Food during Holidays at Universal Orlando
Universal Orlando Resort’s Holidays celebration officially kicked off on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. It runs daily through Dec. 31, 2024. We enjoy visiting Universal Orlando annually for the holidays to indulge in tasty goodness.
Before the event started, we heard the food offerings might be slightly reduced this season. While that appears accurate, that did not stop us from trying all the new food offerings for the Holidays at Universal Orlando.
Guests can savor a collection of holiday-themed food and beverage offerings across the resort this holiday season. Some examples include a Peppermint Cheesecake Bar, Pistachio Holiday Wreath, Roasting Chestnuts Mont Blanc, and Grinch-themed treats like Grinch Cookies. The Grinch Cookies and ice cream sandwiches each year make excellent sweet treats.
Grinch Cookies.
Photo by Jon Self
Over at Universal CityWalk Orlando, Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen continues the trend of holiday milkshakes with the Ugly Sweater Milkshake. Other CityWalk restaurants like Vivo and Bigfire will offer unique holiday table-service entrees. Our visit focused on the new quick-service options.
Best new food options at Holidays at Universal Orlando
We found two new food offerings for 2024 to make our best list. These were selected based on overall taste, presentation, and value.
Roasted Turkey Crepe at Central Park Crepes
Photo by Jon Self
Since opening in 2020, Central Park Crepes at Universal Studios Florida has been popular. These theme park-style crepes offer value and flavor.
In recent years, this food and beverage stand has offered a Thanksgiving crepe for a short time near the United States Thanksgiving holiday.
In contrast, for 2024, Central Park Crepes is selling a Roasted Turkey Crepe for $13.99 for the entire holiday season. This crepe consists of roasted turkey, artisan bread stuffing, sage gravy, bourbon cranberry sauce, and brie cheese. In addition to the stuffing, we also tasted some mushroom flavor.
We found this crepe to be one of the best we’ve tasted at Central Park Crepes. Since we love the other crepes here, we were surprised to feel that way.