Chezman1399
Active Member
I've just started planning an early October 10 day trip for Food and Wine Staying at the Polynesian Villas and Bungalows in a Standard View Studio. This will be my fifth Food and Wine Trip.
Everytime we go to the Food and Wine Festival we're always finding ways to improve our experience, so I was wondering how other people plan their time for Food and Wine.
The first time I went for the festival was by accident, I went down for Halloween and had no expectations. The second time was the last weekend of the festival and there was a golf tournament going on, holiday weekend (Veteran's Day), Marathon, and last weekend so it was really busy and a bit too much for us. The third time we went for an entire week, but had no clue about all the different cooking classes and special events and I left my Chase card at home. Finally, the fourth time we planned around the Festival and had an amazing time, but I got sick early in the trip, and I was pretty bad by the end.
So for try number 5 we're going to go to the 20th Annual Epcot Food and Wine Festival this year.
Hotel: Polynesian
Number of Days: 10 days (Spending about 4 or 5 days at Epcot)
Planned 'to dos' outside of festival: A day at GF spa, MNSSHP
Planned 'to dos' at Festival:
Food and Wine Premium Package - As long as they have it again. I was skeptical due to the price last year ($199.99) but this ended up being worth every penny. The late night party that was included was a blast and included 6 free food/drink items. The special VIP areas were nice to get away from the crowd and the hosts/food runners were amazing. Not sure I could do Food and Wine without this. Due to this package we'll most likely be at the festival Monday-Thursday of the week we are there.
Parisian Breakfast - Another thing we did last year that was amazing, except it was at the end of our trip and I felt horrible. We made it through breakfast then spent the rest of the day in our room. I want to experience it without a stuffy nose.
At least 1 Country Premium Wine/Dine Experience
At least 1 food seminar
So I guess at the end of this how do you guys experience the food and wine festival? Is there anything you consider can't miss at it in early October? At the 3rd trip it was amazing to see just how much we were missing, is there anything else we may not have experienced yet??
Everytime we go to the Food and Wine Festival we're always finding ways to improve our experience, so I was wondering how other people plan their time for Food and Wine.
The first time I went for the festival was by accident, I went down for Halloween and had no expectations. The second time was the last weekend of the festival and there was a golf tournament going on, holiday weekend (Veteran's Day), Marathon, and last weekend so it was really busy and a bit too much for us. The third time we went for an entire week, but had no clue about all the different cooking classes and special events and I left my Chase card at home. Finally, the fourth time we planned around the Festival and had an amazing time, but I got sick early in the trip, and I was pretty bad by the end.
So for try number 5 we're going to go to the 20th Annual Epcot Food and Wine Festival this year.
Hotel: Polynesian
Number of Days: 10 days (Spending about 4 or 5 days at Epcot)
Planned 'to dos' outside of festival: A day at GF spa, MNSSHP
Planned 'to dos' at Festival:
Food and Wine Premium Package - As long as they have it again. I was skeptical due to the price last year ($199.99) but this ended up being worth every penny. The late night party that was included was a blast and included 6 free food/drink items. The special VIP areas were nice to get away from the crowd and the hosts/food runners were amazing. Not sure I could do Food and Wine without this. Due to this package we'll most likely be at the festival Monday-Thursday of the week we are there.
Parisian Breakfast - Another thing we did last year that was amazing, except it was at the end of our trip and I felt horrible. We made it through breakfast then spent the rest of the day in our room. I want to experience it without a stuffy nose.
At least 1 Country Premium Wine/Dine Experience
At least 1 food seminar
So I guess at the end of this how do you guys experience the food and wine festival? Is there anything you consider can't miss at it in early October? At the 3rd trip it was amazing to see just how much we were missing, is there anything else we may not have experienced yet??
