Refreshment Port

The Cronut was the perfect amount of sugar and cinnamon. Very soft and flaky; just as it should be when a donut and croissant unite in marriage.

Just get one. Seriously.
If you’ve never had a cronut before, let me break it down. It’s a croissant doughnut dipped in cinnamon & sugar. Here, you may also top yours with ice cream! ICE CREAM — GENIUS! Pure genius! It’s so amazing. Tastes like a churro, except not nearly as hard. Trust me, you should not, no, you cannot go to Epcot without trying one of these at least once! Do it! Thank me later!

So this place is on the right as you enter the world showcase right before the Canadian pavilion. This is where they have the croissant donut with soft serve ice cream.

Stop it! That cronut is a-​we-​some!!! Where have you been my whole life?! So good. Perfect combo of a croissant and donut. Match made in heaven!

Review for Croissant Donut only:
When I first saw that this place was selling Croissant Donuts, I scoffed at the idea that an amusement park refreshments stand would produce any quality snacks. However, after reading the rave Unilocal reviews, I succumbed to my curiosity and decided to get one.
BOY was it worth it. The cronut was sooo warm and flavorful and wonderfully balanced. It was also shockingly crispy and flaky, which blows my mind because it came out of a refreshments stand … at a theme park. In fact, after eating one, I went straight back to Refreshments Port to get a second one.
The cronut here isn’t quite as good as the original cronut from Dominique Ansel’s Bakery in NYC, but it’s one hell of an effort. I’ve tried imitation cronuts from Paris Baguette and other bakeries, but none of the imitations are nearly as good as the one at Refreshments Port in Disney World. For less than five bucks, you can get the best snack you’ll ever get from an amusement park — a MUST-​TRY!

A cronut is simply a donut mixed with a croissant. I don’t know how they do it. I don’t know if that’s really what it is. All I know is that I’ve never had one as good as the one at this place in Epcot.
I don’t like spending money. It’s against my religion. But, somehow I ended up paying $ 5 for one of these things. One bite, and I was drooling like a heroin addict. My daughter asked for a bite, and I shared. But, I also“accidentally” dropped a bag of M&Ms while «looking» for a napkin in my bag. «Baby, you can’t have both. You can have another bite of this donut OR you can have this whole bag of M&Ms.»
The sad thing is that I don’t know whether I shared because I love her or because I needed justification to walk all the way back from the front gate to get another one. I mean, I couldn’t give an honest Unilocal review if all I had was 98% of a donut. Nope, I had a civic duty.
The second one was just as good as the first one. If Florida was about ten miles closer to DC, I would actually consider walking back to get another. Oh well.

This review is solely based on the Croissant Doughnut, aka the CRONUT because it is the BEST I’VE EVER HAD. This delicious treat deserves its own review because if you’ve ever had one from this Refreshment Port, you will understand how standout this small dessert is.
This cronut is the perfect balance of its parents, the croissant and the doughnut. Other imitators really lose the croissant component of this latest foodie fad and end up being 90% doughnut and totally miss the mark maintaining the crispy, flaky, and buttery croissant. (:cough cough: Dunkin’ Doughnuts).
While Disney in it of itself is amazing, getting to the Refreshment Port for this delicacy at a bargain price of $ 4.99 is at the top of my list for «Things to do while at Disney». You dream of Disney, I crave of a cronut.
I’ve been to bakeries literally everywhere to try to find something remotely close to Epcot’s cronut and its been a very disappointing and expensive journey.
If you find yourself at Disney and you want a sweet treat, this cronut will not disappoint.
Pro tip: Get your own. The sharing means caring rule does not apply here. Enjoy!

If you’re heading into The World Showcase from Future World, you’ll find the Refreshment Port on the right just before you get to Canada. They don’t offer up a lot lot here at this small quick service window. Mainly what you’ll find is soft serve ice cream (which you can get in a waffle cone), the infamous cronut, coffee, hot cocoa, and an assortment of fountain soft drinks.
I’m sorry, but I wasn’t impressed with Disney’s version of the cronut at all. I won’t be getting another one. There’s way too much other good (better) food to found in The World Showcase. Granted, I’ve only ever had a cronut from one other place (in Jacksonville), but Disney’s version didn’t even begin to meet my expectations compared to the other I have had. But, if you absolutely must have the cronut, go for it. You can even get it with soft serve on top.
I mainly stop here to grab hot cocoa during the winter when I’m heading into the World Showcase, or to grab free cups of ice during the summer for canned soda I’ve brought into the Park with me.

We had a cronut every time we visited epcot during our vacation. It’s simply delicious, light and flaky but not too sweet mmm mmm I miss the refreshment port!

This unassuming spot has made it onto my must-​do places/​happiness list as part of my quarterly Disney getaways — why? THEY HAVE CROISSANT DOUGHNUTS! ! And, they are absolutely incredible.
Refreshment Port is exactly as the name implies — just a spot offering a variety of beverages and soft serve, although they also serve chicken nuggets which is total nonsense — you’re at Epcot! Eat around the World, people! Anyway.
As of December of last year, Refreshment Port started serving croissant doughnuts so I made sure to check them out on my trip in early March — I have been hooked ever since! These babies are served warm, doused in cinnamon sugar and have layers and layers of buttery, flaky goodness. Each bite was crisp, light and sweet. INCREDIBLE. For awhile they were offering it a la mode as an option, which I actually didn’t like as much — the soft serve made the croissant doughnut soggy really quickly. Regular version is the way to go. I have had at least three of them every trip since March, and take one to go on the last day, for the Magical Depress ride back to the airport, waah.
Please do yourself a favor and check it out before/​after or before and after making your way around the World. It’ll cost you $ 5 even, and is worth that muffin top!

Croissant donut, ’nuff said. Do yourself a favor and get some coffee at the new Starbucks to go with it.

Croissant Donut: 5 Stars — DO NOT however order the coffee with godiva liqueur here, it is watered down and just not good — YUCK. Anyway, as soon as we arrive at Epcot a stop must be made here for their Croissant Donut, its warm, its flaky, it’s loaded with cinnamon sugar, I mean HELLO! They now serve it a la mode, which is how I asked for it, I love the concept but because they put the ice cream right in the middle of the «cronut» it’s a little difficult to eat together, only way I see it working is to have a fork and knife handy and put the ice cream on the side, I didn’t see any tables nearby so I just had to eat the ice cream first and then the «cronut», I wouldn’t get it a la mode the next time. If you like donuts, and you like croissants, then you’ll love the creation of both of these in one without having to buy a plane ticket to NY.

I’d love to know how this compares to the famous New Yorkan ‘cronut’ that people wait hours for! Typically a cronut is a croissant and donut deep fried with cinnamon and sugar… Since I’m not much of a connoisseur or a fan of the deep fried world, I can’t tell you with full on certainty that this isn’t worth a try for you.
So this was my second experience trying the ever so famous croissant/​donut hybrid. This experience was faaaaaaaaar better than the first so in all fairness it is deserving of the 3 stars. i don’t particularly care for ‘deep fried’ therefore I am not fond of the concept. The cronut in general tends to be greasy and does not sit well with me but i did not want to pass up the opportunity of giving it a shot.
End result… it was A-​OK, not something that I would go out of my way for while at the park. I could tell it was fresh and not stale, which is a good thing and given their recent popularity I’m sure t he demand helps keep it that way.
I also noticed they now offer it with soft serve ice cream which I think may offset the texture a little and may have been better for me but again if we are reviewing the ‘cronut’ it should be good all on its own and its compliments should not necessarily alter the quality of the item itself so although cronut a la mode was probably better… cronut itself was not so much a winner for me so I chose not to waste the calories and threw it out after a few bites… not a fan of the grease.

The Refreshment Port is a small «blink and you’ll miss it» building with simple counter service. When you’re walking towards World Showcase Lagoon from the entrance of the park you’ll see it on the right before you hit Canada. There are no tables set up. You just grab your food and keep on trucking. It has the standard theme park food you’d expect including breaded chicken fingers, vanilla cones, cronuts, … wait what? Yes cronuts. They’re called «croissant doughnuts» here and boy are they worth hunting down. I’ve never had a «real» cronut in New York City so I can’t compare the one I had here to that one, but I was really happy with what I got. From the outside it just looks like a doughnut, but when you bite into it the difference is immediately apparent. The inside was layered, flaky, and delicious. The cinnamon added on top was a great touch.
It’s not exactly a newsflash that something at Disney is expensive. One cronut set me back five dollars. I thought it was well worth the money and I’ll gladly do it again next trip. Apparently this item was NOT added for the Flower and Garden Festival, which is when I tried it. Hopefully that is true and I’ll be able to keep enjoying these treats from the Refreshment Port.

I’ve always enjoyed the Epcot Refreshment Port’s Frozen Bacardi Mojito and the fried shrimp. However, after my most recent visit I was surprised to see that both items were off the menu! Luckily, Refreshment Port had Croissant Doughnuts! I really enjoyed the Croissant Doughnut and loved the layers of butter flavor in each layer. I’ve never had the NYC famous version, but these were a delicious and very easy to get version that was delicious!

Disney was touting its new croissant donut, and I was so excited to try their version! Unfortunately, it was disappointing. It was nice and flaky, but honestly, it tasted exactly like the ones from Safeway. And for the price of one cronut here, you could get a whole box of it at Safeway.