7 days of yumminess in the heat (6/20-6/27) with pics!! (Completed)

We loved Tusker House too. Glad to see you had a great time at Chef Mickey's. It looks like your son liked the kid's meals. I'm hoping that we we return, my youngest will like them too! :)

My son's usually fine with the kids meals since he'll eat nuggets, burgers, hot dogs, etc. I also like the buffets too since he can branch out a little more with those.
 
The next morning we had our usual food court breakfast, cinnamon rolls again and chocolate milk.

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This was our Epcot day. I had made an ADR for Coral Reef for lunch. We've never eaten their before and I was looking forward to it. I know it's gotten mixed reviews, but I've always wanted to try the chocolate wave and my son was excited about the idea of eating where there was an aquarium. We had only a short wait when we checked in. I was hoping we'd be seated near the aquarium but would have been happy at any seat. As it happened we did get seated near the aquarium and were able to really enjoy the view. Unfortunately, most of my pics just didn't come out that clear in there, but you can get the idea.

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We had booked the Behind the Seeds Tour for that afternoon and it was about an hour after our ADR. I let our server know, not that I wanted to rush, but she was understanding and brought the check with the dessert and was very helpful.

The rolls that the server brought out were very good. And I liked that they had these plastic dolphins that they put in the drinks. We brought them home with us, my using them as stencils. He ordered the carrots and celery for his appetizer and the meaty macaroni for his entree. I got the strip steak done medium, which came with roasted potatoes and cherry tomatoes. The steak was very good, nice and tender, and it was very generously sized. I wasn't sure that my son was going to eat the macaroni when it came. A different server brought out our food and when he put down the macaroni my son asked if there was any cheese in it, and the server said no, just the macaroni and sauce. But when he started to eat it, I could see there was cheese in it. Either he didn't notice or just liked it, but he ate about half of it and said he liked it.

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For dessert, my son got the make your own sundae (always his favorite choice) and I of course got the chocolate wave. I did ask them to leave off the raspberries and our server said they do that all the time. Can I just say, it was soooo good. The center was all nice and warm and melty, and it was just so much chocolatey goodness. I highly recommend it.

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I really liked Coral Reef. The food was good, our view of the aquarium was wonderful and our server was very nice. And strangely at a table behind my son was a family that was were lookalike's for my brother and his family. The man, especially in a profile, was a dead ringer for my brother. The woman from behind looked like my sister-in-law, and their younger son looked like my nephew when he was younger. It was just eerie. I just hope they didn't think we were kind of weird because both my son and I kept looking over at them, well at least until our food came and then we were more occupied with that instead. :)
 
Glad you liked Coral Reef - this is one of my favorite WDW restaurants - I love the aquarium view & the steak there is superb!
 
We had used up our TS credits with our lunch at Coral Reef. We had 3 CS credits left. We decided to have dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express in Downtown Disney. The last time we were there I remembered the portions being so large and feeling like we ate and ate and still had alot left over, but thinking it was really good.

When we got there, there was no line and we went right up and ordered. I got the rotisserie chicken, but with the seasoned fries as a side instead of the garlic mashed potatoes. My son ordered the chicken tenders and fries. We got a brownie and a chocolate chunk cookie as our desserts. The last time we were there we had enjoyed eating outside, but it was just too hot so we took a seat inside. Shortly after we sat down there was a long line to order so it looked like we got there just in time. But we still had to wait awhile until they brought our order out, but on the other hand it's a nice to change to be waited on with a CS meal. The servings were just as large as I remembered. The rotisserie chicken was very good, the fries too. The chicken tenders in my sons meal were humongous. I mean they would have been huge in an adult meal, much less a kid's meal. He didn't couldn't even eat all of one tender, and he had some fries. We both agreed the brownie was fairly tasteless, but the cookie was very good.

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After dinner, we had some snack credits to burn and went to Goofy's Candy Co. I decided to get a chocolate sandwich cookie covered with milk chocolate, chocolate chips, Reese's pieces and mini M&Ms. My son ordered marshmallows covered with milk chocolate and chocolate chips. Strangely, neither one of us was that happy with what we'd ordered and liked each other's better. I'm not normally a marshmallow person, but this was very good. We only ate a little though, we were too full from dinner. I wish that they hadn't taken away the crushed Reese's peanut butter cups, that was my favorite topping there.

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And of course my son wanted us to take home Rice Krispy Mickey, but had to be contented with me just taking a picture of it to remember it.

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This was the end of our last full day in Disney. We were both pretty tired by this point, very full, and my son was crying that he didn't want to go home and wanted to stay in FL. He wanted to know who he needed to talk to about so he could get a job there. I told him I didn't think Disney would violate labor laws by hiring a 7 year old, but he was willing to give it a try.

We used up our last CS credit the next morning at breakfast. My son's stomach was a little off and I just got us both toast instead of our usual cinnamon rolls. He had his toast plain, I wanted some butter. Why don't they have butter at the food courts, why do they only have margarine? I also had one snack credit left and got a yogurt with that.

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And that was the end our trip. I collected all the receipts to keep track of to see how what we ate fared against the cost of the DDP, but then haven't actually done it. I figured we just about broke even. If it wasn't for those Universal days where we had lunch at those parks, we would have used those CS credits for lunch at Disney on those days and made better use of them than the credits we used for breakfast. But I do like the DDP for the convenience if nothing else. Our favorite TS meals were Chef Mickeys and SciFi. We also really enjoyed Tusker House for breakfast, it's a really good meal all around. Coral Reef was very enjoyable and T-Rex too, which I wish was on the DDP. I can't say we had any really bad meals. The food at Crystal Palace was just eh, but the character interaction was very good. 1900 Park Fare was the opposite, not so great character interaction, but the food was tasty. We'll be back to Crystal Palace, but for breakfast the next time, but we'll give a pass to 1900 PF. I have on our radar for next time to try Whispering Canyon Cafe and Raglan Road in addition to some of our favorites. So much yummy food, so little time. :goodvibes
 

I enjoyed reading your reviews, they were very entertaining and fun to read! I'm glad you and your son (who is adorable by the way) had such a great time at WDW! My husband and I had that same feeling when we were there, wanting to get jobs and stay forever. It's hard to leave such a magical place, although it gives you something to look forward to when you come back! :goodvibes
 
I dont blame him, I always want to stay and get a Disney job myself! :goodvibes
 
I really enjoyed your pictures + reviews!! Thanks so much! Your son is adorable! ;) I'm glad you had a nice time!
 
My husband and I had that same feeling when we were there, wanting to get jobs and stay forever. It's hard to leave such a magical place, although it gives you something to look forward to when you come back! :goodvibes

I dont blame him, I always want to stay and get a Disney job myself! :goodvibes

I know, if I could get a job that paid well enough down there, I might just make my son happy and move down to FL, although he would want us to actually live in WDW.
 
Do you know the price for that mickey head rice crispie treat?

thanks
kris
 
Thanks so much for the reviews Laura, I really enjoyed them. Glad you and your son had some pretty good meals :)
 
Thanks for posting your reviews! We are doing Chef Mickey's and 50s Prime Time on our upcoming trip. I have already decided I am getting the pot roast! We are also doing Akershauss (sp?).

I have now read two Coral Reef reviews and want to try that perhaps for lunch one day!
 
Thanks for your reviews-they were great,I really enjoyed reading them and the pic's too!!! You guys must have had a wonderful time-excellent!:thumbsup2
 
Thanks so much for the reviews Laura, I really enjoyed them. Glad you and your son had some pretty good meals :)

Thanks for posting your reviews! We are doing Chef Mickey's and 50s Prime Time on our upcoming trip. I have already decided I am getting the pot roast! We are also doing Akershauss (sp?).

I have now read two Coral Reef reviews and want to try that perhaps for lunch one day!

Thanks for your reviews-they were great,I really enjoyed reading them and the pic's too!!! You guys must have had a wonderful time-excellent!:thumbsup2

Thanks everyone for reading the reviews. Of course now I'm already planning where we'll be dining next year. Now if they would just release the rates for 2010. ;)
 
Great reviews. Funny how no one wants to go home after WDW. Sounds like you both had a great time.
 










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