food IS a theme park
Cinderella Castle
“Let me see your nails!” That’s honestly one of the first things readers say to me when I meet them in the parks!
Dole Whip Cupcake
Since Disney Food Blog historically has been a “faceless” brand (early on it was always our policy to stay anonymous so that we could report on the true experience that any guest would receive when they went to a Disney restaurant or attraction…like an old school food critic), but in all of my photos I always had a manicure. And then, when we hired Tina (who was our primary reporter in the parks for 5 years), her nails were always immaculate — as well as the rest of her; she’s a style ICON!!!
We are celebrating the 15th anniversary of Disney Food Blog this year!
Lime and Pineapple Dole Whip
When I look back over 15 years of DFB, it is easy to find many things to celebrate. But I’m not going to lie and say it was all pretty cupcakes and yummy totchos and delectable plastic cheese. Starting a business is HARD. Building a brand is HARD. Planting a stake in digital media, which I swear changes daily, is HARD. And if I’m being completely honest here, there were definitely times when I wanted to quit.
Disney Food Blog is 15 years old!
The Key Lime Pie Sundae
Doing what I do for 15 years has been full of surprises, learning, and flat-out confusion. And I get asked all the time if I have any advice for people who are starting out as content creators, or bloggers, or writers, or photographers, or some other creative or entrepreneural endeavor.
It has been 15 years since I started the Disney Food Blog. Like many entrepreneurs, I started it as a side hustle while I was working full-time. I was passionate about Disney World, and NO ONE was really talking about the FOOD.
REAL plastic cheese
From LIME Dole Whip to Plastic Cheese to the original Carrot Cake Cookie, I started sharing all of my favorites — as well as the tips and tricks for planning a Disney World vacation I’ve learned from years of Disney travel — and people (like YOU, THANK YOU!!) started following along. And then came the time to decide to stop working for other people and make that side hustle my full-time gig. But man, there are some things I know now that I wish I knew then.
I’ve been writing about Disney — and specifically FOOD at Disney — for 15 years now!
A classic!
It’s been quite awhile since I started holding up my treats in front of Cinderella Castle and sharing them with the world (and believe me, I got SO MANY weird looks when I started). Over the years, I’ve spent THOUSANDS of dollars trying every restaurant and every new menu item in Disney World — and now we have a whole team reporting 365 days a year (yes, we’re even working on the holidays), and millions of followers! I’m taking a minute today to look back, and I need to tell you that it all started with a not-so-great (at least it SEEMED not so great at the time) day…
If there’s anything we’ve learned here at Disney Food Blog over the last 15 years, we LOVE to talk about two very different things — food and abandoned Disney World places. We consider it a true treat when we can talk at length about one particular thing that is able to combine the two.
Hollywood Studios
While it’s true that Disney World restaurants are rolling out all the time, it’s always sad to see them close their doors for a final bow. It stings even more when one of those beloved restaurants helped launch our food reviews here at DFB, AND unknowingly at the time, helped us lay the foundation of what you know and trust about us today. [Read more…]
Believe it or not, DFB has been around for 15 years. We know, we can hardly believe it ourselves! We’re celebrating with a HUGE event — DFB Megafest!
MEGAFEST!
Over the years, the Disney Food Blog has grown, changed, and evolved — and some pretty epic things have happened in the process. Whether you’ve been a fan since Day 1 or if this is your very first time reading the blog (welcome!) we thought we’d share the biggest “pinch me!” moments from running DFB over the years.
Disney Food Blog specializes in a lot of different Disney news, but something we’ve been focused on for the longest time — about 15 years! — is in our name: Disney food!
We love Disney food!
We have a HUGE passion for all things Disney food here, and that means we’ve tried some amazing snacks and dining locations over the years and have also told you all about the ones we don’t recommend spending your time and money on. We’ll continue to do so for the years to come because things are pretty much always changing in the Disney parks. But we have to be honest with you — after all these years of reviewing Disney food, we have TWO wildly controversial opinions that you’ll either completely agree with or want to yell at your phone.
Wow…15 years goes by SO fast.
You have no idea what we went through to get this photo
In that time, we’ve done a lot of running around Disney Parks, usually with some kind of food in our hands, trying to get that perfect photo. Meanwhile, we’re also taking photos of amazing Cast Members doing amazing things, Disney ducks (sorry, not sorry), baby animals, and more. But the food photos are what you really know us for, and you would not BELIEVE what we’ve done to get those great shots. So we’re going to tell you.
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