Back From 10 Yummy Days of Free Dining - Lots of Pics -*Updated with Le Cellar*

[mermaid&cinderella]

Glad you enjoyed Akershus Those pasties look yum

I'm torn between booking a dinner or a brekkie there for our 2010 trip (mind, you I have got over 6 months before I can make my ressies )

Looking forward to reading more

Thanks!

We always do breakfast so I can't comment on the dinner there. But breakfast is always yummy! If you do dinner please let me know how it is, I may just have to try a dinner next time

 

[Tink2312]

Thanks!

If you do dinner please let me know how it is, I may just have to try a dinner next time

Will do, although it may well be breakfast, as although I like the sound of both my DM was a little lukewarm about the dinner menu I think she'd be more than impressed with the brekkie tho

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

Well Photobucket is annoying! So I know you can't see my previous pictures and apparently they won't be up until the 3rd of November but I will continue try to upload the pictures into another account and try to fix this, sorry everyone! give me a few days to get this back up and running. I will definately try not to use Photobucket again!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

Okay I think I fixed all the pictures. Wow that took a long time. So I will do my next review post tomorrow. Sorry about that!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

So we had MNSSHP tickets for tonight and last year we did the Pirates & Princess Party and I did one mistake, I had a TS dinner for the same evening. Even though it was an early dinner I think we wasted time so to speak. So this year we decided to head to MK a bit early and just grab a bite somewhere. So we ended up in Cosmic Rays and it was soooo empty, a bit shocking.

I ordered the Grilled Chicken Sandwich:

It was actually really good. This is a picture before I dressed it up from the condiment bar. I was very impressed with the condiment bar, I don't remember it last year but it must have been there. I added tomatoe, lettuce, mayo, hot pepper and sauted mushrooms....the mushrooms was really good!

DH ordered the Rib Meal:

He said that the ribs were very tender and yummy!

DD had the chicken nuggets (surprise, surprise):

She had already eaten a few nuggets by the time I took the picture. You can see what I meant in an early post about not happy with the packaged carrots , some of them are dry, not good!

For dessert we got the Carrot Cake and the Triple Chocolate Cake:

DH said the chocolate cake was good. The carrot cake, like I said before has way too much icing and not enough carrots in the cake. But there were no other dessert choices so I got that, DH finished mine off for me.

Typically we like a good seat down dinner but since we had the MNSSHP this meal was our dinner. I wouldn't have a CS again for dinner though!

So I would give Cosmic Rays a 7 out of 10.

Up next Crystal Palace AGAIN....LOL.....our fave breakfast buffet!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

Yup we went to Crystal Palace again for breakfast! We love CP for breakfast and getting into MK early in the morning. This time when we got to our seat we had our table decorated for our 12th anniversary.

We also received a card from all the characters:

Here is one of my plates. Fresh fruit, toast, jam and a veggie egg thingy (sorry don't know the name). It was all yummy!

I also had the yogurt, granola and fresh fruit.....it was delicious!

We all enjoyed it! It was another perfect breakfast at Crystal Palace.

I give Crystal Palace a 9 out of 10!

Up next Cosmic Rays lunch!

 

[cmcvean]

Love the heart! Having fun reading your reviews!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

Love the heart! Having fun reading your reviews!

Thank you

We loved the heart too! It just adds a bit more magic to such a magical place!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

So we enjoyed the meal at Cosmic Rays enough earlier in the week so we decided to grab lunch there too. Unfortunately it was not as good as the dinner

So I ordered the Chicken and Ribs since DH ribs the other day was so good.

The ribs were not as good as DH were. The chicken was just okay. The mashed potatoes tasted purely of butter (disgusting) and the green beans (I was so excited to have some veggies) must have been dipped in butter too. It was just BAD

We ordered this turkey wrap for DD:

It was the messiest thing ever. The wrap itself was somewhat hard, didn't move well and would break, making eating it a mission.

Sorry but I have no picture of what DH ordered and I don't remember what it was but I'm sure it wsn't good.

Here is a pic of the chips:

Nothing special, just greasy chips.

So it was a BAD lunch and we never ate at Cosmic Rays again!

I have to give this meal a 4 out of 10.

Up Next 1900 Park Fare dinner! Bring on the mean stepsisters!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

So we always do 1900 Park Fare for dinner. The food is usually good and ever since they brought in the step sisters, I find the character interaction even better. Sorry little mice! LOL

So we got there and waited for about 20 mins, I hate waiting

We were seated and here is what I got DD:

Okay seriously, I love those mickey shaped plates I need to buy some for the house!

My DD loves caesar salad, she said it was yummy, the pizza was okay and the pasta she said tasted funny, kids!

Here is one of my plates:

The salmon was good, I did go back for more, their salad was nice and fresh and you all know I love salad so that gets a .
The antipasta with the olives, peppers and seafood was sooo good, I went back for more of that too.

DH had the famous strawberry soup:

He said it was yummy. I was going to get some but my plates filled me up and I wanted dessert

Here is one of DH plates:

The bread was fresh and yummy too!

Okay dessert.

Our DD thought the little halloween decorations on some of the desserts sooooo cute and it really was! I like how they add things with the season!

All the desserts were very yummy.

Nothing to complain here. The characters were hilarious and entertaining.

Here is a pic of Cinderella and our DD!

I love that pic!

So I will give 1900 Park Fare a 8 out of 10. They need to work on the wait times!

Up Next Tusker House Breakfast! This is a first for us! WOOHOO!!!

 

[zhazhazsu]

I was looking forward to this dinner. I keep hearing about the great show the chefs do and the famous volcano.

We had ressies for 7:50pm a bit later than I like to eat but it was all I could get. We got there at 7:30pm but weren't seated until 8:30pm.....SERIOUSLY that is just CRAZY! We encountered this alot during this trip and honestly Disney needs to fix this problem. DH pretty much said this alone would make him stop going to Disney
So we were seated with a family of 4 and an older couple from Australia (very nice couple). The waitress was a bit hard to understand and the chef took forever to come out and set up. By this time my 6 year old is tired and is not interested in eating or food.
The chef finally came out and the waitress had written the wrong order for my DH down so the chef had to go back and get the right item.....yup more wait time.
So he started his show and I think we got the worst chef. By this time we had watched 2 other chefs do their thing and after ours was done we watched another one and they were all more exciting than ours. Ours was a bit boring, not that energetic and comical.

So here is the chef starting to make our meals:

Here he is making the famous volcano:

Fueling the volcano:

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It's smoking:

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SO here is my plate of veggies, noodles and the bowl of rice:

So DH ordered the "STEAK & SCALLOPS".....its actually not on the menu so we paid OP for the scallops:

You can see the 3 sauces that come with the meal......and DH asked the chef to pour a bunch of the white sauce on his plate....LOL

Here is my plate "CHICKEN & SHRIMP":

DD got just chicken but I didn't take a pic of her plate. She did not like it at all. But it may have been the sleep talking....LOL

So both DH and I LOVED the food, it was soooooo delicious!

We then ordered the same dessert....the "GREEN TEA PUDDING"....honestly when we received it we thought it would not taste good......it really isn't the nicest looking pudding but OMG it was sooooooo YUMMY:

It actually is more of a green tint on it than it shows in the picture.

I also ordered hot green tea with my meal.........I am a huge green tea drinker and I can taste the crap green tea from the good quality green tea and this one was soooo good!

So we did really enjoy the food but the chef was not the greatest and the long wait to get in is very disappointing.

So Teppan Edo will get a 8 out of 10.

We had that same Chef last year! DH was disappointed that we didn't get a fun chef. I thought that it was because there were no kids at our table, but I guess it was just luck of the draw, since you had your dd with you.

Anyways loving your trip report so far, keep it coming!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

We had that same Chef last year! DH was disappointed that we didn't get a fun chef. I thought that it was because there were no kids at our table, but I guess it was just luck of the draw, since you had your dd with you.

Anyways loving your trip report so far, keep it coming!

That's unfortuante that some don't deliver as well as others

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

Animal Kingdom is our least fave park so we don;t always do it on our WDW trips. So we hadn't done Tusker House before. But I have heard good things about it and knew we had to try it this time.
Firstly we caught an early bus to AK and we were the only one on the bus, it was quite nice!
We got to AK and there was hardly anyone there, we got in and walked through the empty park, love it!
Got to Tusker House and got in a short line to take our picture with Donald, he is tooooo cute!
We were then quickly brought inside and seated.
I have to say this buffet is fabulous. I really enjoyed all the yummy food, especially the pastries!

Here is a pic of two of DH's plates:

Here is one of mine:

This was my fave plate. Granola, yogurt, almonds, and dried fruits with some pastries on the side......yummy

The characters are also very cute in their safari costumes but I felt they did go through the tables fast and not that interactive.

But we really did enjoy this new breakfast to us!

I give Tusker House a 8 out of 10.

Up Next Le Cellar!

 

[MickeyNicki]

We ate at Cosmic Rays for lunch earlier this month and it was soooo gross...I told DH that I never want to eat there again.

He was so sad they didnt have cheese sauce on the topping bar, that was his reason for eating there. His burger was awful and I had the rotisserie chicken and the nasty potatoes and green beans...ick!

 

[H20DogsNDisney]

I keep think about maybe putting Tusker House on the list to try. I did try to get in June and couldn't and really wasn't sure if i even wanted to try it at that time. I looked good!

 

[Smiling Cheshire Cat]

Thanks for the pics of the Tusker House breakfast. We are trying it for the first time next month and it looks to be a little different from some of the other Disney breakfasts. You mentioned having your pic made with Donald before you ate... I'm wondering does he also make the rounds with the characters or is that your only chance to get a picture with Donald?

 

[Bluenoser]

Love the 1900 Park review and pics we are there in December. Looks yummy.

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

We ate at Cosmic Rays for lunch earlier this month and it was soooo gross...I told DH that I never want to eat there again.

He was so sad they didnt have cheese sauce on the topping bar, that was his reason for eating there. His burger was awful and I had the rotisserie chicken and the nasty potatoes and green beans...ick!

Glad I am not the only one that thought those green beans and mashed were disgusting! Its too bad because that could be a great place to grab a bite in MK

I keep think about maybe putting Tusker House on the list to try. I did try to get in June and couldn't and really wasn't sure if i even wanted to try it at that time. I looked good!

Tusker House at breakfast was very good. We really enjoyed it!

Thanks for the pics of the Tusker House breakfast. We are trying it for the first time next month and it looks to be a little different from some of the other Disney breakfasts. You mentioned having your pic made with Donald before you ate... I'm wondering does he also make the rounds with the characters or is that your only chance to get a picture with Donald?

No he is only outside unfortunately!

Love the 1900 Park review and pics we are there in December. Looks yummy.

Thanks! Its always a good meal there!

 

[mermaid&cinderella]

I am off on another vacation, we leave tomorrow morning for warm and sunny Cuba. I promise when we return I will finish up this review. Just a few more places to review and some were very delicious!
Please check back in a week!

 

[cousinbb]

I really love your reviews. Keep em coming