12 days of Deluxe Dining Review

[diswedwish]

Here's a link to our experience/$ breakdown of the plan:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1695186

This trip was my mom (59) and myself (29). We stayed at POFQ. I talked her into the Deluxe plan so that we could try the signature restaurants - um, so *she* could try them and I could try them again

I'll review where we ate in order. Sorry, I didn't take any pictures... While I have gotten my mom hooked on Disney (she even started buying pins!) I doubt she'd return with me if I started taking pictures of our meals... Next trip

Day 1:
Lunch at Planet Hollywood:
Okay, we weren't expecting much. We went here to use our $15 package voucher and because neither of us had been here. We split a turkey club (I think) and each had a soda. We had to pay a few dollars OOP, but it wasn't much. We got our food within 8 minutes of being seated (literally), and afterwards walked around the upper floors since no one was there. Food was adequate; nothing special, but not awful, service was quick, and it wasn't loud. We ate an early lunch - around 11:30.

Dinner at Cap'n Jacks:
Our first real dining plan experience of the trip. And where I felt bad because I almost poisoned my mom... We ate fairly early - around 5:30 and were seated right away. Our server was very sweet. I had the crab cakes, my mom had the shrimp cocktail. We both had the lobster dinner. My mom had the cheese cake, I had the chocolate cake. It seemed just fine. We got back to the room and unpacked our stuff. Then my mom got sick. I went out for a walk to talk to my boyfriend. I came back and said "At least you're not throwing..... "... She didn't leave the bathroom for the next 4 hours. So I don't know what it was, but she seemed to have gotten sick from something - and I had bites of her shrimp and cheesecake and I was just fine. And for you smokers reading this, she's a smoker. And now Disney has the designated areas - and she follows the rules. I felt awful First I poison her, then I drag her to a place to stay where she can't smoke... Anyway, it did get better from there

 

[phabric]

Enjoyed reading your review. Will be looking for more.

 

[mickeysgirl17]

Thanks. Can't wait for more.

 

[wilma-bride]

Looking forward to more...

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Lunch at Planet Hollywood:
Okay, we weren't expecting much. We went here to use our $15 package voucher and because neither of us had been here. We split a turkey club (I think) and each had a soda. We had to pay a few dollars OOP, but it wasn't much. We got our food within 8 minutes of being seated (literally), and afterwards walked around the upper floors since no one was there. Food was adequate; nothing special, but not awful, service was quick, and it wasn't loud. We ate an early lunch - around 11:30.

I've been looking foward to your reviews!

I had something I meant to ask you about on your other thread. (The one where you broke down all the prices and stuff.) How did the voucher work? I had one last year, but never used it. I want to use it this year, just because I hate wasting it.

Did you redeem it at your resort, or at the restaurant? How did you go about using it?

 

[TigerKat]

I'm on board.......

 

[Minniespal]

Looking forward to reading more. Hope your mom recovered quickly.

 

[luckytobeme88]

Can't wait to read your review.

 

[mom2fivecs]

subscribing

 

[DisneyJo]

Great start

 

[angelmav]

Im on board for this one as well!

 

[bhk56]

looking forward to more reviews!!

 

[mindyd]

That is too bad about your Mom being sick hopefully she was better for the rest of the trip.

 

[diswedwish]

Okay - I wish I didn't have to work, I'd finish these much quicker!!!

The vouchers - for Planet Hollywood and for mini-golf - work the same way - take them with you, and use them where you want to redeem them. I think we got them with our package info. from our AAA agent. I showed our waitress at PH before we ordered, and she took it at the end of the meal with our bill. The mini-golf voucher worked the same way - take it with you and present it at the register when you pay. There it is for one round of golf.

Day 2:
Breakfast at FQ
My mom was still a bit iffy about eating, so she didn't really eat this morning. I had one of those croissant sandwiches, milk, oj, and coffee. She had water, and picked at a bit of my croissant. I took the oj with me.

Today was our Epcot day, and my mom was pretty hungry by the time lunch rolled around - if still a bit leery about eating..

Lunch at Kringala
We split a CS meal here - I was told we could have a soup or salad, any sandwich, and any dessert (my memory is a bit hazy, but that's what I think we were told). I picked the leek soup (? I think ?), a roast beef sandwich, and the strawberry cream cake. We also got a large soda. My mom had about half the sandwich and half of the cake. It was plenty of food for both of us, and a very good lunch that we both enjoyed. The cake was very yummy. This was the first place that the girl gave me a hard time about my card though - she told me I didn't have any coupons left - I stayed calm and assured her that this morning I still had 69 coupons, perhaps she didn't hit the "deluxe dining plan" button or whatever she had to hit. She swiped it again, hit another button and *poof* it went through...

Dinner at Le Cellier
Ah, every perfect day at Epcot ends here For us anyway. We had an early ADR, and didn't have to wait long to be seated. This ended up being my mom's favorite meal of the trip. Overall everything was good, the service, the food, etc. My mom had mussels as an appetizer, I had the duck confit. Both were yummy. We both had filet for dinner - my mom had the mushroom filet, I had the one with bbq sauce. Both of us had 1 glass of wine - my mom always gets some kind of sweet white wine, I would always get whatever they recommended as the wine pairing; here it was some kind of merlot. I had some kind of apple crumble for dessert, my mom had the creme brulee. My dessert was okay, my mom liked hers. We had plenty of time before Illuminations, but my mom wanted to go "home" in case she got sick again (she didn't). I stayed in Epcot, and it was nice to have time before Illuminations. By-the-way, if you're in building 1 in FQ you can see (and hear if the wind is blowing the right way) Illuminations.

 

[wilma-bride]

Great update - I am really looking forward to eating at Le Cellier again

 

[TigerKat]

Your Mom had my favorites, the mussels & mushroom filet!!

 

[diswedwish]

Day 3:
Breakfast at FQ
My mom was okay to eat this morning, so we split breakfast. I could never convince her to carry her mug too, so she used my mug for tea most mornings or would just have water. Today we split the bounty platter. It had a lot of food - I can't remember all of it - but way more than enough for the 2 of us. She usually has toast and tea in the morning, I just have cereal and coffee. I also got milk and my oj. I liked taking the oj to go with me.

Lunch at Flame Tree
We split lunch here. I liked that they idiot-proof the dining plan here - they have a laminated sheet to look at before you order. We had the 1/2 chicken meal, a diet coke, and the chocolate cake. We like Flame Tree, but had never had dessert here and to be honest, we weren't expecting much. We were pleasantly surprised, it was very good Kind of like a tastycake, only better.

I managed to shovel in a waffle cone later in the day as a snack, don't ask me how...

Dinner at Boma
Again, we had an early ADR here and were seated after a brief wait. We've been here several times, so no surprises. Just a good dinner. We do the wine pairings, and that was nice. At the end the chef came around and asked us why we didn't have plates. We explained that we were waiting for our bill; we did enjoy the food very much and had been there several times. He told us to wait, and brought us fried chocolate chip cookie dough Even if it was the last thing either of us wanted at that particular moment it was still yummy

 

[Uncleromulus]

IT all sounds good!

 

[wilma-bride]

Sounds great. Like the sound of the waffle cone

 

[MrsV28]

I am new at this so please forgive my ignorance, what is FQ?
I am so enjoying reading your review my moth is watering! I am looking forward to more!