Tusker House Breakfast Buffet - Animal Kingdom
We weren't originally going to eat at Tusker House. I figured it would be similar to Donald's Breakferantasaurus (had no clue how it was spelled lol), but we decided to give it a try simply to get into the parks before opening so we wouldn't have to wait in line. We got a ressie for 8:15 AM with no problem the day before we wanted to go. We checked in at 8:00 AM and waited about 5 minutes and were seated right away. Before entering the restaurant they take your picture (which they offer to sell to you during Breakfast. I believe it was $30 for a 5x7 and 4 4x6 photos.) The photographer was nice enough to take one with our camera as well as with hers.
We were seated in the main dining area and attacked the buffet as soon as the drink orders were taken!
This breakfast had a good amount of food to offer! They had fresh fruit out, all kinds of bagels and pastries, scrambled eggs, breakfast potatoes, hard boiled eggs, yogurt and granola, ham, veggie frittata, cheese blintzes, waffles and a few others. They also had unbelievable bread pudding! It was banana cinnamon bread pudding with vanilla sauce. I had the scrambled eggs, fruit, bread pudding, veggie fritatta, and breakfast potatoes. The eggs were really good. They weren't wet and soggy, but not dry. They were perfect. The potatoes were pretty good too. If I remember correctly they were pretty heavily seasoned though and i couldn't find ketchup on the buffet which I usually put on my potatoes. The fruit was fresh, but the watermelon wasn't seedless which I was bummed about! I hate picking the seeds out lol The fruit wasn't as fresh as it was at CP though. The Veggie frittata was ok....not my cup of tea. It was a little weird because it was made with a pie crust. It didn't do it for me. Brendan ate a lot of the same foods as me, but he subbed in the hard boiled eggs for scrambled eggs. I can't understand how he eats cold hard boiled eggs! I like them warm...but no cold! lol
Donald, Mickey, Goofy, and Daisy were all at Breakfast. The only one that we didn't get to meet was Goofy, but we met him at two other breakfasts so it was all good.
Our waitress here was really nice and was quick to refill the drinks. She was nothing over the top amazing, but provided great service!
We timed the meal perfectly too! As we were walking out the crowd was approaching heading to the safari! It def beat waiting at the turnstiles!
Here is a picture with us and Mickey! They all dress in safari outfits!
Service - ***
Food- ** 1/2 (It was good, but not as good as the other breakfasts on our trip)
Price (Value) - ** 1/2 (didn't have as many foods offered as some of the other buffets)
Atmosphere- *** (This restaurant was really nice! I loved all the decorations)
Will We Return? - Most Likely. Its the only breakfast in AK and we'd rather sit down to eat than wait outside to get into the parks. It was much better than the breakfast that used to be in Dinoland!
Chefs de France Lunch- Epcot World Showcase Pavilion - France
This is another one that we didn't plan ahead of time and just walked right up at 1:45 and was seated within 5 minutes. I was kind of itching to try it since the pics on the Disboards made the food and restaurant look so good! Our waiter was nice, although it was tough getting used to the thick french accent. I ordered the French Onion Soup (which was really really good) and the Macaroni and Cheese. The Mac and Cheese was kind of too much in my opinion. I really liked it, but after a few bites I was done. It was thick and rish and would have been perfect if paired with something else. Brendan ate the rest of it for me though! lol Brendan ordered the Salade Nicoise. He said it was really good. This restaurant is very pretty and fancy looking inside. Everything was really good...just a little over the top with the cheese for me! Next time I think I would get the soup with something else from the menu. Don't get me wrong, the macaroni was great....just too much cheese for lunch lol
Service - ***
Food- ** 1/2 (Everything was good...just nothing over the top memorable)
Price (Value) - ***
Atmosphere- *** (I really liked the inside of the restaurant....Very pretty!)
Will We Return? - Prob not! We are trying to cut out some of the "fun" food next trip lol Brendan is a personal trainer so was very worried about his physique this trip!! There are also a lot of other places in Epcot we want to try!
Here is a picture in front of the fountain that is right outside Chefs.
Next up: Jiko and Boma at the Animal Kingdom Lodge
O I also wanted to mention that we were not on the Disney Dining Plan this vacation. We did use the DDE though and saw a lot of savings!!! They add an 18% gratuity to the bill now which made it easy for us to just sign and leave! It also works out for us too because we usually leave about 20% or a little more!
I loveeee all the fireworks shows at Disney and def didn't want to miss my first Illuminations experience of the trip. We paid and scooted out of there and caught the last half of the show. We felt kind of rude leaving....but the meal took longer than expected. I would have loved the slow pace of the meal if I didn't have a fireworks display to catch lol It's nice to slow down for dinner after the fury of touring the parks all day!
and have ADRs for a lot of the places you're reviewing. So thanks for the input!!
