To Err is Human,To Arr is Pirate,To Gorge Free Dining! Updated 7/8

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well I've been reading the dining reports since Eeyore's Tailfinder Got me addicted on her dining report! Then after reading MickeyNicki's and oybolshoi, Mr Dis Man, Robert P, slk ... I figured I'd try to do a dining report myself!

First I'll start with the places I'll be reviewing

Everything Pop - Pop Century Post 3 (Picture of drink options) Post 34 Post 35(Lots of Grab and Go Photos Post 43 and 52 milkshake!
Afternoon Tea - Grand Floridian:lovestruc Post 6
Raglan Road - Pleasure Island Post 27
Cinderella's Royal Table - Magic Kingdom:wizard: Post 30
Auntie Gravity's - Magic Kingdom Post 33
1900 Park Fare - Grand Floridian Post 34
Pinnochio's Village Haus - Magic Kindgom Post 42
Tusker House - Animal Kingdom Post 42
Crystal Palace - Magic Kingdom Post 42
Sci-Fi Diner - Hollywood Studios Post 43
Beaches and Cream Soda Shop - Beach Club Post 43
Captain Cooks Eatery - PolynesianPost 48
Liberty Tree Tavern - Magic Kindgom Post 49 and 50
Chef Mickey's - Liberty Tree Tavern Post 51

As far as Snacks mostly we used them on things like Apple and Carmel Sauce, or HUGEEEEEE sundaes from the pop century , milkshakes basically ice cream based things or desserty things. Because of the heat we came back to the hotel midday to change so always just chose things from everything pop, which I have alot of pictures of the Grab and Go section which show how clearly marked snack options are for those who've been curious.

The Cast:
Disney Mummy : DM is the only truly adventerous eater, she's willing to try anything once ... twice if she likes it! She doesn't do anything mega spicy but is willing to give it a try. DM is getting married Valentine's Day 2009 so the quest for wedding Disney stuff for mum seemed a quest which we ended up getting some ornaments and the Bride and Groom ears for the rehearsal.

Disney Best Friend's Mummy: My best friend's mummy joined us (thus this was true mother daughter trip) she seemed willing to try new things but definetley liked what she liked. The only thing I could tell she did not like was peanut butter as at Crystal Palace there was a huge Peanut Butter Cake Fiasco.

Disney Best Friend: Definetley the pickiest! Though I'm quite picky myself. She is a definete chicken and mashed potatoes girl and that became an on going joke that she'd like a restaurant as they have chicken and mashed potatoes. Though eventually she found the joke unamusing. She definetley liked the Potatoe casserole at CRT as did everyone as we kept talking about it the entire trip. DBF is in her 2nd year of College taking nursing. And is 20.

Me: I'm a 20 year old 3rd year English Student with a minor in History and Political Science. I'm a picky eater I don't like sauces or condiments but I was definetley willing to try different things this trip. Though the most adventerous things I tried this trip were Sheppards Pie ( I know blasphemous ive never had it) , Fried Pear and gorgonzola sandwiches and random things at the buffets. By the end of the trip i fell in love with breakfast pizza and sausage gravy and made some just tonight for the first time though it wasn't the same without the Disney Magic.

All of us are from a small town in Ontario Canada called Petawawa. Alot of Canadian's have heard of it if you have a military background.
You'll find I'm wordy being an English major ... but I'll try not to stray too far.:goodvibes

Here's a picture of us all at Sci Fi Diner...
Mum and I are in the back and DBF and DBFM in the front
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[oybolshoi]

Food reviews by an English major with a History / Poly Sci minor ???

Does it get any better?

This History major / English minor thinks not! :thumbsup2

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Okay so we started wayy Early at 3am getting our stuff ready to leave from the Ottawa Airport for our 6am flight to Detroit, then from Detroit to Orlando after an uneventful Magic Express check in we arrived at the pop century around 1pm and decided we'd sit and relax and get some food and the oh so important mug:
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It's a good deal get alll you can drink re fills the entire week I believe $12.95.
Now with this mug here is what you can drink at the Pop Century
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Coke and Blue Slushie which tasted cherryish to me but I'm sure it was raspberry or somethin as blue usually signifies raspberry at least in Canada. Now I always find it odd blue means raspberry you think it'd mean well blueberry, but I digress away from my odd meanderings. It also has this pop
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So your standard Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite Zero (this tasted funny to me everytime I had it), Fanta Orange, Minute Maid Apple, Minute Made Lemonade.
Note: I found it odd there was no Root Beer or Ginerale or regular sprite. I noticed at the Poly they had Fruit Punch and Iced Tea which was nice!

To eat DBF, DBFM and I all had cheese dogs and fries, and mum had a cheesesteak wrap.
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I just realized the wrap was still well wrapped up oops! Oh well...

The Cheese Dogs were nice as we hadn't eaten since McDonalds at 9am ish in Detroit. Oh by the way Detroit's McDonalds was more expensive and tasted way different than Canada's must not have the same value menu items for breakfast :) But back to the Cheesedogs... we all opted for no chili and the cheese was warm and salty but made the bun kinda soggy but they were still really good. The fries salty and crisp.

The cheesesteak mum said was really good but the cheese was definetley processed and would have been better not being a cheese slice.

We didn't use the DDP as we were still acclamating and just happy to be at disney. We did get a flip flop rice crispie treat we all shared it was yummy
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For Drinks I had an Orange Pop, DBF a Chocolate Milk, DBFM a Nestea and DM Diet Coke.

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Food reviews by an English major with a History / Poly Sci minor ???

Does it get any better?

This History major / English minor thinks not! :thumbsup2

haha thanks! History and English jive well together in my opinion when you get sick of reading fiction you go and get sick of reading non-fiction :)

[dizcrazed]

I am here bring on the food pics. That Cheese Dog looks so yummy. How did you like POP resort?

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Now I had been most excited about this one I had went in with the intention of Sally Lunn bread and having some what I expected to be amazing trifle but alas we all ended up getting the Buckingham Palace tea package. For breakfast we had it at the Hotel we shared two adult breakfast platters which I don't have pictures of but it involves two slices of bacon a sausage patty a biscuit some potatoes and some eggs and one juice and one drink. It was good, nothing to write home about. It was our first use of the DDP and it went easily as Id read so much on the DIS that it seemed straightforward.

We all went to the Magic Kingdom and after doing some rides went back to the hotel and got dressed up to go to the Grand Floridian. Mum and I had matching yellow and white dressed it was cutsie but we're really close. We took a bus to the Magic Kingdom from POP and then took a Monorail to the Grand Floridian. Mum and I had been to WDW before but DBF and DBFM had not so the first monorail ride for them was mega exciting, heck I still get excited. I bought a shirt that says the monorail saying in Spanish I was tickled pink to get it!

We got to the Grand Floridian which is the last stop when leaving from MK and checked in. Garden View Tea lounge is in the lobby farthest from the entrance. Above us there was a band playing near the end of tea and before that the pianist in the lobby was playing. I was playing with my camera and found out it had Panorama so I took this photo of the lobby.
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Dottie was our waitress and she was informative and an absolute doll and we all had a conversation about how many pictures of her there are in the world and where they get placed. We joked we'd put ours up on the mantlepiece above our fireplace (which we don't have one so it was odd we agreed to that) but here is Dottie to be immoralized on the DIS
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I booked this 3 weeks before the trip, and we were told there was only 2 tables of two available. Well let me tell you it was fairly empty and we ended up at a table for 6 but there were loads of tables for four and two so take what they offer you when booking, you'll probably be fine!

We all as I said got the buckingham, and I'm using allearsnet descriptions of our teas

DM had "Princess Breakfast Tea - A sweet custom blend of South African organic rooibos flavored with vanilla bean and a hint of strawberries. Rich in antioxidants and vitamins, and naturally decaffeinated."
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DBFM had "Floral Jasmine Green - Delicately perfumed with golden jasmine blossoms with fresh mellow overtones and a slightly astringent finish. Sweet, slightly tannic finish."
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DBF and I had "Mad Hatter - A blend of passion fruit, pomegranate, and vanilla for a clean and sweet finish. Perfect with decadent desserts and companions."
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I enjoyed learning the proper way to have tea with the strainer. We were trying to read our tea leaves in the strainer and my strainer showed me this
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Which I thought I saw a hidden mickey so I declared my tea leaves told me I'd be taking a trip to disneyworld or disneyland. I think they were dead on. My boyfriend is living in California so I'm trying to convince him in October we Haveeeee to go to disneyland

The first two were in press pots and the Madhatter came out in individual teapots for the record.

For sandwiches DBF and I got kids sandwiches and the mum's got the adult ones. we did some trading I dont eat tuna so I traded for Pear and Gorgonzola and at the PBJ and the Ham and Cheese and DBF traded her tuna for Egg Salad. We all enjoyed our sandwiches the other being shrim salad (mums liked it laura Tried it and did not, Chicken salad which everyone liked that tried it, and tuna which the mums liked) Dottie was nice about bringing the kid sandwiches and dont ever hesitate to ask! The top corner there was an onion tart which I really liked. Though it doesnt go well with PBJ and after i had the Peanut BUtter it made it taste odd so I gave it to my mom the other half but it was still good just a victim of unfortunate peanut butter circumstance.
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Next came out the scone and jam tart and the rich rich rich rich devonshire cream which is soo soo soo good on the scone with the strawberry jam.
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It was reallllllllly good and the scones were still warm and with the devonshire cream and jam very good and the Mad Hatter accompanied it well. The Jam tart was good not great I found the crust a little odd in taste but the jam part good. Now mind you I get hives from berries so I had medication in me so it may have impaired my judgement which brings me to my question does water in Florida taste funny? This was our first time getting waters which Dottie kept filled up well, but it had an odd chloriney taste. But I digress!

On came dessert you have the option between strawberries and cream or pastrie selection well mum got strawberries
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DBFM got eclair and bailey's cream swan, DBF got mango mousse and eclair and I got mango mousse and bailey's cream swan
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Everything we agreed was really good the swan's were omg amazing I think I cried a little when it was gone. The mango mousse was good but not as great as the swan, and the eclairs were standard. Mum said the strawberries were amazingly fresh and yummy and the whipped cream light. The ambience was nice but we felt funny as we felt like grown ups and feeling like a grown up is odd!

It was a great experience and I highly recommend it. We had to pay OOP but it was definetley worth it!
5 out of 5 on everything really for this one! :)

[PixieDustandEeyore]

I am here bring on the food pics. That Cheese Dog looks so yummy. How did you like POP resort?

I loved it we were on the 2nd floor of the Tramp Building in the 50's looking out on the lake we could see fireworks at MK and Epcot each night so it was pleasant! Every room on our floor on our wing had towel animals in the window so it was nice. They changed alll the mattresses while we were there it was weird seeing mattresses everywhere! The food court was only busy at breakfast otherwise wasnt too bad and it was comfy and nice to stay there. Though the safe was small not as big as expected we only used it for passports so it was fine. There was alllllot of bunnies and lizards which was interesting as well.

[llqool]

Love the title!!!

How much choice did you have with the Afternoon tea? It seems like you were at least allowed to choose 2 pastries from a selection (since you all had different ones at your table). Were you also allowed to choose which sandwiches they gave you (you said you traded -- do you mean with your friends and family, or the server let you substitute one type of sandwich for another?). Could you have ordered everything a la carte?

Thanks for any info...trying to decide if I want to do this in November....

[Poppinsme]

Oh thank you for the tea review!!!:worship: :worship:
DH and I are doing this in Dec. and can't wait. It looks fabulous. Yum.:lovestruc

A minor in History, great. ;) I have a PhD in History and my English usage is crap.:laughing: (I love the Roman Empire)

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Love the title!!!

How much choice did you have with the Afternoon tea? It seems like you were at least allowed to choose 2 pastries from a selection (since you all had different ones at your table). Were you also allowed to choose which sandwiches they gave you (you said you traded -- do you mean with your friends and family, or the server let you substitute one type of sandwich for another?). Could you have ordered everything a la carte?

Thanks for any info...trying to decide if I want to do this in November....

Okay well you can substitute with the server we were offered but we just did it among us as the trading worked well. You get two pastries each... like if i wanted a plate of all ham and cheese i could have :) You get two pastries OR strawberries and cream... if you do the sally lunn bread you get strawberries and cream or trifles i believe :)

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Oh thank you for the tea review!!!:worship: :worship:
DH and I are doing this in Dec. and can't wait. It looks fabulous. Yum.:lovestruc

A minor in History, great. ;) I have a PhD in History and my English usage is crap.:laughing: (I love the Roman Empire)

No problem! :) Im not good with the Roman Empire in my Studies in Drama class we're doing roman plays its difficult but still interesting. I more do Canadian and North American history but I've done islamic culture history as well. It really is fabulous i suggest making sure you take time to just enjoy the GF lobby and feel envious you arent there haha we did and it was so relaxing.

[TigerKat]

Enjoying your reviews, can't wait for the rest!

[HonnyDipp]

Great pics and reviews! Can't wait to see more!

[LiteBrite]

I'm enjoying your reviews - thanks for writing them.

My niece is also named Arden, so counting you, that makes 2 of you that I've ever heard of!

[Joan S.]

Hi, I have to AGREE,Tea at the GF is THE BEST!! My DD and I have done it a number of times and it is always VERY enjoyable! Great report! Joan

[MickeyNicki]

Love the title you clever thing!

Cannot wait for more!

[butiflfeet]

Thanks for the reviews! Afternoon tea looks lovely. I can't wait to hear more about the food during your trip!

[sandybobandy]

Hot diggity dog! I'm ready for more!

[iluvpluto27]

I'm in, great reviews so far. The Baileys cream swan sounds delicious.

[Melisa1]

great report!:)

[John's Mom]

Great reviews and pics!

[lucytootsie]

Great reviews and pics. I do have a question. Do they have Dr.Pepper at Disney World. I really need t know b/c this definetly affects my packing. Can not do without my DR.P for a week.:scared1:

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Great reviews and pics. I do have a question. Do they have Dr.Pepper at Disney World. I really need t know b/c this definetly affects my packing. Can not do without my DR.P for a week.:scared1:

I'm a dr Pepper Junkie.. no they don't have it nor its cheap version mr Pibb. When i got to the airport i ran for dr pepper in fact i have one right now...so packkkkk dr pepper!

Everyone else thanks for the nice comments im posting Raglan Road after American Literature and 18th Century Literature:)

[PixieDustandEeyore]

I'm enjoying your reviews - thanks for writing them.

My niece is also named Arden, so counting you, that makes 2 of you that I've ever heard of!

Arden is stellar for a name!:) Im named after the enchanting forest in Shakespeare's as you like it (it was his mum's maiden name) its different and i find it amusing there is a store called Arden B's in the state and my last initial is B I should get a copyright haha;)

[lucytootsie]

I'm a dr Pepper Junkie.. no they don't have it nor its cheap version mr Pibb. When i got to the airport i ran for dr pepper in fact i have one right now...so packkkkk dr pepper!

Everyone else thanks for the nice comments im posting Raglan Road after American Literature and 18th Century Literature:)

Oh my goodness. I have been planning this trip for years and just now found this out. You have majorly saved my family from melt down central. We all thank you so much.:worship:

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Oh my goodness. I have been planning this trip for years and just now found this out. You have majorly saved my family from melt down central. We all thank you so much.:worship:

No problem its coke products and pepsi owns dr pepper. I lived on cherry coke myself

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well our first full day in Disney World ended with a 9:30pm est reservation at Raglan Road. We chose a late time due to tea being at 3:20pm est and wanted to make sure the full atmosphere was there. We love loud atmospheres which I know is not for everyone. And it was loud but a fun loud cheering and singing and clapping. We got there and received a buzzer
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While we waited it was about 15 minutes we looked in the gift shop and DBF bought a keychain for her BF who has an Irish last name so that was fun and it was a nice keychain for $6.00. We also walked into Pleasure Island a bit and it was so cool, we really liked the lit up the side walk it was pretty
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While by the Adventurers Club the pager went off and we were on our way to Raglan Road. I being a little loony skipped probably delerious from hunger singing "Follow the Raglan brick road! Follow the Raglan brick road follow follow follow follow the Raglan Brick road!" Yes hunger does odd things to a person mixed in with Florida heat when you are used to your cool little igloo back in Canada.
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We all started with water
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Then after perusing the menu
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We decided on two root beers, a diet coke, and a cherry coke for me
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After listening to the singers and watching the dancer though I might add we had to stand up as we were near the bar it was still fun.
Note: I was asking if we could be in the main dining room but my mom cut me off and said any seat was fine. Sometimes mother knows best but I think daughter knew best this time, it was still fun but it would have been more fun in the other room and not felt so secluded for a group that loves grandeur and loud.
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Here's a picture of our little corner

Well out came the food not too long after we ordered. Now the picture of my dish had dissapeared. But I had Keen Eye for the Shepherds Pie. Ive never had Shepherds pie before, but the lamb mixed in wasn't my thing but as long as I could eat the meat with mashed potatoes it was okay. But once the mashed potatoes ended I was done with the meal. But not to ruin anyone's else experience I said I loved it but it wasn't my thing. However thats my fault for not picking something I was more familiar with.

Mom had some dish that I cant find on allearsnet ... it had the most amazing tasting meatballs and I definetley would have ordered this dish if I return. Oh Edit: Its called Meatball a la tiffy luv
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DBFM had the fish and chips and was impressed by the cone it came in. I didn't get a picture pre cone as they dumped it for her but she said it was really good. I don't eat fish but my mum also said it was great.
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DBF got the Jus Chicken minus the sauce I said she was picky and she was in the mood for potatoes and carrots.
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She was hoping for more carrots and potatoes than she got the potatoe amount was good but the carrot amount well here is how many carrots she had
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She said it was good so far mum's dish got 5/5 as did DBFM DBF got a 4/5 and mine i'd give 3.5/5. Now a side note the tea I had at afternoon tea was a cleansing tea and woah did it cleanse right before dessert so my tummy was iffy and with the tye dye cheesecake i had as a snack earlier well multicolours eeesh! Too graphic uh disregard this note but its just a warning :)

So out came dessert. Now they were out of three of the desserts including the triple your pleasure which made chocaholic DBF sad. So she instead got the
Dunbrody's Kiss (all dessert descriptions from allears)
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She LOVED it i had abite but for a vanilla girl it wasn't that great well it was good don't get me wrong but I tend to think a chocolate chip cookie has too much chocolate. Though sometimes a chocolate milkshake is all I want.

Mum had Bailey's Creme Brulee Tart
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DBFM had Dundon's Delight - Strawberry Pavlova with Vanilla Pod Ice Cream. Served on a Strawberry and Champagne Consume
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and I had ... the holy grail even the waitress only said excellent choice to me... Ger's Bread Pudding
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The sauces combined it was heavenly.. actually my first few bites to make the little hole to pour syrups into were good mmm!!!!!!! I highly recommend it my tummy let up long enough to enjoy it ... it later turned on me and well yes no details here but pukey pukey. Note : It turns out I got food poisoning from the McDonalds in detroit I felt so sick the first few days afterwards felt better when it was out of the system. But yeah Raglan Road was excellent I highly recommend it even the bar side. Drinks were refreshing, food good the only downside was my own problem as abad choice.

But Raglan Road is excellent I switched it the last minute well last minute was 2 months to Raglan Road from breakfast at Cape May Cafe, and I do not regret it! Stay tuned my next post is about Cinderella's Royal Table breakfast!

[SorcererDonald16]

Great review! I'm really enjoying reading it.

We went to the Afternoon Tea in May. That day, the swan was filled with mango mousse filling. Oh, it was good! But I couldn't bare to make myself eat the swan's head and neck, so I wrapped it in a tissue and "rescued" it. :lmao:

800 miles and a little superglue later (the neck broke in half on the way home), and it's a fun "souvenir" of my tea. :laughing:

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Great review! I'm really enjoying reading it.

We went to the Afternoon Tea in May. That day, the swan was filled with mango mousse filling. Oh, it was good! But I couldn't bare to make myself eat the swan's head and neck, so I wrapped it in a tissue and "rescued" it. :lmao:

800 miles and a little superglue later (the neck broke in half on the way home), and it's a fun "souvenir" of my tea. :laughing:

Yeah! It can be sad to eat them, but once I had the omg its amazing bite i had to kill swanny. At least you aren't as carniverous as me :laughing:

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well it was our first early morning reservation. So since it was the first of a series of around 4 in a row we were excited. It was extra magic hours morning at Magic Kingdom, and we got there in time to watch rope drop which was alot of fun!

We hit Winnie the Pooh (walk on) and Snow white (walk on) and ran and got Buzz Light Year Fast passes and then our journey started to Cinderellla's Royal Table. Mum and I as we had been to Disney 3 times and always have been in awe of the castle were beyond excited DBF and her mum they didn't understand the excitement of we're eating in the castle. DBFM eventually did and it was fun to have her in the jumpy cheery excited mode with us!

We got our pictures taken with Cindy as it is included and walked up the stairs. I was excited shaking excited and when we got in we were seated to the right on the upper level looking down into the dining area which some would say it wasn't great but we could see out the windows on to fantasy land and all the action and always see where the characters were located. We asked our waitress who was sweet and from Manchester and called DBF and I princess and the mothers M'Lady or Queen and gave us two wands , two swords and later on this nice and hot I may add guy at the door gave us all wishing stars. I'll start with some interior shots before I review the food.
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We all started with orange juice, and tea. DBF does NOT drink orange juice so we brought on her usual of chocolate milk. Our "goblets" never remained empty our waitress was very attentive at keeping them filled and asking us if we want more food and explaining everything going on. She earned her 20% which later I'll post some pictures of some of my receipts. They clearly stated this was suggested not required they even had a little note explaining that they calculated it for you as assistance and if we felt the service wasn't worth it then dont leave it. None of the waitresses or waiters the entire trip mentioned the tip. Infact the nice waitress Joan at 1900 Park Fare explained that if we felt funny her knowing the tip amount till after we left we could leave cash and on the tip line just write "Cash" its what we did the entire trip.

So here is a goblet of orange juice.
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Out next came this
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The fruit was really fresh there was mango, melon(canteloupe watermelonand honeydew), grapes, cherries, and strawberries. Note: I have an allergy to all berries and mushrooms so during the entire trip I lived on benadryl and such so I could enjoy everything! Though the mushrooms I can't have at all but berries if I take a pill I don't break out in hives. DBF ate a muffin from the pastry basket, I have a honey croissant, mum had a danish and DBFM had a muffin as well.

Soon after we finished our croissants and muffins outcome breakfast.
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Each person gets a plate that looks like that.
Sausage: Was really spicy, DBF opted out of eating them and DBFM ate it. Mum and I found it alright as we like sausage but I definetley couldn't eat more than plated due to the spice.
Bacon: Crispy but not scary crispy. It was really good and everyone ordered seconds.
Eggs: They were the fine line between soft and dry and were excellent DBF and I ordered seconds of the eggs.
French Toast: It had blueberries on it and a cream in the middle it was sooo good. DBFM and Mum ordered seconds of it. I didn't want to overdue my berry threshold but mum did give me another bite of hers.
Potatoe Casserole: you know what this stuff was so amazing describing it does not do it justice. We spoke about how this the entire trip. We kept hoping other restaurants would have it but they didnt. We all ordered seconds on it. Thirds were contemplated but we got distracted by the princesses and realized we were full, but I was sad I didn't eat more

The princesses in attendance were the classic ones :Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Snow White and Jasmine. Cinderella of course was downstairs. Snow White did the voice which was adorable. Sleeping Beauty though sweet was very socially awkward. Jasmine I'd KILL for her abs and she was hilarious, and Belle could tell DBF was a true fan and spoke to her and was very nice.

Side Note(again sorry!) All the characters seemed obsessed with our hair. I dyed my hair pink in June and had it rehanced for Disney so DBF, DBFM and Mum decided we'd all put pink. However DBF and I had far more pronounced pink. So Jasmine offered to take us on the magic carpet to show her where we got our hair done. My favourite response was from Pocohantas at the AK when she asked if thats what we do in our village, and my all time favourite noticing of the hair was during spectro magic Ariel pulled at her hair and gave me the thumbs up at my hair. I felt so special (yes 20 years old and getting noticed from a character makes me excited) I think she also liked my hair as I"m a natural redhead so we had the connection and Ariel is my favourite because we're both redheads.

Cinderella's Royal Table was an excellent experience and without Free Dining we would have never done it. Is it worth 2 TS the first time yes after that no. Would I do it again , yes if free dining was involved. The only down side was that it meant we had to pay for a meal out of pocket so we late paid for Sci Fi Diner out of pocket which wasn't too expensive. Even the bathrooms which I spare you all from the picture of the bathroom was very pretty.

The food was amazing and I'd go back for french toast and potatoe casserole alone. I suggest everyone do this at least once!:cloud9:

[PixieDustandEeyore]

forgot to mention up next is Auntie Gravity and 1900 Park Fare :)

[John's Mom]

Great review and pics! Thanks for sharing! :goodvibes

When my DD princess: was 20, she decided to dye her hair purple--her favorite color. :laughing:

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well after Cinderella's Royal Table and riding some rides we were thirsty. Well mum wanted to waste snack credits on some cokes or waters. Tut tut tut, we were near Space Mountain so I took us to Auntie Gravity. We all chose smoothies except DBF who to be different chose Vanilla Chocolate swirl ice cream which I don't have a picture of.

Ice Cream: DBF said it was your standard run of the mill soft serve ice cream, smooth creamy and yummy but nothing special. It meleted quickly so made for a messy event.

Smoothies: DBFM, Mum and I got Strawberry Banana smoothies. They were heavenly and worth the hives. The hives shows they actually use chunks of strawberries but I only get them on my stomach and upper arms which were well hidden by clothing. They were amazing smoothies didn't melt too quick filling and worth a snack credit. In fact so heavenly we just started drinking them so quick we got a picture at this point(sorry its half - eaten)

***HALF EATEN ALERT**** there that makes it safe

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[PixieDustandEeyore]

Day 2 of the waking up early Marathon!

We hopped on a full bus to Magic Kingdom, from POP then hopped on the monorail as the boat didn't start till 9am which we found interesting.
After getting off the monorail despite already visiting the GF for tea we enjoyed the lobby and checked in.

Now we found it confusing, we checked in then went to sit on the benches to wait to be called however you had to go up to the seaters to say you wanted to be seated. Well if I didn't want to be seated I wouldn't check in silly billies. Now we were seated 20 minutes before our reservation time which also happened at Chef Mickey, Donald's Safari Breakfast, and Sci Fi for lunch just to give people an idea of waittimes and reservations.

We were seated not far from the buffet at the other end of the first room. Here are some decor pictures.
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One of the ceiling lamps
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Looking to the left of my seat
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My camel friend I named Joe I figure he's brothers with Joesphine the pink camel on it's a small world.
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And here is a hidden mickey when I looked up towards the entrance.

I only took pictures of my plate as everyone else was like "Oh Food eat" and with the characters you had to time buffet visits well. Hardly anyone was there we got loads of character time Pooh and Tigger visited twice as did Mary Poppins. And Alice and the Madhatter were lively and funny as ever unsure of the pink hair. They figured the Cheshire cat had nested on my head (that made me giggle and think of a dirty innappropriate response oops! I restrained)

DBF's Favourite Items: Cheesey Scrambled Eggs, and Breakfast Pizza from kid's buffet and ice cream.
DBFM's Favourite Item: Danishes and Doughnuts and create your own Omlette
DM's Favourite Item: Pastries, Breakfast Pizza and Bacon.
Mine: I concur with DBF

I felt a bit whoozy from lack of sleep so had less food than I normally would.
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Plate 1
Sausage:Too spicy
Ham: Soft and juicey and very good
Bacon: Great taste and crispy!
Cheesey Scrambled Eggs: Really good real cheddar used mmm!
Breakfast Pizza: Bacon Crumble, Cheddar, Eggs, Sausage Gravy on a pizza crust very good

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More ham and breakfast pizza

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Vanilla soft serve with smarties and gummies bears, maybe M&Ms actually but it was good. Gave me a quick sugar fix.

Our waitress Joan kept the chocolate milk and orange juice a coming and was attentive. She explained that for tip if we leave cash for a tip to just write CASH, it was helpful. We opted not to have charging of tips on our card which annoyed some waitresses later on.

Mum and I had done 1900 Park Fare before when it was mega hectic and oddly were beside the table we were at last time. We had a great table that everyone easily could stand up unlike some booth seats. The food was standard but started my love for breakfast Pizza!

Breakfasts at Pop everyday we didnt have breakfast at a TS:
Im grouping this quickly together as we all got the same thing each day.

Mum and DBFM: Adult Breakfast platter: Sausage Patty, Bacon , Eggs biscuit. Mum got Cranberry Juice and water, DBFM orange juice and iced tea.
DBF: POP waffles with bacon , and Apple Juice and Chocolate Milk.
Me: Breakfast Pizza with Orange juice and watter.

Breakfast pizza I loved but once we got down at 10 and breakfast pizza place was closed so I got a breakfast wrap of cheese, eggs, and bacon crumble that was yummy and I enjoyed it. Mum DBFM and DBF enjoyed their items but they were nothing special. DBF started getting breakfast pizza and was on the dark side. She loved it. Everything pop we loved for breakfast and it made for an easy start.


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[PixieDustandEeyore]

Two days in a row we had dinner at Everything Pop and got the same things so I'll post one review its standard counter service meals nothing special but good.

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Pepperoni Pizza and a brownie...Brownie was excellent and for a hungry person the pizza was welcome and enjoyed DBF enjoyed it!

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Chicken Penne Alfredo with a breadstick. The breadstrick was soft and warm and yummy, and the alfredo could have been more plentiful on the penne. The chicken was also good. DBFM liked it Dessert was chocolate cake which was good

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DM and I got bacon double cheeseburgers filling and greasy and yummy. The fries were crispy. For reference they give the burger plain you dress it.
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Bottom right hand corner is the vegetable condiments. Mum and I both got fruit cups for dessert for much wanted vitamins.

Below are pictures of everything pop grab and go section and a menu poster the list of snacks and how things are marked.

Note: CM at Everything Pop said if its under $4.00 its a snack in the cafeteria. In all the parks snacks had a square that was white and purple to show its a snack beside it.

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Hopefully those help someone staying at pop who want a good idea of what pop has. They have microwaves if you were curious about the micro popcorn.

[butiflfeet]

Yum! Those pictures look great. Keep 'em coming!

[HonnyDipp]

I loved the pics of the dessert/snack options. They looked good!

[Condorman]

Thank you so much for those pictures of POP! We're staying there shortly and that just visually answered several of my questions. I firmly believe everyone should take photos of every square inch of WDW, particularly every dish at every restaurant, and every menu at every F&B setup there is. And we shall establish a website for it and we shall call it Google Food (beta).

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Thank you so much for those pictures of POP! We're staying there shortly and that just visually answered several of my questions. I firmly believe everyone should take photos of every square inch of WDW, particularly every dish at every restaurant, and every menu at every F&B setup there is. And we shall establish a website for it and we shall call it Google Food (beta).

Thats fabulous! I just figured snacks and desserts and stuff needed to be thoroughly covered earlier in the review i had a picture of all the drinks and such too make sure you check them out :) I was concerned they wouldn't be clearly marked so since I had the concern i figure 50 other new dissers might so :) have fun at POP it was great we had 50's 2nd floor facing the lake and could see fireworks at epcot and magic kingdom each night it made it more magical without the heat (in the room with ac mmm!) and no crowds

[Lynn5700]

Pop food court rocks!!!

[Minniespal]

Excellent:thumbsup2

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Sorry for the delay ! I have been busy with school readings, plus I'm going to California on Friday and we have definetley slotted a trip to Disneyland, my boyfriend was highly reluctant but I pulled out the puppy dog eyes and we're going!

Okay so on to Pinnochios. We were all kind if peckish. DBF and I had been splitting breakfast in the morning so we had spare CS so we decided we catch up a bit on the CS DBF and I got the 10 piece chicken nuggets with fries, a chocolate cake and a HUGE sprite zero. Mum and DBFM got two figaro fries. With DBF and my snack credits we got some water and another sprite as it was so hot we needed to stay hydrated.

Now the chicken nuggets and fries were great standard chicken nuggets, though I found the batter on the outside tastes like cornflakes, but I may be losing it. The chocolate cake was chocolatey and gooey so we were happy with it.

The Fiagaro fries we thought used to be with sauce bacon cheese and vegetables, we were surprised it was just bacon and cheese sauce on the fries but they were still pretty good just not what we expected.

The decor inside was really nice with all the clocks, the CM's were fast and friendly. THe cm on cash was really good she made sure she punched it in right and didnt take away any snacks of CS when she shouldn't have as the way I dictated the order was beyond confusing even I was confused but she was sweet! It was nice air conditioned and pretty busy but we were in a not so busy area so we were happy.

And of course the food ...
Figaro Fries (the new editted version I guess)
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Chicken Nuggets
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The next morning we continued the marathon of getting up early. It was so nice to walk through Animal Kingdom basically empty. We walked to the back where tusker house was and they have a nice waiting area and efficient method to check people in and such. The cm's were sweet and like most Cm's commented on the pink hair (it was a huge hit!) When you first get called in you get in line for a picture , here is a photo done with my camera DBFM bought the photo but I wasn't too chuffed on it.
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Well we got seated right near the buffet in the first room and were the 4th table to get the characters. The characters were great there was Donald first who was playful, then daisy who was my favourite the cm playing daisy d id a great job and was sweet and blushy. Mickey liked my hair and kept pointing and asking if we'd do his which we offered. Goofy was the last to visit DBFM is in love with Goofy and was like a little kid all excited.

At this Tusker House they do a character parade with maraccas it was fun DBF and I definetley got into Daisy's Conga line and had a lot of fun!

On to the food, well I was soooo tired I didn't take any pictures but these two not so great ones.
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On here is sausage, remnants of biscuits and gravy, bacon , eggs and homefries.
Sausage: Best sausage of the trip so good especially with the sausage gravy on it.
Biscuits: Soo soft and yummy again the gravy made it even better
Sausage Gravy: I'd never had that, in Canada gravy is really popular you always have the option to add Beef or Chicken gravy to your fries or make it poutine so this gravy was totally different but soo good. Side note: I made sausage gravy the other day and it wasn't like disney's i followed the recipe to a tee. If anyone has the disney recipe or a good one I'd appreciate it.
Bacon: Crispy and standard it got the job done.
Eggs: Too hard for my liking I like them between hard and soft I'm weird.
Homefries: They were good a bit spicy.

Items the others had:
Danish: DBFM liked this and enjoyed it
Doughnuts: DM had a sour cream glazed one and thought it was great. DBF had a sprinkle one and really liked it.
Toast: It's toast what more can be said about toast.. it was toasty I guess?

I just couldn't wake up this morning the waitress we had was sweet and kept bringing on the Safari juice which I believe is guava, passion fruit, and orange not 100% sure but it was great and the waitress says whats in it right away MMmm!

I also got a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar that was really good and woke me up.
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If you love the safari ride it is soo close by midway through breakfast I left and got us all fast passes so by the time we were done we walked onto the safari it was a great time! We also did the Jungle Trek to see the Gorillas they were asleep sucking on their thumbs aww. This was a great meal!

I guess I'll do as many updates as I feel up to so Next Crystal Palace!
Well Crystal Palace we were 5 minutes late for no problem they gave us a buzzer
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We took a seat on the benches right outside and enjoyed the views and sights. We realized there is a great photo op with the castle by crystal palace so took advantage of the unobstructed view.
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After maybe 5 - 10 minutes of sitting we were buzzed and were sat to the right. We had JUST missed Eeyore ( I was sad I love eeyore!) so we had to wait 30 minutes before he came back but we did get tigger and pooh right away who were full of energy and wonderful and then piglet
Piglet made us look more sunburnt than we were in the photo but we love him.
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For food there was lots of salads (which I didn't partake in), Nice rolls and breads, Fruit Salad, Carving Stations, Mashed Potatoes, Lots of seafood dishes that I didnt go near with a 39 and a half foot pole, needless to say we basically all ate off the kids buffet aside from the cornbread dish. We just were all thirsty, hot and not adventerous. I ate some yummy ice cream and a peanut butter cake, as well as a tiramisu which was excellent.

All of our plates basically looked like this.
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Pizza: It was good , just plain cheese and I love meat so that detracted from it
Chicken nuggets: the cornflake kind that I mentioned earlier they were good and warm !
Bun: Was a standard bun but we hadn't had any with dinner lately so we enjoyed them
Mac and Cheese: Later I'll mention our love for Disney mac and cheese but we all loved it and had thirds I believe.
Corn Bread Dish: Tasted kind of like stove top stuffing we like it was a bit oniony though.
Parmesean Mashed Potatoes: They were good DBF and I are mashed potatoe fiends so we enjoyed them, they needed gravy though!

We enjoyed Crystal Palace mum and I had always wanted to go and we weren't dissapointed. Our waiter had us new drinks when ours were half full and he left both on the table and would take the empty one as soon as we finished it. The anticipation was excellent! He cleared dishes right away we loved him left him 20 % unlike the ones we mostly left 18%. Its such a beautiful restaurant and the view of the castle is lovely. We highly recommend it. THe washrooms need to be a bit bigger the line was lonnnggg!

[PixieDustandEeyore]

We paid for this one out of pocket. I was so excited about Sci Fi! We chose to do lunch as I knew I wanted a burger. We chose 3:50 so we were just under the wire for the lunch menu but still late enough that it felt like dinner. We were seated by a nice CM on roller skates who was informative and funny. At the podium they ask you if you want a proper car or a car with a regular table. We said we'd wait for a proper car we were happy to be out of the heat! When we first walked into the big hall it was impressive and all we could do was stand there in awe it was amazing.
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Our waitress was Britney from England she was sooo sweet and attentive. She kept my drink and everyone else's water filled up. She also laughed sweetly when DBF asked for Gravy on her fries and explained in the US gravy isn't a big tradition.

For Drinks DM,DBFM and Mum ordered milkshakes. an oreo, a chocolate and a strawberry,
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It's hard to take pictures in Sci Fi as I didn't f eel right turning on my flash and ruining the experience for everyone. We all loved the clips, we enjoyed zoning out staring at them and having some quiet time. The movies are loud but not too loud so you couldn't hear the person in the front of beside you talking. Most people in the restaurant were quiet even the people directly beside us we could barely hear.

I had a cherry coke and it was so yummy and Britney kept them coming!
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I had this photo already but here's us in the car
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We all ordered burgers. DBF got just cheese and bacon, DBFM got mushrooms and bacon, Mum got mushrooms, onions and bacon, I got Cheese , bacon and onions on the side. Ive newly come to semi enjoy onions so I like them in small doses and chopped finely so I ordered them on the side so i could tell if they were finely diced enough, which they were.
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We give them all 100% on tastyness. We all got fries except mum who got the salad she said it was refreshing!

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I was the only one who got dessert, I got the cheesecake with treats it was soo good, the big thing that makes it good is the marscapone cheese. I loved this dessert soo much mum shared with me because it was too good not to share with the world.
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Mum and I loved this one the most we just enjoyed being together and enjoying disney so it was great.

Pop Century
Well on our third last day from the down p our of rain from the tusker house day and getting soaked mum started getting sick so she needed a night out so we got her the big bowl of chicken noodle soup and a cranberry juice with our other spare CS meal.
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It wasn't normal chicken noodle soup but she ate it then hopped in bed.

Now since tonight was mother daughter night DBF and DBFM were to go to Prime Time and Mum and I to Biergarten. Well I went down to Concierge services and cancelled Biergarten and tried to get added to Prime Time he said he couldn't add me but told me to just show up they'd adjust it , well when in the system and clicking through he changed our time I think because I doubled and tripled and had our TA check the time and it was 630 well we get to Prime Time and a very rude CM said we werent there and the one time I forgot the Number with all the kerfluffle of mum being sick. So we go to HS guest services and a lovely cm really sweet girl finds our reservation and says it was the wrong time and tries in vein to get us one for Prime Time but its full. So I had planned this trip to a tee and I was upset and embarassed I had dropped the ball. So calmly I take DBFM and DBF down to the HS boats to the resorts and beyond quick think of Beaches and Cream and we go to the beach club. Now I do not like Prime Time from a bad experience so I was really excited about Beaches and Cream we get to the podium and they say we can wait for a table or get in now and sit at the counter. We chose the counter we were hungry and we like counters.

We had a lovely waitress who had worked at Disney for awhile and used to work at the Prime Time and said we'd love this better. We talked with all the staff being right behind where they make the sundaes we became on first name basis with all of them especially the lovely sundae boy who was great eye candy;)
This was directly infront of me
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We all ordered pop I got cherry coke of course, they got rootbeer.

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There is a picture of the menu on the counter.

Here are some pictures of the border and a the photo to the left of us
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One sweet in training waitress noticed I was taking photos of everything and asked if I was a disser I thought it was adorable she took my camera from me and went right up to where a kitchen sink was being m ade and took a photo of it. So sweet of her!

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It was fun yelling "A WHOLE CAN!!!!" as 4 parties had them during our stay. Though one party didnt want whipped cream so we yelled "USUALLY A WHOLE CAN?!" it was fun :)

DBFM and I ordered burgers as I said they have amazing ones and DBF the chicken sandwich. DBFM got fries I went for fruit for something lighter and different.
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We all loved the sandwiches the buns were good and we ended up more happy at this meal then I think we would have at Prime Time but we'll never know. This was alot of fun.
For dessert DBFM got a carmel sundae, DBF a banana split, and I being the knowledgeable knew that the best bang for my Free DDP bucks was a No Way Jose
here they are being made
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Us with the Sundae our waitress took it for us to make sure I got shots of the food
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Now the best part of Beaches and Cream, since mum was too sick to come out we would have a spare TS meal. So I spoke to our waitress about it and next think I know she asks me if mum would eat a burger and some extra fruit to replace her dessert that we couldn't take with us it would melt. It was so sweet and she got us a diet coke to go. It was so nice I ended up tipping her 35% because that sweet gesture meant alot to me. I care alot about my mum and anyone who does something sweet for her makes me melt.

A Side Story: When we went to Tusker House when I ran for our fast passes a guy at the store near the safaris I smiled waved at him because he looked lonely as no one was in the store yet. Well we went into the store later and mum got pink leopard print ears, well he appreciated me smiling at him earlier and could tell I love my mother as I made a point of pointing out the ears to her knowing she'd love them. So he gave her one of the tinker bell pins , man I wanted to hug that guy.

Welll back to my review!
Our waitress was excellent, and I did a good number on Jose as well
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We left Beaches and Cream Full and were looking for a washroom the one by Beaches and Cream was being cleaned so we waddle and I mean waddle over to the Yacht Club and we ended up in this really fancy schnazzy rest room near the Steakhouse the bathroom was soo fancy and being me snapped a photo they had a swivel mirror and towels instead of paper towel remarkable!
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We also poured mum's pop into a Dasani bottle for easier travel. We took the boat back to Epcot and walked through rode some no line rides as everyone was setting up for Illuminations then did the marathon to the Pop bus stop, and we actually saw illuminations from the bus it was lovely.

Mum felt better when we got back she watched illuminations from the room and was appreciative of the burger and thought it was great but felt bad that she had to cancel our Biergarten reservation that I was looking forward to. It was a great trip to Beaches and Cream and for the great magic I'd go back again!

[ireland_nicole]

Oooohhh, I can't wait to eat, I mean read, more more more!

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Oooohhh, I can't wait to eat, I mean read, more more more!

Thanks :)

[Krissalee]

Thanks for sharing the reviews!

Whata special relationship you and your mother have!:love:

[keelyhealthnut]

It's now clear that I must simply go to the Grand Floridian Afternoon Tea. You have made it look so wonderful! I love your pink hair, by the way. I miss mine! :sad2:

This has been a very fun review. :thumbsup2

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Wow! I totally forgot to finish this.. I was looking at my photobucket account and it reminded me to finish this!

As well for the past few months I thought I had no disney plans, then I was told I could get funding for a grad trip as a university graduation present, and then my boyfriend became my fiance and decided that we'd get married at disney. His idea not mine (I think I chose a good one, he has not even been to disney but says my obsession is infectious)

Oh I am still excited about my ring so I am going to post it! It is really simple, I don't like big diamonds, and he says I have dainty hands (more like catcher's mits) so wanted to get me a dainty and feminine ring since im so girly. So it looks like two little flowers and is white gold... simple and he got it on sale (I love discounts!) and I am in loveeeeeeeee with it :)

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Okay enough off topic.. but I thought I'd say why the delay.. and I promise I'll finish by the end of the night!

So Captain Cooks... we were at Epcot this day and it was our final day/night in the parks. So we hopped the monorail over to the Magic Kindgom.. first we wanted a quick break from the heat and maybe a little snack so we decided to go to the Polynesian. I am in love with the Polynesian and Moderate and Deluxe our out of our price range (except I am staying at the poly for my grad trip and am psyched!!!) Anyways we decided to get a couple drinks (pink lemonade HiC poppin' pink) and three of us got Pineapple soft serve. The ice cream was really refreshing as was the lemonade. I had never been at captain cooks but for the little bit of time we were there.. it was nice and cozy and empty. I could see it could get cramped when it was busier. But it was lovely and the dolewhip was great. As well we got lei's and enjoyed seeing the lush Polynesian

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Well it was our last night, and we decided an all you can eat without walking to a buffet as we are EXHAUSTED meal was in order. Plus my best friend's mother loves Goofy...so another Goofy adventure was in order.

I checked us in and got this
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We waited for about 10 minutes (which isnt bad!)
Here is the waiting area
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Be forewarned... the bathrooms are upstairs.. so if youre tired going to the bathroom becomes an extra chore ;)
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We were then announced by my last name they said Barnsley family of 4 from Ottawa or something like that.. nice touch.

We walked through a few rooms to our seat
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Here is some stuff on our table.. for some reason I took a picture of salt and splenda.... I don't like splenda.. but salt and I.. well.. I think I love salt.. the idea of piling on salt mm! Actually im too addicted I had to switch to half salt.. oh well!

Oh and you can see our photo pass... we got one at Typhoon lagoon its pretty nifty as it had the wrist elastic... i sugget switching pictures to that one we found it more convenient and that is what we did!!

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First our server who was friendly and efficient took our drink orders.. Diet Coke, Coffee, and two chocolate milks. I was just sick of soda and such at this point so decided to go for chocolate milk which was heavenly yet reallly filling. Then he brough us rolls! The butter is honey butter, and it tastes really good on the warm rolls
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And here is a roll opened up... just incase you wanted to see what the rolls looked like open!
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We were also brough salad with the rolls. I do not really like salad, but everyone else in the party had a plate and really enjoyed it, and said the vingerette on it was really yummy
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Then the food came!
There was turkey, pork (basically ham), and beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, mac and cheese, stuffing and green beans. All the food was great

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I met my threshold I guess so continued here.

This is the mac and cheese we had already dug in and it was good.. it didn't taste as icky as most of the mac and cheese in disney, infact it was warm and cheesey and we all had more!
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The mashed potatoes were very yummy especially with the excellent gravy
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Here is my plate
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The green beans were really buttery, and really good.
The ham and beef both were hot and tender and very good tasting.
The ham has a glaze on it, but I got one with less glase, but it was really sweet.
The stuffing was OK, I think my grandmother makes better on thanksgiving:)

I had gravy on almost everything. In canada we put gravy on everything.. especially fries.. so coming to the states is always weird not having gravy on my fries.

My fiance lives in California and I am visiting him now and not having gravy on my fries is driving me crazy! Or something called poutine... which is fries gravy and cheese.. and is sooo good!
Here is a picture of poutine
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Now.. dessert was apple cobbler and vanilla ice cream. We were all so full but some how managed to each have some of this warm cobbler. It was really good and the ice cream melted on it was yummy. My mother hates cooked apples and didnt have any but everyone else loved it!

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We loved Liberty Tree and the characters! We saw Chip N Dale, Goofy, Minnie, Mickey and Goofy and they spent loads of time with us considering we had no kids!

Its sad they have gotten rid of the characters but the food was good and hearty so I'd go back!

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Our last morning:(
It is tradition with my mummy and I to eat here the last morning.
It was standard fare. I partaked in eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, breakfast pizza, biscuits and fruit.

I dont have any pictures of anything but my mother's doughnut and my fruit.. we were eating quickly so we could run to our last minute parks and enjoy!
Mum and I went to Magic Kingdom and went to the Monster's Inc Laugh floor for the first time it was hilarious! Then our favourite ride Carousel of Progress sat in an empty theatre upfront and sang our hearts out on the song.. i know people don't like it or sleep through it.. but its our favourite and feels so disney to us!

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So though we had the same kind of food all week it was nice.. but it was more crowded than the last time we went.. and it felt just too crowded. We were in a room up a few steps from the buffet. I don't know I think we need a new last day breakfast place it just wasn't as great as last time.

I preferred 1900 Park Faire and Tusker House for breakfast
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Well now we had to wait around for Magical Express.. and didn't feel like doing too much or missing our flight. So we sat on the far side of Everything Pop under the tvs in the long booths and enjoyed watching Phineas and Ferb and using up our left over counter service meals and our snacks ... we had four snacks left so got four chocolate milkshakes (Mmm!)

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We just got a hot dog and french fries and split our last counter service meal as we weren't very hungry. But for four tired women it went fairly quickly. We were just so wiped and sad we were leaving sitting at the resort seemed fine.
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We LOVED the Pop Century. Never did we have too long of bus waits...we were in the 50s looking over the lake towards the Legendary years and would often watch the fireworks from our room at epcot (the high enough ones anyways) and at Magic Kingdom. It was magical. We also ate at the resort almost everyday... I LOVED the breakfast pizza, and the hamburgers and hot dogs and fries were great. The Best were the huge sundaes. For one credit you got a huge sundae with any flavor of ice cream and all the toppings you wanted (for me just whipped cream, a cherry and nuts!)

We then got on the Magic Express... got on our NWA flight connecting in Detroit and arrived back in Ottawa :)

Next trip Im doing 10 days at the Polynesian with my fiance and other best friend and my mother.. we cannot wait!
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I found a few photos i forgot to upload

First of all my Keen Eye for the Shepherd's Pie
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Then there is vanilla ice cream and pineapple ice cream from captain cooks
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Just wanted to make sure I was thorough and not gypinng you from three photos..though only one is decent quality...

So in october im doing deluxe dining and such so hopefully you'll read that dining report too :)