Food & Wine or Christmas?

[Marc5]

My wife and I are planning a trip to WDW for late 2017. We have been there multiple times but have never been there for Food & Wine or at Christmas time. I realize that the last week of Food & Wine may have some Christmas deco but we would prefer to see it in all its glory which is why we are thinking two separate trips. What are your opinions on which one would be better to do this year and which one to put off until the next trip?

 

[PSUGuy]

We're big Food&Wine fans and this year we'll be there from Nov 2 - 11, we expect to see some but not all of the Christmas decorations. We wouldn't totally miss F&W just to see all the decorations, we're in WS every day but Sat on our 9 day stay, love the food offerings and the concerts every night. Based on trip reports here we'd never go to WDW for the actual Christmas week.

Bill From PA

 

[Hikergirl]

Dh and I went to our first F&W in 2016 and it was great. I wish we could go back this year but we can't, maybe next.
I have never been during Christmas time and would love to see it all decorated but I think I would pick F&W over it if I had to pick one.

 

[Marc5]

Thanks for the response Bill. I guess I should clarify that if we went for Christmas we would go the first week after Thanksgiving. No way you can get me to go to WDW the week of Christmas!

 

[menardog]

My wife and I just returned from a trip in December and we're actually heading to Food and Wine this year. I would dedicate a week for Christmas, early Dec. and a week to F&W. There are a lot of offerings for Christmas that you cannot catch in that week where F&W and MVMCP overlap. The Processional doesn't begin until about the 2nd week, also Holidays around the World is a mini F&W. If Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam is around this year I do not believe that starts until early Dec. either.

I would recommend a Christmas trip first as the crowds seem to get worse and worse each year. F&W just gets longer and longer each year.

 

[Trap]

we have done both this year we are going the week after thanksgiving we just like xmas time better

 

[The Hunchback]

Go at Christmas time but not the week of the holiday. Parks are lovely.

Food and Wine Festival was overpriced for the small amount of food you get. F&W was full of folks who drank too much and were obnoxious. If you elect to do F&W, go in the early afternoon. By evening crowds were impossible.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I really like F&W Festival better than the Christmas stuff. But I also like MNSSHP much better than MVMCP too.

I did a seminar last year for the first time and had a fun time although I did miss the Premium package at F&W - loved sitting down and having CM's get my food for me. I was so spoiled in the year prior. LOL

 

[CynBeth]

I would go for all of the holiday stuff.

 

[Hikergirl]

Go at Christmas time but not the week of the holiday. Parks are lovely.

Food and Wine Festival was overpriced for the small amount of food you get. F&W was full of folks who drank too much and were obnoxious. If you elect to do F&W, go in the early afternoon. By evening crowds were impossible.

That wasn't my experience at all. Everything at WDW is overpriced, F&W isn't going to be a bargain. While the evenings were more crowded, I was there for 5 nights and never encountered any drunk obnoxious people.

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

Not just decorations, it's the music too. All the regular park and resort music loops are switched out with themed Christmas music loops. We're Jewish but we came home in December after our holiday WDW visit and bought the holiday album that CSR kept playing because we couldn't get it out of our heads. The holidays at WDW are overwhelming but in a good way. But you'll come home not wanting to hear another Christmas carol for 12 months. It was lots of fun though. We would probably choose Christmas over F&W.

 

[skramer100]

Did both 2 years ago as part of our annual pass. F&W along with MNSSHP for kids and Christmas with MVVCP. We are huge foodies and winos so we loved that and kids loved Halloween, but there is something about Christmas time and Disney really does it well. I would do both and pick your own favorite.