MadamMim
I get a little misty when I see the World Showcase
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- Mar 29, 2006
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Worst TS-
Food: Marrakesh. Also WAY overpriced for a restaurant that isn't very popular. Plus, the food at Tangerine Cafe is amazing
so I don't know why there's such a difference when you go to Marrakesh.
Service: Nine Dragons. Another one that isn't very popular simply because it's the same Chinese food you could get delivered to your door for half the price. I was there with a friend from work and we got our soup, got our meals, but no silverware or plates!
We would have asked the server but he was nowhere to be found, so we ended up eating out of our soup bowls. It wasn't until he came to seat another party rightnext to us that we finally got a chance to ask. The couple at our elbows looked at each other with that look of "oh jeeze, should we stay?" If they'd asked I would have told them "no."
I haven't had problems with CS's because I insist on always going to Pecos Bill's and Tangerine Cafe.
Once I find a winner, I stick with it. 
Food: Marrakesh. Also WAY overpriced for a restaurant that isn't very popular. Plus, the food at Tangerine Cafe is amazing
so I don't know why there's such a difference when you go to Marrakesh. Service: Nine Dragons. Another one that isn't very popular simply because it's the same Chinese food you could get delivered to your door for half the price. I was there with a friend from work and we got our soup, got our meals, but no silverware or plates!
We would have asked the server but he was nowhere to be found, so we ended up eating out of our soup bowls. It wasn't until he came to seat another party rightnext to us that we finally got a chance to ask. The couple at our elbows looked at each other with that look of "oh jeeze, should we stay?" If they'd asked I would have told them "no." I haven't had problems with CS's because I insist on always going to Pecos Bill's and Tangerine Cafe.
Once I find a winner, I stick with it. 
some of our favs too, were fine last Dec.!
) It's hard to make a decision unless almost everyone says something is bad (like Hollywood & Vine). However, I ate at Hollywood & Vine in 2002 and it was delicious. Also that's when Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, etc were there and they were dancing and "singing" with a track and it was just so great. I was disappointed when they closed it.
, but the server was a very unpleasant sweaty girl with a bad attitude. And when I say sweaty, I mean that she was unclean. With dirty, stringy hair. And big sweat stains under her arms. And I don't believe that she brushed her teeth that month. I'm not kidding 
. We knew the restaurant would be busy, and we were planning on sitting for Illuminations, so when she finally got to our table (on the patio), I immediately gave her a $20, and explained that I did it so she wouldn't have to worry about getting stiffed on a busy night (I estimated how much my husband and little boy and I would eat for dinner, and how long we would be there over and above the time it would take to eat a regular sit down dinner, and figured out that starting with $20 as a tip would be about $10 shy - that $10 would come at the end of the night. In case anyone is keeping track, that is assuming a 15% tip on a $200 check, which would be a VERY large check for a table with 2 adults and one child). I may as well have not bothered - we still waited OVER AN HOUR for our first drink (the place was not THAT busy - just normally full), and then about another hour for a cheese plate (which was vile - and I like cheese! And tiny, although I realize it's hard to complain that it was bad AND small 
) and a bowl of soup (OK, that was very tasty, lamb and barley). I had to get up and go find her for a second round almost 2 hours after we sat down. 
) so I called them back and made reservations. Well, we ended up going to the breakfast twice during our stay and it was great both times. There is a fair variety, plenty of food, always replenishing the food, the hot foods were hot and the cold were cold (which is very important to me when eating buffet.) My opinion is that you should try it this once and if you don't like it, then you've learned from it rather than not go because of bad reviews... ALSO... I've never been treated differently while on the dining plan. There are servers who are polite and kind and those who just want to get you in and out to get the next tipper in...We've only received bad serivce a few times during our visits to WDW.
