mylittlebuttercup
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So I mentioned in a previous post that we would be dining at 3 signature restaurants. Originally back in February when I made all my ADRs they were Narcoossee's, Jiko and California Grill. Over time I kept questioning Jiko b/c The only thing on the whole menu I knew my DBF and I would eat would be the filet. None of the appetizers nor desserts looked appealing. So I went in search of another option. Now you have to understand that anywhere I want to dine, I have to make sure first that the kid's menu will satisfy my son's eating habits which are not that diverse. So I came up w/ Citricos. It was a hit for him and I figured my DBF and I would find something. Well allears just updated their menu for Citricos in May and there was no longer anything my son would eat listed. And the more I looked at the adult menu, the more weary I became. Soooooooo, I canceled it this morning. And in it's place I booked Captain's Grille. Was thinking about Yachtsmen, but no such long for the kiddo. I've heard good things about Captain's Grille and the menu looks yummy so I'm excited. And now we picked up another TS.
Ooh, they all sound really good. We already had two other signature restaurants, so I couldn't do any of these this time, but I definitely want to next time!!

We had dinner w/ Mickey last December and had no intentions of returning. Not that the food was horrible, but it wasn't good. I love breakfast buffets and thought this might be fun. So I threw this one in just a month or 2 ago. After we are done w/ Mickey and the gang, we will be heading to EPCOT for rope drop. We will be part of the mad dash to Soarin. (We more or less stayed away from most of the big attractions last year b/c I was not sure how Stitch would handle them. This year I've prepped him and shown him YouTube video and he is ready to roll!
when Crush picked my son to ask him a question. And it was a good one! Stitch asked what it was like living in the EAC? Dude!! I can't wait to go back. If we have time we will then head over to Universe of Energy which is a new to us as well. And then we will try and hit Innoventions before lunch. We are having lunch at Le Cellier at 11:30am. I'm excited to see what all the hype is about! We will then have our usual rest/swim time back at Pop for the afternoon.
Our ADR was for 5:55 I believe but we arrived early like good Disers and checked in before 5:30, the start of dinner service. Chatted w/ the hostess a lil b/c we noticed on her name tag that she was in the college program and was attending the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth which is maybe 30 minutes from where we live. Then we are minding our own business
and looking at the chocolate/gingerbread carousel and our buzzer goes off. I didn't really think anything of it and just went to the podium. The manager was there and informed us that we were chosen to be the family of the day and asked Stitch to ring the bell to let everyone know that dinner was ready! We each got a button saying Family of the Day and got a special table right near the buffet and the desserts. The table even had a real tablecloth on it. If you have eaten at the clambake you know that most tables have paper across it for the kids to color on and probably more so for easy clean up from all the mess cracking those claws makes. Stitch was a little disappointed that he couldn't draw on the table, but he got over it. The food was super good. I've lived in New England my whole life, the Beach Club is like my dream resort!
Stay tuned......
We will then head over to DTD. The plan is to have breakfast at WPE. I want to try the corn flake french toast
We will stick around and do some shopping. We will need a pretty good break in our day so we will head back to Pop around noon. Swimming and napping will be in order. Also some lunch at Everything Pop.
I have somehow managed to keep this a secret from my son for about 5 months now! This is a miracle in itself
I'm throwing around 2 ideas for how I am gonna tell him. I'm gonna create an invite of sorts inviting him to meet Captain Hook and Mr. Smee at the CR at the designated time. I am just trying to decide between having it "left" in the room while we are out or trying to have someone at Ohana bring it to him. Either way, he still will not know about the fireworks cruise until we get to the CR. My DBF and I are both excited and can't wait.
We have lunch ressies at T-Rex at 1pm. In December we ate at Rainforest Cafe so this time we thought we'd try T-Rex. My son likes dinosaurs so he is excited.
Dinner is at 8pm at Fulton's. Never been here before either. We are from MA and love us some good seafood! After dinner we will head back to Pop to get some sleep. (An alternative to the beginning of the day may be swimming some before heading to DTD for lunch. It will depend on the forecast.)
Stitch
. So this will guarantee (hopefully) that we can meet him and not have to wait in a huge line. I like the idea that this is a family style meal. I do like buffets, but this is nice too.
After Fantasmic will we head back to Pop and probably grab something to eat and maybe do some night swimming. 
I love bbq. Oh well. EMH is only until 8 so we will be headed back to Pop for some nighttime swimming I'm sure.
Nemo Musical in December and will hopefully make time for it again. Lunch will either be some counter service in the park or we will just wait til we get back to Pop for swim time.