Our last stop for lunch was at France, so I believe we made our way over to American Adventure for a little break, and a nap!
We love this show, and of course the Voices of Liberty before hand, but we tend to use this as a little refresher nap. It's still so good! After our nap, we headed back towards France. I had a specific place in mind!
I had been wanting to try the Cinnamon, Caramelized Apple, & Cookie Crumble ice cream. It's a mouthful to say, but sounded so good. And it was! I really really liked it! I wanted to get it again in our most recent trip but unfortunately I wasn't able to find the time, or the room!
Mary got her typical Profiterole. She loves this flavor. She had intentions of branching out on this trip but the profiterole was just to enticing to her! We found a nice spot outside to enjoy our ice cream, when all the sudden we started feeling drops of rain. We were luckily able to make it into the bakery seating area before it really let loose and became packed with people taking cover from the rain. We kept an eye on the radar, and were a bit worried. There was a huge rain cell right over Walt Disney World. We had reservations we wanted to make, and didn't really want to be soaked for! Luckily the rain let up enough for us to head to the front of the park to leave. It was still raining but we decided to have a drink at the Polynesian so that we would be closer to our dinner reservation. We debated on our way out, riding Spaceship Earth but decided not to risk it raining harder when we got off. So this trip we rode 0 rides at Epcot. Very unusual for us. On our way out we made a quick stop a guest services. I wanted to get this little beauty!
The person who handed me the pins gave us kind of an odd look, since it was my sister and I standing at the counter. I don't think the CM was sure what to say/do
As we walked out we were joking we should hold hands, or that we should wear the pins haha. We made our way out of the park and took the monorail to TTC and ran over to the resort monorail. It was early enough that we were able to find a seat at the bar.
We both decided to get Lapu Lapu's. This was the first time I'd had one, and it was delicious. While sitting there, someone next to us ordered a few things including the bread pudding from 'Ohana. It looked so good! But we had big dinner plans so we knew there would be no bread pudding for us. We also kept an eye on the rain, it poured while we drank but let up in time for us to head over to MK. We had a reservation to make!
Somehow Mary snagged a dinner ADR for Be Our Guest a couple months before! I was so excited! We had eaten lunch here in 2012 but never got the chance for dinner. We checked in an waited for our table to be ready.
This was Francios, he is Lumiere's cousin and he showed us to our table. He was so cute!
Mary posing with her menu and pretty napkin. I've thought about seeing if we can get this napkin fold for our reception. But who knows what I'll decide haha.
We both decided we might as well enjoy a drink while we could. I can't remember what we each decided, but they were both really good. Our server was really nice but I felt a bit rushed, not too bad though.
Mary started with a bowl of the french onion soup. She thought it was really good. In fact when we were back in November, we had a lunch fp for BOG and she got the soup again. Our entree's came next.
Mary got the pork. The pork itself was very good, but that cauliflower puree thing on the side was so gross! Haha. But that's ok, we planned on sharing my side so it worked out well.
I got the New York Strip. This steak was very good. I really enjoyed it. My dad owns a meat distribution company and a butcher shop so I have a pretty high standard for steaks. I must say this one met my standard. I would definitely get it again! And those pommes frittes, soooo good! I loved them. I didn't want to share with Mary but I knew I should. We finished up and decided to pass on dessert, we had something else in mind!
We enjoyed our yummy Dole Whip Floats with vanilla/pineapple swirl. This is my favorite combination. The vanilla just adds another level of flavor in my opinion. After finishing our dole whips, we headed for the exit. We planned on not stopping to watch Wishes since it had already started, but we ended up grabbing a spot between CP and Casey's. Then it was back to AKL for some relaxation and some hot tub time!
The next morning was our last few hours at Disney. We decided to spend it at HS. My travels home were only a tiny bit better than my travels TO Disney. First my flight was delayed about 3:30 hours or so. If you don't remember, I drove to Jeff's mom's place because she lives near O'Hare. This is about 2 hours and 15 minutes away from where we live. So with that delay, I didn't get into Chicago until about 9:00 which was about when I would have been getting back to Champaign! So by the time his sister picked me up, and we drove to get my car, I didn't leave until about 9:30. I got home a little before midnight, and had to be at work the next morning. Overall, even though traveling to and from Disney was difficult it was a very fun sister trip!