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If you love food and Disney then you do not want to miss the Disneyland California Adventure Food & Wine Festival! Going on now, this eating extravaganza isn’t just about food. Plan your next Disneyland trip now with this guide to the festival!

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The Disneyland Food and Wine Festival takes place in California Adventure Park from February 28 – April 28, 2025. The festival is a celebration of California-grown food and full of fun experiences.

The eight Festival Marketplaces are each unique and sell a small assortment of themed foods and drinks and there are also demonstrations and workshops (both free and paid) dedicated to all things foodie. This post is your comprehensive DCA Food & Wine Festival Guide!

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How does the Disneyland Food and Wine Festival Work?

The festival includes a number of different event-only kiosks with different foods from around California. The festival itself doesn’t cost anything, but food is extra (and some of the experiences require payment and reservations).

You must have a park ticket and reservation for Disneyland California Adventure to experience the food festival. This means your one-park pass will be used only for DCA, or you’ll need a park hopper pass to do both parks. Be sure to book early so they don’t run out of reservations.

Sip and Savor Pass

The Sip and Savor Pass is a way to explore the food of the festival at a reduced price. There are two sip and savor pass options this year: a 4-entitlement Sip and Savor Pass, which is $32 or an 8-entitlement Sip and Savor Pass, which is $63 (including tax). Magic Keyholders get an 8-entitlement pass for $58. The food items are sample size but really, they’re enough for one or to share if you’re trying multiple items. (All alcohol is separate and not included in the pass.)

The Sip and Savor Pass is available for sale at the Sip and Savor Cart, Festival Gifts, Seaside Souvenirs, Elias & Co., Julius Katz & Sons and each Festival Marketplace.

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Food Ordering Tips

Grab a Food Festival Booklet and decide on what you’ll be ordering before getting in line – you can order ALL your food at any Marketplace. Save time by ordering everything all at once – do this at an off time or just find a short line. Save your receipt – you’ll need it to pick up your items at each Marketplace.

TL; DR: Foods NOT TO MISS (10/10 rating)

  • Café de Olla Tres Leches Cake (coffee flavored)
  • Mickey-shaped Macaron: it tasted like a snickers!!!
  • Any of the Mac & Cheese – Disney does them so well
  • Creme Brûlée Churro
  • Lemon Pepper Wings
  • Blueberry Cold Brew
  • Burger Bao
  • Chicken Taquito Ahogado
  • Pineapple and Coconut Cheesecake
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Food Festival Marketplaces

Items I tried and photographed are in bold.

Golden Dreams Marketplace

  • Musubi Fried Rice
  • Cherry Cobbler Pot de Créme
  • Blueberry Pancake Cold Brew

California Craft Brews (Performance Corridor)

  • Lemon Pepper Wings (also available at Smokejumpers Grill)
  • Sloppy Joe Slider (with Impossible Beef)
  • California Punch (non-alcoholic) and a Mango Guava Cocktail
  • Spring Beer Flight

Mercado de Antojos (Performance Corridor)

  • Birria Mac & Cheese (also available at Sonoma Terrace)
  • Café de Olla Tres Leches Cake
  • Raspberry Horchata (non-alcoholic)
  • Watermelon Cucumber Mojito

Peppers Cali-Ente (Performance Corridor)

  • Corn Chip Chili Pie
  • Shrimp Papas Locas
  • Pickle Whiskey Sour Cocktail (also available at Smokejumpers Grill)

LA Style (Grizzly Peak)

  • Mini LA Street Dog (also available at Award Wieners)
  • Western BBQ Burger Bao
  • Cantarito-style Paloma (also available at Paradise Garden Grill)

Uncork California (Paradise Gardens Park)

  • Mickey-shaped Macaron
  • Various drinks and wine

Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo (Paradise Gardens Park)

  • Asa’DOS
  • Acai Passion Tea-ki Cocktail
  • Various beer

Garlic Kissed Marketplace (Performance Corridor)

  • Sirloin Gruyére Mac & Cheese
  • Huckleberry-Citrus Cooler (non-alcoholic)
  • Guava Lychee Mule
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Other Disney California Food and Wine Festival Foods around the Parks

  • Paradise Garden Grill has Impossible Meatball Submarine, Beer-battered Fish Tacos, Buffalo-style Roasted Turkey Leg, Brisket Sliders & Fries and a Black Forest Parfait, along with alcohol specials.
  • Outdoor Vending Carts: try a savory Empanada with Chipotle Crema Sauce or a sweet Empanada with Caramel Sauce.
  • Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta has a Chocolate-Hazelnut Cheesecake
  • Hollywood Lounge has several specialty cocktails, hard ciders, beers and wine for the festival.
  • Aunt Cass Café: Burrata Toast
  • Award Wieners: Mini LA Street Dog
  • Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta: Smoked Hawaiian Pizza and Pineapple and Coconut Cheesecake
  • Cappuccino Cart: Coffee Bundt Cake
  • Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream: Strawberry Shortcake
  • Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill: Strawberry Horchata with or without rum
  • Corn Dog Castle: SoCal Corn Dog
  • Cozy Cone Motel: Corn Chip Chili Pie
  • Hollywood Lounge: Wine assortment
  • Lamplight Lounge: Strawberry Lemonade Donuts 
  • Paradise Beer Garden: Assorted Beer
  • Paradise Garden Grill: Chicken Taquito Ahogado, Al Pastor Tacos, Esquites Loaded Chips, Huarache, Pescado Zarandeado, Lime Parfait
  • Schmoozies!: Study Break Brewery Lychee + White Tea
  • Smokejumpers Grill: Lemon Pepper Wings
  • Sonoma Terrace: Birria Mac & Cheese
  • Studio Catering Co.: Thai-inspired Burrito, Salsa Verde Chicharrón Tacos
  • Select Outdoor Vending Locations: Teriyaki Turkey Leg, Loaded Carnitas Pretzel Bites

Churros

  • Terran Treats: Crème Brûlée Churro
  • Hollywood Land: Peach Tea Churro
  • Goofy’s Sky School and Señor Buzz: Mango Sticky-Rice Inspired Churro
  • Willie’s Churros: Strawberry-Caramel Churro

Experiences & Culinary Demonstrations

Besides the food, DCA puts on culinary demonstrations from famous chefs, mixology lessons, and fun kid activities.

  • Live Music Daily
  • Meet Chef Goofy
  • Confection Purrfection with the Superkitties: Cupcake Decorating
  • Cookie’ with the Jammin’ Chefs
  • Festival Crafts
  • Culinary demonstrations every Saturday and Sunday on the Backstage Lot, Hollywood Land.
  • Wine and Beer mixology sessions
  • Beverage Education Seminars
  • Food and Beverage Pairings at Carthay Circle and each Disneyland Resort Hotel.
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Soarin’ Over California

As an ode to California, Disneyland brought back Soarin’ Over California for a limited run during the 2020 Food & Wine Festival.

If you’re thinking of trying Disney California Food and Wine Festival, don’t miss it. The food is amazing, and really top notch. If you try anything, let me know what you enjoy, and leave a comment.

Find a list of all the food and experiences here.

If you’re going to be at Disneyland Resort this March or April be sure to check out the Food Festival – go hungry and leave stuffed!



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  1. This looks delicious, but it isn’t very responsible to market it right now during the COVID 19 crisis. Surely it has been cancelled as Disneyland and Disney World are (and should be) closed.

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