News and Rumors 2/4/13 - 2/10/13

News

Epcot

• The list of Garden Marketplaces, as well as what food options they will have have been released for this year's Epcot Flower and Garden Festival.  They are:   

Pineapple Promenade (World Showcase Promenade – Canada side)

• Dole Whip
• Dole Whip with spiced rum
• Pineapple upside-down cake
• Dole pineapple fruit cup
• Frozen desert violet lemonade
• Cream stout beer

The Cottage: Savories, Trifles and Tea (United Kingdom)

• Potato, chive and cheddar cheese biscuit with smoked salmon tartare and sour cream
• Baked goat’s brie with kumquat chutney
• Heirloom tomatoes with mozzarella, vinegar and basil
• Trifles (chocolate, berry, ginger and tea)
• Hot and iced teas
• Brut Rosé sparkling wine
• Rose Blush lemonade

L’Orangerie (France)

• Ratatouille tarte with goat cheese
• Pate with baguette and cherry compote
• Peach charlotte
• Frozen cocktail
• Chardonnay
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Sparkling Muscat

Taste of Marrakesh (Morocco)

• Spiced lamb kebab with couscous salad
• Harissa and lemon confit chicken drumettes with chermoula and cucumber salad
• Moroccan sweet pancake
• Sparkling wine with pomegranate liqueur
• White sangria
• Red wine
• Moroccan beer
• Mint iced tea with peach

Hanami (Japan)

• Frushi (fruit sushi) made with fresh fruit and coconut rice
• Grilled shrimp, almon and crab stick over ginger rice
• Grilled vegetables with Japanese noodles and teriyaki on a bun
• Green tea flan
• Yuzu rita
• Fruit saki
• Sake
• Frozen Kirin Ichiban

The Smokehouse (American Adventure)

• Pulled pig slider with cole slaw
• Smoked beef brisket with collard greens and jalapeno cornbread
• Rocky road mousse brownie
• Red wine
• Craft beer
• Beer flight

Primavera Kitchen (Italy)

• Green asparagus and lobster with garden cocktail sauce
• Lasagna primavera
• Limoncello-flavored panna cotta
• Pinot Grigio
• Chianti
• Prosecco
• White peach bellini
• Strawberry Rossini
• Italian Primavera Cocktail
• Italian beers
• Italian-beer flight

Bauernmarkt (Germany)

• Savory bread pudding with spring peas and wild mushroom ragout
• German meatloaf sandwich with sweet mustard and fried shallots
• Potato pancakes with apple sauce
• Hugo (elderflower sparkling wine cocktail)
• German and domestic beers
• Beer flight

Lotus House (China)

• Beijing-style candied strawberries
• Spring pancake with grilled chicken and green apple
• Taro-bacon puff pastry
• Bubble teas
• Fruit beverage cocktail
• Chinese beer

Jardin de Fiestas (Mexico)

• Crab tostadas with chipotle aioli and valentina salsa
• Pork tacos served over flour tortilla topped with cactus leaves, tamarind and traditional Mexican herbs
• Guava flan
• Rosita margarita
• Organic tequila flight
• Mexican beer

Florida Fresh (World Showcase Promenade – Mexico Side)

• Watermelon salad with pickled red onions, baby arugula, feta cheese and balsamic reduction
• Shrimp and stone-ground grits with andouille sausage, Zellwood corn, tomatoes and cilantro
• Angel food cake with macerated Florida Berries
• Tomato wine
• Carrot wine
• Florida beer
• Strawberry slush

Fruits by the Glass (World Showcase Plaza)

• Watermelon passion fruit cocktail
• Wild berry slush
• Blueberry beer
• Mango wine
• Blueberry wine
• Raspberry ale
• Chardonnay
• Pinot Noir

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• Disney Junior is expected to have soft openings this week before it opens on Feb. 15th.

General WDW News

• Joffrey's Coffee will be replacing Nescafe as the coffee choice that is sold across Walt Disney World Resort.  (With the exception of the new Starbucks locations.)
• Upcoming Limited Time Magic events include a chalk art festival and a salute to Father's Day.

Rumors

• The Tangled bathrooms are expected to open this week
• MyMagic+ bands are expected to begin testing this week.  The test will involve a limited number of guests.