A DREAM is a WISH your HEART makes ..... 18 days of Free Disney Dining! (with pix)
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TigerKat
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I'm excited for my next trip, I'll be meeting my best friend that I've never met in person. I met her here on the DIS two years ago and we are soul mates. We have so much in common, talk by phone often and we confide in each other daily. Strange? I say no, sometimes things just happen for a reason. We're both very excited along with our families!
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Fantastic report! Thank you!
Awww, you made me cry! It feels like we have know each other forever and just clicked from the start. We are very excited too!
I'm excited for my next trip, I'll be meeting my best friend that I've never met in person. I met her here on the DIS two years ago and we are soul mates. We have so much in common, talk by phone often and we confide in each other daily. Strange? I say no, sometimes things just happen for a reason. We're both very excited along with our families!
Awww, you made me cry! It feels like we have know each other forever and just clicked from the start. We are very excited too!
That egg white and smoked turkey wrap looks fabulous! So much so that I am planning to make myself one at home. I don't eat egg yolks and it's always hard to find tasty egg white dishes. That one looks great!
Wonderful reviews as usual. I've always avoided Bubba Gump's thinking it was too chain-y to be any good, especially since I spent my summers growing up in New Orleans and like tasty Cajun food. Those dishes looked pretty tasty though so I might have to try the local one. It's not like I can get good Cajun food in California anywhere else. Thanks for all the pics!
Wonderful reviews as usual. I've always avoided Bubba Gump's thinking it was too chain-y to be any good, especially since I spent my summers growing up in New Orleans and like tasty Cajun food. Those dishes looked pretty tasty though so I might have to try the local one. It's not like I can get good Cajun food in California anywhere else. Thanks for all the pics!
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I'm excited for my next trip, I'll be meeting my best friend that I've never met in person. I met her here on the DIS two years ago and we are soul mates. We have so much in common, talk by phone often and we confide in each other daily. Strange? I say no, sometimes things just happen for a reason. We're both very excited along with our families!
I know, off topic, but that is the coolest thing ever! I consider you a friend too girl!
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dizneeat
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Thank you!
More coming up shortly!I'm excited for my next trip, I'll be meeting my best friend that I've never met in person. I met her here on the DIS two years ago and we are soul mates. We have so much in common, talk by phone often and we confide in each other daily. Strange? I say no, sometimes things just happen for a reason. We're both very excited along with our families!
I do so understand how you feel!
Thank YOU!!
That wrap was sensational! We are so looking forward to eating at the Island Dining Room again next summer.
I have more Bubba Gump pix in my trip reports on my homepage. We LOVE to eat there!
Joining this late but have to say what a delightful report!
How nice that you and your brother enjoy traveling together. It's great that you have a mutual interest in traveling, Disney and FOOD.
A-M
PS. I'm pro Froggie
Thank you and
on the Froggie!!!
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Aug 30 - dinner at Coral Reef
After relaxing for a while we drove over to Epcot again for dinner at the Coral Reef.
On the way to the restaurant it started pouring down, so our group of "yellows" entered the restaurant about 10 minutes prior to our reservation. We were handed a beeper and sat down, but about 5 minutes later we were seated.
When we got to our table divers were in the tank and held up a sign and threw some "confetti". It was definitely fun to watch.
Our waitress was a bit "strange". She stopped only briefly, handed us our menus and off she went again. We felt rather hurried by her behaviour. Nevertheless, we wanted to enjoy our first meal together. Tom ordered the Grilled Mahi Mahi - served with cashew-jasmine rice topped with a spicy pineapple chutney finished with a malibu rum beurre blanc. It was very good, moist fish and spicy rice and chutney. He liked it a lot.
I had the Seafood Linguini with sauteed shrimp, mahi mahi, salmon, mussels, andouille sausage and slow-roasted tomatoes. Very good dish, even though the sausage was very spicy and nearly overpowered the delicate taste of the seafood.
Mary Ellen and Joe both had the Grilled NY Strip Steak - served with potatoes au gratin, and broccolini
As soon as we had finished our main course the server removed the plates and asked about dessert.
Tom chose the Tropical Fruit with Mango Sorbet - finished with a sea horse tuile which was light and fresh.
I HAD to go for my favourite, the Chocolate Wave* - with brandied cherries! Love the liquid center and cherries. Yum, yum!!!
There were very few people at the living seas, so we went on the Nemo ride and watched Turtle Talk before we went to World Showcase to watch the rest of Illuminations. After that we went home, because we had an early breakfast reservation at Trail's End.
To be continued .........
Next up - Trail's end breakfast and another lunch at Wolfgang Puck's, Narcoossee's for dinner
After relaxing for a while we drove over to Epcot again for dinner at the Coral Reef.
On the way to the restaurant it started pouring down, so our group of "yellows" entered the restaurant about 10 minutes prior to our reservation. We were handed a beeper and sat down, but about 5 minutes later we were seated.
When we got to our table divers were in the tank and held up a sign and threw some "confetti". It was definitely fun to watch.
Our waitress was a bit "strange". She stopped only briefly, handed us our menus and off she went again. We felt rather hurried by her behaviour. Nevertheless, we wanted to enjoy our first meal together. Tom ordered the Grilled Mahi Mahi - served with cashew-jasmine rice topped with a spicy pineapple chutney finished with a malibu rum beurre blanc. It was very good, moist fish and spicy rice and chutney. He liked it a lot.
I had the Seafood Linguini with sauteed shrimp, mahi mahi, salmon, mussels, andouille sausage and slow-roasted tomatoes. Very good dish, even though the sausage was very spicy and nearly overpowered the delicate taste of the seafood.
Mary Ellen and Joe both had the Grilled NY Strip Steak - served with potatoes au gratin, and broccolini
As soon as we had finished our main course the server removed the plates and asked about dessert.
Tom chose the Tropical Fruit with Mango Sorbet - finished with a sea horse tuile which was light and fresh.
I HAD to go for my favourite, the Chocolate Wave* - with brandied cherries! Love the liquid center and cherries. Yum, yum!!!
There were very few people at the living seas, so we went on the Nemo ride and watched Turtle Talk before we went to World Showcase to watch the rest of Illuminations. After that we went home, because we had an early breakfast reservation at Trail's End.
To be continued .........
Next up - Trail's end breakfast and another lunch at Wolfgang Puck's, Narcoossee's for dinner
TarheelPrincess
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I LOVE your report! Thank you for taking the time to post.
DisneyJo
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BluewaterThey are!!!!
Where do you get yours?
They have a shop there that makes them as you watch, it's on the top floor near the cinemas Can't believe you all didn't finish the kitchen sink, love the full up faces
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Bluewater
Can't believe you all didn't finish the kitchen sink, love the full up faces
Ohh Krispy Kremes! I do not need to be drooling this much at this time of night!! We are going to Bluewater in two weeks to do some Christmas shopping and I cant wait to get a dozen (or two dozen?!) for me and DH!!!
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mmmm, loving your dining report - I'm ready to switch a couple of my choices based on your revews and photos!!! thanks 
dizneeat
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I am glad you enjoy it!
oh my goodness y'all are just the custest and your trip report rocks
Thank you!!!!!
Bluewater
Can't believe you all didn't finish the kitchen sink, love the full up faces
Good to know they have the real thing there! I better check the airlines to pay a visit to auntie!! Lucky you going to Bluewater in only two weeks time!
mmmm, loving your dining report - I'm ready to switch a couple of my choices based on your revews and photos!!! thanks
Thank you! Deciding where to eat is the hardest part!
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Aug 31 - Trail's end breakfast and another lunch at Wolfgang Puck's, Narcoossee's for dinner
After a good night's sleep we were up early for a breakfast with members of the Tagrel group for breakfast at Trail's End Buffet.
Since we had never met the other people we were a bit nervous about meeting them, but we should not have been. We had lots of fun getting to know each other and were seated right on time.
Stupid me forgot to take photos, so all I can offer is this photo of all of us having breakfast together.
The buffet is regular breakfast fare and was nice, but nothing out of the ordinary.
After our breakfast we went to DTD to do some window shopping and to pick up a few things for Mary Ellen and Joe's grandson. It was fun to let the grandmother to be let loose in the World of Disney . She filled those baskets pretty fast!
Unfortunately she than had an incident with one of her gift cards, which didn't work, so we had to visit Guest Relations and it took ages to sort it out.
By then it was early afternoon and we started getting hungry again. Well, because we already were at DTD why not visit WPE again? Mary Ellen and Joe had never been there and I had told her so much about the Creme Bruleé we had to just try with them.
Joe had the Rosemary Rotisserie Chicken - served with house-made garlic mashed potatoes
while Mary Ellen and I had the Spicy Chicken and Sweet Peppers - all natural chicken, roasted red and yellow peppers, mozzarella, tomoatoes, leeks, crushed red chilis and fresh cilantro
and Tom tried the Spaghetti with Meatballs and a side Caesar salad.
Unfortunately they were out of Creme Bruleé, so we all chose a cookie for dessert, which we then took with us to eat for breakfast the next day.
We then went back to our resort to relax for a while before we went to Epcot to enjoy World Showcase.
The "Beatles" were about to play, so we grabbed a flake to get us in the mood and watched the show.
Next were "Off Kilter". Mary Ellen is one of their biggest fans, so we watched one performance, then went to get some water and popcorn and watched a second performance.
On the way out we rode Spaceship Earth before we went back to our resort to get changed for our dinner at Narcoossee's.
Unfortunately I need to add that this was the most disappointing restaurant we had done the whole time.
We were there right at our ADR time and checked in. They told us they were running behind, but since we heard that sentence in nearly every restaurant, we didn't give it much thought.
It did take 40 minutes for us to be seated!! Our reservation had been for 8.30! We were led to the elevated part of the restaurant and our server was quite nice, but didn't really want to be bothered with a seperate bill for extras for the DDE. He brought out water and asked for drinks. Joe ordered unsweetened iced tea, Mary Ellen had lemonade and Tom and I had diet cokes. Then we were served slightly warm bread and butter. Very nice bread. We then ordered our starters and main courses.
Tom and I shared the Crab Cakes - Green papaya and Remoulade sauce, which were very nice, even though they could have been a bit spicier, but that might just be my taste.
We all had heard so much about watching the fireworks, so we were really looking forward to it. Just before they dimmed the light they plopped our plates in front of us and then the server disappeard. The light went out, we could not see the fireworks from where we were seated and we could not even see our food!
We had all chosen the Surf and Turf - twin medallions of filet mignon, butter poached lobster tail, potato gratin, and choron sauce.
I did not want to spoil it for the rest of my company, but my steak was nearly cold and overcooked and the lobster was rather cold and VERY chewy! I did not complain to the waiter for two reasons. First, as I said before I thought it was just my dish, but lateron we found out that all the food was served on cold plates, therefore cooled too fast. Fun fact - they brought it out holding it with a cloth
! All the food was overcooked as well. And secondly there was NO way to complain, as the servers all disappeard the moment they dimmed the lights and reappeard only shortly after the lights went on again.
We had to use a flash to take the photo, so yes, in a way, we made our own fireworks.
We were then asked for our dessert choices. Joe did not want any dessert, so he had coffee instead. Mary Ellen chose the Inspired by The Year of a Million Dreams - Almond-crusted Cheesecake with Lambert Cherry Sauce. She commented that it was very nice cheesecake and she liked it a lot.
Tom had chosen the Gelato Sampler. It was very nice to look at. Four little dishes with small scoops of ice-cream. The waiter explained the flavours, they were dark chocolate, blueberry, lemon and mango. Tom tried but did not like the taste of the chocolate, well neither of us did, since it tasted like it had be flavoured with barbeque spice. Very odd taste for ice cream. Blueberry and lemon were your regular grocery store ice-cream, mango was very nice though.
I am the Creme Bruleé sucker in our group and since I didn't get one at WPE I tried the Key Lime Creme Brulee at Narcoossee's. It had a very light lime taste but the sugar on top of it was burnt at half of the dish and it all tasted bitter and burnt.
We didn't really wanna be bothered any more, just asked for the bill, paid and left. We used the Monorail to get to the MK for EMH, where we rode a few more rides and had a lot of photopass photos taken. We got back to the resort by 3am.
To be continued ........
Next up - WPE (yeah, again!!), Mama Melrose Fantasmic Dinner Package, Toluca Legs Turkey Company
After a good night's sleep we were up early for a breakfast with members of the Tagrel group for breakfast at Trail's End Buffet.
Since we had never met the other people we were a bit nervous about meeting them, but we should not have been. We had lots of fun getting to know each other and were seated right on time.
Stupid me forgot to take photos, so all I can offer is this photo of all of us having breakfast together.
The buffet is regular breakfast fare and was nice, but nothing out of the ordinary.
After our breakfast we went to DTD to do some window shopping and to pick up a few things for Mary Ellen and Joe's grandson. It was fun to let the grandmother to be let loose in the World of Disney
. She filled those baskets pretty fast!Unfortunately she than had an incident with one of her gift cards, which didn't work, so we had to visit Guest Relations and it took ages to sort it out.
By then it was early afternoon and we started getting hungry again. Well, because we already were at DTD why not visit WPE again? Mary Ellen and Joe had never been there and I had told her so much about the Creme Bruleé we had to just try with them.
Joe had the Rosemary Rotisserie Chicken - served with house-made garlic mashed potatoes
while Mary Ellen and I had the Spicy Chicken and Sweet Peppers - all natural chicken, roasted red and yellow peppers, mozzarella, tomoatoes, leeks, crushed red chilis and fresh cilantro
and Tom tried the Spaghetti with Meatballs and a side Caesar salad.
Unfortunately they were out of Creme Bruleé, so we all chose a cookie for dessert, which we then took with us to eat for breakfast the next day.
We then went back to our resort to relax for a while before we went to Epcot to enjoy World Showcase.
The "Beatles" were about to play, so we grabbed a flake to get us in the mood and watched the show.
Next were "Off Kilter". Mary Ellen is one of their biggest fans, so we watched one performance, then went to get some water and popcorn and watched a second performance.
On the way out we rode Spaceship Earth before we went back to our resort to get changed for our dinner at Narcoossee's.
Unfortunately I need to add that this was the most disappointing restaurant we had done the whole time.
We were there right at our ADR time and checked in. They told us they were running behind, but since we heard that sentence in nearly every restaurant, we didn't give it much thought.
It did take 40 minutes for us to be seated!! Our reservation had been for 8.30! We were led to the elevated part of the restaurant and our server was quite nice, but didn't really want to be bothered with a seperate bill for extras for the DDE. He brought out water and asked for drinks. Joe ordered unsweetened iced tea, Mary Ellen had lemonade and Tom and I had diet cokes. Then we were served slightly warm bread and butter. Very nice bread. We then ordered our starters and main courses.
Tom and I shared the Crab Cakes - Green papaya and Remoulade sauce, which were very nice, even though they could have been a bit spicier, but that might just be my taste.
We all had heard so much about watching the fireworks, so we were really looking forward to it. Just before they dimmed the light they plopped our plates in front of us and then the server disappeard. The light went out, we could not see the fireworks from where we were seated and we could not even see our food!
We had all chosen the Surf and Turf - twin medallions of filet mignon, butter poached lobster tail, potato gratin, and choron sauce.
I did not want to spoil it for the rest of my company, but my steak was nearly cold and overcooked and the lobster was rather cold and VERY chewy! I did not complain to the waiter for two reasons. First, as I said before I thought it was just my dish, but lateron we found out that all the food was served on cold plates, therefore cooled too fast. Fun fact - they brought it out holding it with a cloth
! All the food was overcooked as well. And secondly there was NO way to complain, as the servers all disappeard the moment they dimmed the lights and reappeard only shortly after the lights went on again.
We had to use a flash to take the photo, so yes, in a way, we made our own fireworks.
We were then asked for our dessert choices. Joe did not want any dessert, so he had coffee instead. Mary Ellen chose the Inspired by The Year of a Million Dreams - Almond-crusted Cheesecake with Lambert Cherry Sauce. She commented that it was very nice cheesecake and she liked it a lot.
Tom had chosen the Gelato Sampler. It was very nice to look at. Four little dishes with small scoops of ice-cream. The waiter explained the flavours, they were dark chocolate, blueberry, lemon and mango. Tom tried but did not like the taste of the chocolate, well neither of us did, since it tasted like it had be flavoured with barbeque spice. Very odd taste for ice cream. Blueberry and lemon were your regular grocery store ice-cream, mango was very nice though.
I am the Creme Bruleé sucker in our group and since I didn't get one at WPE I tried the Key Lime Creme Brulee at Narcoossee's. It had a very light lime taste but the sugar on top of it was burnt at half of the dish and it all tasted bitter and burnt.
We didn't really wanna be bothered any more, just asked for the bill, paid and left. We used the Monorail to get to the MK for EMH, where we rode a few more rides and had a lot of photopass photos taken. We got back to the resort by 3am.
To be continued ........
Next up - WPE (yeah, again!!), Mama Melrose Fantasmic Dinner Package, Toluca Legs Turkey Company
andrewilley
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The "Beatles" were about to play, so we grabbed a flake to get us in the mood and watched the show.
Ah, now that would be one of those "British Flakey" bars wouldn't it? [sits back to see if anyone else listens to the same podcasts as me...
]I do like Flakes, but I'm really more of a Double Decker person.
Loving these trip and food reports by the way!
Andre
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So disappointed to hear your review of Narcoossee's. My DH and I had decided to put DSs in Cub's Den on our next trip and Narcoossee's will be our night out. We have never tried one of the Kid's Club (feeling guilty) but decided that they would probably love it after reading all of the reviews. I sure would hate to have a bad meal on our 1 night out in about 3 years! What restaurant would you recommend for a special night out? You are the dining queen. I am loving your reviews.
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