Wow, those updates came like wildfire but I'm all caught up!
First, I'll begin with some restaurant recommendations. For the first one I have is Garden Grill at EPCOT. This has easily become my family's favorite table service in Disney World and one of our favorites overall. It is only for dinner I believe (maybe lunch?), a family-style restaurant (you finish the food in front of you, they bring out more) and a character meal with Chip, Dale, Pluto and Mickey. The food is absolutely fantastic, the atmosphere is great (you can see Living with the Land) (the restaurant ROTATES!) and the characters are always fantastic. My second recommendation is my favorite table service in Disney World and anywhere else in the word Sanaa! It is at Animal Kingdom Lodge: Kidani Lodge so it may be a bit out of the way, but trust me it is worth it. If you get there early, the resort is great fun to walk around especially with the Savannah right out the back door. Also, when you are seated you can be seated by the window where you can see all the animals. It's really cool and the food is awesome, especially the salmon. Of course, people in my family didn't think as highly of it as I did and I have very unique tastes so it may not be for you, but so far everyone on here who has gone there loved it so maybe you will too. Hope that helps
I'm loving listening about your love for Tower of Terror. It truly is such a fun ride, but it's a shame you never got to go on during the lightning storm. I would've been totally for it, seeing REAL lightning... what an experience that must be!
Oh and now we finally discover the marble doors, never even knew they had stuff like that that set off crazy alarms and that you can actually move around those marbles... cool! Not that I'm going to try or anything...
I totally feel the same way about Duffy. I'm just not feeling too accepting of the fella, no offense to him, he's a probably awesome. The problem I have is when he showed up out of nowhere in Disney with all the advertising, it felt like a marketing ploy and most of those I'm not okay with. Though I think the story behind him is cute (if you go to the M&G they have the whole story I've heard) and maybe in the end he will join in the ranks of being a regular Disney character not a crazy marketing ploy like I believe he is to be.
Oooo... San Angel Inn looks really good! I have heard the same bad rap you are talking about, but I'm liking what the restaurant has to offer so far especially that they have. Maybe I will have to check out and dispel bad reviews (that is if I like it as much as you guys). :/
to riding the Three Caballeros and your shirts, must make for a fun ride especially with the CMs just hoping someone will ride.
to checking out Norway too! I think you may be the first person to say you didn't really go crazy over the Schoolbread. I haven't tried it and been really tempted to rush over there even though I have no trip planned because I've heard things about it being "next to godliness" so it's nice to see some not as stellar reviews.
Ouch! That stinks Brittany had to step on a pin. Did you end up keeping it though? It looks like one of those cool Hidden Mickey collections or CM pins from this perspective and a monorail pin at that! I wouldn't pass up keeping that unless you aren't a crazy pin trader like me lol
Can't wait to read about what you guys did at Saratoga Springs!