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- Jan 7, 2010
11. A Royal Luncheon
After Cinderella and DD had finished their little chat, we headed up the stairs to the dining room. Last year, we were at the first table - the one that the princesses visit first - and, therefore, were at the start of a dining rotation. This year, we had exactly the opposite experience - we were seated on the other side of the restaurant at the end of the dining rotation. Nothing wrong with that - just a difference from last year.
We had a lovely server who brought out our appetizer quite quickly, which was good as we were starving. Neither one of us had eaten any breakfast since we were still wavering between East and West Coast time. The entire menu has changed completely at CRT since last year, and unfortunately, allears hasnt updated this menu since 2010. Ill do my best to remember what we ate! The appetizer was a salad with mozzarella balls and hummus with little bread rounds. I think it had some prosciutto as well, but I believe DD snatched it off the top of the salad before I could even think about taking a pic.
DD was perched on her knees through the whole meal trying to see where the princesses were. Some views of the dining room:
See that guy way in the back in the blue shirt? No? Here:
That guys job is to lurk around the outer edges of the room and mark off what tables what princess has visited. He came and visited with us for a while, explained the rotation, that we were near the end, but that he would make sure that we saw everyone. I said that I wasnt worried - I would let him know if we missed someone! He was thrilled - he said that he wished everyone would speak up. I guess some people just sit around and pout about it.
Soon, our lunches arrived. DD ordered the chicken nuggets. (An aside: You are going to see a LOT of vacation only food on this report - for both of us. We ate a ton of junk. We normally eat very well at home, and I usually maintain a pretty low-carb diet, so we went a bit crazy on this trip.
) It was served with mashed potatoes (which she wont eat), corn, and grapes and cheddar cheese (the latter two are supposed to be the kids appetizer, but for some reason, they just bring it out with the entree).
I had the replacement for the Major Domos Pie (or whatever it was called) of last year. This was Major Domos Short Ribs or something along those lines. Boneless short ribs, mashed potatoes, and a lot of carrots. It wasnt bad at all.
DD ate more than she usually does at a character meal - again, no breakfast for us this morning! But she was still mostly interested in when those princesses would be arriving.
Finally, Snow White arrived! She was sweet - as always. DD asked her (as she did last year) why she ate that poison apple. Snow White said that she had thought it was a magic wishing apple but she has learned her lesson about opening the door to a stranger.
Next, they did the little wishing star/wand ceremony.
And then Ariel came to visit. She did not stay long at all.
Too many pics - continued in next post!
After Cinderella and DD had finished their little chat, we headed up the stairs to the dining room. Last year, we were at the first table - the one that the princesses visit first - and, therefore, were at the start of a dining rotation. This year, we had exactly the opposite experience - we were seated on the other side of the restaurant at the end of the dining rotation. Nothing wrong with that - just a difference from last year.
We had a lovely server who brought out our appetizer quite quickly, which was good as we were starving. Neither one of us had eaten any breakfast since we were still wavering between East and West Coast time. The entire menu has changed completely at CRT since last year, and unfortunately, allears hasnt updated this menu since 2010. Ill do my best to remember what we ate! The appetizer was a salad with mozzarella balls and hummus with little bread rounds. I think it had some prosciutto as well, but I believe DD snatched it off the top of the salad before I could even think about taking a pic.
DD was perched on her knees through the whole meal trying to see where the princesses were. Some views of the dining room:
See that guy way in the back in the blue shirt? No? Here:
That guys job is to lurk around the outer edges of the room and mark off what tables what princess has visited. He came and visited with us for a while, explained the rotation, that we were near the end, but that he would make sure that we saw everyone. I said that I wasnt worried - I would let him know if we missed someone! He was thrilled - he said that he wished everyone would speak up. I guess some people just sit around and pout about it.
Soon, our lunches arrived. DD ordered the chicken nuggets. (An aside: You are going to see a LOT of vacation only food on this report - for both of us. We ate a ton of junk. We normally eat very well at home, and I usually maintain a pretty low-carb diet, so we went a bit crazy on this trip.
) It was served with mashed potatoes (which she wont eat), corn, and grapes and cheddar cheese (the latter two are supposed to be the kids appetizer, but for some reason, they just bring it out with the entree).
I had the replacement for the Major Domos Pie (or whatever it was called) of last year. This was Major Domos Short Ribs or something along those lines. Boneless short ribs, mashed potatoes, and a lot of carrots. It wasnt bad at all.
DD ate more than she usually does at a character meal - again, no breakfast for us this morning! But she was still mostly interested in when those princesses would be arriving.
Finally, Snow White arrived! She was sweet - as always. DD asked her (as she did last year) why she ate that poison apple. Snow White said that she had thought it was a magic wishing apple but she has learned her lesson about opening the door to a stranger.
Next, they did the little wishing star/wand ceremony.
And then Ariel came to visit. She did not stay long at all.
Too many pics - continued in next post!
. Doesn't make any sense since you're getting the prints anyway... Nice to know that it can be done 
Suddenly, I feel more excited about the trip. I can picture how excited DD will be when our shuttle bus pulls up to an obviously Disney hotel, how much fun it will be to ride the monorail into the park, how we can do the early Toon Town entry one day, etc. Yay!!! 
picked up the Beast, Charming, Eric, Pocahontas (the only gal she was lacking) and 2 sets of outfits. 
Hmm, I don't know about these Animators Collection dolls. Gah - I will have to go check them out! 
after many days of no Dis-time...I was having withdrawals! I managed to snag about 5 minutes last night, but then we had guest for dinner...thought it might be rude to be on the computer
