Eat to the Beat Concert Series

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Epcot, one of the four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, offers festivals throughout the year that provide a little extra fanfare to guests visiting the theme park. The Flower and Garden Festival just ended, and the International Food and Wine Festival will be starting soon, and run through November. For those who have never been to Epcot before, the front half of the theme park is where all the rides are, but the back half of the park--called the World Showcase--contains "lands" where different countries are represented. The "countries" surround a large lake, and at the back of the World Showcase is the American pavilion, and it is there that Disney has a small amphitheater for concerts. It has seating for about 2000 people. As part of the Food and Wine Festival, Disney offers free concerts called "Eat to the Beat." Popular bands from bygone eras are booked, and will usually perform either Friday/Saturday, or Sunday/Monday. Each night, three sets are offered, usually lasting about 30 minutes each. So if you go to all three sets (5:45pm, 6:30pm, 8:00pm), you can enjoy about an hour and a half of music. We've never really taken advantage of this in the past, but this year we're excited to go see more concerts at the theme park. The seating is wonderful, the experience is intimate, and it's all included with theme park admission. Here's the shows we are going to see this year: The Fray, Sugar Ray, Hoobastank, Mercy Me, Foreigner/Journey, Switchfoot, Parmelee, and Smash Mouth. My daughter also wants to go see 98 Degrees, but I'm not a fan of boy bands and probably won't go to that one. Disney also offers a dining package with the concert series, where you can dine at one of their fancy restaurants in the World Showcase and have reserved seating in the amphitheater, for an extra cost of course. We'll probably do that for a few of the shows. Do you like any of the bands we're planning on going to see? Or, if you can have your pick, which band from the past would you like to see at Disney (assuming you were there at the theme park)?