Just Slap a Band-Aid on it and Everything Will be Fine! 2025 Food and Wine Trip Report! (Updated 11/2!)

[disneyAndi14]

Woah what?!?! I've never heard of this. So this is different than just opening the door with your phone, this actually makes the magic band work? I can't wait to try this, it would be great to bypass the front desk!

Yes it programs each MB to open the door. I was so excited when I figured this out with a little help from Andi. It is called choose my magic band!

 

[Mary Pops In]

So sorry about Dug. It's amazing how pets manage to steal our hearts.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

I do love the lazy river at Stormalong Bay. I love just floating around and around and around. But the crowds there make it slightly less appealing. Looks like you got a great room and had a grand afternoon!

 

[Wood Nymph]

This is always a solid choice at the festival, and once again did not disappoint.

The filet at Canada is our number one favorite. We always pick that one first.

After shopping we were both still a bit hungry, so decided to head over to Hawaii to get some more to eat. Here mom got the cheesecake and I got the pork slider and the Oahu Sunrise!!!!

I prefer the old cheesecake. The new version seemed rather bland.

I learned, when you go into your resort account on MDE where you look at bus times and charges, there is a scan your magic band. This allows you to scan your MB with your phone and it opens your room once you do this. It is really easy and works well when you have many different MBs. I have quite a few and like to wear different ones each day or so and now I never have to go to the front desk because of MB issues.
I’m surprised the CM didn’t know that.

Wow - I need to check that out. We usually always have trouble getting our MB's to work when staying at BC or YC.

 

[ThreeBoyMama]

I’m so sorry about your sweet Dug

Enjoying your report as usual

 

[ckmiles]

Im so sorry to hear about your handsome boy Dug. I bet he was the bestest boy ever.

 

[emisorik388]

Welcome everyone to my annual Food and Wine Trip Report! I hope you enjoy following along on our adventure from this year’s festival.

This year we had a bit of a shorter trip, coming down (barely…we’ll get to that in a second) on September 20th and flying home on September 25th. Even though it was a shorter trip, we packed a lot of Food and Wine fun in, and of course some other stuff too.

Per usual, this was our mother daughter trip, and was kinda our 10 year anniversary at Food and Wine! Kinda because the skipped 2020 festival, but it has been 10 years since we started going. So I guess we get to celebrate a decade of the fest next year as well.

Now for introductions!

First up is my mom, Carol.

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She is the best travel buddy, we tend to enjoy the same things, and both of us love Disney, so we take a lot of Disney trips together. She is a semi-retired teacher, so our trips have to coincide with her school schedule, but fortunately being semi-retired she doesn’t teach every day of the week so it’s a bit easier to fit trips in, especially shorter ones.

Next up is me, Debbie!

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(having a bit too much fun with the photopass lenses )

I’ll be your narrator for this hopefully amazing trip report! I was lucky enough to grow up on Disney and going to Disney World yearly, and clearly became hooked. I love visiting Disney World, and especially love visiting with my mom, it’s amazing having these opportunities to make these memories with her.

Now for details. Even though this was a short trip, we did do a split stay. Crazy I know, but originally we had planned to come down on the 21st instead, but then decided to book a bouceback for Saturday night to make the trip just a bit longer. So the first night we were at the Beach Club, and then on Sunday we moved over the Yacht Club for the rest of the trip.

Alright, I think that’s enough for introductions, let’s get into the show!​

Such a fun start to the trip report! The mother-daughter tradition makes it even sweeter, and your intro instantly gives it that warm, Disney-loving vibe. Ten years of Food and Wine trips together is seriously impressive—can’t wait to see your favorites from this year’s festival.