Foodies flocked to Disney California Adventure for the annual Food & Wine Fest to sample and share small plates highlighting California-grown ingredients while grazing from one booth to the next on an epicurean adventure.
The 2024 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival kicked off on Friday, March 1 and runs through April 22 with local, celebrity and Disney chefs offering cooking tips during culinary demonstrations, tasting seminars and signature events.
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The centerpiece of the festival are the 10 marketplace booths offering 12 new food items during this year’s event. DCA eateries and food stands as well Downtown Disney restaurants also serve festival fare.
Disney trimmed three marketplace booths from the festival this year (Berry Patch, I Heart Artichokes and Avocado Time) while adding a new booth focused on plant-based meat (Earth Eats).
A Sip and Savor card that can be used at food and beverage stands throughout the festival costs $61 for 8 items with a $5 discount for Magic Key annual passholders. This year there is also a $31 Sip & Savor pass good for 4 items with no passholder discount.
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You don’t have to buy your food at the booth where it’s served. The best bet is to figure out everything you want to eat and order it all at once from the register stand with the shortest line. Then you can pick up your food whenever you want.
The Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo booth had the shortest line with the most open cashiers on opening day — in part because it was furthest from the front entrance and had the least festival traffic.
I was thrilled to see Disney replaced the tear off tabs with a QR code on the Sip & Savor Card. I was disappointed to see the marketplace booth names dropped from the receipt you need to hang onto to redeem all your purchased food items. The numbers are…
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