Join us on Friday evening of the convention in the Vistas Café for our annual Fest with our Guests!
Enjoy the Buffet while dining alongside the celebrity of your choice or come for dinner and stay for the after-dinner Mix & Mingle. Doors open for dinner at 6:00 PM to allow time for everyone to get settled before the Guests join us and the Buffet opens at 6:30 PM.
Dinner will be followed by a Mix & Mingle at 8:00 PM.
Three ticket types are available:
Dinner at Celebrity Table – Feast with the celebrity of your choice, then mix & mingle with all the guests afterward
Dinner and Mix & Mingle – Feast on the wonderful buffet, then mix & mingle with the guests afterward
Mix & Mingle – Join the fun at 8pm and get to meet the guests up close and personal
Tickets are available now on our Shore Leave Store.
Online Sales end June 15, 2025. Prices will be higher at the door
NOTE: A Shore Leave membership (Friday or Weekend badge) is required to attend this event.
All profits from the Fest benefit this year’s official Shore Leave charities.
The Italian Dinner Buffet menu includes:
- Salads: Caesar salad with seasoned croutons and grated cheese, cucumber and onion salad, Caprese salad with mozzarella, Roma tomato and basil
- Breads: Baked Parmesan garlic bread sticks, baked rolls and butter
- Entrees: Vegetable lasagna alfredo, baked manicotti with marinara sauce, sauteed chicken breast with Marsala wine sauce, baked ziti with meat sauce
- Sides: Italian green beans with pimento, summer vegetable ratatouille
- Desserts: Cannoli, chocolate cake, Amaretto mousse
- Beverages: Coffee, decaf, flavored and herbal teas, iced tea
A Cash Bar offering beer, wine, cocktails, sodas and juices will be available.