For those who are went to the Party for the Senses, can you get bottles of water? I'm unable to partake in the wines this year, but I can't remember if there is bottled water available for those who don't/can't drink.
Thanks!
I guess I'll be able to confirm whether Disney actually does what they told me they will do after I attend next Saturday. I'm choosing to believe the phone call and will plan to be there at 5 pm or maybe 5:15 pm to sign in. It gets really crowded and hard to get to the doors in advance if you aren't there early. The people who can't get in until 6:30 don't like letting you pass them to get to the sign in for Wine View.
And I doubt that all the booths will be ready in advance but there are special things at the Wine View area that they can do in advance. Drink orders, cheese table, the starting appetizer for the wine View guests, etc.
Gin -
We did WVL on 10/23. We checked in shortly after 5pm, received our buttons and armbands, then wandered for awhile. We came back around 530pm, we were let in to the holding area around 545pm (the first picture of inside is timestamped 553 pm) and had some champagne. Although I don't know what time we were let in to the actual area with the food, I know we went to our table, chatted with our waitress, and THEN headed to the first station (which was Robert Irvine's): our picture with him is timestamped 610pm, so I think they must have let us in by 6pm. It seems like we made at least 2 food and wine runs - maybe even 3 - before everyone else was let in.
Hope that helps!!
Sarah
No. Large Evian bottles in iced tubs for glass rinsing and drinking and also a beverage station with flavored waters in dispensers but no individual bottles.
We have never taken advantage of the reserved seating at Eat to the Beat for PftS. We plan to this year, the last weekend to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
Do we get our wristbands near World Showcase Pavilion first, then walk over to the America Gardens Theatre? Or do they have a list of names at the Theatre for reserved seating?
.... And our tickets are non-hopping.
We want to spend our time at Epcot's Food and Wine Festival. Saturday, though, is most likely going to be very crowded.
Should we:
A.) Spend Saturday hanging at the Swan, go for a drive, visit Fort Wilderness, etc., then spend Sunday and most of Monday at Epcot, then leave straight for the airport Monday around 4? Or-
B.) Spend Saturday and Sunday at Epcot, and do the exploring non-park stuff on Monday, before heading for the airport?
Saturday at Epcot means more crowds. Monday at Epcot means much lighter crowds, but we won't get to spend the whole day there, and we can easily spend 2 days browsing the entire park.
Which should we do?
But touring plans said it will be very light.
Just got back from WDW. Sun Oct 24 was 90 degrees and EPCOT was packed - lines at all food and wines booths until closing. Much better during the week. We saw Billy Ocean and Starship, they were both fantastic and there was plenty of seating for walk ins. Great Food and Wine Festival, can't wait to go back. Also, I don't know if the water was there because of the extreme heat but regular sized bottles of water were being sold at each booth. I loved that you could use DDP snack credits for the food. Great deal.