Sorry it has been so long! I promise I wont leave you all hanging with just one day of Disney Dining left!
So....How do two adults end up in the middle of a princess fairytale dinner?
Well-my husband's family is Scandinavian, and his
ONLY request all vacation was to eat at the “Norwegian Restaurant” that he ate at when he was little. I warned him,
over and over again that is was now a princess dinner, and the food was far from authentic now. But he was still adamant about going there.
I made the latest reservation possible that day - 8:30 pm. Hoping that it would help ease the pain of there being little kids EVERYWHERE. Nope - didn’t help!
we arrived, early to check in, at 8 pm, because I thought it would take a long time to be called. Our names were called less than 5 minutes later. I think my husband realized he had made a huge mistake of picking Akershus, when he saw that we had to get our picture with Belle.
:: Quick side note.
I love meeting Disney characters but not if they are Face characters. I find the interaction completely awkward, uncomfortable and fake. I will run up to Chip and Dale any chance I get, but meeting Anna & Elsa... no thank you! ::
It was definitely the end of the night, because Belle was not feeling it. Belle seemed to have developed a thick Jersey accent, and said
“Hey is it still raining outside?”
me -
“uhh..no”
Belle -
“ok good! Here you stand here and you stand here. We need to take a picture”
Proof of awkward Belle!
We were escorted by the hostess to one of the side dining rooms, and could tell they don’t have two tops very often. We were sat at a table in the middle of an aisle that was turned sideways so people could still squeeze by...barely.
Our waiter was nice. Nothing to spectacular, but nice. DH tried to make conversation with him, but he wasn't feeling too chatty. End of night exhaustion, I guess?!?!
We ordered Coffee, since is was freezing in the building.
DH and I both ordered the Traditional Kjøttkake (Norwegian Meatballs served with Mashed Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetables, and Lingonberry Sauce) & made our way to the Koldtbord.
DH really enjoyed the Koldtbord. He piled up on the fish salads.
The one downside to going right before they closed, was the fact that they were not refilling the Koldtbord. Most of the salad ingredients were gone. And there were no salad dressing left. The family in front of me had fun taking photos of the carrots that were a huge frozen solid block. The family asked for salad dressing and the girl working just looked confused and walked away.
I really enjoyed the grilled asparagus, the beet salad and the cheeses.
Sorry for the half eaten plate of food.
After we got our cold plates, the first princess was Aurora ( sleeping beauty). Let me tell you other princesses-
this is how to interact with adults! She is now my favorite princess after meeting her. She came to our table and asked if DH was “my prince charming” (they all asked this) and then (while still being in character) asked if we were
“interested in getting our pictures taken or if we just wanted to relax and enjoy our dinner” When we said were were there to just eat, she said
“ Wonderful! You know you don't see too many people doing that these days! Have a magical evening” and left. We were kind of hoping that the Princess Handler would tell the other Princesses to skip us, but NOPE!
Cinderella, came next, and seemed to stay at our table forever. Every bad prince charming and Midnight joke was told. When she left our table and made her way around to the one next to us, Cindy brushed her hands across DH neck and then left her hand there for about 1 minute while talking to the table next to us. Poor DH kept leaning forward to get her hand off of him. He leaned so far down he was almost in is plate of meatballs. Watch out Cindy! You have you OWN prince!
Snow White came last. Is it just me or does anyone else find her so boring.
She seemed really offended when we told her we didn’t want our picture taken with her. Sorry Snow!
The Meatballs were good, nothing great. They certainly weren’t traditional in any sort of way. Akershus makes theirs with 100% beef, which most people would like. But I am used to a more Danish style meatball which is Pork & Veal. DH and I both got the same entree, so I cant comment on anything else. The Salmon looked like it would have been a good choice, from what I saw on other peoples tables.
I cant really remember much about the desserts. I dont think we took more than one bite of each. They were Chocolate Mousse, Traditional Rice Cream topped with Strawberry Sauce, and Apple Cake with Cardamom Whipped Cream. The rice cream was the best. The apple cake could have been delicious , but it was very dry.
Would we eat here again? No, $50 for three meatballs – no thank you! This is one of those places we would have never eaten at if we weren’t on the
DDP. If you are on the DDP, and have little kids this is a great use of credits though. I just wish we had gone to a different restaurant in the World Showcase. There are so many I want to try!
Any good suggestions?
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