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I am soooo hungry right now, thanks for sharing your reviews. 
A DREAM is a WISH your HEART makes ..... 18 days of Free Disney Dining! (with pix)
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And I assume you plan to tell us why Mickey was hanging out at the Krispy Kreme... I love the way you tell a story. Here in Michigan it is 5:36 p.m., the Kifta is in the oven and I am reading your food report wishing I had put dinner on sooner. Geeze you make me want to eat, eat, eat, everytime I read your posts. It is a good thing I am skinny. I think I have gained five pounds just from reading.
Kate
So, how was the Kifta
? Sorry about the five pounds 
And yes, the Krispy Kreme Mickey story is to be continued!
Glad I could help!
Yeah, for having caught up!!!
I hope you have lots of yummy Disney food to tell us all about when you go next week! Don't forget that camera!!!
I am soooo hungry right now, thanks for sharing your reviews.
You are very welcome!
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Aug 28 - breakfast at the Island Dining Room, a light lunch at the Monster's Cafe, Starbuck's treats and dinner at Red Lobster
We got up earlier this day and were at the Island Dining Room at 8.30am. The girl who signed us in still remembered us from the day before which was nice. We were seated towards the back of the restaurant again. We both ordered coffee and orange juice today. Tom wanted to try the Islands All Meat Open Faced Omelette - With Portuguese sausage, Applewood smoked bacon, ham and Cheddar cheese. It was a huge serving that came with white toast. I tried just a tiny bit and it was very nice.
I just love Eggs Benedict and these had a special twist, the Islands Eggs Benedict - Baby spinach, roma tomatoes, parmesan cheese and hollandaise. Oh heaven on earth for breakfast. If only one could have a breakfast like this every day!
Now remember we are staying at the Royal Pacific Resort for only four days, guess where we spent our morning ...........
guess again ...............
Well, I guess the pumpkin coach gave it away!
We spent our morning shopping at Downtown Disney, before we went back to the hotel, parked the car and went to catch a water taxi. That day we wanted to go to the Studios Park. Their tickets never seem to work so it took ages to get into the park, but at least with the Universal Express we could really walk onto all the rides, Shrek, Jimmy Neutron, Twister, we rode the Mummy a few times and then decided it was time to eat again. So we went to the Monster's Cafe which has very nice pizza. We decided to share a Cheese Pizza
and a Caesar salad with a breadstick
The salad was mixed right there and was really fresh. We ordered two diet cokes to go with it. Both dishes were nice, but nothing to write home about, typical theme park stuff.
We had our desserts a little lateron when we passed Starbuck's. We don't have any Starbuck's here in Upper Austria, so they are a treat. We stopped to have some for dessert. I had the Caramel Frappuccino® Blended Coffee
and Tom had the Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino® blended coffee with Chocolate Whipped Cream
They were both so YUMMY!!!!
We then went toward the San Francisco area and watched an employee make some of their "make your own" pop corn. Sweet popcorn with a few items you can choose. By the way they charge $ 9,- for a tiny container (about 2 hands full) of popcorn. Didn't buy any but had a laugh when we looked through the candies.
By then the dark clouds started rolling in so we headed towards the new Simpsons ride, which is really good fun, showed our Express cards again and rode it. We then picked up a few souvenirs in the Kwik-e-mart and headed towards the exit and the water taxi. The water taxi was about to leave when we arrived and they were nice enough to wait for us and let us get on. We arrived at the hotel just as the rain started.
We stayed at our room during the rain, downloaded some photos and did some laundry. By early evening the rain had stopped and we were thinking about where to have dinner.
We had always wanted to try Red Lobster, so we went on the internet to find one close to us and finally chose one in Kissimmee.
We started our meal with those delicious cheese rolls and some butter.
I chose the trio of shrimp. Seaside Shrimp Trio
A generous sampling of our Walts Favorite Shrimp, savory garlic shrimp scampi and shrimp linguini Alfredo. All of them were very good. I loved the linguini Alfredo and the breaded shrimp. The Garlic Shrimp were swimming in butter and a bit on the heavy side.
Tom had the Garlic Grilled Jumbo shrimp skewer and baby lobster tail skewer on pilaw rice and veg. Very nice as well.
We were too stuffed to have dessert and went back to the resort. It was past 10pm when we finally arrived there and we just fell into bed.
To be continued .........
Next up - Island Dining Room for breakfast, a late lunch at Bubba Gump's and more Krispy Kreme Donuts (no, this is not a deja vue. We really had the same restaurants again!)
We got up earlier this day and were at the Island Dining Room at 8.30am. The girl who signed us in still remembered us from the day before which was nice. We were seated towards the back of the restaurant again. We both ordered coffee and orange juice today. Tom wanted to try the Islands All Meat Open Faced Omelette - With Portuguese sausage, Applewood smoked bacon, ham and Cheddar cheese. It was a huge serving that came with white toast. I tried just a tiny bit and it was very nice.
I just love Eggs Benedict and these had a special twist, the Islands Eggs Benedict - Baby spinach, roma tomatoes, parmesan cheese and hollandaise. Oh heaven on earth for breakfast. If only one could have a breakfast like this every day!
Now remember we are staying at the Royal Pacific Resort for only four days, guess where we spent our morning ...........
guess again ...............
Well, I guess the pumpkin coach gave it away!
We spent our morning shopping at Downtown Disney, before we went back to the hotel, parked the car and went to catch a water taxi. That day we wanted to go to the Studios Park. Their tickets never seem to work so it took ages to get into the park, but at least with the Universal Express we could really walk onto all the rides, Shrek, Jimmy Neutron, Twister, we rode the Mummy a few times and then decided it was time to eat again. So we went to the Monster's Cafe which has very nice pizza. We decided to share a Cheese Pizza
and a Caesar salad with a breadstick
The salad was mixed right there and was really fresh. We ordered two diet cokes to go with it. Both dishes were nice, but nothing to write home about, typical theme park stuff.
We had our desserts a little lateron when we passed Starbuck's. We don't have any Starbuck's here in Upper Austria, so they are a treat. We stopped to have some for dessert. I had the Caramel Frappuccino® Blended Coffee
and Tom had the Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino® blended coffee with Chocolate Whipped Cream
They were both so YUMMY!!!!
We then went toward the San Francisco area and watched an employee make some of their "make your own" pop corn. Sweet popcorn with a few items you can choose. By the way they charge $ 9,- for a tiny container (about 2 hands full) of popcorn. Didn't buy any but had a laugh when we looked through the candies.
By then the dark clouds started rolling in so we headed towards the new Simpsons ride, which is really good fun, showed our Express cards again and rode it. We then picked up a few souvenirs in the Kwik-e-mart and headed towards the exit and the water taxi. The water taxi was about to leave when we arrived and they were nice enough to wait for us and let us get on. We arrived at the hotel just as the rain started.
We stayed at our room during the rain, downloaded some photos and did some laundry. By early evening the rain had stopped and we were thinking about where to have dinner.
We had always wanted to try Red Lobster, so we went on the internet to find one close to us and finally chose one in Kissimmee.
We started our meal with those delicious cheese rolls and some butter.
I chose the trio of shrimp. Seaside Shrimp Trio
A generous sampling of our Walts Favorite Shrimp, savory garlic shrimp scampi and shrimp linguini Alfredo. All of them were very good. I loved the linguini Alfredo and the breaded shrimp. The Garlic Shrimp were swimming in butter and a bit on the heavy side.
Tom had the Garlic Grilled Jumbo shrimp skewer and baby lobster tail skewer on pilaw rice and veg. Very nice as well.
We were too stuffed to have dessert and went back to the resort. It was past 10pm when we finally arrived there and we just fell into bed.
To be continued .........
Next up - Island Dining Room for breakfast, a late lunch at Bubba Gump's and more Krispy Kreme Donuts (no, this is not a deja vue. We really had the same restaurants again!)
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We now have Krispy Kreme shops here, they're gorgeous aren't they
They are!!!!
And I hope they have some at Bluewater, when I go to visit my aunt who lives in Kent too!Where do you get yours?
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Aug 29 - Island Dining Room for breakfast, a late lunch at Bubba Gump's and more Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
Our last day at Universal started like the other two, with a breakfast at the Island Dining Room.
We are there at around the same time as the day before and we didn't have to wait for a table. Today's breakfast was the Grilled Steak and Eggs - New York Strip and 3-Eggs any style and hollandaise for Tom, which he really enjoyed. The steak was cooked to order and the hollandaise was well flavoured.
I had the Two Eggs Any Style - With your choice of breakfast meat. I ordered the eggs scrambled and some bacon to go with the Yukon Gold Potato Hash, Maui Onions and Sweet Peppers. It was really good. The eggs were still moist and soft, the bacon crispy and the potatoes VERY yummy.
After that we took the water taxi over to citywalk and went to the Islands of Adventures. Again we went counter clockwise and went on the Cat in the Hat ride, the High in the Sky Train, watched Poseidon's Fury and rode the Dragons 6 times in a row. We then went over to Jurassic Park, skipped the Water rides and went on Spiderman, Dr. Doom's Fearfall and rode the Hulk twice.
In the early afternoon we were done with Islands of Adventures and went to Citywalk to shop. I had seen a few handbags and we then went to buy some of them.
Since we already were at Citywalk we just went over to Bubba Gump's for one more meal there this year. Again, in the afternoon the restaurant was rather empty and we were seated towards the back of the restaurant, which we shared with 6 other people.
Tom had another beer and I had another strawberry speckled lemonade and we both ordered a Classic Caesar Salad - Fresh grated Parmesan and croutons as our starter.
I chose to be boring and order the Dumb Luck Coconut Shrimp served with Cajun marmalade and fries again. They are just soooooooo good!!!
Tom chose the Mama Blue's Southern Charmed Fried Shrimp - With hot and crispy fries and cocktail sauce for dipping. These were rather spicey and tasted wonderful dipped in the sauces.
We were too full for dessert so we decided to have something sweet lateron. When we left the restaurant it looked like rain so we decided to go back to the resort for a while. Again we caught the boat at the last minute and made it back to the resort before the rain. That rainshower didn't linger too long, so we decided to go back to the Studios Park one more time.
We were able to do Shrek again, rode the Mummy 3 times in a row and went on the Simpson's ride. By then it had gotten late and we headed back to the hotel, since we still had the packing to do.
But before we started the hard task of packing we went to Kissimmee again to pick up another batch of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. This time we went for the dozen!
We were still intrigued by the Mickey hanging in the door, so asked if there was a reason for him hanging there. They pointed us towards a large Thank You poster from WDW, they had gotten after providing them with doughnuts during the Hurricane season of 2004. (Hurricanes Charley and Frances).
Now Mickey is an honorary employee there.
We went back to the Royal Pacific Hotel, snacked on our doughnuts and packed our bags to go back to Disney the next day. And to meet our friends Mary Ellen and Joe for another food feast!
To be continued .........
Next up - Pop Century Food Court, Beaches and Cream and dinner at the Coral Reef
Our last day at Universal started like the other two, with a breakfast at the Island Dining Room.
We are there at around the same time as the day before and we didn't have to wait for a table. Today's breakfast was the Grilled Steak and Eggs - New York Strip and 3-Eggs any style and hollandaise for Tom, which he really enjoyed. The steak was cooked to order and the hollandaise was well flavoured.
I had the Two Eggs Any Style - With your choice of breakfast meat. I ordered the eggs scrambled and some bacon to go with the Yukon Gold Potato Hash, Maui Onions and Sweet Peppers. It was really good. The eggs were still moist and soft, the bacon crispy and the potatoes VERY yummy.
After that we took the water taxi over to citywalk and went to the Islands of Adventures. Again we went counter clockwise and went on the Cat in the Hat ride, the High in the Sky Train, watched Poseidon's Fury and rode the Dragons 6 times in a row. We then went over to Jurassic Park, skipped the Water rides and went on Spiderman, Dr. Doom's Fearfall and rode the Hulk twice.
In the early afternoon we were done with Islands of Adventures and went to Citywalk to shop. I had seen a few handbags and we then went to buy some of them.
Since we already were at Citywalk we just went over to Bubba Gump's for one more meal there this year. Again, in the afternoon the restaurant was rather empty and we were seated towards the back of the restaurant, which we shared with 6 other people.
Tom had another beer and I had another strawberry speckled lemonade and we both ordered a Classic Caesar Salad - Fresh grated Parmesan and croutons as our starter.
I chose to be boring and order the Dumb Luck Coconut Shrimp served with Cajun marmalade and fries again. They are just soooooooo good!!!
Tom chose the Mama Blue's Southern Charmed Fried Shrimp - With hot and crispy fries and cocktail sauce for dipping. These were rather spicey and tasted wonderful dipped in the sauces.
We were too full for dessert so we decided to have something sweet lateron. When we left the restaurant it looked like rain so we decided to go back to the resort for a while. Again we caught the boat at the last minute and made it back to the resort before the rain. That rainshower didn't linger too long, so we decided to go back to the Studios Park one more time.
We were able to do Shrek again, rode the Mummy 3 times in a row and went on the Simpson's ride. By then it had gotten late and we headed back to the hotel, since we still had the packing to do.
But before we started the hard task of packing we went to Kissimmee again to pick up another batch of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. This time we went for the dozen!
We were still intrigued by the Mickey hanging in the door, so asked if there was a reason for him hanging there. They pointed us towards a large Thank You poster from WDW, they had gotten after providing them with doughnuts during the Hurricane season of 2004. (Hurricanes Charley and Frances).
Now Mickey is an honorary employee there.
We went back to the Royal Pacific Hotel, snacked on our doughnuts and packed our bags to go back to Disney the next day. And to meet our friends Mary Ellen and Joe for another food feast!
To be continued .........
Next up - Pop Century Food Court, Beaches and Cream and dinner at the Coral Reef
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Glad you like the reviews!
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Those donuts look soooo good.
Glad you liked Red Lobster. Until we had gone to WDW on Free Dining, Red Lobster was the classiest place we had been too.
But, that said, we do love the food there.
Great reviews!
Glad you liked Red Lobster. Until we had gone to WDW on Free Dining, Red Lobster was the classiest place we had been too.
But, that said, we do love the food there.
Great reviews!
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You have a Disney addiction????
Me too!!!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I have spent all afternoon reading the 20 pages of reviews and on the phone with Disney Dining changing some of our ADRs for our January trip. This has been so much fun to read. It has also convinced me to lose at least 10 pounds before we leave so I don't have to feel so guilty as I am indulging in desserts with all of my meals. Also, I hope that my 2 DSs impress with their behavior. What a compliment for those children and the parents!!!!
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Hi Dizneeat,
I just caught up with your newest dining reviews, and I was smiling when I read your review for Red Lobster.
I have always enjoyed eating seafood at Red Lobster, and while it is not the most gourmet food in the world, it is most certainly a tasty meal.
Your detailed pictures reminded me of my past; I have special memories of eating at RL with my dad when I was younger. However, I haven't been to this restaurant since they closed their location in downtown Chicago a couple of years ago. I might have to search for a new location outside of the city just to have those warm garlic and cheese biscuits again.
This is such a wonderful thread.
I just caught up with your newest dining reviews, and I was smiling when I read your review for Red Lobster.
I have always enjoyed eating seafood at Red Lobster, and while it is not the most gourmet food in the world, it is most certainly a tasty meal. Your detailed pictures reminded me of my past; I have special memories of eating at RL with my dad when I was younger. However, I haven't been to this restaurant since they closed their location in downtown Chicago a couple of years ago. I might have to search for a new location outside of the city just to have those warm garlic and cheese biscuits again.
This is such a wonderful thread.
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Yeaaa, finally I know why Mickey was hanging around Krispy Kreme. Thanks for the morning reading reward. Now I can happily go to class and teach my students how to manipulate other people and train their dogs to ring a bell instead of barking at the door.
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You have a Disney addiction????
Me too!!!
Me three! It's comes and goes in waves. It's really bad now because some of my students when to Disney this past weekend. I want to go! I have to wait until January 2010
I'm so impatient!And so jealous that you, Dizneeat, that you got to go twice! The food looks so yummy and I'm totally reconsidering Tutto Italia (yes I am planning this far away).
And as for Red Lobster....nothing beats those cheddar bay biscuits!
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We now have Krispy Kreme shops here, they're gorgeous aren't they
they are the best arent they...but you want to know something very sad??? they got rid of ALL of our KK donut places around here...I have to go either clear up to San Francisco area or down to LA area...and it stinks
loving your TR and the pics are awesome...keep it coming
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I'm loving your reviews! Thank you for taking the time to share them! 
dizneeat
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It's refreshing to see reviews of some, dare I say it, non-Disney eateries!
But now we are done with it!
Let's get back to the good stuff!Bubba IS awesome! Be prepared to be quizzed on the movie
We didn't have enough time to try a lot of Krispy Kreme, hmmmm, we might need to go back for more! :
Those donuts look soooo good.
Glad you liked Red Lobster. Until we had gone to WDW on Free Dining, Red Lobster was the classiest place we had been too.
But, that said, we do love the food there.
Great reviews!
We had seen so many ads on Red Lobster, we needed to try once we were NOT at Disney. It was worth going there. NIce food!
You have a Disney addiction????
Me too!!!
So do I - let's start "Disney Addicts Anonymouse" (love to have the mouse at the end!)
Wow! Reading all 20 pages in one afternoon
. Losing weight to put it back on at Disney is the way to go . Hi Dizneeat,
I just caught up with your newest dining reviews, and I was smiling when I read your review for Red Lobster.
Your detailed pictures reminded me of my past; I have special memories of eating at RL with my dad when I was younger. However, I haven't been to this restaurant since they closed their location in downtown Chicago a couple of years ago. I might have to search for a new location outside of the city just to have those warm garlic and cheese biscuits again.
This is such a wonderful thread.
Thank you so much! I am glad I could bring back some memories
. We have been going to the US on a very regular basis since 1992 and this was our first brush with Red Lobster Hmmmm, maybe I should teach my students how to manipulate other people too - maybe manipulate them to let me take the students on a Disney field trip!
Me three! It's comes and goes in waves. It's really bad now because some of my students when to Disney this past weekend. I want to go! I have to wait until January 2010
And so jealous that you, Dizneeat, that you got to go twice! The food looks so yummy and I'm totally reconsidering Tutto Italia (yes I am planning this far away).
And as for Red Lobster....nothing beats those cheddar bay biscuits!
Welcome to the club! (DAA=Disney Addicts Anonymouse) Tutto is just such a treat, much better than the Ristaurante Alfredo! Put it on your list!!! - and hey, I am studying menus again already, LOL. I have 10 days of free dining in Sept 09 to fill!
they are the best arent they...but you want to know something very sad??? they got rid of ALL of our KK donut places around here...I have to go either clear up to San Francisco area or down to LA area...and it stinks
loving your TR and the pics are awesome...keep it coming
Thank you - that's so unfair about the KK in California! I need to check into it, since we have a trip down the California Coastline planned for next summer - and I was hoping for some KK along the way!
I'm loving your reviews! Thank you for taking the time to share them!
Thank you, it's fun to share!
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Aug 30 - Pop Century Food Court, Beaches and Cream and dinner at the Coral Reef
It's time to go back to WDW!!!
That day started with getting our things together to move out of the Royal Pacific Hotel. We decided to have the rest of our Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and some coffee (we had one of those capsule coffee machines in the room) for breakfast to save some time. Around 9pm we called bell services, who promptly came to the room to pick up our luggage. Tom went to get the car and then they "loaded" everything into the car, means most of it was sitting in the back seat! We went to the parking lot, out of bell services sight, so we would not hurt their feelings when rearranging our luggage! Off we went to the Pop Century Resort. No long line at check in and we could not believe our luck, but our room was ready at 10.15!! Off we went in search of it, this time carrying a lot of luggage with us - unfortunately we didn't look close enough, since we hit the wrong building! After a LONG time tracking with loads of luggage (keep in mind, we had been travelling for 3 weeks by then) in tow, we finally found our room, hauled everything we had with us in it and went back for the second load.
By then it was nearly 11 and we needed to go to Hertz to return the convertible and pick up a car that was big enough for us and our friends Joe and Mary Ellen.
The only thing I just wanted was a snack! So off we went to the Food Court to pick up a Mickey bar. Sorry, no photo - I was too gready and started eating before remembering to take a photo.
We then headed to the car and off we went to the Hertz car return at the airport. Returned one car, picked up another one and off we went to the airport to pick up Mary Ellen and Joe!
I need to explain about Mary Ellen and Joe. Obviously they are our friends. I met Mary Ellen on a Disney Board, where she asked a question and I happened to know the answer. We sent PM to each other for a few days until we started writing e-mails and have done so daily for the last 4 years. 2 years ago we decided it was time to actually meet and we both were lucky enough to grab Free Dining in 07 for a week. When we finally met we hit it off big time. It was a week full of laughter and Disney fun. When we were offered the bounce back for summer 08 we grabbed it as fast as we could. Now we were to meet for the second time.
We arrived at the airport and noticed their plane had already landed, so we hoped they would still be in arrivals and waited with the poster we had made for them.
Once we realized we had missed them we went to look for the Magical Express counter, criss crossing the airport in search for it! There we found them waiting for us. Joe rode on the ME to Pop, Mary Ellen went with us, criss crossing the airport again in search for the parking lot.
They then checked in and off we went to start our Dining Extravaganza at the one and only Beaches and Cream. It's the best way to start a vacation.
We arrived at the Yacht Club, went over to Beaches and Cream and were told it was about a 40 minute wait, but what the heck.
After 30 minutes it was our turn, we were led to a booth and seated, no need for a menu, we know what we want - a KITCHEN SINK Eight Scoops of Ice Cream served with all the Toppings in the house and a whole can of Whipped Cream and some water to wash it all down!
Don't they look excited?
And here's Mary Ellen enjoying one of the many cherries!
Even though we were all hungry we could not finish it!!
That's what they felt like after we were done with it!
After indulging in this ice-cream dream we all went back to Pop century to unpack and relax for a while before going back to Epcot for our dinner at Coral Reef!
To be continued ............
Next up - dinner at Coral Reef
It's time to go back to WDW!!!
That day started with getting our things together to move out of the Royal Pacific Hotel. We decided to have the rest of our Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and some coffee (we had one of those capsule coffee machines in the room) for breakfast to save some time. Around 9pm we called bell services, who promptly came to the room to pick up our luggage. Tom went to get the car and then they "loaded" everything into the car, means most of it was sitting in the back seat! We went to the parking lot, out of bell services sight, so we would not hurt their feelings
when rearranging our luggage! Off we went to the Pop Century Resort. No long line at check in and we could not believe our luck, but our room was ready at 10.15!! Off we went in search of it, this time carrying a lot of luggage with us - unfortunately we didn't look close enough, since we hit the wrong building! After a LONG time tracking with loads of luggage (keep in mind, we had been travelling for 3 weeks by then) in tow, we finally found our room, hauled everything we had with us in it and went back for the second load. By then it was nearly 11 and we needed to go to Hertz to return the convertible and pick up a car that was big enough for us and our friends Joe and Mary Ellen.
The only thing I just wanted was a snack! So off we went to the Food Court to pick up a Mickey bar. Sorry, no photo - I was too gready and started eating before remembering to take a photo.
We then headed to the car and off we went to the Hertz car return at the airport. Returned one car, picked up another one and off we went to the airport to pick up Mary Ellen and Joe!
I need to explain about Mary Ellen and Joe. Obviously they are our friends. I met Mary Ellen on a Disney Board, where she asked a question and I happened to know the answer. We sent PM to each other for a few days until we started writing e-mails and have done so daily for the last 4 years. 2 years ago we decided it was time to actually meet and we both were lucky enough to grab Free Dining in 07 for a week. When we finally met we hit it off big time. It was a week full of laughter and Disney fun. When we were offered the bounce back for summer 08 we grabbed it as fast as we could. Now we were to meet for the second time.
We arrived at the airport and noticed their plane had already landed, so we hoped they would still be in arrivals and waited with the poster we had made for them.
Once we realized we had missed them we went to look for the Magical Express counter, criss crossing the airport in search for it! There we found them waiting for us. Joe rode on the ME to Pop, Mary Ellen went with us, criss crossing the airport again in search for the parking lot.
They then checked in and off we went to start our Dining Extravaganza at the one and only Beaches and Cream. It's the best way to start a vacation.
We arrived at the Yacht Club, went over to Beaches and Cream and were told it was about a 40 minute wait, but what the heck.
After 30 minutes it was our turn, we were led to a booth and seated, no need for a menu, we know what we want - a KITCHEN SINK Eight Scoops of Ice Cream served with all the Toppings in the house and a whole can of Whipped Cream and some water to wash it all down!
Don't they look excited?
And here's Mary Ellen enjoying one of the many cherries!
Even though we were all hungry we could not finish it!!
That's what they felt like after we were done with it!
After indulging in this ice-cream dream we all went back to Pop century to unpack and relax for a while before going back to Epcot for our dinner at Coral Reef!
To be continued ............
Next up - dinner at Coral Reef
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