Food & Wine Festival - Drunkytown?

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Mori Anne

Mori Anne

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BuddyThomas said:
Hurray! The drunkytown thread is back.

Anyway, I never said your money was better than mine. Thanks for putting words in my mouth. However, I prefer margaritas, so maybe next time you can pour a few of those in there instead.
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Kidding, kidding.

But again, I've never seen this river of puke that is being describes ad infinitum on here. To hear some talk about this, you'd think people were passed out all over the place in puddles of vomit from Italy to Spaceship Earth, and that just ain't the case.
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lol. Yellow beverage coming right up! Joke! Regardless, this time of year at Epcot is not as fun for some as it is for others. To each their own :)
 
DisJosh

DisJosh

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I want in on the Drunkytown meet! Lol

Folks around here do seem to get a bit sensitive that those of us who enjoy a drink have to do it in WDW. Anywhere you go with large crowds there are going to be people behaving on both ends of the spectrum, booze or not!

Plan your trips accordingly and you can avoid larger crowds and potentially undesirable demographics. Don't count on anyone altering their behavior for you!
 
BuddyThomas

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I could maybe be up for an October 2014 drink around the world. It just seems so far away!

Isn't it funny that a thread that started off complaining about drunks has actually spawned a WDW Magic drink-a-thon? It's kind of hysterical, actually, and if this really happens, Disney World should pay the person who started this thread a commission for all the drunky dollars he found for them.
;)
 
abeachchick

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BuddyThomas said:
I could maybe be up for an October 2014 drink around the world. It just seems so far away!

Isn't it funny that a thread that started off complaining about drunks has actually spawned a WDW Magic drink-a-thon? It's kind of hysterical, actually, and if this really happens, Disney World should pay the person who started this thread a commission for all the drunky dollars he found for them.
;)
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lmao, so true
 
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mr spalding

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Keep up the good work. Your decadence even made fodors (note the local yokels comment):

http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/epcot-food-and-wine-and-mickey-party-etc-drunks.cfm

EPCOT Food and Wine and Mickey Party, etc. DRUNKS!
Posted by: Toefood on Oct 25, 11 at 11:08am

We go almost every year for the EPCOT Int'l Food and Wine Fest. Seems some things change for the better, some not so, but the one thing you can count on is everything being more expensive. The wine seminars are less frequent and are between 10-15 per person. We sampled Argentinian wine this year, it was a good seminar and quite informative. Several new booths were added- Caribbean, South African, a few others. Food was very good- especially Ireland's Fisherman pie, France's Coq au Vin and Japan's Tuna rolls. A new craft beer booth was added. Even though we nibbled all day, we had the family together for a meal in Mexico. Even at 4:30, it was packed, service was slow and food mediocre. We used to go on Saturday night to the Dinner for the Senses, but an outrageous price of $150 per person (including park admission) discouraged us. They began having primarily Disney chefs and $20-50 wines. For that price, we'd rather go to a Wine Spectator event where you sample $100 reserves. Also, the concert series was strange and I had only heard of one artist! If you go, don't go on the Saturday that they drop the prices for Floridians. The crowds were huge, many people came in groups with matching shirts that had slogans such as "drinking gang" . By late afternoon, it was nothing more than a drunk fest and we saw some bad behavior and language- even though there were plenty of kids around. Next year, we will go on Thursday and go to the Mickey Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom on Friday.
The Halloween party was definitely fun. The prices vary by night,age and advance purchase. We adults paid $67.95 each to watch our grandchild having a great time. However, we loved it too- the parades were spectacular, the events such as "dancing with the villains" were cute and there was trick or treating and plenty of candy for all. What was most fun were all the costumes- both on adults and kids. Magic Kingdom serves no alcohol and it was a nice crowd!
We stayed at Orange Lake resort where we own timeshare property. It's a Holiday Inn resort now, and it is fantastic. They have a water park with a beach and many activities, plus several restaurants, golf courses, and organized activities for all ages. There's a large Publix food mart at the entrance. We were able to save lots of money by making large breakfasts and having our own dinners and snacks. You can completely be car free once you are at the resort, as it has a resort shuttle and a Disney Shuttle.

If you choose to go to the fest at EPCOT- go during the week and get a menu of the food options online. You can't sample it all !
 
BuddyThomas

BuddyThomas

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mr spalding said:
Keep up the good work. Your decadence even made fodors (note the local yokels comment):

http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/epcot-food-and-wine-and-mickey-party-etc-drunks.cfm

EPCOT Food and Wine and Mickey Party, etc. DRUNKS!
Posted by: Toefood on Oct 25, 11 at 11:08am

We go almost every year for the EPCOT Int'l Food and Wine Fest. Seems some things change for the better, some not so, but the one thing you can count on is everything being more expensive. The wine seminars are less frequent and are between 10-15 per person. We sampled Argentinian wine this year, it was a good seminar and quite informative. Several new booths were added- Caribbean, South African, a few others. Food was very good- especially Ireland's Fisherman pie, France's Coq au Vin and Japan's Tuna rolls. A new craft beer booth was added. Even though we nibbled all day, we had the family together for a meal in Mexico. Even at 4:30, it was packed, service was slow and food mediocre. We used to go on Saturday night to the Dinner for the Senses, but an outrageous price of $150 per person (including park admission) discouraged us. They began having primarily Disney chefs and $20-50 wines. For that price, we'd rather go to a Wine Spectator event where you sample $100 reserves. Also, the concert series was strange and I had only heard of one artist! If you go, don't go on the Saturday that they drop the prices for Floridians. The crowds were huge, many people came in groups with matching shirts that had slogans such as "drinking gang" . By late afternoon, it was nothing more than a drunk fest and we saw some bad behavior and language- even though there were plenty of kids around. Next year, we will go on Thursday and go to the Mickey Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom on Friday.
The Halloween party was definitely fun. The prices vary by night,age and advance purchase. We adults paid $67.95 each to watch our grandchild having a great time. However, we loved it too- the parades were spectacular, the events such as "dancing with the villains" were cute and there was trick or treating and plenty of candy for all. What was most fun were all the costumes- both on adults and kids. Magic Kingdom serves no alcohol and it was a nice crowd!
We stayed at Orange Lake resort where we own timeshare property. It's a Holiday Inn resort now, and it is fantastic. They have a water park with a beach and many activities, plus several restaurants, golf courses, and organized activities for all ages. There's a large Publix food mart at the entrance. We were able to save lots of money by making large breakfasts and having our own dinners and snacks. You can completely be car free once you are at the resort, as it has a resort shuttle and a Disney Shuttle.

If you choose to go to the fest at EPCOT- go during the week and get a menu of the food options online. You can't sample it all !
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My good sir, it did not "make Fodors". You are being disengenuous. Your link is to a discussion board, like this one. For all anyone knows, you posted about this there. You are acting like it appeared in the official Fodors guide, which is untrue.
 
unkadug

unkadug

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mr spalding said:
Keep up the good work. Your decadence even made fodors (note the local yokels comment):

http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/epcot-food-and-wine-and-mickey-party-etc-drunks.cfm

EPCOT Food and Wine and Mickey Party, etc. DRUNKS!
Posted by: Toefood on Oct 25, 11 at 11:08am

We go almost every year for the EPCOT Int'l Food and Wine Fest. Seems some things change for the better, some not so, but the one thing you can count on is everything being more expensive. The wine seminars are less frequent and are between 10-15 per person. We sampled Argentinian wine this year, it was a good seminar and quite informative. Several new booths were added- Caribbean, South African, a few others. Food was very good- especially Ireland's Fisherman pie, France's Coq au Vin and Japan's Tuna rolls. A new craft beer booth was added. Even though we nibbled all day, we had the family together for a meal in Mexico. Even at 4:30, it was packed, service was slow and food mediocre. We used to go on Saturday night to the Dinner for the Senses, but an outrageous price of $150 per person (including park admission) discouraged us. They began having primarily Disney chefs and $20-50 wines. For that price, we'd rather go to a Wine Spectator event where you sample $100 reserves. Also, the concert series was strange and I had only heard of one artist! If you go, don't go on the Saturday that they drop the prices for Floridians. The crowds were huge, many people came in groups with matching shirts that had slogans such as "drinking gang" . By late afternoon, it was nothing more than a drunk fest and we saw some bad behavior and language- even though there were plenty of kids around. Next year, we will go on Thursday and go to the Mickey Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom on Friday.
The Halloween party was definitely fun. The prices vary by night,age and advance purchase. We adults paid $67.95 each to watch our grandchild having a great time. However, we loved it too- the parades were spectacular, the events such as "dancing with the villains" were cute and there was trick or treating and plenty of candy for all. What was most fun were all the costumes- both on adults and kids. Magic Kingdom serves no alcohol and it was a nice crowd!
We stayed at Orange Lake resort where we own timeshare property. It's a Holiday Inn resort now, and it is fantastic. They have a water park with a beach and many activities, plus several restaurants, golf courses, and organized activities for all ages. There's a large Publix food mart at the entrance. We were able to save lots of money by making large breakfasts and having our own dinners and snacks. You can completely be car free once you are at the resort, as it has a resort shuttle and a Disney Shuttle.

If you choose to go to the fest at EPCOT- go during the week and get a menu of the food options online. You can't sample it all !
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It sounds like a lot of fun. This is definitely GREAT Public Relations work to attract more people into the parks for a party... I can't believe that someone such as yourself cannot see that.

I can't WAIT for next year's Meet and Drink at Epcot...Hope they raise the prices just a little more to keep out the party poopers.
 
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