LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Two exciting additions are coming to Epcot World Showcase, with culinary expansions under way at the Italy pavilion and Mexico pavilion.
In Italy, an authentic Neapolitan pizzeria is under construction with opening planned for fall 2010 in time for the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Operated by Patina Restaurant Group, the same restaurateurs who run the pavilion’s Tutto Italia Ristorante, the 300-seat pizzeria is inspired by Naples 45, another Patina Restaurant Group pizzeria on East 45th Street in New York City.
The casual pizzeria will feature wood-burning ovens – and will import water from a source that most resembles the water in Naples, Italy, home of some of the world’s best pizza dough. The menu also will feature pastas, salads, sandwiches and Italian wines.
The 14,000-square-foot space will include indoor and outdoor dining.
At Mexico, the popular Cantina de San Angel restaurant is expanding, and will feature 400 seats with al fresco seating for lunch and a perfect place for viewing “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth,” the nightly Epcot fireworks spectacular.
The restaurant will feature south-of-the border creations from the culinary team at San Angel Inn LLC, who have run both the outside eatery and the pavilion’s San Angel Inn for more than 25 years. Opening also is set for fall 2010.
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Looks like great new additions to EPCOT.
–Kay
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Do you plan to welcome the New Year at one of the Disney Parks? If so there’s a lot to choose from this year — nine parade performances and five fireworks shows. If that lineup has your attention, here are the New Year’s Eve details broken down by park:
Magic Kingdom
- “Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It!” parade and street party (11 a.m., 2 and 5:15 p.m.)
- “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” (12 noon and 3:30 p.m.)
- “SpectroMagic” parade of lights and music (7 and 10:30 p.m.)
- “Holiday Wishes” fireworks (8:30 p.m.)
- “Fantasy in the Sky” fireworks (11:50 p.m.)
- Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 8 a.m.-2 a.m.
Epcot
- Special version of “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” (7:30 and 11:40 p.m.)
- Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 9 a.m.-1 a.m.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- “Fantasmic!” nighttime musical special effects extravaganza (6:30, 8 and 10 p.m.)
- Live performances by in-park band “Mulch, Sweat and Shears,” back-to-back with a DJ at Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat. (Mulch, Sweat and Shears sets are 8, 9, 10 and 11 p.m.; DJ starts at 6:30 p.m.)
- A special “Lights, Camera, Happy New Year” fireworks show starring Mulch, Sweat and Shears (11:55 p.m.)
- Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 8 a.m.-midnight
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- “Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade” (4:45 p.m.)
- Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Bay Lake And Seven Seas Lagoon
- The Electrical Water Pageant (9 p.m.; plays to Magic Kingdom entrance area at 10:25 p.m.)
Note: Show times and entertainment are subject to change without notice.
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