Disney World’s Fanciest Resort Conjures up EPCOT’s Fanciest Meals Sales space

In the event you ask most followers, they’ll let you know that Walt Disney World’s fanciest resort is the Grand Floridian. And perhaps they’re proper. It’s the flagship lodge, has the most costly rooms, and probably the most formidable meals scene. Nothing can contact Victoria & Albert’s, and Citricos and Narcoossee’s are arguably the 2 most refined Signature Eating places.

In the event you ask me, Disney’s Yacht Membership Resort is fancier. It simply feels extra stately and refined. With deep, masculine woods, darkish colours, leather-based furnishings, and an antique-looking globe, it reminds you of someplace that you just’d think about senators and titans of business might need puffed on cigars and made energy performs within the early 1900s. I might see the Roosevelts and Rockefellers moving into an arguments–or fisticuffs–within the foyer.

Though I wouldn’t essentially name Yacht Membership “stuffy,” that’s the phrase utilized by many followers to explain the resort. And that may be the vibe when high-end conventions are being hosted right here, as businesspeople and c-suite executives do collect within the foyer and do these imagined behaviors of the Roosevelts and Rockefellers (minus the cigars). Accordingly, it shouldn’t be a shock that WDW’s (debatably) fanciest resort has impressed its (debatably) fanciest meals sales space on the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Backyard Pageant: Yacht Grub Outside Kitchen.

Right here’s a full rundown of the Yacht Grub meals & drink menus:

Meals:

• Trio of Dips and Chips: Caramelized onion dip, whipped feta dip, and pimento cheese with house-made potato chips and caviar (New)
• Meat Assorti: Beef bresaola, prosciutto ham, and salami with child arugula, pickled mustard seeds, tomato jam, truffle oil, and grilled ciabatta (New)
• Assorted Artisanal Cheeses and Accompaniments

Drinks:

• Elderflower Glowing Cocktail: Glowing wine, Seagram’s Membership Soda, and St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur (New)
• Lemon Glowing Cocktail: Glowing wine, Seagram’s Membership Soda, and limoncello liqueur (New)
• Orange Glowing Cocktail:  Glowing wine, Seagram’s Membership Soda, and Aperol Aperitivo Liqueur (New)
• Glowing Cocktail Flight (New)

The Yacht Grub Outside Kitchen is positioned within the former Future World on the walkway from Journey into Creativeness in direction of World Showcase. The cubicles on this space are principally on the entrance to World Showcase, very close to the Canada pavilion. Yacht and Seashore Grub are additionally throughout from Honey Bee-stro on the identical path, and the Swirled Showcase is throughout from that.

Most notably, these cubicles are by the brand new Playalong Bay Play Backyard. Just like the meals cubicles it’s nestled between, this play space pays homage to one among Walt Disney World’s famed resort swimming pools, Stormalong Bay at Yacht & Seashore Membership, mixing enjoyable for the entire household with journey on the excessive seas.

When you’ve got children, we’d suggest getting right here pretty early (cubicles open at 11am–you would possibly wish to safe a spot by 10:50am) or else discovering a desk could be a problem. In the event you don’t have children, we’d suggest strolling again in direction of CommuniCore Plaza and grabbing an outside desk below the the coated space on the fringe of that space. These are tucked away and have a tendency to refill slower as a result of folks don’t see them from the walkway.

Listed below are our meals opinions from the Yacht Grub:

Trio of Dips and Chips ($6.50) – That is, because the title suggests, three dips accompanied by greater than three chips. This dish options caramelized onion dip, whipped feta dip, and pimento cheese with house-made potato chips and caviar.

In the event you’re like me, your eyes instantly went to the “caviar” in that description. See it atop the center dip? If not, bust out your magnifying glass, because it’s there. Clearly, the caviar is only a advertising and marketing ploy to make this dish appear fancy, because it provides nothing to the style. Like everybody else, I prefer to brag concerning the hoity-toity look of consuming caviar, however might take or depart it. Usually talking, “depart it” is the reply after I’m paying.

Regardless, these dips and chips are shockingly good. The pimento is probably the most simple, with a wealthy taste–precisely what you’d count on. The whipped feta is extra attention-grabbing, with a creamy and slight citrus taste. The caramelized onion dip was my favourite of the bunch, with a deep taste and items of onion. The chips are good–precisely like house-made chips round Walt Disney World. If this had been served over at Crew’s Cup Lounge, we’d order it as an appetizer. It’s a surprisingly good dish that additionally provides good worth.

Meat Assorti ($6.75) – This consists of beef bresaola, prosciutto ham, and salami with child arugula, pickled mustard seeds, tomato jam, truffle oil, and grilled ciabatta.

I used to be impressed with the standard and style of the meat bresaola and prosciutto ham, each of that are higher than you’d count on from a sub-seven greenback charcuterie plate from an EPCOT meals sales space. The salami is nothing particular, however the different accompaniments make this really feel a bit extra refined–and you’ll truly style the truffle oil (fancy!). The grilled ciabatta can be a nice shock, style and quality-wise.

In the case of charcuterie, I all the time assume the operative query is whether or not the standard of the elements makes it value your cash and abdomen house, versus the composition of the board. On this case, I used to be more than happy with each, so take that as a advice if this piques your curiosity. As with the dips earlier than it, the Meat Assorti strikes me as one thing that could possibly be served at Crew’s Cup Lounge.

Assorted Artisanal Cheeses and Accompaniments ($6.50) – The “assorted” nature of the title makes me hesitant to checklist what’s included–since Walt Disney World declined to take action, which means it’s topic to vary.

Nonetheless, mine included 4 completely different cheeses, pickled greens, honey, tomato jam, and crackers. The cheeses are cheddars, gouda, and goat. As contrasted with the meats, I discovered every part right here to be pretty middling, from the cheeses to the crackers. The honey was in all probability the spotlight.

Nothing on my explicit plate was low-quality or dangerous, by any means, but it surely simply wasn’t as much as the identical degree because the meat plate. However what are ya gonna do? Get meats with out cheeses?! Heresy. (So I suppose which means I like to recommend this, albeit reluctantly, too.)

Finally, Yacht Grub is an fulfilling Outside Kitchen however nothing revolutionary that makes it a must-visit. I actually preferred the chips & dips, but it surely’s admittedly nothing all that particular. Similar goes for the charcuterie. And it’s onerous for me to wish to revisit these scrumptious meats given the mediocre high quality of the cheeses, and you’ll’t have one with out the opposite. (Or somewhat, I can’t.)

As with close by Seashore Grub, this sales space isn’t good and squanders the potential of being impressed by Disney’s Yacht Membership Resort. It will’ve been improbable to see dishes pulled from the menus at Ale & Compass, Crew’s Cup Lounge, or Yachtsman Steakhouse. Failing that, I’d’ve appreciated if the meats and cheeses had been consolidated right into a single charcuterie plate, and the third merchandise had been oysters (like those at Magnolia Terrace). Now that would’ve been really fancy!

Nonetheless, as a one and completed meals sales space, Yacht Grub is nice sufficient–and I’d nonetheless suggest grabbing this grub over a lot of the dishes in World Showcase. However when you’re already mild on abdomen house or cash, Yacht Grub is completely skippable. However you in all probability already knew that simply by wanting on the menu.

Try our Outside Kitchen Sales space Menus & Meals Pictures at EPCOT Worldwide Flower & Backyard Pageant publish if you wish to see and browse extra about each menu this yr. You’ll additionally wish to learn our full Information to the EPCOT Worldwide Flower & Backyard Pageant earlier than you go to get an thought of what to do, technique for the competition, images of the topiaries and floral shows, and way more!