Cast - me, hubby Vince, daughters Wendy (15), Michaela (6) and Sierra (5), Wendy's friend Brittany (14), my mom Donna and my step-dad Len.
My only isssue with this whole trip is that Thanksgiving did not feel like Thanksgiving, but that is not Disney's fault. I prefer this way than the usual. I didn't even realize it was Thanksgiving until later in the day.
we did usual breakfast and then swam and hung around, shopped etc most of the day. Mom & I decided to try Bingo today since it was jackpot day. The little ones wanted to do it too. My mistake was getting them each the 3 play cards and then getting the bonus for the final games. So mom & I each had 9 games to watch each game and then 12 for the final games. The kids pooped out fairly quickly and we were quite stressed trying to keep up. They will only get the 1 play games next time! We didn't win but it was fun.
I decided to go back for the later game and mom watched the kids at the pool. Vince was going with me so in advance I bought 2 of the 6 play for each game and then 2 bonus for the final game. Well he fell asleep and didn't want to go so I tried to do it by myself. I quickly realized I wouldn't be able to watch 24 games for the bonus so one game, alot of people won so while they were verifying, I called up to the staterooms for help. My not so cheery hubby came down to help in plenty of time. We didn't win anything, bummer!
We finally got to do Lumiere's for lunch today. Mom & Len did the seafood buffet at topsiders and Len said it was fabulous. I don't see a menu that matches up with what we had on castawayclub.com so I don't have a cheat sheet. I had fruit for appetizer that was good, it was supposed to be the one with honey lime but when I had it for dinner, this one was very different and much better. He had turkey and I had some kind of chicken stew that i did not like at all. I had 2 desserts but I don't remember what. They were good. We had Corinna(I think) and Pema for our servers and they were great. We saw Pema at breakfast the next day and she recognized us. She did the ketchup in mickey mouse head shape and then our assistant server at dinner, Daniella had to learn how to do it. She wasn't thrilled at first but the next night, she was happy to have learned a new trick for the other tables and she had gotten much better.
This was semi formal night and a special thanksgiving menu. All the characters for the formal pictures were dressed in Pilgrim outfits. We were bummed not to have the Captain's Gala menu because Len wanted lobster but he finally gets it tomorrow.
Pilgrims Punch - Southern comfort, triple sec, sprite and a splash of cranberry juice. (These were very good)
Appetizers
Grilled Vegetables and Beef Prosciutto with green tomato sauce(veggies were good but didn't care for the beef)
Fresh Fruit Cocktail with Orange Blossom Honey(excellent)
Main Course
Honey Glazed Baked Virginia Ham - served with sweet corn cakes, roasted red skin potatoes, whole green bean on a rich madeira sauce (huge portion, pretty good)
Oven Roasted Young Tom Turkey - with bread fruit stuffing, sweet mashed potatoes, green peas, pan-roasted juices and freshly made cranberry relish(very good especially the stuffing and mashed potatoes, mom & I got each of the above and split)
Desserts
Pumpkin cheesecake with fresh berry sauce(kids loved)
Warm Chocolate lava cake with a double chocolate sauce(pure heaven, I had 2)
We still didn't see any shows. mom & Len checked out Diversions.
My only isssue with this whole trip is that Thanksgiving did not feel like Thanksgiving, but that is not Disney's fault. I prefer this way than the usual. I didn't even realize it was Thanksgiving until later in the day.
we did usual breakfast and then swam and hung around, shopped etc most of the day. Mom & I decided to try Bingo today since it was jackpot day. The little ones wanted to do it too. My mistake was getting them each the 3 play cards and then getting the bonus for the final games. So mom & I each had 9 games to watch each game and then 12 for the final games. The kids pooped out fairly quickly and we were quite stressed trying to keep up. They will only get the 1 play games next time! We didn't win but it was fun.
I decided to go back for the later game and mom watched the kids at the pool. Vince was going with me so in advance I bought 2 of the 6 play for each game and then 2 bonus for the final game. Well he fell asleep and didn't want to go so I tried to do it by myself. I quickly realized I wouldn't be able to watch 24 games for the bonus so one game, alot of people won so while they were verifying, I called up to the staterooms for help. My not so cheery hubby came down to help in plenty of time. We didn't win anything, bummer!
We finally got to do Lumiere's for lunch today. Mom & Len did the seafood buffet at topsiders and Len said it was fabulous. I don't see a menu that matches up with what we had on castawayclub.com so I don't have a cheat sheet. I had fruit for appetizer that was good, it was supposed to be the one with honey lime but when I had it for dinner, this one was very different and much better. He had turkey and I had some kind of chicken stew that i did not like at all. I had 2 desserts but I don't remember what. They were good. We had Corinna(I think) and Pema for our servers and they were great. We saw Pema at breakfast the next day and she recognized us. She did the ketchup in mickey mouse head shape and then our assistant server at dinner, Daniella had to learn how to do it. She wasn't thrilled at first but the next night, she was happy to have learned a new trick for the other tables and she had gotten much better.
This was semi formal night and a special thanksgiving menu. All the characters for the formal pictures were dressed in Pilgrim outfits. We were bummed not to have the Captain's Gala menu because Len wanted lobster but he finally gets it tomorrow.
Pilgrims Punch - Southern comfort, triple sec, sprite and a splash of cranberry juice. (These were very good)
Appetizers
Grilled Vegetables and Beef Prosciutto with green tomato sauce(veggies were good but didn't care for the beef)
Fresh Fruit Cocktail with Orange Blossom Honey(excellent)
Main Course
Honey Glazed Baked Virginia Ham - served with sweet corn cakes, roasted red skin potatoes, whole green bean on a rich madeira sauce (huge portion, pretty good)
Oven Roasted Young Tom Turkey - with bread fruit stuffing, sweet mashed potatoes, green peas, pan-roasted juices and freshly made cranberry relish(very good especially the stuffing and mashed potatoes, mom & I got each of the above and split)
Desserts
Pumpkin cheesecake with fresh berry sauce(kids loved)
Warm Chocolate lava cake with a double chocolate sauce(pure heaven, I had 2)
We still didn't see any shows. mom & Len checked out Diversions.
