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Universal's Holiday Menus Are Out: Pierogies at New Cabin Kiosks, and Super Mario Land Gets Holiday Decor for the First Time
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Universal's Holiday Menus Are Out: Pierogies at New Cabin Kiosks, and Super Mario Land Gets Holiday Decor for the First Time

Michael Travels
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Pierogies and fire-roasted striploin are coming to Universal Studios Florida's New York streets. In a press release on November 11, Universal Orlando put out the food and drink lineup and other details for its holiday season, which starts this Saturday, November 14, and runs through January 3, 2027. The new pieces include holiday kiosks in Universal Studios Florida and, for the first time, holiday decor, merchandise and food in Epic Universe's Super Mario Land.

New cabin kiosks in New York

The New York area of Universal Studios Florida is getting what Universal calls "cozy, cabin-style wooden kiosks." Here is what is on them:

  • Savory: fire-roasted holiday striploin, potato pancakes and pierogies
  • Sweet: Christmas tree waffles, red-nose reindeer donuts and Earl the Squirrel's hazelnut dot cake
  • Drinks: coquito, a merry orchid mule and a peppermint espresso martini hot chocolate

The release does not list food or drink prices.

Epic Universe's holiday menu

Epic Universe's second holiday season brings holiday food and drink to select venues across all five of its worlds. Last year's menu, per Universal, included a seasonal Glühwin at Le Gobelet Noir. This year Universal named these:

  • Snoggletog Harvest Mac and Cheese Cone in How to Train Your Dragon - Isle of Berk, back after a limited run last holiday season, WDW News Today reported
  • Winter Hunter Mule at The Burning Blade Tavern in Dark Universe
  • Snowman Cake (Mario) at Toadstool Cafe in SUPER NINTENDO WORLD
  • Noir Holiday Supper at Le Gobelet Noir in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic
  • Dongzhi Nights, one of the holiday mocktails and cocktails in Celestial Park, at The Blue Dragon Pan-Asian Restaurant

A father, a mother and a daughter in a fuzzy hat eat mac and cheese from bread cones in paper sleeves with forks, a coaster track behind them

A family digs into Mac and Cheese Cones in Isle of Berk. The Snoggletog Harvest version returns for the holidays. Photo: Universal Orlando Resort

Elsewhere, Seuss Landing has the BAH! Jam Tart and the Very Grinchmas Ice Cream Sandwich, DreamWorks Imagination Cafe has Gingy's Gingerbread Streusel Cake, and Spiced Apple Cider and Hot Butterbeer are in all three Wizarding World lands.

A first for Super Mario Land

The release also has a first for Super Mario Land. "For the first time, Universal Orlando's newest theme park, Universal Epic Universe, will feature special holiday décor, festive merchandise and food at Super Mario Land in SUPER NINTENDO WORLD," Universal said.

Isle of Berk gets what Universal calls festive decor for Snoggletog, the winter celebration from the films, plus seasonal merchandise and photo ops (last year the land had only light Snoggletog theming, mostly in its shops), and Celestial Park returns as a "cosmic winter wonderland" with more Christmas trees and holiday fountain displays at the Cosmos Fountain during the day. We outlined the Epic Universe plans in October. Universal's November 4 holiday guide promised themed food in SUPER NINTENDO WORLD and seasonal food and drinks in Isle of Berk without naming any dishes.

The Grinch in a red Santa hat and coat reaches toward the camera in front of colorful Seuss Landing trees and a striped tent strung with holiday lights

The Grinch in Seuss Landing. Photo: Universal Orlando Resort

The rest of the season

  • Returning: Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in all three lands, with "The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle" projection show in Hogsmeade; Grinchmas and the "Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular" in Seuss Landing; and the nightly Universal's Holiday Parade featuring Macy's.
  • Earl the Squirrel: his 30.4-foot balloon debuts in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and joins Universal's parade in December, and he meets guests in CityWalk Friday to Sunday from November 20 to January 3.
  • Holiday Tribute Store: back at Universal Studios Florida, themed this year to NBCUniversal's legacy in the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  • Admission: the in-park holiday experiences are included with regular theme park admission. Universal is selling three days of park access from $99 plus tax per day, or from $119 plus tax per day for park-to-park.
  • New Year's Eve: parties in the parks, CityWalk and the hotels, with details "revealed soon."

The dragon atop Gringotts Bank in Diagon Alley breathes fire at night under a lit holiday wreath, with guests silhouetted below

The Gringotts dragon breathes fire under a holiday wreath in Diagon Alley. Photo: Universal Orlando Resort

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Image credits: All photos courtesy of Universal Orlando Resort.

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Check out our guides for more on each place in this story:

Epic Universe Universal Studios Florida Toadstool Cafe The Burning Blade Tavern Le Gobelet Noir The Blue Dragon Pan-Asian Restaurant DreamWorks Imagination Cafe Holidays at Universal Orlando Resort

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