We came, we saw, we ate - a quick, but yummy trip through WDW (1/23-1/27) - PICS

[lauritagoddess]

This was a short but sweet trip for us (myself and DS who’s 5.5) so I didn’t bother taking the dining plan. We had the good fortune of having free dining back in August and had thoroughly enjoyed that. I figured this time it would be too much for us. Of course I didn’t take into account the bottomless pit that’s my child’s stomach. And we do enjoy our TS meals, so for our upcoming trip in August I did decided to do the DDP again.

1/23

We arrived on Wednesday at ASMu mid-afternoon. My DS was insistent that our first night that we’d go to SciFi. He was very taken with it when we went the last time and I’d had one of the best burgers I’d ever had there, so I was happy with his choice. We checked in, my DS watched The Top 7 Must Sees in WDW (the first of the 1001 times he watched it over the course of the next few days, having watched at least that many times the previous times we were here, I seriously believe he’s obsessed with Stacy) and we headed over to MGM, oops Hollywood Studios and SciFi.

We were seated almost immediately and had a really good server. My DS ordered the kid’s hot dog meal with the tomato soup as his appetizer, and a kid’s sundae for dessert. I ordered onion rings for an appetizer, a burger and a chocolate milkshake. The onion rings were excellent and I shared with DS since he didn’t eat the soup. The milkshake was very thick and creamy, mmmm. My burger was cooked well and DS enjoyed his hot dog. However, it just wasn’t a great experience for us. We were in a car off on the side where there was a lot of foot traffic which I think took away from the atmosphere. There was a family seated ahead of us with a little girl about 3 years old who kept turning around staring at DS and this kept freaking him out and he told me to tell her to stop looking at him. The burger was just as good as last time, but I just didn’t enjoy it as much. DS did really enjoy making the kid’s sundae, I think mostly because the family in front of us had left. All in all, a good meal, but not as good as I remembered from last time.

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[mpmluvstigger]

Looking forward to more reviews!

[TigerKat]

Subbing.....popcorn::

[soontobewed07]

Great start I can't wait to take my DS what a great bonding trip

[lauritagoddess]

1/25

We had breakfast at the food court at ASMu. It was Mickey waffles with bacon for both of us, since what’s breakfast at WDW without some Mickey. We also had oranges and DS picked up a small container of Apple Jacks. I didn’t think he’d actually eat the cereal too, but he did. He eats like he’s a linebacker. The Giants could use him on Sunday, I tell you.

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This was our Animal Kingdom day. I love Flame Tree Barbecue and knew that was where I wanted to have lunch. DS wanted to get lunch from Restaurantosaurus. Our plan had been to pick something up there for him and to take it to us with us to Flame Tree. It worked out that DS didn’t want to walk back to Restaurantosaurus and decided to eat from Flame Tree too. I got the ribs and he got the kid’s hot dog meal. The ribs weren’t that great, kind of fatty and gristly. I’ve definitely had better there. The beans were good. This was the first time I was there with the corn muffin instead of the ear of corn. I loved the corn muffin!!! It was excellent. DS got grapes and fruit punch jello with his meal. He was a little freaked by the ducks. The last time we were there he kept trying to feed them but this time he didn’t want them anywhere near them, although he did take the crumbs from my corn muffin and throw them to the ducks when we were leaving. Oh, we also got a chocolate cake to share, which was also very good, nice and moist. And there are straws now at Flame Tree. I hadn’t been in AK since 2006, but remember there always not being any for fear of the animals choking on them, but these were paper straws so I guess they must be safe. DS didn’t eat the jello or the grapes so we took them with us. He ate the grapes while we waited for the Nemo musical to start but the poor jello took a dive out of my bag and splattered scarlet somewhere in Asia near the jungle trek.

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[mom2fivecs]

Enjoying the reviews...thanks for sharing.

[lauritagoddess]

In the late afternoon we went over to Downtown Disney. Our first stop was Goofy’s Candy Co. It was blissfully uncrowded in there compared to the other times we’ve been there. We got a fudge cookie covered with milk chocolate, m&ms, peanut butter cups and peanuts for me, marshmallows covered with dark chocolate, cashews and some kind of drizzle on it for DS. To take home we got 3 pretzel sticks covered with white chocolate and various toppings. The cookie was spectacular and DS felt the same way about the marshmallows. (Oops, sorry the cookie is already partially eaten, it was so good I forgot to take the pic, DS had to remind me). :)

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[Sazzo'sMommy]

Great reviews! Keep them coming, please!:thumbsup2

[TruBlu]

Thanks for kids meal pictures! :goodvibes

[libinatorsmom]

Great reveiws... thanks... I cant wait to do the candy an pretzles at GCC... :)

[poohluvrs]

Awesome!popcorn::

[lauritagoddess]

Great reveiws... thanks... I cant wait to do the candy an pretzles at GCC... :)

Everything from there was amazing!!! :)

[lauritagoddess]

For dinner we were either going to go to Earl of Sandwich or back to the food court, but DS begged me to go to the Rainforest Café. It’s been years since I’ve been in any Rainforest Café and I’ve never been to that one and I wasn’t expecting that much. I’d also heard about the extremely long waits for a table. But we had a fabulous meal. DS loved the atmosphere, and loved that we were seated next to a fish tank. He loved the animals making sounds and the fake thunderstorm. The server pushed us to get appetizers, but I declined and I’m glad I did because the serving sizes of the food were enormous. I have no idea how you could manage to eat an appetizer there and manage to eat an entrée too, and forget dessert. I got paella which was very tasty. I ate and ate and still managed to only finish about half of it. DS got the “Shrimpkens” which was half popcorn shrimp and half chicken tenders with kettle chips. He ate all the shrimp and all the tenders, so I assume they were very good. All in all, I think it was a very good value and good food. And we were seated almost right away and the service was very good. We did have dinner early, but I think that from the time we went in until I’d paid and we left was only about an hour.

The picture of the paella doesn't make it look that good, but really it was extremely tasty. I didn't eat the garlic bread that came with it though, so I'm not sure how that was.

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[earthfaries]

Hi:goodvibes I just found your TR , can't wait to read it!

[lauritagoddess]

1/26

We were back at the ASMU food court for breakfast. This morning we both got chocolate chip pancakes with bacon. DS also wanted eggs though but I didn’t see where you could just get a side of eggs. I decided to also get the breakfast platter with the eggs figuring it would be a waste of food, but I got it, hey it’s a vacation. But DS ate his whole chocolate chip pancakes kids meal plus the eggs, bacon and sausage from the breakfast platter. I ate some of the potatoes and some of the biscuit. I wished I hadn’t afterwards because I was sooooo full, and this was the day of our lunch reservation at Le Cellier. And thank goodness we did a ton of walking today to work that off.

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[lauritagoddess]

Luckily our lunch ADR wasn’t too early so it gave us some time to empty our stomachs a little, although I don’t think it was an issue for DS since by 11:00 or so he wanted to get an Itzakadoozie which I nixed, and wanted to fill up on soda at Club Cool. When we got to Le Cellier we had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated. For an appetizer I got the Prince Edward Island Mussels for an appetizer and DS got the carrots and celery with ranch dip. The mussels were very good. The applewood bacon gave the mussels and the chowder a nice smoky taste. DS said he couldn’t believe I was “eating something from the ocean” two days in a row since I’d had the paella the day before, lol. For the entrée I got the NY strip and DS got the kid’s meal with steak and fries. I had been planning on getting the filet, but instead of coming with mashed potatoes it said it came with a sweet potato puree and I’m not a big sweet potato fan. The NY strip was very good though, nice and tender. DS’s steak was very good too and he ate most of it. That said, while the steaks were really good, they weren’t as great as I’d expected them to be. Maybe if I’d gone for the filet. And we both loved the pretzel bread, mmmm. DS’ meal came with a kid’s sundae which he enjoyed.

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[dishm12/08]

Luckily our lunch ADR wasn’t too early so it gave us some time to empty our stomachs a little, although I don’t think it was an issue for DS since by 11:00 or so he wanted to get an Itzakadoozie which I nixed, and wanted to fill up on soda at Club Cool. When we got to Le Cellier we had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated. For an appetizer I got the Prince Edward Island Mussels for an appetizer and DS got the carrots and celery with ranch dip. The mussels were very good. The applewood bacon gave the mussels and the chowder a nice smoky taste. DS said he couldn’t believe I was “eating something from the ocean” two days in a row since I’d had the paella the day before, lol. For the entrée I got the NY strip and DS got the kid’s meal with steak and fries. I had been planning on getting the filet, but instead of coming with mashed potatoes it said it came with a sweet potato puree and I’m not a big sweet potato fan. The NY strip was very good though, nice and tender. DS’s steak was very good too and he ate most of it. That said, while the steaks were really good, they weren’t as great as I’d expected them to be. Maybe if I’d gone for the filet. And we both loved the pretzel bread, mmmm. DS’ meal came with a kid’s sundae which he enjoyed.

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Those mussels look delish. Keep them coming.

[phabric]

Enjoyed reading your reviews.

[mindyd]

Enjoying your reviews!

[swimgalsmom]

Great reviews! Thanks for sharing.

[lajones81]

Thanks for the great reviews! :)

[my3disneygirls]

Great Pics!

[mpmluvstigger]

Great reviews!! Im totally excited about those chocolate chip pancakes at ASMu. We are staying there in March. Were they as good as they looked?

[familyS]

Thanks for writing and posting, I am looking forward to reading more! :goodvibes

[lauritagoddess]

Great reviews!! Im totally excited about those chocolate chip pancakes at ASMu. We are staying there in March. Were they as good as they looked?

Yes, they were delicious!! :)

[lauritagoddess]

We walked around World Showcase and stopped when we got to Italy for gelato. DS had been waiting for this. He’d really enjoyed the gelato the last time we were in Epcot and he really wanted to say “choc-o-la-te” the way Stacy does in the Top Seven Must Sees. Actually his favorite part of that show is where she names the countries in World Showcase, “Italy, Germany, Japan, Norway” and then says “Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy”. Can you tell my DS likes to eat, lol. He got the pistachio and I got the chocolate. The chocolate was excellent. I think it was different from the one I had last time, but was even better. The pistachio was very good too, with pieces of pistachio nuts mixed in.

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[dishm12/08]

We walked around World Showcase and stopped when we got to Italy for gelato. DS had been waiting for this. He’d really enjoyed the gelato the last time we were in Epcot and he really wanted to say “choc-o-la-te” the way Stacy does in the Top Seven Must Sees. Actually his favorite part of that show is where she names the countries in World Showcase, “Italy, Germany, Japan, Norway” and then says “Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy”. Can you tell my DS likes to eat, lol. He got the pistachio and I got the chocolate. The chocolate was excellent. I think it was different from the one I had last time, but was even better. The pistachio was very good too, with pieces of pistachio nuts mixed in.

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I love gelato. Keep them coming.

[arieljasmine]

Thanks for sharing your reports. The stuff from Goofy's Candy Company looks amazing!

Laur's princess:

[jrsmom]

Your reviews are awesome! We took a mother/son (12) trip in August and had a blast.

[lauritagoddess]

We left Epcot in late afternoon and were both so tired we just had dinner at the food court at ASMu. I got the turkey dinner that comes with two sides. I was going to get the mashed potatoes and the mixed veggies, but the veggies just didn’t look right to me so I got the rice instead (and of course there's nothing like a multi-carb meal). DS got a cheese pizza. My meal was actually very good, the turkey was nice and tender and juicy, the mashed potatoes and rice were yummy. DS liked the pizza, but even his stomach gave out and he only ate about half of it.

The picture of the turkey meal doesn't really look that good, but the lighting just wasn't right. Trust me, it tasted better than it looks.

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[arieljasmine]

Yum, comfort food, you can't beat it :goodvibes

Laur's princess:

[my3disneygirls]

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Love the way your son looks as if he is about to pounce on that pizza.:rotfl:

[earthfaries]

Wow, I'm really enjoying your picture food report:lovestruc

You both ate lots of good places!!!

I had no idea they made the chococlate covered marshmellows...YUM!!

I'd like to try Rainforest Cafe, never been but it looks like a great atmosphere for the kids:goodvibes

Thanks for the great pics and reports...looking forward to more:)

[lauritagoddess]

Love the way your son looks as if he is about to pounce on that pizza.:rotfl:

That's his "Mommy, just take the picture already look", lol.

[lauritagoddess]

1/26

Breakfast was at the ASMU food court, not a big surprise, lol. Usually we do at least one if not more character breakfasts but skipped it this time, although DS was very clear he wanted to go to Crystal Palace for breakfast next time. We got the chocolate chip pancakes with bacon again for breakfast and headed off to Magic Kingdom.

For lunch we went to Cosmic Ray’s. I kept a close eye on my DS this time after almost losing him there during the summer (it was chaos in there during the free dining and while I was at the condiments area he had decided to go look for a seat. I think I aged 10 years in the couple of minutes before I found him). I got the ribs with mashed potatoes and green beans. DS got chicken nuggets. We also got dessert, the triple chocolate cake for DS and the sugar free brownie for me. The ribs were great, much better than the ones from Flame Tree. The mashed potatoes were good and the green beans were very tasty. I’m not sure why I got the brownie, I didn’t really want dessert and I only ate a little bit of it. DS ate only part of one nugget and some fries, deciding instead to focus on the cake. The frosting on the cake is dyn-o-mite!! :)

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[my3disneygirls]

That's his "Mommy, just take the picture already look", lol.

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[Minniespal]

Excellent:thumbsup2

[averill94]

Great reviewing! Thanks.

[lauritagoddess]

During the afternoon, DS asked for an Itzakadoozie. At the stand we stopped at, he asked the woman working there for the Itzakadoozie and she loved how he said it and asked him to say Itzakadoozie several times. They did this back and forth and she was laughing and he was laughing and then she gave the Itzakadoozie to him and told him it was free. I went to pay her and she kept saying no, it was on her. This was the height of joy for DS, an ice pop and it was free. A real Disney magic moment. :goodvibes

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[arieljasmine]

Aww, I love that Disney magic :lovestruc I feel all warm and fuzzy now, what a lovely story.

Laur's princess:

[lauritagoddess]

We had an ADR at LTT for dinner. We were actually both pretty tired before we got there. Normally we go back to the resort in the afternoon to swim and rest, but it was raining that day and only in the low 60s so we stayed at the park until our dinner reservation. Since we’d opened the park it was a long time for us. It had also started to get pretty crowded since Magic Kingdom was closing early for the Pirate and Princess party (we had an early flight the next morning so no party for us). But we both love LTT. We were seated quickly and before our server even had a chance to come to our table, Pluto came around and then Dale very shortly afterwards. The last time we were at LTT, we’d had a very slow server, but this time our server was very good, very attentive. She took our drinks order and came back in a couple of minutes with the drinks, the salad and the rolls and honey butter. I had some of the salad and DS ate a roll. Minnie came around and then Chip. Our server brought out the rest of the meal very quickly. The turkey and ham and flank steak were nice and tender. I ate a slice of each. DS had turkey and ham. He also ate some of the stuffing. I turned most of my focus on the mashed potatoes. I love, love those potatoes!!!! And the gravy too, yum... Neither of us had the mac & cheese or the green beans. After that was apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream. I was stuffed and didn’t have any, but DS ate the vanilla ice cream. While he was having his ice cream, Goofy came by and he pretended to take the ice cream from DS and then tried to feed him. It was really good meal to end our trip with.

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We had a 7:30 flight out of MCO the next morning and the food court wouldn’t be open early enough for us (we had a 4:25 pick up time for magical express, yawn). We picked up some cereal and banana bread to eat at the airport the next morning, and that was it, sob, sob.

Like I said above, it was a short but sweet trip. Looking back at what we ate, I do think I probably would have been better off getting taking the DDP and I’m glad I took it for upcoming trip in August, which of course I’m already thinking about ADRs for. Just a couple of more weeks before it’s 180 days out. :goodvibes

[earthfaries]

Thanks so much for sharing your TR with us:goodvibes I really enjoyed it and all the wonderful pics of the delicious food:lovestruc

Sorry to hear it's over, I'll be looking for your TR in August:thumbsup2
180 days! That's so exciting!!!

[sandym718]

Great reviews, thank you!! What a nice trip for just you and your son. My DS is 5 also, I think that would be a blast!


1/26

The frosting on the cake is dyn-o-mite!! :)


Couldn't agree more - delish!!

[arieljasmine]

Thanks very much for sharing your reviews with us, I have really enjoyed reading them. We really enjoyed the food at LTT but had a terrible server :rolleyes:

Laur's princess:

[swankybeth]

Thanks for sharing your reviews, I enjoyed them. :)

[wilma-bride]

Great reviews and pics - must have been a great trip, just you and DS :)

[mrsbelle]

Love the reviews! (Your DS is adorable, too! Makes me excited to take my DS!)

[lauritagoddess]

Thanks everyone. DS was just looking at the thread and said "Is all we did in Disneyworld eat?". I asked him what did he think and he said "Oh yeah, we went on rides too", lol.

[TigerKat]

Thanks for taking the time to share with us!:goodvibes