dansyr
I'm a loser
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Ok ....day 2 of our eating adventure on the gold plan.
Just a warning about this plan....use your meals at the most expensive restaraunts because we never actually ate 3 meals a day. It was just too much food....but by choosing more expensive restaraunts we still got our money's worth
Breakfast - the infamous CRT
Yes we were lucky enough to get this one.
We were seated within 5 min of arriving. The fairy godmother was taking pics in the lobby. This fairy godmother seemed a little younger than the one in the movie I have seen.....but anyway.
We got the perfect table right by the window overlooking the carousel. It was magical.
They immediately brought over pastries and juice and we ordered coffee. I had a croissant which was good and dbf did too. I didn't want to fill up to quickly so I didn't try anything else.
Then they brought out our plates of bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, potatoes, and stuffed french toast. I really liked the potatoes , bacon, and french toast. I wasn't crazy about the eggs..they were kinda bland. The sausage was pretty good too...but I am not a sausage eater. DBF loved the bacon...and he is a bacon conossieur(sp). Dbf got seconds but couldn't finish. We saw Cinderella, Aurora, Mary Poppins, and Belle. We had our pics taken with all of them and they were very nice. As we were eating we also saw Peter Pan chase Captain Hook right past our window. Captain hook looked in and waved. It was so cute.
As we were leaving one of the mother's waiting outside the bathroom chatted with my dbf about how she was envious of us being able to be there w/o children. It was a magical morning.....and a very romantic and magical evening at California Grill. Oh, BTW...not sure of the price because we used our wishes.
They also never charged my cc for the deposit even though they said we had to even on the gold plan.
rating food - 4
atmosphere 5+++++++
dinner - Calif grill
I had planned this one to coincide with the fireworks at MK. Well...it couldn't have worked out more perfectly. We were seated within 15 min of when we arrived. We sat at the bar and I had an apple martini and dbf had a margarita. The bartender here was not all that friendly.
Anyway....they seated us at a table right by the window with a perfect view of the seven seas lagoon and MK.
Jenny our server came over and we ordered appetizers. ( note - On the gold plan ...you are allowed appetizers and starters) and I also wanted to order an artichoke salad that looked good. Jenny told me I wasn't allowed both on the plan. I told her that we had done it at coral reef the night before. She said she'd check with her manager, came back and said at this restaraunt they didn't allow it. I said no prob...and just ordered a tuna roll as the app. BF ordered the asparagus soup. Bf was sweet and said if I wanted both to order it and he would just pay for whatever we owed....but I told him I really just wanted to try it and I would probably not be able to finish it anyway. Both apps were great. The tuna melted in your mouth.
For our entree I had seafood with a saffron fennel broth and dbf ordered the filet. My entree was very good. It had clams, mussels, shrimp, and calamari. The only thing I couldn't do was the tentacles of the calamari. The texture kinda grossed me out. DBF's filet was outstanding. Next time we go I am definitely ordering that. The fireworks began right before our entrees were served so Jenny asked if we would like our entrees held til after the fireworks and we said yes. We had already placed our order for dessert before entrees were served because Jenny said we need to do this for any of the baked desserts. I ordered the apple tarts with caramel sauce and caramel ice cream. DBF had the apple crepes with cinnamon ice cream. Both were delicious. i had 2 apple tarts and a scoop pf the caramel ice cream. There was no way I could finish it. We also had cappuccinos.
Jenny was great...she was funny friendly and was there with stuff before we even needed it. I joked that I thought she could read my mind. We left her an extra tip than the 15% that was included with the package. She was very gracious and thankful.
rating 5+++
dinner would have cost around $140 without the package.
After this we decided to do a monorail drink tour. We figured I had a couple of apple martinis here and dbf had a couple margaritas we might as well keep going. We we over to the poly. I ordered a Lapu Lapu. Dbf got a kick out of watching me drink this. I thought it was a little expensive til the bartender put down a whole nother drink next to it and told me when the pineapple is empty to pour the rest of it in there. Can't remeber what dbf got...I wonder why. Our monorail drink tour ended there...but we did walk the beach over the GF...the perfect end to a beautiful romantic evening.
Just a warning about this plan....use your meals at the most expensive restaraunts because we never actually ate 3 meals a day. It was just too much food....but by choosing more expensive restaraunts we still got our money's worth
Breakfast - the infamous CRT
Yes we were lucky enough to get this one.
We were seated within 5 min of arriving. The fairy godmother was taking pics in the lobby. This fairy godmother seemed a little younger than the one in the movie I have seen.....but anyway.
We got the perfect table right by the window overlooking the carousel. It was magical.
They immediately brought over pastries and juice and we ordered coffee. I had a croissant which was good and dbf did too. I didn't want to fill up to quickly so I didn't try anything else.
Then they brought out our plates of bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, potatoes, and stuffed french toast. I really liked the potatoes , bacon, and french toast. I wasn't crazy about the eggs..they were kinda bland. The sausage was pretty good too...but I am not a sausage eater. DBF loved the bacon...and he is a bacon conossieur(sp). Dbf got seconds but couldn't finish. We saw Cinderella, Aurora, Mary Poppins, and Belle. We had our pics taken with all of them and they were very nice. As we were eating we also saw Peter Pan chase Captain Hook right past our window. Captain hook looked in and waved. It was so cute.
As we were leaving one of the mother's waiting outside the bathroom chatted with my dbf about how she was envious of us being able to be there w/o children. It was a magical morning.....and a very romantic and magical evening at California Grill. Oh, BTW...not sure of the price because we used our wishes.
They also never charged my cc for the deposit even though they said we had to even on the gold plan.
rating food - 4
atmosphere 5+++++++
dinner - Calif grill
I had planned this one to coincide with the fireworks at MK. Well...it couldn't have worked out more perfectly. We were seated within 15 min of when we arrived. We sat at the bar and I had an apple martini and dbf had a margarita. The bartender here was not all that friendly.
Anyway....they seated us at a table right by the window with a perfect view of the seven seas lagoon and MK.
Jenny our server came over and we ordered appetizers. ( note - On the gold plan ...you are allowed appetizers and starters) and I also wanted to order an artichoke salad that looked good. Jenny told me I wasn't allowed both on the plan. I told her that we had done it at coral reef the night before. She said she'd check with her manager, came back and said at this restaraunt they didn't allow it. I said no prob...and just ordered a tuna roll as the app. BF ordered the asparagus soup. Bf was sweet and said if I wanted both to order it and he would just pay for whatever we owed....but I told him I really just wanted to try it and I would probably not be able to finish it anyway. Both apps were great. The tuna melted in your mouth.
For our entree I had seafood with a saffron fennel broth and dbf ordered the filet. My entree was very good. It had clams, mussels, shrimp, and calamari. The only thing I couldn't do was the tentacles of the calamari. The texture kinda grossed me out. DBF's filet was outstanding. Next time we go I am definitely ordering that. The fireworks began right before our entrees were served so Jenny asked if we would like our entrees held til after the fireworks and we said yes. We had already placed our order for dessert before entrees were served because Jenny said we need to do this for any of the baked desserts. I ordered the apple tarts with caramel sauce and caramel ice cream. DBF had the apple crepes with cinnamon ice cream. Both were delicious. i had 2 apple tarts and a scoop pf the caramel ice cream. There was no way I could finish it. We also had cappuccinos.
Jenny was great...she was funny friendly and was there with stuff before we even needed it. I joked that I thought she could read my mind. We left her an extra tip than the 15% that was included with the package. She was very gracious and thankful.
rating 5+++
dinner would have cost around $140 without the package.
After this we decided to do a monorail drink tour. We figured I had a couple of apple martinis here and dbf had a couple margaritas we might as well keep going. We we over to the poly. I ordered a Lapu Lapu. Dbf got a kick out of watching me drink this. I thought it was a little expensive til the bartender put down a whole nother drink next to it and told me when the pineapple is empty to pour the rest of it in there. Can't remeber what dbf got...I wonder why. Our monorail drink tour ended there...but we did walk the beach over the GF...the perfect end to a beautiful romantic evening.
