*6/28 Update: Our Intentions Were Good, But The Treats Were Better: One Month in Disney (4/21-5/21)

[ddluvsdisney]

After your DH recreates that flower garden in your yard, you can send him my way! Haha
I will be on the lookout for that hidden Mickey. False advertising is the worse! That’s disappointing That burger looks yummy. I do love good fries!! We have yet to eat there. I didn’t even know you could walk to OKW resort.

 

[mickey916]

After your DH recreates that flower garden in your yard, you can send him my way! Haha

Haha! It might be a while!

I will be on the lookout for that hidden Mickey.

Let me know if you find it!

False advertising is the worse! That’s disappointing

It was disappointing and a missed opportunity to actually combine cookies & rice krispie treats.

That burger looks yummy. I do love good fries!! We have yet to eat there.

The fries are soooo good!

I didn’t even know you could walk to OKW resort.

We just recently learned about the new route near Cirque du Soleil and wanted to give it a try. You an also go through Sarasota Springs and walk that way too. It's a long walk but very peaceful along the water and through the golf course.

 

[buzzrelly]

We like to arrive early at Disney Springs, prior to opening, so we can walk around and enjoy all the sights without the crowds.

That's the way to do it. It gets so crazy there later in the day.

The chocolate chip cookie itself was very good but the cookie was a disappointment as it wasn’t what we expected. It would’ve been much better with actual Rice Krispie bars on top. We gave it a C for false advertising.

Aw, that's too bad. It actually looks pretty good!

 

[mickey916]

5/1 continued...Disney Springs Dinner & Dessert
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We were very excited to try dinner for the first time at House of Blues.

Cool musician portraits in the ceiling:

We knew ahead of time what we wanted to order. For an appetizer, we shared the Jalapeno Cornbread with Bourbon butter.

DH didn’t care for this at all. There was a taste he couldn’t identify that he just didn’t like. We left some behind which never happens! I thought it was just okay. It was dry and not flavorful.

For our entree we shared the Cajun Chicken Pasta: blackened chicken, penne pasta, Cajun cream sauce, bell pepper, tomato, red onion, basil, parmesan.

DH liked this more than I did but said it was just a fine pasta dish. I thought it was very bland, greasy, and lacking in sufficient cheese sauce. I have had much better, similar dishes at the Cheesecake Factory.

We had planned to get the House of Chocolate Cake for dessert but decided to cut our losses and get dessert elsewhere.

I would’ve given our meal a C+ but because DH liked the pasta we compromised on a B-. However, there are so many better dining options at Disney Springs, I doubt we’ll eat here again.

We walked over to Salt & Straw to try their ice cream for the first time. We both got double scoops of the same two flavors. Strawberry Tres Leches: strawberry ice cream with a cinnamon-spiked vanilla tres leches cake swirl and streaks of juicy strawberry jam and Chocolate Gooey Brownie: Fudgy chocolate-y brownies get folded into an intensely rich chocolate ice cream

The flavors of these two ice creams were both excellent but for us not worth the high price tag of almost $25 for two ice creams. We actually preferred the ice cream from Fat Donkey in Cocoa Beach and it was just under $14.50 total. We gave Salt & Straw a B+.

Overall we had a great relaxing day walking around and trying new foods in Disney Springs.

Total steps: 25279

Up next: Another day at Magic Kingdom with some tasty food.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

My parents used to spend most of the winter at my condo and my DS was in college down there commuting. He liked having his Memere there cooking for him and they would take him to House of Blues bc they had a dish he loved. I think it was lobster Mac & cheese. I’ll have to ask him.
I think me and DH ate there only once- there must’ve been a reason for that.
Salt & Straw is on my list for this coming trip.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

My DH would probably line the Chocolate Gooey brownie ice cream!