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[jabead]

Amy also sent a short update yesterday from their lunch on Thursday at Magic Kingdom's...



Be our Guest

Amy said, "Yesterday we were lucky enough to get into BoG for lunch! It opened at 10:00 a.m. this week. The nephews and I had Croque Monsieur (Grilled sandwich of carved ham, Gruyere cheese, and bechamel). Applesisters had the Veggie Quiche and BIL had the Quinoa Salad.
We all agreed this was a lovely new option for MK."

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2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Magic Kingdom Group 1 for Be our Guest

 

[jabead]

Then we received this final update from Debra (debrapagliasotti), as her trip ended yesterday.


Debra said, "Dinner this evening was eaten while at MCO. We used leftover dining credits and picked up sandwiches from the Boardwalk Bakery. We got 4 of the Turkey, Bacon, and Swiss Sandwiches with chips and Mickey blueberry muffins for dessert. The sandwiches were HUGE!!! These were really good and fresh."

To-Go Sandwich from the Boardwalk Bakery

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I believe Debra will be doing a full dining report soon, so be sure to check it out for all the delicious details of her trip.



2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Resort Group 2 for the Boardwalk Bakery



I also received a final update from disneychristmasx3, but sadly my coffee cup is empty so I guess it's time to get to work. I'll get her update posted tomorrow, along with any updates I receive from Amy today.

 

[Linda67]

Hope the family party goes well Barb

 

[Cinderella's slipper]

Sounds like a wonderful yummy event. Good luck with your party and thanks so much for these wonderful live reviews. It really helps with my withdrawal symptoms.

 

[marshallsmommy]

What a great idea for a Christmas Party! I would Never get my family to eat anything but traditional food for christmas I would love to do something like that! Thanks for all the work you do! Hope your party turns out great!

 

[budafam]

I love this thread, Barb. I know I have said this, but we really appreciate your hard work in keeping this going. One my favorite things to do each day is come over here and see what has been posted.

I could not agree more! This is great! Wish I could've been of more help during my stay in October but I'm already planning to have DH give me a crash course with his smartphone when we go next December.

 

[jecskc]

I could not agree more! This is great! Wish I could've been of more help during my stay in October but I'm already planning to have DH give me a crash course with his smartphone when we go next December.

I tried to send in dining reviews, but our internet connection at SSR was truly awful. And I took all of the food photos in the camera. Uploading to photoshop or just trying to send it via e-mail was out of the question since I kept getting dropped. I eventually had to give up. And I felt bad about it. If I get a chance to try it again, I am definitely doing it on my phone. This is a fun thread ..... food porn every day - WOOT !!!

 

[soontobewed07]

Very excited to be a live reporter! We are unsure if we are sticking with our DDP or we are going to change to QSDP. If we do regular DDP then we have reservations at :

'Ohana
La hacienda
Akershus
Boma
Kona
Tusker house
Via Napoli - this one we will keep no matter what!

We are going to try and stand in what we hear us a very long line for BoG lunch but it depends on our kids 5 and 6 months.

Must try snacks:

Chocolate covered everything! No but really just grapes and pineapple
Sea salt caramel
Napoleon

 

[grrrlennyl]

I just wanted to say thanks so much for starting this thread, jabead. I really enjoyed watching this thread before my trip and then documenting my meals while I was there. I'm sure I'll keep reading this thread to see what other folks are eating and enjoying.

 

[Giselle22]

That sounds like an amazing Christmas party--what a great idea!

I'm getting so excited for my trip--less than two weeks to go!!! Here are where we have ressies as of now:
The Wave breakfast
Pasta in the Park party before the half-marathon!
Grand Floridian Cafe lunch
Boatwright's dinner
Jiko dinner (I spent a looooong time deciding between Jiko and Artist Point, which were mine and DH's faves last time we were at WDW, and eventually chose Jiko, and now I'm sad because Artist Point would have gotten me more points haha )
Ragland Road dinner
Whispering Canyon dinner
Be Our Guest dinner
Kona breakfast
1900 Park Fare dinner

Mmmmmm that's a lot of yummy food! I can't wait to get to the World and start eating! Thanks so much for maintaining this thread, I love it!!

 

[emmysmommy]

Hi Barb! I hope you had an awesome family Christmas party. I love the food & wines around the world idea - sounds rather like hmmmm... Epcot F&W?? I'm sure you are not serving your food in paper boat though so perhaps not so much alike!!

 

[glasslipper]

My ADRs for 1/2=1/11:

The Plaza
50's prime time(dd& I)
Big River Grille (dh & ds) I don't know if I can convince them to take photos
Raglan Road
Biergarten
Yak & Yeti
Boma (dinner & breakfast)
Crystal palace (breakfast)
Via Napoli (ds & I)
Chefs de France (dd & dh)
Ohana
Kona Cafe
La Hacienda
Sanaa (lunch with an animal specialist)

We plan on lots of CS at the parks and visits to La Cava and Tutto Gusto.

Can't wait, 2 more days!!

 

[jabead]

Hello everyone!

Thanks so much for all the posts yesterday, keeping the thread active for me while I was busy getting ready for our 3rd Annual Christmas Around the World party. The party was a great success, if I do say so myself. We finally remembered to take lots of pics this year, so if anyone is interested I can post them here in lieu of Disney food updates. We currently have only one reporter at Disney World (Amy, AppleSister1) and I haven't heard from her since Friday.

But I do still owe you an update that I received on Friday from disneychristmasx3.
It was her final update and it is a grand finale!



Her update began with their lunch at...


Via Napoli




disneychristmasx3 said, "We were on the road home yesterday [Thursday] so my last update is late! For lunch Wednesday, we were at Via Napoli. We all enjoyed the individual pizzas. DS and I each had the Quattro Formaggi. It was delicious and surprisingly not at all oily."

Quattro Formaggi (4 Cheese) Pizza with mozzarella, parmesan, fontina, and provolone cheese





"DH had the prosciutto and melon pizza. He was very pleased with it and has been telling everyone about it."

Prosciutto e Melone Pizza with fontina, mozzarella, prosciutto, and cantaloupe




"Other DS had the sausage pizza. He ate every single bite, which is saying something by the point in the trip."

Sausage Pizza (I think this might be the Piccante with Italian spicy sausage??)





"DD had one with artichoke, mozzarella, and truffle oil. It had a wonderful garlic flavor."

Carciofi - white pizza with artichoke, fontina, mozzarella, and truffle oil




"For dessert DD and DH had lemon sorbet, which was light and refreshing."

Lemon Sorbet





"DS and I had the "Ugly but Good" sundae. It was not ugly and it was so much better than good. The cherries were delicious."

Coppa Di Brutti Ma Buoni (Ugly but Good Sundae)
Amarena cherry and vanilla gelato sundae with Ugly, but Good cookies




"I do not remember what this was called but it was like an ice cream float with Italian soda. DS loved it!"

Gelato Frizzante - Ice cream soda Italian style, made with San Pellegrino Aranciata and Vanilla Ice Cream




Then a holiday-themed pic...

Gingerbread House at Germany's Karamell Kuche


"At this point we still had 24 snack credits to use and just about 12 hours of vacation left including sleeping! We hit Karamell Kuche and we hit it hard. I believe we have a variety of salted caramels, cookies, Rice Krispie treats, bags and bags of Werthers treats and more. It all got packaged for travel but the above is the gingerbread house in their window."
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1 Holiday Roulette Bonus Point Earned for the gingerbread house pic


2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Epcot Group 5 for Via Napoli at Italy


More of disneychristmasx3's final update coming soon!

 

[jabead]

Following some more after-party cleanup ...

here is the second installment of disneychristmasx3's final update.




Chefs de France



disneychristmasx3 said, "Our final dinner was at Les Chefs de France. This was one of only 2 ADR's on this trip that were repeats for us. The other was Le Cellier. Les Chefs was the only meal of the entire trip that was a disappointment."

Bisque de homard - Lobster bisque



"All 3 kids had the lobster bisque, which was just barely warm but very tasty. DH and I had the French onion soup.
It was the highlight of our meal but was scalding hot! Picture of that one has gone missing."

Filet de saumon, pommes de terre ecrasees au beurre et ciboulette, sur coulis de tomate et poivron rouge
Broiled Salmon, smashed potatoes with butter and chives. served with tomato and red pepper sauce


"DD had the salmon. She really enjoyed it."

Gratin de macaroni - Baked macaroni with cream and gruyere cheese


"DS had the macaroni and cheese with gruyere cheese. It had very little flavor and we had to add salt."

Plat de Cote de Boeuf au Cabarnet avec pates
Beef short ribs braised in Cabernet with pasta, pearl onions and mushrooms


"DH, DS, and I each had the short ribs. They had absolutely no taste at all. We added salt and pepper and still absolutely flavorless. Didn't even bother to eat more than a couple of bites."



For dessert, DS and I each had the sorbet trio. They didn't tell you what the flavors were but we knew the orange one was mango. We are guessing the pale yellow one was pineapple, and we have no idea what the white one was. Consensus was the pineapple was amazing and other two got left behind."

Assiette de Sorbets du jour et son palmier
Daily assortment of fresh sorbets served with an elephant ear

Fraisier, sorbet et coulis aux fruits rouges
Strawberry cake with red berry sauce and sorbet



"DD had a strawberry shortcake type thing, which was very good."

Profiteroles au Chocolat
Puff choux with vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.


"DS and DH got the profiteroles. They cleaned their plates. As a whole the appetizers and desserts were very, very good, but the entrees were bland and flavorless. I have taken some French cooking classes and nothing we ever made was ever bland. A disappointment on what was already a second chance so this was our last visit here. I will say our server was wonderful though. Which was a trend this trip. Great service at every single meal."




"At this point it was 10 p.m. and we were leaving after breakfast the next morning. We still had 16 CS credits, so 11 spare with 5 saved for breakfast!!! So we decided we should hit Port Orleans [Riverside Mill] sandwich counter to get sandwiches for the road. We arrived at 10:15 and it had closed at 10:00! So it was back to the "Make your own Pasta"! We got 5 fettuccine Alfredos with shrimp, packaged to go, and voila! No need to cook when we arrived home late last night!"
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2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Epcot Group 3 for Chefs de France

 

[jabead]

And now for the last installment of disneychristmasx3's final update.


She said, "On the morning of checkout we stopped at Wolfgang Puck Express for breakfast before hitting the road."


Wolfgang Puck Express

Smoked Bacon Pizza with scrambled eggs, tomatoes, mozzarella and cheddar cheese and ranch dressing


"Three of us chose the smoked bacon breakfast pizza. It was good but not quite as flavorful as we remembered it."

Belgian Waffle served with strawberries and bananas, maple syrup and whipped cream


"DD and DS chose the Belgian Waffle. It was good but by now I think we were all just done with all the eating.
Nobody was even hungry!"



"So we still had 6 unused CS credits. Even though it was only 8:30 in the morning, we were able to go to Earl of Sandwich and order from the full menu. We ordered an assortment of sandwiches and brownies packed to go so unfortunately no pictures. They were meant to be lunch during the 10 hour drive. But we never did eat them. It took the full 10 hours to get hungry. We ended up sharing sharing only 2 of the Make your own Pastas between the 5 of us before heading straight to bed!"
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2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Downtown Disney Group 1 for Wolfgang Puck Express

 

[jabead]

I have spun the Roulette wheel and here were the winning numbers for Dec. 28th.


Magic Kingdom: Group 1, 5
Epcot: Group 1, 7
Hollywood Studios: Group 2
Animal Kingdom: Group 3
Downtown Disney: Group 1
Resorts: 2, 5


Here were the 6 bets placed yesterday by our three reporters:

AppleSister1 - 2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Epcot Group 4 for Teppan Edo at Japan
AppleSister1 - 2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Magic Kingdom Group 1 for Be our Guest WINNER
debrapagliasotti - 2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Resort Group 2 for the Boardwalk Bakery WINNER
disneychristmasx3 - 2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Epcot Group 5 for Via Napoli at Italy
disneychristmasx3 - 2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Epcot Group 3 for Chefs de France
disneychristmasx3 - 2 Point Roulette Bet placed on Downtown Disney Group 1 for Wolfgang Puck Express WINNER

 

[jabead]

Since we have had the final updates from two of our reporters, it's now time to say...



Thanks so much for being Live Reporters...Great Job!!!





debrapagliasotti's Total Holiday Roulette Points Earned = 15




disneychristmasx3's Total Holiday Roulette Points Earned = 30


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[emmysmommy]

Hello everyone!

Thanks so much for all the posts yesterday, keeping the thread active for me while I was busy getting ready for our 3rd Annual Christmas Around the World party. The party was a great success, if I do say so myself. We finally remembered to take lots of pics this year, so if anyone is interested I can post them here in lieu of Disney food updates.

Yes please. I would love to see your Christmas Around the world party photos!!

 

[krhst25]

Yes please. I would love to see your Christmas Around the world party photos!!

Me too!

 

[jabead]

January is almost here so it's time to introduce our...
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January Team of Live Reporters​

DisneyMamato4 - Christina and family will be at Disney World from 1/2 - 1/8 and staying at AKL. Here are their Dining Plans. She has volunteered to do live updates for us!

Jersette, her DD and DD's boyfriend are going to be at WDW from 1/2 - 1/9. Here are their Dining Plans. She has offered to do live updates for us!

glasslipper and her family of 4 will be in WDW from 1/2 - 1/12 and doing a split stay between POFQ and BWI. Here are their Dining Plans. She has volunteered to do live updates for us!

emmebear and Emme will be going to Disney World on the weekend of 1/4 - 1/6. emmebear will again be doing live updates for us!

quietgirl will be at Disney World from 1/4 - 1/10 and she has offered to do live updates for us while there!

rachel09985 will be at Disney World again from 1/5 - 1/7 and has offered to do live updates! Here are her Dining Plans.

ciera321 - Robin and her family will at Disney World from 1/5 - 1/11. Here are their Dining Plans. She has offered to do live updates for us while there!

MissPrice - Amanda will be there for a graduation celebration from 1/7 - 1/14 and has volunteered to do live updates for us! Here are their Dining Plans.

butiflfeet will be using those lovely feet to run in the Disney Half-Marathon. She and her DH, plus her sister and mom, will be staying at BLT from 1/10 - 1/17. Here are their Dining Plans. butiflfeet has offered to do "live" updates for us!

Giselle22 - Lauren and her DMom will also be running in the marathon. They will be arriving on 1/10 and staying at AoA's Little Mermaid section. Then on 1/12, the rest of their group (which includes Lauren's DH, DDad, brother(s), BFF Amber, and Amber's DBF and parents) will arrive and be staying at POR until 1/19. Here is Lauren's PTR and their Dining Plans. Lauren has volunteered to do live updates for us!

Niki Andiokno and her DH, and maybe with two friends, maybe not, will be at Wilderness Lodge Villas from 1/11 - 1/18. Here are Niki's Dining Plans. Niki has offered to do live updates for us!

emmebear and Emme will be visiting with friends at Disney World on the weekend of 1/12 - 1/13. emmebear has offered to again do live updates for us!

BlovesC - B (Becky) & C (Charlie) are back at WDW and staying for a full week this time, from 1/15 -1/21. Becky is willing to do "live" updates for us again!

soontobewed07 and family will be from 1/16 - 1/27 and staying at the BWV. Here are their Dining Plans. She has volunteered to do live updates for us during their trip!

jecskc - Susan & family will be at Disney World again from 1/17 - 1/21 and staying at the BWV. I'm hoping that Susan might give live reporting another try???

dvc4life - Chris & her DH will be at WDW for one night on 1/17 and then again from 1/19 - 1/21. Chris will again be doing live updates for us!

carobear is helping her sister drive down for her CP in January and will be Disney World for a couple days (1/19-1/22). They won't be going to the parks but plan to eat plenty of Disney food. She has volunteered to do live updates for us!

disneybride96 and her DH will be at WDW from 1/19 - 1/26. Here are their Dining Plans. She has volunteered to do live updates for us while she is there!

AlohaPolynesian will be at Disney World again from 1/21 - 1/24, this time with her sister and nieces. She will again be doing live updates for us!

marshallsmommy will be staying at BLT from 1/22 - 1/28. It will be her son's (age 20 mos.) 1st trip to Disney World! Here are their Dining Plans. And she has offered to do live updates for us!

hulagirl87 will be at WDW from 1/24 - 2/1 and has offered to do live updates for us!

tallen429 will be back with middle DS from 1/26 - 2/1. First three nights at AKL Jambo and last three nights at BLT. tallen429 has volunteered to do live updates for us during their trip!

arbolita - Theresa and her DH, Scott, will be staying at SSR from 1/26 - 2/1 and she has offered to email us some live updates during her trip! Here is her PTR, which includes her Dining Plans.

Li Li and her DH will be at Disney World from 1/28 - 1/30 and has offered to do live updates for us while there!


If there is anyone that is going in January and wants in on the live reporting fun, please let me know. I'm sure there is always room for one more.


While the month of January is looking great for live reports, I can't say the same for February. So far I have had only elleavon, zy144622, LucyBC80, Angebee, and Kathymford volunteer to do live updates during their February trips to Disney World. Also possibly Mariep26??? emmebear will probably be returning to the World sometime in February and I'm hoping that we can count on her to do live updates if she does. I'm also looking forward to Linda67's live updates from Disneyland Paris during her February trip there.

So thank you to all of you who have volunteered so far. But we are definitely in need of more volunteers, so if you have a trip planned in February, please consider joining our Live Reporting Team.