Dining at Walt Disney World: Making Walt’s Chili

Editor’s note: As we head into the cool fall weather, I started thinking about making chili…and thought it would be the perfect time to re-run a favorite post from the past,  the recipe for Walt’s Own Chili. 🙂 Complete with recipe and photos….and ready for you to prepare. Enjoy! 🙂

I was cooking at work one day and I thought to myself, “What would Walt want for lunch”? So I started doing some research and found, like his personality, Walt had very humble tastes. Walt’s daughter Diane once wrote, “before he married mother, father had eaten in hash houses and lunch wagons for so many years in order to save money that he’d developed a hash house-lunch wagon appetite”. One of his favorite things to eat was chili with beans. So much he would often mix two kinds of canned chili to make the perfect blend. Read more

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Dining at Disney World: Disney Food News

There have been several food related news stories coming from the House of Mouse recently. 

We all know of the continuing renovations at Disney’s Polynesian Resort. I won’t debate which side of these I am on. However, a couple of things you need to know if you are thinking about staying or eating here. Read more

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Dining at Walt Disney World: Be Our Guest…….For Lunch

 On our last trip to Walt Disney World, we spent two full days off and on in the Magic Kingdom. Every time we had walked past Be Our Guest the line reached as far as the eye could see. I knew about some guests being able to book fast pass times for lunch, but I couldn’t find a proper “crack” online to be able to. So on our last day we decided to skip breakfast and go early for lunch. The Restaurant opens at 10:30am for lunch. Read more

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Dining at Walt Disney World: Restaurant Review of Artist Point

Minnie and I usually try and have one nice table service meal a trip. This trip we chose Artist Point that is located at the Wilderness Lodge. This restaurant was recommended to me by an Executive Chef at Walt Disney World so how can you ignore that? Read more

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Dining at Walt Disney World: ‘Til Dining Plan Do Us Part

I have always been a skeptic of the Disney Dining Plan that is offered to resort guests. My wife and I don’t have children so when we go to the parks we don’t “need” to eat on a schedule. We would always pack food to eat in the room for breakfast and if we got hungry during the day we would stop. Also, the thought of having to keep track of credits, where you eat, etc seemed like more of a hassle to me. Read more

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