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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

8. Captain’s Grille Perhaps overshadowed by the well-known Yachtsman Steakhouse nearby, Captain’s Grille at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort nonetheless offers a quality dining experience in its own right.  Covering both sides of “surf and turf”, this restaurant features standard seafood favorites like crab cakes, clam chowder, seared scallops,

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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

7. The Plaza Restaurant There’s flying under the radar, and then there’s hiding in plain sight!  Magic Kingdom’s The Plaza Restaurant sits right at the end of Main Street U.S.A. just next to the popular Plaza Ice Cream Parlor, and still there are many people who have never heard of it!  They serve delicious comfort foods like meatloaf, ch

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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 Th

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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

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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

4. Tangierine Café It’s hard to believe that any dining establishment in Epcot could fly under the radar, considering all of the delightful places to eat that can be found there.  But Tangierine Café in Epcot’s Morocco pavilion somehow manages to be a true fan favorite while still remaining somewhat unknown to most.  It might the large nu

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10 Best Kept Secret Dining Spots Around Disney World Resort

3. Pineapple Lanai  Are you craving one last Dole Whip or Dole Whip Float before your vacation ends, but don’t have another Magic Kingdom day on your itinerary?  Have no fear, because this iconic treat is still within your grasp.  The Pineapple Lanai at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort serves up this soft serve as well!  Seek them out b

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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

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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 t

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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 s

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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

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