WEBVTT - Bonus Episode! Traveling Eats Goes to Disney World 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:05.320 Hi, I'm Matt and I'm Brad. This is park Landia 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:08.440 production of I Heart Radio. We sold our loft in Chicago, 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:11.120 moved into an RV, and now we're talking the country 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.120 full time with our dog Finn, exploring America's national parks. 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.720 And today we're really excited to bring to you our 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:22.760 first episode of Traveling Eats with Matt. Yes, I'm so excited. 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:27.160 So this is a little kind of mini bonus episode 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:32.159 series inspired by you know, how obsessed and interested I 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:34.879 am in restaurants and food. That's how I started as 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.519 a professional writer, mostly with a food focus. So this 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:41.520 has been something I've been at least interested in for 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.400 a long time since I was in culinary school in Chicago. 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:48.680 So it's an important piece for when we're traveling and 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:51.479 wherever we are, for in a city, a town, around 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:53.880 a national park. I always put a lot of effort 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:58.800 into researching great local restaurants or check out bars, whether 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.080 it's from a historical perspe active or just like getting 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:05.000 a local taste of that culture of that region. So 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:08.759 and I love reaping the benefits of this. Yeah, totally. Yeah. 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.280 So I can't think of a better topic to start 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.520 with than Disney World, because not only do we talk 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.280 about Disney World a ton and reference it on the podcast, 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:23.360 but you and I are fresh off just about three 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:27.560 months of staying right near Disney and spending a lot 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.880 of time there. So we were there for the duration 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:34.080 of Epcot Food and Wine. You were working at it, 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:40.679 and that was from August through November. Good chunk of time. 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:42.520 But we arrived before ours. Right now, we were there 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:44.880 for like a hundred days. Yes, we're like a third 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.680 of year, almost a yeah, fourth of year, over a 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:49.560 fourth of a year, right, which is I mean, I 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.760 can't think of a better place to spend that much 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:56.200 time than Disney World. So at this point I have 0:01:56.360 --> 0:02:01.000 especially eaten my way around all the parks and beyond. Yes, 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:03.360 I can definitely speak to it, and I want to 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:07.320 start by clarifying that this is not about Orlando. Orlando 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.880 and Disney World are they get lumped in together there 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.359 frequently kind of synonymous, but they are totally different places. 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.880 They're eight twenty miles apart. It's a thirty dollar lift 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:19.280 ride to get from one to the other. I can 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.440 attest to that because you've done it multiple times a week, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.840 because you wanted to try the differences between Disney World 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:30.280 and Orlando and just experience the whole culture, and they're 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.519 so different. In Orlando's dining seems incredible, So I don't 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.799 want to blur them all together here. That's actually deserved 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.280 to have itsone episode later. But this is all about 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:42.760 Disney World, which contrary to what a lot of people 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:46.280 might think, it's not all Mickey shaped pretzels and tiros 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.440 and stuff like that. There are plenty of those, and 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:52.840 they're delicious, but Disney World has so much to offer, 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:57.160 and I was delighted by our experience here and the 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.720 different restaurants and kind of food stall at the parks, 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:04.239 and then Disney Springs and even some of the hotels 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:08.240 have great dining options as well, which are all destination worthy. 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.880 So I think it makes the most sense to divvy 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:17.600 this little episode into the different parks, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:21.400 Hollywood Studios, because that's obviously where we spent the bulk 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.560 of our time, and then also adding in Disney Springs. 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.120 We can't Yeah, that was a huge, pleasant surprise, obsessed 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.680 to that place. But I want to talk about the 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:33.240 best food options and highlights at each park, starting with 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:37.440 the main the most iconic one Magic Kingdom, and I'm 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.000 starting with that because it's my least favorite for food, 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.560 so it's only going to go up for here Magic Kingdom. 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:45.960 I have some issues. I love it, it's the most nostalgia. 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.880 It's probably my favorite park for like rides in nostalgia. 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.200 But the food it's just not nearly as kind of 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.480 amazing as the other three. It's it seems a little 0:03:55.560 --> 0:04:01.880 dated or a lot dated. And the lack of bars 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.920 is an issue. Right. They make it drink everywhere so 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.080 difficult anywhere. They make it really hard, and unlike the 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:13.360 other three parks, which like have alcohol everywhere like coffee 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:16.359 shops have it and magicing, that makes it really like 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.719 annoyingly difficult, which is aggravating because it's the most crowded 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.440 and if I'm going to be like, you know, bouncing 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:25.120 my way through a sea of strollers and waiting in 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.360 line for two hours, like the least they could do 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.480 is not make it impossible to get a beer exactly. 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.880 But no, and not only that, but they have places 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.520 with names that sound like bars, like guest On Tavern 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.039 and the Enchanted Tiki Room that's sound like bars, but 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.120 they're not so it's misleading. Um, So with that out 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:48.600 of the way, way too much right now, right, there 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.920 are some gems here. I think the best full service 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:56.400 restaurant is Skipper's Canteen. The full name is Jungle Navigation 0:04:56.440 --> 0:05:00.960 Company Skipper's Canteen. It's the restaurant or by and inspired 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:04.320 by the Jungle Cruise ride, which is great. We did. Yeah, 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.000 we had to wait for like an hour for a 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.080 lunch seating, but it was worth it. The food is 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.839 really good, and the full service restaurants at Magic Kingdom 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.520 are also the only places where you can get alcohol, 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.720 so keep that in mind. But this place was one 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.120 to reply that had. It had a really fun, like 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:23.520 jungle track vibe. The people who worked there were really 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:27.760 into it, like NonStop jokes and like quirky jungle references 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.400 and stuff like that. A lot of fun. And then 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.360 the food is really adventurous, like you're like on a 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:38.039 you know, jungle journey, with pretty eclectic dishes like corn 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:42.880 pancakes with beer braised pork and pepper salsa and avocado cream. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.440 Loved they were kind of like open face sliders with 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:49.080 corn pancakes. So good, absolutely delicious. Right, and then we 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:54.400 had Brazilian cheese bread ye favorite, and then shrimp dumplings 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.839 as well. I think there are pork and shrimp dumplings 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.560 um So we had like an array of snacks and 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.880 some line and it was really yummy. So I would 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.280 recommend that make reservations for that one if you can, 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:07.800 because it is popular. And then the other kind of 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:12.080 main iconic dining destination and magic kingdom is b our Guest, 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:16.359 which is the Beating the Beast restaurant. It's inside the 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:20.280 Beating the Beast Castle in Fantasyland, and that was very 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.040 hard to get into. It took me like two months 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:27.080 to get a reservation for just me. And even when 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.520 you have a reservation, you're waiting in line, like meandering 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:33.360 through the castle making your order, finding a seat. And 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:35.839 I think most of the charm here, for all the 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:40.000 charm is the like just the ambiance because it's very 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.760 theatrical and regal. Obviously you're in a castle in the 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:47.360 dining rooms are gorgeous, so are Nate. There are three 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:50.080 different dining spaces you can dine in, like the the 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:54.080 like kind of West Wing or whatever. We're Yeah, it's 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:57.960 like dark and ominous with the rose and then there's 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.279 like the ballroom and then there's the like main dining 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.040 room where a bell gets serenaded in the movie, and 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.599 I sat in the ballroom, which I thought was the 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:11.760 prettiest and most lavish. The food is like French Ish. 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.000 It's like French American because the movie takes place in France, 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.040 even though no one speaks French in the movie. My 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:21.560 favorite part though, was they have this cupcake basically it's 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:25.120 like a chocolate cupcake and they call it the gray Stuff, 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.160 like from the movie. Lumier's like, try the gray Stuff. 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:32.400 It's delicious, and it's basically just like a gray colored 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.800 butter cream frosting, which doesn't look great, like it's gray. 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.160 It's not an appealing flavor or a thing you want 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.239 to eat, but it was great. It was my favorite 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.440 part of the meal for sure, the Gray Stuff. It 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:48.080 was delicious. And the other thing that I think I 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:52.200 really enjoyed eating at Magic Kingdom was there they have 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:56.320 this like spring roll stall, which when I was there 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.800 was stationed kind of permanently right by the entrance to 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:03.120 it entry land, and they do spring rolls filled with 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:08.680 things like cheeseburger and pepperoni pizza and really yummy. Yeah, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.280 so you get to pre order and it's a good 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:14.480 light on the go snack, and I thought it was 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.000 shockingly good. I didn't try them until like we were 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:18.520 already there for two months and I was like, what 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.800 have I been wasting my time? My favorite meal? Magic 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:26.760 Kingdom are still the Mickey Years? You still well Magic Kingdom. 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:28.640 They don't set a very very far with foods, so 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.400 years it's not the same for every part for me 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:37.160 as well. So that's Magic Kingdom. We'll leave that there 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:43.600 and then moving on to another kingdom, Animal Kingdom. It's 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:47.480 a great park. It's beautifully designed. The ambiance in all 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.800 the different sections like Africa and Asia and the dinosaur 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:55.480 land phenomenal. It's all beautifully done. And the food and 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:59.400 drinks I think match that as well that they put 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.360 a lot of effort into it and it looks good, 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.959 tastes great. So when you're going to ann walking them, 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.080 the first thing you should do is make a bee 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:11.280 line to Creature Comforts, which is basically a decked out Starbucks. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.360 It is a Starbucks but kind of wrapped to look 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:17.480 like this individual like Jungly place. You've got to get 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.920 your morning coffee, right, I gotta get coffee. Yeah, so 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.920 do that first and then later in the day, I 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:27.440 think for lunch. My favorite place is in the Pandora section, 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.920 the newer section of the park where the Avatar ride is. Yeah, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:35.360 so I'm not sharpen. It' Sutulli Canteen. It's right outside 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.520 like the main attraction. They're the main rid there multiple 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:40.760 times to get loved it. It was so good. So 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:45.199 it's like customizable balls. Essentially, you pick your base, pick 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:49.160 your protein sauce, and then go from there where you 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.440 get like a whole platter for sixty eight people for 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:54.560 which is a great price when you think about it, 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.040 because it has all of those different meats and proteins 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.160 and you know all that. Yes, so you can get noodles, 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:04.600 you can get rice. My favorite is getting the hardy 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:07.160 salad as a base because it is it's like very nurishing, 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.840 very hard to get, like broccoli and cauliflower and like 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:14.240 leafy greens. And then weirdly they add boba, like popping 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:18.520 boba pearls on top of it. Okay, but it kind 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.800 of works, I guess. And then I like the wood 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:24.640 grilled chicken because then they give you a lot of it. 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.840 The portion is like very generous, and then pair that 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:32.160 with one of their green beers. It's like green bluish 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.240 and it's somewhat hoppy. It's kind of like an I 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.760 p A, which is my favorite. So it basically their 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:41.640 avatar beer. And that's so that restaurants and must and 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:46.720 then for something like in the evening, the cocktails and 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:51.480 snacks at the Nomad Lounge are fantastic. Love the Nomad 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:55.160 around UM. That's where I first met Chef Al who 0:10:55.480 --> 0:11:01.439 was the Um executive chef for Tiffins and mad and uh, 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:05.119 that's where our maple syrup was featured at burns Maywood Farms. 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:06.800 When we got to go there, that was my first 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.960 time going to Disney. It was your first experience and 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:12.600 it was and it was such one of those like 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:16.480 immersive experiences. But they're just they have so many amazing 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.559 things in Animal Kingdom. And ever since then, Chef l 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.360 has been promoted to Food and Beverage Director over Upcot 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.120 and he does all the things in up concluding food 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.360 and wine and festivals and all that fun stuff, and 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:32.480 so it's just really amazing too to see how you know, 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:36.320 he was promoted within the company, but I know, this 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:40.880 is a very large side track from what's really important. 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.559 The food and cocktails at No Mad Lounge. Yeah, they're 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.120 they're definitely noteworthy. They have really solid drinks, really good food. 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.080 We always get the like Brad service and it's like 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:55.640 this tray impressed. Yeah, different Brads inspired by different countries 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.600 across the world. They have like an Indian pancake, like 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:02.880 flat Brad. The best is the pomegranate focaccia, so tasty, 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.560 and then it's served with these different like chutneys and 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.240 sauces and yogurts. So great. I could just go here 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.480 have that in some cocktails. Yeah, that's spicy coriander yogurt 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.920 is so good, especially when you mix it with that 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.240 tomato chutney. Yeah, that's it's a good idea to mix 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:22.120 and then like kind of customize each bite because why not. 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.079 And then the cocktails are really good too. They're all 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.080 like each They have different sections of the many. There's 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:30.480 like the Asia section, there's cocktails inspired by Africa, so 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.360 it kind of mimics the layout of the park too. 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.679 And you have drinks like the Night Monkey, which has 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:39.079 dark brom guava, pure coffee syrup, lime juice and cilantro. 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.320 Kind of a wild mix of flavors there, but we're 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:46.120 beautifully yeah, very good. And then right next door to 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:49.679 the Nomad Lounge is the more formal, full service restaurant 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.480 called Tiffins, So it's all kind of in the same building. 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.800 Nomad Lounge is more casual bar side with a nice 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.520 patiom or nice deck, and then Tiffins is where we 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.640 most recently ate here on our anniversary. That's right. We 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.280 did our anniversaries fully packed with multiple parks. Yeah, we're 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.079 park hopping. And then this is where we ended the 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.720 day with dinner Tiffins. So you get kind of a 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.400 more expanded version of the offerings that Nomad Lounge, and 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.960 that's drink wise also food wise, so you have like 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:24.800 really intricate, impressive dishes like falafel with mint pistachio pasto, 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:28.480 and we had charted octopus with thereso and that right 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.160 there was to die for. And the good thing is 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.760 this is included on the Disney Dining Plan if you're 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:37.720 going there on a vacation. We weren't. We weren't, but um, 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:41.040 you know you can. You can definitely make reservations here. Yeah, 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.880 So Tiffin's excellent. If you want kind of the classy, 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.920 full service dining experience, I think it's worth one of 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.760 the past, and like all of Disney World, and then 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.640 moving on from Animal Kingdom, there's Hollywood Studios, which is 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:57.480 another place I hold near and dear to Minustalter Cart, 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:00.880 I love it there and a few places is really 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:04.440 capture that nostalgia and American e quite like the Hollywood 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.120 Brown Derby, which so great. We went there. That was 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:08.800 the very first thing we did when we got our 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.120 like Disney passes. Yeah, we just went in the bottom 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:13.760 were like, well we should just go right and it 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:15.760 was like two hours before the park closed or three 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.120 hours before the park closed, and it was perfect. We 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.600 made a mad dash to the Brown Derby. It's just 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:24.120 like gorgeous, like old, like I don't know, nineteen twenties 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:28.720 Hollywood style restaurant with like framed photos or like they're 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.840 probably fake photos because there's thousands of them here. And 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.000 it's this big like dec in and dining room with 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:39.640 great food. We have like Cobbs salads and scallops and 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:43.840 stuff like that, and martinis, excellent martinis. You can get 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:47.640 them into Flight Forward table side recommended. Yeah, Manhattan's solid, 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:52.800 like really solid Manhattan's and it's wonderful, so do that. 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.480 Also for something more casual, if you just wanted a 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.360 drink and a snack or something, there's Baseline Tap House 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:03.840 and they have all California inspired stuff. All they have 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.160 an impressive roster of California beers on tap as well 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:10.080 as California wines on tap. And then even a couple 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.360 of cocktails, yes, like a margharita, and then those change 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.920 and rotate, I think they all do, but it's mostly beer. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.440 They even have a cider, and then they have snacks 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:22.920 like charcrudi in a pretzel. So not really a meal 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:24.720 type place, but great to get a drink on the go. 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.240 And then right next door to that, another like whimsical, 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.920 wonderful place we went as well is the Sci Fi 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.920 Dine in Theater. That was such an immersive experience and 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.520 the experiences that you feel that all these are different. 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.200 Like the Brown Derby, you feel royal and regal. You know, 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:44.080 Baseline Tap it's just like cool and breezy like California. 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.640 When you get to this one, you just you immerse 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.280 him into a d in the Yeah, I felt like 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.560 a kid again, because I remember going here as a kid. 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.840 It's like this outdoor drive in theater vibe with like 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.680 twinkling stars all over the ceiling and then black white movies. 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:03.360 So I exactly like a child, except a child who 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:09.200 drinks Pinot griccio because and by the bottle. Yeah right, 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.720 it was great. So make a reservation there because they're 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.840 all like little cars. You like literally sit in these 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.880 like kind of fake cars, which totally as to the ambience, 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.320 and those are popular, unsurprisingly, so they tend to fill up. 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:26.320 And then the other highlight at Hollywood Studios more recently 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.760 is the Star Wars section called um Galaxy's Edge that 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.480 opened like a few days after we arrived to Disney World, 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:37.680 so it's still knew. I went on opening day. Yeah, 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.400 you're crazy. That was insane, big mistake, honestly, Like I 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.480 thought it would be fun and like an experience to 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.720 do that on an opening day and five lines. Twenty 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:48.640 years from now, when you forget about the lines, you'll 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.680 be like I was there on open and you'll brag 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.040 about it, and it was fun. I did like very 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:56.240 little things because I I can only wait in like 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.080 one five hour line. I'm not going to do other things, 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.680 but it was cool to see. They did a great 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:04.159 job with the design of the land here. And in 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:09.119 addition to the ride, they have some really interesting and 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:14.040 inventive dining options like Milkstand. Milkstand, that's it. That's just 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:18.479 like such a creamy, beautiful cocktail. So they're kind of 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.240 like they're not milkshakes. They're more like rice, so it's 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:24.000 dairy free. They're made with a rice milk base, and 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.680 they're kind of like rice milk smoothies. One is green, 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.879 one is blue. Those are the only two options on 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:30.679 the menu. You can get the blue milk of the 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.520 green milk one. I think the green is like more 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:36.119 kind of tropical flavor. The blue has more of a 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:40.040 coconut kind of creaminess. And ones with Raman Watche tequila, 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:43.440 right you you can add that, yeah, and I would 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:47.480 recommend that. And then across the way from Milkstand is 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:52.080 the much more popular um bar that is difficult to 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:55.879 get into because it's so popular. It's called Oga's Cantina. Yes, 0:17:56.880 --> 0:17:58.879 so great, it's really fun. It's um We did this 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.359 on our anniversary. We did we started our day here. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.160 We went to the cantina and had rum cocktails at 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.240 six thirty in the morning, because that's should we tell 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:09.800 people that. I mean, I mean, that's just like, yeah, 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.919 but when you walk in, it feels like this party 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:14.679 and you walk into this cave and then it's all 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.840 dark and lively, like a canteena from the Star Wars movies, 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:20.399 you know, bursting with life and energy, and there's like 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:23.040 a DJ. There's a DJ. There's a DJ at six thirty. 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.040 So if the DJs here were so with the cocktails. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:28.879 And that was the first time in my life, hopefully 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:33.080 the last time that I had cocktails with oatmeal. Yeah. 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:37.840 That was rough, that was but it was delicious. I mean, 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:43.439 I'm not gonna our our whole. Like breakfast meal was 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:46.760 really expensive, very expensive. It was the most expensive breakfast 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:51.720 and the weirdest breakfast. But we got tiki mugs and 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:56.000 things like that. Yeah, the first edition. Yes, oh yeah. 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.840 I was able to go back, like a month or 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.320 two later and go here at a normal hour and 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.920 have drinks when it's socially acceptable to do so. And 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:06.800 when I did that, I got this really epic beer 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.360 flight and you try I think it's four or five 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:12.399 different beers and they're serving this gorgeous and really like 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:17.480 elaborate wooden fixture with what's meant to be like alien 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:21.800 teeth or something as the almost the glass work. Yeah, 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:23.520 so they used the two the teeth to pour the 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:25.040 beer into and you drink out of that, and then 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:27.320 it's a souvenir. You get to keep the whole thing. 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:29.560 It weighs like thirty pounds. I mean it sound like 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:35.840 it was cheap either you bought it. Now you've been 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:46.840 listening to park Landia. We'll be right back after this break. Hi, 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:49.520 I'm Matt and I'm Brad. This is Parklandia, and today 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:52.160 we're talking about all the great food and drink at 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:55.440 Disney World in Florida. So that's Hollywood Studios. And then 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:57.959 the big one for dining of all the parks is 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.520 absolutely Epcot. Yeah, this is the place where you dine 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:05.879 around the world, drink around the world, and it's amazing 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:10.480 and enthralling, and so many of the restaurants are legitimately wonderful. 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:15.880 And spent eighty seven days here almost all of them there. 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:17.600 And I got to go to a lot of like 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:19.720 you know, for lunches. I went out and grabbed things 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:22.080 and then we went back multiple times, but I would 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:25.280 say that you went here more than any other part easily. Yeah, 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:28.119 And it's just like probably my favorite part because as 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:31.120 an adult they have much more things oriented for that 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:35.800 and foods and culture, food history. So here are my 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:38.600 like kind of quick hit favorites at Epcot for dining 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:42.840 and drinking. There's a great buffet at Beer Garden restaurant 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:45.919 in Germany, so much for you can go nuts. And 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:49.359 then I would recommend getting full beer poores at Block 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.320 and Hans. In the America section, yes, like my favorite 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:55.720 Kentucky bourbon barrel ale beer. Yes, they also have I 0:20:55.800 --> 0:21:01.359 p A. Even they have Goose Island another options. It 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:03.680 was meant for me, that whole thing. That's a good one. 0:21:03.800 --> 0:21:08.400 I guess I'm just plainly American. So that's the best 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.600 thing for for beer, I think. And then the Mexico 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:14.679 section is really solid. They have this place inside this 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:18.320 big pyramid called La Cava del Tequila, so it's there 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:23.119 like dark, cozy, little tequila cave, great mescal selection and tequila, 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:27.000 and they have things like mescalin and grownies and a 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:30.640 whole variety of margaritas, including like Avocada margarita is nice 0:21:30.640 --> 0:21:35.040 and creamy and a little sweet delicious, and then heaping 0:21:35.040 --> 0:21:39.200 platters of chips and sausa and guacamole. Very generous. Don't 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:42.280 start here though, because you will you won't get a 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:46.360 little bit buzzy yeah, because they are beautifully done heavy cocktails, 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:48.320 so make sure to do that in the middle or 0:21:48.320 --> 0:21:51.560 towards the end of your trip, right. I would also 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:55.840 recommend getting Scotch eggs and black and tans and or 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:58.119 maybe fish and chips or something at the Rose and 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:01.000 Crown Pub in the UK. Every time we had to 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:03.919 go there. That place is just fantastic. I'm obsessed with 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:06.560 the decor and everything in the UK section here. It's 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:11.760 really wonderful. And then also we love getting charcouderie and 0:22:11.840 --> 0:22:15.280 cheese and wine flights at Tudou Gusto Wine Cellar in Italy. 0:22:15.840 --> 0:22:20.360 That was charming and just really really fun. It's snacks beautiful, 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.840 and I also love the Nigerian meat pies, which is 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:28.480 from this like Africa section in the park. They didn't 0:22:28.520 --> 0:22:30.240 have like a full service restaurant there, but it's like 0:22:30.359 --> 0:22:32.880 this casual walk up counter where you can get Nigerian 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:34.960 meat pies. They also have like a dessert of some 0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:38.159 sort At the time it was a lion king themed pancotta. 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:41.320 But I wasn't really feeling that I missed food and wine. 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:43.880 I know, so food and wine that I mean, that's 0:22:43.920 --> 0:22:46.320