TxRabbit
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We were in the Magic Kingdom.
It was just after 11 AM.
It was time to eat some food.
All these turkey legs were passing by. Kids in strollers, couples, friends, families. It seemed that every other person was knawing away on an absolutely scrumptious looking turkey leg.
Now my DS is a meat lovin man. And not just meat. Fish. Poulty. Lamb. Whatever. He'll eat it ALL. And he was commenting on all these turkey legs that seemed to be everywhere. Comments like, "oooooo tuuuuurkey legs!" and "oooohhhhh look at the turkey leeeegs!" which finally became "Can we eat turkey legs?"
We are fans of Renaissance Festival. We know what those turkey legs taste like. We see. We know. We MUST HAVE. DH and I were not complaining at all about this idea.
Specifically, we were in Liberty Square. There was a turkey leg cart located across from the Liberty Square Produce Market. I think this one was in addition to another one that was closer to the shooting gallery and in Frontierland. It was against the lake side railing, kind of on your way to the Haunted Mansion.
The sign on the cart said that you could get a turkey leg, a bag of chips, a drink, and a dessert for a CS credit. Rock on. We got two CS meals here. Two legs to share between the three of us. Two bags of Doritos. Two bottled waters. Two bags of premade chocolate chip cookies with two cookies per bag (think convenience store cookies), which were the only dessert option available.
We took our bounty over to the area where table and chairs are scattered about between the Harbour House and the Liberty Square Produce Market.
While DH started doctoring the turkey legs (removing all the skin and other things we don't care to eat as much), I hopped into the Produce Market and purchased some much needed caffeine (bottled Diet Coke for DH and a can of Monster Energy drink for myself) and, of course, fruit.
**** I interrupt this dining report for some personal commentary on Monster Energy drink...I don't drink soda. I don't drink sweet tea. When I need a shot of caffeine, I am often faced with a dilemma as to HOW to get the caffeine in the most pleasing way possible from these less than pleasing choices. I chose the Monster drink, thinking that it would be like a Starbucks Doubleshot. Um. NO. It was not AT ALL like a Doubleshot, which is coffee-like. It was a whacked cross between Mountain Dew and Gatorade. I did not care for it AT ALL. It was SUPER sweet and lightly carbonated.
As an avid iced tea drinker, I do NOT recommend Monster for those who are similar. STAY AWAY from the Monster.****
DS is not a big veggie eater. Not that he loves fruit much better. And even though we were on vacation, I was trying to get the ocassional fresh produce in the boy some how. I got a red grape cup and a watermelon cup. I don't recall the poster, but someone here on the Dis made a comment on the high level of difficulty for getting Disney fruit cups opened. HOLY COW. I resorted to using my teeth to pull up on the tab and get the silly lid off. I just about cracked up when I saw another mom not even try any other methodology and go straight for the teeth...
The fruit was fresh. The grapes were plump, hard, and sweet. We don't like squishy grapes over here. The melon was firm (not grainy) and not as sweet as it could be, but still a perfectly wonderful accompaniment for lunch on a hot summer day in Disney.
To reiterate, we purchased two turkey legs, two bags of chips, two bottled waters, two 2-cookie bags of chocolate chip cookies, a red grape fruit cup, a watermelon fruit cup, a bottled Diet Coke, and a can of Monster drink for 2 CS credits and 4 snack credits.
I'm sorry I didn't take pictures of the turkey legs, but by the time I had gathered all the extra provisions, the job my DH had done on them made them look less than picture worthy.
We could have easily split ONE turkey leg between the three of us, but logistically, it was just easier to have two. I think if you were to combine what we didn't eat on the two legs, you would have about 70-75% of one turkey leg. We split one bag of chips and saved the other for later. We drank both bottled waters. DH finished his drink. I tossed half of my drink (I did still need the caffeine to avoid a headache). We ate all the fruit. We shared the cookies from one bag and threw away the other bag of cookies, because there are WAY better caloric choices available than those cookies.
We were able to find a table in the shade, so even in the heat advisory August heat, eating outside wasn't that bad. The birds were entertaining. Watching the people was entertaining. There is quite a bit of traffic walking past this area. A street band, men in red and white striped shirts and white pants, came marching out from a side gate next to the Harbour House. They were a marching band style, big song, patriotic music kind of band that marched themselves over to the other side of the Produce Market and played. We had gone into the Harbour House earlier in the day to use the restrooms and also grab some ice water (free at all CS locations). As much as I was wishing I was sitting in air conditioning, the atmosphere of being surrounded by the ambience of Liberty Square was way better than sitting in a fast food joint.
The only price that I am completely positive about is that of the turkey leg, which was $8.00 each. If I use the online menus, then it seems that bottled drinks and chips are both running about $2.50 each. I think the Monster was one of those drinks that was $3.95. I think the cookies were about $2.25. The fruit cups are $3.51 and $2.75 for grapes and watermelon respectively.
Based on these prices, the CS meals were $30.50 before tax and the snacks totaled $12.71.
I've read mixed reviews of the turkey legs. We liked them. We liked the whole meal we put together. It was a meal that was condusive to eating fresh fruit, which is something that can be missing anytime you travel (not just WDW). I appreciated that. Even though we were sitting in the heat, who can complain sitting in the Magic Kingdom and soaking up that atmosphere?
It was just after 11 AM.
It was time to eat some food.
All these turkey legs were passing by. Kids in strollers, couples, friends, families. It seemed that every other person was knawing away on an absolutely scrumptious looking turkey leg.
Now my DS is a meat lovin man. And not just meat. Fish. Poulty. Lamb. Whatever. He'll eat it ALL. And he was commenting on all these turkey legs that seemed to be everywhere. Comments like, "oooooo tuuuuurkey legs!" and "oooohhhhh look at the turkey leeeegs!" which finally became "Can we eat turkey legs?"
We are fans of Renaissance Festival. We know what those turkey legs taste like. We see. We know. We MUST HAVE. DH and I were not complaining at all about this idea.
Specifically, we were in Liberty Square. There was a turkey leg cart located across from the Liberty Square Produce Market. I think this one was in addition to another one that was closer to the shooting gallery and in Frontierland. It was against the lake side railing, kind of on your way to the Haunted Mansion.
The sign on the cart said that you could get a turkey leg, a bag of chips, a drink, and a dessert for a CS credit. Rock on. We got two CS meals here. Two legs to share between the three of us. Two bags of Doritos. Two bottled waters. Two bags of premade chocolate chip cookies with two cookies per bag (think convenience store cookies), which were the only dessert option available.
We took our bounty over to the area where table and chairs are scattered about between the Harbour House and the Liberty Square Produce Market.
While DH started doctoring the turkey legs (removing all the skin and other things we don't care to eat as much), I hopped into the Produce Market and purchased some much needed caffeine (bottled Diet Coke for DH and a can of Monster Energy drink for myself) and, of course, fruit.
**** I interrupt this dining report for some personal commentary on Monster Energy drink...I don't drink soda. I don't drink sweet tea. When I need a shot of caffeine, I am often faced with a dilemma as to HOW to get the caffeine in the most pleasing way possible from these less than pleasing choices. I chose the Monster drink, thinking that it would be like a Starbucks Doubleshot. Um. NO. It was not AT ALL like a Doubleshot, which is coffee-like. It was a whacked cross between Mountain Dew and Gatorade. I did not care for it AT ALL. It was SUPER sweet and lightly carbonated.

DS is not a big veggie eater. Not that he loves fruit much better. And even though we were on vacation, I was trying to get the ocassional fresh produce in the boy some how. I got a red grape cup and a watermelon cup. I don't recall the poster, but someone here on the Dis made a comment on the high level of difficulty for getting Disney fruit cups opened. HOLY COW. I resorted to using my teeth to pull up on the tab and get the silly lid off. I just about cracked up when I saw another mom not even try any other methodology and go straight for the teeth...

The fruit was fresh. The grapes were plump, hard, and sweet. We don't like squishy grapes over here. The melon was firm (not grainy) and not as sweet as it could be, but still a perfectly wonderful accompaniment for lunch on a hot summer day in Disney.
To reiterate, we purchased two turkey legs, two bags of chips, two bottled waters, two 2-cookie bags of chocolate chip cookies, a red grape fruit cup, a watermelon fruit cup, a bottled Diet Coke, and a can of Monster drink for 2 CS credits and 4 snack credits.
I'm sorry I didn't take pictures of the turkey legs, but by the time I had gathered all the extra provisions, the job my DH had done on them made them look less than picture worthy.
We could have easily split ONE turkey leg between the three of us, but logistically, it was just easier to have two. I think if you were to combine what we didn't eat on the two legs, you would have about 70-75% of one turkey leg. We split one bag of chips and saved the other for later. We drank both bottled waters. DH finished his drink. I tossed half of my drink (I did still need the caffeine to avoid a headache). We ate all the fruit. We shared the cookies from one bag and threw away the other bag of cookies, because there are WAY better caloric choices available than those cookies.
We were able to find a table in the shade, so even in the heat advisory August heat, eating outside wasn't that bad. The birds were entertaining. Watching the people was entertaining. There is quite a bit of traffic walking past this area. A street band, men in red and white striped shirts and white pants, came marching out from a side gate next to the Harbour House. They were a marching band style, big song, patriotic music kind of band that marched themselves over to the other side of the Produce Market and played. We had gone into the Harbour House earlier in the day to use the restrooms and also grab some ice water (free at all CS locations). As much as I was wishing I was sitting in air conditioning, the atmosphere of being surrounded by the ambience of Liberty Square was way better than sitting in a fast food joint.
The only price that I am completely positive about is that of the turkey leg, which was $8.00 each. If I use the online menus, then it seems that bottled drinks and chips are both running about $2.50 each. I think the Monster was one of those drinks that was $3.95. I think the cookies were about $2.25. The fruit cups are $3.51 and $2.75 for grapes and watermelon respectively.
Based on these prices, the CS meals were $30.50 before tax and the snacks totaled $12.71.
I've read mixed reviews of the turkey legs. We liked them. We liked the whole meal we put together. It was a meal that was condusive to eating fresh fruit, which is something that can be missing anytime you travel (not just WDW). I appreciated that. Even though we were sitting in the heat, who can complain sitting in the Magic Kingdom and soaking up that atmosphere?
