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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

5. Pinocchio’s Village Haus If you have a family with younger children, you may be familiar with this quick-service location in Fantasyland primarily for its child-friendly menu of Italian-inspired dishes.  If this is not one of your regular dining spots, however, you should know that in the Monstro room there are a number of tables that overlook the “it’s a small world” boat loading area.  If you

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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

6. San Angel Inn Restaurante Along the same lines as Pinocchio’s Village Haus, the San Angel Inn Restaurante in Epcot’s Mexico pavilion offers great theming with a fun view!  The tables sit at the base of a Mayan pyramid with a smoking volcano in the distance, and some tables overlook the first part of the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros ride.  The menu of Mexican favorites is a win

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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

When it comes to the Disney World Resort, the word “secret” takes on a very relative meaning.  After all, with tens of thousands of guests descending on the theme parks and resorts on any given day, there’s hardly even a square inch of Disney property that hasn’t been found and experienced by countless guests.  Further, one Disney fan’s secret is another Disney fan’s old reliable stand-by.  That b

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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

1. Bongo’s Cuban Café Express When you’re on the move at Disney Springs and don’t have a lot of time to sit down and eat, you simply can’t beat Bongo’s Cuban Café Express.  This quick service window to the left of the main entrance of Bongo’s Cuban Café offers great Cuban sandwiches, flatbreads, salads, and entrées, but the real star of the show is their Cuban snack menu.  Featuring pork, beef, an

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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

2. The Wave… of American Flavors The Wave… of American Flavors at Disney’s Contemporary Resort offers up new American cuisine with locally sourced ingredients, and features a number of distinctive dishes like sweet potato pancakes and a juicy bison burger.  But one of the best things about this restaurant is that it offers one of the most reasonably priced breakfast buffets on property.  Prices ar

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6 Tips for Choosing The Right Disney Resort

3. Theming Between all of the resorts, Disney offers many different themed resorts to captivate your imagination and enhance your vacation. If theming is important to you, take some time and explore the backstories of the various resorts and the themes they offer. Our family has had a great time exploring all of the resorts, but our favorite is the old South theming of Port Orleans Riverside. Phot

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6 Tips for Choosing The Right Disney Resort

4. Amenities Each resort has a distinct menu of amenities offered to guests. Is it important to you to have a sit-down restaurant at your resort? Or do you eat most of your meals in the parks? Do you want to have a non-park day at the resort and enjoy a luxurious pool experience? Or do you just like to take a quick dip after getting back to your room? Some of the resorts have spas for guests to in

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6 Tips for Choosing The Right Disney Resort

5. DVC Component Some resorts have DVC villas attached to the resort. This can be an important consideration for guests looking at investing into DVC. Guests can rent points and stay in a DVC room for a portion of their stay. The DVC villas offer better amenities for guests wanting additional space – some villas have up to three bedrooms and full kitchens. This can be a great way to include more o

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6 Tips for Choosing The Right Disney Resort

6. Transportation The deluxe resorts afford guests additional forms of transportation to some of the parks, either via boats, monorails, or proximity that allows walking.  Some of the moderate resorts do have boat transportation, but not to the parks, just to Disney Springs.  If having transportation choices are important, you may want to consider staying in a deluxe resort. A lot goes into a deci

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6 Tips for Choosing The Right Disney Resort

There is much to consider when planning a Disney vacation – how long are we going to stay? Are we going to get Park Hopper tickets? Will we go to a water park? Where do we want to eat? One of the most important questions to consider is where are you going to stay? If you are considering staying on Disney property, here are 6 things to consider before making your decision!

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