25 Days of Disney Dining on our Disneymoon

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Firstly Congratualtions!

I'm enjoying your reviews but I'm so jealous that you didn't gain weight, I gained half a stone in my 3 weeks over there!!

Golly ~ sorry! I think wedding stress may have helped to keep the weight off!

 

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A little later after unpacking some things (but not too many was we were hotel hoppers this vacation!) we sorted ourselves out as we had evening reservations at Fulton's Crab House in DTD, and then we were meeting Melissa and Robert later at Goofy's Candy Company to make our wedding favours.

Anyway, I digress... The Fulton's Crab House was also something I was a little nervous about as I have never liked crab. Or lobster. I decided that this was the best place to try and change my mind and so I got our ADR well ahead of time.

We arrived at DTD and found Fulton's really easily. We were seated by a very bouncy server and she was just wonderful. Her name was Ashley and she took excellent care of us.

I started off with a Toffee Apple Martini!

We had a fantastic view from our seats and we were so excited. Overly excited! Ashley went through the menu with us and we decided that we would try oysters here as we were sure that trying them here would be the safest place in the World. Not a great risk of being poisoned here!

We ordered one of each kind and they arrived at the table...

Coming up..... Why does Gavin have that video camera in his hand? Ewww!

 

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The Oysters...

So they were sat there on the table and we looked at them like they were creatures from out of space. Ashley told everyone around us that we had never had oysters before and suddenly everyone was very interested in us! There was a sauce and wasabi ice with the oysters and it looked very, er, nautical.

Gav whipped out the video camera and said "you first!" I was mortified ~ all of these people were looking at me and cheering! I picked it up and the family behind Gavin said to just let it slide in and then swallow, NOT to chew. I did as I was told! I bucked up my courage, knocked it back and swallowed! It made me shiver and squiggle, it was so funny!

I was so proud of myself!

Then Ashley brought us some special dip and crackers, they were just amazing. I think we have the receipe for the dip somewhere, it was fantastic!

We had some other bread aswell but Gavin noticed that there was the whipped mix condiment instead of butter or margarine and he recalled the "error in judgement" when he ate a large mouthful thinking it was icecream on his cobbler at LTT in February and gave it the thumbs down...

 

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Gavin, who always, always orders a more delicious drink than mine, had some kind of margherita...

See the "flaunting" face?

...and we ate our meal. It was the most sumptuous, unusually and unexpectedly delicious meal. When I first saw it, I was thinking "hmm... crab and potato. Is that it?" but it really needed nothing else! I could have eaten 20 of them myself. To eat them they were extracted from the claw shell, dipped in melted butter and just eaten. I miss them just thinking about them. This was an even tastier place than the California Grill!

We decided to try dessert and I ordered the pistachio brulee.

Gav decided to have another cocktail instead, a "dessert" cocktail as he called it. We are not drinkers at all at home and so we decided to try cocktails on our adventure, as many as we could

I was so full, it was hard work!

 

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We went onto the deck of the Crab House after paying and it was getting a little darker...

Ship Ahoy!!!

We bid farewell to the Crab House (or Crab Shack as Gav was calling it) and headed over to Goofy's to find Melissa and Robert.

 

[TigerKat]

Gotta love Gav and his proper pinky!

So happy to read about Fulton's. We're having lunch there on our arrival day, Crab and Bloody Mary's.....

We don't have reservations, does anyone know if we should for a Saturday lunch? Not really sure what time we'll be getting there, all depends on ME.

 

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Gotta love Gav and his proper pinky!

So happy to read about Fulton's. We're having lunch there on our arrival day, Crab and Bloody Mary's.....

We don't have reservations, does anyone know if we should for a Saturday lunch? Not really sure what time we'll be getting there, all depends on ME.

Ha, ha ~ Gav actually does that to mimic me. I think it's an English thing. I loved Fultons, I will definately go back there ~ no idea whether you would need reservations but I'd try and make them to be sure, mention about the ME and they might be flexible!

 

[plutosgirl]

Loving your reviews and the wedding photo of you with Mickey and Donald is GREAT!! What a great memory that will be! Congrats on your marriage!

Looking forward to more!

 

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Loving your reviews and the wedding photo of you with Mickey and Donald is GREAT!! What a great memory that will be! Congrats on your marriage!

Looking forward to more!

Thank you for reading, and thank you for being so kind! I love Mickey and Donald, they were just adorable at the wedding...

 

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Somehow the entree part of this review did not get published.... I'm onto it!

 

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Gavin decided after much discussion with Ashley to get the King Crab Claws and I got this lobster so that we could share both.

We larked around like children for quite a while. Ashley came by the table to explain how to eat the crab and lobster, she was so informative!

I am a lobster!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Ok, I'm in for the reviews!! BUT I'm very bitter you didn't gain any weight!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Ok, I'm in for the reviews!! BUT I'm very bitter you didn't gain any weight!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will try harder next time!

 

[JerseyJanice]

I am loving your reviews! Congratulations on your marriage! May you and Gav share long and happy lives together.

So wait, what did you and Gav think of the oysters? Did you guys enjoy them? Would you eat them raw again?

I have to say that wasabi ice looks intriguing. I've never been seen that before, and I'm a big wasabi fan.

 

[TigerKat]

You two look like so much fun, I hope you guys continue enjoying each other and making each other smile for eternity.

 

[SunnieRN]

Congratulations! Wow, it's so much fun to read/see your adventures! Fantastic pictures! With the pics in your signature, I can only imagine how much fun the rest of your story will be!
Again, congratulations, looking forward to more!

 

[AussieAngel]

Wow!!! You husband looks like David Arquette!!

Don't you think!?

Hehehee, I think so anyway!!

Enjoying your food reviews so far!

 

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I am loving your reviews! Congratulations on your marriage! May you and Gav share long and happy lives together.

So wait, what did you and Gav think of the oysters? Did you guys enjoy them? Would you eat them raw again?

I have to say that wasabi ice looks intriguing. I've never been seen that before, and I'm a big wasabi fan.

Thank you! I would definately try them again and I think so would Gav ~ it was such a novelty! The wasabi ice was really good ~ Gav and I love wasabi too and it was so refreshing... Mmmm!

You two look like so much fun, I hope you guys continue enjoying each other and making each other smile for eternity.

Thank you so much ~ we did have a great time! It's fun looking back now

Congratulations! Wow, it's so much fun to read/see your adventures! Fantastic pictures! With the pics in your signature, I can only imagine how much fun the rest of your story will be!
Again, congratulations, looking forward to more!

Thanks for reading! I have so much more to write, I have to try and keep at it! We did so much whilst we were over there! I miss it already

Wow!!! You husband looks like David Arquette!!

Don't you think!?

Hehehee, I think so anyway!!

Enjoying your food reviews so far!

Ha, ha, ha, you know I think you're right. When I met him he looked just like Corey Feldman (in Dream a Little Dream, Lost Boys...). I showed him this and he laughed!

 

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Up Next.... The Coral Reef, The Living Seas, EPCOT!

 

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I was so happy with Gavin's surprise but I was even more happy because for months I had planned a surprise of my own for him. It had been difficult but finally it was arranged and we headed to EPCOT for lunch at the Coral Reef. I had heard mixed reviews, but let's face it, I was there for the diver and so I knew that would make it special anyway.

We went to have a little play with the sharks (I'm a shark nerd) before we went in...

We went on the Nemo ride and without flash tried to take a picture. It would not turn out well, we knew, but what annoyed me SOOOOOOOOOOOO much was that the people in the next clam had the most enormous flash that they pressed continually. They must have take about 50 photos on that ride between them so I could not even see the rest of the ride, all I could see was FLASH FLASH FLASH. They were so rude! ullhair:

To calm me down, Gav suggested the Nemo sharks...

After much crossness in the Nemo ride and the old lady with the enormous flash camera, we found the Coral Reef restaurant and checked in. We were guided towards the sofas and I was petrified that things would go wrong as I had heard so many times that people did not get their sign with the diver or whatever. So I made an excuse to go to the bathroom and on the way literally slinked against the wall to get back to the reservation desk. I checked that things were set and they were just lovely there. I must have looked panicked I think.

I returned to Gavin who was oblivious and had no idea that they even had divers like at this place, and soon after we were asked to follow the server to the restaurant floor.

We were holding hands and I was grinning from ear to ear, as the server led us to the front of the restaurant and seated us by the tank! I could not believe our luck!

Our server came over and congratulated us and gave us these... I loved how they had done them!

Gavin was so baffled but absolutely delighted, I have never seen him so surprised!

We took a couple of shots of the aquarium...

Coming up... An extra person for dinner?