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Valentine’s Day Beignets Drive 90-Minute Lines at Disney’s Port Orleans

Social media–boosted demand for a limited-time pink beignet overwhelmed the resort’s café on Feb. 14.

Overview

  • Lines for Berry In Love Beignets at Scat Cat’s Club Cafe stretched through the Port Orleans French Quarter lobby toward the outdoor pool, as documented in posts including one by Nick Chappell.
  • Peak waits were estimated around 90 minutes based on social media reports, far exceeding the location’s typical 20–30 minute queues during busy periods.
  • The specialty item is a pink-tinged variation dusted with raspberry powdered sugar and drizzled with marshmallow sauce, offered throughout February rather than only on Valentine’s Day.
  • Crowds outgrew designated queue spaces and disrupted resort traffic flow, complicating lobby movement and check-in operations.
  • Online reactions questioned whether the visually striking treat warranted the time investment, with some comparing its taste unfavorably to New Orleans beignet benchmarks and citing FOMO dynamics.