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The Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld is the thing you need to do this weekend

May 9, 2019 by Jill Leave a Comment

My husband and I have this thing we do together every year. It’s absolutely our favorite date night…except it happens during the day so I guess we have to call it “date day.” The Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld is a total foodie paradise and it comes to SeaWorld San Antonio every spring. We never miss it and yes…we go to SeaWorld without the kids for this. It’s a “just us” thing that we’ve come to look forward to each year. I’m excited to share all the details with you in the hopes that you will make this your new favorite “date day.”

Table of Contents

  • The Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld – The thing you need to in May
    • What is the Seven Seas Food Festival?
    • How much does the Seven Seas Food Festival Cost?
    • What kind of food is available at the Seven Seas Food Festival?
    • Other things to know

The Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld – The thing you need to in May

We were hosted by SeaWorld San Antonio. All opinions are mine.

What is the Seven Seas Food Festival?

The Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld San Antonio is a celebration of flavors, cuisines and cultures. It is a serious ode to food and it is so fun and tasty. You can taste and toast your way around the world, from the Pacific Rim to the sun-kissed Mediterranean. Explore dishes from the exotic to the classics at specially themed festival locations throughout the park, along with a global collection of unique wines, craft cocktails and imported beers. Plus, enjoy other foodie events, live music and more, all in a festival-style atmosphere.

The Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld San Antonio Texas

This is the Choripan con Chimichurri at the Brazil booth. This was a new try for us – we usually get the empanadas.

If you’re thinking food at SeaWorld consists of popcorn buckets and quick service meals, then think again. Executive Chef Scott Ronczkowski has prepared some serious delights for SeaWorld visitors. You don’t have to come to SeaWorld San Antonio with the express purpose of enjoying the Seven Seas Food Festival, although that’s how we do it. You can enjoy this fun event in conjunction with an ordinary park visit but I recommend doing a separate visit just to enjoy all the food and beverage experiences, if possible.

How much does the Seven Seas Food Festival Cost?

While you can purchase individual food items, your best value is a sampler lanyard. These are available at any of the food booths and cost $45 for a 10 sampler punch card and $60 for a 15 sampler punch card. You can pop the lanyard around your neck and not have to worry with pulling cash out every time you want to get something. 

Greece is always one of our favorites. This is the Chicken Shawarma with Skug Sauce.

If you are a a season pass holder, you’ll get a three sampler punch card free with the purchase of a 15 sample punch card. 

The Seven Seas Food Festival Passport will tell you everything you need to know – don’t forget to find out how to get a free dessert!

Park admission isn’t included.

What kind of food is available at the Seven Seas Food Festival?

This year’s selections offer delicious bites and sips from Greece, Italy, Spain, Japan, Jamaica, Gulf of Mexico, France, Brazil and Hawaii. All of the booths offer some sort of spirits and non-alcoholic beverages. There are also other places throughout the park to get beer, wine and mimosas. There’s even a tequila tasting booth if that’s your thing. 

Pineapple and coconut sorbets and a Mai Tai from the Hawaiian booth. This was the only dessert we had on our recent visit but the crepes in France are also really yummy.

There is also regular park food available, although some of the quick service kiosks aren’t available. 

The Gulf of Mexico is always the first booth we hit. This is the Mojo Pork with Black Beans and Rice and the Street Tacos. The Street Tacos are all new flavors this year.

Other things to know

Be prepared to be asked for your ID multiple times. You’ll typically be asked when you order and when you pick up your food and beverages. I’m pretty sure there is little doubt in anyone’s mind that I’m over 21 but we were ID’d each time we ordered an alcoholic beverage.

Tequila tasting, anyone?

Come hungry. These are not sample sizes – they are small, tasting portions. 

Scope out your passport before you begin. Get an idea of what you want to eat and plan how you’re going to use your punches. You want to make sure you don’t leave the park with punches unused, unless you plan to return for another go-round at the Seven Seas Food Festival. If you run out of punches, you can always buy more cards or pay the individual price.

If you like tapas, Spain is a must-try. This is the Tapas Sampler and the the Charcuterie Sampler

And, don’t forget to get your passport stamped at each of the booths – you’ll get a free dessert when you get all of your stamps. I recommend the crepes in France. We skipped them this year because I’m trying really hard to stay gluten-free (spoiler alert – I totally cheated at the Seven Seas Food festival) but they are so, so good. 

Italy is also one of our favorites. I get the Italian Meatball Slider every year. This year, they’ve got a new menu item in Italy, the Chicken Margherita flatbread.

There are some vegetarian options available. If you’re vegetarian or vegan, I recommend checking the menu before you go. We did NOT sample anything from the Japan booth this year (just a heads up, it’s super Instagrammable) but they do offer two meatless items, both new this year: Jackfruit Yakisoba and Blistered Shishito Peppers. 

All the booths have such fun themeing and music to go along with the food. You almost don’t recognize it as SeaWorld. We’ve tried everything the Jamaica booth has to offer and it’s ALL good. If you’re really hungry, the Jamaican Street Patty is really hearty and filling.

There’s special entertainment to go along with the delicious food. Check your sampler for more information but I’ll say this: the themed music really makes this event wow-worthy. 

All the wines we tasted were very respectable. They bring out some special ones just for this event.

The Seven Seas Food Festival is happening every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from now until Memorial Day Weekend at Sea World San Antonio. More info and tickets available here.

 

 

 


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