Disney dining memories from Pleasure Island, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and other past park experiences are the focus of a new cookbook co-written by Attractions Podcast co-host Carly Caramanna.
The Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook: 60+ Nostalgic Recipes and Stories of Yesteryear, written with theme park journalist Julie Tremaine, includes more than 60 recipes inspired by Disney dining from the past 70 years. Harper Celebrate published the 272-page hardcover on Oct. 13, 2026, with a suggested retail price of $22.99.
Among the featured experiences is the Adventurers Club, the interactive, explorer-society-themed nightclub that operated at Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World before closing in 2008 with the area’s other nightclubs. Caramanna told Attractions Magazine that the venue is the Disney experience she would most like to see return, citing its immersive setting and live entertainment. The cookbook includes recipes for the club’s signature Kungaloosh cocktails.
The book also looks beyond Walt Disney World, including the Monorail Bar at the Disneyland Hotel, a 1960s venue that Caramanna said had relatively little documented history. Other recipes are tied to the Carrot Cake Cookie from Writer’s Stop at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Taco Salad in a Ta-Cup from Disneyland’s Casa de Fritos and Goat Cheese Dip from Restaurant Marrakesh at Epcot.
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More recent closures are represented, too. The cookbook recreates the Iced Felucian Blue Shrimp Cocktail from Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the Walt Disney World experience that closed in 2023.
Caramanna also points to Disney dining as part of the parks’ broader storytelling, with food helping build a themed setting alongside attractions and entertainment. She told Attractions Magazine that Walt Disney World’s dining investment helped lay groundwork for Central Florida’s restaurant scene, citing the former Top of the World restaurant at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, which later became California Grill.
