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Thanks so much for sending them!
If I manage to work up some minimal level of ambition in the next 2 months (ha, no guarantee on that...), I would love to make that princess shirt for Izzy! 
I know, isn't it crazy?! I didn't even realize they had food booths until I was reading Danielle's TR from last year's event. It's not as many booths as F&W, but it's still a ton of options. They might even have some semi-food-related demos? I thought I remembered seeing something, but not sure what.
Yes, we'll probably have to keep an eye on the reviews to determine if Dug wants the Ghost Pepper dish. I came across another site with a big write-up on the food booths (can't remember what site right now) and it was not quite as rosy as the DFB. I remember him saying that the pickled bean is really good, but there is only one and that was the best part of the drink.Well, Ghost Pepper anything certainly can be spicy - but hard to tell how much would be involved. Probably makes sense to wait for reviews I am sure people will comment on the spice level. The Urban Mary sounds pretty good - I love pickeled string beans and they are great in bloody marys
Mmmmm....
(Yes! I found some drooling emoticons! 
)I'm more of a white meat person, so I guess I'm good. Dug, however, loves dark meat and also enjoys duck (on the rare occasions he has it somewhere).
They seem like a fun treat! Even the not-so-rosy write-up recommended them.
Oh, that's good to know.
Hope this is good. The burnt/charred thing still doesn't appeal to me, being someone that picks burnt parts off her food at times, but I'm willing to try it anyway. Everyone says its tasty, so I'll give it a go.
Thanks for the recommendation on the one. Dug thought that too - that the other one looked more standard, so not as big a priority as the more unique flight.
I hope so!Looks like a lot of great stuff and you are developing quite a plan of attack that should leave you satisfied and full!
(this is clearly way too fun for me...
)Great minds, for sure!I just posted about Flower and Garden food selections, too! Wise minds think alike, eh?!
I literally pushed "post" about 5 minutes ago on my PTR and you already have me pulling out my list and making updates based on your post!
I don't know if I want to leave tomorrow - I feel like I need to firm up plans first. But I wouldn't mind it if some of these food items showed up at my door tomorrow, you know - to munch on while I work on our plans. Totally agree! There are way too many good things to eat at Epcot! I think I could spend weeks in Epcot and still not get to all the good food/drinks.I saw that brownie too, yum. Why must Epcot have all the good snacks. So many to try and so little time
Yes!The Star Wars weekend stuff is stressing me out too. Why must they wait so long to announce everything when they expect ADRs and FP+s so early
I am super stressed by the lack of SWW info. I've now had to make ADRs and FP+ with only a foggy idea about what we may be doing each day. We've already made tons of ADR changes and I expect we'll be making lots of FP+ changes (and maybe more ADR changes) once the official SWW plans are available. This is honestly one of my most difficult trips to plan ever. Maybe THE most. 
I know, they looks so good! Though that other review I mentioned earlier in the comments said the Italian pinwheel thing was awful, so....
I don't know, I'll see what other reviews say over the next two months. I guess the nice thing is that we're going at the end of F&G, so we'll know what to expect by then.Thanks for the recommendation! It does sound intriguing. I keep seeing an ad on Disney Junior (well, not really an ad, but a show-interrupter) where the lady is making some kind of watermelon salad and it always strikes me as strange. But possibly quite good when it's hot out.If the weather is hot you might want to consider the watermelon salad from Florida booth. I remember that being really refreshing on a hot day last May. I took off the pickled onion, but the rest was fantastic. I even tried to recreate it a few times last summer.
And, who knows, maybe she'd love it just as it is. She surprises us sometimes. But she may hate it too, you just can't tell in advance.
Same here. I am a big weirdo on why I don't eat seafood. I think most people don't like the taste or something along those lines. Me? I can't eat anything that still looks sort-of like it did when alive. 
The majority of seafood is like that, so...yuck! When I was a kid, I really liked shrimp. Until I learned what it was. Now I can't touch it. Luckily, I can eat fish nuggets and fish sandwiches without issue. This also applies to non-seafood that looks too real. Like I could eat a hot dog, but probably couldn't deal with eating anything at a pig roast. Etc. (Big weirdo confession over. 
)I know, it never occurred to me either, but looks tasty! Pancake with cheese, yes please! (I must be tired, I'm making dumb rhymes now - guess I was up too late making FP+ choices last night).How have I never tried that????
I don't know, but I'm sure it's filled with pixie dust and magic.
I know!
Naptime items, I guess.
Other than trying Izzy's avocado roll once (no fish), I've avoided it. Still looks too "real" for me, I guess.
Ha, I can't remember the map now, but I feel like they might be near each other? But I'm terrible at remembering where things are, so who knows. Okay, I just looked and the Smokehouse is by American Adventure, but the Pineapple Promenade is over near Canada, I think. Luckily, there are a lot of booths between to help you get sustenance on the journey between the two.
Yep, I think it would be right up her alley.
Ooooh, another chance to use a drooling smilie...
(this one totally looks like it's getting sick at the end )
Oh no, sorry! The DIS does that to me a lot...probably too many late-night snacks are TR post induced here.
Thanks for the feedback! I will give them a try, as they get such rave reviews.
I would happily eat a pineapple dog for dinner. Izzy actually asked for a hot dog for breakfast this morning, so she'd probably be on board with that too.I really want one of those pineapple digs right now!
(No, I didn't give her a hot dog for breakfast and we're all out).Yikes!Yum, everything looks so amazing! Great choices. One word of warning regarding ghost pepper--- my husband loooooooves super spicy food (we lived in Colorado chili country for years), but whenever he has something with any ghost pepper in it (even if it's a little bit in the background) he seems to get really sick! Like, can't-get-out-of-bed-with-horrible-stomach-pain sick. It's totally weird, but he has no food allergies or anything... Its just wreaks havoc. I think maybe humans aren't supposed eat things that are that hot!
That's really scary! I have a feeling Dug is going to chicken out on the ghost pepper. Of course, this is Disney, so they tend to tone down the flavors, so I guess we'll see what the consensus is on this dish. Haha, nothing wrong with multiple breakfasts, especially on vacation!Such a bummer about Palo. I definitely prefer the brunch to the dinner (I have dreams about the chicken Parmesan. It is so dang good!!!). Hopefully something will open up, though. In my experience people get on the ship and start gorging at Cabanas and suddenly aren't hungry for Palo. Of course, some people (not naming names) will just keep their reservation and have breakfast #2 or #3...
That would be me.
Most people, like you, seem to strongly prefer lunch to dinner at Palo. But there is a guy on my cruise meet thread that didn't like the Palo brunch but loves the dinner. He does make a good point about the chocolate soufflé that you can only get at dinner. 
Yay!
Both seem like reasonable unique items without being too odd. Probably safe choices.
Ha, I don't really mind salad, but don't usually seek it out either (well, except the Med Salad at Noodles - that is the BEST). But this one does have enough tasty stuff piled onto the lettuce that it could be good.
Yes, some good stuff there! I did get a Dole Whip with Rum in August at AK, but I had to consume it in a rush, so I'd really like to savor this one a bit more. And the different kind of rum intrigues me too. Danielle RAVED about that Violet Lemonade in her TR from last year, so I think it's worth at least one try (if not many...)
MMMM, want all of these NOW. I guess my lunch of leftovers-from-Izzy's-plate and a cookie was not sufficient today.
I may need to go eat something after this post...I agree, sounds good, but not sure it's worth the stomach space with so many other things that sound even better.
Yes, Japan. I'm guessing the kids would enjoy the frushi. Maybe she can munch on that and you can try the curry bun.
Ha, or she can munch on this while you try the curry bun...
The other review I found (I THINK it was on easywdw, but not 100% sure) said the Fior di Latte was NOT good and the Bellinis weren't worth it either.
I will check other reviews, though - hoping he just had an off-day there. That is a good question. I think the DFB probably had more info, but I can't remember. Whatever it said, it only got it to "maybe" status with us.
That other review also really disliked the stuff here.In Mexico, I almost want to try the Tacos al Pastor despite it being pork – it just sounds and looks SO good! Aria would enjoy that too. Chocolate flan looks good too! Blueberry pomegranate margarita looks good too lol! Though I might still have to pop inside for my favorite margarita
I might be going inside for a margarita too, as he didn't recommend the blueberry one.Yeah, that tart looks yummy. Dug might just have the one beer flight - the second one's kind-of iffy. Mmmm, wine flights...
Good snack option to keep in mind. Though I think I read they are only open Friday-Sunday??
Oh, I didn't even think about that you'd need a ticket now for her to get in that night.
Maybe you can get her to sleep in the stroller and bring her in as an under-3? I don't know how they check these things, but if she's just asleep for the night anyway... 
I probably shouldn't give you ideas. That would be cool. I haven't heard of anything.
Well, if you don't manage some solo time in MK now, you just aren't trying!
Remember, you can sleep when you get back home!
I don't foresee a lot of solid nights of sleep on this trip, between the late nights and early mornings. Good thing there's only a 3-day work week when we get back, I guess. Mmm, yes, and mail some to me.Need this in my life! I should try and find a recipe similar to this, since we have no future plans for WDW.
I did once make some Caramel Brownies using Riesen candies and they were delish. But no peanut butter, so missing a key ingredient!She is!Is she holding rubber chickens?!
They have lots of random fun stuff there for the kids. Here's yesterday, when she gathered all the green ones up:
Hey, happy to help. It's at Target and there were some other cute ones on the same rack. It is a bit big, though - like the young boys vs. the toddler section.
It's a travel AquaDoodle. Someone once recommended it as a good airplane toy awhile back. Izzy really never cared for it until recently, though. Now she gets a kick out of it - and making us draw her things.
I didn't call. I don't know if it was a fluke or what?
It was there and then...gone. So weird. I feel good about being able to get one when we board, though.If you like spicy fish, I guess.
Probably smaller too. I don't think we're going to get to AK on this trip. 8 nights and still not even close to enough WDW time.Or just go to AK and try one
I just read somewhere that it's really small, though, so not sure what to think.
I will take your vote into consideration.Another big yes from me! Not that my vote counts but I like to play along
I will be getting to my Dole Whip with Rum experience in my TR, but suffice it to say that Izzy didn't see why I couldn't share mine with her when she ran out.
Totally agree!
It's pretty sweet to have so much going on within one trip. But also stressful to plan for it all.You seriously picked the best weekend to go! Awesome!
Honestly, not 100% sure yet. Not sure if she'll even get to the MK that day, the way our schedule is looking.
I should be there late at night, though, after hopping over from Epcot's late magic hours - and Izzy and Dug will be sleeping in the room.
I know, some of those drinks are awesome-looking! And I always love desserts...Your plans for the food booths look great - so many tasty things! The fun, festive beverages and the desserts look especially tasty.
I knew there was a chance it would happen during our trip too, but it's pretty cool that it is. However, I don't think we'll be taking big advantage of it, based on our schedule at other parks (SWW especially). Too bad you are arriving so soon afterwards, but I've heard the park is less busy the day after, so maybe that will be a good thing. And 2 weeks?! Wow!Hooray for being there on the 24-hour day!I will arrive in Orlando a mere six hours after Magic Kingdom closes at 6am - I thought that might be a possibility if they did another 24-hour day on the same weekend as last year. I'm okay with it as we'll be in Orlando for two weeks, but I must admit it would be fun!
Thanks, it can sure add stress sometimes. I've done three other trips with FP+, but didn't have any issues with it. This trip, it's been a lot tougher, not really even knowing for sure what park we'll want to be at (due to lack of SWW detail). So much stress this time around.Good luck on your Fastpass+ picks! I'm a bit nervous about that myself as I've never had to deal with Fastpass+. I'm sure I'll be just fine, but it does add an extra layer of stress to the whole deal.
Haha, you're welcome to tag along, once you convince Judi, of course.Ok, at this point I should just plan all my vacations around when you go given the flight prices you have been getting and now all the stuff happening at Disney when you go! That is great though and a 24 hour day is something I definitely want to experience at one point. I wonder if you can make an ADR for Izzy at the baby care center so she can sleep and you go get some solo time
Ha, that would be awesome if the baby care center did that. Awesome
Good point! At least we won't burn ourselves out before the cruise.I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are SOOOO lucky!!! AND it's the tail end of our trips so I'm not going to be worried that I'll get myself overly tired at the start of my trip!!! Works out perfectly!!!!!!
Thanks, that sounds about right!So just to get this straight...
Flower & Garden
Stars Wars Weekend
DCL
24-Hour Event
Most perfect trip ever!!
So excited for you!
Oh, cool, thanks - I will have to find that. I really don't know a lot about it, so do want to read up on TRs.Just got caught up! Everything looks great!! And Woohoo for a 24 hr day!!
Anniebabymu just did one on her last trip and had info in her TR (not that you can't find one by searching. But just in case you wanted a recommendation
So bummed and hoping it gets delayed, but I think it’s unlikely we’ll get to Yo Ho this time. 
We were going to do it the night before, but I had to go to bed early, as I was feeling somewhat sick to my stomach. Luckily, that feeling went away overnight, but Dug was at a conference all day, so we only had a couple hours that evening to get things squared away. I had worked on the schedule a lot prior to that, but really needed his help, as the potential SWW events were really causing me trouble. We managed to work out something we were reasonably happy with, then get the FP+ we wanted. We may now be eating in 3 castles within two days. It does NOT work like ADRs, where you have 10 days open up after your resort stay starts. We’re stuck waiting until next Sunday night to make our other FP+ for the second part of our stay. Hoping we can still get what we want – especially the high-demand MK ones (Dug has not ridden Mine Train yet, so that is a must).
Too much to write and too little time now. Though I will say that I expect lots of further change once we know the SWW details. And I also know that we need to work more MK into the schedule, even if it’s just me and Izzy with Dug at SWW. This is a really tough trip to plan!
That really is awesome! I'm excited for you! I'd love to be able to go for one of the 24 hour events sometime. I just love the idea of seeing the sun come up while I'm still inside the park.
That's a lot of castle... I'm sure it will be fun though!We also changed a lot of ADRs. Because, of course.
I'm sorry this didn't work out for you. Honestly though, I'm not very surprised by that. I thought it seemed like a bit of a stretch that it would work that way given the fact that FP+ is tied to room reservations and ticket reservations.
I'm sure you'll be fine. Good luck!
--- might be one of my favorite new expressions that I need to add to my daily life.
I read on the boards that you used to be able to do this, but when I booked ADRs for my upcoming split stay it only let me book the for the number of days of each stay. For example, the first stay that I used the 180+10 was for two nights, and it allowed me to book three days of ADRs. The remaining seven days of the +10 was not highlighted or available for booking. It was not very fun getting up at 5:45 in the morning a few days apart! (I did it anyway, of course! ) As I managed to get a highly coveted Be Our Guest slot at a decent time on the second day of my second stay, I'm sure you'll have no problem getting the fast passes that you need!
*I learned the other day that Pirates will be down for refurb all summer, starting only a few days before our trip!
That does sound cool. Though I doubt we'll see it. I think that it will most likely be the darker part of the night.
I hope so! I may have gone a bit castle/princess/high value ADR crazy.
Since, you know, NONE of these were initially on our radar. Yeah, I wasn't sure what to think, as we've never gone off-property mid-trip before, but I was hoping for the best. Oh, well, just a few more days.
Thanks, I hope so! I just liked the idea of booking Mine Train and A&E towards the end of our trip, but now it's only a few days into our trip, in a way. I don't know, hoping it's fine, though.
Haha, go for it!
There just didn't seem to be any better way to express that thought.Oh, I forgot I once saw a My Yard Goes Disney show. I love your idea - that would be pretty cool, especially the House Hunters thing, I think!
Thanks. The whole schedule is such a complicated puzzle. Any time you move one thing, there's like a cascade of other things that need to shift around and
. It's all just overwhelming, since we STILL don't really know what we're going to actually be doing - so it's all just endless contingency plans.Haha, thanks. This is a great self-help group.Don't worry about the ADR "hoarding" (and I'm sure you're not a hoarder!). You'll release the ADRs you don't need - you're just trying to make your vacation as fabulous as possible!
At one point, I may have had two big meals within two hours, just because they were both really good ones to get. Even I realized that was silly. And it didn't hurt that I found a better one with a better time to change the second one to. Me too!Eating in three castles in two days? I like the sound of that!
Oh, really? I made all of our ADRs when the window opened. Maybe a recent change? Yay for getting Be Our Guest!Unfortunately, it no longer appears that you can make ADRs for the entire +10 period if you have a split stay anymore.
Thanks, this is the best self-help group ever.Don't think of it as hoarding, think of it as spreading pixie dust at the last minute!
I did drop a Star Wars breakfast late at night and didn't have time to post about it, so I hope someone was filled with pixie dust when they stumbled across that one. 
Yes, we are indeed overlapping! If you see us, say hi! 
I cannot wait to get on the Dream, great to hear how much you loved it!I was so sad to come across this one. I just love Pirates. But I guess that it's down often now and desperately in need of a refurb? Still sad.I know!!! I am so heartbroken over this!!!
That's true. Gives some review time. Good luck with yours!Bummer about having to wait to make your other FP+s, but at least it'll buy you some more time to get everything in order. I can make them tomorrow night... and I'm both excited and nervous!!!
That would be tough to just do one day too, but also true that it doesn't mess with your plans as much. Yes, I read that too about late April. Ugh, forever away still...Oh I feel your pain. We are only doing one day at SWW so only one day to change when events are released. Last year I don't think announced the schedule until the end of April, why must Disney torture us
When I ride Soarin’, we’re hoping Dug and Izzy can do Living With the Land. We don’t have a FP+, as it’s a Tier 1 (crazy), but with any luck they can catch it with a short line. Technically, there’s a chance of getting a 4th FP+ for it after using ours OR using Izzy’s band to get it when we enter Epcot, so we have options.
Dug plans to come over to Epcot after his show and maybe meet Lauren and Aria, if they are still around. 
Dug and Izzy are both big fans of dinosaurs. 
