The much-loved Tasting Sampler tabs are back at the 2017 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, but it may not be as great of a value as it once was.
The price for 8 tabs is $69.23 including tax. This makes the tabs worth about $8.66 each, down almost a dollar from last year if you bought the two pack with 16 tabs. There is no discount on buying two sets this year. At that price, it is a little harder to find a value, but your best bet would be to use the tabs on alcoholic beverages over $8.66 in price.
There are a few exclusions on the use of tabs:
- All beers larger than 6 oz.
- All tasting flights
- Dom Perignon champagne
- The Artist Palette of Wine and Cheese
For what it’s worth, you do also get a cute Remy pin with the purchase of the tabs.
So, will you be using any tabs at the Food and Wine Festival this year?
That price is insane! SeaWorld does a similar thing for their Seven Seas Food & Brew festival…food quality is better, portions are bigger, and they give you 15 for $55 or 10 for $40! This is such a ripoff if anyone does it.
At that price, how is it a Value, at all?
I’ll give you a hint: The same way the Dining Plan is a value… it’s not, unless you go in with military-like precision on what to get.
that god cursed dinning plan has ruined quality & variety .
It’s still $79.77 cheaper than a Disney After Hours ticket.
Will Disney be selling the $200 gift card with medallion again this year? We bought three of them last year. The gift cards are good anywhere regular gift cards are accepted, so this was a no-brainer for us plus we got the medallion and a lanyard as a bonus!
Spoiler Alert: Disney is expensive. haha. If you don’t like it, head over to Sea World. Last year was my 1st year at the Food and Wine Festival, and my girlfriend and I loved it!!!
Beers are not worth $8.66 even if full sized. So how will any alcoholic beverages be worth $8.66 if they are not over 6 oz. Better to just skip the Food and Wine festival and go to any International Buffet and gorge.
Cocktails.
Really? Cocktails are never cheaper than beers. They are often 66% more expensive ($6 beer vs $10 cocktails). You might buy a cocktail for $10 to $15 or more. Disney often sells them for $15 for special edition cocktails in a limited time offer glass. So will you get a small 4 oz watered down so-called margarita with lime juice water and 0.5 oz of tequila?
The cocktails at the various kiosks are and $10. So if you’re going to buy cocktails there, using one of these tabs is a good value. If not, just don’t buy the sampler.
“For what it’s worth, you do also get a cute Remy pin with the purchase of the tabs.”
For those of us who collect pins, that certainly adds at least 9-10 dollars of value! (It’s cute this year! Though I wish it said “2017” on it.)
Where do buy the set of tabs?
Multiple locations have them.
Is there a DVC discount on the sampler ?
No
What is DVC?
Disney Vacation Club
Will there be a passholder discount?
No
I love cocktails and other drinks so I was curious to dig a little deeper to see if these tabs would be worth it for me. There are 22 menu items that come in over the $8.66 mark that are eligible to be ‘purchased’ with tabs.
I am going to get the tabs to ‘buy’ the following items:
Moet & Chandon Brut Rose Imperial – $16
Spicy Apple Margarita – $10.75
BaiJoe Punch (China) – $10.5
Brazil – Frozen Caipirinha $11
Twinings Pumpkin chai tea frozen cocktail with caramel vodka – $9.75
Lenotti Recioto Della Valpolicella, Veneto (wine) – $10
Chilled coffee with godiva chocolate Liqueur – $10
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut – $13
Total for these drinks comes out to $91. (Savings of $21.77).
Note: There wasn’t a single, eligible food item over 8.66 on the entire menu.
I will also be there a week so, no worries I will get alcohol poisoning!
Thanks! Getting Mine!????????????????