Doesn’t Disney World Get Old?

Doesn’t Disney World Get Old? This seems an obvious and reasonable question to ask frequent Walt Disney World guests. You may think Disney World would get old for visitors who have dozens of trips under their belts but the short answer is, “No.” Walt Disney World is continually evolving and

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Oldies But Goodies – Take A Chance, Try Some New Restaurants

It’s not our fault!! We, as Oldies, sometimes get a little set in our ways and when it comes to food and restaurant choices we can tend (not everyone) to always go to the same restaurants and order the same thing. At least for me it came from the way

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Ask a Disney Question: Top Four Table Service Restaurants.

This question comes from Jennifer, who wants to know:  What are “your top 4 table service meal restaurants”? Jennifer, thanks for your question and for reading the site.  Great question and I actually have a new one to add.  Here they are in no particular order: Via Napoli in Epcot’s

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Via Napoli Epcot Pizzeria Tour

Patina Restaurant Group CEO Nick Valenti shows us around Via Napoli, the new restaurant in the Epcot Italy pavilion at Walt Disney World. The restaurant has three wood-fired ovens named for Italian volcanos, making pizza the traditional Neapolitan way with a textured, soft and charred crust. Via Napoli features a

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Growth Continues at Epcot with Opening of New Pizzeria “Via Napoli”

Last Friday the Patina Restaurant Group opened a new, 14,000 sq. ft. casual dining and pizzeria this week, called Via Napoli, in Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort. This becomes the first authentic Italian pizzeria to ever open in the park. The grand opening featured a comedic grape stomping and Italian

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Good Eats – Via Napoli: A new casual pizzeria in the Italy pavilion at Epcot

Via Napoli, a new casual pizzeria in the Italy pavilion at Epcot, features a selection of classical Neapolitan pizzas, ranging from pizza bianca, quattro stagioni, piccante, ortolano and a traditional margherita. Nick Valenti, CEO of The Patina Restaurant Group, which also runs the Tutto Italia restaurant the Italy pavilion at

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Epcot’s Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria is days away from opening – with video

Via Napoli opens on August 5, 2010 for dinner service. Reservations will be taken starting August 6. Take a culinary tour of southern Italy, crafted by famed restaurateur Nick Valenti. Enjoy authentic pastas, salads, gelato and Neapolitan, wood-fired pizza. Via Napoli, the newest restaurant to join the Epcot Italy Pavilion,

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New Pizzeria “Via Napoli” Set to Open August 5 at Disneyworld

Patina Restaurant Group will open a new casual pizzeria August 5th, called Via Napoli, adjacent to Tutto Italia Ristorante, its restaurant in the Italy pavilion in Epcot® World Showcase at Walt Disney World® Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  This will be the first authentic Italian pizzeria to ever open

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