jabead
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2000
DAY 6
Snacks from Counter in Fantasmic's Hollywood Hills Theater
Highlights: Convenient location
Disappointments: Very limited menu
Would we return?: Maybe
This night DD2 and her friend went to see Fantasmic. They hadn't eaten dinner so they were hungry and decided to get a snack to have while watching the show. They got nacho chips with cheese sauce, a Sprite, and a bottle of water. This held them over until they got back to the hotel.
Total cost covered under the Dining Plan - Approx. $8.75 or $2.92 per snack credit
3 Snack credits used, 6 left
Next up: Boardwalk Bakery (again)
Snacks from Counter in Fantasmic's Hollywood Hills Theater
Highlights: Convenient location
Disappointments: Very limited menu
Would we return?: Maybe
This night DD2 and her friend went to see Fantasmic. They hadn't eaten dinner so they were hungry and decided to get a snack to have while watching the show. They got nacho chips with cheese sauce, a Sprite, and a bottle of water. This held them over until they got back to the hotel.
Total cost covered under the Dining Plan - Approx. $8.75 or $2.92 per snack credit
3 Snack credits used, 6 left
Next up: Boardwalk Bakery (again)
So we made our way through the crowds watching a parade on Main Street (it seems like there is always a parade of some sort going on now at MK) to the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. DS had a root beer float, 2 of the girls both got single scoop mint chocolate chip cones, and DD2 had a double scoop cone with one scoop of chocolate and the other strawberry ice cream. All of these were quickly devoured!
We were then seated at a table by the window, overlooking the resort's lovely landscaping. Even though this restaurant is open to the hotel lobby, it is very quiet (unlike most Disney restaurants) and relaxing. DD2 decided to order a la carte and chose the fruit and cheese plate (which she loved) and strawberries and cream. She doesn't like tea so ordered milk and the server brought it in a tea cup.
DD2's friend and DD1 both had the Buckingham Palace. Along with your choice of tea, this included five different tea sandwiches and an onion tartlet (1st course), a jam tart and a freshly baked scone with Devonshire Cream and strawberry preserves (2nd course), and finally a choice of either English trifle, strawberries and cream, or two freshly baked pastries (3rd course) for $19.50 pp. I chose the Grand Tea, which was the same as the Buckingham Palace except that for an additional $6 I also got a glass of sparkling wine and a small portion of pate with my 1st course. Two of us did sandwich substitutions without any problem. All three of us selected the Princess Breakfast Tea (described as a sweet custom blend of South African organic rooibos flavored with vanilla bean and a hint of strawberries). This is the same tea that DD1 and I have ordered on our previous visits, but we like it so much that we just can't bring ourselves to try something else 
she replied, "Yes, we do. I can seat you immediately." She then proceeded to inform them of the price and that they would be dining with the princesses. They couldn't get away from there fast enough! 
), so may have missed them.
. Needless to say, I was sadly disappointed. It was not nearly as good as the somewhat similar dessert that I had at San Angel Inn that was just $8. Anyway, that completed our meal except for the coffees that DH and DD1 had with dessert. Now on to our service issues. At the beginning of our meal I explained to our waiter that only 5 of us were on the DDP and would be using credits for our meals. Whatever DH ordered we would instead pay OOP for, but would be using my TIW card for the discount on these items. I showed him my KTTW card (for Dining Plan) and TIW (for OOP expenses) and he nodded to indicate that he understood (or so I thought anyway). After our desserts and coffee (for 2) were served, the server brought one bill to our table which included everything we ordered (including DH's) plus two extra drinks that we didn't have (our bill showed 6 soft drinks when we had actually had only 2 plus 2 coffees). I pointed this out to our server and his reply was, "Oh, don't worry about it because everything on your bill is covered by your Dining Plan." Ummm ... no, not true Mr. Italian Waiter. So I again explained to him what I was doing, and again I thought he understood. He takes the bill and both of my cards (TIW and KTTW) and disappears for a while. When he finally returns he has a manager with him. This guy then tries to tell me that I can not use both my Dining Plan credits and TIW discount on the same meal. And since (according to him) the TIW discount would only be 10% (wrong, should be 20%), it would be better for us to use our Dining Plan credits for the meal. Okay (deep breath taken), I explained for the third time what I wanted to do and added that I had done this at several other restaurants this week. 
Manager and waiter then excuse themselves from our table and disappear with our bill and my two cards in hand. 
It's 10:00 by now and I'm really tired. The rest of the group is growing impatient because they want to hit the rides because Epcot had EMH this night. Finally our server returns, by himself this time though, with two bills which were pretty much correct, but no explanation or apology for the confusion. The bill which included the 5 meals covered under the Dining Plan still had 5 soft drinks listed (when we only had 2 plus a coffee) but I was willing to forego the 18% tip on the additional $6 just so we could get this over with. Oh, and in case you were wondering, DH's bill included his minestrone soup and a soft drink (he actually had coffee) and had the 20% TIW discount 
Using two of our CS meal credits we got two of the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Croissant sandwiches plus four drinks...2 chocolate milks and 2 Fuze Peach Mango drinks. These sandwiches were good, just like all the food that we had gotten from the Boardwalk Bakery during our 5 night stay at the BWI.
. So even though we were seated at a prime table close to the stage where the band performs, we did not get to see them this time as they were not scheduled to begin performing until 8:00 I believe. Our meal began with the server bringing us a basket of Irish Soda bread and dipping sauce that I believe he said was made from honey and Guinness beer. Now I had read many Raglan Road reviews here on the disboards which described this bread as dry and flavorless. In the pictures the soda bread appeared to be small balls like a fritter or some looked like mini-muffins. The soda bread that we were served were thick slices of flavorful bread which were delicious when dipped in the sweet sauce. I was very pleasantly surprised! So perhaps they listened to all the negative things that were said about the soda bread and changed it? 
. YIKES! Believe it or not he actually didn't even get sick and told me the sandwiches were pretty good, even though they were two days old and been through an 18 hour car ride! Definitely not a wise move on his part, but he lived to tell about it. Anyway, as for the desserts...these were all really good. I especially enjoyed the rice crispy treat. It was nice and soft and marshmallowy and much better than I was expecting for a store bought rice crispy treat, maybe even better than the ones I make at home. I also got to taste one of the brownies and it was very good too. 
