Eat in Space!

Space 220

We got to try Epcot's new dining experience Space 220 and all I can say is WOW!  Located right next to Mission Space in Epcot, this dining experience is out of this world...

You get the experience of dining in a space station with some pretty spectacular views.  Offering modern American cuisine and cocktails Space 220 is an expensive dining choice but is the experience worth $55 each for lunch or $79 each for dinner and $29 for kids.  Follow along with us for an exciting dining experience.

The entry ticket you are given begins your experience with a ride in the space elevator.  This is a pretty cool simulation!  After a short trip up 220 miles above the Earth you arrive at the space station.
There you are greeted by your hosts who walk you to your table with a pretty spectacular view of Earth.  Your views will be dependent on the time of day.  So you get a daytime view at Lunch and a night view at Dinner. 

No matter where you are seated you get a pretty big view of space.  Even tucked away in the corner like we were, we ended up seeing all sorts of things in our window.
​You'd think the view would get boring, but it stays pretty fresh with astronauts and spaceships that will occasionally drift into view.

While the experience is cool, we are here to eat!  And the food really did not disappoint.  With lunch you get an appetizer (Lift-Offs) and an entree (Star Course) while dinner has the addition of a desert (Super Nova Sweets.)

We started off with the Big Bang Burrata, Starry Calamari, and Space Greens.  The kids of course loved their fried Calamari while the adults enjoyed their salad and cheese.  Our entree course the Slow Rotation Short Rib, the 8oz Filet Mignon, and the X2 Duck.  While our steaks were both pretty good choices, the duck was the star course here.  I'm not even a duck fan.  This was just mouth-watering.  Our daughter Zoey tried a bite and I had never seen her make that face of yumminess.  I think she had her first food-gasm.  Both the roasted and confit duck of this dish were SO good.  We highly recommend it.

Desert was the Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake, the Chocolate Cheesecake and the Carrot Cake.  We were celebrating Niko's Birthday so we also got a little chocolate cupcake to celebrate.

Of course we had to sample the drinks!  Zoey enjoyed the Moon Rocks drink, which features Pop Rocks while Niko sipped at his Lightyear Lemonade.

I had to try the Planetary Punch because I can't pass up a drink that bubbles.  The drink looks very cool but I found it to be overly sweet.  Angie had the Nebula, which was surprisingly good.  She's not a whisky or bourbon drinker, but it was a good cocktail.

Walking back you can really see the rest of the space station.  The hallways and view of the rotating vegetable garden are very pretty.  But now we have to return to earth with another trip in the space elevator.  This is certainly a dining experience we won't forget, especially the duck...

This may not be the dining experience for everyone, but we really enjoyed it.  Though it is pricey, we think it is worth doing at least once if you are going to be visiting Epcot.

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