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Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
That’s an artist’s depiction of the new retaurant set to open in the Italy pavilion of EPCOT Center. Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria will open in August 2010. The restaurant will seat 300 and feature a family-friendly menu (details below) based on resturant creator Nick Valenti’s travels in Southern Italy and his success with the similalry-named Naples 45 Ristorante e Pizzeria in New York City. The Via Napoli will feature pizzas cooked in one of three wood-burning ovens (ensuring dry baking that makes for the perfect crust). Each oven is named after real, active volcanos in Italy — Etna (located on the island of Sicily), Vesuvius (8 miles east and Naples and famous for destroying Pompeii in 79 AD), and Stromboli (a small volcanic island off the coast of Sicily).
The menu is mouth-watering. Here it is, courtesy of The official Disney Parks website:
Appetizers: Sicilian eggplant with olives and raisins; salad of lettuce, fagiolini (string beans), fennel and tomatoes; arancini (fried saffron risotto balls) with meat ragù, mozzarella and pomodoro sauce; corn-crusted fried calamari; minestrone with basil pesto; shared antipasti plate (arancini, mozzarella, calamari, portobella mushrooms, asparagus, zucchini and carciofi [artichokes])
Main course salads: Manzo (filet of beef) with greens, red onion, gorgonzola, apple and cucumber with a red wine-mustard vinaigrette; chopped salad with lemon chicken, greens, cantaloupe, cucumber, red pepper, green beans, onions, almonds and pasta crisps with honey-citrus vinaigrette; calamari with arugula, carrots and fennel with orange vinaigrette.
Pastas: candele (long, tube-shaped pasta) with sausage ragù; linguine with seafood; malfadine (ribbon pasta) with guanciale (unsmoked Italian bacon) and pomodoro sauce; lasagna verde.
Piatti alla Parmigiana: (dishes topped with Parmesan and mozzarella gratinée): veal, chicken and eggplant.
Wood-fired pizzas: made with caputo flour imported from Southern Italy, San Marzano tomatoes, handmade mozzarella and water from a local spring just like in Italy’s Campania region – 10-inch, 20-inch or 1/2 meter to share: a dozen choices will be available, from pizza Margherita with tomato, mozzarella and basil to carciofi pizza with artichoke, potato, pecorino cheese, prosciutto and cantaloupe.
Sweets: tiramisù, zeppole di ricotta (ricotta cheese-fried dough, whipped cream and chocolate sauce); apple cake with almond sorbetti; gelatie; and vanilla gelato with almond cookies and amarena cherries.
Thinking about heading to the Walt Disney World® Resort, but not sure what would be available for your toddler? The Walt Disney World® Resort has much to offer for visitors under 3 years old. Starting with free admission, there are also several attractions, shows, etc. available to young dreamers ready for their introduction to the most magical place on earth.
The Magic Kingdom® Park offers a variety of options. Fantasyland® is a virtual paradise – with an abundance of rides to delight both young and old. The railroad provides a nice, relaxing tour of the park and there are a variety of shows exciting enough to maintain interest. There are also parades and an outstanding castle show. Add to that the chance to meet a variety of characters – including Mickey Mouse himself!
Epcot® offers one of the most exciting experiences – a large aquarium with Nemo as your guide! Beginning with a ride in a clamshell, young guests will be amazed by the variety and color of marine-life. The journey ends in one of the largest aquariums in the country. Educational (and still fun!) rides are abundant in The Land Pavilion as well as in the Mexico and Norway Pavilions in the World Showcase. There are multiple shows throughout Epcot® as well as several Kidcot stations where crafts and other activities take place. At the Epcot® Character Spot, there is another chance to meet Disney favorites Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Pluto.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ showcases the great tradition of Disney entertainment with a plethora of enchanting and entertaining shows – including Playhouse Disney-Live on Stage™, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast- Live on Stage. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure is a fun playground to play on. The Block Party Bash® Parade is unique in that it stops several times and breaks into a giant dance party! There is also a spectacular show that runs a couple of times a week called Fantasmic!. It is intense but highly enjoyable, and of course, the good mouse wins! Toddlers and children have a chance to meet their favorite Playhouse Disney® characters as well as Buzz and Woody from the Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story films.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park is simply put a wildlife experience like no other. Part zoo, part adventure, Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park provides an escape to Africa, Asia, and even the pre-historic. Jump on the Kilimanjaro Safaris® Expedition as early as possible and to get incredible views of the animals in action and to beat the crowd. There are a couple of walking trails available where Guests can bird watch, check out a variety of reptiles, and see several gorgeous tigers. Ride the rails to Rafiki’s Planet Watch® Land and not only will Jimney Cricket, Rafiki, and Pocahontas be available for photos, but a petting zoo awaits young visitors! The DinoLand U.S.A.® Area provides all guests with the chance to ride dinosaur themed rides and for toddlers and little ones to enjoy some prehistoric fun.
The Walt Disney World® Resort accommodates families with young children beyond the attractions. Baby Care Centers in all four Disney Theme Parks offer private rooms with rocking chairs for nursing mothers, diaper-changing rooms and rooms with highchairs. Diapers, formula, baby food and teethers are available for purchase. Dining locations offer children’s menus, crayons and coloring books. Length-of-stay stroller rentals are available for Guests who don’t want to bring their own.
The resort hotels of the Walt Disney World® Resort offer plenty of things for your little ones as well. Childcare is available (for additional fee) and to help in packing, port-a-cribs and bedrails may be available upon request. Each of the resorts provides a pool as well as playgrounds (in select resorts). Highchairs may be available for request in Disney’s Deluxe Villas Resorts. When staying at a Disney Resort, it’s a short trip back to the room for a nap before returning to the Park to watch fireworks at night!
The Walt Disney World® Resort offers such a variety of activities for all generations – including guests 3 and under. Imagine the excitement and enchantment achieved through shared experience that awaits your entire family! Come enjoy the Magic through the wondrous eyes of a child!
Epcot Flower and Garden Festival
The Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is reaching its final days this year. The entire Epcot crew put on an amazing event and they can go home knowing they made plenty of foodie fanatics extremely happy! We’re sure the guests that visited the event at Epcot, one of the most popular Disney theme parks, went home with full tummies and plenty of pictures to commemorate the culinary event and are already busy planning for next year’s trip. But for those of you that like to call gardening your passion, you can rest assured the Walt Disney World Resort has not left you behind.
Disney just released the details for the 17th annual Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, and it looks like it’s going to be yet another fantastic event full of Disney magic. The event will go on for 75 days, from March 3rd to May 16th, giving you plenty of time to pick up your discount Disney tickets and come to Orlando for a beautiful park experience like you’ve never seen before. Luckily for everyone, the festival is starting earlier!
“The advantage of starting earlier is that we’ll be able to feature more brilliant color than ever, with richly hued petunias, violas, snapdragons and other hardy flowers,” says festival horticulture manager Eric Darden. “By starting earlier and going through mid-May, it allows more guests than ever to experience the festival and to plan ahead for their spring and summer gardening.”
Prepare to have plenty of events to go to and keep your camera handy. There will be beautiful topiaries of all of your favorite Disney characters. The New Victory Garden at the American Adventure will focus on veggies and topiaries of Disney’s “Fab Five” Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto and Goofy. If you like butterflies you will enjoy Bambi’s Butterfly House over at Future World West. It will feature 3,500 square feet of beautiful flowers and up to 700 butterflies flitting about. Fairy fans will love the Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden featuring Tinker Bell and the rest of her Pixie Hollow friends. This is going to be a great event, so don’t forget to check back with us for all of the news about the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival.
Epcot Center
Epcot theme park, one of 4 Theme Parks at Walt Disney World Resort, sprawls across 300 acres—twice the size of Magic Kingdom theme park —and is divided into Future World and World Showcase.
Future World
Future World is full of sensational attractions—including one of the fastest attractions in all Disney Parks—as well as inspiring entertainment and shows, all of which focus on technological advancements, innovation and wonder. In Future World, ideas become reality.
The Epcot theme park icon, Spaceship Earth , looking like a giant golf ball rising high above the horizon, welcomes you as you walk through the Park’s main entrance.
World Showcase
Beyond Future World, if entering from the main gate at Epcot theme park, is the World Showcase area. World Showcase is a collective of Pavilions that wrap around the World Showcase Lagoon. Inside the Pavilions, find shops, attractions and restaurants that represent the culture and cuisine of these 11 countries:
- Mexico
- Norway
- China
- Germany
- Italy
- United States
- Japan
- Morocco
- France
- United Kingdom
- Canada
While walking between Pavilions, be amused by live performers—some may even invite you to participate in the show! There’s also plenty of kid-centric entertainment, too, like Disney Character meet and greet locations and Kidcot fun stops. At Kidcot stations , kids can create one-of-a-kind souvenirs.
In Epcot theme park, creativity is encouraged, imagination is celebrated and countries are united. Be amazed, inspired, enlightened and entertained!
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