Lives4Disney
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Hi, all! I just returned from a wonderful week at WDW. We ate at all of our favorites. Chef Mickeys has been one of them for about 8 years now. (I think it has been that long!) My kids LOVE that place & we would eat several breakfasts and dinners there over our vacation stays.
This time, we had dinner there and it was disgusting. It was the biggest disappointment of our trip. My kids were bummed it was so awful. My youngest said her Mac & cheese tasted like "an old sock". She is a Mac & cheese connoisseur. Mac & Cheese is her fave and about all she eats while at WDW. She has never tried an old sock as she is too picky.
My older daughter and I both were repulsed by the FATTY ham and prime rib. She had to spit her bite into a handiwipe. I had to do a lot of fancy trimming around the fat in my slice of prime rib. The mashed potatoes were slimy. The ravioli was over cooked and pasty. I had a salad, but they used to have so many other pasta salads, and eggs, and fruits, etc. There wasn't much to put on the salad. The salad bar seemed skimpy. Not one of us had the stomach for any dessert. They looked good when we walked by, but I was really grossed out by my whole dining experience this time.
I had to handiwipe my chair because it was soooo sticky and crudded up.
I told my kids we won't be back for dinner any time soon and they agreed. I said we can still try bfast, but I talked to some friends that had done bfast there that week and they were very disappointed with their meals, too. Something has definitely changed at Chef Mickeys.
Anyone else have this experience or is it just us?? We used to be big fans and this really was a yucky experience there. I just didn't have a tactful way to tell our waitress that this meal was awful. I really wanted to, but when I looked around and saw that everyone else seemed to be OK with it, I thought I would look like a nit picker or a complainer and I am not. they just have a way at WDW of making any negative experiences seem your own fault.
The food was gross. I have been following that Garden Grill thread and it seems that the nasty food is spreading to Chef Mickeys, too.
Lives4Disney
This time, we had dinner there and it was disgusting. It was the biggest disappointment of our trip. My kids were bummed it was so awful. My youngest said her Mac & cheese tasted like "an old sock". She is a Mac & cheese connoisseur. Mac & Cheese is her fave and about all she eats while at WDW. She has never tried an old sock as she is too picky.
My older daughter and I both were repulsed by the FATTY ham and prime rib. She had to spit her bite into a handiwipe. I had to do a lot of fancy trimming around the fat in my slice of prime rib. The mashed potatoes were slimy. The ravioli was over cooked and pasty. I had a salad, but they used to have so many other pasta salads, and eggs, and fruits, etc. There wasn't much to put on the salad. The salad bar seemed skimpy. Not one of us had the stomach for any dessert. They looked good when we walked by, but I was really grossed out by my whole dining experience this time.I had to handiwipe my chair because it was soooo sticky and crudded up.
I told my kids we won't be back for dinner any time soon and they agreed. I said we can still try bfast, but I talked to some friends that had done bfast there that week and they were very disappointed with their meals, too. Something has definitely changed at Chef Mickeys.
Anyone else have this experience or is it just us?? We used to be big fans and this really was a yucky experience there. I just didn't have a tactful way to tell our waitress that this meal was awful. I really wanted to, but when I looked around and saw that everyone else seemed to be OK with it, I thought I would look like a nit picker or a complainer and I am not. they just have a way at WDW of making any negative experiences seem your own fault.
The food was gross. I have been following that Garden Grill thread and it seems that the nasty food is spreading to Chef Mickeys, too.
Lives4Disney
I thought the food was awful and the service was worse (only saw my waiter once at the beginning, then not again until I wanted to leave). 
Only 2 characters come to visit (Minnie & Chip) in the hour+ that I was there and they just waved and moved to the next table. When I finally had enough, it took 20 minutes to try and find my waiter, who dropped my check on the table and left. It was a total waste of money and I won't be going back anytime soon. Was extremely disappointed.
DS and I have a ressie for breakfast in Sept. I don't intend on cancelling since we have never been to Chef Mickey's before. I guess the best I can do is give it a try and hope to be pleasantly surprised! As long as the character interaction is good - it will still be worth it, as there are so few character meals without princesses. 
We've never been to CM's before and I won't cancel because the kids are very excited about it. I hope to see some more positive experiences between now and then.
