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Monday, 17 February 2014

Kiosks and menu at the 2014 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival are released

Posted on 17:05 by the great khali
The 2014 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival has been turning into a mini food and and wine festival as well. 

Each year, the outdoor kitchens have been offering more and more different types of food. This year at Disney World, the festival is offering 11 different types of kitchens including a  new kitchen - Urban Farm East featuring an all natural selections. If you want to find out what the food at the 2013 festival was like, take a look at our tour from last year. 

Here is the breakdown of the 45 different dishes 65 different beverages available at the various kitchens:

Florida Fresh

Fresh Florida ingredients grown and produced locally. The area is next to the Germany Pavilion.

Food
Watermelon salad 
  • Watermelon salad with pickled onions, BW Farm baby arugula, feta cheese and balsamic reduction
  • Shrimp and stone ground grits with andouille sausage, sweet corn, tomatoes and cilantro
  • Florida kumquat pie 
Drink
  • Watermelon passion fruit slush featuring Simply Lemonade
  • Hurricane Class 5 White Sangria featuring Simply Lemonade, Florida Orange Groves (St. Petersburg, Florida)
  • Garda Italian Wine Blend, Quantum Leap Winery (Orlando, Florida)
  • Rogue Valley Pinot Noir, Quantum Leap Winery (Orlando, Florida)
  • Blonde Ale, Orlando Brewing Company (Orlando, Florida)
  • Cotton Mouth Belgian Style Witbier, Swamp Head Brewery (Gainesville, Florida)
  • Feast of Flowers Farmhouse Ale, Florida Beer Company (Cape Canaveral, Florida) 
  • Florida Avenue Blueberry, Cold Storage Craft Brewery (Tampa, Florida)
  • Beer Flight – Blonde Ale, Cotton Mouth Belgian Style Witbier, Feast of Flowers Farmhouse Ale and Florida Avenue Blueberry 
  • Simply Orange

Hanami

This kitchen is next to the Japan Pavilion.

Food
Frushi roll
  • Frushi – Fresh pineapple, strawberries and melon, rolled with coconut rice, topped with raspberry sauce, sprinkled with toasted coconut and served with whipped cream on the side
  • Temaki hand roll – Sliced Panko fried chicken, curry sauce, rice and pickled julienne carrots wrapped with Nori 
  • Hanami sushi – A combination of salmon, scallop and beef-topped rice balls served atop a shiso violet sauce 
  • Japanese puffed rice cakes with green tea whipped cream and azuki

Drink
  • Kirin draft beer
  • Pinepple Paradise with Yuzu Slushie – Frozen blend of sweet sake, pineapple juice and crème, flavored with a hint of Yuzu citrus juice
  • Orange Mango Slushie – Frozen blend of Nigori sake, mango and orange juice

Jardin de Fiestas

Tapas and spring light food can be found here near the Mexico Pavilion.

Food
  • Tacos al pastor – Corn tortilla filled with achiote-marinated pork, garnished with grilled diced pineapple, onions and cilantro
  • Quesadilla de hongos con queso – Flour tortilla filled with mushrooms and cheese
  • Flan de chocolate Abuelita – Mexican chocolate custard
Drink
  • Tecate draft beer
  • White Mexican sangria
  • Franbuesa (raspberry) margarita on the rocks
  • Tequila flight – blanco, reposado and añejo
  • Dasani bottled water

Fleur de Lys

Near the France Pavilion, this stop featured food influenced by the “flower of the lily.”

Food
  • Gnocchi Parisien à la Provençal – Parisian-style dumplings with vegetables and mushrooms
  • Confit de canard, pommes de terre Sarladaise – Pulled duck confit with garlic and parsley potatoes
  • Macaron à la fleur d’ Oranger – Orange blossom macaron with white chocolate ganache
Drink
  • La Vie en Rose frozen slush – Vodka, Grey Goose Orange, St. Germain Liquor, and white and red cranberry juice
  • Kir Imperial – Sparkling wine, Chambord and black raspberry liquor
  • Rosé pamplemousse cocktail – Rosé wine mixed with natural grapefruit syrup
  • Kronenbourg Blanc 1664 – Fruity white beer with citrus notes

Lotus House

A wide variety of Chinese cuisine can be found at this stop near the  China Pavilion.

Food
  • Beijing-style candied strawberries
  • Spring pancake with grilled chicken and green apple
  • Vegetable spring rolls
Drink
  • Popping bubble tea
  • Kung Fu Punch – Vodka and triple sec with mango and orange juice
  • South Sea Storm – Guava juice with light and dark rum
  • Plum wine
  • Tsing-Tao beer
  • Lychee aerated water

Pineapple Promenade

A Canadian tropical twist near the Canada Pavilion.

Food
  • Pineapple soft serve
  • Pineapple soft serve with Myers’s dark rum
  • Pineapple soft serve with Parrot Bay coconut rum
  • Sweet potato cinnamon waffle with pineapple soft serve
Drink
  • Frozen desert violet lemonade featuring Simply Lemonade (nonalcoholic)
  • Tropical Mango Pale Ale, St. John Brewers (U.S. Virgin Islands)
  • Once Upon a Vine’s The Lost Slipper Sauvignon Blanc

Primavera Kitche

Garden fresh foods are being touted at this stop near the Italy Pavilion.

Food
  • Caprese – Fior di latte mozzarella, roasted peppers and olio verde
  • Three cheese manicotti – Egg pasta stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, tomato sauce and béchamel
  • Torta di ricotta – Lemon cheesecake with limoncello-marinated strawberries
Drink
  • Placido Pinot Grigio
  • Placido Chianti
  • Bosco del Merlo Prosecco
  • White peach bellini – Prosecco and white peach puree
  • Strawberry rossini – Prosecco and marinated strawberries
  • Frozen Italian primavera – Assorted fruit slushy with limoncello and vodka
  • Moretti Lager
  • Moretti La Rossa

Taste of Marrakesh

North African spices can be found at this stop near the Morocco Pavilion.

Food
  • Lamb brewat roll with prunes and sesame
  • Harissa chicken kebab with couscous salad
  • Baghrir – Moroccan pancake with honey, almonds and argan oil
Drink
  • Mint iced tea
  • White sangria
  • Guerrouane red
  • Casa Beer
  • Desert Rose – Sparkling wine with pomegranate liqueur

Urban Farm Eats

An all natural menu is featured at this stop.

Food
  • Pickled beet salad with goat cheese cream, mizuna and pistachios
  • Land-grown eggplant “scallop” with romesco sauce and spaghetti squash
  • Ghost pepper-dusted tilapia with crisp winter melon slaw and mint oil featuring The Original Sauce Man’s Kick It Up Rub
Drink
  • Cucumber lemon spa water, finished with a sprig of fresh mint
  • The Vegan Vine Chardonnay
  • The Vegan Vine Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Redbridge Gluten-Free Sorghum Beer, Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis, Missouri)

THE SMOKEHOUSE: Barbecue and Brews

An American tradition of food can be found at The American Adventure Pavilion.

Food
  • Pulled pig slider with cole slaw
  • Smoked beef brisket with collard greens and jalapeño corn bread
  • Smoked turkey “rib”
  • “Piggylicous” bacon cupcake with maple frosting and pretzel crunch featuring Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon
Drink
  • Magic Hat #9, Magic Hat Brewing (South Burlington, Vermont)
  • Maduro, Cigar City Brewing (Tampa, Florida)
  • Fat Tire, New Belgium Brewing Company (Ft. Collins, Colorado)
  • Billy’s Chilies, Twisted Pine Brewing Company (Boulder, Colorado)
  • Beer Flight – Magic Hat #9, Maduro, Fat Tire and Billy’s Chilies
  • The Original Rib Shack Red Wine

The Buttercup Cottage

Inspired by English fruits and fragrances this stop is near the United Kingdom.

Eat
  • Freshly baked potato and cheddar cheese biscuit with smoked salmon tartare
  • Field greens with Plant City strawberries, toasted almonds and Farmstead stilton
  • Pork and apple sausage roll with house-made piccalilli
  • Freshly baked lemon scones with berry preserves and crème fraÎche
Drink
  • Chilled rose blush lemonade featuring Simply Lemonade with Raspberry (nonalcoholic)
  • Twinings Cold Brewed English Classic with lemon grass syrup
  • Berry tea cocktail – Twinings Cold Brewed Mixed Berry Tea with Florida Cane vodka and Plant City strawberry, flavored with raspberry and açaí syrup
  • Iron Horse Fairy Tale Cuvee
  • Deloach Pinot Noir
Intermissions Café

This stop is located inside the Festival Center where there will be wine, cheese, wraps and salads.

Eat
  • Grapes
  • Fruit & cheese plate
  • Vegan trio
  • Southwest chicken wrap
  • Tuna salad with pita
  • Side salad
  • Asian tuna salad with noodles
  • Caprese Push-Pop – Tomato, mozzarella and balsamic
Drink
  • Hurricane Class 5 White Sangria, Florida Orange Groves (St. Petersburg, Florida)
  • Garda Italian Wine Blend, Quantum Leap Winery (Orlando, Florida)
  • Rogue Valley Pinot Noir, Quantum Leap Winery (Orlando, Florida)
  • Martini Prosecco
  • Strongbow Cider, Bulmers Cider Company (White Plains, New York)
  • SweetWater Blue, SweetWater Brewing Company (Atlanta, Georgia)

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Phineas and Agent P coming to Disney Infinity in April

Posted on 14:54 by the great khali
Disney Interactive today announced it will be be adding a Phineas and Ferb Toy Box Pack to Disney Infinity.

The expansion will be available starting April 1 for game consoles, PCs and mobile devices.

The pack will include Phineas and Agent P characters and  two new Power Discs – the “Tri-State Area Terrain” Texture Set and the “Danville Sky” Skydome, according to the Disney Infinity website.

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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Disney's 'Frozen' jumps to 9 on Top 10 highest grossing Disney film list

Posted on 18:53 by the great khali
"Frozen" is continuing to climb the Disney ladder to become the highest grossing animated movie of all time.

This past week it jumped over "Finding Nemo" with a worldwide gross of $955.7 million.

The Walt Disney Animation Studios Pictures movie is on track to hit $1 billion worldwide. It is the 5th highest grossing overseas animated release of all-time, according to Boxoffice.

In the global box office arena, the movie is 23rd among the all-time earners.

It's final premiere is in Japan on March 15.

Here is a look at the Top 10 highest grossing Disney films:

1. "Marvel's The Avengers" - $1.518 billion
2. "Iron Man 3" - $1.215 billion
3. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" - $1.066 billion
4. "Toy Story 3" - $1.063 billion
5. "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" - $1.045 billion
6. "Alice in Wonderland" (2010) - $1.025 billion
7. "The Lion King" - $987 million
8. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - $963.4 million
9. "Frozen" - $955.7 million
10. "Finding Nemo" - $936 million
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Idina Menzel will sing 'Let It Go' at Oscars in March

Posted on 18:26 by the great khali
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Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel will be singing "Let It Go" on the 86th Academy Awards.

A lot of speculation had been taking place whether Menzel, who played Elsa in the movie "Frozen," would be singing at the Oscars. At the same time the movie was released pop singer Demi Lovato did a cover version.

Many speculated that Lovato may sing the Oscar-nominated song on the March 2 show, airing on ABC. Yet, there is no one better than Menzel to sing the song, especially since Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez said they wrote the song specifically for Menzel. Robert Lopez referred to Menzel, according to the Wall Street Journal as “one of the most glorious voices of Broadway and an icon in musical theater.”

Menzel wrote on her Facebook page, "It's really happening. I'm singing on the Oscars! Surreal. Thank u frozen family and Oscar producers for this incredible opportunity."

The song this past week turned turned Platinum, meaning that it sold 1 million copies.
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Disney Photo Smile of The Day: Surf's Up

Posted on 17:57 by the great khali
You can always get the latest surf conditions at The Seas with Nemo & Friends at Epcot in Disney World.

Surf Conditions
© Mary Liebman
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Celebs at Disney Parks: Kaley Cuoco, Michael Buble, Kelly Osbourne and more

Posted on 17:25 by the great khali
Celebrities of all types can be seen at the Disney Parks.

It's been a few weeks since we've been able to put together a post of who has been there recently. Here's a quick look at some of the the star who have been spotted at Disneyland and Disney World, including Kaley Cuoco from "Big Bang Theory," Michael Buble, Gary Sinise, Ariel Winter from "Modern Family" and more.

Here Kaley Cuoco from "Big Bang Theory" and her husband of seven weeks Rya Sweeting are at Disneyland, as was. . .


. . . singer Michael Buble and his family. . .




. . .  Jennette McCurdy. . .
Just met Jennette McCurdy at Disneyland 😱😱😱 @Maya_Victoria_J @giannacutie pic.twitter.com/da7LTPV1eg
— Alexandra Worden (@alexandraworden) February 16, 2014
. . . Julianne Hough . . .
GUESS WHO JUST MET @juliannehough !!!!😍☺☺ pic.twitter.com/vDAJKrbGW2
— Kyra Ochsner (@KyraOchsner) February 15, 2014
. . . Ally Brooke Hernandez of Fifth Harmony . . .
I JUST MET @AllyBrooke AT DISNEYLAND! I WAS TRYING TO PROPOSE LOL she's beautiful :) pic.twitter.com/4sHOm5zSuD
— Denne Lovato (@denneexd) February 14, 2014
. . . Ariel Winter, who plays Alex Dunphy on "Modern Family". . .

Met @arielwinter1 at Disneyland ☺️💕trying to contain my happiness😍 She's SOO pretty and nice❤️Thanks for the pic!!😘 pic.twitter.com/FRqx7JyrNQ
— Tatiana ☠ (@tati143_) February 10, 2014
. . . Kelly Osbourne. . .



. . .Gary Sinise . . .
@DisneylandCeleb Gary Sinse is at Disneyland. (Via @laughing_place) #DisneylandCeleb pic.twitter.com/rlV2yrhJf3
— Dan - Tasmic! (@Dan_Tasmic) February 5, 2014
. . .  and Lee Arenberg, who plays Grumpy on "Once Upon a Time." See at Disney World was . . .

@DisneylandCeleb I JUST MET LEE ARENBERG aka 'Grumpy' from @OnceABC he's so sweet and wonderful in person! pic.twitter.com/rXLXAgqmLy
— ? (@HeyThereAryah) February 4, 2014
. . .  Wendy Williams, showing off her Disney Side.

Disney publicity photo


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Saturday, 15 February 2014

Smile of The Day: Mickey and Minnie on the wall

Posted on 17:30 by the great khali
There's nothing more fun than to look at a wall full of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse plush toys staring at you.

Mickey and Minnie on the wall
© Steven Liebman
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