101 Ways My Son Entertained Himself at WDW--The Last Day--New 11/18

[blue_river]

Meet my son...

Aiden​

Meet my younger daughter

Camryn! ​

Meet my oldest child

Baylie! ​

You have adorable children!

 

[jcc0621]

Awesome review of CR HSM> THis is on our list for August. I think DS and Dnephew will love the atmosphere if nothing else

 

[blue_river]

Every once in a while the dining room would buzz and we would look up to see the Green Sea Turtle swim by. It was the big excitement of the meal. We would totally go back to the Coral Reef next time we go to Disney. It was a family favorite. And, yes, I “borrowed” the Fish Guide & a coaster for my scrapbook!


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It was a family favourite with us also.

We're definately going back this year.

Isn't that turtle awesome!!!!

 

[HomeschoolMama]

It was a family favourite with us also.

We're definately going back this year.

Isn't that turtle awesome!!!!

I loved the atmosphere and awesome service!

Awesome review of CR HSM> THis is on our list for August. I think DS and Dnephew will love the atmosphere if nothing else

They'll love it!

You have adorable children!

Thank you!!!

Isn't cous cous just a diced spaghetti noodle?

I've never eaten at Coral Reef...

Come to think of it, I'm not even sure exactly where it is!

Looks good though! I'll check it out in October.

Question: What KIND of adult beverage. What exactly is a Deep Blue martini?

It's like a little bitty pasta. To me, it was like a spaghetti-o.
You should try it. We really enjoyed ourselves. It's behind The Seas.
Deep Blue Martini - Alize Bleu, Blue Curacao, and Sweet-and-Sour. Served with a glow cube. $9.50 They were out of glow cubes from NYE, though.

Did he do that at every meal?

We loved seeing the turtle, apparently just before we sat down the turtle had been resting for over an hour right by our table!!!

You didn't

Oh, yes I did!

No, not every meal. But he does it here a lot.

Stinkin' turtle!

 

[HomeschoolMama]

Camryn wants to cut her hair today. We're talking' from past her shoulders to a bob. I'll take before and after shots! We'll be back soon!

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

It's like a little bitty pasta. To me, it was like a spaghetti-o.
You should try it. We really enjoyed ourselves. It's behind The Seas.
Deep Blue Martini - Alize Bleu, Blue Curacao, and Sweet-and-Sour. Served with a glow cube. $9.50 They were out of glow cubes from NYE, though.

Hmmm... Sounds good.

 

[carrieannie]

Coral Reef is a neat place isnt it? The bread is awsome, somthing about the butter I think,. We had a booth just like yours, What did you think of the soup? I was expecting something more chunky, andnot that creamy. I forgot about the fish guides!! I had ordered a diver with a Happy 40th Birthday sign for me..(why not,i figured no one else would? ) and the personalized menus,,really cool!
Buzz if you go in Oct, do the menus as a surprise, the kids will love it!!

 

[carrieannie]

Camryn wants to cut her hair today. We're talking' from past her shoulders to a bob. I'll take before and after shots! We'll be back soon!

 

[jazzmine]

I stupidly offered K a taste and he said what he always says, “Just save me some.” I hate that. I didn’t really want to share, I was just being polite. Take your taste, and back away from my soup, mister!

Gotta love husbands - mine tries to do this too. What nerve!!!

I'm really glad you enjoyed the Coral Reef. We are going there for our birthday dinner in a few months and I've been spying the Mahi Mahi on the menu. It's good to read a nice review.

Looking forward to more!

 

[KatGarcia]

We enjoyed the Coral Reef when we went last year. I thought the highlight was the tank tho for sure. I def think i'd so it again if on a dining plan but otherwise its too expensive! I'm glad you guys liked it!

 

[DARuss]

I am sooo glad to hear how much you enjoyed the Coral Reef. We are going it Monday next to the tank too. Sorry bout the "speach" about the appitizers & TIPS. Not looking foward to that part. I hope they go back to the complete prepaid meals.

 

[Shmu]

We love the Coral Reef.
We always have the best servers there.
On our 20th Anniversary they wrote Happy Anniversary in gold on our chocolate wave. We didn't even ask them too. Server found out it was our anniversary and had them do it.
Love the Mahi Mahi and the Tuna
The couscous is great.
Sea Turtles are my favorite animal so I of course get very excited when the turtle swims by.
This is always on our list of places to eat.

 

[k_reile]

When we were done shopping, I paid for my book and C paid for her glittery turtle that she named Squirt after Crush’s littlest turtle. We paid the $1 for the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, I asked the CM where I would find the Coral Reef. It's around the back of the building. Bummer- looks like we’re going back into the cold. We quickly walk around the building and check in. We were asked to wait in the lobby and we sat down on the benches. We began checking out our purchases, but were quickly taken to our seat.

We had a neat little booth that faces the big fish tank. We were handed our menus and a Fish Guide we could use to identify the various fish in the tank. I wanted to get fish of some sort since I love seafood. Sorry, fish ARE food.

C obviously loved the bread appetizer.

I ended up choosing the Mahi Mahi served over Israeli Couscous and arugula with honey soy glaze. I also ordered a cup of Creamy Lobster Soup. I chose the Bailey’s and Jack Daniels Mousse, although I’m not big on chocolate.

Side note:
Yes, I know appetizers aren’t on the plan. Yes, I’ll pay for it and our adult beverages separately. Being on the new 2008 DDP was only annoying because you had to go through the hoopla at every meal of them re-explaining that appetizers, adult beverages and TIPS are not included in the plan anymore. Okay- Got it. Now, bring me my deep blue martini!

I thought the Mahi Mahi was really tasty. I had never had couscous before and although it was good, I was a little freaked out but the texture of it. The lobster soup was so tasty. I stupidly offered K a taste and he said what he always says, “Just save me some.” I hate that. I didn’t really want to share, I was just being polite. Take your taste, and back away from my soup, mister! But, I was a good wife and saved 1/3 of the cup for him. He also gave it a thumbs up. The dessert was okay in small bites. It was really rich, so I wasn’t that into it. I left most of it.

K ordered 8oz Strip Steak with potatoes au gratin and broccolini. His steak was yummy and he said his broccolini was the best he ever had. For dessert he chose the Chocolate Wave without cherries. He seemed to like it, but it was too chocolately for me.

B (who is considered an adult on the DDP) ordered the Chicken with jasmine rice and chicken broth. She ordered the Chocolate Wave without cherries for dessert. She enjoyed both.

C ordered carrots and celery, chicken strips and a sundae. A ordered carrots and celery, mac-n-cheese and a sundae. They both ate and enjoyed their meals.

Our server, Holli was really attentive and gave us the best service of the whole trip. We never ran low on anything. She was great.

Every once in a while the dining room would buzz and we would look up to see the Green Sea Turtle swim by. It was the big excitement of the meal. We would totally go back to the Coral Reef next time we go to Disney. It was a family favorite. And, yes, I “borrowed” the Fish Guide & a coaster for my scrapbook!

Meal total: $134.61 ($18 for soup and martini)
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MMMM....Coral Reef. We also loved it even though we were full already when we arrived to restaurant...but we tried our hardest to eat it. I their au gratin potaotes...the broccolli was good too! I also the lobster soup...though I did try the chocolate wave minus the brandied cherries and did not think it was as good as what everybody on the DIS had raved about. Of Course I was also stuffed to the gils (no pun intended) and it just was too dry. I expected it to be moist cake with chocolate flowing out in the middle when you cut into it. Oh well...overall we liked Coral Reef and would try it again if we ever go during a time where we would have to buy the DPP ( We went for Free Dining last year) and while we liked the plan...it was way too much food. We would normally not eat that many sit down meals and we thought the counter service was lacking. Though with the new DPP I would rather them either give you the choice of appetizer or dessert.

 

[DisneyJo]

So how'd her hair come out?

 

[HomeschoolMama]

So how'd her hair come out?

So cute! She's been jumping around and swinging her head so it'll swish. I took pics, but I'm not sure I can get them up today. I'm in the middle of putting B's hair in a bun for her dance competition today and then we have to pack and leave in a few hours.

We'll be gone through tomorrow night, so I'll update soon. Everyone have a nice weekend!

 

[Hedy]

Glad to hear the Coral Reef went well!

 

[mnmrmustard]

Hiya! I'm playing catch-up after returning from our trip - glad I finally caught up with your adventure

Next we headed over to Turtle Talk with Crush. We were in the holding area for the first show. Score!

We waited in line for Mr. Ray’s Pop Quiz while some lady with 4 girls let her kids do the quiz over and over, ignoring the line behind them. She was standing right there watching as they played and played. The little girls in front of us, couldn’t even read and kept picking various languages and had no clue what she was doing. I am so not a confrontational person AT ALL, so I mustered up all my courage and said to the mom, “Do you think maybe we could have a turn next? I mean, when your girls are done?” Nice, huh? I was totally seething underneath at the rudeness of the lady and her girls and that was all I could get out. Too bad I didn’t have Mo and her New Jersey attitude with us! A few more minutes passed before she pulled her kids away from the computers.
Finally! It’s our turn! The kids did well, no doubt in part to my excellent teaching skillz!

We talked about the different swimming friends, and got lined up to go in the show. C and A were brave enough to go down front and sit with the kids. B, K and I all ended up in the back on the end of a bench. This show was certainly a favorite of our family. I was amazed how Crush can interact with the “humans in the human tank”. It’s so funny to hear the kids laugh at all his answers too.
Remember how I said C gets noticed a lot? Guess who the turtle with the pink shell was? Yep- C. She was brave and said her name. Then, it happened.
We heard Crush asking C’s “parental units” to hold their hands up. K nudged me and said something about her not being scared anymore. We thought that was the end of it, but it wasn’t.

Soon we heard Crush asking to talk to the parental unit with the shiny shell! He said, “Yeah, that dude’s thinking right now, ‘No way I thought I was gonna talk to a turtle today!’” We were cracking up as K talked to Crush. He told him his name, and that we have 3 little shells. Crush said, “Yeah, I have 78.” I totally wish I had my camcorder out. It was fun to see K be embarrassed.
Poor K will never live down being called “the guy with the shiny shell.” What a blast!​

LOL, very cool about your turtle interaction! I think it's great the way Crush brings in so many people and makes the interaction really fun My DD11 was chosen by Crush and it was a blast watching them interact. And yes, a video camera would have been very cool at that point!

When that was over, we walked around and looked at the displays of fish for a few minutes. Look who we saw! Dory! Just keep swimmin’…

A diver was ready to go up into the tube, and the kids had a front row spot. That diver was such a jokester. We liked him, but we had to leave before the show was over so I could find out where the Coral Reef was. Too much to do!

Time to shop! I’m sure I mentioned this in the PTR, but we are studying Sea Life this year. Of course I had to look in the shop and buy this really cool book that has the bones of all the fish. It has cool facts on each page too. I was impressed that the book was the same as on the cover, not marked up. Thank you, Disney!

Now, where is that restaurant?!

Nice that you were covering sea life and had such good information to draw from :-] We did things backwards from y'all ...going to Coral Reef first and then hitting the exibits afterwards. I'm looking forward to what you thought of the meal and the view!

When we were done shopping, I paid for my book and C paid for her glittery turtle that she named Squirt after Crush’s littlest turtle. We paid the $1 for the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, I asked the CM where I would find the Coral Reef. It's around the back of the building. Bummer- looks like we’re going back into the cold. We quickly walk around the building and check in. We were asked to wait in the lobby and we sat down on the benches. We began checking out our purchases, but were quickly taken to our seat.

We had a neat little booth that faces the big fish tank. We were handed our menus and a Fish Guide we could use to identify the various fish in the tank. I wanted to get fish of some sort since I love seafood. Sorry, fish ARE food.

C obviously loved the bread appetizer.

I ended up choosing the Mahi Mahi served over Israeli Couscous and arugula with honey soy glaze. I also ordered a cup of Creamy Lobster Soup. I chose the Bailey’s and Jack Daniels Mousse, although I’m not big on chocolate.

Side note:
Yes, I know appetizers aren’t on the plan. Yes, I’ll pay for it and our adult beverages separately. Being on the new 2008 DDP was only annoying because you had to go through the hoopla at every meal of them re-explaining that appetizers, adult beverages and TIPS are not included in the plan anymore. Okay- Got it. Now, bring me my deep blue martini!

I thought the Mahi Mahi was really tasty. I had never had couscous before and although it was good, I was a little freaked out but the texture of it. The lobster soup was so tasty. I stupidly offered K a taste and he said what he always says, “Just save me some.” I hate that. I didn’t really want to share, I was just being polite. Take your taste, and back away from my soup, mister! But, I was a good wife and saved 1/3 of the cup for him. He also gave it a thumbs up. The dessert was okay in small bites. It was really rich, so I wasn’t that into it. I left most of it.

K ordered 8oz Strip Steak with potatoes au gratin and broccolini. His steak was yummy and he said his broccolini was the best he ever had. For dessert he chose the Chocolate Wave without cherries. He seemed to like it, but it was too chocolately for me.

B (who is considered an adult on the DDP) ordered the Chicken with jasmine rice and chicken broth. She ordered the Chocolate Wave without cherries for dessert. She enjoyed both.

C ordered carrots and celery, chicken strips and a sundae. A ordered carrots and celery, mac-n-cheese and a sundae. They both ate and enjoyed their meals.

Our server, Holli was really attentive and gave us the best service of the whole trip. We never ran low on anything. She was great.

Every once in a while the dining room would buzz and we would look up to see the Green Sea Turtle swim by. It was the big excitement of the meal. We would totally go back to the Coral Reef next time we go to Disney. It was a family favorite. And, yes, I “borrowed” the Fish Guide & a coaster for my scrapbook!

Meal total: $134.61 ($18 for soup and martini)
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Great descriptions of your meal and I very much agree about the Lobster Soup - very yummy!!!! Cute about losing out on some of it ...darned politeness sometimes bites us in the backside

Did you see the shark in the tank? It and the turtle were big hits, along with 2 divers that swam up early on in our meal. From the pic and description we may have sat in the same booth as y'all did I will certainly be going back there the next time we visit the World.

...and yes, we 'borrowed' a fish guide and 2 coasters for our collection of memorobelia too

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

We enjoyed the Coral Reef when we went last year. I thought the highlight was the tank tho for sure. I def think i'd so it again if on a dining plan but otherwise its too expensive! I'm glad you guys liked it!

Too expensive as in HOW?

 

[carrieannie]

Too expensive as in HOW?

As in Money..

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

As in Money..

Well Duh! What I'm saying is how much does a burger cost? $52??