There are LOTS of restaurants to eat at in Disney World and a whole bunch of different food to try.

While you can opt for the classic corn dog nuggets and chicken nuggets with fries, sometimes you might be in the mood for something more unique and Disney’s got plenty of that too. Anyone up for a BEEF FAT CANDLE?! Yes, you read that right — a fully edible CANDLE made of BEEF FAT! Well, if you’re looking to grab one of these in the parks, you’ll want to head over to EPCOT.

Specifically, you’ll want to hop on over to EPCOT’s Canada pavilion and grab a seat at Le Cellier Steakhouse. Le Cellier is known for many things including their Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup and pretzel bread. But today we went for something different — the Artisan Cheese and Charcuterie Plate.

This charcuterie plate is made with a Selection of House-made Charcuterie paired with Artisanal Canadian and French Cheeses with Seasonal Accompaniments and is priced at $21. You can get a peek at the items that were included in our charcuterie board today. And yes, the last item on there is a BEEF FAT CANDLE.

That’s right folks, the charcuterie board at Le Cellier is currently served with a 100% edible beef fat candle that is made in the Le Cellier kitchen out of “slow rendered Beef Fat that is flavored with garlic and rosemary.”

As the candle melts, you can spread that beef fat all over your breads or even meats as you so choose! And let us tell you, this thing is GOOD.

Over at Le Cellier in Epcot, we are trying the Artisan Cheese and Charcuterie Plate – which comes with an edible beef fat candle. pic.twitter.com/ImkXs3zMit

— AJ Wolfe (@DisneyFoodBlog) May 12, 2021

 

 

 

On its own, it doesn’t really have a ton of beef flavor. We felt like the rosemary was actually the most pronounced flavor when eaten alone. (And yes, we ate it on its own for research. You’re welcome).

Cutting into the edible beef candle at Le Cellier! pic.twitter.com/2tbiKL2stV

— AJ Wolfe (@DisneyFoodBlog) May 12, 2021

 

 

When we added the beef fat to the meats and cheeses, and created our special little bites, it added a FABULOUS depth of flavor and just felt luxurious!

It’s very creamy, slightly waxy, and easily spreadable.

When we visited Le Cellier back in 2019, the charcuterie offering was served with whipped pork fat butter, more like a cousin to our beef fat butter candle friend.

Now, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a beef fat candle in Disney World. Over at Bull and Bear at the Waldorf Astoria Orlando we did find a Tomahawk Candle that is made entirely out of beef fat back in 2011. At the time, it only accompanied the Tomahawk steak.

If you want to try the beef fat candle at Le Cellier for yourself, you can head over to the Canada pavilion and order the charcuterie to taste it. If you need us, we’ll just be over here spreading our beef fat candle on all of our meats and cheeses for a while!

We’ll keep an eye out for more updates and cool things all around Disney World and let you know what we see!

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Hello, everyone!

We’ve been visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom to see what’s been going on lately, at least since we were last there. And we’ve got a few updates for you. So here’s what’s new at Animal Kingdom!

Animal Kingdom Food Updates

Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts has added a few new drinks! And yes, we totally tried that new Strawberry Funnel Cake Frappuccino!.

Um…all of these sound really good!

Read Our Review of the Strawberry Funnel Cake Frappuccino

Animal Kingdom Merchandise Updates

Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures

We found the cutest Loungefly “it’s a small world” Cardholder!

You can grab it now for $20.

Check Out The Latest Disney Cheese-Obsessed Loungefly Collection!

Windtraders

Select kids’ t-shirts are on sale now for $9.99!

These shirts were previously $19.99. That’s like half off!

Check Out The Disney Shirts That Made Us LOL

Riverside Depot

We found two new pins, including one for teachers and one for graduates! Both would make a great gift, don’t you think?

We also spotted a Mickey Cookie Jar for $34.99.

And we found the Cream and Sugar Set we’ve seen at Disneyland, too!

This set is $29.99.

Here Are 6 Disney Items Under $20 That You’ll Want to Bring Home ASAP!

Yak & Yeti Market

We found the kids’ t-shirt sale here, too!

Grab them now while they’re $9.99 each!

Here are MORE Discounted Disney Tees!

Serka Zong Bazaar

This lovely Meditation Bowl could be just what you need to take the stress out of your day.

It’s available for $29.95.

Check Out The Yeti That Actually Works in Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom Other Updates

The Moana Sand Sculpture on the Discovery Island Stage is finished!

We’ve really loved watching these sand sculptures come to life!

Click Here To Find Out About The PRIVATE Photo Sessions Now Being Offered at Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

That’s it for our time here at Animal Kingdom, but we’ll be back soon with even more updates!

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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, it’s a pretty good time to be a Star Wars fan!

We recently celebrated May the 4th with all kinds of cool items, tons of new Star Wars series are coming to Disney+ in the future, Rey’s lightsaber hilt is now available in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, AND the Star Wars Hotel is set to open next year! If you’re planning to fill 2022 with all kinds of Star Wars fun, including a trip to Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, then there’s a big update you need to know about!

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, which is Lucasfilm Ltd.’s official Star Wars fan event, will actually be taking place in 2022 earlier than originally planned! Star Wars Celebration was set to take place on August 18th through the 21st, 2022. But now it will be held in Anaheim May 26th through May 29th, 2022.

If you already have tickets and you want to keep them, your order will automatically be transferred to the new dates and you’ll receive a confirmation email in the coming months about it. You won’t need to take any action for your tickets to be transferred to the new dates if you want to keep them.

If you want to get a refund for your 2022 ticket order, you can visit the Star Wars Celebration website. All ticket refund requests have to be made before June 11th, 2021, so just be sure to mark that down in your calendars! All ticket holders are also set to receive an email with detailed instructions about how to submit a refund request, so you’ll want to be on the lookout for that.

Keep in mind that D23 Expo has been delayed and will also be taking place in Anaheim 2022 in September. We’ll keep an eye out for more details about both of these events. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Do you consider yourself a Disney key collector?

If so, it seems like Disney’s always rollin’ out new options for ya! We’ve recently seen Star Wars, rainbow, and eco-friendly designs. But if you just can’t decide which one you wanna grab — or maybe you just want a little mystery! — then we’ve got just the thing for you.

We’ve seen mystery sets of collectible keys before, and now we’ve got a spin on ’em! When you snag this particular mystery box, you’ll score one of 6 collectible key pins. The designs are inspired by Aladdin, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, Forky, Stitch, and Up.

Remember, you won’t know which of these key pins you got until you open the box. So you’ll wanna be ok with getting any of these options when you order! Quantity is limited to 12 per guest, and the box will cost you $12.99.

Click Here to Buy the Collectible Key Pin Mystery Box!

Best of luck collecting ’em all! And stay tuned to DFB for more Disney news.

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Disney World is slowly returning to pre-COVID operations.

We’re seeing restaurants and hotels reopening, health and safety measures shifting, and suspended events returning. But not everything is as it was before just yet! There are still quite a few things that haven’t returned to Disney World since the extended closure last year.

1. FastPass+

FastPass+ previously gave guests the opportunity to skip long lines for popular attractions throughout the parks. But when Disney World reopened last summer, the feature was temporarily suspended to allow for “additional queue space to manage capacity at and maintain physical distancing.” There has been no word on when we’ll see it return.

The FastPass+ queue space isn’t being largely used right now — it seems to be reserved for Disability Access Service, Club 33 members, and other special cases. But before FastPass+ is opened back up to the general public, we may need to see big changes to Disney’s current capacity restrictions.

Currently, Disney has removed the FastPass+ feature from the My Disney Experience app, and has taken down some FastPass+ signs from rides. There’s no word yet on what that means for its return. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more!

Learn More About What’s Going on with FastPass+!

2. Fireworks

When the parks first reopened, many activities were temporarily suspended to discourage crowding. Firework shows were one of those things. While they briefly returned in a VERY modified format for the holiday season, big shows like Happily Ever After remain unavailable.

Although Disney does have a brand-new fireworks show in the works (Harmonious in EPCOT), there has been no announcement on when it will debut. In fact, Disney’s been pretty tight-lipped as construction has made MAJOR progress!

Again, we’ll likely have to see social distancing measures lessen (which Disney Word is working towards) before fireworks can return. Disney would really have to come up with a way to avoid crowding. And bringing them back could also open a pretty big can of worms for the rest of Disney entertainment, much of which is also temporarily suspended.

Here’s What We Know About EPCOT’s New Fireworks Show!

3. Live Entertainment

Like we mentioned, a lot of Disney’s other entertainment is also temporarily suspended! That includes live shows like Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Finding Nemo: The Musical in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and more.

We have seen some entertainment return in a modified form, like the Jammitors, Mariachi Cobre, and Voices of Liberty in EPCOT, and the Festival of the Lion King show in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. But the large majority is still unavailable.

Performer layoffs for groups like the Grand Floridian Orchestra, Ye-Haa Bob, the Citizens of Main Street, and the Citizens of Hollywood may also affect select live entertainment’s return. We’ll keep a close eye on the situation and be sure to keep you posted!

Here’s What’s Going on with Entertainment in Disney World!

4. Parades

Disney’s parades, like the iconic Festival of Fantasy, were also suspended with the parks’ reopening. Again, this has a lot to do with discouraging crowds in certain pockets of the park.

Currently, character cavalcades take the parades’ place. These “mini-parades” involve a few characters, some performers, and music. They pop up spontaneously throughout the parks, so guests don’t line up in crowds to watch them.

There’s been no word on when parades may take the character cavalcades’ place again. Disney has already announced that their Boo Bash Halloween After Hours event will feature cavalcades instead of parades, so we’re guessing it could be a while!

Check Out What Cavalcades You Can See in Disney World!

5. Pre-Shows

A lot of Disney rides feature a pre-show: many of us are familiar with the spiels before Soarin’, Dinosaur, Flight of Passage, and more.

A lot of these pre-shows are situated in a closed-off room and are no longer feasible due to social distancing and holding large groups of people in a small space. Disney’s tackled this issue in a couple of different ways. Some pre-shows, such as Soarin’, Rise of the Resistance, and Flight of Passage, take place socially distanced, with fewer guests in the room at any given time.

For other pre-shows, like Dinosaur, guests will walk straight through the room while the pre-show is playing. This will let you catch a little snippet of the backstory without standing in place for too long.

Lastly, in some cases, pre-shows have been eliminated altogether. This is the case at the Haunted Mansion, where guests will walk right through the Stretching Room without the pre-show playing in the background.

Again, Disney hasn’t indicated when “normal” pre-shows could return.

Here’s What Pre-Shows Look Like in Disney World Now!

6. Disney Dining Plan

Like with many other offerings, Disney temporarily suspended its Dining Plan when the parks reopened last summer. The feature previously allowed guests to pre-pay for a designated number of meals and snacks for their trip. Each person in your travel party would get a specified number of snack credits and fast food and/or sit down meal credits per day, along with a refillable mug.

As you can imagine, this really helped people out when budgeting for their vacations! But, largely due to limited capacity and restaurant closures upon reopening, the Disney Dining Plan has remained unavailable. Currently, you’re unable to purchase a Dining Plan for both 2021 and 2022 bookings. Now, this doesn’t mean the Dining Plan won’t be an option in 2022 — guests may be able to modify their packages at a later date. But right now, that’s all an unknown.

For the Dining Plan to return, we’ll need to see enough restaurants reopen and capacity increase so that the plan is worthwhile for guests. After all, that value has to be worth the cost! But while the feature remains suspended, we’ve got plenty of tips to help you save on your meals — for both Quick Service and Table Service eats.

Read More About When the Dining Plan Could Return!

7. Buffets

As you can imagine, buffets are currently unavailable at Disney World restaurants due to safety precautions. Meals such as The Crystal Palace, Chef Mickey’s, and Hollywood and Vine, which were buffets pre-closure, are currently served family-style.

What does that look like? Well, you’ll still have plenty of options for what you want to chow down on! Your server will just bring a “mini-buffet” to your table. The all-you-care-to-enjoy meal will feature a wide variety of selections to meet everyone’s tastes.

Again, no word on exactly when buffets could return. But in order for them to resume, we’ll need more than relaxed social distancing guidelines or a capacity increase. We’ll have to see a MAJOR return to normal instead.

Here’s What a Family-Style Meal Looks Like at Disney World Right Now!

Many of these “extras” may return to Disney World with further elimination of health and safety procedures. We are seeing progress back to “normal,” so there is a chance we could see many of these things back sooner rather than later. We’ll keep an eye out for any updates and keep ya posted, so stay tuned to DFB!

Check Out What IS Back to Normal in Disney World!

NOTE: Disney World has JUST announced a change in social distancing measures in select locations across property. We will continue to update you on what this means for the experiences listed above and more. Be on the lookout for more details in the coming days.

Read about the new Social Distancing policy change here. 

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