Evermore Orlando Resort has rolled out two new curated programming tiers — Evermore Signature Experiences and a dedicated suite of Conrad Orlando at Evermore offerings — adding a roster of food, beverage, and nature-driven activations to the AAA Five Diamond property adjacent to Walt Disney World.
The additions signal a broader hospitality industry push toward experience-led revenue streams, as luxury resorts compete less on room product alone and more on the depth and exclusivity of programming they can wrap around a stay. For operators watching hospitality experience trends, Evermore's move is a useful case study in layering high-margin, bookable moments onto an existing amenity base.
Beverage & Dining Activations
Among the Conrad Orlando offerings most relevant to food and beverage operators is Take "Flight", an immersive cocktail journey through the hotel's signature bar concepts — Apéro, Ceiba, and Papaya Club — pairing each venue's drink menu with the story and craft behind the pour. The program essentially turns the property's existing F&B outlets into a ticketed experience, a model increasingly favored by resort operators looking to drive incremental revenue from guests already on property. Conrad Orlando's five dining outlets, which range from rooftop Mexican at Ceiba to coastal Southern Italian at Sophia's Trattoria, provide the breadth needed to make such a progressive tasting format credible.
On the resort-wide side, the Chris-Craft Sunset Cruise aboard Forevermore — a fully electric Chris-Craft vessel — pairs sunset views across Evermore Bay with cocktails and light bites, a format that blends waterfront F&B service with experiential hospitality. The resort's 8-acre freshwater bay and 20 acres of beach provide the backdrop, and the electric vessel positions the offering within the growing sustainability conversation in luxury resort food and beverage programming.
Nature, Wellness, and Group Experiences
Beyond the bar, Conrad Orlando's Signature Bioluminescence Immersion takes guests off-property to Florida's coast for a guided nighttime kayak through bioluminescent waterways — available year-round, with neon-blue dinoflagellates in summer and comb jellies in winter. The Critter Connections experience brings Gatorland handlers directly into guest suites for a private Florida wildlife encounter, a move that trades on the resort's Central Florida location.
For group and family business — a segment Evermore's large-format Evermore Residences vacation homes are specifically built to serve — Evermore Bay Your Way packages a full private day for up to 20 guests, combining a reserved beachfront space, hosted activities, a Duffy Boat cruise, and a fire pit s'mores experience into a single bookable product. The Plant Your Family Tree ceremony, which provides families with a permanently planted tree on resort grounds and a custom dedication placard, targets repeat visitation by creating a physical, personal connection to the property.
The Conrad Spa Orlando contributes the In Full Bloom Ritual, a multi-sensory treatment built around personalized floral essences, aura cleansing, and tropical-flower-infused massage oils — wellness programming that aligns with the broader spa-as-destination trend seen across luxury hospitality.
Operator Takeaways
For foodservice and hospitality professionals, the Evermore programming model underscores how integrated resort operators can convert existing F&B infrastructure — bar programs, dining outlets, waterfront amenities — into separately bookable, premium-priced experiences without significant capital investment. The approach creates new revenue lines while deepening guest engagement and incentivizing longer stays.
Written by Michael Politz, Author of Guide to Restaurant Success: The Proven Process for Starting Any Restaurant Business From Scratch to Success (ISBN: 978-1-119-66896-1), Founder of Food & Beverage Magazine, the leading online magazine and resource in the industry. Designer of the Bluetooth logo and recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine's "Top 40 Under 40" for founding American Wholesale Floral, Politz is also the Co-founder of the Proof Awards and the CPG Awards and a partner in numerous consumer brands across the food and beverage sector.
