Food and Wine Fest as your dinner.

[L&Lfan]

We enjoy the F&W festival so much we spend 2 whole days (out of an 8 day trip) eating nowhere else but at the booths. We never book ADRs on our F&W days. By the time we're done with 2 F&W lunches and 2 F&W dinners we've sampled just about everything. We do however, skip a lot of the desserts.......we're both not too big on sweets......and we'd rather save room for those delicious drinks!

 

[disnut8]

I am NOT an adventurous eater at all. But, for the five days my husband and I spent at the Food & Wine Festival last year, I was stuffed. Remember, if your son finds one thing he likes, he can repeat as often as he wants. Expensive? It can be but my husband is a tightwad (the pennies in his pockets stay there for a very long time and cry when he needs them, trust me) and he never blinked at the options.

I don't think you will have a problem and if the Food & Wine offerings aren't to your son's liking, all of the normal quick service food options are available.

 

[CouchTater]

Last time we did it we put a $100 on a wrist band and each each got a different sample at each country and shared it. We also got a couple of drinks and still had a little bit left at the end of the night and was stuffed.We ate our way through for lunch and then had some for dinner as well munching on some lobster rolls for the Starship concert. That's been about 3 years so it's probably gone up a little. We are hopeful to make it back this year and will probably go about $125. If anything is left you can always spend it in the shops.

 

[Lanie]

LOVE LOVE LOVE doing that! Our favorite kind of meal at EPCOT! It is so fun, but it can get pricey... The dining plan makes it seem easier on the wallet.

Enjoy!

 

[Stinky_Pete]

How expensive it is, and how it compares to a TS meal, really depends on what you order and how filling the portion of the items you order are.

You can go the route of a PP who purchased the most expensive for what you get items (the filet and cheddar cheese soup) or go for less expensive and more filling options. I'm thinking of the waffles in Belgium (both sweet and savory), the curry chicken from Singapore (I couldn't get enough of that), the fisherman's pie from i think Ireland, the ravioli from Italy I think. There were lots more tasty and filling items available that I can't remember right now.

Last year, another site had photos and reviews of items from all the booths, including the website owner's opinion on whether he thought it was a good value based on what you got. Hint: he didn't think the little bit of cheddar cheese soup was a good value. I ordered it anyway, and have to agree.

 

[Mad Hattered]

We did this for years and I think you will like it. We used to load up a card that you would wear on your wrist with $100+ (party of 2) and do dinner around the WS. It's not going to be the same as dining at Flying Fish for the same amount of money but it was quite enjoyable to sample different small plates.

Just don't try to open your hotel room with the wrist card...they have a more expensive option for that now.

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

I have done the Food and Wine booths for dinner before lots of times. I would usually budget about $30 for myself - put it on my wrist band and go and enjoy.

Also if you want some more filling options - there is a cafe at the Food and Wine Festival Center (next to Horizaons) where you can get things like a tabboule/hummus plate - more like a CS but you can sit down in the air conditioning and enjoy the festival atmosphere with food cooking demonstrations, a wine shop, gift shop, free chocolate from Ghiradelli etc.