Take your pick . . . There are more than 300 places to dine across the Walt Disney World Resort. And that's not counting the portable food carts. In all, more than 6,000 different food items are available.

Someone's in the kitchen . . . There are more than 200 chefs on staff at Walt Disney World Resort.

Light as air . . . 10,000 dessert soufflés a year come out of the oven at Victoria & Albert's at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.

You say tomato . . . California Grill at Disney's Contemporary Resort serves 70 pounds of vine-ripened tomatoes every night during "tomato season," July through November.

Quick service . . . Walt Disney World guests consume more than 9 million burgers, 7 million hot dogs and 9 million pounds of french fries every year. And it takes 30 million packets of ketchup to go along with the meals.

Green thumb . . . More than 30 tons of fruits and vegetables grown at The Land pavilion at Epcot are served in Walt Disney World restaurants.

It's a toss-up . . . 31,000 Cobb salads are tossed every year at the Hollywood Brown Derby at Disney-MGM Studios. The original recipe for the dressing, created in 1926, still tops the salads.

Thatsa pasta . . . Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano restaurant at Disney-MGM Studios serves 720 pounds of pasta every day.

Finger food . . . Nearly 1.5 million turkey drumsticks are devoured every year in the four Disney theme parks -- Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Keeping cool . . . 3 million chocolate-covered Mickey Mouse ice cream bars are sold every year at Walt Disney World Resort.

Just like mom's . . . At least 125 orders of meatloaf and mashed potatoes are requested every day at the 50's Prime Time Cafe at Disney-MGM Studios.

Say cheese . . . More than 40 varieties of cheeses are used by Disney theme park and resort chefs.

 

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