Posted on Wednesday, 11th August 2010 by John Magi

The DISUnplugged was invited to attend the media/press event for the new Via Napoli restaurant in Epcot in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida.
Usually Pete Werner and/or Corey Martin will go to these media events and cover them for the DISUnplugged blog and podcast, but since this one was one ’food related’ it was decided that Kevin Klose [...]

Tags: disney world, Epcot, Italy Pavilion, press event, Via Napoli, World Showcase
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Posted on Tuesday, 23rd March 2010 by WebmasterLeah

Review by Kevin Klose
We recently visited the Rose and Crown Pub, located in the United Kingdom area of Epcot’s World Showcase. As it was not a busy time at Disney, we were able to secure a same day advanced dining reservation for 3 pm. As we hit very little traffic, we made great time [...]

Tags: Epcot, Rose and Crown Pub, World Showcase
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Posted on Saturday, 6th February 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Samantha Brown, host of “Samantha Brown’s Great Weekends” on the Travel Channel, is a favorite of DIS Unplugged listeners and readers.  This is in part because she is a self-proclaimed Disney fan, and has filmed numerous episodes at the Disney parks and resorts.  Samantha is celebrating her Tenth Anniversary on the Travel Channel with four [...]

Tags: Animal Kingdom Lodge, Cast Members, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Expedition Everest, Grand Floridian, Joe Rohde, Magic Kingdom, Samantha Brown, Travel Channel, Turtle Talk with Crush, World Showcase
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Posted on Monday, 28th September 2009 by Dave Parfitt

wdwinfo.com photos by Corey Martin
Dan Cockerell, 40, Vice President of EPCOT, has worked with the Disney Company for over 18 years.  He started right out of college parking cars in the EPCOT parking lot, worked his way up to a front-line food and beverage manager at the Disneyland Resort Paris, and, as of February 2009, [...]

Tags: Celebrating Family and Friends in the Kitchen, Chef Jens Dahlman, Dan Cockerell, Epcot, event, food and wine festival, Party for the Senses, World Showcase
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Posted on Saturday, 29th March 2008 by Kevin Klose

We went to Epcot the other day for lunch and to see the Flower and Garden Festival.
First…let me say that Epcot looks gorgeous. The nautical flags around the Future World lakes are beautiful. We didnt spend the time to decipher what they say, but I’ll coerce Bob into telling me.
The theme of this years show [...]

Tags: Chefs de France, Epcot, Flower and Garden Festival, Future World, Morocco, Soarin', World Showcase, Year of a Million Dreams
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