Yes, we planned the entire trip around where we would eat. Problem? Complete! 3/11!!

[onelilspark]

Hello there! :wave2:

I just got back yesterday from the Tastiest Place on Earth! :mickeyjum

My traveling party consisted of me (23), my mother (29 obviously), and my father (much older than my mother of course.) While this is my first full dining report (I did one review back around Christmas time) it is far from being our first time to the World. So come join us on our culinary adventure. We have the following stops on our tour (perhaps some more in case I forgot any.)

Casey's Corner
Aloha Isle (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30247493&postcount=3)
Citricos (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30256220&postcount=13)
Main Street Bakery (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30273585&postcount=22)
Yak & Yeti Local Foods (CS) (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30309902&postcount=29)
Margaritaville (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30314241&postcount=30) (I know it's not Disney, but it is tasty, and we're huge Parottheads!)
Tokyo Dining (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30332542&postcount=42)
Epcot Tasty Beverages and People Watching (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30353070&postcount=49)
Bistro De Paris (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30376190&postcount=59)
Prime Time Cafe (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30396848&postcount=65)
ESPN Club/Jellyrolls (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30448018&postcount=68)
Cape May Cafe (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30448285&postcount=69)
MK Snack (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30467742&postcount=74)
Gardenview Tea (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30487787&postcount=79)
Earl of Sandwich (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30582275&postcount=101)
Kona Cafe (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30582472&postcount=102)

Phew! That's a lot of food for 5 days :eek:

~~**Updated**~~
On 2/28-3/1 I headed down to "celebrate" my birthday at Disney! We have a new character added to the cast, my boyfriend. He hasn't been to Disney since the 7th grade...and he's dating me...poor boy :rotfl:

Added to the list:
Tangerine Cafe (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30667884&postcount=106)
Snacks at Epcot (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30671740&postcount=107)
Kona: Dinner (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30711580&postcount=115)
Kona: Breakfast (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30730305&postcount=122)
Wolfgang Puck Express (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30758903&postcount=126)

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[skellingtonfreak]

We totally did that on our last trip too! It was so much fun and forced us to relax and look at things while we were waiting for our ADR's.

I can't wait for the reviews!

[onelilspark]

Here we go! We got to the MK around noon, so our first stop was of course for lunch. The sole purpose of picking the MK for our first day was to get these little beauties:

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:cloud9: I love Corn Dog Nuggets from Casey's. They're like little gems of joy! Terrific. The only problem is that while the nuggets are fantastic, I don't know what goes on with Casey's. There can be a short line and it always takes forever to get through the line. But it's worth it, let me tell you :lovestruc
Oh, and I always see people looking for tables right outside. Here's a little tip: if you go across Main Street and down, there's a bunch of yellow tables. It's right by a smoking section, but it never bothers me because those who smoke tend to stay right by the trash can and there are usually plenty of tables available. So while it was the chillest day of the trip for us, it still was gorgeous to sit and eat...

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And in case you're curious, this is me:
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We also took a stroll through the candy store on our way to Casey's. So while these aren't entirely restaurant related, they're still pretty close to food porn ::yes::
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After walking for a few hours, we decided to grab a snack. My Dad had a soft pretzel, my Mom had a twist Dole Whip, and I had a Pineapple Float Dole Whip. YUMM-O.

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Very pineapple-y. So if you haven't tried one and you don't like pineapple, you may want something else! But if you like pineapple, then it's definitely worth it!

Next up: Citricos!

[MickeyNicki]

Jumping in with both feet! ;)

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

Yum!

My dd and I love Casey's but we have never had thier corn dog nuggets. In May we are going back and taking our 12 year old cousin who is corn dog crazy. This is a must stop for all of us! Plus I can still share a hot dog with dd and steal one of our cousins nuggets -- so I get the best of both worlds.

[Macsfiveplus1]

I am so happy I found this.

The dole whip float looks amazing. This is on my list of things I must try.

Can't wait for the rest!!!

[tyandskyesmom]

Casey's is a must for us too...but we don't do the corn dog nuggets...just cannot pull ourselves away from the hot dogs!

Since I am unable to add to my food porn while working I cannot wait to read more of yours!

[bolgers love wdw]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with planning a disney vacation around the food!!!:goodvibes That is my favorite part of Disney. :lovestruc
Can't wait to keep up with your review!!!

[danalee]

sounds good, I planned our last trip around places to eat as well! Loved it!;)

[TigerKat]

I'm in, can't wait for Citricos and Tokyo Dining!:thumbsup2

[onelilspark]

Jumping in with both feet! ;)

:flower3: Welcome!

Yum!

My dd and I love Casey's but we have never had thier corn dog nuggets. In May we are going back and taking our 12 year old cousin who is corn dog crazy. This is a must stop for all of us! Plus I can still share a hot dog with dd and steal one of our cousins nuggets -- so I get the best of both worlds.

You should really try them ::yes::

I am so happy I found this.

The dole whip float looks amazing. This is on my list of things I must try.

Can't wait for the rest!!!

:wave2:

Casey's is a must for us too...but we don't do the corn dog nuggets...just cannot pull ourselves away from the hot dogs!

Since I am unable to add to my food porn while working I cannot wait to read more of yours!

I think maybe you need to order just one corn dog nugget so you can split it with everyone you're with. Just to taste their goodness :thumbsup2

[onelilspark]

We totally did that on our last trip too! It was so much fun and forced us to relax and look at things while we were waiting for our ADR's.

I can't wait for the reviews!

We usually plan just the ADR's then the parks fall in around it. This time we planned our CS too! :rotfl:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with planning a disney vacation around the food!!!:goodvibes That is my favorite part of Disney. :lovestruc
Can't wait to keep up with your review!!!
sounds good, I planned our last trip around places to eat as well! Loved it!;)

We did our own version of Food & Wine :thumbsup2

I'm in, can't wait for Citricos and Tokyo Dining!:thumbsup2

Citricos is coming up next! I'm getting antsy :rolleyes1

[onelilspark]

So first up on our culinary journey around WDW:
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This trip was full of "firsts" for us. It's amazing how many times we've gone to WDW and still manage to find new things to do! We've been to all of the signature restaurants (Bistro was a first too) now, so we had to go to Citricos since we had never been there! I haven't gone to Yachtsman, but my parents have, so close enough!

Anyway...we started at the bar, Mom had a Cosmo, Dad a Diet Coke (Woo! Party!:woohoo: ) and I had a glass of Pinot Grigio. Great bartender.

Then moved to the table, where we had some bread:
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And my parents laughed at me for taking pictures of the bread...oh well. Here's the menu we perused:
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My Mom and I had the same dinner pretty much. We each started with the Goat Cheese Truffles:
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Goat Cheese Truffles - Tomato, Cracked Pepper, and Sesame "Truffles" with Arugula, Frisee, Nueske Applewood Smoked Bacon, and Peaches
Sesame one was my favorite :cloud9:

My Dad started with Arancini Crispy Risotto - Italian Sausage, Quaitro Formaggi, and White Truffle Aioli. I tried a bite and it was really really good.

My Mom and I each had the Lamb Chops:
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The description of this one isn't on All Ears, but it was 2 Lamb Chops, 1 Scallop, on a risotto. Tasty. First time I had lamp chops.

I think my Dad had the filet. Both of my parents had a glass of wine with their meals. It was the one that was the "suggested" wine. I stuck with my Pinot Grigio. They both liked the pairing.

Onto DESSERT! (The best part really...)
Menu:
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The desserts here were unbelievably beautiful. I had the tropical fruit creme brulee.
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My Dad had the lemon cheesecake. He's a cheesecake fiend.
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My Mom had a spoon.

So here's what I think: The food was great. Only thing is that their medium rare (on the lamb) was more like medium and their medium (on my Dad's dish) was more like medium well. But everything was so tender it was great.

The service was rather slow. What was weird was that it was fine during the meal until we got to the dessert and then it really dropped off. And we like to relax during a meal, so we appreciate slowER service. But when we're done and looking around for the check, it gets annoying. Had to ask for the check. Which is standard in a French restaurant, but it wasn't a French restaurant.

So those were our only two complaints. Not too shabby. I think if you want a nice meal at the GF but don't want to spend the prices at V&A, I would definitely chose Citricos over Narcoosees.

One other thing: my parents loved walking out of the restaurant and hearing the band. They were playing "Moonlight Serenade" which is one of my Mom's favorite songs...
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[DisneycrazedX6]

Can't wait to read more......

[FirstMagic]

Enjoying your reviews and pictures! :goodvibes

I've found, and heard the same from others, that Disney wait staff often does that disappearing act around dessert time, both before and after. Not so bad when lingering over coffee, but if lingering over the last dregs of a Diet Coke and have already been in the restaurant a couple of hours, one tends to wonder where they disappeared to!

That's a great photo of your parents listening to the band, so nice they were playing a favorite song of your mother's at that time.

You have a great user name and avatar too....Figment and Dreamfinder are favorites of mine! Looking forward to the rest of your reviews.

[MinnieMom]

Enjoying your reviews. Can't wait to read more!

[luckytobeme88]

OMG, I absolutely love your take of vacationing in WDW. A big high 5.:yay:

[iluvpluto27]

Really enjoying your reviews so far. I love citricos and that lemon cheesecake is so pretty!
Looking forward to more.

[TigerKat]

Oh WOW, you've got me really excited about Citrico's! We've been to Narcoossee's and enjoyed it but we weren't really wowed by it.

[maslex]

AAWWW, I really like the picture of what I assume are your parents. So cute.
:love:

[onelilspark]

Can't wait to read more......

I've got more coming soon!!

Enjoying your reviews and pictures! :goodvibes

I've found, and heard the same from others, that Disney wait staff often does that disappearing act around dessert time, both before and after. Not so bad when lingering over coffee, but if lingering over the last dregs of a Diet Coke and have already been in the restaurant a couple of hours, one tends to wonder where they disappeared to!

That's a great photo of your parents listening to the band, so nice they were playing a favorite song of your mother's at that time.

You have a great user name and avatar too....Figment and Dreamfinder are favorites of mine! Looking forward to the rest of your reviews.

Thanks for the compliments :goodvibes She was a happy camper when they played that song!! We only really had this problem at Citricos. We like to linger a bit, so usually it's not a big deal and I've found that most of the time the waiters can tell when you're ready. Idk what happened here!

Enjoying your reviews. Can't wait to read more!

Thanks!

OMG, I absolutely love your take of vacationing in WDW. A big high 5.:yay:

Right back at ya! :yay:

Really enjoying your reviews so far. I love citricos and that lemon cheesecake is so pretty!
Looking forward to more.

Thank you! I think it's the same one they serve at the Grand Floridian Cafe. It looked very similar.

Oh WOW, you've got me really excited about Citrico's! We've been to Narcoossee's and enjoyed it but we weren't really wowed by it.

We like Narcoosee's, but for the price, we find it hard to justify it. Citricos is better in my book. But you're more likely to get a view of the fireworks at Narcoossee's. Then again, I say that if you really want to see the fireworks, don't plan dinner during it ;) But that's just me :snooty:

AAWWW, I really like the picture of what I assume are your parents. So cute.
:love:

I made a quick trip to the little girls room and when I came out they looked like that. I stealthy took a snapshot because sometimes they're sickeningly cute. They'll be celebrating 25 years in September. :love:

Ok...now on with the show!!:wizard:

[onelilspark]

Another first for the trip was to try the Magic Kingdom Bakery. I had been itching to try the French Toast Loaf since I had seen it on here. I love French Toast. I almost went in at Christmastime just to pick it up and then enjoy it the next day at breakfast. (My parents now live an hour away, we were just up for the day...) But unfortunately that plan didn't work. So, I needed to try it this time. So I persuaded my parents that I needed to try it by sending them links to people's pictures of the French Toast Loaf here on the DisBoards. But I was clever. I made sure that the links I sent had no mention of the wait at the Bakery. :rotfl:

So the plan for Saturday? Wake up "early" (we'd really be up anyway) and be at the Magic Kingdom for opening! After all these years of coming, we'd never managed to see the opening show for the Magic Kingdom either! So I used that to my advantage. :woohoo: A plan was formed: Get to the park a little before 9 and as everyone was heading to the rides...we get food!! :yay:

So since I don't have many pictures of food this morning, here's some bonus pictures of the opening shows. Confession: I always thought it was kind of silly when people said they got tears in their eyes or cried. I totally got tears in my eyes. It's official. I'm a nut. :angel:
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It was so much fun!! I can't believe all these years we missed it! pixiedust:

So onward we headed towards breakfast. Perfect timing. When we got there, only a few people were in front of us. Totally do-able!! :woohoo: Now, my Dad's not a big sweets person unless it's 11pm at night ;) so he opted against the French Toast Loaf...go figure.

But my Mom and I each got one of these:
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YUM! Oh it was as every bit as delicious as I thought it would be! You can see my Dad's breakfast sandwich there in the background, he enjoyed that as well. No joke though: within 15 minutes every table was being used and the line was out the door. Mom says, "Gee, I guess this place is popular." :rolleyes1 We saw there were a few tables that had the Cinnamon Buns. They were huge!! My French Toast Loaf kept me perfectly full, I couldn't imagine eating one of those. Then again, I'm not really a Cinnamon Bun kind of person. My Mom almost got one until she saw the size :laughing:

Best plan ever was to get there for opening and then eat breakfast right away. When we hit the rides, the lines were still short enough that we walked on almost everything. Such a perfect day. Not to mention when we walked out of the Bakery we were greeted by this:
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Oh what a magical Disney Day it was! :wizard:

[Macsfiveplus1]

That looks like a great morning. We too have not seen opening ceremonies. Now I need to try. My son is a french toast fanatic. I think we might have to stand in that line one morning.

I loved the picture of your parents. I want to be just like them one day with my husband. How sweet.

[drumms2112]

We plan our entire trip around food also. It must be a Rochester thing. My wife was drooling over the mini corn dogs. Great review and I love the link to each review on the first page!:worship: :worship:

[disnut1149]

Hi
Great reviews!! It looks like you had so much fun!! I'd love to try the french toast loaf. I had one of the cinnamon buns and they are delicious!!

[msce2]

I love your reviews! Your day at MK seems like it was perfect, and the french toast loaf looks so yummy!! Thank you!

[jpmom97]

Love everything so far!! That french toast loaf looks delish!!

[onelilspark]

That looks like a great morning. We too have not seen opening ceremonies. Now I need to try. My son is a french toast fanatic. I think we might have to stand in that line one morning.

I loved the picture of your parents. I want to be just like them one day with my husband. How sweet.

Oh you'll just love the opening! It was really something wonderful. I can't believe we've missed it all these years!! Try to get there about 10 minutes before 9 and you'll be good!!

We plan our entire trip around food also. It must be a Rochester thing. My wife was drooling over the mini corn dogs. Great review and I love the link to each review on the first page!:worship: :worship:

Haha, yep. Must be a Rochester thing. ::yes::

Hi
Great reviews!! It looks like you had so much fun!! I'd love to try the french toast loaf. I had one of the cinnamon buns and they are delicious!!

Just don't try to eat a cinnamon bun and a french toast loaf in one sitting! They'll have to roll you down Main Street! :lmao:

I love your reviews! Your day at MK seems like it was perfect, and the french toast loaf looks so yummy!! Thank you!

It was yummy :goodvibes

Love everything so far!! That french toast loaf looks delish!!

Thanks! It was!

[onelilspark]

After we spent a nice morning bopping around the MK (a perk of getting there at opening?? Ridiculously short lines!) We headed over to the Animal Kingdom. And yes, it was mainly because we wanted to try this counter service but we did want to ride Expedition Everest.

Alright, so I completely forgot to take pictures here. But I did remember to take a picture of the sign. So how about we start with that??

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As the sign said, it certainly was tasty food. However, like Casey's, the line moved soooo slooooow. Don't know what was goin' on here. Also, it was about 2pm by the time we decided to eat again and all the tables were full, my Mom and I attacked a poor family as they were standing up to grab their table. I then went back to help my Dad with the food. We still weren't overly hungry and were actually thinking about just grabbing pretzels (well, that was my Dad's suggestion...the man has a few loves when it comes to food: Bogle Merlot, Cheesecake, and Pretzels. No joke.) But instead we decided to check this place out (as planned!!) and decided to just grab some sides. My Mom went over while I was looking for a table (that line moved a little quicker apparently) and grabbed a frozen coke. And then we got 2 orders of egg rolls and 1 order of fried rice. Here's a note: each order of egg rolls comes with 2 nicely sized egg rolls. Pretty decent deal. And as the sign said, it was tasty food :thumbsup2 I'd love to come back here when I was actually hungry for more food and give some of the other options on the menu a try. The only drawbacks for me were the lack of seating, I mean, it was there, but at 2pm at a non-peak weekend, it shouldn't have been that busy, know what I mean?? Oh, and those stupid cardboard straws?? I hate them. I loathe them.

Oh, and I would have loved to try a Bonzai Blast. It looked like the bar at Yak & Yeti (the sit down restaurant) could put drinks in plastic cups. We walked in and checked. But I wasn't in the mood for booze. I know...I know. Ok?

ETA: SnwflkCts also ate at the Yak & Yeti CS (actually about the same time frame we were down!) She remembered to take pictures! Her & her husband also had the fried rice and egg rolls, so if you take a peak at her report here...SnwflkCts: My 1st dining review 2/9 to 2/13 (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30311485&postcount=26) you can see the generous portions and the tasty goodness!!

And here's some bonus pictures!! Enjoy!!

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[onelilspark]

So...the other reason we went to the Animal Kingdom?? It closed early and allowed us ample time to head over to City Walk to go to Margaritaville! (I told you we planned this vacation around where we would eat!!!)

First, some background. My parents brought me up a proper Parrotthead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrothead). We used to listen to his music during dinner and after dinner I would dance around in our family room to his songs. Of course they'd skip songs like "Why Don't We Get Drunk." Because ya know, they're not awful parents!! :lmao: And last summer when I was up at 3am I bought tickets to his show out in Chicago. $100 tickets. That would then require a $200 plane ride. That's one expensive whim!! Luckily I have friends in the area I could stay with :rotfl: And of course...when I couldn't find any takers for my last ticket, my Mom flew up from Florida to go. It was totally worth it. So I? Am totally the people my parents warned me about ;) So we made a pilgrimage...

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One of the most distressing things in my life (really, I'm very blessed.) Is that I get migraines. One of my triggers is a regular, good 'ol fashioned lime margarita. So when I have them, I need to get flavored ones. My favorite are raspberry. It's ridiculously hard to find a good raspberry margarita on the rocks with salt (not sugar) on the rim. Of course, Margaritaville made me one ::yes:: And it was heaven :lovestruc

We've been to this particular Margaritaville several times. We love them. While my parents have been to others, I've only been to Cheeseburger in Paradises' :guilty: So I'm always thrilled to come back to Margaritaville. Our server here? Not the best. Both my Mom & I were left with empty drinks, had to ask him 3 times for water. Actually, we wound up getting water from the lady who brought our food (the guy and gal who brought our food were much better :thumbsup2 ) But of course, we were there to be at Margaritaville, so we didn't let our waiter bother us...and I noticed my Dad filled out a comment card. We enjoyed the Buffett music...though seriously, they need to not play other people's music. But maybe I'm a bit biased. :snooty:

So onto the food!! You want a good burger in Orlando? Come here. YUM! I got the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger. (Notice the big kosher pickle!?)
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By the way: I refuse to use a flash in a restaurant unless I'm taking a picture of everyone at the table, so I apologize about the quality of some of these!

My Mom got the Cheeseburger in Paradise (of course!) We both substituted fries for onion rings. Which of course isn't the way Jimmy sings it, but sometimes you just have to find your own way. My Dad had the Hickory Burger. I think I was the only one who had any food on their plate at the end!! I just couldn't eat another bite!! It was delicious. We do love it in here. The atmosphere is great. They have people on stilts doing balloons for kids and then when the volcano blows, they lead everyone in Margaritaville. So much fun.

Here's the menu. If you click on it, it'll take you to their actual menu. I really love this place!!! :thumbsup2
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[TigerKat]

So glad you posted this! We're spending 4 days on site at Universal and are checking out the restaurants now!:thumbsup2

[onelilspark]

So glad you posted this! We're spending 4 days on site at Universal and are checking out the restaurants now!:thumbsup2

Great! I'm glad it helped.

Though, to be honest, I don't think we've ever eaten at any of the other restaurants!!! :rotfl:

My younger brother goes to school at the University of Tampa (he's abroad right now, which is why he's not mentioned...) I know he & his friends head over to Bubba Gump Shrimp (or whatever it's called) to celebrate birthdays.

And if it helps, we made the reservation at Margaritaville that morning around 10 or so, while in line for Pooh! Their number is 407-224-2155. It's different than the main dining number.

[TigerKat]

Great! I'm glad it helped.

Though, to be honest, I don't think we've ever eaten at any of the other restaurants!!! :rotfl:

My younger brother goes to school at the University of Tampa (he's abroad right now, which is why he's not mentioned...) I know he & his friends head over to Bubba Gump Shrimp (or whatever it's called) to celebrate birthdays.

And if it helps, we made the reservation at Margaritaville that morning around 10 or so, while in line for Pooh! Their number is 407-224-2155. It's different than the main dining number.

Thanks for the info! So far we've got scheduled:

Tchoup Chop
Latin Quarter
Mytho's
Mama Della's
Finnegan's
and one night of bar hopping/appetizer snacking....that's where Margaritaville will be on our list!:thumbsup2

See, we plan around food too!:laughing:

[onelilspark]

Thanks for the info! So far we've got scheduled:

Tchoup Chop
Latin Quarter
Mytho's
Mama Della's
Finnegan's
and one night of bar hopping/appetizer snacking....that's where Margaritaville will be on our list!:thumbsup2

See, we plan around food too!:laughing:

It makes for a very tasty vacation :thumbsup2

Oh, and we checked in early for our reservation. They told us they had three bars at Margaritaville. That doesn't include the outside ones. So I'm sure you'll find a spot ;)

Enjoy popcorn::

[oybolshoi]

Fun reviews! We always have a blast at Margaritaville over at CityWalk ... and I love love love their Last Mango in Paris - I could drink those all day long - and probably have!

[onelilspark]

Fun reviews! We always have a blast at Margaritaville over at CityWalk ... and I love love love their Last Mago in Paris - I could drink those all day long - and probably have!

Somehow I knew you'd be on board with the Jimmy Buffett break :thumbsup2 If I could handle my booze better (i.e. didn't get a terrible migraine if I mix it!) I would love to sit down and try all their drinks. I have a cocktail "recipe book" that I bought from their gift store one year that's all Buffett inspired drinks. Maybe I should pop over to your Community Board thread and post a few recipes. Some are awfully tasty :goodvibes


Also: SnwflkCts has pictures of the fried rice and egg rolls from Yak & Yeti CS. I added a link to her report in that section, but for those of you who want to see but don't care to search back, here it is! http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30311485&postcount=26

[Macsfiveplus1]

I am determined to eat at the Yak and Yeti counter service next week. I could eat Asian food all week. Thanks for the link to see the food and the menu.

[SnwflkCts]

Hee Hee ... I was reading your review, reading about Citricos which DH and I would like to check out and thought I would get your thoughts on Y&Y Counter Service. I was planning to post when I saw the link to my review as you had asked for -- then I recognized the name. Thanks for linking to mine. And you had the same thoughts as I did -- what a lack of seating!!!!

Your picture of EE is just beautiful! Thanks for the great reviews and I will check back in for other reviews.

I told DH about the Bakery in Main Street but it was too crowded when we went there. We had better luck in Epcot at Norway -- no one was in front of us there - that place is hidden! And wasn't the weather just wonderful last week!!! And this morning we had snow flurries here in No Va!!!!!!!!!!!

[oybolshoi]

Somehow I knew you'd be on board with the Jimmy Buffett break :thumbsup2 If I could handle my booze better (i.e. didn't get a terrible migraine if I mix it!) I would love to sit down and try all their drinks. I have a cocktail "recipe book" that I bought from their gift store one year that's all Buffett inspired drinks. Maybe I should pop over to your Community Board thread and post a few recipes. Some are awfully tasty :goodvibes

Bring 'em on over whenever you have time! I usually update all the links once a week ... there's some great food porn over there and some really good recipes! :goodvibes

[SunnieRN]

Awesome reviews and looking forward to more!! Thank you for sharing! The picture of your parents is priceless!!
I LOVE the french toast loaf!! It's great!!

[onelilspark]

I am determined to eat at the Yak and Yeti counter service next week. I could eat Asian food all week. Thanks for the link to see the food and the menu.

:goodvibes It was really good. And they do have a side of fries if any of your clan is not so adventurous!

Hee Hee ... I was reading your review, reading about Citricos which DH and I would like to check out and thought I would get your thoughts on Y&Y Counter Service. I was planning to post when I saw the link to my review as you had asked for -- then I recognized the name. Thanks for linking to mine. And you had the same thoughts as I did -- what a lack of seating!!!!

Your picture of EE is just beautiful! Thanks for the great reviews and I will check back in for other reviews.

I told DH about the Bakery in Main Street but it was too crowded when we went there. We had better luck in Epcot at Norway -- no one was in front of us there - that place is hidden! And wasn't the weather just wonderful last week!!! And this morning we had snow flurries here in No Va!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the compliment :) Definitely a lack of seating at Y&Y. Though I could have sat on a wall and be happy. It's those picky old folks I travel with :rotfl: (kidding) I'm not a huge fan of coconut, so I don't do school bread. I dragged my Mom in when we were there after Christmas. She loved it. I'll be taking my boyfriend for my birthday. I think he'll like it. And I agree. The weather was just perfect! I haven't seen any snow flurries, it's actually been sunny up here! :eek: I'm sure that'll change soon ;)

Bring 'em on over whenever you have time! I usually update all the links once a week ... there's some great food porn over there and some really good recipes! :goodvibes

I have to find it, but don't worry, there's one that's Desdamona something or other that's really good. I'll be sure to post it ::yes::

Awesome reviews and looking forward to more!! Thank you for sharing! The picture of your parents is priceless!!
I LOVE the french toast loaf!! It's great!!

Thanks! The french toast is one of my favorite treats now :goodvibes
I love that pic of my parents too!

[onelilspark]

We're now onto Sunday. What an absolutely gorgeous day. The first couple days were a little chilly, but today was much warmer.

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Now, today I had not one, but 2 ADR's. One for lunch, one for dinner. And we had a tasty beverage planned. We'll start with lunch.

I've never been an adventurous eater until about a year ago...ish. A few months ago my boyfriend persuaded me to try sushi, his favorite. We have a place just outside of Rochester that's fantastic. I mean, awesome. In fact, I'm going to link to it. Amazing Sushi. (http://fujiyawebster.com/) (Okay, first: I know sushi isn't rolls, but that's what my mind calls it, sorry.) So I'm a bit spoiled because this place is good. And no, I don't have any benefit of telling you it's good, it just is. So I decided that I wanted to try Sushi in Disney. I mean, if it's good here in Rochester it has to be good in Disney right?? So instead of going to the Cali Grill, I went to Tokyo Dining. Because honestly, Japan=Sushi. Right?

Okay. So we got here:
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Right at noon. Our ADR was at 1215. I haven't been to either restaurant since the remodel. Very nice Disney, I give you props. :thumbsup2 We got to see their little opening thing. Which was nice, but honestly? That's got to be awkward for them. I'm sure that's not authentic. Let's have a bunch of tourists stare at you while you bow for them a million times. Weird :confused:

So not too long after that we were seated against the window looking down over the World Showcase. :yay: If I were here for dinner, close to Illuminations time, that would have been extra awesome. But I enjoyed it just the same because I got to people watch...one of my favorite past times. :angel: Now on this trip, my Uncle, Aunt, & cousin were joining us, but only occasionally in the parks. My Aunt, Mom & Dad aren't really big on sushi, so they went to England and got fish and chips. Which made my Mom do this: :cool1: So she was a happy camper. So this ADR was my Uncle, my cousin (my age), and myself. They both got Japanese beers, and I got a gingerale. (I was saving my booze for my tasty beverage later!) They both enjoyed the beers.

To start, I got edamame
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Which if you don't know are soybeans. I have to say I was a little disappointed. Before going I had seen on other people's reports how they were served in a neat container. These were served on a plate. Boring. And they were ice cold. Which was just weird. I've never been served them ice cold. They tasted good though. And I ate all of them, because I do love my soy beans, I just was a little disappointed in the presentation and slightly put off that they were ice cold. My cousin got a salad with the ginger dressing. It looked tasty.

I'm a big fan of rolls, but I don't do spicy real well. I wanted to try something a little more than just a Tuna Roll. (Boring.) So I got the Rainbow Roll:
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It was good. But it was a little boring. I will say the quality of the fish is better than what I get here, but I rather expected that...it is Florida versus Upstate NY :rolleyes: I know my Uncle got a sampler platter that included some shashimi and my cousin got a spicier roll.

Overall my impression here was that it was good, it was lovely, but ehhhhhhh. I like our little sushi place here a lot better. I'm glad I tried it though. What's weird is that I think our rolls are better here in Rochester, but I don't think our hibachi measures up. So if I want to eat in the Japan pavilion I would pick Tepan Edo over Tokyo Dining. But then again, there wasn't anything wrong with Tokyo Dining either. I think if I wanted a light sit down meal, I'd return. But I wouldn't go out of my way either, just because I think I can get this type of food better locally. And there are other types of food I can get in Disney that are better down there than locally. Hope I made myself clear :goodvibes

Bonus picture!
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[Macsfiveplus1]

Another good report and I don't eat sushi, I am allergic to shellfish...so I stay away from most seafood. It did look pretty.

My kids would actually pick fried rice of french fries. Believe it or not.

Our first day is AK, hopefully I will be eating at Yak and Yeti for lunch.

[onelilspark]

Another good report and I don't eat sushi, I am allergic to shellfish...so I stay away from most seafood. It did look pretty.

My kids would actually pick fried rice of french fries. Believe it or not.

Our first day is AK, hopefully I will be eating at Yak and Yeti for lunch.

It did make for a pretty picture!

Yak & Yeti CS was very tasty. You'll have to let me know how it turns out!

[tarheelmjfan]

I can't wait for your Bistro review. :hyper: We're trying 50's lunch for the 1st time in May. I'll be watching for that review too. :cool1:

[onelilspark]

I can't wait for your Bistro review. :hyper: We're trying 50's lunch for the 1st time in May. I'll be watching for that review too. :cool1:

I should have Bistro up by the weekend (I'm trying to pace myself...)

50s has always been a favorite of ours :goodvibes

[jsmla]

Love your reviews and pictures! Thanks so much for the one for Tokyo Dining!

Jennifer (Still haven't packed and it's all your fault!)

[onelilspark]

Love your reviews and pictures! Thanks so much for the one for Tokyo Dining!

Jennifer (Still haven't packed and it's all your fault!)

Hah. Whoops! :upsidedow

I'm starting the next one now :goodvibes

[onelilspark]

A day like this:
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Calls out for a tasty beverage.

I had told my Mom about the Grey Goose Slushies and she was all about trying one. I usually stick with the Pomegranate Kirs in France, but they weren't on the menu :guilty: So I decided to branch out and try it too.

So we each got one of these little beauties:
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What's interesting is that mine was a lot stronger than my Mom's. Not sure what happened there :confused3 We were very happy that we tried them! Very good. Think I still prefer my Pomegranate Kir, but this is a nice change of pace. My Dad plopped us at one of the "sidewalk" tables and he walked over to Germany to get a pretzel. (I told you...the man likes his pretzels! :lmao: )

So we sat and people watched from this lovely location:
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And awaited his return ;)

But the heat, light lunch, and drink were getting to me. (I'm a bit of a light weight.) I decided I needed a snack popcorn:: Lucky me! We're awfully close to the patisserie :idea: So I popped in there and got a Strawberry Tart:
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This thing was delicious! It was a little hard to eat with my plastic "silverware." So picked off the strawberries and ate the tart. Lovely ::yes::

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Next up: Bistro! :woohoo:

[MickeyNicki]

Thats twice in the last 2 minutes I have seen a review of the strawberry tart...guess what I am going to have to order in two weeks????????? :banana:

[tarheelmjfan]

I should have Bistro up by the weekend (I'm trying to pace myself...)

50s has always been a favorite of ours :goodvibes

Awesome! I'll be patiently waiting. ;)

[Macsfiveplus1]

The pictures are great. The tart looks amazing. I am not sure I can handle that slushie but it looks great.

I gave up on packing today, tomorrow is another day. I have work tonight.

[skellingtonfreak]

I think I definitely must partake of that amazing looking grey goose slushie one of these trips. On a hot day...what could be better?

And that strawberry tart...dude! Where have I been? We go into the patisserie every trip and I must look over that every single time. Now I guess I need to try it. It looks so yummy.

[bama4ever]

Great reviews! I can't wait to hear the rest. I really want a Grey Goose Slushie! Guess I'll have to wait five more weeks!

[jlcd]

Thanks for the great reviews. Where do they sell the Grey Goose slushies? I think I need to try one!

[tessiesevin]

Great pics I always plan around my ADRs ;) Works out well for me :thumbsup2

[onelilspark]

Thats twice in the last 2 minutes I have seen a review of the strawberry tart...guess what I am going to have to order in two weeks????????? :banana:

It was very good, the strawberries were delicious!!

Awesome! I'll be patiently waiting. ;)

Coming up next!!!

The pictures are great. The tart looks amazing. I am not sure I can handle that slushie but it looks great.

I gave up on packing today, tomorrow is another day. I have work tonight.

If you get one the strength of the one my Mom had, not too bad. Mine packed a punch :confused3

I think I definitely must partake of that amazing looking grey goose slushie one of these trips. On a hot day...what could be better?

And that strawberry tart...dude! Where have I been? We go into the patisserie every trip and I must look over that every single time. Now I guess I need to try it. It looks so yummy.

Usually I get something with chocolate, but I decided that strawberries were healthier after all the food I'd been eating :rotfl:

Great reviews! I can't wait to hear the rest. I really want a Grey Goose Slushie! Guess I'll have to wait five more weeks!

Thanks! It was very good :thumbsup2

Thanks for the great reviews. Where do they sell the Grey Goose slushies? I think I need to try one!

They're in France, it's an individual kiosk along the lagoon.

Great pics I always plan around my ADRs ;) Works out well for me :thumbsup2

Thanks :goodvibes We usually plan around ADRs, but this time it was even our CS!! :lmao:

[tyandskyesmom]

And that strawberry tart...dude! Where have I been? guess I need to try

I was thinking that same thing!!! It looks delish!

[onelilspark]

First, before I start...remember how I said I refused to use a flash?? Yeah...these pictures turned out really bad. So I apologize. Now...on with the review :goodvibes

This was our first time eating "upstairs." For those of you who are unfamiliar, there are two restaurants in France. One is downstairs, 1 credit on the DDP, called Chefs de France. Their Lobster Bisque is killer :thumbsup2 Upstairs, for dinner only, there's Bistro de Paris. It's not on the DDP (to my knowledge, we don't do the dining plans) but is considered a signature restaurant. You enter around the back of the building, there's a door near the Patisserie. Oh...and on this one, you can only book 30 days out.

So we arrive and check in slightly early for our 7pm ADR. You check in downstairs and wait for a host(ess) to come down and take you upstairs to the dining room. What surprised me is that they had an entire room of the restaurant mostly empty all night. I think only 3 tables in that particular room were filled. So if you want a nice meal, didn't make an ADR and are dressed a little nicer, you can probably do a walk-up here. Anyways, we were seated and given our menus. My parents had already decided they were doing the fixed menu (I know there's a French term for it, but I can't even come close to spelling it, k?) with the wine pairing. I offered to drive since a) I can't drink red wine without getting a migraine and b) if I switch alcohol, I need to let my body have time to process it...otherwise I get a migraine. Oh the exciting life I lead :rolleyes: But it worked out well for my parents because they were excited to try the wine pairing and my Dad always drives. Since we weren't staying on site, he thought he was going to have to for-go it. I'm such a good daughter :rolleyes1

Anyways...they knew what they were getting, it was just a matter of deciding between the choices. Me? No idea. But I couldn't make up my mind, so I went with the fixed menu sans wine pairing. (Like my French :laughing: ) I chose a glass of the Pinot Blanc. Very good. Something I noticed: Disney has made excellent choices for their "house" wines. :thumbsup2 Our waiter this evening was Michael (said with a French accent of course.) He was an awesome waiter. What was really neat is that we couldn't understand half the things he was saying. Really...we thought it was neat. He had a very heavy accent, so the idea that we were dining in "France" was really driven home. He was attentive enough, but not too attentive. Even the water girl was great, our glasses were never empty (I drink water like a fish...)

Ok...enough about that. Onto the food. First, we started with an amuse bouche. Which, as I've learned from Top Chef :teacher: is considered your first bite. My Mom kept calling it the "Chef's Taste" which I think is accurate. The Chef is giving you a taste of what's to come for the meal. So here it is:
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This was a little piece of baguette with a shrimp on it. It did have another topping on it as well, but I can't remember what! Sorry :guilty:

So I'm looking at the All Ears menu, and I noticed that their fixed menu is different than what we chose from. Just an FYI. I'll try to give as much info as I can.

The bread here was also served warm. We noticed at one point they switched from rolls to breadsticks, so my guess is that they were baking it right before serving.

Our first course we had a choice between the Mussel and Saffron Soup or the Escargot w/ a Frog Leg. All of us chose the Escargot:
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My stomach is a bit sensitive to most spices, and we discovered that my brother was allergic to mussels. I was taking no chances with the soup :rotfl: But I've had Escargot in St Martin and at the F&W, which I hated it in St Martin, I was also about 12...I loved it at F&W in October, so I decided to give it a try here. OMG it was delicious!! I loved it. The sauce was excellent, not too heavy on garlic. Also had some mushrooms, which I've just discovered aren't as bad as I thought they were ;) We were all taking our rolls and soaking up some of the extra sauce...classy right :snooty: But the frog leg...well, I've never tried frog leg. And as you can (kind of ) see, there's only one on the plate. So I kept an open mind. It wasn't terrible but I really didn't care for it. It was kind of slimy under the breading and I kept biting the bone by accident. Don't really care to have one again. Oh, another thing about the Escargot...the little pots they have them in, when they came out, our waiter and another one had brought them out. They had lids to them. Our waiter discreetly counted down so that all the lids were removed at once. Subtle, but I liked it. I'm also easily amused :upsidedow

Next course...we had the option between "Sea Scallops grilled with smoked salt, green peas flan, and sautéed salsify, champagne beurre blanc" or "Atlantic Red Snapper, calmari Basquaise style, rice with squid ink." My Dad and I chose the Scallops:
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The little pyramid was the flan. I really enjoyed the scallop and even some of the peas. Not the flan so much. But to be honest, I'm not really a pea person. It was really good though, loved the scallop.

My Mom had the Snapper:
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I can't tell you too much about it since I didn't try it. I'm not a snapper person either. (I'm actually kind of picky. And since I just was adventurous on the last course...and quite honestly pea flan is rather adventurous for me, I wasn't feeling like trying something new!) My parents shared bites of each of theirs. I know they both really enjyoed the snapper. My Dad had taken just a bite of the snapper and not any of the calamari (that's in the little dish in the pic.) Once my Mom tried the calamari she was raving about it, "Are you sure you don't want to try it?" So I'm guessing she thought it was good!!

Next up was the meat course. We had these two options: "Grilled Beef Tenderloin beef Parmentier, asparagus, peppercorn sauce" or "Pork Tenderloin stuffed with porcinis, pasta gratin with truffles, morel sauce." My Dad and I once again chose the beef:
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This was amazing. I loved it. There was also a little thing of mashed potatoes that had some beef in the middle in the upper right there. OMG they were delicious. I completely cleaned my plate!! What an amazing little dish. Beef was cooked just right, so tender, flavors were amazing.

My Mom had to be different again ;) so she chose the Pork:
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I stole a bite of the pasta. I'm a big mac & cheese fan...if there's pasta with cheese on it...I'm all over it. So I needed to try a bite. It was very yummy. She thoroughly enjoyed hers as well. When our waiter came to take away this course, I don't think there was a bite of food left on any of our plates!!

Finally we were at dessert. Here we weren't given a choice. Just asked by Michael, "do you like chocolate?" Hah. Do I like chocolate? yes.
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With this my parents were served sparkling wine (it's the only one I remember, sorry!) The dessert was really really good. Looking at the picture there were two creme brulees and then the chocolate cake. The creme brulees were tasty, but not exactly memorable. Oh. There was also some kind of almond ice cream on the plate. The chocolate cake though, was amazing. It tasted like a flourless cake but it had a warm liquid center. Oh I wish I had it right now!! :banana:

All in all, this restaurant was :thumbsup2 We really enjoyed it. IMO, if you want a special night but don't want to spend the money at V&As, come to Bistro. It's slightly less expensive ;) Even if you don't do the fixed menu, the a la carte menu is priced at about the same as any other signature, but I think this is the hands down most romantic restaurant at Disney. (And it's in a park!!) When we go back I'm sure we won't do the fixed menu again so soon, but for the first time as my Mom put it, "we needed to experience it their way." It was so good. We could have had a cheese course between the meats and dessert and we're soooo glad we didn't! It was totally worth the slight bellyache from eating too much :goodvibes

I think overall Jiko is still my favorite, but Bistro has got to be second or maybe even tied. It was wonderful (think I can say it enough, sorry!) If you get a table by a window you can watch Illuminations from there. We were back a little because we were 3, but we've seen it a lot, so it wasn't a big deal to us. And if you're wondering, we got there right around 7 and we left right as Illuminations was finishing.

Oh! And a bonus:
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50s Prime Time up next!

[onelilspark]

I was thinking that same thing!!! It looks delish!

:lmao: I didn't realize my Tart would cause such a stir!!!

[ROEDISNEY]

We always plan are trip around where we want to eat.:thumbsup2

[onelilspark]

We always plan are trip around where we want to eat.:thumbsup2

It makes it tasty!! :thumbsup2

[dvc4life]

Your review is awesome. So many good things you have shared. The Grey Goose slushie looks so good. And I'm gonna say it too. . .the strawberry tart looks so goooooood! I just can't wait until we get down there in June!

Can't wait for the next review! You are doing wonderful! :flower3:

[onelilspark]

Your review is awesome. So many good things you have shared. The Grey Goose slushie looks so good. And I'm gonna say it too. . .the strawberry tart looks so goooooood! I just can't wait until we get down there in June!

Can't wait for the next review! You are doing wonderful! :flower3:

Thanks!

I think in June, on a hot day the Strawberry Tart would really hit the spot :thumbsup2

50s Prime Time, up now!

[onelilspark]

As I mentioned before, my Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin joined us for parts of the trip. This was one of those times :goodvibes

Back around 1995, we did our own Grand Gathering, before Disney had a name for it. About 10 of us descended on 50s Prime Time and fell in love. Partially because my parents grew up with all this decor. Every time we walk in here I hear, "oh yeah, Nans had that" or "we had that in our kitchen." Every. Time. My Aunt & Uncle live in the house my Mom grew up in. Their kitchen has never been updated. Their stove is turquoise. Downstairs they have a bar with orange stools. Seriously...if the restaurant needs any replacements, I know who to call :rotfl: So anyways, we walk in for our late(r) lunch and meet our family members, where else?

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At the bar. They were just finishing up their drinks, I checked in and told them we were all here (ADR was under my name.) And within a couple minutes, Mom was ready for 6 kids.

For some reason, we love to do lunch here over dinner, I don't know why. But for that reason, I usually forgo getting an adult beverage. On this trip though, I was determined to try a Grandma' Picnic Punch, so I did!
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I was a little concerned I wouldn't like it, so my Mom got Dad's Electric Lemonade:
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I knew I would like this.

What I didn't know is how much I would love the Picnic Punch. Ummm can we say delicious?? :banana: It turned out great, because my Mom prefered the Lemonade.

We were good kids too, set the table right away!! Now, my staple here is always the Caesar with salmon. It's very yummy. But all that morning my stomach had been twisted in knots (probably because I ate too much the night before...and then rode Star Tours and Rock n Roller...bad idea!!...oh, here's a tip: Disney sells their pretzels in a small bag for only 85 cents. Not a bad deal if you need something to settle your stomach!!) So because of my queasy stomach, I decided grease was in order, not garlic :goodvibes I decided to order this:
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YUM! The thing about Prime Time is that it's kind of hard to screw up the basics. Unless of course your food is brought out cold :guilty: Mine was fine, but my uncle's meatloaf came out cold, so he had to send it back. But "Mom" sent out a new piece for him without a problem. Oh, and if you notice, the Fried Chicken is supposed to come with mashed potatoes. For some strange reason, my stomach doesn't like mashed potatoes (the ones at Bistro weren't true "mashed potatoes," not like these anyway.) So I subbed fried. And yes, that is FOUR, count them F-O-U-R, pieces of chicken on that plate. Good Lord, that's a lot of chicken. I ate almost all of the breast and that's about all I could muster. And I did eat some of my "greens." :cool2:

I really like the atmosphere here. The food is nothing fancy, but just good 'ol fashioned American fare. I would have loved to try the S'mores for dessert, but I was just too full. My family comes here on almost every one of our trips (at least the ones that involve HS!) Of course it helps that we don't like the CS offerings ;) But we love the fun that ensues.

FTR: My Dad had the fish sandwich, my Mom had the Fried Chicken, my Uncle had the Meatloaf, My Cousin & Aunt had the Chicken Sandwiches. All but the meatloaf came out fine. (But really...ewwwww meatloaf, serves him right! :rotfl: )

Bonus!
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[tarheelmjfan]

Thanks for the Bistro review. I really want to give it a try soon. I'm just not sure our DS's girlfriend is ready for it. We're improving her palate range a little at a time. 50's looks like a fun place for lunch. I'm glad we decided to give it a try in May. I also enjoyed your Citricos review. We've made our ADRs for May, but I keep wavering between Citricos & Jiko. From reading your posts, I'm guessing you'd recommend Jiko. ;)

[onelilspark]

Thanks for the Bistro review. I really want to give it a try soon. I'm just not sure our DS's girlfriend is ready for it. We're improving her palate range a little at a time. 50's looks like a fun place for lunch. I'm glad we decided to give it a try in May. I also enjoyed your Citricos review. We've made our ADRs for May, but I keep wavering between Citricos & Jiko. From reading your posts, I'm guessing you'd recommend Jiko. ;)

Bistro was really good. If she's not all that adventurous, but will eat a steak, the Tenderloin would be a safe option.

I would definitely recommend Jiko. But it happens to be my absolute favorite restaurant in all of WDW, heck, anywhere even! I love it there. Might have something to do with their filet and mac & cheese entree! Hah...two of my favorite foods :goodvibes But then I love their flatbreads too, and service, ooo, and the Mount Kilamirta? DELICIOUS! So yes, I recommend Jiko over Citricos. But Citricos is top of my list too. Tough call.

[onelilspark]

Monday night we headed over to the Boardwalk for a little nighttime entertainment. This night was totally unplanned. And :scared1: wasn't planned by food. I know, I know! But my Uncle had originally said to my Mom that they wanted to eat at Mama Melrose and asked if we wanted to join. So we said yes (kind of slowly because we're not MM fans, but they like it and we thought we'd give it another try...) But then he waited until the week before to try to make an ADR for a party of 6 on a Fantasmic night :rotfl: Soooo that plan was scrapped. My cousin is a former CP CM and loves Jellyrolls, so she suggested we all head over there, sounded like a plan! Just hmmm...what food?? We just wanted junky food, were thinking about pizza from the Spoodle's window, but while it was plenty warm during the day, the nights were fairly chilly (uh hi February!) So it was either Spoodles or ESPN Club. The Brewing Co is not a favorite of my extended family, so that was not considered. Here's a note: Spoodle's could take a party of 6 within 25 minutes! But we opted for sitting in the bar area at ESPN Club. Oh, and this was also at like 630...prime dinner time.

Something we never knew: you can just walk into the bar area at ESPN Club, it's first come, first serve. So we squeezed into a booth. I got boneless wings (very spicy) my Mom got Nachos, my Dad got a burger (I think) and then ate some Nachos while I stole his fries. We're a very sharing family! And my Aunt & Uncle shared the Nachos. My Cousin got a burger. All in all, it was good, food came out quick, it was hot & tasty. Happy campers all around. But I forgot to pull out my camera :rolleyes1

We headed over to Jelly Rolls just a little after 8. (We took our time at ESPN.) The place apparently opens at 7, but they don't take the stage til 8. When we got there (remember it was a Monday night) it wasn't crowded at all. So we got a couple drinks and settled in. I got back to the condo a little after midnight. I loved Jellyrolls. (21+) As I said, it was the first time I had been there, but it certainly wouldn't be the last. It was such a blast!! :banana:

Bonus:
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[onelilspark]

Another first!

My last trip to the World I went to Chef Mickey's. It was just my best friend and I. Ohhhhh I was not pleased with Chef Mickey. :mad: We were seated right after we checked in (so far so good) but in a room that the characters were just leaving from. Hmmm...okay, maybe the characters are working quickly today. So we got our food sat back down...our waitress brought our check. "Not to rush you, just when you're ready." By this time everyone else in the room was leaving and they were changing the tables over. So my alarm bells are starting to go off, but whatever, not getting annoyed yet. So we went back up for a little more. Had to ask for refills... Sat back down. Now our waitress came back to check to see if we paid, didn't want to keep us waiting. Waiting?? We hadn't seen characters!! :idea: They weren't trying to rush us were they?? So I went back up and got a plate of fruit for us to nibble on while we were "waiting." Our waitress came back and checked again. So I told her, "oh don't bother, we haven't seen characters yet." I might be in my 20s, but I'm at Disney, and we were both wearing ears...what makes you think we wouldn't want to see characters??? :sad2: So after that experience + the construction, I wasn't in the mood to go back to Chef Mickey's. We like 'Ohana's, but we decided to just throw caution to the wind and try something new. One of my good friends is also a Disney fanatic and her favorite has always been Cape May Cafe. So we gave it a try!

We loved it. :love: It's our new favorite!! Unlike Chef Mickey's and 'OHana, it's much quieter, seems like it's a little more "civilized." You don't have all the antics with the kids running and screaming. I know you're in WDW, but still, we were never permitted to act that way. And I think when you have the parades and what have you, it encourages it. So not having that, things stayed a little quieter, so we loved the atmosphere. There were less characters (only 3) but I think it was also a little cheaper. The food was great. I think my favorite was the strudel. My Mom really liked the breakfast pizza. My Dad was happy to get coffee :yay: Didn't have a problem with drinks. I usually have juice, when it was close to being empty, I was asked if I wanted more. We also were able to see the characters more than once and weren't even there that long! And the characters certainly took their time with each table. I mean, at ours since we're adults, we just like a picture, then we're done, but Goofy stayed and messed around with my Dad a bit, Donald really took his time at all the tables (we were watching.)

We'll definitely be back!
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[MickeyNicki]

Glad you loved Cape May, that is a favorite of ours! I am so nervous about Chef Mickeys...we are going in less than 2 weeks and DH picked it since we have never had breakfast there and it is close to the Poly....hope we get a good meal out of it.

[onelilspark]

Glad you loved Cape May, that is a favorite of ours! I am so nervous about Chef Mickeys...we are going in less than 2 weeks and DH picked it since we have never had breakfast there and it is close to the Poly....hope we get a good meal out of it.

In all fairness, that's the first time I've ever had a problem there. I was just so ticked off that there was no way I was going back on this trip. And after the experience at Cape May, it'll probably be awhile!

At Chef Mickey's they have this Cheesy Potato Bake thing that is absolutely delicious. Be sure to try it!

[TeresaNJ]

What an amazing report! Believe it or not, I've never read a Dining Review here before.:confused: Why, I don't know. I think I forgot this board existed.:o Anyway, great job!!!:yay: I love your descriptions as well as your photos. Eating at WDW is a huge part of each trip for our family, as we just love to experience it all while we are there.

We've had some amazingly fun times at 50s Prime Time. Here's a pic of mom force feeding my hubby his green beans.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9df24b3127ccec65f5d61add500000040O08IZtGrNqyaA9 vPgQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

And my sis-in-law standing in the corner for tattling on DH.
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Out of all the places we've eaten, we've never been to Jiko's or the Bistro, but can't wait to try them. Thanks for such a great review of the Bistro. Boma is high on our list of favorites, so I'm thinking we'll love Jiko too.

Looking forward to reading more!

[onelilspark]

What an amazing report! Believe it or not, I've never read a Dining Review here before.:confused: Why, I don't know. I think I forgot this board existed.:o Anyway, great job!!!:yay: I love your descriptions as well as your photos. Eating at WDW is a huge part of each trip for our family, as we just love to experience it all while we are there.

We've had some amazingly fun times at 50s Prime Time. Here's a pic of mom force feeding my hubby his green beans.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9df24b3127ccec65f5d61add500000040O08IZtGrNqyaA9 vPgQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

And my sis-in-law standing in the corner for tattling on DH.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9df24b3127ccec65f3c8a6ca600000040O08IZtGrNqyaA9 vPgQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

Out of all the places we've eaten, we've never been to Jiko's or the Bistro, but can't wait to try them. Thanks for such a great review of the Bistro. Boma is high on our list of favorites, so I'm thinking we'll love Jiko too.

Looking forward to reading more!

Haha...love the pictures from 50s. It cracks me up in there. My Mom was eavesdropping once and the waitress yelled at her for being nosy!

[onelilspark]

Since we had a big breakfast plus the tea a little later, my Mom and I just had a snack at the MK. (This was my Dad's golfing day...he goes twice on the weekends sometimes, apparently he was going through withdrawl :lmao: ) So after breakfast we dropped him off and we headed over to the MK. After getting soaked on Splash Mountain, we took the train to the front of Main Street. We got some popcorn (something about WDW popcorn, yum! popcorn::) and popped a squat:
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This was a fun spot to watch from. Lots of families taking pictures, etc. Only once was asked for a photo. But really people, you want someone with greasy popcorn hands to handle your camera? I was nice enough to wipe my hands off, but not everyone is... :rolleyes:

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[chicagoshannon]

I think I"ll have to try the Grey Goose Slush.

I think I'll skip Bistro.

About how long does it take to eat at 50's Prime Time? I really want to go but MGM is only open til 7pm when we're there. Not sure I want to take out time unless we can be done within an hour.

Cape May will go on our maybe we'll try it list. :)

[onelilspark]

I think I"ll have to try the Grey Goose Slush.

I think I'll skip Bistro.

About how long does it take to eat at 50's Prime Time? I really want to go but MGM is only open til 7pm when we're there. Not sure I want to take out time unless we can be done within an hour.

Cape May will go on our maybe we'll try it list. :)

50s took us less than an hour for lunch with 6 people. I forgot to mention we shared some onion rings, but we didn't get dessert. I really recommend going for lunch. Grab dinner back at the hotel or a CS at another park. (IMO, the CS options at HS stink!)

[chicagoshannon]

50s took us less than an hour for lunch with 6 people. I forgot to mention we shared some onion rings, but we didn't get dessert. I really recommend going for lunch. Grab dinner back at the hotel or a CS at another park. (IMO, the CS options at HS stink!)

Thanks. We just made a reservation for 11am on our MGM day. :)

[onelilspark]

Thanks. We just made a reservation for 11am on our MGM day. :)

Great! Don't forget to set the table!!!

[onelilspark]

Back around Thanksgiving I came up with brilliant idea to have a "generations" tea. I like tea, my Nana likes tea...my Mom, well, sort of likes tea when she's sick? Yes. Tea it was. Fabulous idea! :idea:

So we picked up my Nana from the condo and off we went. And really...the parking at the GF is terrible. We had a 340 ADR, tried for earlier and nothing available. We checked in a few minutes early and we taken directly to our table. And I promptly hit my knee sitting down :headache: Drat. I was doing so well this vacation too! :rotfl:

I was really looking forward to this as something different
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As I mentioned on my last installment, my Mom and I purposely only had popcorn for "lunch." We decided on the Buckingham Palace, which has the multiple courses without the sparkling wine.

I started with the Mad Hatter Tea:
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My Mom had the Princess Blend (I think?) and my Nana had Harmony. Theirs came in the presses, mine just in the pot. The pot was really hot by the end of the tea, I had to use my napkin to pour.

We started with the sandwiches, which I totally forgot to take a picture of...whoops! Sorry :guilty: They were really good, I saved the egg salad for last because I knew that would be my favorite (I love me some egg salad!)

Then we had the tart and scone:
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OMG, absolutely delicious! Especially with the little bit of cream and jam. Yum! Loved it.

Next course was the sweets :woohoo:
My Nana opted for the Coconut Creme Swan and the eclair.
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_269.jpg

Mom opted for the strawberries and cream:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_271.jpg

And I apparently wanted chocolate, going for the chocolate covered strawberry and eclair:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_270.jpg

All in all, this was a great experience and we'll totally do it again. It left us very full, so I'm glad we didn't plan on a lunch!!!

I'm taking a long weekend starting tomorrow, which means a brief hiatus from the report. Don't worry! When I get back I'll have more places to review! :yay:

[momofdbsdc]

Great reviews! Everything looks delicious!!!:thumbsup2

Thanks for sharing!
Kim

[tarheelmjfan]

Bistro was really good. If she's not all that adventurous, but will eat a steak, the Tenderloin would be a safe option.

I would definitely recommend Jiko. But it happens to be my absolute favorite restaurant in all of WDW, heck, anywhere even! I love it there. Might have something to do with their filet and mac & cheese entree! Hah...two of my favorite foods :goodvibes But then I love their flatbreads too, and service, ooo, and the Mount Kilamirta? DELICIOUS! So yes, I recommend Jiko over Citricos. But Citricos is top of my list too. Tough call.

She ate steak every night on our last trip. As I said, she's not very adventurous. ;) She liked all of them, except the steak at Flying Fish. I don't know if the Char Crust was outside her comfort zone or it just wasn't as good as the others. My DH, DS, & I didn't care much for our FF meal that trip either.

I'm convinced to stay with Jiko. Citricos will go on the list for next trip.

What an amazing report! Believe it or not, I've never read a Dining Review here before.:confused: Why, I don't know. I think I forgot this board existed.:o Anyway, great job!!!:yay: I love your descriptions as well as your photos. Eating at WDW is a huge part of each trip for our family, as we just love to experience it all while we are there.

We've had some amazingly fun times at 50s Prime Time. Here's a pic of mom force feeding my hubby his green beans.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9df24b3127ccec65f5d61add500000040O08IZtGrNqyaA9 vPgQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

And my sis-in-law standing in the corner for tattling on DH.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9df24b3127ccec65f3c8a6ca600000040O08IZtGrNqyaA9 vPgQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

Out of all the places we've eaten, we've never been to Jiko's or the Bistro, but can't wait to try them. Thanks for such a great review of the Bistro. Boma is high on our list of favorites, so I'm thinking we'll love Jiko too.

Looking forward to reading more!

This is the reason I'm hesitant to try 50's. I never finish my plate, & I don't want anyone force feeding me in fun or not. My family isn't into antics, when dining. I finally gave in & scheduled lunch at 50's for our next trip, because I want to see the decor. I really hope we get a laidback server.

I'm taking a long weekend starting tomorrow, which means a brief hiatus from the report. Don't worry! When I get back I'll have more places to review! :yay:

Enjoy your time off!

[TeresaNJ]

She ate steak every night on our last trip. As I said, she's not very adventurous. ;) She liked all of them, except the steak at Flying Fish. I don't know if the Char Crust was outside her comfort zone or it just wasn't as good as the others. My DH, DS, & I didn't care much for our FF meal that trip either.

I'm convinced to stay with Jiko. Citricos will go on the list for next trip.



This is the reason I'm hesitant to try 50's. I never finish my plate, & I don't want anyone force feeding me in fun or not. My family isn't into antics, when dining. I finally gave in & scheduled lunch at 50's for our next trip, because I want to see the decor. I really hope we get a laidback server.



Enjoy your time off!

I think the servers sense who is up for some real "involvement" and who isn't, so don't worry. They play off of your responses. It really is worth seeing the decor.:)

[bluechic03]

Yum Yum! Great Reviews! :thumbsup2

[DisneyJenn18]

Hello! :wave2:

I love your pics and reviews so far! I cracked up seeing your experience at the Prime Time Cafe...Ha! I had the same thing happen to me because I couldn't finish my plate (sooo full from eating all day and everyday!!lol)
I was seriously ready to die!!

anyways, enjoying your review, looking forward to more! popcorn::

here is my pic

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[Uncle Remus]

My Nana opted for the Coconut Creme Swan and the eclair.
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_269.jpg

Mom opted for the strawberries and cream:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_271.jpg

And I apparently wanted chocolate, going for the chocolate covered strawberry and eclair:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_270.jpg

All in all, this was a great experience and we'll totally do it again. It left us very full, so I'm glad we didn't plan on a lunch!!!

I'm taking a long weekend starting tomorrow, which means a brief hiatus from the report. Don't worry! When I get back I'll have more places to review! :yay:

Oh wow, I wouldn't know which dessert to choose from those, they all look fabulous. :love:

Have a great weekend, hurry back, I can't wait to see more. :yay:

[wonderlanne]

But the frog leg...well, I've never tried frog leg. And as you can (kind of ) see, there's only one on the plate. So I kept an open mind. It wasn't terrible but I really didn't care for it. It was kind of slimy under the breading and I kept biting the bone by accident. Don't really care to have one again.

ummmm.....what? not ONCE have i EVER ordered a girl leg for dinner!
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[wonderlanne]

Back around Thanksgiving I came up with brilliant idea to have a "generations" tea. I like tea, my Nana likes tea...my Mom, well, sort of likes tea when she's sick? Yes. Tea it was. Fabulous idea! :idea:

So we picked up my Nana from the condo and off we went. And really...the parking at the GF is terrible. We had a 340 ADR, tried for earlier and nothing available. We checked in a few minutes early and we taken directly to our table. And I promptly hit my knee sitting down :headache: Drat. I was doing so well this vacation too! :rotfl:

I was really looking forward to this as something different
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_265.jpg

As I mentioned on my last installment, my Mom and I purposely only had popcorn for "lunch." We decided on the Buckingham Palace, which has the multiple courses without the sparkling wine.

I started with the Mad Hatter Tea:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_266.jpg
My Mom had the Princess Blend (I think?) and my Nana had Harmony. Theirs came in the presses, mine just in the pot. The pot was really hot by the end of the tea, I had to use my napkin to pour.

We started with the sandwiches, which I totally forgot to take a picture of...whoops! Sorry :guilty: They were really good, I saved the egg salad for last because I knew that would be my favorite (I love me some egg salad!)

Then we had the tart and scone:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_267.jpg
OMG, absolutely delicious! Especially with the little bit of cream and jam. Yum! Loved it.

Next course was the sweets :woohoo:
My Nana opted for the Coconut Creme Swan and the eclair.
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_269.jpg

Mom opted for the strawberries and cream:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_271.jpg

And I apparently wanted chocolate, going for the chocolate covered strawberry and eclair:
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu213/onelilspark/Disney%20Trip%20February%2009/DisneyTrip09_270.jpg

All in all, this was a great experience and we'll totally do it again. It left us very full, so I'm glad we didn't plan on a lunch!!!

I'm taking a long weekend starting tomorrow, which means a brief hiatus from the report. Don't worry! When I get back I'll have more places to review! :yay:

this is probably my favorite eating tradition at wdw! i'm so glad you had a chance to do the tea. however, i note you did NOT choose the trifle. hmmm....the trifle is fab and must be tried on your next trip!:goodvibes

[kelleigh1]

Loving this trip report!! You've got some great pictures and I love that there are some of things other than food.

Oh...and you mean there are people who don't plan their trips around food? What is wrong with them?

The only Margaritaville I've been to is the one at the Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica...on the way home from our wedding.

The fried chicken at 50's is to die for!! Hubby got that and I had the salmon. I cleaned my plate and then kept picking at his chicken. It was just so good!!

We're thinking Cape May for our next character breakfast (hubby and I are pushing 40 with not kids and we insist on at least 1 character meal per trip). Sounds like a good choice.

Now I'm hungry from reading your report and I just ate lunch.

[kelleigh1]

Hee Hee ... I was reading your review, reading about Citricos which DH and I would like to check out and thought I would get your thoughts on Y&Y Counter Service. I was planning to post when I saw the link to my review as you had asked for -- then I recognized the name. Thanks for linking to mine. And you had the same thoughts as I did -- what a lack of seating!!!!

Your picture of EE is just beautiful! Thanks for the great reviews and I will check back in for other reviews.

I told DH about the Bakery in Main Street but it was too crowded when we went there. We had better luck in Epcot at Norway -- no one was in front of us there - that place is hidden! And wasn't the weather just wonderful last week!!! And this morning we had snow flurries here in No Va!!!!!!!!!!!

We ate at Y&Y on our last trip, which was shortly after it had opened. I remember that I had honey chicken, which was pretty good. I can't remember what hubby had - probably the shrimp. I think that was good too. I have to find the picture and post it. We had no trouble with sitting. I think we went down around the back and there was plenty of it, but I could be remembering that incorrectly.

Love the Norway bakery. Wish I had some school bread right now. I have seen it with the line out the door though.

[TruBlu]

Great so far!!! :thumbsup2

Did the egg rolls at Y&Y count as a snack credit on the DDP?

[BreTyPres87]

Love your reviews!! I've been lurking for a while now lol I want to go to tea, but I have two pirates who would turn the place upside down.. it would never be the same :rotfl:

[2xcited2sleep]

Fantastic reviews!!! Nothing wrong with planning your trip around food... doesn't everyone do that? :confused3 :rotfl:

[tarheelmjfan]

I'd love to try the GF tea. We always enjoy tea at other locations. The times don't seem to work well for us though. It's too late for lunch & too early for dinner. If we do the tea as a late lunch, there's not enough time between then & dinner. I know it's traditional to have tea between lunch & dinner, but I need to figure out a time that works for my DH & DS(17). They think they have to eat 3 meals a day. :rolleyes:

ummmm.....what? not ONCE have i EVER ordered a girl leg for dinner!
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I think the servers sense who is up for some real "involvement" and who isn't, so don't worry. They play off of your responses. It really is worth seeing the decor.:)

I hope that's the case. We don't mind a server kidding around with us, but I draw the line at being force fed or yelled at.

[shebaxric]

I am so glad that there are other people out there that plan their WDW vacations around ADR's!!! Ever since we've done the dining plan, that's all I do. I think that if you don't plan the parks around at least two meals per day you're not getting the whole Disney experience. My husband and I are going back in November and I'll be pulling him to the Yak and Yeti CS! I haven't been back:sad2: since it was put it. All your reviews are fantastic and I cannot wait to see what else you come up with!:jumping1: I must say, that I am a bit jealous that you've been to WDW sooo many times. Growing up in San Diego, I was able to go to Disneyland, which of course is AWESOME, but you get so much more out of WDW!! Keep it going, I'm looking forward to your next post!!!

[Readhed]

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Doesn't everyone plan around their ADR's?

That strawberry Tart does look awful tasty!

[DLo]

Just joining. enjoying your reviews and pics.

Glad to see you liked Cape May. We are staying at BC and I want to try b'fast there. Last year, we went to Chef Mickey's - luckily, we had a better experience than you. I think I will definitely book Cape May this trip.

[Alice28]

what fantastic reviews and I love the 'bonus' pictures!! Thanks so much for sharing- can't wait to read more!

[AlohaPolynesian]

Love all your reviews! Glad to see another Disney fanatic my age!!

[onelilspark]

My goodness! I certainly missed a lot while I was gone! The good news is that I have more WDW food to share! :banana:

I'll edit the first post to include the new food.

Great reviews! Everything looks delicious!!!:thumbsup2

Thanks for sharing!
Kim

Glad you enjoyed!

She ate steak every night on our last trip. As I said, she's not very adventurous. ;) She liked all of them, except the steak at Flying Fish. I don't know if the Char Crust was outside her comfort zone or it just wasn't as good as the others. My DH, DS, & I didn't care much for our FF meal that trip either.

I'm convinced to stay with Jiko. Citricos will go on the list for next trip.



This is the reason I'm hesitant to try 50's. I never finish my plate, & I don't want anyone force feeding me in fun or not. My family isn't into antics, when dining. I finally gave in & scheduled lunch at 50's for our next trip, because I want to see the decor. I really hope we get a laidback server.



Enjoy your time off!
I think the servers sense who is up for some real "involvement" and who isn't, so don't worry. They play off of your responses. It really is worth seeing the decor.:)

I agree, they can definitely tell who's into the antics. And being "force fed" is never more than a bite!

Yum Yum! Great Reviews! :thumbsup2

Thanks!

Hello! :wave2:

I love your pics and reviews so far! I cracked up seeing your experience at the Prime Time Cafe...Ha! I had the same thing happen to me because I couldn't finish my plate (sooo full from eating all day and everyday!!lol)
I was seriously ready to die!!

anyways, enjoying your review, looking forward to more! popcorn::

here is my pic

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When I was there in August last year I couldn't finish my salad, so I got teased for not finishing my "greens." The whole plate was greens! :rotfl:

Oh wow, I wouldn't know which dessert to choose from those, they all look fabulous. :love:

Have a great weekend, hurry back, I can't wait to see more. :yay:

Oh I know! It was so hard to chose. Then my sweet tooth grabbed hold and decided it wanted chocolate ::yes::

ummmm.....what? not ONCE have i EVER ordered a girl leg for dinner!
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haha :laughing:

this is probably my favorite eating tradition at wdw! i'm so glad you had a chance to do the tea. however, i note you did NOT choose the trifle. hmmm....the trifle is fab and must be tried on your next trip!:goodvibes

I'll keep that in mind :thumbsup2

Loving this trip report!! You've got some great pictures and I love that there are some of things other than food.

Oh...and you mean there are people who don't plan their trips around food? What is wrong with them?

The only Margaritaville I've been to is the one at the Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica...on the way home from our wedding.

The fried chicken at 50's is to die for!! Hubby got that and I had the salmon. I cleaned my plate and then kept picking at his chicken. It was just so good!!

We're thinking Cape May for our next character breakfast (hubby and I are pushing 40 with not kids and we insist on at least 1 character meal per trip). Sounds like a good choice.

Now I'm hungry from reading your report and I just ate lunch.

Haha, that's always my problem with this board popcorn::

This past weekend my boyfriend and I went up to Epcot for my birthday...I planned the meals for that too.

We ate at Y&Y on our last trip, which was shortly after it had opened. I remember that I had honey chicken, which was pretty good. I can't remember what hubby had - probably the shrimp. I think that was good too. I have to find the picture and post it. We had no trouble with sitting. I think we went down around the back and there was plenty of it, but I could be remembering that incorrectly.

Love the Norway bakery. Wish I had some school bread right now. I have seen it with the line out the door though.

Stay tuned, you just might see a picture!

Great so far!!! :thumbsup2

Did the egg rolls at Y&Y count as a snack credit on the DDP?

We weren't on the DDP and I've never done the DDP, so I can't be certain, but this is my understanding. This was their menu:
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If you look next to the egg rolls, there's the little purple symbol. I think that means it counts as a snack.

Love your reviews!! I've been lurking for a while now lol I want to go to tea, but I have two pirates who would turn the place upside down.. it would never be the same :rotfl:

Thanks! :laughing: It was very nice for the "generations" to do. Or for a girls trip!

Fantastic reviews!!! Nothing wrong with planning your trip around food... doesn't everyone do that? :confused3 :rotfl:

:rotfl: I don't know how else to go to WDW :confused3

[onelilspark]

I'd love to try the GF tea. We always enjoy tea at other locations. The times don't seem to work well for us though. It's too late for lunch & too early for dinner. If we do the tea as a late lunch, there's not enough time between then & dinner. I know it's traditional to have tea between lunch & dinner, but I need to figure out a time that works for my DH & DS(17). They think they have to eat 3 meals a day. :rolleyes:



:laughing:



I hope that's the case. We don't mind a server kidding around with us, but I draw the line at being force fed or yelled at.

With the tea, you don't have to go for all the courses. You can do the a la carte and get just the tea and then the tea sandwiches or the sweets. They also have a cheese plate. OR you can go at 2 and make it a late lunch. Then have a late dinner?

I am so glad that there are other people out there that plan their WDW vacations around ADR's!!! Ever since we've done the dining plan, that's all I do. I think that if you don't plan the parks around at least two meals per day you're not getting the whole Disney experience. My husband and I are going back in November and I'll be pulling him to the Yak and Yeti CS! I haven't been back:sad2: since it was put it. All your reviews are fantastic and I cannot wait to see what else you come up with!:jumping1: I must say, that I am a bit jealous that you've been to WDW sooo many times. Growing up in San Diego, I was able to go to Disneyland, which of course is AWESOME, but you get so much more out of WDW!! Keep it going, I'm looking forward to your next post!!!

You'll really enjoy the CS! I have been an awfully lot, but I'm sad now :guilty: I have no planned trips! It's very disturbing.

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Doesn't everyone plan around their ADR's?

That strawberry Tart does look awful tasty!

They should! :laughing:

Oh no! We've got another on the Strawberry Tart bandwagon! :lmao:

Just joining. enjoying your reviews and pics.

Glad to see you liked Cape May. We are staying at BC and I want to try b'fast there. Last year, we went to Chef Mickey's - luckily, we had a better experience than you. I think I will definitely book Cape May this trip.

As I've mentioned (I think) previously, we've had some great experiences at Chef Mickeys, but it was just that last one in October that was awful. I much prefer Cape May now. :thumbsup2

what fantastic reviews and I love the 'bonus' pictures!! Thanks so much for sharing- can't wait to read more!
Thanks! Coming right up :goodvibes

Love all your reviews! Glad to see another Disney fanatic my age!!

Thanks!

Next up...ummm...I need to check the first page:rotfl: But since I've been gone, I'll do two!

[onelilspark]

Alright...lets get back on track! :thumbsup2

A quick review...

That evening my Mom went back home to pack for a trip, so my Nana and I headed over to DTD. While walking I decided I would love something "normal" to eat...to recap, that day I had eaten the breakfast buffet (so a lot of "sampling"), the popcorn, then the tea. So we decided to head over to Earl of Sandwich and split a sandwich! They're large enough, so it wasn't a problem. The line was pretty long when we got there, but it moved quickly and gave us time to decide on what we wanted. Nothing too heavy obviously!! We opted for the Club. And I totally forgot to take a picture of it :sad2: It was plenty large enough for both of us and really hit the spot. I was starting to get jittery before that since I didn't have any normal food!! I've always liked Earl of Sandwich, think they have tasty food, quick service, etc etc. Good place.

We of course went into Goofy's Candy Company, so I'll use these shots as my bonus!!

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I got one of the marshmellows, brought it home with me. Managed to make out quite fine in my purse :goodvibes

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I just loved the Mickey Carmel Apples!!

[onelilspark]

My GP's were taking me to the airport that morning, but since I didn't need to leave for the airport until 11, we decided to have a nice breakfast :goodvibes

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I called a few days before for an ADR for Kona. It wasn't hard to get at all. They were taking walk-ups around 930 that morning at about a 15 minute wait.

The service was slow to get started. I was getting kind of antsy actually. Took forever to get our drinks. But they made up for it by getting my Grandfather's bacon right (he likes it really, really, really crisp...and it came out perfect.) So that was good. I of course got the Tonga Toast:
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My GF got the French Toast and my Nana...I honestly can't remember what she got. I know it had the "home fried potatoes" on it because she didn't like them. She made a comment to our waitress...something along the lines of, "I know how to make home fried potatoes, and those are not home fried potatoes." And our waitress must have read her right because she laughed and said, "Oh I'm sure, I agree. If you want to substitute a fruit cup next time, you can do that easily." And that made my Nana happy. Go figure. But fyi: you can sub fruit for potatoes.

Bonus:
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[TeresaNJ]

:wave2: Yea, you're back! Yum, yum, Tonga Toast.:thumbsup2

[kelleigh1]

I don't know if I'm happy or disappointed that there was no Earl of Sandwich photo. We went there last trip for the first time - can't believe we'd never been. It was so yummy. Probably good there wasn't a picture or I'd be drooling again. Although Goofy's doesn't cure that either. Love the apples! Didn't see those last time we were there. I would have gotten one just for the cute factor.

[onelilspark]

:wave2: Yea, you're back! Yum, yum, Tonga Toast.:thumbsup2

Delicious, no?

I don't know if I'm happy or disappointed that there was no Earl of Sandwich photo. We went there last trip for the first time - can't believe we'd never been. It was so yummy. Probably good there wasn't a picture or I'd be drooling again. Although Goofy's doesn't cure that either. Love the apples! Didn't see those last time we were there. I would have gotten one just for the cute factor.

Haha, sorry?? The apples were too cute, I had to take a picture there!

[onelilspark]

Thus ends my first trip in February, and begins my second trip. This day was my birthday :yay:

The cast of characters, as mentioned in the edited first post has slightly changed, with my boyfriend joining me:

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We decided since we had a late dinner that we would have a late lunch. I'm not much of an adventurous eater, but since dating him I've tried Thai food, Sushi, Humus, etc etc. He says, "try this, you'll like it" and I give him a weird look and take a small bite. He's right more times that not...it doesn't help his ego :sad2:

So anyways, I had heard great things about the Tangerine Cafe in Morocco, but it was definitely something I wouldn't have tried on my own. So the plan was to get the Shwarma (a favorite dish of his) and split it. If I liked it :woohoo: his head can swell a bit more. If not, we could walk around to Germany can I could get Brat w/ sauerkraut like a good PA Dutch girl ::yes:: Well...his head swelled...there will be no living with him now :rolleyes:

This is the Shwarma platter:
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We got the Chicken and Lamb Combo. The wraps they were doing here also looked really good, they were on the pita. Oh, and we got Baklava. He ate that. I dislike Walnuts. He made me try it anyway, but at least I was right on that ;) We really liked the Tangerine Cafe. I would recommend it. The flavors were a lot more mild than I was expecting! The portions were also very large here. We easily split this lunch. Now, neither of us were overly hungry and he had a snack later in the day, but there was no way that I would have finished that by myself. Also felt that everything we ate was very light, so I didn't feel like it sat really heavy in my stomach which was nice especially for how warm it was that day.

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[onelilspark]

I'm getting antsy just sitting and waiting for the work day to end, so how about another update? Sounds good :thumbsup2

As I mentioned previously, we decided to have a late lunch since we had a late dinner, plus it made the most since with our "touring plan." ...which to be honest was just I want to do this ride, this ride, this ride, then let's eat, ok! But around 11/1130ish we started to get hungry :headache: Ah ha! :idea: We were in the Land! So we decided to split a chocolate croissant. But of course I forgot to take a picture of it :guilty: It was good, though a rather typical chocolate croissant. I always think they should have these warmed slightly, but no one does that... :confused3

Then we did rides, then we had lunch (see post #106.)

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After meandering for a bit, we were getting slightly parched. (What? Tasty beverages are snacks too. Besides, it was my birthday! :rolleyes1 ) I had my favorite, the Pomegranate Kir...which isn't on the menu, but you can still order, FYI! :woohoo: And the BF had a Grey Goose Slushie.

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There really isn't much to "review" here. I mean, I knew I'd like these drinks. They're tasty. Try them :flower3:

After wandering for a bit more, it was snack time. But not for me. A) I don't like coconut. B) I wasn't really hungry. So my boyfriend had the ever popular School Bread, and I had an apple juice! Yum popcorn::

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He made me try a bite of this too. Even though I hate coconut. Yeah, I didn't like it. But you know, it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. He really liked it. Ate the whole thing :scared1: Then I noticed these little guys everywhere:

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I've never seen the trolls placed around like that. Weird. I posted a thread on it and someone mentioned it could be for Flower & Garden. I suppose that would make sense. And make me feel less non-observant.

Next up: Kona for my birthday dinner! Only three left :sad1:

[msce2]

Thank you for the review of Tangerine Cafe!!!! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

We will be there in May, and that was the exact dish I was planning on getting. It looks yummy! Can't wait!!!!

[Alice28]

I LOVE Tangierine! One of my absolute favorites. I'm glad you liked it too.

I'm wondering if those little trolls are part of the new Kim Possible thing they are doing in the World Showcase???

[tarheelmjfan]

After meandering for a bit, we were getting slightly parched. (What? Tasty beverages are snacks too. Besides, it was my birthday! :rolleyes1 ) I had my favorite, the Pomegranate Kir...which isn't on the menu, but you can still order, FYI! :woohoo: And the BF had a Grey Goose Slushie.

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Did you get the pomegranate kir outside in France? It looks great! Would you mind describing what it tastes like? I want to try one in May, but I'm not sure where to get it.

Then I noticed these little guys everywhere:

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I've never seen the trolls placed around like that. Weird. I posted a thread on it and someone mentioned it could be for Flower & Garden. I suppose that would make sense. And make me feel less non-observant.

Next up: Kona for my birthday dinner! Only three left :sad1:

I've never seen the trolls in random spots either. When was your trip? For some reason I thought it was recent, which wouldn't be during the F & GF.

[onelilspark]

Thank you for the review of Tangerine Cafe!!!! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

We will be there in May, and that was the exact dish I was planning on getting. It looks yummy! Can't wait!!!!

It was yummy! And big!

I LOVE Tangierine! One of my absolute favorites. I'm glad you liked it too.

I'm wondering if those little trolls are part of the new Kim Possible thing they are doing in the World Showcase???

That could be a possibility too!

Did you get the pomegranate kir outside in France? It looks great! Would you mind describing what it tastes like? I want to try one in May, but I'm not sure where to get it.



I've never seen the trolls in random spots either. When was your trip? For some reason I thought it was recent, which wouldn't be during the F & GF.

The pomegranate kir was in the same kiosk as the slushies. As I said, it's not on the menu, so don't be surprised. It's a pomegranate liquor and champagne/sparkling wine.

The trolls were out on Feb 28. They were starting to prepare for F&GF, which is why it wouldn't be totally out of the question. I guess it's one of those things where we'll have to see if they're out in July!

[ciera321]

I'm really enjoying your reviews. Some of your pictures are so beautiful they could be postcards!!! Thanks for sharing...:goodvibes

[mt mommy]

JUst found your reviews! Loving it. Man, I've gotta get back to WDW soon! There food is so great. I'm from the West, so I end up in DLR more. But, I miss all the food choices at WDW!

Can't wait to hear more!:)

[onelilspark]

I'm really enjoying your reviews. Some of your pictures are so beautiful they could be postcards!!! Thanks for sharing...:goodvibes

Aww, thanks! :flower3:

JUst found your reviews! Loving it. Man, I've gotta get back to WDW soon! There food is so great. I'm from the West, so I end up in DLR more. But, I miss all the food choices at WDW!

Can't wait to hear more!:)

I've never been to Disneyland, I really want to go. Someday :cloud9:

Kona: dinner coming up!

[onelilspark]

We had a late (well, kind of late 7:45) dinner ADR at Kona. Prior to this trip I'd only ever been to Kona for breakfast, not dinner. I was trying to figure out where to "celebrate" my birthday dinner ;) and decided on Kona because I figured it would have a fun atmosphere with it being open and then we could go down to the beach and watch the fireworks :woohoo: Our ADR was originally for 8:30 since Wishes was at 8. Then a few weeks before we left, they changed the time! They moved it to 9. :scared: Ohhhhh it would ruin everything! :idea: So I called back and moved us up. Genius I tell you...

We got there a little early (I forgot how close together Epcot and the MK are!) And checked in. We were seated fairly quickly.

I already knew what I was going to order, so it was mainly deciding on what drinks to have!

I went with the Kona Cool Sundown.
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:dance3: This was delicious. I loved it! I have no idea what's in it... :rolleyes1 My boyfriend had a glass of red wine...boring.

We contemplated sharing an appetizer, but since neither of us were that hungry, decided just to stick with the tasty bread :goodvibes

At this point, we realized how close together the tables were. I mean, we were easily overhearing other people's conversations and it was obvious to the point that we all started chiming in and talking to each other. I know this seems to be a standard Disney complaint, but at breakfast I don't mind this as much. Dinner? Yeah...I'd like a little space.

Time for food! After seeing it here on the DIS (where else?) I knew I wanted to try the Tuna Oscar. Ooooo buddy, this was right up my ally! I love any kind of "Oscar" dish and I love ahi tuna and I love fried green tomatoes.
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Well, it didn't disappoint! Which was really a feat considering how much I had built it up! The tuna was cooked perfectly, the flavors were great together, and the tempura crab added a nice touch of Asian influence to the dish.

My boyfriend had the Teryaki Strip Steak. He loved it. I tried a bite, it was delicious. Cooked perfectly.

We were fairly full, but remember that conversation we were having with the people next to us? It was about dessert and the Banana Creme Brulee. ...and how the men all want a blow torch now :confused3 So we had to try it. We split it:
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It was very good. Not too heavy on the banana, but the chocolate on the bottom really gave it something extra. A tasty dessert!

And since it was my birthday I got a little something extra:
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It was a little cream puff. When they brought some out of the kitchen, they had candles in them and were singing Happy Birthday to people. I'm so glad they didn't do that to me. It was tasty. A few bites of sweet :)

We ended dinner with about 15 minutes to spare to get outside and find a place to sit. Quite perfect timing!

It was fairly crowded on the beach, I was a little disappointed by that...I guess I thought there would be like 5 people around? I don't know what I was thinking! But we found a palm tree to prop ourselves up against:
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We couldn't hear the music from where we were, but that was ok. We did get to see the Water Pageant too, that was an unexpected treat. And here's a terrible picture of the fireworks :upsidedow
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[wilma-bride]

Great reviews - we've tried Kona for breakfast but not dinner - that may change in October....

[svalencia1]

Love your reviews! I am glad you liked the Tuna Oscar. I can't wait to try it for myself in a few months! It looks amazing.

[onelilspark]

Great reviews - we've tried Kona for breakfast but not dinner - that may change in October....

The only thing we really didn't like about dinner was how close the tables were together. But the food and service were great :thumbsup2

Love your reviews! I am glad you liked the Tuna Oscar. I can't wait to try it for myself in a few months! It looks amazing.

It was very good! There was a spicy rub on the Tuna, usually I'm not that into spices, but I thought it was really good!

[livinlife25]

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[Tbelle1976]

DH and I also shared the Shawarma Platter last month. We loved it so much we went back a second time to get the same thing. It was one of our absolute favorite CS meals of the trip and because of it we will be going to Marrakesh in October.

Great reviews!

[onelilspark]

Subscribing!

:wave2: welcome! I'm almost done though :sad1:

DH and I also shared the Shawarma Platter last month. We loved it so much we went back a second time to get the same thing. It was one of our absolute favorite CS meals of the trip and because of it we will be going to Marrakesh in October.

Great reviews!

He fell in love with the dish when he visited Israel. I think the wraps would be tasty too! I really enjoyed the Tangerine Cafe, I'll definitely be back :thumbsup2

Up next: a return to Kona...

[onelilspark]

A little back story on our breakfast: my boyfriend isn't a Disney guy :eek: (I know!) But since it was my birthday, he humored me and we went for the day...we also spent some time visiting my parents, so it's not like we just flew down and back! :lmao: I wish I had that kind of money :goodvibes So when I got back from the first February trip I took, I had all the food pictures on my camera and he saw the Tonga Toast from my last breakfast at Kona. He decided he had to try it and asked if we could fit it in anywhere. Ummm yes! :woohoo:

Our original plan was just to wing it and see if Kona was taking walk-ups that morning. We had no idea what time we'd be up and moving the next day, so I really didn't want to tie us down to an ADR. So around 9am that morning, it looked like we'd be ready to leave soon (we didn't stay on Disney property.) So I called Disney Dining and made an ADR for 945 :yay: Then the power at our hotel promptly went out :scared: And didn't come back on. It was stormy in the area. So we made do and left earlier than planned for Kona. Got there about 930, and were seated pretty close to our ADR time. I'm glad I called because since the weather was gross, I think a lot of people were delaying their start at the parks that morning. (It was supposed to clear up before lunchtime and it did.)

When we got seated, I knew I was having the TOnga Toast, but my boyfriend changed his mind and chose the Big Kahuna!! He liked the sound of the pancakes. That meant I was going to have to share :sad2:

I forgot to take pictures this morning except for this one:
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I'm sure he's so happy I just posted that :rotfl:
We really enjoyed breakfast again this morning at Kona. The service was great and the food was very yummy. The good news is that I got full and so sharing wasn't a problem ;)

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[wonderlanne]

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[Greengirl137]

Thanks for sharing all this. I am going to Kona Cafe for my birthday at the end of the month, so I loved getting to read (and see!) your review of there. I can't wait! Thanks again! :yay:

[onelilspark]

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Thank you, thank you...

Thanks for sharing all this. I am going to Kona Cafe for my birthday at the end of the month, so I loved getting to read (and see!) your review of there. I can't wait! Thanks again! :yay:

It was really tasty! I want to go for lunch now!

Now for my last report :sad1:

[onelilspark]

I'm really bummed, this is my last report and I have no plans to go back :sad1: I might just have to start some trip reports...I'll post the link when I start it! :thumbsup2

My parents met back up with us at DTD so we could be whisked away to the airport :sad1:

I had heard a lot of good things about Wolfgang Puck, so I persuaded everyone to forgo our usual Earl of Sandwich and try something new :eek:

I actually managed to take pictures of everyone's meals this time :woohoo:

Here we go!

We'll start with me...I ordered the Four Cheese Oven Baked Macaroni. My meal came with a choice of salad, I chose Caesar:
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And my Macaroni:
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I was highly disappointed in this. The portion size was smaller than I expected and do you see how yellow it is? And it was so bland! It seemed to me like they made up a whole pan of it and then were just dishing it out...in other words it tasted like it had been sitting around all day. I think I was expected something totally different. This would be good for a kid. Not for an adult who's totally into all different kinds of Mac & Cheese. Idk, I just wasn't into this at all. The salad was good though. And I stole some food off of everyone else's plate :goodvibes

My boyfriend had the Chicken Pesto Focaccia:
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He wasn't feeling all that hungry (remember he ate most of his breakfast and finished mine!) and still managed to eat most of this. So it must have been good! ;)

My Mom had the butternut squash soup (oops! forgot the picture :guilty: ) which she loved, and then the Roast Beef and Cheddar Focaccia:
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She also really enjoyed.

My Dad had this:
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For the life of me I can't remember what it was. Which is really a shame because he was raving about it. He was quite funny about it really. Since he knew I was doing this he looked at me and said, rather seriously, "This is 5 stars." :confused3 I didn't know I was using a rating system :rotfl: I asked him out of how many and he gave me a confused look and said, "Well out of 5 of course." Oh, my bad. So whatever my Dad had...that's highly recommended. I'm going to guess it's the Mediterranean Vegetable Fire Roasted Focaccia Melt. It's the only one on the menu served with the salad he didn't touch ;)

Overall, I would totally go back here. I just wouldn't get the macaroni!! Everyone else loved their dishes, so it still gets a :thumbsup2

Trip Report Link (http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=30759553#post30759553)

[MickeyNicki]

That chicken pesto sandwich is my fav and we just had the roast beef one this past Sunday and omigod it was awesome!

So sorry your review is over, I loved every minute of it and cannot wait until you start another one!

[TigerKat]

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

[TeresaNJ]

Sorry the report is over, it was so wonderful while it lasted.:) I am now totally craving that unnamed item your dad had, as well as your tuna dinner at Kona. I'll definitely have to try both items on our next trip!

[wonderlanne]

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[2xcited2sleep]

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed all of your reviews! :)

[onelilspark]

That chicken pesto sandwich is my fav and we just had the roast beef one this past Sunday and omigod it was awesome!

So sorry your review is over, I loved every minute of it and cannot wait until you start another one!

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

Sorry the report is over, it was so wonderful while it lasted.:) I am now totally craving that unnamed item your dad had, as well as your tuna dinner at Kona. I'll definitely have to try both items on our next trip!

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Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed all of your reviews! :)


Thanks everyone! Glad you all enjoyed :goodvibes

[Leota]

Thanks for the reviews! I really enjoyed them all. It's been helping me pass the couple monthes I have left til I get my WDW fix with all the fixins....

[shebaxric]

The reviews are over??? What a bummer! Well, I guess we'll have to wait until you post the link for the trip report! Thanks for sharing. You've given me many ideas for food when we go in November.:goodvibes

[onelilspark]

Thanks for the reviews! I really enjoyed them all. It's been helping me pass the couple monthes I have left til I get my WDW fix with all the fixins....

Glad you enjoyed! Don't forget to take pictures of your food, embarrass whoever you're traveling with to help your fellow DISers!

The reviews are over??? What a bummer! Well, I guess we'll have to wait until you post the link for the trip report! Thanks for sharing. You've given me many ideas for food when we go in November.:goodvibes

It is a bummer, isn't it! :rotfl:

The link's in my siggie, but here you go too: Trip Report (http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=30759553#post30759553)

[wilma-bride]

Thanks so much for the reviews - Wolfgang Puck Express remains a firm favourite of ours - a must for every trip.

I am sad your reviews are over but thanks for posting them.

[angelsmith52]

Sorry it is over but WOW!!! What a great report! Thanks for sharing it with us! It was fabulous!

[AlohaPolynesian]

THANK YOU for the Kona dinner review! I LOVE Ohana even though I'm a vegetarian, but on my next trip I'm going with one other person who's also a veggie. So it just doesn't make any sense at all to go to Ohana. I love the Poly though, so I am thinking about trying Kona!

[onelilspark]

Thanks so much for the reviews - Wolfgang Puck Express remains a firm favourite of ours - a must for every trip.

I am sad your reviews are over but thanks for posting them.

I'll definitely be trying WPE again, I just won't order the Mac & Cheese :thumbsup2

Sorry it is over but WOW!!! What a great report! Thanks for sharing it with us! It was fabulous!

Thanks for reading :goodvibes

THANK YOU for the Kona dinner review! I LOVE Ohana even though I'm a vegetarian, but on my next trip I'm going with one other person who's also a veggie. So it just doesn't make any sense at all to go to Ohana. I love the Poly though, so I am thinking about trying Kona!

Kona was really really tasty. Obviously we both had meat, but I don't think you'd be disappointed in whatever they have on the menu for you! Food was excellent!

[aagee]

Bummer you didn't like the mac & cheese, that's my fav! I hope they haven't changed it:confused:

btw, what kind of camera do you have? your pix are awesome:thumbsup2

[onelilspark]

Thanks! It's just a point and shoot Kodak M1033?

I think the problem with the mac & cheese was that it really tasted like it had been sitting in a half pan all day and they were just scooping it. And when it said oven baked macaroni, I was expecting some melted cheese on top I guess. I'm a bit of a mac & cheese snob, so I guess it didn't live up to my standards :lmao:

[frdeb1999]

Loved all the reviews and pics!! :)