We Got The Mouse to Pay for Our Disney Feasts! w/PICS! REPORT COMPLETED!

[NorweJenNY]

Now that I've completed my July dining review ("I Got Work to Pay for my Disney Feasts! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2235930)"), I figured it's time to start our fall free dining review... "We Got the Mouse to Pay for Our Disney Feasts!"

(If you couldn't already tell, I like when I don't have to pay for things myself. :thumbsup2)

Now granted, free dining means you have to pay rack rates for resort stays, but that's pretty cheap for value resorts, which is where we stayed this time - the All Star Movies resort. This definitely made the free dining package worth it!

Anyhoo, this trip (Sept 26-Oct 4) was with hubby (for the first few days) and my Big Guy (age 6) and Little Guy (age 4). We came down a day early, but were soon joined by my dsil (DizzyMrsLizzy), my brother, my nephew (Baby was just over a year old) and my mother - who got to celebrate her birthday while we were there! (39 again, can you believe it? ;))

We basically spent the entire trip (9 nights for us, 8 for the rest of the gang), feeling full.

Here's what we've got lined up...


Nine Dragons (lunch) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34476580#post34476580) (page 1)
Sassagoula Floatworks @ POFQ (dinner) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34480859#post34480859) (page 1)
Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe (lunch) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34579945#post34579945) (page 2)
Whispering Canyon (dinner) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34641116#post34641116) (page 3)
50s Prime Time (lunch) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34832653#post34832653) (page 3)
Crystal Palace (breakfast) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34859764#post34859764) (page 4)
Chefs de France (dinner) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35033970#post35033970) (page 4)
Tutto Italia (lunch) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35065298#post35065298) (page 5)
Food & Wine booth: Krakow, Poland (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35145729&posted=1#post35145729) (page 6)
All-Star Movies Food Court (dinner) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35146381#post35146381) (page 6)
Donald's Safari Breakfast - Tusker House (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35229534#post35229534) (page 6)
Snacking @ Animal Kingdom (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35241356#post35241356) (page 6)
1900 Park Fare (dinner) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35242097#post35242097) (page 6)
Chef Mickey's (dinner) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35244305#post35244305) (page 7)
Le Cellier (dinner) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2338763&page=7) (page 7)
Biergarten (lunch) (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=35446096#post35446096) (page 7)


Dsil will have to help contribute, especially for Le Cellier since that was one day I spent sick as a dog in the room by myself... :sick:

But I assure you that I have tons of pictures (thanks for helping to keep our family from eating everything before I got a photo, dsil!) I will also share some counter service meals and snacks as they come up... :goodvibes

So I hope you'll join in on our memories of the flavors to savor...

[dizneeat]

I am in ......... if the mouse pays ........... I am in!!! :lmao:
(Actually he paid for my meals as well ;))

[KatMark]

I'm always in when someone else pays. ;) Let the reviews begin.

[NorweJenNY]

I am in ......... if the mouse pays ........... I am in!!! :lmao:
(Actually he paid for my meals as well ;))

:thumbsup2


I'm always in when someone else pays. ;) Let the reviews begin.

Okey dokey... coming right up...

[NorweJenNY]

Nine Dragons

Lunch

September 26, 2009

First things first... we were headed to Disney after a night at my father-in-law's house in Ocala... he fed us quite the breakfast that morning - pancakes, french toast, eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, etc., etc., etc... he might as well have been cooking at one of the Disney buffets! I highly recommend La Casa de Mi Father-in-Law! :thumbsup2

Anyhoo, we got a little late heading out, so on the way to checking in at All-Star Movies, I called the Disney dining line to get an ADR about 45 minutes later. Good thing we were due to go to Nine Dragons! Just about any other restaurant and we probably would've been told, "nice try, no cigar!" (as this was Sept - midst of Free Dining - and the beginning of the Food & Wine Festival).

So it turns out we would have had enough time to get to Nine Dragons with our original ADR time, but of course the boys wouldn't want to go straight to Epcot and eat right away, so now we had a little play time before lunch.

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We arrived at Nine Dragons just before our new ADR time and were promptly seated.

The windows looked like picture frames around nice scenes.

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Check it out - a view of Norway from China: :lmao:

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The kids split a deluxe kid's meal, which included lo mein, meatballs, sweet & sour chicken, and carrots.

Big Guy enjoyed the lo mein & meatballs.

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He even decided to try using chopsticks like his daddy did...

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(Nice try, no cigar... :laughing:)

Little Guy enjoyed the chicken, which fortunately came with the sauce on the side (that's something he wasn't particularly fond of).

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Neither of them ate the carrots... nor did their parents... :rotfl:

We're just not carrot people...

But hubby and I did enjoy our honey sesame chicken! Just the right amount of sweetness, with a slight crisp on the outside, but soft and juicy on the inside! (How often do you get sesame chicken that's soft inside in a regular restaurant, hmmm?)

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I know hubby has been looking forward to this meal since 2003, which is the last time we were at Nine Dragons, so we each had our own plate... though hubby helped me finish mine. I just started the trip with such a small stomach (appetite-wise).

Since hubby & I used TS credits for our meal (the boys were OOP, as we knew we'd need some more credits for them later on in the week), we had two desserts to get.

I wanted to try the cheesecake egg roll that I'd read so much about, but alas, they had stopped serving that! :sad1:

So we just got one bowl of each type of ice cream, strawberry red bean (which Big Guy & I liked best), & ginger (which Little Guy basically devoured!)...

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Hubby nibbled, but wasn't particularly fond of either. (He did have a lot of lunch though, after helping me with my chicken too! He probably just didn't have much appetite left.)

It was a lot of ice cream though, and even with all of us and just two bowls, we couldn't quite finish it all.

Overall, we enjoyed our meal. They kept the drinks coming. The staff was helpful and friendly. The atmosphere was nice (though the restaurant was still quite full, probably because of free dining - it was much quieter during the two trips we had there years ago).

Stay tuned for more good stuff...

[pinkxray]

loving your first review, can't wait to see more
Keep them coming!

[natalielongstaff]

great reviews so far :thumbsup2

[MickeyNicki]

Im in!

[GoofySon'sMom]

Glad to hear you enjoyed Nine Dragons. We just added it to our upcoming trip because DS really wanted to have chinese food on Christmas Day! Go figure!

[NorweJenNY]

loving your first review, can't wait to see more
Keep them coming!

I will!


great reviews so far :thumbsup2

Thanks!


Im in!

:thumbsup2


Glad to hear you enjoyed Nine Dragons. We just added it to our upcoming trip because DS really wanted to have chinese food on Christmas Day! Go figure!

...to each his own :)

(Though as long as your not cooking for Christmas, how can you go wrong?)

[NorweJenNY]

Sassagoula Floatworks

Dinner

September 26, 2009

So in July, I noticed what a wonderful variety Sassagoula Floatworks had for the whole family... and some in the family wanted to try beignets... so we decided that once dsil, db, Baby, and Grandmom came in, we'd go to Downtown Disney and then take a boat to POFQ for dinner. Sounds nice right?

Well, we get to Downtown Disney and expect to go to the Marketplace, browse a little bit, and hop on a boat right there.

Not that easy... we're on the bus and everyone starts getting off at the bus stop at the West Side. :confused:

We asked the bus driver why we were there, and that's when we find out that the Marketplace bus stop is not being utilized for some reason tonight... so we had a long walk. :sad2:

Then when we got to the dock, we find a loooong line of people waiting to go, so we ended up missing the first boat that came and waiting 20+ minutes for the next one. :sad2:

And we were hungry! We worked up an appetite with all the extra, unexpected walking.

We finally get to POFQ, and I took Big Guy & Little Guy to the playground for a little bit while the rest of the crew went to order and start getting food. It does take a while to get food from different stations, so I let the boys play for ten minutes or so.

Finally back all together, we find that the boys could have played on the playground for more like twenty minutes, as it was a little slow. Also, we had a minor problem because hubby discovered they weren't counting shakes as desserts with a dining plan CS credit (and I had wanted an oreo one like I had just gotten in July as a dessert on the dining plan - what's with all these changes?)

Despite all the little setbacks of the evening, I managed to get my ribs dinner with macaroni and cheese, which made everything worth while! I LOVE those ribs there! Better than FlameTree, better than Cosmic Ray's... I love them so much that my mom and I even decided to stay at POFQ on a quick last-minute trip we decided to take next month, just before Christmas. :goodvibes

Anyway, here are my ribs, and the oreo ice cream (not shake) that I got for my dessert...

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Big Guy got grilled cheese with applesauce and a chocolate chip cookie...

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Little Guy got chicken nuggets with applesauce and a chocolate chip cookie...

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I believe my brother and my mother got ribs like me. I don't remember what hubby got though... for some reason I don't have a picture... :headache:

Baby (my nephew) ended up eating some of my macaroni and cheese... I got a double portion with my ribs, as I could have two sides and didn't care about getting another one.

And now for dsil... now, she has this "thing" about chicken, and it started with some type of situation with chicken in Disney World... so having a "thing" against chicken in Disney World developed.... so imagine my surprise when she gets this for dinner...

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:rolleyes: I just don't understand... dsil, if you're out there, can you explain why you have a "thing" against chicken, yet you ordered chicken as your first Disney meal this trip?

You can see from the picture that she is one who ordered beignets... my opinion is that they are a little disappointing because they were surprisingly hollow. But I don't remember how dsil felt about them! :upsidedow

I do recall Big Guy liking all the powdered sugar that the beignets sat in though... he'd just take a spoon and dig in! ;)

So while we were glad we did Sassagoula, we were also a little nervous. As we were eating, this HUGE thunderstorm suddenly rolled in... we didn't have umbrellas or ponchos or anything, and it was getting late and dark! Had we been staying at POFQ, it wouldn't have been so bad, but we still had to go back to Downtown Disney, and then from there, back to All-Star Movies... :eek:

We would need be better prepared in the future. Florida weather does change suddenly and without much notice!

Stay tuned... lots more to come!

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Sassagoula Floatworks

Okay Okay I'm here now!!!! It's been a crazy week back here and I didn't get a chance to download all of the TR and Dining reports I wrote up while in the world.

Sassagoula Floatworks was one of DSILs picks. She raved and raved about the ribs here when they went back in the early summer, and knowing my loving DH loves Ribs I decided to bite the bullet and go. I wasn't looking forward to it at all, and when we got there I was even MORE unhappy with the choice. I'll be the first to admit.....I'm picky about my food. I'm VERY picky. I don't like most meats, I've had bad experiences with chicken, and was scarred for life at the Garden Grill when I was a teen with a chicken drumstick that had a big ole huge vein in it that my sister bit into and blood squirted everywhere. I don't really eat chicken out anymore since then. I was also on Weight watchers and wanted to try to be semi conscious during this trip of what I ate. I also had the problem of not having any meal plan for Baby. So I was trying to please him with my meal choices as well.

So yeah I came back with the Fried Chicken. I figured it was semi healthy (aside from the fried bit), and DS likes chicken. I have to say for a person who hates chicken it was pretty decent. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it, and would go back. It's not a first choice of mine, but if I had to I'd go back. I'd definitely go for desserts because the Beignets were so so good! The would have been a little better hot, as they had cooled off by the time I got to them.

We managed to feed Baby on our sides, and I gave him a good hunk of chicken to eat. I think his favorite part was the Beignets. They were yumm-a-licious.

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Oh! Oh! I'm in! We are planning a trip this same week with free dining in 2010, so I want to hear all about the food, the wait time to get in the restaurants, the weather, the crowds...you get the picture! :laughing:

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Twoboys! It was a WONDERFUL week to go! Lines were very short all around. Wait times for food weren't bad either. I think our longest wait was at Le Cellier.

[onelilspark]

Another report! :banana: I'm in!

[NorweJenNY]

Oh! Oh! I'm in! We are planning a trip this same week with free dining in 2010, so I want to hear all about the food, the wait time to get in the restaurants, the weather, the crowds...you get the picture! :laughing:
Twoboys! It was a WONDERFUL week to go! Lines were very short all around. Wait times for food weren't bad either. I think our longest wait was at Le Cellier.

Yes, it was a great time of the year to visit!

And although I can't compare it to the Le Cellier wait, I think 50s PT takes the cake for the longest wait... we waited quite a while and had a hard time hearing the cast members calling who was next. I don't know why we didn't get a pager. :confused:

Although the crowds are down overall, the restaurants are crowded with free dining. That was easy to tell just by the fact that Nine Dragons was full! That's not the case during busier seasons without free dining!

But overall, I can't complain. DSIL and I even got to ride Splash Mountain with less than a 5 minute standby wait time in the middle of a warm afternoon! (Note: Go to MK on days when MNSSHP will be happening that evening... lowest crowds during the day!)


Another report! :banana: I'm in!

Glad you'll be joining us!

Yes... and I've gotta keep them coming! My family's (well, minus hubby who unfortunately has to work) third trip this year is in a mere three weeks! :woohoo: And we're planning on at least one, and very likely two, more trips in the first half of 2010 (while our annual passes are still good). I am so glad we moved within driving distance of Disney World! :thumbsup2

When I say there's lots more to come, I mean it! :goodvibes

[DisneyCrafter]

No more cheesecake eggroll at the Nine Dragons? On our honeymoon when we ate there, i LOVED it. Do they only have icecream now? Bummer! P.S. 3 disney trips in 6 months, you are lucky!!!! :)

[NorweJenNY]

No more cheesecake eggroll at the Nine Dragons? On our honeymoon when we ate there, i LOVED it. Do they only have icecream now? Bummer! P.S. 3 disney trips in 6 months, you are lucky!!!! :)

Yeah... no more cheesecake eggroll... :sad1: Never got a chance to try it!

Yeah, we really lucked out with these trips... it helps to be within driving distance and have gotten a good deal on APs in July! ;)

[NorweJenNY]

Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe

Lunch

September 27, 2009

We spent our first full day as one big happy family at the Magic Kingdom, and Cosmic Ray's has pretty much become our favorite counter service.

My one gripe is that out of all the options, and varieties of adult burgers they serve, you'd think they'd serve a kid's meal with a burger... but they don't. Oh well. My mom (Grandmom) and I shared the Chicken & Ribs Combo (super value for one credit on the dining plan), and I let Big Guy eat a burger from an adult credit. Little Guy was happy with nuggets - so no problem there.

Big Guy's adult burger came with apples and apple juice. The apple juice comes from a fountain, and if you order a large (no extra charge on the DDP), there is easily enough to share around for three kids! Trust me! Good to save some for later as another option.

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Little Guy's nuggets came with grapes. I believe we shared some fries around from other meals, but I did want my kids to have some fruit so they weren't just filling up on fried stuff.

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In case you're wondering about the brownie, we shared our desserts around a bit... it doesn't come with the kid's meal. And the fries were part of my meal.

Here's some of Grandmom & my chicken... and ribs... with green beans to be healthier... and french fries instead of mashed potatoes to be not so healthy :) ...I love fries with cheese sauce, which is complimentary at Cosmic Ray's fixin bar. (You can see my cheese sauce in the background in one of the white containers in the rib pic.)

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The chicken was moist, and good. The ribs were not really fall-off-the bone - not as good at POFQ, not as good as Whispering Canyon (where we're headed this night), but still satisfies my infatuation with ribs. :goodvibes

And here's hubby's burger...

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Double cheeseburger... loaded with bacon.... :thumbsup2 My family likes meat! :thumbsup2

Here's Little Guy eating some brownie...

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They're actually sugar free brownies, and pretty tasty. In the past I thought it tasted more like a spice cake than a brownie, but this time it seemed a little more chocolatey to me. Not as dense as some brownies - more like a cake consistency... not bad.

And here's just a cute pic of Big Guy playing with his baby cousin...

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I didn't get a shot of my brother's food... sorry, he was a little far away from me and my camera... and what did dsil eat? No, couldn't have been chicken again...

[chell]

Glad to see another one of your reviews!

[NorweJenNY]

Glad to see another one of your reviews!

I'm glad you're glad!

Reviews are fun!

[mothermouse]

Another tr, I love it:flower3: I'm in popcorn::The dchildren are tooo cute:hug:
can't wait to read more:cool1:

[DisneyDreamerMom]

Love the reviews, esp Cosmic Ray's as we're planning on eating there in May!

[NorweJenNY]

Love the reviews, esp Cosmic Ray's as we're planning on eating there in May!

A newbie! Welcome! :flower3:

Hope you have a great trip! Happy planning!

[NorweJenNY]

Another tr, I love it:flower3: I'm in popcorn::The dchildren are tooo cute:hug:
can't wait to read more:cool1:

More coming shortly!

The kiddos are adorable, if I do say so myself... and I do say so. :goodvibes

[mickeymotto]

Great review and love your pics. Your boys are adorable!

May I ask, how were the buns on the burgers? I heard they now have these really dry wheat buns at all the restaurants.

[NorweJenNY]

Great review and love your pics. Your boys are adorable!

May I ask, how were the buns on the burgers? I heard they now have these really dry wheat buns at all the restaurants.

Ya know, I actually don't eat buns generally... normally I'm a low carber (away from Disney), and that's one thing I don't particularly care about... so maybe someone else can chime in regarding the burger buns...

For me, it's all about the meat and cheese (and bacon, if applicable)! ;)

[Linda67]

Great reviews - :)
We really enjoy Cosmic Rays but have seen some bad reviews recently so it's good to see that your family enjoyed their lunch

[CapnJacksGirl]

I'm really enjoying your reviews - sign me up for the rest!! :thumbsup2

[NorweJenNY]

Great reviews - :)
We really enjoy Cosmic Rays but have seen some bad reviews recently so it's good to see that your family enjoyed their lunch

I'm really enjoying your reviews - sign me up for the rest!! :thumbsup2

Glad you've decided to come along for the ride!

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe

Alright so we're in MK, and I'm not too fond of the CS places in MK. Scary enough, but I like the CS in DHS much better. Again my wonderful DSIL wanted Ribs, so we ventured off to Cosmic Rays for the first of two trips if I remember correctly. But we had spent the morning in Tomorrowland, and it made sense since we still had a ton to do that day in that area.

DH got Ribs again with the Chocolate Cake. YUM!

I got the Adult Chicken Nugget Meal ( FTR DSIL, Chicken Nuggets are much different than bone in chicken for my chicken aversion). Let me tell you again as a picky picky Chicken person this chicken was all white meat delish meal. I forget exactly how many nuggets I got, but it was plenty to share with Baby, and we were both satisfied both trips we made to Cosmic Rays.

This first time DSIL forgot to remind us to get super large drinks, and I was stuck with a medium which was a tragedy to this super soda drinker. So definitely make sure to order the large if you like to drink since there is no extra charge on DDP.

Guess what DSIL scheduled us for dinner that night.....LMAO you guessed it Ribs at Whispering Canyons. I think if DSIL could only eat ribs for the rest of her life she'd do it! This Anti-Rib Dis'er wasn't too thrilled with food choices for the first two days, but there were PLENTY of choices for this carb-a-holic later in the week!

[NorweJenNY]

Hey, DizzyMrsLizzy... let's just set the record straight here... I'm not the only one who loves ribs... how about that guy you're married to... ya know, my brother! :cool2:

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Yes but DSIL YOU were the one that made all of our ADRs :) So I can't blame him for 3 meals of Ribs in a row :) :) :). Good thing I like you :)

PS- You may want to send me a reminder on Wednesday to get you some Pep. Pinwheels. I'm very scatterbrained right now!

[NorweJenNY]

Yes but DSIL YOU were the one that made all of our ADRs :) So I can't blame him for 3 meals of Ribs in a row :) :) :). Good thing I like you :)

PS- You may want to send me a reminder on Wednesday to get you some Pep. Pinwheels. I'm very scatterbrained right now!

First of all, you did not have ribs for 3 meals in a row, I did! (You opted for your favorite, chicken)...

Second, Cosmic Ray's did not require an ADR, and

Third, I ran all of the ADRs past you to get your approval... and I got your approval...

:tongue:


Oh no... I hope you remembered the pepperoni pinwheels! There's a food that needs to be added to a Disney menu...

Did I mention that you're my favorite sister-in-law? :angel:

[NorweJenNY]

Whispering Canyon Cafe

Dinner

September 27, 2009

Ok... here it is... third meal in two days in which I get ribs! :lovestruc

So it isn't all about the ribs... I know that dsil was interested in trying the bottomless milkshakes... of course Baby enjoyed it!

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There was lots to keep Big Guy busy while we waited for food...

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Where's Little Guy? Sleeping! Can you believe it?!?! Despite all the hustle and bustle of activity all around, he slept in his stroller next to our table through most of the meal!

Hubby enjoyed his Jug o' Diet Coke...

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And not only did he finish it (he's 2 for 2!) He asked for more! Believe me, the waiter make a big deal about that one... guess he doesn't hear that every day! :lmao:

Apparently I didn't take pictures of the salad... not really the reason why we were there... ;)

But we did all agree to the skillet... massive when you have lots of people doing it...

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Here's my plate...

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I was pretty fond of the pulled pork, corn on the cob, and, of course, the ribs! :cloud9: (But I must say, they're much better when you put the BBQ sauce on which they keep in a separate pitcher.)

Dsil enjoyed at least the corn...

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Did she enjoy anything else though? Perhaps the chicken? ;)

We got our necessary condiments...

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And shared them around too...

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And, with a bottomless skillet, of course we got some seconds... I requested seconds on ribs! :goodvibes I think the family also got more brisket and corn.

We worked off some calories with the Hokey Pokey...

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Doesn't it look like Baby's wondering what his mommy is doing?

We were, of course, stuffed... but they knew it was Grandmom's birthday at WCC...

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All our other desserts were taken to go, but Grandmom's birthday cake (the chocolatey fudgy good stuff cake) was also what she ordered as her DDP dessert, so she stuffed it all together in one box...

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Hubby also had this cake. My opinion? Good, chocolatey, but rich... especially heavy if you consider having it after a bottomless skillet!

I got the s'more cheesecake. I like it... I remember the first time I got it I expected more chocolate, but as long as you think of it as mostly cheesecake with a little chocolate and mashmallow on top, it's good!

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Dsil and my brother got the apple caramel pie (which appears more cakey/cobblery than pie-like).

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This ended up sitting in the fridge in the room for a few days. I finally tried some and thought it was totally not worth the calories. Looks a lot better than it tastes, but that could also be partially because we didn't eat it fresh.

Overall... we love the experience... just wish we could've retired immediately to our room in the same location, but alas... we were at an All-Star this trip... :rolleyes:

But it's ok for me! I'll be back to Whispering Canyon & for a night at Wilderness Lodge on Christmas Eve Eve... yes, two Eve's... Dec 23. I'm totally looking forward to it! Sorry, dsil if you won't be there for that... maybe next time! :goodvibes But Grandmom, the boys and I will be thinking of you while we're there!

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Whispering Canyons-

So this was my LEAST favorite meal that we had while in the land of the mouse. While it was entertaining with all of the cute things they did (See photos above) the food was less than desirable for this Pseudo Veggie. There was NOTHING on the menu that looked anywhere close to desirable for me, but again I was being a nice SIL and appeasing to one of DSIL's choices. Thank goodness for Free DDP!

I ordered the Skillet, because I figured I'd at least be able to eat unlimited corn, potatos, salad and the things that I did like. DBIL and I sat on one side of the table with Baby, and DSIL, DH, and Grandmom sat on the other side of the table, as a result DBIL and I got a smaller plate of Skillet and the other guys got a bigger Skillet. Our skillet only had dark meat chicken in it, which kind of upset me, and by the time I got to looking at the other skillet all of the pieces I would have liked were gone as well. I didn't feel like being a pain, so I tried some brisket. I usually like brisket somewhat, but I wasn't a huge fan. It was a little drier then I would have liked.

I did also try the ribs. I'm NOT a rib person, but I was starving after my salad corn on the cob and a few slivers of brisket. The Ribs were pretty good. Not fatty at all like you get at some places. I usually stear clear of ribs, but these I'd get again if I had to go back there.

I choose the milkshake to drink because DSIL talked up the bottomlessness of it. It was good, but I wish I would have gotten a soda. I'm a much bigger soda drinker, and after seeing DBIL's huge container of soda, I was really jealous. Our waiter wouldn't let me switch. BLAH.

All in all, EVERYONE loved this meal except for me. I know i'm a little skewed because i'm not a meaty person. My family probably won't return here since we have lots of favorites here.
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[NorweJenNY]

So it sounds to me as if DSIL would have been perfectly fine if she had simply asked us for some white meat chicken from our skillet... which I wasn't eating in the first place...

Do you really think it would've been that much trouble to get those few words out of your mouth and get the one thing that would've made you feel better - white meat CHICKEN!!! :rolleyes: I had know idea you wanted that! Speak up, woman!

Sorry if you're not thrilled with meat... but you didn't have to order the skillet either, ya know? Don't let the crowd sway you... go against the flow!

Glad you were honest about the ribs actually not being bad! :)

I don't understand why the waiter wouldn't let you switch from the shake to the soda. In July, when hubby didn't care for the shake, the waitress brought him soda... (ya know, the time he ended up getting his first jug o' Diet Coke)... it's not even like soda costs the restaurant a lot. You could have asked for more and more shake like you were entitled to, but you were requesting an option that would've been cheaper for the restaurant! I really don't get it! :confused: I can understand how that would be putting a damper on the meal... in the hot FL weather, all ya really need is a cold drink to wash your food down, so if the shake wasn't workin' for ya, and you were denied soda, that is kinda blah... :snooty:

[MomsOf2boys]

I am enjoying the banter between the two of you! My DP does not order the skillet and orders something different from the menu as pork and briscuit does not work for her! :rotfl:

[Dizzymrslizzy]

But DSIL I don't really like chicken all that much either, so really I was happy with what I ate for what it was. If I really needed another breast I could have asked for it :) You know I'm not shy! :)

Now hurry up and post your next post so we can get this report a movin!

[mothermouse]

you and your dsil are funny :rotfl: the hokey pokey looked like fun:cool1::cool1:

[NorweJenNY]

Glad you people like the out-law... er... in-law banter...

I'm getting some more fun food photos ready to go... sorry for the delay, but I had to take another Disney trip... which means I'll need to do yet another dining report after this one... :goodvibes

[NorweJenNY]

50s Prime Time Cafe

Lunch

September 28, 2009

It was Grandmom's actual birthday at last! No place better to go than 50s Prime Time... ;)

For starters, the place was a bit crowded. Baby checked out the "antique" black and white tv while we waited...

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We waited a long time, then went to ask if we'd been called and finally found that someone had just been seated with a similar name and party size to ours...

:headache:

Anyway, they realized the mistake and sat us at the next available table, which took about a minute.

:thumbsup2

We ordered drinks, most of which were too boring to take pictures of... except mine, which unfortunately was tricky to take a picture of because of the opaque cup. But nevertheless, I present my peanut butter and jelly milkshake...

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It sounds odd, but they had it, I'd read about it here on the DISboards... I had to try it. I liked it! Definitely peanut buttery, which I like! Maybe a little lighter on the jelly flavor, but that's that was fine with me! Probably not my favorite shake in the world, but better than chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry options... my personal favorite lately has been cookies and cream. Yum! Anyhoo, my shake did count as a drink on the DDP, in case anyone is wondering... sweet deal! Literally!

Ok... main courses...

Grandmom (and I believe hubby too) got meatloaf...

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She and I split two meals here. The other meal we got to share was the pot roast, which I ordered. But for some reason, I can't find a picture of that... if I do, I will post. For now, this is a mystery...

We liked both, but I think I preferred the pot roast just a little bit more. Yes, I ate all my vegetables too! ;)

Db got the grilled chicken sandwich. He was doing well with trying to pick some healthier options.

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And then one other adult in our party got the chicken pot pie...

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Hmmm... who in our party would order CHICKEN pot pie? No... not Ms. I-don't-like-chicken-especially-in-Disney-World... it couldn't be... could it?!?! Not again?!?!?!

Hehe...

Yes, again.

Here's Little Guy with his hot dog, grapes, and goldfish.

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I believe Big Guy got the same thing... except he doesn't like grapes, so he probably had fries.

They were happy.

Baby had some mac & cheese, which he apparently mistook for shampoo or something...

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Don't I have the cutest nephew? I can easily say that... it wasn't my responsibility to clean him up! ;)

On to desserts...

The kiddos had make-your-own-sundaes...

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Hubby, and some others in our party, got Dad's brownie sundae...

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I know that hubby enjoyed it! Brownies are his favorite dessert... a la mode - even better... and throw on some more candy and sweetness, plus Mickey sprinkles?!?! Hubby was in heaven.

I had a hula hoop cupcake (which isn't listed on the All Ears menus)...

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It was a moist yellow cake, covered with chocolate frosting, white chocolate shavings, a piece of milk or dark chocolate, and when you bite into the cake part (tricky and messy, by the way), there was a custard-like vanilla filling...

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I liked it, but was too full to finish it... that shake itself would've normally been plenty dessert for me. DDP was just a little too much food! (I don't know how people do deluxe!)

Most importantly, Grandmom got her birthday apple cobbler a la mode...

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:thumbsup2

I think she had fun, don't you?

Now we just need to hear dsil's take on this meal...

[Dizzymrslizzy]

50s Prime Time

DH and I hit a little cross roads between our last meal at Whispering Canyons and this meal. We celebrate the Jewish High Holy Holidays (even though we both consider ourselves Christians, but that's a story for another time). Since this was Grandmom's birthday trip we decided to forgo our beliefs a little bit and do a modified fast for the holidays. We had our last meal at Whispering Canyons, and then fasted until our lunch at Prime Time. We were hoping to make our lunch reservation a bit later, but with DBIL leaving us that day it just wasn't possible to play with the schedule any more. So we made our first meal of the day 50s Prime time! And boy was it worth the wait!

So this is one of my FAVORITE places in all of the world and is a must every time we go. There are just so so so many options for me. I got the Chicken Pot Pie, and OMG it was heaven on a plate! It was so delish. Creamy, oozing goodness. I love anything creamy and pastry like, and pot pies are one of my favs. I was a little concerned about my yuck-chicken disposition and the fact that they make you clean your plate, so I put all of the pieces I rejected on the side and shoved them on DH's plate! :) DH gobbled them up for me, so that neither of us were in trouble. That's why I love him :) :) :) There were plenty of veggies in it to make me a happy girl! :P That's the story on that one DSIL!

And the brownie sundae was to die for! So rich and chocolatey! The Brownie is huge! Seriously this sundae could feed 4 regular people. DH and I didn't come anywhere close to finishing it, because it was just so rich it was almost chocolate overload.

Baby loved his Mac and cheese dinner! Thanks to the TiW card it was a decent deal. BTW DSIL I think Baby finished off Big Guy's Grapes:
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All in all, one of my top 4 restaurants in the world only topped by Le Cellier, Chefs de France and Tutto Italia

PS- DSIL I think I have ESP or something I just had a feeling you posted an update! Lets get this thing finished :) Kay

[Dizzymrslizzy]

All Star Music Food Court- Dinner

I need to give a brief review of the Food Court at All Star Music. We ate several meals at the food courts at both Music and Movies depending on where we went for buses. The menus were identical at both resorts, and I was very very happy with it. Here's some of the menus!
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I believe the night of 50s Prime time is the night that DSIL got a pizza with DDP credits. All of the kids loved it, and I had a taste, and it was decent pizza (coming from a NYer). I'd recommend it to get a quick cheap meal on DDP for a family if you wanted to save meals for a later date. For 2 QS meals it could have fed 4 adults (2 slices each).
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I fell in love with the make your own salad bar. It was a traditional let them make a chopped salad bar, with unlimited ingredients allowed including meats and cheeses. I really loved loved loved it and got it every opportunity I could when we went to the Food court.
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Oh and for those who want Ice Cream or to wait on dessert. They will stamp your receipt and you have 90 minutes to claim your dessert. It worked well for us. When you cash in they rip the receipt.
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We had breakfast there several times as well. I highly recommend the omlettes over the "breakfast platter" I think you just get more bang for your bux with the omlette vs the platter.

**Pictures are courtesy of DSIL. I hope she doesn't mind my posting them!

[NorweJenNY]

DSIL! Nice timing on coming in... did you find out that I was child-less and off from work today? It kinda helps with catching up on these boards... :goodvibes

Here's some more of those All-Star food court photos...

Philly Cheesesteak & fries... which I believe was my db's...

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I had one later on in the week and liked it a lot... not like the real ones you get in Philly, but still good. I don't recall how db liked it.

And this night I didn't feel like that pizza, so the kids used adult credits, and I used a kid credit...

Mac 'n cheese with corn and mixed veggies (but I asked for mostly broccoli)... I liked it... creamy cheese on the mac... the corn and veggies needed salt though. At least I felt like I was having something healthier than a good part of the rest of the week.

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I believe the green apple and the carrot cake bowl in the background were two of the "desserts" we got this night. Big Guy loves green apples... yes, specifically green... I figured it would be nice to give the boys some better nutrition than more cookies & ice cream... so they shared that. My mom and I were supposed to eat the carrot cake, but were too full from lunch earlier, so we brought it back to the room. It sat in the fridge all week... I think we ended up throwing it out... :sad2:

More to come shortly... Crystal Palace breakfast is up next!

[Dizzymrslizzy]

OMG I remember that green apple and your mother cutting all the skin off of it and not being happy! And then we found the sliced apples! Whoops!

[NorweJenNY]

OMG I remember that green apple and your mother cutting all the skin off of it and not being happy! And then we found the sliced apples! Whoops!

Shhh!!! Don't remind her!!!

:rolleyes1

Still, the sliced apples have skin... the kiddos eat more actual apple if you take the skin off and they don't have to try to eat to the edge (which they stay far away from...

Exhibit A:

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See all that wasted apple as Big Guy is trying to avoid the skin?

I think it's McDonald's that serves peeled apple wedges... I wish more places did. I'm gonna have to start carrying an apple peeler around with me. Why can't my kids enjoy fruit that's easier to peel... like bananas? I miss the days in which they ate those! Talk about a convenient food! It comes in its own case, is easy to remove from the peel - just throw it in a bag and it's good for any time. I'm gonna have to ask God why he didn't create apples more like bananas... probably that stupid serpent's fault or something...

Anyway... how about getting back to our report? Gimme just a few minutes...

[NorweJenNY]

Crystal Palace

Breakfast

September 29, 2009

Crystal Palace is probably our favorite place for breakfast. I'm starting to lose count of how many times I've gone... we've always had good service and great food... oh yeah, and who doesn't love Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet?

At our table, there were lots of Mickey confetti pieces (which little children like to collect, stick in their pockets, take out and sprinkle all over the resort beds later on, etc.) It was for Grandmom's continued birthday celebrating, of course. She even got a card with Pooh & friends' signatures! Oh, and a celebration cupcake that she shared with her grandsons... note I did not say daughter... :rolleyes:

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I only took a couple of pictures at the actual buffet, but here's one:

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Isn't it amazing, how few donut holes are left? It's breakfast! They've got all types of hot foods on the buffet, made fresh... yet people insist on eating donut holes for breakfast... hrmph!

On another note, the cake at the top of this picture is a raspberry crumb cake of sorts... I didn't try it until my December trip, but I must say that i was really good! My only criticism was that I wanted more raspberry... it kinda sits toward the bottom of the cake... I suppose the law of gravity is to blame for that one... but still, a wonderfully flavorful cake!

Now for a look at some of our actual plates:

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You can see Big Guy's plate with lots of carbs... and the infamous green apple. Little Guy's plate was full of lots of fruit... my little fruititarian! Oh yeah... and they each had a donut hole too... :sad2:

I'm pretty sure I must have forced them to eat some protein at some point in this meal (probably scrambled eggs).

Dsil had plenty o' carbs too...

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Though good for her... I see an omelette too! And is that a strip of bacon? Not keeping kosher I see... and she had a bowl of white mush... grits perhaps? She probably put pepper all over it whatever it was... blech...

But see the Mickey waffles? Here they have a chocolate one! I didn't try it though. Big Guy tried one and didn't care for it... how'd you like it, dsil?

Here's my first plate...

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I had my fill of protein... scrambled eggs (yum), sausage (yum), bacon (so-so), corned beef hash (yum - mostly corned beef here!)... I also had a touch of fruit... strawberries with a side of whipped cream (yum). And hard to see at the back of my plate is some type of creamy/slightly cheesy potato casserole (outstanding!)... oh yeah, and a rather sweet glazed, doughy, pastry of some sort... :rolleyes1

We met some characters throughout the meal. Here's dsil, baby, and Eeyore...

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And I had some fun with this picture of the kiddos with Piglet...

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I went back for a dessert plate... (I'm sure others in my party did too, I just didn't get pictures of it all... sorry!)

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The puffed french toast at the bottom right is a must-do at Crystal Palace... (ok... everything on this plate is...) I think I put a little syrup on my plate for dipping it in. The breakfast pizza, at the back of my plate, is soooo good! I don't eat the crust though. I just like having cheesy goodness all over my eggs! Both of these are found at the kids' buffet bar... but don't worry about it... no shame in helping yourself as an adult!

The little brown splat is some apple butter... just because I don't think I've had any since I was a kid, so it was a bit nostalgic... even if I ate it by itself without putting it on anything else.

On the left side of my plate is a breakfast lasagna, which is like a bread pudding-like cakey substance with a bunch of fruit inside. Pretty good! The presentation on the buffet was truly beautiful!

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That's all I've got for now... but stay tuned for more soon!

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Crystal Palace

I'm with SIL with the fact that this is my favorite Character breakfasts in all of WDW. We had Tusker house later in the week and I just wasn't thrilled at all with Tusker house. And a few years ago we ate at Hollywood and Vine. I enjoyed that one also but I liked Crystal Palace the best of the three.

I am a huge huge Pooh fan, and I've apparently made Baby into a Pooh fan too since his newest and longest standing lovey is a big stuffed Pooh bear. I'm actually more of an Eeyore fan. Although here is proof that DSIL and I really do get along....
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As for the food, I didn't have anything I didn't like (and the Krispy Kreme donuts were one of my favorite parts of THIS buffet!) I loved the Chocolate Mickey Head Waffles. Very chocolatey and yummy. Much better then the normal ones.

And It looks like there is a sausage patty on my plate so I might have been taking the bacon and sausage for Baby since no I don't eat it myself. And of course the goopy stuff is grits which of course I adorned with Butter, salt and pepper! Exactly how Grits are eaten in my house :)

Eggs and toast are just that, there's not much you can do to screw it up. I just liked the wide variety of different things that I felt other breakfast buffets missed out on.

All in all 2 Thumbs up!

[Linda67]

great review of CP
The food looks yummy :cool1:

[NorweJenNY]

great review of CP
The food looks yummy :cool1:

Looks yummy, smells yummy, tastes yummy! :flower:

Glad you liked our review!

[NorweJenNY]

Chefs de France

Dinner

September 29, 2009

I believe this is a dinner that we hardly had any wait for, if I'm remembering correctly. We went right in to a nice round table which is a lot nicer for conversation than when they stick a group of seven at a rectangular table.

We got rolls, and the boys got a cheese pastry that we shared around since they were more interested in the rolls that everyone else got. Personally, I think it wasn't very cheese-like... harldy could tell there was any in it. It was flaky and a little messy, but with a decent light crisp and slight softness inside. The rolls - with butter - were wonderful.

I was looking back at my pictures and found one adult entree, the Filet de boeuf grille, sauce au poivre noir Gratin Dauphinois et haricots verts... and if you don't understand that, maybe you understand this:

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Did Grandmom, db, dsil, and me all order the same exact thing?! I would've taken pictures if there was something else, but I don't remember... and I don't remember seeing any chicken here... was our chicken lover actually branching out? :eek:

Anyway, I love this meal! Great meat! I like beef! It was juicy, and I actually liked the sauce it came with too. Potatoes - good, not phenomenal, but good... and I love green beans... especially when I put extra butter and salt on them! :goodvibes (I do like my butter... like my momma always says, "Butter makes everything better!")

Big Guy and Little Guy shared a meal... chicken tenders with a side of pasta.

Big Guy took the pasta...

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And Little Guy took the chicken tenders...

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It just made sense to split a single meal since they both liked their respective parts of the meal and equally didn't like the part of the meal that their brother was eating. It also helped with saving the kid's TS credits... as we would be having extra adult credits to use at TS meals since hubby had to leave our vacation to get back home to work.

Then we had desserts... I'll show you three - the fourth dessert on the table was one of these, I don't remember who had what though. And the boys just had some ice cream (which I apparently don't have a picture of).

I think that my mom and brother shared this creme brulee...

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They also shared another dessert.

At least someone got the Profiterolles au Chocolat... was that dsil? Maybe this is also the other dessert that my mom and brother shared...

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I personally love this dessert... not too rich, but just the right amount of chocolate to give it the right flavor but not make it too heavy.

But even more than the profiterolles, I really love the Crepe a la pomme et cannelle, glace vanille, caramel jus de pommes...

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I think I waited a little too long to take the picture of my dessert, but you can tell how warm it was since you can see how much the vanilla ice cream is melting. This crepe is filled with warm, slightly cinnamony, appley goodness! It's then covered with a smooth sweet, but not sticky, caramel sauce, and served with that scoop of ice cream... and the combination of the melted ice cream, sauce, and appley goodness is simply heavenly! Oh, I love it! :lovestruc

Yummy, yummy! I'm sure we'll eventually be returning to Chefs.

Oh... and one last thing... we had an unexpected run-in with someone we knew...

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Remy! We were so surprised. We thought he had left earlier in September... but I guess not!

More is still to come from this trip...

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Chefs De France

This was one of my favorite meals that we had. Chefs de France is now on my definite Disney list. I might even admit that this was my complete favorite meal of the week.

The cheesy appetizer that DSIL mentioned was very forgettable. I don't remember anything about it.

This is one of the few meals that I ordered DS his own kids meal. I also ordered him the chicken fingers and pasta meal. Baby's two favorite foods. I want to say he gobbled up the pasta and left most of the chicken at this one.

DH and I both ordered the Fillet of beef. And it was cooked to perfection. I am a fillet mignon person. I will chose Fillet over practically anything. I am especially a peppercorn sauce person. It's my go-to meal at all steakhouses that I go to. The peppercorn sauce was very good, although not the best I have ever had (Challet Suisse in Aruba get's that title). It's not spicy at all, but had a nice sweet taste to it. I would have liked a bit more bite to it IMHO. I also loved the potatoes. Ms. Carboholic that I am thought the potatoes were spot on as well.

As for dessert, again this was one of the better desserts I had ordered on this trip. I got the Profiterolles. Delish ice cream. Decadant chocolate. Overall 2 thumbs up here for me!

DH and his Mom shared their desserts. They had the Creme Brulet and the Crepes. DH enjoyed both desserts equally.

[GoofySon'sMom]

We loved our meal at Chefs. DH had the beef dish and I thought the potatoes were some of the best I have had.

Glad you enjoyed it as well!

[NorweJenNY]

This was one of my favorite meals that we had. Chefs de France is now on my definite Disney list. I might even admit that this was my complete favorite meal of the week.


Was it a favorite because you didn't have chicken? :)


DH and I both ordered the Fillet of beef. And it was cooked to perfection. I am a fillet mignon person. I will chose Fillet over practically anything. I am especially a peppercorn sauce person. It's my go-to meal at all steakhouses that I go to. The peppercorn sauce was very good, although not the best I have ever had (Challet Suisse in Aruba get's that title). It's not spicy at all, but had a nice sweet taste to it.

Beef... yummmmmm-o!

I'm not usually into peppercorn anything, which is why I was surprised I liked the sauce too!


As for dessert, again this was one of the better desserts I had ordered on this trip. I got the Profiterolles. Delish ice cream. Decadant chocolate. Overall 2 thumbs up here for me!

DH and his Mom shared their desserts. They had the Creme Brulet and the Crepes. DH enjoyed both desserts equally.

Crepes... that's the other thing they shared! Thanks for clearing my foggy memory. I might need your help with remembering things coming up too!

Although I haven't had the creme brulee at Chefs, I'm thinking that you can't really go wrong with a French dessert! :goodvibes

[NorweJenNY]

We loved our meal at Chefs. DH had the beef dish and I thought the potatoes were some of the best I have had.

Glad you enjoyed it as well!


I'm sure we'll be back to Chefs too! That was definitely a meal worth a dining plan credit!

BTW... I've been perusing your dining report too and just saw your Chefs review too!

You also can relate to us with having a husband who gets stuck at his job while you just want to take a family vacation. Glad you could all go this last trip. My hubby only has one week of vacation time each year, which I think is absurd... makes it hard to see family in different parts of the country and have time with us too. He's also been working six days a week a lot... that kinda person NEEDS a vacation. Hope you hubby can be with you on your future Disney trips too.

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Joining in...I read your July food report and loved it. Your boys are so cute and your nephew too. We love Chefs de France and my son actually got the something your son had but he just ate the pasta b/c he does not eat chicken nugget or fried (he'll eat grilled chicken) but he loved the pasta and the rolls. I can't wait to go back.

[mossyflossy]

Loving the reviews and the banter, we also loved Chefs!

[NorweJenNY]

Joining in...I read your July food report and loved it. Your boys are so cute and your nephew too. We love Chefs de France and my son actually got the something your son had but he just ate the pasta b/c he does not eat chicken nugget or fried (he'll eat grilled chicken) but he loved the pasta and the rolls. I can't wait to go back.


Welcome to my second dining review... (dsil's first)!

Gotta love the little boys and their picky appetites... with two, it's generally one wants pepperoni pizza, the other wants cheese; one wants red apples, the other wants green; one wants chocolate ice cream, the other wants vanilla... silly boys...:rolleyes:

[NorweJenNY]

Loving the reviews and the banter, we also loved Chefs!


Glad you're enjoying! :goodvibes

Also glad to see other people love Chefs... lately I've been feeling like there's some anti-Chefs sentiment on the boards. Everyone's got their opinions though, I suppose...

[cannp123165]

Great reviews. :thumbsup2

[NorweJenNY]

Great reviews. :thumbsup2


Thank you!

[RachaelRol]

Fun! Subbing on to help get inspired for August trip!!

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Was it a favorite because you didn't have chicken? :)

DSIL you silly thing, I DO like chicken, I'm just very picky about when and where I eat it. Chicken in a casserole YUM, Chicken on a bone, Eh, Dark meat chicken- NO WAY! No it wasn't a favorite because I didn't have chicken. I just loved it all around!


Although I haven't had the creme brulee at Chefs, I'm thinking that you can't really go wrong with a French dessert! :goodvibes

Um Just WAIT a minute here DSIL! Didn't you have the Creme Brulee at Chefs back in July? Or are you forgetting about your DR where you said you were nauseas after eating the Creme Brulee the last time?!?!?

[NorweJenNY]

DSIL you silly thing, I DO like chicken, I'm just very picky about when and where I eat it. Chicken in a casserole YUM, Chicken on a bone, Eh, Dark meat chicken- NO WAY! No it wasn't a favorite because I didn't have chicken. I just loved it all around!



White meat good is the only acceptable form... you only like white... I see... you're just a racist... and admitting such a thing on MLK Day... of all days! You should be ashamed of yourself...

:upsidedow



Um Just WAIT a minute here DSIL! Didn't you have the Creme Brulee at Chefs back in July? Or are you forgetting about your DR where you said you were nauseas after eating the Creme Brulee the last time?!?!?

Get your facts straight, woman! Nausea-inducing creme brulee was the maple flavored one from Le Cellier... the burnt top combined with the maple flavor left a coffee-esque flavor in my mouth... and any coffee aroma can tend to do that to me if it's too strong, so imagine having not merely an aroma but a flavor stuck in my mouth. I can't just hold my nose or turn and walk away from it... its in my mouth! And Le Cellier is Canadian, not French... and don't try to start with any French Canadian jargon because it's a moo point... like a cow's opinion... it's moo... ;)

[NorweJenNY]

Fun! Subbing on to help get inspired for August trip!!


Nice! ...as long as you're not planning on bringing any in-laws...

Just kidding!

Welcome! Sit back, relax, and have some fun! :goodvibes

[NorweJenNY]

Tutto Italia

Lunch

September 30, 2009

Boy did we work up an appetite getting to Tutto! When you're in Future World and have an ADR in Italy, it's along walk... but I'm glad I was hungry when I got there... I found one of my favorite Italian dishes of all time... you'll just have to keep reading to find out what it was...

On a side note, this lunch didn't turn out to be the way it was supposed to... since my brother's birthday was just two weeks earlier than my mom's, and it was the big 3-0, and he love Italian food, I snuck him onto our ADR as a birthday celebration. Unfortunately, he started getting sick, and it was at this meal that he really started turning for the worse... so I'm trying to motion to the waiters periodically (as our meal went on and my brother was just looking worse and worse) about nixing the birthday thing... fortunately, they haulted the celebration before he'd have a really bad memory of celebrating his birthday in Italy and hurling in front of the entire waitstaff or something... (that's my wild imagination... you don't need to listen to it)

Anyhoo... our meal... it started with these complimentary items...

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I hate olives, so I didn't touch those... and I tried the bread, but unless it's got butter on it, I'm not really interested... so let's move on to something better, shall we?

Big Guy and Little Guy got appetizers on the dining plan, and only Big Guy ate his (because it's one of his favorite foods), but Little Guy didn't have any interest in any appetizers - so we got him the same thing as Big Guy and shared it amongst the adults. :)

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Mozzarella sticks... er... balls...

They were a fabulous texture. My only complaint is that I'm used to a more salty mozzarella... this was basically sodium-free according to my taste buds. I do know Big Guy loved his though!

For the main meal, both boys got the pizzetta (pizza... duh)...

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This was a different pizza than we got for the kids in other places. I thought it was kind of a nice different, but my kids didn't... I think Big Guy tolerated it more than Little Guy though...

I think this was dsil's meal... though I don't honestly remember what it is...

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It looks like a nice presentation though! I think she liked it.

My mom and I couldn't decide on one thing each, so we decided to get two meals and split them both. One meal was the lasagna al forno (which I think was also what my brother had).

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It was very tasty! Not your typical Olive Garden dish... definitely had it's own flavor... can't put my finger on it though. I just know that I liked it!

The other meal that my mother and I shared, however, was THE BEST ITALIAN DISH I'VE EVER HAD!

We got it because I felt like something with a cream sauce, and it appealed to my mom as well... though I must say I didn't remember previously seeing it in any other dining reports before our trip.

It's Gnocchi Verdi Grataniti (baked spinach potato gnocchi, fontina, parmesan, mozzarella, gorgonzola)...

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Something creamy - it was indeed! Oh, the most delicious combination of cheeses covered the little gnocchi! (Gnocchi are like little seasoned potato-ish balls - these also had spinach in them.) And it was all cooked just right, with just the right amount of browning on top. It was a very rich meal, but I know that I would gladly eat an entire portion of just this the next time I return to Tutto! :cloud9:

So I was already in heaven with the gnocchi, but we still haven't had dessert!

Big Guy had a plain vanilla gelato...

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Simple, but it was exactly what he wanted! (Sorry about the blurry picture... I wasn't very focused...)

Dsil had a cannoli... (db got one to go, I believe... he wasn't eating dessert there with the way he was feeling). I loved the presentation on the plate though...

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Isn't that cute?

Little Guy got chocolate mousse... which was probably the most fancy presentation we saw the whole trip for a child's dessert...

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He enjoyed it! His eyes got really big as soon as he saw it... it was so cute!

I had the Copetta Sotto Bosco (berries, zabaglione cream gelato and chocolate sauce)... and honestly, I got it mostly because I'd never had a $14 dessert before, without it feeding a party of 8-10... :)

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I didn't know what to expect. I did think it was a little overpriced (would never get it again unless I was on the dining plan again). The berries were fresh, and the gelato was very good... almost reminded me of an egg nog type of flavor. It was very creamy, and you could tell it was a superior richness to your everyday ice cream. I enjoyed it a lot - just wouldn't pay $14 for it. If I came back on the dining plan, I would possibly get this, or what my mom ordered...

Grandmom had the Torta di Gianduia (creamy chocolate mascarpone torte with whipped cream and raspberry sauce).

The actual Tutto menu had the English translation with raspberry misspelled...

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This is what the actual dessert looked like...

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It was good! I don't think it stood out among other chocolate cakes we've come across in Disney, except for the fact that I really like raspberry sauce with my chocolate cake. Ok, maybe I'm leaning slightly toward having this over the Copetta Sotto Bosco should I get a dessert here in the future...

So... in a nutshell, I'd like come back to Tutto and get gnocchi... I highly recommend it. There's some other good stuff here too, but I really think people should try the gnocchi!

:goodvibes

More to come soon... so keep staying tuned!

[Linda67]

Another wonderful review with great pictures
The Gnocci looks so yummy :cool1:

[disney_princess_85]

Great reviews! :goodvibes

Tutto Italia was fantastic when we visited in September and it's on our list of ADRs for this summer. LOVE the look of that gnocchi, I hope it's still there in August!

Your photos are very good by the way.

[smithpack]

:rotfl2:LOL:rotfl2:

I am absolutely loving your DR! You and your SIL crack me up!! I won't eat dark meat chicken either, and I would just die if I bit into a chicken vein and blood came spurting out. I have never been one to eat the veins, but I know some people who eat all the chicken on the bone and then are licking the bone when they are done. I am just not one of those people, but I do love white meat chicken.

Your pictures are awesome, and I must say that I really want to try Gnocchi now. Anything in a cream sauce is good for me. I would rather have white sauce over red sauce any day. I think I would rather have little guy's mousse out of all the desserts. :love:

Keep the laughter coming!popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::

[MickeyLover20]

Your dining report is making me hungry...great job! I can't wait to go to Disney, although I don't know when that will be, but when we do I will have to try out some of the yummy meals that you guys have had. Can't wait to read more.

[NorweJenNY]

Another wonderful review with great pictures
The Gnocci looks so yummy :cool1:


Glad you're enjoying it!

:love: Yum... gnocchi! :cloud9:


Great reviews! :goodvibes

Tutto Italia was fantastic when we visited in September and it's on our list of ADRs for this summer. LOVE the look of that gnocchi, I hope it's still there in August!

Your photos are very good by the way.


Thanks! I like taking pictures... in case you couldn't tell...

I hope the gnocchi stays for years to come!

:love: Yum... gnocchi! :cloud9:



:rotfl2:LOL:rotfl2:

I am absolutely loving your DR! You and your SIL crack me up!! I won't eat dark meat chicken either, and I would just die if I bit into a chicken vein and blood came spurting out. I have never been one to eat the veins, but I know some people who eat all the chicken on the bone and then are licking the bone when they are done. I am just not one of those people, but I do love white meat chicken.

Your pictures are awesome, and I must say that I really want to try Gnocchi now. Anything in a cream sauce is good for me. I would rather have white sauce over red sauce any day. I think I would rather have little guy's mousse out of all the desserts. :love:

Keep the laughter coming!popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::



Honestly, I prefer white meat over dark meat chicken too... I guess that's why it can cost more... but I don't really have a problem with dark meat. White meat just has bigger chunks of meat with fewer bones, so it's easier eat. But if someone takes all the meat off the bones for me, it's all good...

Try the gnocchi! Seriously!

:love: Yum... gnocchi! :cloud9:



Your dining report is making me hungry...great job! I can't wait to go to Disney, although I don't know when that will be, but when we do I will have to try out some of the yummy meals that you guys have had. Can't wait to read more.


Part of the fun of dining in Disney is finding out what's good from these dining reviews ahead of time. That's how we made many of our ADRs...

If you try nothing else though, try the gnocchi!

:love: Yum... gnocchi! :cloud9:

[seasideteacher]

Great pics! Great story line too! :thumbsup2:rotfl: Love all the kids and their interactions with the food, and how you are able to save your credits for letter! I love being thrifty! :lovestruc esp at disney world!! :D
Keep coming with the pics!

[GoofySon'sMom]

I love Tutto -- was sorry that I couldn't fit it in this trip. That Gnocchi looks fantastic!

[NorweJenNY]

Great pics! Great story line too! :thumbsup2:rotfl: Love all the kids and their interactions with the food, and how you are able to save your credits for letter! I love being thrifty! :lovestruc esp at disney world!! :D
Keep coming with the pics!

Thrifty... why I suppose I am sometimes... thank you! :cutie:

Glad you're enjoying!

I love Tutto -- was sorry that I couldn't fit it in this trip. That Gnocchi looks fantastic!

Oh yeah... :love: Gnocchi!!! :lovestruc

[butiflfeet]

God that gnocchi looks good! We may have to go to Tutto a few times on our next trip so I can get my fill of that dish (I may :love: gnocchi just a little bit).

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Sorry I've been MIA a few days! DSIL you really need to tell me in advanced when you are posting these things. You know this SAHM has a BUSY schedule! Glad you all are enjoying our banter. You should see us in person 8:o). :banana: We're a crazy bunch. Anyway onto the rest of this dining report!

Tutto Italia!

Again one of my top 3 meals of the week. I am an Italian afficianado. It's my complete favorite food. I'm a NYer and I have been to hundreds of NY Italian restaurants, and there are some good and some bad. I wasn't looking forward to this meal at all. I had been when it was the old Italian restaurant back in the 90s when it was Alfredo di Roma and HATED it. It wasn't real Italian, but cheap nasty jarred sauce tasting Italian, much like what Tony's Town Square is like now. (Although I enjoy Tony's mostly for the appearance, and tolerable food IMO) DSIL was insistent on this ADR, and I'm glad she forced the subject on me. Boy was I GREATLY surprised by this here.

This was a long day in the parks for Baby bear, and he had fallen asleep shortly before this meal started. I was a bit disappointed for him, because Italian is one of his favorites also. I luckily didn't have to pay OOP for a meal for him here, but he snacked on some of either Big or Little guy (I think it was Little Guys) leftover pizza. I want to say that Little guy didn't eat much this meal.

DH hadn't been feeling well all day, and I twisted his arm to come to lunch at Tutto, because it was one he was really looking forward to. I probably should have just encouraged him to go back to the room earlier, but I popped him full of cold meds, and off we went to lunch. He was MISERABLE the entire time. Now let me say....This was the start of how our trip fell apart. I know that belongs in our Trip report, but this trip EVERYONE got very sick for at least one day (except for myself, Grandmom, and DSIL's Big guy). Everyone else got this mystery illness.

DH and I started out our meal ordering a separate order of the mozzarella balls. The waiter allowed us to order this off of the kids menu. I don't remember what he charged us for them, but it was very reasonable. DSIL was right it wasn't salted, it was pure fresh Mozzarella. YUM. So much better then the processed garbage that we get in the supermarket. I always buy real Mozz. when I have the opportunity.

Also DSIL, REAL Italians prefer Olive oil on their bread as opposed to butter. Butter is just so.....Norwegian :) kidding kidding. The Olive oil tasted a bit strong here. I'd guess it wasn't EVOO but it was still good and did it's job.

As DSIL pictured in her post I had the Tagliatelle alla Primavera. It was really the only thing on the menu that I thought I'd enjoy. I'm not a lasagne person, I make my own Gnocchi, and the thought of veal meatballs didn't really sit well with me (I know real gravy is made with veal also, but I don't do it personally). The Primavera was perfect. Perfect amount of cream. Nice Veggie selection, and beautiful perfectly al dente noodles. Definitely one of my favorite meals of the week, and I'd recommend it over the gnocchi, which was good but just a little over cheesy for my palate.

DH had the Lasagne. He doesn't really remember it, but he was sickly sick and left halfway though the meal. I don't even think he stayed for dessert. Don't worry! He was at least feeling a lot better that night after sleeping all afternoon, and joined us for dinner in the hotel.

Dessert for me was a Cannoli. It was decent. There's not much you can really do to screw up a cannoli. It was fresh and not soggy. That's really all i look for in a cannoli. LOL.

[NorweJenNY]

Don't listen to her! Get the gnocchi! Much better than that bowl of pathetic looking noodles dsil got!

What does she know about good food anyway... she actually likes bread with oily goo instead of butter!

Ok, fine... we each have our own opinions... if you're an oily goo on bread type of person, get the noodles...

But if you're a bit more refined and like the more proper northern European flavors, such as creamy butter-smothered bread, then get the gnocchi! :goodvibes

BTW, dsil, I plan on posting some more this evening, so consider this me telling you in advance. ;)

[disneylovin24]

Can't wait to hear about 1900 Park Fare!! I'm looking to eat there next year and I don't want to go unless I know it's going to be worth our while.

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Oh WHATEVER DSIL! Whatever!

BTW Sunday is bad for me. I'm leaving in about 10 minutes and will be out all night, so throw your advanced notice right out the window! LOL. (of course that's probably a good thing because since I turned on the Jets/Colts game the score went from 13/7 Jets to 27/17 Colts. EEK!)

I'll beat you- Tusker House

- BLECH! Was not thrilled at all with Tusker House. It was okay Breakfast Buffet, but Donald's Breakfastsaurus was much better. If you can only do one breakfast buffet go Crystal Palace all the way. It's all about the choices. If I had this breakfast first I probably wouldn't have been disappointed, but being as though I had CP first, I had an expectation of kinds of foods I was looking for, and they just weren't there. And that's all I really have to say about that!

[NorweJenNY]

And everyone is skipping ahead of me...

Yes, we'll get to 1900 eventually ...so stay tuned for that. :goodvibes

Yes, I'll get to Tusker House, but before that I'll do stuff that dsil doesn't really have much to contribute to anyway... :p



Food & Wine booth - Krakow, Poland

(after lunch at Tutto Italia)

Unfortunately, with various sicknesses floating around, we didn't have a lot of time to sample all the wonderful uses of snack credits around the World Showcase during the Food & Wine festival.

After db left lunch, dsil took baby and fled to MK, but Grandmom, the bigger boys, and I stuck around Epcot. The boys started getting into doing the masks at the Kidcot Fun Stops and getting charms from each country, and Little Guy took a little siesta in the stroller, but I saw that Krakow, Poland booth and had to stop.

See, my best friend has been living in Poland for the past year and a half, so anything Polish reminds me of her... and I love kielbasa. :upsidedow

These were the offerings:

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But even with a full tummy from Tutto, I split one kielbasa/pierogie plate with my mother, which used up one snack credit...

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I liked the kielbasa... but I suppose I don't have very high standards eating store bought stuff here in the states... I have had the real stuff, in great varieties back when I went to Poland myself in 2001, but it's been a while, so again, I don't think I'm a good judge of that.

The onions were pretty good.

The pierogie was forgettable... not great, but not terrible...

My only real complaint is the pathetic portion. My mom and I each had one bite of kielbasa, one bite of onions, and one bite (half) of the pierogie. I would never have paid $5 OOP for that! That would've been a rip off! Just a few steps back and we could've gotten lefse for $1.99 that would've given us twice as many bites for less than half that price! I was glad I had superfluous snack credits to use!

We really didn't use enough snack credits throughout the trip... mostly because we were either too sick or too full, plus we had all the credits from hubby since he left early. Had our situation been different though, I'd have tried more stuff at the F&W booths.

[NorweJenNY]

All-Star Movies Food Court

Dinner

That night we just stuck with the food court at our resort. Although I think my db might have joined us, I don't see pics of food for him, so I'm guessing he was looking more for company than food.

Dsil had a make-your-own salad... see?

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Big surprise... I know... I can even tell you what she'd say about it!


"I fell in love with the make your own salad bar. It was a traditional let them make a chopped salad bar, with unlimited ingredients allowed including meats and cheeses. I really loved loved loved it and got it every opportunity I could when we went to the Food court."


I'm good, aren't I, dsil? ;)

Big Guy got a cheeseburger... one of his favorite foods. He always enjoys burgers... and this meal was no exception.

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I don't see anything for Little Guy in my pictures, but I have a feeling he was starting to get feel a little sick himself. There were a few times I just gave him some applesauce that I had brought along from home. This was probably one of those times.

Grandmom had a double bacon cheeseburger... with pickles. She said it hit the spot. I say, "Pickles? Blech..."

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I decided to branch out and have something different for a change of pace... I got chicken quesadillas... with a side of fries... normally I don't think fries really "go" with quesadillas, but I think I was enjoying my french fry overload this trip, since normally, at home, I don't go near them.

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I thought this was nice for a change of pace. Not outstanding, but nice. It was really pretty basic - cheese, chicken, tortilla... not overflowing with special sauces and various veggies like other places, but sometimes keeping things simple is nice!

We were entitled to desserts, though I don't see pictures... I'm pretty sure that this is the time that my mom and I got milkshakes. I loooooove cookies and cream milkshakes, so that's exactly what I got... and I looooooved it! I loved that I could have it as my dessert on the dining plan. In July, POFQ let me get a shake as dessert on the DDP (which is where I first learned I could do this), but this trip POFQ would no longer let me get a shake for dessert on the dining plan, so I had to stick with just a bowl of ice cream instead. I don't know what the policy is at different resorts... it appears to vary somewhat.

My mom got a strawberry shake. She thought it was good, but rich, and too much for after everything else she had eaten this particular day. Too much of a good thing, I suppose... who knew it was possible? (Ok, anyone on dining plans in Disney World probably knows this on a very personal level...)

Now... I'm pretty sure there's nothing else to sneak up on us before my Tusker House breakfast review... which I will get to some time in the future (that could be hours or days... so goes my unpredictable schedule). So stay tuned for Donald's Safari Breakfast... my take (since dsil already rushed into her simplified version... it's not really as bad as she may have made it sound)...

[NorweJenNY]

Tusker House

Donald's Safari Breakfast

October 1, 2009

We had an early breakfast at Tusker House... before park opening. I like getting a head start on a day! :thumbsup2

While we waited, the boys did what apparently all the kids did there... took out their toy cars and played with them on a low wall...

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Glad to know that even though we weren't all together, we were all on the same page. :goodvibes

We took a picture outside with Donald.

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This was different then our July trip when it was just a family picture outside and Donald was inside with the other characters. This time we only saw Donald outside, but the other characters remained inside.

Here's dsil with the boys and Mickey inside.

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Here we all are with Goofy.

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We also saw Daisy, which is nice since she can be hard to find sometimes. When you've got kids watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse though, they expect to be able to find her too!

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Now, we've gotta move into the yummies...

Of course, dsil wasn't too impressed, as she has already stated. Here's her plate...

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Carb City... that's my dsil! Personally, I don't know why one would waste valuable tummy space at a buffet breakfast with toast, but to each her own, I suppose!

This is a sample of the kids' plates. Big Guy also got a mixture of cereals with milk on the side.

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Little Guy had the same without cereal, but plus some fruit on his plate. Sorry, I wasn't able to get a picture of that though. Both boys were particularly fond of the donut. Imagine that... :rolleyes:

This was my first plate...

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I didn't care for the egg thing with the red vegetables in it. I did, however, really enjoy the ham and cheese quiche, and I found the sausages very tasty and juicy. There is also a dish that kinda looks like a cross between creamed corn and grits and something else... whatever that was, I enjoyed it too. Everything else is what it is... nothing else really stood out as either particularly good or bad.

I had the jambo juice, but I really don't like a flavor in it... either passion fruit or guava. So I was able to get a diet coke instead.

Sorry that I didn't get pictures of my mom's or brother's plates... but my mom and I have similar tastes so hers looked a lot like mine.

I did get a picture of my second plate, however...

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Since I loved the sausage, I had to get more of that. The hash wasn't the best... I think they put peppers in it, and I didn't care for it. The egg-looking thing is some type of African dish, but I didn't care for the spice in it. I can't remember having cheese blintzes before, so I tried one here... I didn't care for it (possibly because I may just not be a cheese blintz kind of person), but the appley stuff on top was good.

And of course, I had to save room for dessert...

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Bread pudding with vanilla sauce... this I love! :lovestruc

And Grandmom got another birthday cupcake, along with a card signed by all the characters...

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Overall, it's not the best breakfast buffet, but there are highlights to the meal. It's beneficial to already be in the park, right by the safari early in the day, and the kids like eating with the characters. (Little Guy is particularly fond of Donald.)

My favorite breakfast buffet remains Crystal Palace, but I'm not opposed to doing Tusker House again.

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Okay so DSIL reminded me more of our Breakfast at Tusker House. It was very forgettable to me. I just remembered being very disappointed.

Pros-
The Jungle Juice was great! I really enjoyed that a lot.
It's a breakfast buffet, how hard is it to screw up breakfast? LOL.
We really got a nice family photo here! I don't have that one DSIL! I'm going to steal it from here.
They had Krispy Kreme Donuts! YUM!

Cons-
They didn't have an Egg bar like CP had. (Hense why I got Toast to go with my eggs DSIL! I can't stand stock runny scrambled eggs, and all of the other egg things had meats in them that I don't eat. So I was stuck with runny scrambled eggs)

The selection just seemed very limited as compared to other places. Including dessert. Crystal Palace had great desserts. Here not so much, except for the donuts!

[NorweJenNY]

...ok, so Queen Elizabeth here needed toast to make the runny eggs (they weren't really runny) more pallatable for her finnicky taste...

:rolleyes:

anyhoo...

Snacking in AK

We had a buffet breakfast and were gonna have a buffet dinner, so at various points we all chose some snacks mid-day to keep our engines going but not stuff ourselves...

While dsil and db took their nephew (Big Guy) on Kali, my mom and I sat with Little Guy and Baby while they napped... we decided we needed drinks (hot day) and some sustenance...

So I got us two large diet cokes (I remembered to ask for large! Medium and large drinks are each one snack credit, so might as well get large!) ...and two egg rolls from the Yak & Yeti CS (two eggrolls = 1 snack credit).

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Hit the spot! Just what we needed. Those egg rolls came out hot though, so we had to wait a bit to eat those...

Later on dsil and db had a cream cheese stuffed jalapeno pretzel...

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...and here we tried to get a picture of it broken open...

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I tried a piece and liked it. I might even get it some time in the future. This strikes me as my db and dsil though... they like to get stuff with spice to it.

I got the boys some cool treats to get through the hot day too...

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Little Guy didn't finish his Mickey ice cream sandwich, and I tried and couldn't have more than a few bites either... not that it was bad though! It was tasty! Some kind of bug was starting to effect the way both of us were feeling and eating... :sad2:

Soon we hopped on a bus to the Grand Floridian... it was getting close to our ADR time at 1900 Park Fare...

[NorweJenNY]

1900 Park Fare

Dinner

October 1, 2009

I recall waiting for a while to get into 1900 Park Fare... doo doo doo do do doo doo doo... (that's the Jeopardy theme song in case you couldn't tell ;)).

We did a lot before hand though... like empty the mountain of sand outta the kid's shoes from the Boneyard at AK... finding about 50 hidden Mickeys in the GF lobby... db and dsil signed up for the Disney Vacation Club... ok, slight exaggerations... but db and dsil did inquire about DVC... yep... they even gave them MY name and contact information for follow up... so I got a phone call a month later about the time I stopped at the DVC info booth at the GF... :confused: ...boy was I confused!

Ok, refocusing now... we got our picture taken right before we went in for our meal... big surprise... they wanted us to buy a picture at a character meal... what a unique idea... if it's $1, I'll consider it... $30+... not a chance... thank you very much...

In we went... I felt like the restaurant was much smaller than what I expected... and I felt like the tables were particularly close together.

It was Cinderella characters for dinner... not our primary choice for having three young boys with us, but we thought we'd check out the food.

Ironically, I ended up getting more pictures of characters than food! :eek:

This one was quite the character...

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Even my mother got a kick outta her! She really played the part!

I just love the expressions in this one...

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I don't think Baby was very happy! :lmao:

And you'll have to realize that Little Guy was gradually slipping into his feeling under the weather, so there weren't many of those big, bright smiles as before.

And of course, Cinderella herself...

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As far as food goes, I felt like the selection was somewhat limited.

Here's my plate...

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I didn't even finish everything as I was not feeling right either. The meat was good (would've been better had I felt better). Bread and butter (yes, butter... of course!) was really hitting the spot tonight... though I didn't like the crusty outer part. I vaguely remember liking some chicken. The chilled strawberry soup, I will say, was particularly good!

I don't really want to say too much else as my tastes were a little off.

One nice thing was that when I start feeling under the weather, I start craving clear and fruity sodas... and I was able to get a Shirley Temple as my drink on the DDP.

You can see Big Guy in the background of my food pic, eating pizza and bread... what an amazing spread... Little Guy's wasn't much better... he ate grapes and bread. Had we not been on the free DDP, I would've flipped paying those dinner prices for the kids' meals.

By the end of the meal, I wasn't even feeling much like dessert, and with my stomach starting to turn, I didn't even want to take pictures of anything else... sorry!

I'm glad I tried 1900, but I don't think I will be returning... maybe some time I will try breakfast for a different experience, but I won't be returning for dinner. If we had girls that were into Cinderella, I'd be more likely to return though - less expensive (money- and DDP credit- wise) than actually going to the castle for a meal.

Now is where I think I can rightly complain. I had attached a special anniversary celebration to this reservation - dsil and db celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary just two weeks before this... I didn't remember seeing anything happen with this!

So, dsil, I tried... I tried to incorporate your husband's birthday at Tutto... that flopped... then I tried to incorporate your anniversary... that flopped too... and then I was too sick to try to reschedule those things. Doh!

At least Grandmom had some fun celebrations this trip.

[Dizzymrslizzy]

If I remember correctly this was the day that DSIL's Little guy and my Baby Bear got really sick. They both slept most of the day away, and had a fever towards the afternoon. We had tried to take Baby back to the room before dinner to try and cool him down, but got stuck at the Jammin Jungle parade. His fever broke fairly quickly and we decided to hit dinner anyway.

I'll start 1900 Park Fare off for us. (Okay I guess DSIL and I were on the same page today, and she beat me to it)

1900 Park Fare was one of my choices, and apparently I didn't do my due diligence. Princess Buffet with three little boys! How I missed that fact, I will have no clue, but I chose it because of some good dining reviews I had read. I was all about buffets trying to be a fru-gal girl not paying for baby's meals. All I have to say is that the boys were not all that thrilled. Big guy was quite cute though learning how to be a prince!

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I was quite rude to some of the sisters! I mean they are Cinderella's step sisters and all! One of them still posed with me and Baby though!

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I don't really remember much about the food. I know Baby ate mostly pasta.

I started off with a big salad from the salad bar. I know DSIL and Grandmom laugh at me for getting salad at a buffet, but I was watching what I was eating a little, and wanted to fill up on some greens to keep myself from the dessert table.

I also had a big bowl of soup. I believe it was a corn chowder, but I don't remember exactly off the top of my head. I don't think it was very good just looking at the picture.

I can guess looking over the menu again that I probably avoided all meat, and made a main meal out of pasta and other carb-o-holic things as DSIL would say. It was probably the EXACT opposite of what was on DSIL's plate!

All in all, I wasn't really impressed. If you want a Princess meal, then it is more normal food then Norway (Sorry DSIL!), but it was just normal every day food, and nothing special at all.

And make sure to behave here, because the Evil step mother is always lurking around!]
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DSIL Don't worry at all about the celebrations! We had a wonderful time all around this week!

[Pooh&OurHunny]

enjoying your updates. Sorry to hear the boys were not feeling well...the baby and the little guy. We were too disappointed at 1900 Park Fare. I thought they did not have much of a selection and the food wasn't that good. We did enjoy the characters...Cinderella came over to our table and asked my son then just turned 3 to dance with her...he did and it was a video/camera moment. I would never come back for the food. 1900 Park Fare breakfast has better food selection and they have eggs made to order.

[Dizzymrslizzy]

I'm going to bow out of the Chef Mickey Review. I really didn't get to enjoy this meal at all.

Baby Bear needed to leave the restaurant at the very beginning of the meal with DH to get the stroller. He was very tired, and getting cranky. I wound up getting one plate of food and then went to look for them because they were missing for a good 20-30 minutes.

Turned out that Baby got really sick, and threw up all over DH and himself. I went in search of new clothes for the two of them, and missed the rest of the meal as I was running errands, cleaning clothes in the bathroom, and trying to figure out if Baby was really sick, and if I needed to take him to a doctor somewhere (Swine flu was running around in my head now). Luckily a really long good night sleep, and he was fever and throw up free the next day.

So no review of Chef Mickey for me! :(

[NorweJenNY]

I'll start 1900 Park Fare off for us. (Okay I guess DSIL and I were on the same page today, and she beat me to it)


:banana:

1900 Park Fare was one of my choices, and apparently I didn't do my due diligence. Princess Buffet with three little boys! How I missed that fact, I will have no clue, but I chose it because of some good dining reviews I had read. I was all about buffets trying to be a fru-gal girl not paying for baby's meals. All I have to say is that the boys were not all that thrilled. Big guy was quite cute though learning how to be a prince!

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I'm so glad you got this picture... I was at the buffet when Princey came.

I can guess looking over the menu again that I probably avoided all meat, and made a main meal out of pasta and other carb-o-holic things as DSIL would say. It was probably the EXACT opposite of what was on DSIL's plate!

All in all, I wasn't really impressed. If you want a Princess meal, then it is more normal food then Norway (Sorry DSIL!), but it was just normal every day food, and nothing special at all.



Hey, I know Norway went downhill food-wise (based on reviews, not experience) when the princesses came...

I also know that you, dear Queen Elizabeth, don't typically venture into proper Northern European flavors... so no, these flavors may not be "normal" to you.

I will, however, agree that most would probably prefer dinners at 1900 PF over lunch or dinner at Akershus... I don't know enough about the breakfasts yet to compare.

Of course I don't care to pay particular attention too much to princess meals... there's so much else in Disney to enjoy. :goodvibes


enjoying your updates. Sorry to hear the boys were not feeling well...the baby and the little guy. We were too disappointed at 1900 Park Fare. I thought they did not have much of a selection and the food wasn't that good. We did enjoy the characters...Cinderella came over to our table and asked my son then just turned 3 to dance with her...he did and it was a video/camera moment. I would never come back for the food. 1900 Park Fare breakfast has better food selection and they have eggs made to order.

So it does sound like we should at least give 1900 PF a try for breakfast in the future... we'll see... I'm sure at some point we will try this. Eggs made to order is a nice feature.

[NorweJenNY]

I'm going to bow out of the Chef Mickey Review. I really didn't get to enjoy this meal at all.

Baby Bear needed to leave the restaurant at the very beginning of the meal with DH to get the stroller. He was very tired, and getting cranky. I wound up getting one plate of food and then went to look for them because they were missing for a good 20-30 minutes.

Turned out that Baby got really sick, and threw up all over him. I went in search of new clothes for the two of them, and missed the rest of the meal as I was running errands, cleaning clothes in the bathroom, and trying to figure out if Baby was really sick, and if I needed to take him to a doctor somewhere (Swine flu was running around in my head now). Luckily a really long good night sleep, and he was fever and throw up free the next day.

So no review of Chef Mickey for me! :(



This was quite the interesting night, wasn't it?

I remember my brother describing the situation so calmly. He got out of the restaurant and Baby just threw up all over the two of them. My brother describes just standing there covered in puke, holding his son in the middle of the Contemporary, trying to think rationally about what steps he should take next...

Soooo describes my brother. He's so methodical and logical.

Not my dsil...

I'll never forget you telling my brother "I'm so glad it happened to you because as soon as he puked on me, I would've just dropped him!"

That's my dsil... a bit more of an emotional individual than a logical one... :lmao:

For the record, I'm glad it happened to my brother too!

[NorweJenNY]

Ok... before we get started here, let's take a quick pick at my lunch...

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Ahhh... ribs... yes, I was feeling a bit better... more myself today. Ribs, string beans, and mashed potatoes from Cosmic Ray's - great meal... :thumbsup2

Ok... now back on track...


Chef Mickey's

Dinner

October 2, 2009

First of all, even if she doesn't remember it because of future events, dsil did enjoy the start to our Chef Mickey's evening...

Here she is, excited to point out that we had a view of Cinderella Castle from our table...

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She also got some time with characters...

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Baby also started out fairly well... preferring to stuff his face with pasta instead of pay attention to Minnie...

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Of course, our pictures will lack here as db and dsil didn't get to enjoy much, and were a bit preoccupied with Baby gradually growing crankier and sicker.

Nevertheless, here's my first trip up... with the corn bread and orange off to the corner being meant for Little Guy who still didn't have the best of appetites.

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And I actually got some salad here too! (I did at 1900 as well... guess I actually was making some attempt at eating some good stuff...)

My second plate was more memorable, as I love the beef and the parmesan mashed potatoes here. Love them! :cloud9:

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Oh... and they let me have a Shirley Temple here too! :thumbsup2

Unfortunately, I never moved on to dessert... my mom said she watched me grow paler and paler through the meal... while my brother and dsil were out dealing with sick Baby... and Little Guy was looking just tired and not well and in need of bed... :sick:(me) :sick:(Little Guy) :sick:(Baby)

What a bunch we were... still needing to get back to MK before we could catch a bus back to ASMo!

At least, once again, my mother had fun... before her family fell apart!

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[Pooh&OurHunny]

so sorry your family got sick during your trip...funny post about your Dsil comment if she is the one holding the baby and baby getting sick...hoping you guys get a 24hour bug and hope to read you guys are getting better sooner than later.

[NorweJenNY]

so sorry your family got sick during your trip...funny post about your Dsil comment if she is the one holding the baby and baby getting sick...hoping you guys get a 24hour bug and hope to read you guys are getting better sooner than later.


We were kinda up and down a little bit...

My poor brother though... he had already just had the bug... now he was just getting over that and his son takes over... Baby was a bit cranky at Chef Mickey's... something was bothering him.

Little Guy ended up throwing up either blueberry or pommegranate applesauce on the bed at one point it was probably some time around this point in our trip... all a bit of a blur... but after Little Guy threw up, he was about 99% better!

I can't remember when Baby perked up, but I know he did by the end of the trip.

I went downhill this night though. The ENTIRE next day I stayed in the room by myself while everyone else went to Epcot.

So... dsil, you'll have to continue this dining report... I unfortunately did not make it to Le Cellier... that's how sick I was... the one who called up precisely 90 days in advance and watched the official atomic clock time to call at precisely 7:00:00am EST and ask for Le Cellier as soon as the CM answered the phone... this is the person who missed this dinner... :sad1:

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Yes DSIL what a trip this was from beginning to end. I was really looking forward to Chef Mickey! It was my most looked forward to buffet of the week. Oh well, maybe next time.

I do also remember saying that I would have dropped him! I'm NOT a puke person at all! UGH.

As for my family, Baby was MUCH better after he yacked. He was 100% the next day in Epcot!

Little guy was still a bit under the weather the next day.

I'm sad we're getting down to the end of this report! I've had a lot of fun doing it. I guess that means that we have to go back huh?

[NorweJenNY]

I'm sad we're getting down to the end of this report! I've had a lot of fun doing it. I guess that means that we have to go back huh?


Does Mickey have ears?
Does Donald have feathers??
Do I love ribs and gnocchi???

YES!!! :goodvibes

[Dizzymrslizzy]

So sorry about the delay! We've had a bit of snow, and have been enjoying playing in it. As I sit here tonight watching the Olympic opening ceremonies, and hearing "O Canada" I suddenly remembered that I had a dining review of Le Cellier to do! LOL. So here we go on the second to last dining report for this trip.

As DSIL alluded to she spent this day at EPCOT taking her turn in the sick ward. Grandmom, DH and I took the three kids off on our own this day. Little guy was still feeling a bit under the weather, and slept a lot of the day in a Disney stroller. DH, Big Guy, Baby and myself had left Little guy and Grandmom sitting under a tree napping (Grandmom had a book with her :) ) and we went off to try to get Big guy a full charm mask. We reconvened about 20 minutes before our ADR and went to go check in. The wait was outrageous even with our ADR (I think we finally got seated 30-45 minutes after our ADR time. So again we left Grandmom and Little guy and explored WS some more.
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We finally got seated and at this point Baby had fallen into a deep sleep. I had to say I was QUITE relieved because DH and I are big steak people, and Baby turns his nose up to it, so I was planning on using TIW and ordering him his own meal. So with him sleeping I figured I'd use a snack credit later back at the hotel. BONUS for me. Well that's at least what I thought. We get seated and the waitress brings us some water, and what happens, but she tripped and dumped a glass of ice water ALL over sleeping Baby. GUESS WHO WAS UP!!!!!! And not too happy. http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo308/esantos27/PA030860.jpg

The waitress was very apologetic and I told her that I wasn't pleased, because I was hoping Baby would sleep through the meal since we didn't have DDP credits for him, I wouldn't have to pay for him. She went and talked to her manager, and they comped Baby's meal. So I was happy with the resolution. The staff was VERY accomodating.

Now onto the food huh?!?!

DH and Grandmom got the same thing. The Chef's Special 3 course meal. They got the Cheese Soup, and prime rib.
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They both loved the cheese soup, and enjoyed their prime rib as well. DH says it was very tender, and the potatoes were very very good. He'd highly recommend it.

I didn't order an app. Instead I stole Baby's Cheddar Cheese soup App from the kids meal. It was soooooooooo amazing. I could have done with out the bacon, but there is nothing like it anywhere that I've ever had. It was such creamy goodness, and I felt bad that DSIL wasn't there to enjoy it with us, and I knew she loved it also. Here's the sizing on the kids portion soup. It was the perfect size portion for me. Not too much of the cream!
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I'm not a Prime Rib person. Give me a Fillet migon and I'm a happy happy girl. So I chose the Mushroom Fillet. I was a little scared of the mushrooms because I hate those fungi, but I was able to move them to the side so I was happy with mine. That being said, I have to vote for Chef's de France has having the better of the two Fillets. It was much more flavorful, and had a much more palatable sauce for me. But this was a good second.
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The kids got hot dogs. Nothing special just a hot dog and fries.

Then came dessert.

The kids all got the kiddie sundae, and were thrilled with it.
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DH got the Sorbet, and thought it was a perfect dessert. Very refreshing, and a nice taste after the prime rib dinner.
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And I had the creme da la creme dessert! The SMORE! It had a perfect burnt taste to the marshmallows, and the sprinkles just made it even better. I LOVED this dessert. It seemed so childish to order it, but it was nice looking and really hit the spot. It was definitely an ADULT smore! LOL. I can't say enough good things about it!
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All in all it was one of our better meals. We definitely missed DSIL, but don't worry I snuck out some bread to take back to her at the room. I knew she liked the bread! And thank goodness she was feeling better the next day and was able to join us on our last half day and all of the craziness of that day.

[NorweJenNY]

Sorry I missed all the water-spilling-and-waking-up-sleeping-Baby drama.

I was thinking of trying the filet too... already had the prime rib and thought I'd try something different. Now, I'm still yet to try it!

BTW, what was that pyramid thing with the sorbet?

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Hmmm, Jas says he thinks the pyramidy thing was a Chocolate Mousse. We're not 100% sure though.

Yes get the Filet next time! Although honestly I say skip it and get the Chef's Filet. I don't know how many times I can say that!!!!

[NorweJenNY]

Hmmm, Jas says he thinks the pyramidy thing was a Chocolate Mousse. We're not 100% sure though.

Yes get the Filet next time! Although honestly I say skip it and get the Chef's Filet. I don't know how many times I can say that!!!!


I only think of one thing when I think about chocolate "moose" at LC... so I don't know why they'd do a pyramid of that... I can hope that it is indeed mousse, because that sounds nice...

I'd probably get the filet without mushrooms... I'm actually with you on this one, dsil!

[NorweJenNY]

Guess it's time to finish up this dining report... so sad... :sad1:

...well, I guess it's not so bad... I'll get to start the next one at last! (I have actually gone back twice since this free dining trip! ;))

Biergarten

Lunch

October 3, 2009

My mom and I and the boys had a trip to 'Ohana planned for this night, after dsil and db would have left with baby... ok, really originally, it would've been hubby and me and the boys. Then hubby had to go back to work. My mom cancelled her flight home since I was up and down sickness-wise... so she could trade off driving with me when it was time to leave the next day. We were all in Epcot already, and I had an extra TS credit since I missed Le Cellier... so instead of going to the Poly for dinner with just 4 of us, we decided to have one last hoorah in Epcot... Biergarten was available, and it was a buffet (which dsil likes for baby being able to eat free), so we went for it. (And I cancelled 'Ohana... which was painful! But I hope the new availability made somebody happy!)

I managed to get one picture at the buffet...

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Some cold meatballs and sausages... ok, doesn't sound the best, but it's decent.

We sat at farthest from the stage, but let the kids have the best seats...

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The entertainment is unique... very German... and is part of the appeal of this dining experience. I also love the fact that you really do feel like you're outdoors at night when you're actually indoors mid-day!

This picture does show Little Guy's apple... that became a major part of his meal here. And it is a red apple... so it didn't appeal to Big Guy. :sad2:

Big Guy did enjoy the breaded chicken (at least I think it was chicken... maybe it was pork...) ...anyway, you can see half of one of those on the right side of my plate here...

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I had a preference for the warmer meatballs... and the pretzel bread (with butter, of course) ...and I ate some varieties of sausages. They're all pretty different. I can't honestly remember having a particular preference or dislike for any of these. Of course, I was still not 100% myself, so it's hard to say if my tastebuds were contributing toward a fair review.

I asked about a sugar-free dessert (because last time I was here I got a fantastic sugar-free cheesecake!) But alas, they said the cheesecake wasn't available at the moment, so they brought me two of those pre-packaged sugar-free brownies (that I know I've seen at CS meals). That was a big let-down for me. Come on, this was a TS meal! Real desserts please! Most other restaurants had a real SF dessert offering!

Anyhoo...

We did enjoy the entertainment... variety of musical instruments used...

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And Baby loved the music! He was dancing and bopping in his seat! So cute! Just look at this big smile...

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This was to be it for thewhole family (well, minus hubby). So at the end of the meal, we said our good-byes and wished dsil, db, and baby a safe flight home to NY...

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Cousin love is cute stuff, isn't it?

As if it wasn't bad enough that our party was left to just four of us at this point... but it was just four of us plus tons of snack and CS credits! ;)

So the boys enjoyed some boy snacks later that afternoon...

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Cheetos and apple juice boxes... yum... :rolleyes:

My mom and I split a strawberry shortcake (since I was cheated out of a decent dessert earlier)...

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Oh, how I love this packed-with-cream cake! :lovestruc Of course, it's not a real strawberry shortcake, but one of my favorite desserts in Disney.

And the only reason why we didn't get separate desserts is that we had very tiny appetites... buffet lunch and one of us still kinda sick...

Later, we all got dinners back at the All-Star food court...

I tried a salad (like dsil had been getting all week)...

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But after a single bite, I realized it was not agreeing with me... I was still sick... and couldn't even place what I could eat! What a waste of a meal! I brought it back to the room, but I still couldn't eat it later, so it got trashed...

My mom had a double bacon cheeseburger... and this one was particularly generous with the bacon...

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She thought it hit the spot.

Little Guy went with his old stand-by...

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And Big Guy went with the pizza...

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Both boys were content.

The next morning, we still had enough credits for breakfasts for everyone at the food court... though I didn't get pictures, sorry! We had omelettes... which at the All-Stars, could come with a meat on the side instead of potatoes (not true at the moderate food courts I've tried). And the boys had cereal with milk... of all things! :rolleyes:

We also loaded ourselves down with tons of drinks and a few pastries. And we still had a few things in our fridge back in the room.

We stopped for one meal on the way home, which was worth taking a picture of because of the limited Bennigan's around... I indulged in a monte cristo! (Which I really think Disney needs to add to a menu somewhere...) And I got mashed potatoes on the side instead of fries... with a big lump of butter, of course!

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After the full-day drive (and an extra night at a hotel because I was too sick to drive and it was too dark for my mom to drive), having had several of our snacks in the car, we still were left with this lovely spread...

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Then I arranged a few items for my photography group's assignment: Food! :laughing:

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And that concludes my report... don't know if dsil needs to add to Biergarten... or maybe something delicious that they might have gotten at the airport... :rotfl:

Look for a new dining report from me soon as my mom and I surprised the boys with a just-before-Christmas trip! :santa:

[Dizzymrslizzy]

OMG your DBro would KILL YOU for posting those Bennigan's Pics! DH cries over our closed down bennigan's still, and LOVED that monte crisco.

Back to Biergarden now!

DH, Baby, and I had to get back to the hotel for our 3pm Magical Express bus. Biergarden was the LAST place I wanted to go. You know me by now. Chicken = Bleh, Sausage and Pork = Quadruple BLEH!!! But it was open and Grandmom offered to pay for our lunch since we were out of TS credits. So we decided to just go for it. I whined all the way there, because I was really concerned about finding something to eat there.

DSIL you were looking a bit better by then.
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I have to say I actually enjoyed my meal here. The meatballs were really good, and OMG those little pretzel rolls were AHHHHHHH-Mazing! I think I ate about 30 of them in that meal. Baby and I also loved the Chicken Schnitzel. It was a thin piece of breaded and fried chicken and had a really nice gravy to go along side of it. I ate the gravy, Baby of course did not. Between those things, and some salads and stuff, I was very happy there.

And I got a nice picture of the original core family. Grandmom and her two babies DH and DSIL!
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I want to say DH, Baby and I rushed out of dinner before eating dessert because we were worried about catching a bus and being back in time for our Magical Express. We wound up having about 30 minutes to spare back at the hotel. We snacked on some ice cream since we missed out on dessert at lunch. We both got some snacks for the plane using up some of the many snack credits we have left (as can be seen by what we left DSIL) ((Grandmom was in our room, so we left some snack credits for her too)).

I don't think we ate at the Orlando Airport. It was Sunday at this point, and Chick-fil-a was closed, and of course DH and I were bummed, even though we knew full well that it would be closed. By the time we got to our stop over, we found out that our connecting flight took off without us, so we got stuck in Atlanta over night. We wound up going to a Ruby Tuesdays for dinner that night, but with all of the stress of the night we didn't take any pics.

Thanks for following our Dining Report. DSIL and I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as we enjoyed writing it. Hopefully DSIL and the gang can have our next family reunion in Disney world sometime soon and we can write a follow up dining report!

[OurDogCisco]

Great food report... I love the bickering... it was cute!

[NorweJenNY]

Great food report... I love the bickering... it was cute!


I wouldn't say that we bicker... but dsil... well...

(;))