It’s finally summertime again in Disney World, which means a lot of things.

Heat, crowds, and lots of water all around, but in Disney Springs, it means something different. Flavors of Florida has returned yet again this year, and we’re getting a sneak peek at some of the different delicious exclusive menu items you can get this time of year!

This year, Flavors of Florida takes place from June 27th to August 10th, 2025 and features over 90 limited-time dishes from 45+ different restaurants around Disney Springs!

To start your day and make sure you don’t miss anything, you’ll want to pick up an event guide from the Disney Springs Welcome Center. With so many restaurants participating and snacks to try, it can get overwhelming fast! We recommend taking a look at what’s high on your priority list and going from there — pay special attention to what locations offer Mobile Order, because it’ll likely save you TONS of time!

We also got a sneak peek at several of the new items coming to the festival, first starting over at Homecomin’! We tested out the Tupelo Chicken and Biscuits, which are chicken biscuits dressed with fresh dill and parsley-ranch slaw, drizzled with Tupelo honey from the Savannah Bee Company.

This was the best biscuit we’ve ever had! It was an amazing balance of sweet and savory. Plus the CHEESE! It also had a new slaw and was on the salty side, but we absolutely loved it. Incredible.

We also tried the new Honey Bee beverage with Tom Cat Gin, honey syrup, and fresh-squeezed lemon, topped with house-made honey foam.

This was lemony and sweet, but did had a strong alcohol taste. Despite that, it was smooth with a strong aftertaste.  It had a literal chunk of honeycomb in it, and we adored that.  We also headed over to Maria and Enzo’s to test out two more new items! First we had the  Bruschetta Calabrese. It’s grilled ciabatta topped with ‘Nduja and Florida-sourced Fioretta stracciatella, petal honey, and micro arugula.

The middle of this was mozzarella and a sausage spread on grilled bread. It was spicy, but we are fans of burrata. It was drizzled with local honey. This guy was SPICY. To wash it all down, we had the new Southeastern Sangria. It’s made with Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Florida orange liqueur, apricot brandy, hibiscus, orange, and cinnamon.

This was a deep red with deep flavors! It was on the bitter side and very strong. Over at Frontera Cocina, we tried the Cóctel de Camarones with Florida pink shrimp with a tangy, spicy Mexican cocktail sauce, avocado, jícama, cucumber, cilantro, and lime.

This was spicy and juicy! The shrimp was big, which we loved, and it paired well with the avocado and cucumber. The shrimp is big and juicy. It has super nice textures with the sauce mixed in well. To go with that, we had the Florida Groves Margarita! It has Lalo Blanco Tequila, Florida citrus juice, orange liqueur, and pink grapefruit soda with a hint of Aperol Liqueur.

This was similar to orange juice, and it was acidic and bright. The tequila is not very strong, which can be a good or bad thing depending on the person. We also got to check out the Frita Cubana Dog from B.B. Wolf’s Sausage Co!

It’s an all-beef quarter-pound hot dog served with chorizo, Cuban-style ketchup, Swiss cheese, crispy potato sticks, and Cuban bread. This was an interesting texture and super meaty! It was paired with Gulf White Shrimp Fritters that you can find at Jock Lindsey’s.

These are Sunshine Stroll Orange Pilsner-battered Gulf white shrimp fritters, with grilled sweet peppers, and Datil pepper aïoli. The aioli was super spicy and creamy, but not overwhelming! The shrimp were super textured and were whole shrimp, which surprised us.

We also sipped on thePassion Fruit Spritz at Jock Lindsery’s which was a Aperol Liqueur, prosecco, and passion fruit purée garnished with a dehydrated orange.

It was bright and sweet, although not alcohol forward. It reminded us a lot of a fruit punch! We also put Terralina Crafted Italian to the test with their three new items!

But eating specialty menu offerings isn’t the only thing available during this event. You can also check out the FREE Culinary Series hosted by Kroger, and/or the bookable Pairing Events happening as well. We got to check out the Pairing Event at Homecomin’! 

The pairing is $100 (that includes tip) and is a Bloody Mary mixology class! In the class, they make 4 Bloody Marys and your own cocktail mix. There are 40 people in the class, and food is also included.

They chose Bloody Mary’s because of Florida’s rich tomato history! It also highlights a crop that isn’t always represented in Florida, like oranges. They called it “Florida in a drink”.

We also stopped by one of the Culinary Demonstrations over at Frontera Cocina! We got to see Chef Carlos David Acosta create the Cóctel de Camarones that we tasted.

He broke down each item in the dish and also showcased the margarita at the front of the demonstration table. You can see this event (which you will need to register for) on August 1st, 2025, from 9:15 AM to 10 AM at Waterview Park.

This feels like how the Food and Wine Festival in EPCOT used to feel, and you don’t even need a park ticket to indulge.

Over by The Polite Pig, you can also find the FREE Discover the Springs Seek and Find activity. If you complete it and bring it to the restaurant, you’ll receive a complimentary surprise! We’ll be sure to keep you updated on all the latest Flavors of Florida news, so stay tuned to DFB this summer!

Here’s everything you need to know about Flavors of Florida this year!

What item are you most looking forward to getting? Tell us in the comments!

Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Disney World to attend their media preview of Flavors of Florida. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ