared between two people? We have DDP snack credits to cover 90% of the food but I am interested in the sampler voucher (16) for drinks if it can be shared.

 

[FLkid]

Can the sampler be shared between two people? We have DDP snack credits to cover 90% of the food but I am interested in the sampler voucher (16) for drinks if it can be shared.

it looks like you get 2 sets of 8 vouchers with the $109 package, I am planning on splitting mine with my significant other

 

[figment_jii]

I wonder if you get two pins with the 16-tasting sampler or just one?

 

[Stinky_Pete]

I would guess that if beers are 4oz pours wines are probably 4oz as well. Just a guess.

A regular wine pour is 5 oz. I believe the F&W pours are around 2 oz. In previous years Josh at EasyWDW said this varies by booth. I think I remember him mentioning that the Morocco booth seems to be particularly generous.

 

[BoltzNBrew]

OMG this is making me soooooo hungry. Wish I was there...4 more weeks to wait.

 

[damskipi13]

Someone posted on another site that they received a voucher for a free alcoholic drink at the Chase Lounge. Can someone confirm/deny that they are doing this? I have not seen it posted on Disboards anywhere.

I'm here now and don't see anything like that. They do have three drinks for sale. There is a hard apple pie cider that sounds intriguing.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

Can the sampler be shared between two people? We have DDP snack credits to cover 90% of the food but I am interested in the sampler voucher (16) for drinks if it can be shared.

The sampler is just a lanyard with tabs/coupons you tear off. Any number of people can share.
DH and I used one last year & took turns waiting in lines, so whoever was getting the pricy drink had the lanyard.

 

[PCFriar80]

Someone posted on another site that they received a voucher for a free alcoholic drink at the Chase Lounge. Can someone confirm/deny that they are doing this? I have not seen it posted on Disboards anywhere.

First off there's no voucher. It's a free alcoholic drink in the lounge. We got one in 2014. It's very random when/if they do it. It happened to be a Norwegian beer sample for us. What they do is stage you at the elevator before you enter and you wait. They regulate the number of guests for the free drink. I recall the Chase rep/CM saying "that our wait would be worth it". And it was. To show you how random or seldom they have it, we have never gotten again since our 2014 hit and have been a lot. So, it was the luck of the draw that day for us!

 

[GaryDis]

The DFB Vegetarian page is listing the Liquid Nitro Chocolate Truffle as vegetarian, but other sites, including the photo of the menu board, don't. My guess is that it has gelatin, but I'm wondering if anyone else has more information.

 

[MissMet]

Hey guys. Saw a lot of talk about a map with the both locations. I found a few unofficial Apps that are awesome! They're interactive. They have a map with your location on it and all the booths' locations in addition to the offerings at each. You can also mark the ones you want to try & which are your favorites. I've been having fun playing around with it. Don't know if they've updated them all to be 100% accurate since F&WF just started today but I don't go for another 45 days so I've got time for them to get them to 100%. Just thought I'd share. Happy drooling to all of us still waiting to get there!