as it would have been way too much food but we did our best...LOL! Food was good and quite a variety.
Now to try my first report on anything.
Our family of 5 was on the DDP for 7 nights/8days, we have two adults, two 7 year olds (kids menus) and a 10 year old ( adult DDP). It was our family’s first trip to WDW.
Here is what we ate and our ratings of the restaurants we tried:
Day 1: Just arrived and starved and headed to Epcot, lunch was at Sunshine Seasons.
Dh had the Cuban, and for dessert he picked the double chocolate cake (he liked it all but did say dd#1 (10) picked a better dessert)
I had the grilled salmon which was very good, side salad, rice and picked the strawberry shortcake for dessert.
Dd#1(10) picked the half chicken, rice and salad and picked the best dessert key lime pie (which was the best key lime of the whole trip)
Ds(7) had the kids sub sandwich they let him pick his meat choices, applesauce, carrots and a HUGE rice crispy treat he ate the whole thing but ran out of room for the more than half of his dessert (so I saved it for him as a snack later)
Dd#2 (7) picked the chicken leg with mashed potatoes she doesn’t like cooked carrots which it came with so we asked if she could switch those for salad and they did do that for her, she also choose the rice crispy treat which she couldn’t finish so I packed it away for later
We liked all of our choices and would go back. It also wasn’t very crowded and we did find a seat easily. We were there just before noon.
Spoodles, for dinner that evening. This place was very easy and accommodating our waitress gave us all our options before we ordered and said they would be willing to switch many things around to meet our needs, and we never asked nor are we picky eaters.
Dh ordered the 4 cheese flatbread appetizer, the Cornish game hen and had crème brulee for dessert.
I ordered the Mediterranean Dips, the red snapper and dd#1 and I had the dessert sampler for 2.
Dd#1(10) ordered the calamari, the steak kabobs, and as mentioned split the dessert for 2 as she wanted to try them all.
Ds(7) had the chicken noodle soup, the beef kabob and the ice cream sundae (however, we all shared the appetizers we ordered
Dd#2(7) ordered the same as ds
The kids did get smoothies and were excited to do so.
Overall it was a good choice, dh said his veggies were not good with the Cornish hen, meaning they were cooked too long stewed was his term. We loved the appetizers tho and everyone else liked their dinner.
Day 2:
Lunch Flame Tree
Dh had the pulled pork sandwich and the key lime pie
I had the pulled pork sandwich and frozen lemonade for dessert
Dd#1(10) had the ½ slab of ribs and the frozen lemonade
Ds(7) had the baked chicken wings, grapes and a cookie
Dd#2 had the hot dog grapes and a cookie
(dd#1 and I shared our frozen lemonade with ds and dd#2)
We all enjoyed lunch here and would go back
Dinner at Biergarten
What a fun palce, there was music as early as 5pm and we did not sit with another family, which is too bad as it would have added to the experience. My kids all picked off the adults food items . A favorite of all of ours was the pork roast and spatzel and roasted potatoes. I liked the slaw salad. They had pretzel rolls which we all tried. We also all liked the apple strudel with vanilla sauce. We almost tried to change this adr earlier in the day because we wondered if the food would be too heavy in the heat, but we were very pleased we kept it and tried it. The said it was great and they liked the music. Our waiter who has worked there for 20+ years taught them some German and even called over a young man that was new to the USA by a couple of days for them to try it out on. It was a great place to eat. We would definitely go back.
Day 3:
Fisrt morning snack: ice cream and itzkadoozies
Lunch Tangerine Café
Dh – vegetarian platter the only dessert was the baklava, which was good and my kids had it for their first time as we shared this meal (using only 3 CS)
Me– the shawarma platter
Dd#1 – shawarma platter
So as not to have a heavy meal we shared this with the 2 on the kids menu which was still way more than enough food
The platters were excellent, we would definitely eat here again
Dinner Ohanas
We all tried the wonton and dips and everyone had their favorite
We also all like the wings, the kids asked me to get the recipe which cousin Brandon the waiter printed off for me right then. The shrimp was also very good. Cousin Brandon also gave all of us flower leis.
We all liked the turkey meat the best but the steak was also good. And the dessert was also great! It was a fun place, the kids all did the coconut races, the learned the hula and they went up for the parade which turned into the limbo. Fun place and great food. This we would also definitely do again and would recommend to anyone with kids.
Day 4
Lunch Backlot Express (love the a/c places in the heat!!) that was how this was chosen
Dh- cheeseburger and strawberry parfait for dessert
I had the grilled chicken salad and strawberry parfait
Dd#1 had the same as I did
Ds had the kids grilled chicken and veggies, grapes and cookie
Dd#2 had the same as ds
It was fine for lunch and good to get something like salad out of the heat. The kids likesd the kids meal too and it wasn’t very heavy.
Dinner Boma
Let me start by saying they helped us out here, this was our bus driver nightmare day. We left our resort with1 hour and 30 before dinner we arrived very late but I did have the phone number for the resort (AKL) and called and eventho they put me through to Disney Dining the first couple of time, I told the front desk I needed to talk to the people at the adr desk. We explained about how long we had actually been on the bus from BC to AK and we were just boarding an AKL bus to get there, they said they would squeeze us in when we arrived. Other than ticked at the beginning of dinner from the bus problem. The dinner more than made up for the bus.
We all tried so many new things and liked almost all of them. The kids only ate off the regular buffet and did not eat the “kids” buffet items. Yes, we all tried the zebra domes and liked them. The coconut dessert was also very good, I would probably give the edge to the coconut one tho. It was a great restaurant and we would definitely go back again!
I’ll continue with day 5 through day 8 a little later
Now to try my first report on anything.
Our family of 5 was on the DDP for 7 nights/8days, we have two adults, two 7 year olds (kids menus) and a 10 year old ( adult DDP). It was our family’s first trip to WDW.
Here is what we ate and our ratings of the restaurants we tried:
Day 1: Just arrived and starved and headed to Epcot, lunch was at Sunshine Seasons.
Dh had the Cuban, and for dessert he picked the double chocolate cake (he liked it all but did say dd#1 (10) picked a better dessert)
I had the grilled salmon which was very good, side salad, rice and picked the strawberry shortcake for dessert.
Dd#1(10) picked the half chicken, rice and salad and picked the best dessert key lime pie (which was the best key lime of the whole trip)
Ds(7) had the kids sub sandwich they let him pick his meat choices, applesauce, carrots and a HUGE rice crispy treat he ate the whole thing but ran out of room for the more than half of his dessert (so I saved it for him as a snack later)
Dd#2 (7) picked the chicken leg with mashed potatoes she doesn’t like cooked carrots which it came with so we asked if she could switch those for salad and they did do that for her, she also choose the rice crispy treat which she couldn’t finish so I packed it away for later
We liked all of our choices and would go back. It also wasn’t very crowded and we did find a seat easily. We were there just before noon.
Spoodles, for dinner that evening. This place was very easy and accommodating our waitress gave us all our options before we ordered and said they would be willing to switch many things around to meet our needs, and we never asked nor are we picky eaters.
Dh ordered the 4 cheese flatbread appetizer, the Cornish game hen and had crème brulee for dessert.
I ordered the Mediterranean Dips, the red snapper and dd#1 and I had the dessert sampler for 2.
Dd#1(10) ordered the calamari, the steak kabobs, and as mentioned split the dessert for 2 as she wanted to try them all.
Ds(7) had the chicken noodle soup, the beef kabob and the ice cream sundae (however, we all shared the appetizers we ordered
Dd#2(7) ordered the same as ds
The kids did get smoothies and were excited to do so.
Overall it was a good choice, dh said his veggies were not good with the Cornish hen, meaning they were cooked too long stewed was his term. We loved the appetizers tho and everyone else liked their dinner.
Day 2:
Lunch Flame Tree
Dh had the pulled pork sandwich and the key lime pie
I had the pulled pork sandwich and frozen lemonade for dessert
Dd#1(10) had the ½ slab of ribs and the frozen lemonade
Ds(7) had the baked chicken wings, grapes and a cookie
Dd#2 had the hot dog grapes and a cookie
(dd#1 and I shared our frozen lemonade with ds and dd#2)
We all enjoyed lunch here and would go back
Dinner at Biergarten
What a fun palce, there was music as early as 5pm and we did not sit with another family, which is too bad as it would have added to the experience. My kids all picked off the adults food items . A favorite of all of ours was the pork roast and spatzel and roasted potatoes. I liked the slaw salad. They had pretzel rolls which we all tried. We also all liked the apple strudel with vanilla sauce. We almost tried to change this adr earlier in the day because we wondered if the food would be too heavy in the heat, but we were very pleased we kept it and tried it. The said it was great and they liked the music. Our waiter who has worked there for 20+ years taught them some German and even called over a young man that was new to the USA by a couple of days for them to try it out on. It was a great place to eat. We would definitely go back.
Day 3:
Fisrt morning snack: ice cream and itzkadoozies
Lunch Tangerine Café
Dh – vegetarian platter the only dessert was the baklava, which was good and my kids had it for their first time as we shared this meal (using only 3 CS)
Me– the shawarma platter
Dd#1 – shawarma platter
So as not to have a heavy meal we shared this with the 2 on the kids menu which was still way more than enough food
The platters were excellent, we would definitely eat here again
Dinner Ohanas
We all tried the wonton and dips and everyone had their favorite
We also all like the wings, the kids asked me to get the recipe which cousin Brandon the waiter printed off for me right then. The shrimp was also very good. Cousin Brandon also gave all of us flower leis.
We all liked the turkey meat the best but the steak was also good. And the dessert was also great! It was a fun place, the kids all did the coconut races, the learned the hula and they went up for the parade which turned into the limbo. Fun place and great food. This we would also definitely do again and would recommend to anyone with kids.
Day 4
Lunch Backlot Express (love the a/c places in the heat!!) that was how this was chosen
Dh- cheeseburger and strawberry parfait for dessert
I had the grilled chicken salad and strawberry parfait
Dd#1 had the same as I did
Ds had the kids grilled chicken and veggies, grapes and cookie
Dd#2 had the same as ds
It was fine for lunch and good to get something like salad out of the heat. The kids likesd the kids meal too and it wasn’t very heavy.
Dinner Boma
Let me start by saying they helped us out here, this was our bus driver nightmare day. We left our resort with1 hour and 30 before dinner we arrived very late but I did have the phone number for the resort (AKL) and called and eventho they put me through to Disney Dining the first couple of time, I told the front desk I needed to talk to the people at the adr desk. We explained about how long we had actually been on the bus from BC to AK and we were just boarding an AKL bus to get there, they said they would squeeze us in when we arrived. Other than ticked at the beginning of dinner from the bus problem. The dinner more than made up for the bus.
We all tried so many new things and liked almost all of them. The kids only ate off the regular buffet and did not eat the “kids” buffet items. Yes, we all tried the zebra domes and liked them. The coconut dessert was also very good, I would probably give the edge to the coconut one tho. It was a great restaurant and we would definitely go back again!
I’ll continue with day 5 through day 8 a little later
