10 days...4 people...lots of food and pics!

Since 2008, you can no longer get something multi-serving for one snack credit. For example, the box of donuts. Sorry!

awwwhh shucks! i got really excited about that. i am really starting to get frustrated with the changes to the new ddp [just puhlease dont tell me they've done away with dole whips for snacks]..but i guess thats another thread. :headache:

This may sound crazy but we packed pop tarts, nutri-grain bars, cereal bars and stuff in our suitcases, or would hit the bakery on the boardwalk in the morning, we could share one pastry between two. I didn't get pics of the pastries, sorr y about that, and for the most part we did the pop tarts, nutri-grain bars or left over meals, we were planning on hitting emh in the morning , but that kind of fell apart...:rotfl:

thats what ive been thinking about doing. or maybe just OOP at Mara in the morning?....just trying to eliminate as much cash in my pocket as possible. thanks for the info. :thumbsup2
 
What is the best of these resaurants that is not too spicy?

Well you can have anything "un-spicified" if you would like, currently I would say Le Cellier, Marakesh, Flame Tree, Yak and Yeti, Cape May, really most of them you can find something on the menu that isn't that spicy...i started thinking of it ,and can think of one thing on just about every menu that has something that is not spicy. But if it is a medical thing, like my sis has severe heartburn, and we would just tell the waiter that she has to have some stuff that isn't crazy spicy and they would tell her what they thought was best but also make a note on her meal

About the breakfast, we felt the same way not wanting to pay OOP too much, but also putting the credit card to our room key worked great because then you never had to carry cash, and my mom would much rather not carry cash in the park, because a card can be easily cancelled. But cash is gone forever.
 
Great restaurant reviews so far. I'm planning a trip for next May and reading your reviews (and seeing your photos) have added some names to the list of possible locations.

We will be celebrating our 10th anniversary. Which of the places you were at would you say was a good option for a special dinner. We didn V&A for our 10th anniversary and it was a fantastic meal, but we really aren't the "dinning experience" type of people.

Thanks!
 
Well do you plan on doing the DDP? If you are I would say Le Cellier, we have also gone to Rose and Crown for Illuminations on previous trips. If you are not thinking of doing DDP or do not mind using two table services, i would say either Narcoosees or California Grill because you can watch Wishes during your meal, and it is quite romantic.
 

We've decided not to do the DDP. I've been on WW for a long time and still trying to lose some weight and the thought of all that food is just too overwelming. If I don't order a dessert I'm good (of course that doesn't stop me from tasting DHs choice), if I've already paid for it I can't NOT get it and then once it's on the table I'm done for.

We plan on hitting any of our TS restaurants for lunch and then going light on the dinners (except for the Anniversary). I'll have to check out the menus at the restaurants you've recommended. We are both HUGE Illuminations fans so going to the Rose & Crown is very appealing.

Thanks for the advise. I can't wait to read the rest of your reviews.
 
Rose and Crown is a very nice spot to watch illuminations! I have heard Chefs de France is as well but i haven't found the spot that they are talking about there, I would go for rose and crown but it is one of those things you have to ask to get on the patio for illuminations, so eating a bit before but eating SLOW :rotfl:
 
I've heard that you need to make the ressies early to get an outside table and then order your drinks then wait and order your appitizers, etc. It will be challenging to do the slow dinning thing but I'm sure we could manage it. I was also toying with the idea of trying to get an Illuminations cruise. The thought of getting up at 3:45am to make calls to Florida (and the cost) is a little daunting.

We've eaten at California Grill (but its been years) but we've never done Narcoosees. I'll have to look it up. I don't even know where it's located.:confused3 I'm thinking it must be at the GF if you can see Wishes.
 
ok so now i am hooked and can't wait for the rest of you reviews. keep them coming!!!popcorn::
 
We were, and we found it to be more than enough food. We did alot of eating!! We looked at the menus for the CS meals and read reviews of different ones and decided on ones that had quite a bit of food. Like Flame Tree and Sunshine Seasons, which are in AK and Epcot give you so much food you can't finish, because in a few hours you are eating again. We also found to book dinner for your TS give you the best deal. I hope this helps!


This does help alot! Thank you so much! :goodvibes I was wondering though, I may have just missed it, but what did you guys eat for breakfast? We plan on CS meals for lunch, and we have TS meals planned for dinner, but not sure what to do about breakfast [we're planning on hitting emh rope drops so food is important to get us going! :rotfl: ]. Snack credits for breakfast?

Share 1 for breakfast and then the other for lunch. There are lots of CS places where they give you SOO much food (just look at the pictures here). We always split either between DH and I (2006) or adult DD and I (last year). If you are really hungry, you can get more but we never found it necessary.
 
So now I have added the yak & Yeti to my list of food and also the flaming tree. I can't wait to see more! i just love food porn!
 
Narcoosees is at the GF, it is at the very tip of GF at the edge of the lake so you look right out at MK, great spot to view wishes, do you use your cell to make the calls to Disney? We have free night and weekend, and that would still count for night on a plan, I used my cell to make all my calls
 
What a great idea! I hadn't thought of using my cell phone to call. I guess 4:00am WOULD be considered nighttime.

I checked out the menu and since we haven't ever been there before, it might be just the ticket for our anniversary.

Thanks for all your advice.
 
What a great idea! I hadn't thought of using my cell phone to call. I guess 4:00am WOULD be considered nighttime.

I checked out the menu and since we haven't ever been there before, it might be just the ticket for our anniversary.

Thanks for all your advice.

Narcoossee's is a great place to celebrate an anniversary. We were there back in November, the night before hubby's birthday. I actually planned our reservation late (8:30ish) so we could see the Electrical Water Pageant while we were dining. It was fantastic. And even though we were sitting in the upper "ring" of the restaurant, we could still see if very clearly as they dimmed the lights.
 
Kelleigh i completely forgot about the electric light parade. So true!

Ok I am back for day 3 well the start of it at least. Sorry this has been taking so long it has just been crazy around here with summer classes. So day 3 was one of our epcot days. So for lunch we went to our favorite place SUNSHINE SEASONS! We really like this place because the food is fresh and desserts are amazing. Everybody in my family can find something to eat no matter what! So we ate around 11, which has become our new time we found works great because most people are still doing rides and not ready to eat lunch and if we were to eat much later there is no way we could have eaten dinner. The food is so fresh that it is super filling to eat at Sunshine Seasons. Now the lines can look daunting but do not be fooled! It is not that bad, there are many people wandering looking like we all do to see what looks good and they have alot to look at. The various stations then the cooler type area between the stations that have other items too. It is overwhelming with all the options at times. You can never decide what to pick:scared1: So what we decided on this time around of Seasons was:
Ddad- asian pork stir fry, stir fry beef, white rice, and butterfinger cheesecake
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He said it was really good, he likes his chinese food to be "saucy". Basically he can not eat rice plain it needs to have the sauces on it. He also loves spice, and said that this wasn't bad, could have had more built in spice, but they have little packets you can take that is like the chili paste stuff that he added and said was much better with that. The butterfinger cheesecake I was a bit weary of at first. There is something I found about mixing butterfinger candy car bits with cheesecake. I took the plunge and had a bite and it was really good! Now I don't know why I just didn't trust them because I have never had a bad item at sunshine seasons.

Dsis- Rotisserie Chicken Meal

It comes with a breast of rotisserie which is juicy, well it is actually 1/2 a chicken, but she eats the breast mostly, and then a choice of starch or veggie. Now my sis is not a fan or carrots or broccoli, she tolerates broccoli, but instead she got rice and mashed potatoes. Now we are picky about the mashed potatoes since we make homemade, but these were really good and had the skins in them. She really enjoyed the potatoes, enough to not let me have a bite:laughing: She then had the rice which was buttery with a herb taste, i can put my finger one what it was. She then had the Key lime pie for dessert, I also had this as well as Dmom we all enjoyed this alot, it was too big to finish off by ourselves one split between the 3 of us would have been perfect, but its the DDP so everybody loads up on the food

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Dmom got the oak fired salmon with the sauce on the side since she was unsure how she would like it. She loved the sauce, said it was amazing, now she said the size of salmon was perfect for her but maybe a little small for others. I dunno, with dessert and everything it was good size for lunch, maybe not for dinner. She also got carrots and mashed potatoes which she enjoyed. The carrots had like a honey sauce and the same potatoes as the chicken. She said she could have eaten that salmon all the time, it was cooked perfectly. It had the tendency to be dry or tough, but it was moist and tender.

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Now I had the oak fired chicken ceasar salad. This is nothing to write home about. It was a chicken ceasar salad. One thing is that it comes with quite a bit of chicken, and it is not chunked or cubed chicken, but huge strips of the oak fired chicken. The lettuce was crisp, the cheese fresh, and the dressing was on there perfectly though. The chicken was still warm which is what I like on my salads. It's really a bountiful amount of food, just not something that I would say you have to go to Sunshine Season's for the chicken ceasar salad. What I liked about it was that it is made to order, you stand there and watch the salad be made which ensures the freshness of your salad.

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Overall this was a great meal for a CS at lunch, and they have tons and tons of seating, I mean it is huge, there should be a table available and you can normally find one tucked away in a corner so you can have a quieter meal!
 
Great reviews. Thanks for taking the time to post.
 





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