Thursday 26th May 2011
Today was a great day
We were booked onto the
Around The World On A Segway Tour at 7.45am and although the early morning wakeup call was painful it was sooooo worth it
It turned out that we were the only two people booked on the tour (there were 13 people on the later tour
) so we were escorted into a totally empty Epcot, ahead of all the breakfast guests and were treated like VIPs!!
This is such a fun tour by the way, zooming around an empty world showcase was a wonderful experience and our guide was excellent
Don't we look cool 
After our tour ended we grabbed FPs for Soarin and then spent the morning enjoying Future World
On our way to our lunch ADR we found time to stop off in Mexico for a little pick me up
DH grabbed a Coke and I picked up one of these from La Cantina San Angel
Mixed Berry Margarita
Whilst standing in Mexico with my delicious drink in hand the Margarita Gods smiled down on me and right on cue the entertainment began
Can you spot the new band member 
After our musical interlude it was time to skip through passport control and head over to Italy for our lunch ADR at Via Napoli
We checked in and were seated within a couple of minutes; there were a lot of people arriving without ADRs and the restaurant seemed to be able to accommodate them all and there seemed to be plenty of empty tables inside
Our table for lunch was a lovely two top in the window; we were really lucky with our table allocations on this trip and always ended up with great views
Our server introduced himself and took our drink orders; Coke for DH and a Pomegranate Cosmopolitan for me
Once our drinks were delivered our server took our appetiser and entrée orders before going AWOL for pretty much the rest of our lunch
An assistant server bought us bread and olive oil
Bread Service
DH loves Calamari so decided to order some as an appetiser
I am really not a fan of Calamari but when it arrived I decided to try some
Calamari Fritti - corn-crusted rings served with spicy tomato sauce
This was wonderful calamari, as I said I am really not keen on this usually (tough, chewy, you know the score) but this was great and not at all chewy, the tomato sauce was delicious and my only complaint would be that we would have liked to have more fresh lemon to squeeze over the dish but we couldnt track down our server to help us
Whilst we were enjoying our Calamari there seemed to be confusion all around us as to which orders belonged to which table
Basically every table that our original server had attended to had a problem, with incorrect orders being delivered and everyones food being delivered at different times
The table next to us were really unhappy; half of them had finished their entrees before the others in their party had even received theirs
I guess we got lucky as both of our entrees arrived at the same time
DH chose this;
Quattro Formaggi - mozzarella, parmesan, fontina, provolone
And for me;
Ortolano - tomato, mozzarella, vegetables
I loved my pizza, the base was perfect and the tomato sauce was delicious with the veggies
Top marks from me
DH didnt enjoy his as much as me; he regretted ordering this and wishes he had just got the Margarita Pizza which is his usual choice
He knew it was a 'White' pizza before he ordered it but he really missed the tomato sauce and felt that it was just too rich without the tomato flavour to cut through the cheese
It wasnt a bad pizza by any means; it was more that he ordered badly
Shortly after we had finished our entrees our server re-appeared and ran round all of his tables apologising, I think he may have been spoken to by his manager
Next up was dessert and we both ordered the same thing
Ugly But Good - Amarena cherry and vanilla gelato sundae with cookies
Oooh this was fab, wonderful vanilla ice cream and the cherry sauce was divine
Overall I really enjoyed Via Napoli but the service was nothing to write home about.
We werent in a rush but if we had expected a quick lunch we would have been disappointed
We would definitely return to Via Napoli and loved the setting and atmosphere of the restaurant; they were also offering Pizza by the slice from a window next to the main restaurant and I think that would be a great choice for a grab and go option
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.A Night In Downtown Disney
