New Year’s Eve is one of the most magical nights of the year. New Year’s Eve at a Disney park is even more magical! This year, there are multiple different options at the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts for you to have an incredible experience ringing in the new year!
Disneyland Resort
New Year’s Eve at Napa Rose at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
At the Disneyland Resort, the place to be for New Year’s Eve is the Napa Rose. This fine dining establishment at Disney’s Grand California Hotel & Spa is the ultimate place to celebrate the holiday. For New Year’s Eve, there are a couple of different options for celebrating the holiday. Book an earlier meal between 5 and 6:30 pm on Dec. 31, 2018, and then bring the whole family to experience Chef Andrew Sutton’s four-course wine country meal. This is a great opportunity to not only pamper your taste buds but also to enjoy the beautiful holiday decor of Napa Rose.
For guests wanting to celebrate a bit later, starting at 8:15 pm guests can enjoy live music and Champagne during a wonderful New Year’s Eve reception. At 8:45 pm, guests will be invited to take a seat and begin the magical experience of a Napa-style 5-course tasting menu. There is also the opportunity to pair this meal with a flight of world-class wines. Dessert will include the Napa Rose exclusive Sugar Piñatas. After dinner, grab a hat and dance the night away and enjoy the countdown to midnight.
For more information about either of these events or to book a reservation, call (714) 781-DINE or (714) 781-3463 or visit the Disneyland Resort website.
Walt Disney World Resort
New Year’s Eve at Flying Fish at Disney’s BoardWalk
The Flying Fish at Disney’s BoardWalk is the place to enjoy family, friends, and an elegant evening. For New Year’s Eve, the Flying Fish will be offering a multi-course prix fixe menu. It will include Aged Cognac Lobster Bisque, Wild Alaskan King Blue Crab, Chilean Sea Bass, and more. For dessert there is the Cocoa Beach (chocolate hazelnut cake with warm ganache) or the Florida Sunset (vanilla custard with lemon broth, segmented fruits, and white chocolate).
This event is available for booking via phone only. To book an available seating, call (407) WDW-DINE or (407) 939-3463. And for more info on this event, visit the Walt Disney World Resort website.
New Year’s Eve Bash at Atlantic Dance Hall at Disney’s BoardWalk
For a rockin’ New Year celebration, stop by thee New Year’s Eve Bash at Atlantic Dance Hall at Disney’s Boardwalk. The evening will include rockin’ music, tasty treats, and a dash of Disney magic during the count down to midnight. This festive celebration also includes some incredible views of the Epcot fireworks, a live DJ, party hats and horns, a delicious light-bite menu, two beverage vouchers, and a Champagne toast at midnight. The menu includes assorted antipasto and charcuterie, cheeseburger spring rolls, pork pot stickers, vegetable samosa, a create-your-own slider and taco bar, and a dip station including veggies, chips and salsa, pretzel bites, assorted flatbreads, and more. There is also an extensive collection of desserts that includes mini-cupcakes and macarons.
Guests must be 21 and older with a valid ID to attend this event. This event is available for booking via phone only. To make reservations for this event, call (407) WDW-DINE or (407) 939-3463. And for more info, visit the Walt Disney World Resort website.
Special New Year’s Eve Dining at Monsieur Paul at Epcot
Visit the France pavilion for a very special lunch at Monsieur Paul! This incredible restaurant will be open for lunch on December 31, 2018. During this holiday lunch, the menu will include braised ribs with bordelaise sauce, roasted halibut with beurre blanc sauce, roast turkey, and more. There are a few very limited dinner seatings at 8:45pm and 9:45pm. The dinner menu includes a fish course featuring roasted black bass with a lobster mousse or black halibut served with seared scallops in a Champagne sauce as well as a meat course that includes roasted venison loin or quail stuffed with truffles. Both lunch and dinner will include a wide array of appetizers and side dishes. There will also be a special New Year’s Eve dessert offered.
For more info, seating times, and to make reservations, call (407) WDW-DINE or (407) 939-3463 to book an available seating or visit the Walt Disney World Resort website.
New Year’s Eve Dinner at World Show Place Pavilion at Epcot
For buffet lovers, the World Show Place pavilion is the place to ring in the New Year! The meal starts off with a collection of savory soups and a selection of salads, including an amazing antipasto salad with basil, grilled vegetable and bean salad, roasted Ruskin tomato basil soup, and creamy seafood-and-corn chowder. There will also be a plethora of main dishes to enjoy like seafood mac and cheese with butter-toasted panko and fried chicken breast with corn gravy to gluten-friendly options like oven baked cod with tomatoes, olives and peppers, demi braised beef with mushrooms and pearl onions and apple cider brined pork with roasted apples and cherries. For the kids there are chicken fritters, meatballs with red sauce and along with other tasty plates. There is also a wide collection of desserts. They include fresh cut fruit with berries, key lime raspberry glitter tarts, snow-dusted hazelnut-stuffed chocolate Bundt cakes, assorted cookies, cheesecakes and macarons and much more. It’ll be a fun evening of Disney music with photo locations and fun!
For more info and to make reservations, call (407) WDW-DINE or (407) 939-3463 to book an available seating or visit the Walt Disney World Resort website.
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort Beach Dessert Party
Over at Clementine’s Beach there will be a party going on for New Year’s Eve. Start the evening off on the beach with a delicious collection of sweets and eats including an assortment of desserts, seasonal fruits, flavorful cheese, and refreshments including beer and wine. Enjoy the evening and then watch the Magic Kingdom’s New Year’s fireworks spectacular across the Seven Seas Lagoon!
For more info and to make reservations, call (407) WDW-DINE or (407) 939-3463 or visit the Walt Disney World Resort website.
These are just a few of the options for New Year’s Eve at Disney Parks. What’s unique about them is they require reservations and are offering something special for the occasion. What do you think of these options? Are you going to be experiencing any of them? If so, which one? If not, which one do you wish you were experiencing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
