10 days of free Dinning!!! wow this is a lot of food!! Sept 5th-14th 2008!!

[deslynnpatterson]

Welcome to my very first dinning review:) I first want to start out introducing the "Characters" in my review:)

Me, I am a 27 year old-- that eats almost anything-- or at least for try anything once:) This trip was rough for me because i have been on weight watchers since April 2008-- and i felt guilty eating some of the food-- then i thought on well its vacation:) now its back to the real world and back to counting points~~

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this is me:) in our all- stars music hotel room oh by the way ignore the dates on my camera they are messed up for some reason--

My husband: he is a 30 year old, who loves food especially on vacation, he is a very hard worker and really needed the vacation-- he went to school for hotel/restaurant management so when i go places it is like going with my own critic!! He will eat mostly anything as well

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This is my hubby in Hollywood Studios sporting his steeler Jersey!! Let's go steelers-- sorry i just had to throw that in there:)

we also went along with my mom and granny

my mom: 52 years old-- very young at heart-- is a somewhat picky eater and is not used to eating large meals at all, but she seemed to find something she liked everywhere:)

Granny: 76 years old-- and this is her 2nd year in a row going to disney for free dinning:) She loves most all food and really will just go a long with the flow:)
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Welcome to the beginning of my review-- up new will be--- Pecos Bills and Liberty Tree Tavern:) Stayed Tunes for my reviews:)

~Desiree

[mickeywho?]

Looking forward to reading your report!

[deslynnpatterson]

We arrived at all- star music late on Sept 5th-- which made for a very easy check in-- at this point we were starving!! And stupid me forgot to take pictures of the food -- i think since it was the beginning of the trip i was too excited:) But i will review what we had:) My mom, granny, and Husband ( Josh) all got the same meal which was the sketti and meatballs from the dinning hall-- my mom and granny seemed please with theirs-- i got the penne pasta with alfredo with the breaded chicken and breadstick-- which for a dinning hall i thought was very good-- Josh tryed mine and liked mine better than the sketti and meatballs that he had. For dessert me and my mom got the mini-chocolate cakes in the dinning hall which were soo yummy!! And i had many more during the week:) my granny got a yoguret parfait and tryed it but didn't like it at all-- she kept saying " there is oatmeal in this" -- I tryed explaining that it was granola-- and more of a healthy dessert-- i don't think she ever had a parfait before and i think that will be her first and her last:) Josh had a Cheesecake for dessert and he said it was very good--- after we had full bellies we went back to our rooms for a good nights sleep for out first day in the parks:) stayed tuned...:)

[Rafikifan]

Can't wait to read more!

[deslynnpatterson]

we wanted to arrive a magic Kingdom early so we skipped breakfast at the resort that morning- i told Josh we would grab something in the park-- when we got there we found the park decorated for halloween and it was beautiful-- this is the first picture of our trip-- i told Josh to go and get a picture with the sexy pumpkin Lady:)
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Then off we went down main street-- we decided to make a stop in main street bakery-- everything looked so good-- until Josh saw the HUGE cinniamon roll-- we got the cinnimon roll he got a choc milk, and i got a water-- it was delicious-- i tryed to only have a few bites of it-- cause i knew there was much more eating to be done that day:) As we were sitting eating a lady came up to us and said " that is huge" and was just kinda staring at our food-- it was funny:0

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For lunch was Pecos Bills for a counter service we went to eat around 12:30pm-- this is always one of our favorites-- we love the fixings bar-- last year they did not have the chesse avaliable on the fixings bar-- you had to order it seperate-- but this year the chesse was back:) but one problem-- I forgot to take pictures-- but i will review everything anyways-- I got the chicken wrap, and to be healthier i got the apple slices instead of fries and the yogurt for dessert, and a large diet coke-- however-- this wrap was HUGE!!! my mom also got a wrap, but with fries and the choc cake for dessert-- and we could have easily shared one-- acutally i would recommend sharing one-- a lot of wrap went to waste:( Josh ( DH) got the double bacon chesseburger and piled onions, mushrooms, pickles-- and anything that he could fix on his sandwhich on it--also he got fries, and asked for a carrot cake that was on the menu-- but they ran out so he had choc cake. Granny got the pulled pork sandwhich-- and she really enjoyed it-- she got fries, and a choc cake also-- she couldn't believe me and my mom were wasting all the food we were--- put we couldn't possibly eat anything else!!

Now for dinner time:) We had a 7:00pm ressie at Liberty Tree-- we got there about 10 mins early-- but had to wait at least 20-25 mins-- while we were waiting we were people watching-- that is always fun for us:) It was adorable there was a little girl dressed as a princess going around handing out little mickey confetti to everyone-- it was the cutest thing:) She for sure felt like a little princess and looked like one too:)

We were finally seated about 7:20ish-- the service seemed to be a little slow at first-- we got out drinkins right away but took a little while then came the Salad

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this is my favorite part of the meal:) we got to LTT every year on our first day at Magic Kingdom-- the Strawberry Vinagerette dressing was delicious!! we asked for seconds on the salad:)

Then came the rolls-- then were nice and warm-- along with the honey butter which was delicious!!

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everything was delicious!!! yummy!! this meal really is one of my favorites-- we were all very full after this meal-- the mashed pototoes tashed like homemade even thought they were stouffers, we all loved the mac and cheese-- and my mom even said she doesn't like mac and cheese but this was good, green beans delicious-- now i am on a green bean kick!! lol meats were all very good also flank steak, turkey, ham- and of course the dessert was great--the apple cobbler a la mode-- but word of advice -- eat it quick-- because the ice cream melts fast:) but oh so good-- the character interacation was great also-- its a shame it is not going to be there anymore
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after liberty tree, we decided to call it a night for a visit to downtown disney.. next up for review-- Pizza Planet, and 50's Prime time-- hope you are enjoying my first ever review

[deslynnpatterson]

now on to day 3 we arrived early at Disney Hollywood Studios we didn't eat breakfast that morning so around 10:30 we shared a pretzel and a frozen lemonade which was very refreshing-- after getting most everything done in Hollywood studios because the parks seemed to be dead we decided to grab lunch at pizza planet-- around 1:00ish, well yet again-- i didn't take pictures- i kept forgetting to take counter services pictures-- since it was already close to 1:00 and we had a 5:45 ressie at 50's prime time, we decided to share a counter service meal-- we got the veggis pizza meal, with a large coke, and a large sugar cookie-- the pizza was very good and very fresh-- we go to pizza planet every year and we don't even have kids yet:) we just think its a fun yummy place to go-- and sometimes its hard to break tradition:) The sugar cookie was very good as well-- very fresh, and soft.


we then wondered around Hollywood studios come more and took some pictures and this was one that Josh took of me-- please excuse the pic i know its bad:) but i love snowmen:) i think the sun was in my eyes or something LOL

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we arrived early for our 5:45 ressie at 50's prime time-- we decided to grab a beer at the bar while waiting-- and my mom swore that some of the items in the waiting area used to be in my granny's house LOL she used to have some of the same items-- and it was nice for my granny to be able to go back in time to the 50's:)
we were seated a little later-- and everytime we got to this place Josh (DH) always trys to get the waitor or waitress going-- so he ended up with crayons and a napkin and he was supposed to make a picture and put it on the fridge at prime time and he had to hang it himself:) It was amusing for me to see a 30 year old color:) but he is a kid at heart:) The service at prime time was very, very slow-- I am not going to give the name of our server but if anyone would like to know they can private message me-- because they were not very good at all:( It was very noisey and crazy in the section we were in and our table was ignored-- we serioulsy thought our waitress left after giving us our drinks. but this is what we started with, Josh got a coke, granny got a vanilla milkshake for her drink which she said was " delicious", me and my mom both got a diet coke with a cherry shot in it--
i highly recommend it:) yummy!
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then came our meals I will explain what everyone got first then post the pictures:

Granny: She got the meatloaf but got corn instead of green beans-- she said it was delicious and cleaned her plate:)

My mom and me: we both got the pot roast-- which was delicious and just melted in your mouth!! and the mashed potatoes were wonderful!!

Josh: He got the steak-- that boy loves his steak-- but he got mashed potatoes instead of the root vegetable hash-- he said his steak was good-- but he has had better-- but he is the biggest critic anyways:)

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after our meals i swear we thought we were forgotten-- we had to ask another server to find out waitress-- or " cousin" I should say LOL finally after our long wait we got out desserts-- we all ordered something different

Josh: got the Smores-- he said they were very good but not what he expected-- not sure what he thought they were goint to be?? LOL

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Mom:
She got the brownie Sundae-- she kind of looks at it funny when it came out with caramel corn on it-- but she said it was very good-- but very sweet

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Granny:
She got the bread pudding with ice cream-- she said it was very good-- but had a hard time finishing it-- since she got the milkshake for her drink:)
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Me:
I have been on a strawberry Sundae kick-- so for me it was a strawberry Sundae-- which was good-- but not dairy queens LOL

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I think this was one of the places we acutally tipped less than recommended-- we felt bad doing this but the service was just awful-- we got to disney every year and my mom and i decided-- that we are going to skip the 50's prime time next year and try something else-- even though the food was good-- i think the service will scare us away for a few years:) Next up-- tutto Italia stay tuned:)
~Desiree

[mickeymotto]

Love your review so far.:thumbsup2 Can't wait for Tutto Italia.popcorn::

[HonnyDipp]

Everything looks so good! Can't wait to see more!:thumbsup2

[MickeyNicki]

Count me in!

[deslynnpatterson]

Day 4-- was EPCOT day:) we did not eat breakfast this morning-- mainly Josh (DH) would grab something small and bring it back to the room in the morning while i was showering and would have it finished before i got a picture of it-- but for some reason this morning i was STARVING-- prob because i didn't have anything to eat since the 5:45 50's prime time ressie the day before-- and let me tell you-- trying to find something for breakfast in EPCOT is hard! a lot of the places don't open until lunch-- but we did end up finding something at the Season's in the land-- which was a strawberry shortcake OMG so yummy! Prob the best strawberry shortcake i have ever had i loved it!! we also got a bag of cheetos to munch on too-- oh so healthy of a breakfast:) at this point i was already getting tired of food and missing my diet lol

Here is the Strawberry Shortcake:
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after our little snack we roamed around epcot and got a lot done-- we even took at walk over the the boardwalk/beach club area to look for potential next year resorts-- since Josh says we are never staying at a value resort again-- but i will post more of that on the resort board for our resort review:) we had a 1:00pm lunch ressie at Tutto-- I was really looking forward to this meal:) and OMG was it yummy!!

First came the bread and dipping oil, and a few olives-- be careful the olives do have seeds and breaking a tooth in disney would not be fun:) the breads were different but good:)

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Next came out the meals-- first of all let me just say the service here was very very good-- our drinks were always filled, and everyone was so polite-- plus the good looking italian men were very nice to look at:) lol

My mom and my Granny both got the Lasagna al Forno-- they both said it was delicious-- and i got to try a piece as well and oh my did i agree!! SOO GOOD!!

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Josh got the Chicken Cutlet Milanese-- he loved it-- and he is very critical about his food-- he said that Tutto was the best restaurant so far at that point in the week. The chicken was pounded out and very delicious and the argula salad was very good as well-- i tryed this also:) This meal was a pass around the plate meal-- we all wanted to try each others meals:)

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I got the Tagilatelle Alla Primavera which was egg noddles with alfredo sause with tons of delicious veggies-- and wow was this good!! I wanted to eat the whole thing!! but the only thing is i would recommend this place for dinner instead of lunch like we had because its rough to eat a heavy meal so early in the day-- but we were able to walk it off.
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Now for the yummy desserts-- Josh and I both got the Mocha Tiramisu-- it was the best Tiramisu i ever had-- wow so good i could have ate 2 of these-- even though i was already stuffed

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My granny got the Zuppa Inglese-- i did try a taste of it -- it was too sweet for me -- it sorta had a candid center-- sort of like a fruit cake-- if you like fruit cake then im sure you would love this

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My mom got the Bugie/Chiacchere-- i know strange name LOL!! she had no clue what she got-- but when they but this is front of her it was huge-- it came with dipping sauces one chocolate and one apricot-- it was very good too-- sort of like a fried dough-- but different give it a try

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with very full bellies we had to sit there for a little while after-- watching all the other families around us on the deluxe dinning getting appetizers-- and we had the conversation about how this is way too much food-- at this point we still didn't even us a single snack credit!! but free dinning is so worth it-- tutto is going on our list next year as well-- i would recommend this its very delicious and well worth it
stay tuned for-- Raglan Road

[captinhookedondisney]

How I Wish I Were You


IT LOOKS SO GOOD

[Picabo]

Enjoying your review! It's making me HUNGRY!

[TigerKat]

Enjoying, can't wait for more!:thumbsup2

[deslynnpatterson]

Josh and i just want to say thanks so much for reading our review so far-- and more to come tomorrow still ahead-- Raglan Road, Le Cellier, Snacks around the world, Earls, San Angel, Ohana, and food from the All- Stars dinning hall-- hope you are enjoying so far-- if you are just joining -- jump on board, grab some popcornpopcorn:: and enjoy the show:rotfl2:

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[John's Mom]

Great reviews and pics! :goodvibes

[deslynnpatterson]

Day 5 for us was mostly a lazy day:) we decided to take a break from the parks-- and just relaxed at the all star Music pool for the first part of the day

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after a nice long afternoon of fun in the sun we decided it was time to eat:) This was the first time this week we were at the resort for lunch time-- i think lunch was a good meal to eat at all- star music-- it was very quiet for lunch and calm-- after looking around the dinning hall for a little while i spotting something healthy which got me excited since i felt like i was eating bad all week so far:( a chicken salad from the create your own salad-- then will mix in a huge bowl-- the type of lettuce, cheese, dressing, and any veggies, or toppings such as walnuts, corn, cranberries, golden raisins, croutons, sunflower seeds and any veggies-- so guess what i told them-- i told them put everything in a bowl-- i also got the while balasmic vingerette-- delicious!!!!

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after DH saw my delicious salad he ended up getting a steak salad-- his salad was more basic -- but with Ranch and steak-- he said it was delicious



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me and my mom were just talking about these salads today and how we are craving one-- maybe this December:) :cool1:


After lunch we swam some more and decided to get ready for downtown disney were we had 8:15 ressies at Raglan Road-- this was our first time at Raglan Road-- we actually arrived a little early-- and were seated within minutes it was great-- the atmosphere at Raglan Road is a lot of fun-- the only annoying part was throughout our dinner instead of listening to the band-- we got to listen to them tuning there instruments which was kind of annoying- but towards the end of dinner they starting planing-- and it was really good entertainment.

Now for the service and food-- Service was great-- we had a good waitor-- our drinks were never empty and our soda bread came out right away--

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what is soda bread you ask? LOL we had no clue either but of course tryed it-- i can almost-- and i can almost compare it to beer bread or something like it-- for me is was just ok-- good but different-- not something that i would particularly want again-- but it was good enough to try-- give it a try!


Our meals for this review were very simple-- we all got the same thing-- which was the sirloin steak atop delicious mashed potatoes-- and topped high with onion straws!! YUMMY!!! I have a weakness for potatoes and onions-- so that part was delicious for me-- the steak on the other hand-- well-- i am not a steak kinda girl-- and i don't know how to order my steak any other way but " very well done" because i can't eat anything pink! I had some of the steak but for me it had too much of a beefy taste-- but it was good-- i had to ask for some A1 Steak sauce as it was a little dry. Josh seemed to enjoy his steak and criticized me and told me that i have to learn how to order a steak " medium rare"-- i don't think so lol~~ my mom and my granny also seemed to enjoy there steaks-- but granny had a little hard time cutting her steak-- and my mom didn't finish her's either-- here is our steak-- from 2 views:

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next was dessert time yummy!! this was becoming my favorite part of each meal at this point-- which this was also easy-- Josh, Granny , and I-- all ordered the triple chocolate something-- i can't think of the name-- someone help me out lol! well-- it was a little cup of chocolate moose, white choc moose, and a choc shake-- very good and very rich!! almost too much chocolate-- but good and light -- nothing heavy like eating a huge hunk of cake-- here is the dessert-- beware of the orange slices on top-- do not eat them like my granny did LOL

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my mom was different and got the Dunbrody Kiss-- which she enjoyed until she got to the middle and kept telling me something tasted like paper-- i tasted is and could not figure out what was in the middle either-- almost like almonds or coconuts--- up until this point she did enjoy her dessert-- which also comes with raspberries and a choc drizzles-- which i snagged one of those for sure yummy!!


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all and all our first experience with Raglan Road was good-- would not be number one on our list-- but i would go back-- just maybe in a few years-- i think we tipped the suggested amount as we felt service was standard-- that is all for Raglan Road-- Stay tunned for Flame Tree BBQ-- and Planet Hollywood--

~Desiree

[CanadianPaco]

Awesome so far!! Can't wait for more:lovestruc

[Evan&Kimberly]

Great Reviews is Raglan Rd on the dinner plan?

[deslynnpatterson]

Great Reviews is Raglan Rd on the dinner plan?



Yes its on the dinning plan:) It was nice because most people were eating at the parks that we were able to get right in at our reservation time:)

[butiflfeet]

How did I miss this thread starting? I'm late but I'm here! Keep the excellent reviews coming :woohoo:

[deslynnpatterson]

sorry for everyone that was reading this i did not update yesterday:( but i am back with the day 6 reviews-- but without pictures:( I kept forgetting to take counter service pictures-- i just wanted to make this a quick review before moving on to Le Cellier next:) We arrived to animal kingdom with empty stomachs-- but decided to work up a appeptite for flame tree-- this is a favorite for us!! we have to eat there every year! yummy!! When we got to flame tree it was pouring down rain we decided to grab food and run for a pavillion-- I got the delicious BBQ chicken salad-- again i was just excited to get something healthy:) woo hoo!! but-- last year when we ate at Flame tree you were able to get the salad and a side-- when i tryed getting my side of onion rings this year for me and my hubby to share-- we were told that it changed and it no longer included a side!! BOO!! so-- we paid out of pocket for the onion rings-- i believe they were only 3.79-- but it was worth it:) it was a very large order of onions rings -- i also got the chocolate cake for dessert-- which i was pleased to know this was the same chocolate cake i have became obessed with and have been eating all week lol it was the same as the resorts-- but delicious-- i was happy with it. Delicious salad, onion rings and cake for me. My hubby got the 1/2 slab of ribs which included a corn muffin and baked beans-- he said the ribs were delicious and he cleaned those bones off:) I tried the beans myseld and there were very good-- and so was the corn muffin-- he also got the chocolate cake-- try dipping the onions rings in there sweet bbq sauce they have-- yummy yummy!! we always have a good experience at flame tree and this has become a tradition for us to eat here-- i would recommend everything we got.

Now for dinner-- we originally had a 9:45pm ressie at ohana this night-- but we decided that 9: 45 was just too late-- so we cancelled-- and were unsure were to eat because it was raining pretty hard-- finally the rain cleared up and we used the 15 dollar voucher that comes for booking your disney vacation and went to Planet hollywood! We didn't have to wait more than 15 mins and had a seat:) we went in and they give you a little card with your estimated seating time-- we went to the bar-- and once we got waited on it was already time to take the beers upstairs and we were shown to our seats-- we weren't very hungry because Flame tree filled up us-- and also that we just drank a beer as well-- so we decided to share this---VIP Platter - Our Famous Chicken Crunch, Buffalo Wings, Texas Tostadas and Spinach Dip $18.95


It was very good!! and filled us both up like we ate a huge meal!! the only thing was that Josh did not like the buffalo wings-- there were a little hot for him-- but to be i thought they were very good!!

After dinner we decided to get a milkshake a ghiradelli-- we just got a chocolate milkshake and it was very yummy--

well since day 6 has no pics i will make it sort and sweet-- up next-- with PICS-- is everyones favorite-- LE CELLIER!!! STAY TUNED....

[butiflfeet]

Everything sounds pretty good so far so bring on your Le Cellier review! We're leaving in just a few days :yay: and I can't wait to try Le Cellier for the first time. Until then, I'll just live vicariously through these reviews. :woohoo:

[Minniespal]

Excellent:thumbsup2

[AUDramaQueen]

Great reviews! You guys look like you're having so much fun!

Just curious, would they not let you use a snack credit for the onion rings?

Can't wait for LeCellier. It was our favorite last trip.

[emh1129]

Great reviews! :)