Ugh, what were we thinking?! 9 days Deluxe Dining with pics! MY Number 2! 7/21! - The DIS Discussion Forums

Leshaface · 02-18-2010, 03:47 PM

Hi! We're the Crazies!

Yes, we are one of the crazy couples that decided to venture beyond the Basic Dining plan and go for the Deluxe Dining Plan.

So let me just tell you right now, that when we first started planning this trip, I was the one against the Deluxe Dining plan for three reasons:

1) I'm not an appetizer person - I mean if I have to eat it I will, but ordinarily I won't order appetizers at a restaurant..i'm the one ordering dessert.

2) DH is not a dessert person

-gasp right? - he would definitely have 'real' food over anything sweet any day!

3) In order to make the Deluxe dining plan a steal, you have to have two ressies a day somewhere...whether that be a breakfast & lunch, a lunch & dinner, or a breakfast & dinner combo. With that, that means more running around the world trying to make all of our ADR's. Which means, more time eating and traveling to get there, rather than enjoying your time touring the parks.

But, I let my hubby have it his way (for once

) and allowed him to have the Deluxe Dining Plan.

So I'm going to be re-living my journey through food...won't you come along? It will be fun, yet exhausting, but mostly fun!

I'll be linking up the restaurants as I complete them! Lets go!

Wed Jan 20
Breakfast @ Kona Cafe
Dinner @ Artist Point
Recipe for Smoky Portobello Mushroom Soup

Thur Jan 21
OOP @ Flame Tree BBQ
Dinner @ Hollywood Brown Derby

Fri Jan 22
Lunch @ Tony's Town Square
Dinner @ Narcoossee's

Sat Jan 23
Lunch @ Le Cellier
Dinner @ Flying Fish

Sun Jan 24
Breakfast @ Cape May Cafe
Dinner @ Yachtsmans Steakhouse

Mon Jan 25
Quick Disneyland Trip
Lunch @ Chefs de France
Dinner @ California Grill

Tues Jan 26
Lunch @ Teppan Edo
Dinner @ Citricos

Wed Jan 27
Lunch @ Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater
Dinner @ Jiko

Thurs Jan 28
Lunch @ The Wave

Photopass Pictures!

Final Thoughts: Part One!

DH's Top Picks!
Number 3

Lesha's Top Picks!
Number 3
Number 2

MissMichelle · 02-18-2010, 05:05 PM

This one looks great! Can't wait to read

Leshaface · 02-18-2010, 05:08 PM

I’ll be using the prices from the actual receipts that I saved and not from the menus at allears.net, so there may be some conflicting price points.

Kona Café

Our very first restaurant! Yippee! I was so stoked on eating here! I’ve only heard great things about this place so I knew I made a good decision on making this our first dining experience of our 9 day trip! So we head over to the Polynesian via boat from the Magic Kingdom.

Such a beautiful day, but really can this boat move any faster!?! I mean HELLO!

Leshaface is here so “lay off me I’m starving!” (Chris Farley, SNL) Forgot to warn you guys, I use movie and show quotes pretty much on a daily basis, so you’ll probably be hearing some outrageous stuff come out of my mouth…well not literally out of my mouth since you’re reading this, so you’ll be reading some outrageous stuff come from my fingertips! =)

Anyways, we finally get to the Poly.

Love this resort! Very themey (is this a word?

) I love the waterfall in the middle of the lobby…just makes you feel like you’ve been sucked into a completely different world..not Disneyworld, but a Polynesian type world..you get the idea.

Our ADR was for 9:20am but because out boat lacked speed, we arrived there at 9:45am, and immediately started apologizing for our lateness (this will be a reoccurring situation as you will soon see..ughh, I hate being late!) They were extremely polite and did not question us once on why we were late! I was so relieved...for some reason I thought I would be punished, and be forced to jump off the second story into the waterfall or something, but this did not happen, thankfully! Phew!

We got seated at a four top, which I was grateful for. I like spreading my belongings out, and I know you ladies can concur

. My video camera comes out including my new DSLR, my little point and shoot, and of course my hand sanitizer.

My lovely hubby waiting patiently...

The Entrees:

By recommendation of about 90% of the DIS population, I ordered the Tonga Toast- banana stuffed sourdough bread, rolled in cinnamon sugar and served with strawberry compote and your choice of ham, bacon, or sausage ~ 10.99

Breakfast is my all time favorite meal of the day! I’m not sure why, but I would rather go have breakfast then lunch or dinner any day! I was extremely excited about my Tonga Toast and when it came I was salivating! I couldn’t dig into it any quicker…so filling and sweet, forget the bacon!...well actually I will have some of that bacon since you went to all that trouble to bring it out to me

. Seriously though, the TT was enough for me! With that I got orange juice (2.29) and some coffee (2.69)…desperately needed some after that red eye with zero sleep!

The other 10% of the DIS population stated that the Big Kahuna breakfast was the way to go! French toast, macadamia-pineapple pancakes, eggs, home fried potatoes, ham, bacon, and sausage ~ 11.99

Yup, definitely fatty overload, but Hi, we’re at Disneyworld, we can walk that off…well DH will have to walk that off, but I’ll walk next to him, encouraging him the whole way

. With the Deluxe Dining plan, you can get a non-alcoholic beverage of choice including coffee (2.69), so DH went with a Mega-berry smoothie – raspberry puree and nonfat yogurt blended with Odwalla berries Go Mega ~ 4.69. Very yummy and somewhat healthy…blah…I might have a degree in health, but I know when it’s okay to not be thinking healthy, and right now, healthy food is definitely not in the forefront..it’s somewhere in my occipital lobe which has nothing to do with thinking right?

Anways, we rolled ourselves out of there, but not before taking a pic of some of my fav characters, Lilo & Stitch!

For those on the Deluxe Dining Plan, they take 1 credit per person, which is 2 credits total.

For those paying OOP, 2 entrees, 2 cups of coffee, and 2 non-alcoholic beverages with tax is 37.64.

So the question is, will I come here again? ABSOLUTELY! In two shakes of a Persian kittens whiskers! (Will Ferrell, SNL) A fun environment for every person in your party! You will not regret coming here for breakfast..PLUS they have real coffee! Yes, REAL COFFEE! Sold now??

P.S. I know not too many pictures, but I get way better...so gimme a break alright?? =)

Leshaface · 02-18-2010, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissMichelle

This one looks great! Can't wait to read

Hello Michelle! And welcome to my Dining TR extravaganza!

izzie-wizzie · 02-18-2010, 05:21 PM

This is such a fun dining Review already - totally sold me on Kona Cafe!

MickeyMomOfThree · 02-18-2010, 05:24 PM

We really enjoyed Kona for dinner but want to try it for breakfast this next trip and I will be ordering what you did and DH will be ordering what your DH did. It looks so good.

Now that we are back in planning mode I will be following this...

BobbleClank · 02-18-2010, 05:26 PM

Subscribing as you hit most of the resturants I will be going to in March.

Leshaface · 02-18-2010, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by izzie-wizzie

This is such a fun dining Review already - totally sold me on Kona Cafe!

YES! Totally glad I sold you on it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MickeyMomOfThree

We really enjoyed Kona for dinner but want to try it for breakfast this next trip and I will be ordering what you did and DH will be ordering what your DH did. It looks so good.

Now that we are back in planning mode I will be following this...

Yay! The Tonga Toast is some serious stuff...seriously!

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobbleClank

Subscribing as you hit most of the resturants I will be going to in March.

Well Bobble, there is one on my list that might disappoint not only you, but everyone else, but you're gonna have to stay tuned!

But hello all the same!

cclovesdis · 02-18-2010, 06:06 PM

Definitely subbing! I love what I've read so far.

TigerKat · 02-18-2010, 06:45 PM

Signing on!

maiziezoe · 02-18-2010, 06:53 PM

Anyone who quotes Chris Farley is a dining review I am going to follow!!!

Great start so far!!

drmommy · 02-18-2010, 07:04 PM

Can't wait to hear about your Signature Dining experiences!

podsnel · 02-18-2010, 07:46 PM

I'm subbing! Trying to decide between DDxP and just using our TIW card when DH & I go in September- thanks for posting current prices, I really appreciate it!

DisGirlAllie · 02-18-2010, 08:19 PM

Excited for more

Crazy Disney Fan · 02-18-2010, 08:35 PM

I love Kona, but never been there for breakfast. My DH isn't a big breakfast fan so its hard to convince to take precious park time for that.

02-18-2010, 03:47 PM	#1
Leshaface DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central, CA Posts: 3,705	Ugh, what were we thinking?! 9 days Deluxe Dining with pics! MY Number 2! 7/21! Hi! We're the Crazies! Yes, we are one of the crazy couples that decided to venture beyond the Basic Dining plan and go for the Deluxe Dining Plan. So let me just tell you right now, that when we first started planning this trip, I was the one against the Deluxe Dining plan for three reasons: 1) I'm not an appetizer person - I mean if I have to eat it I will, but ordinarily I won't order appetizers at a restaurant..i'm the one ordering dessert. 2) DH is not a dessert person -gasp right? - he would definitely have 'real' food over anything sweet any day! 3) In order to make the Deluxe dining plan a steal, you have to have two ressies a day somewhere...whether that be a breakfast & lunch, a lunch & dinner, or a breakfast & dinner combo. With that, that means more running around the world trying to make all of our ADR's. Which means, more time eating and traveling to get there, rather than enjoying your time touring the parks. But, I let my hubby have it his way (for once ) and allowed him to have the Deluxe Dining Plan. So I'm going to be re-living my journey through food...won't you come along? It will be fun, yet exhausting, but mostly fun! I'll be linking up the restaurants as I complete them! Lets go! Wed Jan 20 Breakfast @ Kona Cafe Dinner @ Artist Point Recipe for Smoky Portobello Mushroom Soup Thur Jan 21 OOP @ Flame Tree BBQ Dinner @ Hollywood Brown Derby Fri Jan 22 Lunch @ Tony's Town Square Dinner @ Narcoossee's Sat Jan 23 Lunch @ Le Cellier Dinner @ Flying Fish Sun Jan 24 Breakfast @ Cape May Cafe Dinner @ Yachtsmans Steakhouse Mon Jan 25 Quick Disneyland Trip Lunch @ Chefs de France Dinner @ California Grill Tues Jan 26 Lunch @ Teppan Edo Dinner @ Citricos Wed Jan 27 Lunch @ Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Dinner @ Jiko Thurs Jan 28 Lunch @ The Wave Photopass Pictures! Final Thoughts: Part One! DH's Top Picks! Number 3 Lesha's Top Picks! Number 3 Number 2 __________________ DLR: Yearly trips from 1991-2006, AP holder Jan 06 (monthly trips thru May 2008), Nov 08 DLH-Dreams, Jan 09 GCH, June 09 DLH-Magic, June 09 Desert Inn, Oct 09 Tropicana, Mar 10 GCH, May 10 Castle Inn, Nov 10 GCH, Mar 11 DLH, Nov 11 GCH, Mar 12 PPH, Apr 12 PPH, July 12 PPH, Nov 12 DLH WDW : June 2-8, 2008 - Pop Century, January 20-28, 2010 - CSR, Dec 8-15 AKV/BWV DCL: Dream June 2011, Wonder Dec 2011 Our First WDW Trip as Parents - December 2012 Mexican Riviera Cruise with WONDERful Souvenir in the Works!Dream CAME True! June 21-26, 2011 TR w/LOTS of pics! Food, Fun, and Frivolity: 8 Funtabulous days with pics! Ugh, what were we thinking?! 9 days Deluxe Dining with pics! The Crow's fly to Disneyworld! Jan 20-28, 2010 Pre-TR with Pics! DLR - The Proposal, Bouncers, and a Celebrity!~PICS! June 3-6 Last edited by Leshaface; 07-21-2010 at 11:44 AM.

02-18-2010, 05:05 PM	#2
MissMichelle DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: over 1300 miles north of the world :( Posts: 2,324	This one looks great! Can't wait to read __________________ Michelle

02-18-2010, 05:08 PM	#3
Leshaface DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central, CA Posts: 3,705	Kona Cafe! I’ll be using the prices from the actual receipts that I saved and not from the menus at allears.net, so there may be some conflicting price points. Kona Café Our very first restaurant! Yippee! I was so stoked on eating here! I’ve only heard great things about this place so I knew I made a good decision on making this our first dining experience of our 9 day trip! So we head over to the Polynesian via boat from the Magic Kingdom. Such a beautiful day, but really can this boat move any faster!?! I mean HELLO! Leshaface is here so “lay off me I’m starving!” (Chris Farley, SNL) Forgot to warn you guys, I use movie and show quotes pretty much on a daily basis, so you’ll probably be hearing some outrageous stuff come out of my mouth…well not literally out of my mouth since you’re reading this, so you’ll be reading some outrageous stuff come from my fingertips! =) Anyways, we finally get to the Poly. Love this resort! Very themey (is this a word? ) I love the waterfall in the middle of the lobby…just makes you feel like you’ve been sucked into a completely different world..not Disneyworld, but a Polynesian type world..you get the idea. Our ADR was for 9:20am but because out boat lacked speed, we arrived there at 9:45am, and immediately started apologizing for our lateness (this will be a reoccurring situation as you will soon see..ughh, I hate being late!) They were extremely polite and did not question us once on why we were late! I was so relieved...for some reason I thought I would be punished, and be forced to jump off the second story into the waterfall or something, but this did not happen, thankfully! Phew! We got seated at a four top, which I was grateful for. I like spreading my belongings out, and I know you ladies can concur . My video camera comes out including my new DSLR, my little point and shoot, and of course my hand sanitizer. My lovely hubby waiting patiently... The Entrees: By recommendation of about 90% of the DIS population, I ordered the Tonga Toast- banana stuffed sourdough bread, rolled in cinnamon sugar and served with strawberry compote and your choice of ham, bacon, or sausage ~ 10.99 Breakfast is my all time favorite meal of the day! I’m not sure why, but I would rather go have breakfast then lunch or dinner any day! I was extremely excited about my Tonga Toast and when it came I was salivating! I couldn’t dig into it any quicker…so filling and sweet, forget the bacon!...well actually I will have some of that bacon since you went to all that trouble to bring it out to me . Seriously though, the TT was enough for me! With that I got orange juice (2.29) and some coffee (2.69)…desperately needed some after that red eye with zero sleep! The other 10% of the DIS population stated that the Big Kahuna breakfast was the way to go! French toast, macadamia-pineapple pancakes, eggs, home fried potatoes, ham, bacon, and sausage ~ 11.99 Yup, definitely fatty overload, but Hi, we’re at Disneyworld, we can walk that off…well DH will have to walk that off, but I’ll walk next to him, encouraging him the whole way . With the Deluxe Dining plan, you can get a non-alcoholic beverage of choice including coffee (2.69), so DH went with a Mega-berry smoothie – raspberry puree and nonfat yogurt blended with Odwalla berries Go Mega ~ 4.69. Very yummy and somewhat healthy…blah…I might have a degree in health, but I know when it’s okay to not be thinking healthy, and right now, healthy food is definitely not in the forefront..it’s somewhere in my occipital lobe which has nothing to do with thinking right? Anways, we rolled ourselves out of there, but not before taking a pic of some of my fav characters, Lilo & Stitch! For those on the Deluxe Dining Plan, they take 1 credit per person, which is 2 credits total. For those paying OOP, 2 entrees, 2 cups of coffee, and 2 non-alcoholic beverages with tax is 37.64. So the question is, will I come here again? ABSOLUTELY! In two shakes of a Persian kittens whiskers! (Will Ferrell, SNL) A fun environment for every person in your party! You will not regret coming here for breakfast..PLUS they have real coffee! Yes, REAL COFFEE! Sold now?? P.S. I know not too many pictures, but I get way better...so gimme a break alright?? =) __________________ DLR: Yearly trips from 1991-2006, AP holder Jan 06 (monthly trips thru May 2008), Nov 08 DLH-Dreams, Jan 09 GCH, June 09 DLH-Magic, June 09 Desert Inn, Oct 09 Tropicana, Mar 10 GCH, May 10 Castle Inn, Nov 10 GCH, Mar 11 DLH, Nov 11 GCH, Mar 12 PPH, Apr 12 PPH, July 12 PPH, Nov 12 DLH WDW : June 2-8, 2008 - Pop Century, January 20-28, 2010 - CSR, Dec 8-15 AKV/BWV DCL: Dream June 2011, Wonder Dec 2011 Our First WDW Trip as Parents - December 2012 Mexican Riviera Cruise with WONDERful Souvenir in the Works!Dream CAME True! June 21-26, 2011 TR w/LOTS of pics! Food, Fun, and Frivolity: 8 Funtabulous days with pics! Ugh, what were we thinking?! 9 days Deluxe Dining with pics! The Crow's fly to Disneyworld! Jan 20-28, 2010 Pre-TR with Pics! DLR - The Proposal, Bouncers, and a Celebrity!~PICS! June 3-6

02-18-2010, 05:21 PM	#5
izzie-wizzie DIS Veteran Join Date: May 2009 Location: 4206 miles from WDW... or Scotland Posts: 803	This is such a fun dining Review already - totally sold me on Kona Cafe! __________________ My First TR, A Trip More Than Worth the Wait - My 21st Birthday (October 2009) We're Visiting Our Laughing Place - Engagement Trip (September 2011) Walt Disney World - September 2011 (Engagement Trip). October 2009 (21st Birthday Trip). Disneyland Report Paris - 1995, Santa Fe / 2007, Explorers Hotel / 2010, Cheyenne / 2012, Newport Bay Hotel Disneyland Resort California - April 2013!

02-18-2010, 05:24 PM	#6
MickeyMomOfThree DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5,042	We really enjoyed Kona for dinner but want to try it for breakfast this next trip and I will be ordering what you did and DH will be ordering what your DH did. It looks so good. Now that we are back in planning mode I will be following this... __________________ DH (39) ME (35) DD (16) DD (11) DD (9) I Always wanted A Family and Now I Have A Great One!!!! Many Trips As A Kid Made Me Want To Have Many Trips as A Mom --- Now I'm Doing Just That --- Thanks hubby For Great Kids, a Great Family, and GREAT DISNEY VACATIONS!!! Married 17 Years and Counting ... SOG 10/97ASSp 2/00ASMu 3/01 ASMo 11/02ASMo 11/04ASSp 11/06ASSp 11/08ASSp 11/10And some off property trips mixed in Dreaming of 11/12 Or sooner if we win the lottery before that! Don't be Grumpy , be Happy , even if it makes you a little Sleepy DQC Please see the Hidden Mickey for Haiti thread

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02-18-2010, 05:26 PM	#7
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02-18-2010, 07:04 PM	#12
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02-18-2010, 07:46 PM	#13
podsnel just skippin' around, amusing myself... Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotch Plains, NJ Posts: 6,114	I'm subbing! Trying to decide between DDxP and just using our TIW card when DH & I go in September- thanks for posting current prices, I really appreciate it! __________________ DISMOMS #2! 05/10 SSR Girlie TR 06/08 HHI TR, 7/08 DCL TR 11/1/08 DISMOMS TR 5/09 VB & OKW 9/09 TR 11/09 TR 9/10 AKV CL TR DCL 10/10 TR SSR 4/11 DISmoms3 5/11 RCI EOS 8/11 BCV 11/11 DISmoms 4 5/2012 HAWAII 8/12 VWL & Dream 3/13 DISmoms5

02-18-2010, 08:19 PM	#14
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02-18-2010, 08:35 PM	#15
Crazy Disney Fan Earning My Ears Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 33	I love Kona, but never been there for breakfast. My DH isn't a big breakfast fan so its hard to convince to take precious park time for that.

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