Despite worldwide restrictions and new-to-all-of-us regulations due to COVID-19, Busch Gardens was able to open for some special events this summer. Coasters and Craft Brews took place around mid-summer. The most recent is a smaller scale version of the very popular Food and Wine Festival. Taste of Busch Gardens is a limited capacity event (only […]
Busch Gardens Food and Wine Festival 2019
07/22/2019 by
Along with Howl-O-Scream, the Food & Wine Festival is one event I never miss at Busch Gardens. It’s a great way to try new food and beverage items not typically found at the park. I discovered a new favorite and went back to some of my stand-bys. Mexico, Jamaica and the Philipines were new this […]
Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival 2019: What’s new?
04/16/2019 by
The annual Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival is right around the (impeccably landscaped) corner. Guests can enjoy an international tour of authentic culinary selections at 19 themed food and beverage kiosks. Choices include entrees, desserts, craft beer, wine, specialty cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages. It’s a great opportunity to sample food and beverages not normally […]
Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival 2018: What’s New?
06/04/2018 by
It’s time for Busch Gardens annual Food & Wine Festival, and foodie fans (and thrill seekers) are rejoicing. This is, bar none, one of my favorite park events. After Halloween, of course. The 2018 edition of the Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival is going on now through July 1 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Themed food […]
Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival 2017: What’s new?
05/03/2017 by
The widely popular, and always delicious, Food & Wine Festival is returning to Busch Gardens Williamsburg for its fifth season. The event takes place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from May 26 through July 2, 2017. In addition to global food and beverage options (available at 15 creatively themed kiosks located around the park), park […]
Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival 2015: Asia and The French Quarter
08/17/2016 by
The third annual Food and Wine Festival is well underway at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. The event runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from May 22 through June 28, 2015. Park guests can take in the shows, rides and family fun of the Most Beautiful Theme Park in the World while sampling flavors from around the world. […]
Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival 2016: Hawaii and Virginia
08/13/2016 by
The wildly popular Food & Wine Festival has returned to Busch Gardens for its fourth season. The event takes place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from May 27 through June 26, 2016. In addition to delicious food, desserts and beverages from around the world, park guests can enjoy live music, themed decorations and culinary demonstrations […]
Theme Park News and Announcements 2015: Busch Gardens, Kings Dominion, and Universal Orlando
05/07/2015 by
Maybe because it’s National Tourism Week, or maybe I’m just paying more attention than normal, but there are all kinds of interesting announcements coming from the theme park world lately. From partnerships between competing parks to reduced tickets and major brand partnership announcements, it has been a newsy couple of days. Granted, I live for […]
Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival 2014: Menus and Pictures
06/19/2014 by
Busch Gardens’ second annual Food & Wine Festival is going on now through June 29 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Guests at the Williamsburg, Virginia theme park can purchase sample-size portions of native food and beverage items from a variety of countries and regions. Most of last year’s culinary regions have returned. Austria is one […]
Ocean Spray brings its bog to the 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival
10/08/2013 by
I’ve had a craving for cranberries for as long as I can remember. Always my favorite food at Thanksgiving, it took me a while to figure out that you can buy cranberry sauce year-round (I’m sort of a slow learner), but once I did, I ate the stuff constantly (just ask my roommates). That was […]
Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival 2013: Food and Fun Combine for a VIP Experience
06/11/2013 by
Look out, Epcot. There’s a new theme park food festival in town, and it’s making a great first impression. Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival just wrapped up its second weekend (it runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through June 23) with an invitation-only VIP Experience to preview the park’s first-ever food and wine festival. The […]
