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Pics and Review! EATS for “Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live!” in Epcot

“Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live!” is BACK for the summer at Epcot!

Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live!

From today until August 18th, Guardians Star-Lord and Gamora and their alien band will be performing hits from Awesome Mix Volumes 1 & 2 five times a day in the American Gardens Theatre.

Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live!

Songs include “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Come and Get Your Love,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” and “I Want You Back.”

Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live!

A certain someone also makes an appearance…

Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live!

And for a quick bite to eat before or after the show in The American Adventure Pavilion, both Liberty Inn and Fife & Drum Tavern are serving up themed eats throughout the show’s run!

Liberty Inn

In Liberty Inn, you’ll find the Space Sandwich, the Awesome Mix Plate (ha!), and Cosmic Cake.

Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live! Eats

Note that Rocket Fuel is the themed drink here — it’s a frozen Coca-Cola Slushy with grenadine.

Liberty Inn Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live! Eats

The Space Sandwich ($10.99) is barbecue pulled pork topped with crispy onions and served on a Kaiser bun with french fries on the side.

Space Sandwich

The kaiser is toasted to offer a bit of crunch, and obviously the colors present a unique appearance!

Space Sandwich Bun

Otherwise, though, the sandwich itself is pretty basic. The pork — while there is lots of it — isn’t overly flavorful, and you can find better pork dishes out there.

Space Sandwich

For instance…

Awesome Mix Plate

The Awesome Mix Plate ($11.99) is a pile of french fries topped with barbecue pulled pork, macaroni and cheese, bacon, and lettuce. It’s a huge dish and easily sharable.

Awesome Mix Plate

And because the other elements lend this dish loads more flavor overall, this would be what we would order over the sandwich.

Awesome Mix Plate

Cosmic Cake ($4.99 or a Disney Dining Plan snack credit) is a dome of chocolate cake covered in more chocolate. And we’re giving you two warnings with this one.

Cosmic Cake

One, that chocolate cover melts quickly; and two, the black paint on the space topper is tough to get off your hands.

Cosmic Cake

That said, the cake itself is filled with vanilla buttercream and “space sprinkles,” and it’s tasty altogether, with a good cake-to-buttercream ratio.

Cosmic Cake

Just steps away outside at Fife & Drum Tavern, you’ll find a selection of specialty beverages.

Fife & Drum Awesome Mix Live! Menu

The Awesome Mix Slushy ($8.25) is a frozen blue raspberry, strawberry, and lemonade slushy served with a glow cube (which, granted, you can’t really appreciate in the bright light of day, but it’s in there!).

Awesome Mix Slushy

It’s super yummy and refreshing on a hot day, even though the colors themselves blend together in about 5 seconds.

Awesome Mix Slushy

The I am Root float is a classic Root Beer Float topped with whipped cream and mint leaves (which you can also have spiked with Stoli Vanil Vodka). And the Destroyer Punch is orange, pineapple, and lime juices and grenadine, which can be turned into Galaxy Juice for guests 21-and-over with the addition of cherry bourbon.

This is also where you can grab a Mix Tart ($5.00 or a Disney Dining Plan snack credit)! This strawberry-filled shortbread cookie is topped with a fondant Awesome Mix Tape.

Mix Tart

It’s a terrific photo touch, but the tart itself tastes much better without the fondant.

Mix Tart

It did lack the buttery flavor we expect from shortbread, though. Overall, it’s just okay.

Mix Tart

We can’t say we were really blown away by the eats for Guardians of the Galaxy — Awesome Mix Live! The flavors, unfortunately, don’t impress as much as the appearance for the most part. We do give thumbs up to the Awesome Mix Plate (the loaded fries) and the Awesome Mix Slushy. (And, in fact, since your other drink options are variations on fruity drinks and root beer floats, you probably can’t go wrong with any of those.) So, we say grab an “Awesome Mix” one or the other to go with your “Awesome Mix Live!” show and have some summer fun, Guardians fans!

Will you be checking out “Awesome Mix Live!” this summer? Please let us know with a comment!

 



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