We adore all issues Halloween at Walt Disney International. We additionally love convenience meals, Fab 5 characters in particular costumes, and typically a laugh reports. It must thus come as no wonder that we lately had a blast doing Minnie’s Halloween Dine in Hollywood Studios. (Up to date August 11, 2025.)
That is considered one of a number of variations of the “Minnie’s Seasonal Dine” personality meal that Walt Disney International provides at Hollywood & Vine Eating place. This evaluate options meals footage, ideas on whether or not it’s well worth the cash, and a have a look at Minnie & Mickey Mouse, Donald & Daisy Duck, and uh, simply Goofy I assume of their particular Halloween costumes, that are distinctive to this location.
It’s possible you’ll recall from our Minnie’s Vacation Dine Assessment or our Absolute best Personality Foods at Walt Disney International ratings that we’re large lovers of that meal. Actually, we’re larger lovers than maximum others, judging by means of the reader feedback of those that disagree with us. Neatly, spoiler alert, however we in a similar way liked Minnie’s Halloween Dine!
Walt Disney International has introduced that Minnie’s Halloween Dine will get started on August 16, 2025. There is not any finish date but for the spook season meal, nevertheless it’s anticipated to be on or round November 6, 2025. Straight away after it ends, Minnie’s Vacation Dine is more likely to start tomorrow and continues till early January.
The wild card this 12 months is the Christmas season beginning one week later at Walt Disney International, however Jollywood Nights does get started early and it kind of feels not likely that Walt Disney International will wish to proceed this meal two complete weeks after Halloween. For my part, we’d choose Minnie’s Vacation Dine get started on November 1st. We’re “over” Halloween and able to transport directly to the vacations once October ends.
The larger information is that Walt Disney International has printed that starting October 12, 2025, Minnie Mouse and her buddies will seem at breakfast for Minnie’s Seasonal Eating. Visitors eating all through breakfast will proceed to enjoy Disney Junior Play n’ Dine thru October 11, 2025.
This can be a massive building, and one we’re shocked didn’t occur some time in the past. Minnie’s Seasonal Dine is a flagship personality eating enjoy, and increasing to breakfast is sensible. However, Hollywood & Vine has additionally began to appear in 40% off reductions for Annual Passholders and Disney Holiday Membership Participants, suggesting it’s now not as well-liked because it as soon as used to be. Our wager is visitors with reductions or the Disney Eating Plan make up the majority of bookings, as pricing has in point of fact gotten out of hand.
No different information about Breakfast at Minnie’s Halloween Dine are these days identified. At this level, it’s merely an alert at the reputable eating place website online. We’re anticipating extra main points quickly, particularly since Advance Eating Reservations have now opened for Breakfast at Minnie’s Halloween Dine. Keep tuned–we’ll stay you posted!
Irrespective of whether or not you do it in August, September, October or November, Minnie’s Halloween Dine is a in point of fact a laugh enjoy. It’s particularly nice when you’ve got character-loving youngsters or love them your self. Traditionally, we’ve been large lovers of Minnie’s Seasonal Dine for visitors who’re at the Disney Eating Plan, because it’s a nice use of a desk carrier credit score.
Every other factor to notice is that the most likely lineup of characters will vary rather. If ultimate 12 months used to be any indication, the 2025 Minnie’s Halloween Dine will characteristic Minnie Mouse dressed as a contented witch, Goofy as a spooky cowboy, Mickey Mouse as a humorous vampire, and Pluto dressed in a Halloween collar. Necessarily, Donald & Daisy Duck are long gone and Pluto has been added as in comparison to the footage you spot underneath.
With all the adjustments out of the way in which, right here’s a have a look at our superb enjoy at Minnie’s Halloween Dine!
Hollywood & Vine hosts Minnie’s Seasonal Dine all over the total 12 months for dinner, however stays Disney Junior Play ‘n Dine for breakfast, earlier than “changing” to Minnie’s Halloween Dine for lunch and dinner. All over the 12 months, the Minnie’s Seasonal Dine choices are Springtime, Summertime, Halloween, and Vacation Dine–all operating again to again with 0 downtime in between every.
This additionally implies that thematically, there’s now not a lot that’s noteworthy at Hollywood & Vine for the seasons. It’s intended to resemble a studio mess corridor, and there’s modest Artwork Deco stylization to support that glance. It does vaguely resemble the real commissary (Buena Vista Cafe) on the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, in order that’s additionally cool.
With such a lot of brilliantly-themed eating places at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, that is beautiful underwhelming by means of comparability. Nonetheless, Hollywood & Vine has a refined but fascinating glance which may be interesting for a low-key meal. Alternatively, with characters, the ambience is by no means low-key in right here.
In spite of everything, just about no person is coming right here for the core themed design, so we will be able to record the ultimate couple of paragraphs below “utterly beside the point” (and I already surprise why I typed them). Suffice to mention, the atmosphere for this personality meal is loud and vaguely inspires previous Hollywood because of the Artwork Deco and wall work of art. It really works.
Characters are in point of fact the purpose of Minnie’s Halloween Dine from an atmospheric point of view, and they’re in reality “spooktacular.”
Whilst you input the eating place, there’s a backdrop with Minnie Mouse and a PhotoPass photographer (that’s proper, no computerized field right here!) who takes your picture.
We in point of fact like this method, particularly when the doorway personality doesn’t change some of the roaming characters within the eating place.
For the reason that PhotoPass characters don’t accompany characters at Walt Disney International’s foods, it’s at all times tough for us to get footage with either one of us in them, until an attendant occurs to be lingering within the house.
Accordingly, this front picture op is excellent for us.
It’s additionally great to have a minimum of one symbol with a blank backdrop and with out random strangers mid-bite as they dive face-first into an enormous bowl of Vampire Repelling Mashed Potatoes with Garlic. (Admire.)
Dress-wise, all the characters are bringing their A-games right here. With that stated, I believe we will be able to all agree that Donald Duck as a mad scientist is the transparent winner at Minnie’s Halloween Dine. It’s simply this kind of zany and absolute best search for him.
It sounds as if, Donald up to now had an astronaut gown right here, which seemed similarly superior.
The opposite characters all even have nice Halloween costumes.
I’ve determined that I must get started dressed in a cape to personality foods. As Mickey Mouse demonstrates, it’s this kind of nice dialog piece, and likewise an ideal prop for interactions. Plus, I’m beautiful certain GQ simply named it some of the easiest males’s fall models. Proper up there with most sensible hats, canes, and monocles.
Unsurprisingly, we have been additionally a part of (and witnessed) some a laugh personality interactions at Minnie’s Halloween Dine.
Maximum memorable used to be a small kid operating clear of Mickey (in terror?) after Mickey fanned out his cape. Mickey chased down the kid throughout a number of rows of the eating place, catching him, mockingly sufficient, in his cape. Someway, everybody in Hollywood & Vine–aside from that circle of relatives, the nature attendant, and us–used to be totally oblivious to this.
After effectively returning the kid to his circle of relatives, Mickey hammed up his aid over the ledge by means of our desk. (That is more than likely a kind of “you needed to be there” tales–it used to be a hoot in individual.)
Let’s transfer directly to the buffet meals…
In recent times, we’ve been commenting so much on Walt Disney International’s transfer to ‘increased personality eating’ with delicacies that appeals to each youngsters and extra delicate palates. This isn’t that.
It’s additionally now not one thing like Boma or Tusker Area, that are buffets that includes a number of extra adventurous choices and extra formidable flavors.
Fairly, Hollywood & Dine “is going arduous” at the convenience meals, and does a lovely admirable activity nailing maximum of its dishes in the case of high quality and freshness.
Distinction this with one thing like Chef Mickey’s, which is in a similar fashion serving up convenience meals, however isn’t executing on just about the similar stage.
Most likely it used to be as a result of Walt Disney International simply unveiled its new plant-based initiative (which is a mixture of advertising and marketing a large number of previous pieces and introducing some new ones), however Sarah used to be additionally happy to discover a unexpected selection of plant-based choices at the buffet.
Actually, she idea the 3 Bean Quinoa Cake (pictured above) used to be the perfect factor on all of the buffet. I respectfully however very vehemently disagree.
However, it did look like one of the vital extra formidable choices we loved ultimate time at Minnie’s Seasonal Dine have been lacking from the buffet.
Notable omissions incorporated mussels, flank steak, quick rib, and pumpkin ravioli–a selected sadness given how becoming it might be for Halloween!
I used to be underwhelmed by means of the choices from the carving station.
Frankly, that is turning into extra the guideline than the exception–I will’t recall the ultimate time I were given one thing that wasn’t dry and overcooked from the ones stations.
To be honest, I don’t take meticulous notes on what’s and isn’t on the buffet every time we pass, so I’m in point of fact going off of what I’ve discussed in previous opinions.
It’s price noting that I did now not point out ribs or lamb stew ultimate time, either one of which have been provide this time. It’s rather well imaginable all the “lacking” pieces have been in fact one-for-one replacements. I simply hope my favourite meats weren’t changed with a host of plant-based choices, which I concern used to be the case.
No offense to the vegetarians or vegans available in the market. I’ve transform an “involuntary flexitarian,” however now not when it’s time to move arduous at a Walt Disney International buffet.
At the plus aspect, a few of these plant-based choices appear to be they’ve been imported from the Upside Down and are straight-up nightmare gasoline. Scarily becoming for a Halloween buffet! (I child…)
After the necessary forkful of the plant-based pieces, I ate the identical of a complete rack of ribs…plus a number of helpings of seafood mac & cheese…plus fish…plus lamb stew…plus garlic mashed potatoes…plus, plus, plus!
The entire aforementioned pieces have been scrumptious. (To my recollection, dessert used to be additionally beautiful just right, however I used to be already at the precipice of meals coma by means of that time.)
I would possibly or won’t have eaten such a lot that I felt in poor health afterwards and had to take a seat on a bench in Echo Lake for slightly right away upon leaving the eating place. It is advisable to say unhealthy selections have been made, however I’ve 0 regrets.
If the rest, now I wish to go back for Minnie’s Vacation Dine and do the very same factor so I will bask within the glow of Echo Lake at Christmas whilst blissfully improving from my meals coma.
Total, Minnie’s Halloween Dine in point of fact inspired either one of us. The characters, costumes, and interactions have been superb, and I stay satisfied that the characters right here have extra a laugh than at every other buffet at Walt Disney International. With out fail, this venue is at all times a hoot and now not simply the usual ‘pose and transfer on’ personality meal. That by myself cements our need to go back right here at Christmas and for the opposite seasonal foods we’ve but to do.
Then there’s the meals. I do know that is the place Hollywood & Vine is extra divisive, however we’ve had nice good fortune right here with all of our foods for the ultimate 3-4 years. On this evaluate, I made a number of cracks in regards to the plant-based choices, however Sarah preferred or liked lots of the ones. (I didn’t, however on the other hand, I handiest sampled small bites and centered totally on meats.)
I discovered nearly all the meats I gobbled to be superb, and we each left complete and glad. It’s a kind of uncommon Walt Disney International buffets that nails the relief meals, but additionally provides a variety of choices to stay lighter/wholesome eaters glad. We proceed to extremely suggest Minnie’s Seasonal Dine, and can undoubtedly be returning within the close to long term.
Making plans a Walt Disney International travel? Know about accommodations on our Walt Disney International Resorts Critiques web page. For the place to devour, learn our Walt Disney International Eating place Critiques. To save cash on tickets or resolve which kind to shop for, learn our Guidelines for Saving Cash on Walt Disney International Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a novel have a look at suave pieces to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney International Trip Guides will lend a hand. For complete recommendation, the most efficient position to start out is our Walt Disney International Shuttle Making plans Information for the whole thing you wish to have to grasp!
Your Ideas
Have you ever carried out Minnie’s Halloween Dine or any of Minnie’s Seasonal Dines? Do you settle or disagree with our evaluate? What did you recall to mind the meals? What in regards to the personality interactions and costumes? Any questions we will be able to permit you to solution? Listening to your comments–even while you disagree with us–is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please percentage your ideas underneath within the feedback!
We adore all issues Halloween at Walt Disney International. We additionally love convenience meals, Fab 5 characters in particular costumes, and typically a laugh reports. It must thus come as no wonder that we lately had a blast doing Minnie’s Halloween Dine in Hollywood Studios. (Up to date August 11, 2025.)
That is considered one of a number of variations of the “Minnie’s Seasonal Dine” personality meal that Walt Disney International provides at Hollywood & Vine Eating place. This evaluate options meals footage, ideas on whether or not it’s well worth the cash, and a have a look at Minnie & Mickey Mouse, Donald & Daisy Duck, and uh, simply Goofy I assume of their particular Halloween costumes, that are distinctive to this location.
It’s possible you’ll recall from our Minnie’s Vacation Dine Assessment or our Absolute best Personality Foods at Walt Disney International ratings that we’re large lovers of that meal. Actually, we’re larger lovers than maximum others, judging by means of the reader feedback of those that disagree with us. Neatly, spoiler alert, however we in a similar way liked Minnie’s Halloween Dine!
Walt Disney International has introduced that Minnie’s Halloween Dine will get started on August 16, 2025. There is not any finish date but for the spook season meal, nevertheless it’s anticipated to be on or round November 6, 2025. Straight away after it ends, Minnie’s Vacation Dine is more likely to start tomorrow and continues till early January.
The wild card this 12 months is the Christmas season beginning one week later at Walt Disney International, however Jollywood Nights does get started early and it kind of feels not likely that Walt Disney International will wish to proceed this meal two complete weeks after Halloween. For my part, we’d choose Minnie’s Vacation Dine get started on November 1st. We’re “over” Halloween and able to transport directly to the vacations once October ends.
The larger information is that Walt Disney International has printed that starting October 12, 2025, Minnie Mouse and her buddies will seem at breakfast for Minnie’s Seasonal Eating. Visitors eating all through breakfast will proceed to enjoy Disney Junior Play n’ Dine thru October 11, 2025.
This can be a massive building, and one we’re shocked didn’t occur some time in the past. Minnie’s Seasonal Dine is a flagship personality eating enjoy, and increasing to breakfast is sensible. However, Hollywood & Vine has additionally began to appear in 40% off reductions for Annual Passholders and Disney Holiday Membership Participants, suggesting it’s now not as well-liked because it as soon as used to be. Our wager is visitors with reductions or the Disney Eating Plan make up the majority of bookings, as pricing has in point of fact gotten out of hand.
No different information about Breakfast at Minnie’s Halloween Dine are these days identified. At this level, it’s merely an alert at the reputable eating place website online. We’re anticipating extra main points quickly, particularly since Advance Eating Reservations have now opened for Breakfast at Minnie’s Halloween Dine. Keep tuned–we’ll stay you posted!
Irrespective of whether or not you do it in August, September, October or November, Minnie’s Halloween Dine is a in point of fact a laugh enjoy. It’s particularly nice when you’ve got character-loving youngsters or love them your self. Traditionally, we’ve been large lovers of Minnie’s Seasonal Dine for visitors who’re at the Disney Eating Plan, because it’s a nice use of a desk carrier credit score.
Every other factor to notice is that the most likely lineup of characters will vary rather. If ultimate 12 months used to be any indication, the 2025 Minnie’s Halloween Dine will characteristic Minnie Mouse dressed as a contented witch, Goofy as a spooky cowboy, Mickey Mouse as a humorous vampire, and Pluto dressed in a Halloween collar. Necessarily, Donald & Daisy Duck are long gone and Pluto has been added as in comparison to the footage you spot underneath.
With all the adjustments out of the way in which, right here’s a have a look at our superb enjoy at Minnie’s Halloween Dine!
Hollywood & Vine hosts Minnie’s Seasonal Dine all over the total 12 months for dinner, however stays Disney Junior Play ‘n Dine for breakfast, earlier than “changing” to Minnie’s Halloween Dine for lunch and dinner. All over the 12 months, the Minnie’s Seasonal Dine choices are Springtime, Summertime, Halloween, and Vacation Dine–all operating again to again with 0 downtime in between every.
This additionally implies that thematically, there’s now not a lot that’s noteworthy at Hollywood & Vine for the seasons. It’s intended to resemble a studio mess corridor, and there’s modest Artwork Deco stylization to support that glance. It does vaguely resemble the real commissary (Buena Vista Cafe) on the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, in order that’s additionally cool.
With such a lot of brilliantly-themed eating places at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, that is beautiful underwhelming by means of comparability. Nonetheless, Hollywood & Vine has a refined but fascinating glance which may be interesting for a low-key meal. Alternatively, with characters, the ambience is by no means low-key in right here.
In spite of everything, just about no person is coming right here for the core themed design, so we will be able to record the ultimate couple of paragraphs below “utterly beside the point” (and I already surprise why I typed them). Suffice to mention, the atmosphere for this personality meal is loud and vaguely inspires previous Hollywood because of the Artwork Deco and wall work of art. It really works.
Characters are in point of fact the purpose of Minnie’s Halloween Dine from an atmospheric point of view, and they’re in reality “spooktacular.”
Whilst you input the eating place, there’s a backdrop with Minnie Mouse and a PhotoPass photographer (that’s proper, no computerized field right here!) who takes your picture.
We in point of fact like this method, particularly when the doorway personality doesn’t change some of the roaming characters within the eating place.
For the reason that PhotoPass characters don’t accompany characters at Walt Disney International’s foods, it’s at all times tough for us to get footage with either one of us in them, until an attendant occurs to be lingering within the house.
Accordingly, this front picture op is excellent for us.
It’s additionally great to have a minimum of one symbol with a blank backdrop and with out random strangers mid-bite as they dive face-first into an enormous bowl of Vampire Repelling Mashed Potatoes with Garlic. (Admire.)
Dress-wise, all the characters are bringing their A-games right here. With that stated, I believe we will be able to all agree that Donald Duck as a mad scientist is the transparent winner at Minnie’s Halloween Dine. It’s simply this kind of zany and absolute best search for him.
It sounds as if, Donald up to now had an astronaut gown right here, which seemed similarly superior.
The opposite characters all even have nice Halloween costumes.
I’ve determined that I must get started dressed in a cape to personality foods. As Mickey Mouse demonstrates, it’s this kind of nice dialog piece, and likewise an ideal prop for interactions. Plus, I’m beautiful certain GQ simply named it some of the easiest males’s fall models. Proper up there with most sensible hats, canes, and monocles.
Unsurprisingly, we have been additionally a part of (and witnessed) some a laugh personality interactions at Minnie’s Halloween Dine.
Maximum memorable used to be a small kid operating clear of Mickey (in terror?) after Mickey fanned out his cape. Mickey chased down the kid throughout a number of rows of the eating place, catching him, mockingly sufficient, in his cape. Someway, everybody in Hollywood & Vine–aside from that circle of relatives, the nature attendant, and us–used to be totally oblivious to this.
After effectively returning the kid to his circle of relatives, Mickey hammed up his aid over the ledge by means of our desk. (That is more than likely a kind of “you needed to be there” tales–it used to be a hoot in individual.)
Let’s transfer directly to the buffet meals…
In recent times, we’ve been commenting so much on Walt Disney International’s transfer to ‘increased personality eating’ with delicacies that appeals to each youngsters and extra delicate palates. This isn’t that.
It’s additionally now not one thing like Boma or Tusker Area, that are buffets that includes a number of extra adventurous choices and extra formidable flavors.
Fairly, Hollywood & Dine “is going arduous” at the convenience meals, and does a lovely admirable activity nailing maximum of its dishes in the case of high quality and freshness.
Distinction this with one thing like Chef Mickey’s, which is in a similar fashion serving up convenience meals, however isn’t executing on just about the similar stage.
Most likely it used to be as a result of Walt Disney International simply unveiled its new plant-based initiative (which is a mixture of advertising and marketing a large number of previous pieces and introducing some new ones), however Sarah used to be additionally happy to discover a unexpected selection of plant-based choices at the buffet.
Actually, she idea the 3 Bean Quinoa Cake (pictured above) used to be the perfect factor on all of the buffet. I respectfully however very vehemently disagree.
However, it did look like one of the vital extra formidable choices we loved ultimate time at Minnie’s Seasonal Dine have been lacking from the buffet.
Notable omissions incorporated mussels, flank steak, quick rib, and pumpkin ravioli–a selected sadness given how becoming it might be for Halloween!
I used to be underwhelmed by means of the choices from the carving station.
Frankly, that is turning into extra the guideline than the exception–I will’t recall the ultimate time I were given one thing that wasn’t dry and overcooked from the ones stations.
To be honest, I don’t take meticulous notes on what’s and isn’t on the buffet every time we pass, so I’m in point of fact going off of what I’ve discussed in previous opinions.
It’s price noting that I did now not point out ribs or lamb stew ultimate time, either one of which have been provide this time. It’s rather well imaginable all the “lacking” pieces have been in fact one-for-one replacements. I simply hope my favourite meats weren’t changed with a host of plant-based choices, which I concern used to be the case.
No offense to the vegetarians or vegans available in the market. I’ve transform an “involuntary flexitarian,” however now not when it’s time to move arduous at a Walt Disney International buffet.
At the plus aspect, a few of these plant-based choices appear to be they’ve been imported from the Upside Down and are straight-up nightmare gasoline. Scarily becoming for a Halloween buffet! (I child…)
After the necessary forkful of the plant-based pieces, I ate the identical of a complete rack of ribs…plus a number of helpings of seafood mac & cheese…plus fish…plus lamb stew…plus garlic mashed potatoes…plus, plus, plus!
The entire aforementioned pieces have been scrumptious. (To my recollection, dessert used to be additionally beautiful just right, however I used to be already at the precipice of meals coma by means of that time.)
I would possibly or won’t have eaten such a lot that I felt in poor health afterwards and had to take a seat on a bench in Echo Lake for slightly right away upon leaving the eating place. It is advisable to say unhealthy selections have been made, however I’ve 0 regrets.
If the rest, now I wish to go back for Minnie’s Vacation Dine and do the very same factor so I will bask within the glow of Echo Lake at Christmas whilst blissfully improving from my meals coma.
Total, Minnie’s Halloween Dine in point of fact inspired either one of us. The characters, costumes, and interactions have been superb, and I stay satisfied that the characters right here have extra a laugh than at every other buffet at Walt Disney International. With out fail, this venue is at all times a hoot and now not simply the usual ‘pose and transfer on’ personality meal. That by myself cements our need to go back right here at Christmas and for the opposite seasonal foods we’ve but to do.
Then there’s the meals. I do know that is the place Hollywood & Vine is extra divisive, however we’ve had nice good fortune right here with all of our foods for the ultimate 3-4 years. On this evaluate, I made a number of cracks in regards to the plant-based choices, however Sarah preferred or liked lots of the ones. (I didn’t, however on the other hand, I handiest sampled small bites and centered totally on meats.)
I discovered nearly all the meats I gobbled to be superb, and we each left complete and glad. It’s a kind of uncommon Walt Disney International buffets that nails the relief meals, but additionally provides a variety of choices to stay lighter/wholesome eaters glad. We proceed to extremely suggest Minnie’s Seasonal Dine, and can undoubtedly be returning within the close to long term.
Making plans a Walt Disney International travel? Know about accommodations on our Walt Disney International Resorts Critiques web page. For the place to devour, learn our Walt Disney International Eating place Critiques. To save cash on tickets or resolve which kind to shop for, learn our Guidelines for Saving Cash on Walt Disney International Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a novel have a look at suave pieces to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney International Trip Guides will lend a hand. For complete recommendation, the most efficient position to start out is our Walt Disney International Shuttle Making plans Information for the whole thing you wish to have to grasp!
Your Ideas
Have you ever carried out Minnie’s Halloween Dine or any of Minnie’s Seasonal Dines? Do you settle or disagree with our evaluate? What did you recall to mind the meals? What in regards to the personality interactions and costumes? Any questions we will be able to permit you to solution? Listening to your comments–even while you disagree with us–is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please percentage your ideas underneath within the feedback!
