Delish Dining, May 19-May 25

We slept in Wednesday because early EMH was at the Animal Kingdom and we’d already done everything there on Monday. So, we had a leisurely morning at the resort. Of course, we had to start the day with a beignet fix…we obviously did not grow bored of those things (It was a true addiction. The only plus to this is that they are not available in Nebraska, so we were able to quit cold turkey once we got home. But I'm dreaming of powdered sugar...)

Headed out to Downtown Disney by late morning for some shopping. Here’s a warning for all of you chocoholics: the Ghiardelli store is very, very difficult to just walk past…I swear they just have some sort of chocolate spray they put in their air conditioner exhaust fans…you can’t get within 20 feet of the place without the divine smell of chocolate pulling you in like a Star Wars tractor-beam. You know if you breathe too deeply you’ll get high on that chocolate. So of course we had to go in and buy several extra large candy bars (well, they had a sale going…buy 4, get one free. I mean really, who can pass up a chocolate sale?) After wandering through the World of Disney & picking up some gifts for those less fortunate relatives we left at home, we went to the Lego store (how fun!) Then, we were getting hungry so we headed over to the Earl of Sandwich. As history buffs, we got a big kick out of the decor & story of the creation of sandwiches...

As per recommendations from this board, we both tried the “original 1762” which was a huge supply of very tasty roast beef, with melted cheddar cheese, on artisan bread with a really rich & creamy horseradish sauce. OOH! We will never, ever be satisfied with an Arby’s roast beef sandwich again! This is a really, really superb sandwich. (anyone seen the infamous faked-orgasm scene in "When Harry Met Sally?" I think DH & I were both making those noises while consuming these sandwiches...that good! As DD would say, Mother: AWKWARD!)

We both had chips (just regular old chips) & iced tea. DH had a giant choc chip cookie for dessert (about the size of 2 large homemade cookies) and I had the cupcake-top with frosting & about a gazillion sprinkles. He said the cookie was very good (actually ate about ½ of it while waiting for his sandwich.) I thought the sprinkle cupcake tasted like classic yellow birthday cake…it was good, and tasted very fresh. We liked these desserts, but would probably try different ones next time, cuz' they had many other choices.

The restaurant was very busy, but again, we found service to be fast & efficient and seemed to be enough tables for all. Although the trash cans were nearly overflowing, the tables were being cleaned frequently while we were there. Would we eat here again? In a heartbeat! We’d probably try some of the other sandwiches, just to see if the others are as good as the “original.”
 
TigerKat, I'm sure the Dis version of Louisiana food is not near as good as real hometown version, but we sure found it to be a tasty alternative to the same old lunch foods & snacks...

Someday, we'll get the real thing in New Orleans...it's on my list of things to do before I die!:goodvibes

I've heard from a few locals that the Disney stuff is pretty close to the real deal, BUT you still need to come down and visit.:goodvibes
 

Our party of four split up on Wednesday night: The kids had ressies for MK’s Crystal Palace because they were going to the Pirates & Princess Party that night. They thoroughly enjoyed the Crystal Palace offerings, but did notice the noise levels (first time going as "adults") …course it’s a very popular character family restaurant, so they weren't really surprised at hubbub...was to be expected. (DD’s been there before, and loves the Pooh characters and the many, many choices on the food stations. She said it was all good...better than local buffet chains.)

BTW, if anyone's interested...they had an absolute blast at the P & P Party: if any young adults are wondering if it’s just for little kids, the answer is a resounding “NO”…there were lots of fun character meet & greets, and great set-ups for photos, like Cinderella’s coach & pumpkin patch. (And DD says the guy playing Captain Jack Sparrow does him very, very well, and is HOT! And she had great pictures to prove it.) They had lots of walk-on rides including the ever-popular & usually long-lines Mountains. Kids said there was a fabulous Pirate parade, including float shaped like huge pirate ship & lots of dancers, sword fighters, etc. Both kids said the outstanding special fireworks show was by far the best they'd ever seen. Besides dinner at Crystal Palace, they also enjoyed Mickey ice cream bars in the MK (can never have enough of them, according to DD. She & BFF swear these Mickey ice cream bars taste nothing like “regular” ice cream bars…the chocolate is more chocolatey, the ice cream creamier, etc. Pixie Dust again.)

Anyway, enough digression: back to food! DH & I headed for Disney Hollywood Studios in late afternoon. We had Fantasmic dinner package ressies at Hollywood & Vine. Last year, we did not get to see Fantasmic because we only had one night at DHS, and the lines for Fantasmic were huge more than 2 hours before the show…we just didn’t have that kind of time to wait for it. So this year, I made sure we had the Dinner package, which guarantees you a seat with only ½ hour wait before the show.

I was a little concerned about Hollywood & Vine, since I seem to have read a lot of very negative reviews about it after getting the ADR. However, we did not experience any of the issues people talked about. We both really enjoyed the food at Hollywood & Vine. On the salad station, we especially liked the tomato & mozzarella salad, and the mixed greens salad. On the entrees, we liked the rare prime rib, the roasted pork loin with caramelized onions, & the herbed salmon. The garlic potatoes were very tasty, and there was some good rice pilaf dish also. This was the 2nd buffet at Disney that had the prime rib carving station…we found the beef to be much better than your average buffet. They actually had rare, medium & well done available…so often, it’s all overcooked so much it’s like dried out leftover pot roast. This prime rib was GOOD.

On the dessert station, we really liked the key lime tarts, the apple crisp cobbler with vanilla sauce was very well done, & the mascarpone snicker cheesecake was light & tasty. We liked that many of the dessert offerings on the Disney buffets are bite-size, so you can try several different items without feeling wasteful if you don’t care for the flavors.

While the place was busy, and loud, it was not any louder than any other Disney buffets and actual quieter than the character places. Being a buffet, it naturally attracts families, so of course it's not a candle-light & wine kind of couples place. But we knew that when we booked it, so were not disappointed. Despite reviews to the contrary, while we were there, we found the hot foods were hot, cold food were kept cold, and everything was refilled quickly. Spills were cleaned up as they happened. We did not feel like we were being rushed through our meal at all. In fact, that's one of the things we really like about the Dis buffets--you can eat as slow, or as fast, as you like. If you're in a hurry to get on to something else, you can hurry through. If you want a more leisurely experience, you can do it that way.

The only complaint I had about Hollywood & Vine was that our server appeared to be new, and didn’t have a system figured out for keeping her tables cleared, beverages refilled, etc. Service was not horrible, but she was definitely struggling to keep up. She was very nice, though, and did apologize for the delays. Would we return: yes, we probably will, but would put Hollywood & Vine further down the list to return to after we go to some other restaurants we haven’t tried yet. The food was good, but not outstanding.

We wandered the Studios after dinner, did the Great Movie Ride, Star Tours & Muppet 3-D, then went to Fantasmic…was great fun. No snacks that night…we were just too full from Hollywood & Vine.
 
So, we again slept in since today was MK early EMH, which we did very well on Tuesday. Had the obligatory beignets, and wandered the resort, exploring some. We again ate lunch at Sassagoula Floatworks…a replay again with the muffaletta. I had choc. Fudge cake…very yummy. Was more like eating fudge brownie, that moist. DH had a chocolate milkshake this time, as did daughter’s BFF (he had mint-chip, said it was outstanding.) The sandwiches were just as good as before.

We headed for Epcot in the afternoon, getting in several attractions before our dinner ressies at Canada’s Le Cellier.

OMG. Everything good you’ve heard about Le Cellier is OH! so, so true. The food goes way beyond outstanding. We are from Nebraska…we are used to very, very good beef…we grew up on fabulous steaks. We can get wonderful steaks at the local grocery store. So we know our beef. The filet at Le Cellier far exceeded any we’ve had anywhere, including top-flight restaurants in major cities (you know, the $50 per entrée places, where the salt & pepper are considered al a carte items!) But I’m getting ahead of myself here.

We started with drinks…DH had one of those Canadian beers (he liked it) and I had the blue glowtini…this is a very tasty drink made from citrus vodka, peach schnapps, blue curacao, sweet and sour, and pineapple juice with a sugared rim…it really is blue, and very fun with the glowing cube. With those ingredients, it may sound like it might be too sweet, but it’s just pleasantly sweet. (Thank heaven DD figured out how to turn off the glow cube after a while, though, cuz the little kid at the next table was very upset he couldn’t have one!)

Although appetizers are no longer included with regular DDP, we had heard so much good about the Canadian cheese soup, we ordered one bowl of it, to be served with those wonderful pretzel bread-sticks. The 4 of us shared the soup, basically using it as dip for the bread. Yes, Virginia, the soup is superb. And so is the pretzel bread. And the combo is outstanding…we could ALMOST have made a meal out of that. But then came the mushroom filet…DH, me and daughter’s BFF all had it. Cannot say how good these filets were. Just melt in your mouth tender, and the flavor! We wanted to lick the plates when it was all gone. That good. If there is beef in heaven, it will taste like Le Cellier’s mushroom filet. DD had the seared King salmon…she really liked it too, but did not like the sauce on the pasta it was served on (said too lemony in the pasta?)

Then came the desserts…and once again, wow! DH got the chocolate mousse/moose (darling to look at and very, very chocolatey.) I got the maple crème brulee, DD chose the crème brulee also, & BFF got the cheesecake. We all passed around the desserts so everyone had tastes. I absolutely adore chocolate, but the choc mousse was almost too rich for me (DH could not finish it, even with sharing bites around the table.) We all loved the maple crème brulee…was done to perfection with the maple caramelized on top. Ooh, yummy! The cheesecake was delish, but we think the maple crème brulee & the chocolate moose were better choices (although all three desserts were very, very good.)

The food exceeded our expectations-which were high-it was just fabulous. The service was excellent (even though our waitress was introduced as being “in training”.) The ambiance is lovely, dark & cozy, and we did not think the tables were near as crowded together as reports would have you believe.

Would we go to Le Cellier again…immediately! The reports of how good it is have not been exaggerated at all.

After dinner, we wandered through the World showcase, thoroughly enjoying some of the live shows (Off Kilter celtic rock at Canada, MoRockin at Morocco, and Gary Puckett at the American showcase…he was one of the Flower Power musicians brought in special for the Epcot Flower show.)

Once again, we were way too full to try the bakeries! We did try some frozen fruity adult beverages at the outside drink stand at Morocco…winners this time! Sorry, I can’t remember the exact name of the drink, but we had something that looked like a pina colada, and the ingredients sounded right for a pina colada, but with the addition of almond flavoring…super, super tasty. THIS was a loverly frozen beverage (and yes, good enough to get major brain freeze from slurping too fast. But it was worth it.)
 
Friday, up early to go to Disney Hollywood Studios early EMH. (But of course, we still had to start the day out with the breakfast of champions…BEIGNETS! By now, the breakfast bars we'd bought for in-room breakfasts were getting stale, languishing in the food bag! By this point, we'd had so many beignets, my DD suggested we should skip eating them, and just start applying them directly to our thighs, because that’s where they were going to end up anyway…I reminded her of our Disney-magic theory on calories: the pixie dust cancels out the calories doesn’t it?)

Anyway, we headed off to the Studios & had a terrifically fun morning running from attraction to attraction. Got all the majors done and/or FastPassed by about 10:30 so DH & I stopped for frozen lemonade & a stuffed pretzel (apple cinnamon…tastes kind of like apple strudel filling) at Min & Bill's Dockside while the kids used a FastPass on Tower of Terror. The apple pretzel was yummy, but the frozen lemonade was more like just a slushy lemonade: it was good, but not as good as the Minute Maid brand pre-made & really frozen kind we had at the Animal Kingdom.

We went to watch Indiana Jones stunt show, did Star Tours, and by then it was time for lunch, so we headed for Starring Rolls. Couple of real positives for this place…apparently a lot of people don’t realize there are lunch offerings here because it really was not busy at prime lunch time (we didn’t know about it for lunch until I read it on Disboards. Thank you again, forum peeps.)

The outside seating all has umbrellas, and it's kind of tucked down out away from the main foot-traffic flow so it’s shady & cooler…and you can people-watch while you eat without having people walking right by your table. This is technically a bakery, but they have a limited selection of extremely good, large fresh sandwiches. DH, BFF & I had the turkey on focaccia bread…huge, tasty sandiwiches piled high with thin-sliced meat; those specialty breads are really good & tasted bakery-fresh. We had chips & bottled water.

DD had the grilled veggie on pita, also chips as her side. She liked the sandwich for the most part but wasn’t crazy about the dressing on it—too “vinegar & oil” plain I think. She’d probably go for the turkey focaccia on a return trip. Everyone chose a different dessert (that’s what’s really nice at Starring Rolls—it is a bakery, so lots of desserts to choose from and not the prepackaged 2 choices most counter services had.) I had a super yummy choc/choc chip muffin…moist & almost too rich (but I forced myself to eat it anyway!) DH had some sort of cookie with nuts & chips, again good & fresh. DD had an apple for dessert (she’s into healthy! At least sometimes!) and her BFF had an ice cream/banana split of some sort…looked like it might have been prepackaged but he said it was very good. Would we do Starring rolls again…you bet. Very good sandwiches and a nice alternative to burgers & fries.

Returned to the hotel for afternoon R & R…
 
Good to hear a good CS review for DHS!! I think we'll be checking out Starring Rolls!!
 
Yes, we thought Starring Rolls was a great alternative to burger/fries/pizza...we also like those, but can get them any day, any where. We like getting different things when we're on vacation...adds to the "special" factor for us. As for DHS, I think in general all of the restaurants there, both counter service & table service, get slammed more than they deserve. I don't know why...we've never noticed that the food there is all that much different than any where else. I suspect it's more a matter of you hear more from the people who have a complaint, and less from the majority who had no issues?

Now, I should say that DD & her BFF thought the counter help at Starring Rolls was not-to-helpful (they had a younger gal, who I think maybe was actually in training, because she seemed to be more confused than rude to me.) DH & I had an older woman at the food service counter & at the checkout; they were both efficient & polite.
 
Late Friday afternoon, we headed to the Magic Kingdom for our date with royalty…

We had ressies for Cindy’s Royal Table @ 5:30, but due to luck with bus timing, we got there early, so checked in right about 5:00. We waited about 10-15 minutes before getting called back to the waiting room where they do the meet & greet photos with Cinderella. This was really, really fun (even if you don’t have little ones with you, it is sooo fun to watch their reactions.)

There was an extremely tired, whiny, fussy little princess waiting outside. It was so obvious this preschooler needed a major nap. But she was ready for the royal table: had on the $100+ version of princess outfit complete with jewelry, ultra fancy shoes, & tiara— and she had obviously had the deluxe BBB treatment. However, she was not happy royalty at all – she came very close to throwing a major screaming/thrashing tantrum in the outer waiting room, and was just barely under control when their family was called back to the photo room. It was amazing the change that came over her when she saw Cinderella - seriously, it was Disney magic at its best. The whining stopped and she just gazed, absolutely enthralled with the "real" Cinderella.

The cast member playing Cinderella was really, really into her part, and what a sweety she was, playing along with young & old. I don’t know how these kids can keep this up for hours on end, but all the ones we interacted with were amazingly good at the small patter & always in-character chit chat. I realize they have a set bunch of lines they repeat, but it never came out sounding like “lines”…they all seemed to really enjoy what they were doing, and very smooth at keeping the lines moving without seeming to shove people on their way. Cindy greeted DD & her BFF first, because they were a few steps ahead of us, saying how nice it was to have one of her fellow princesses eating at her royal table, which cracked my daughter up (she's 19)and then Cindy asked if BFF was DD’s prince or was he just an escort for the evening? (DD & BFF were about the same age as Cindy-and DD’s BFF is a very, very good looking guy…Cindy was flirting big time! Graciously, of course.) Cindy then gave him an especially dazzling smile when she heard he was just a very good friend!

Then she turns to us and made a big fuss about how she hadn’t realized the Queen & King had accompanied the princess, and oh, pardon her for not acknowledging our majesties sooner! It was great, she actually did a little curtsy to DH & I, welcoming us to her home, and hoping we enjoy our meal. She posed with us for a group picture, wished us a good time and then we were sent on up the steps to the dining hall.

What a treat…I realize that people complain loudly & often about the cost of the castle meals, & that the quality of food doesn’t match up to the cost, and that they felt rushed through the castle experience, etc. especially considering what they paid. But honestly, we figured a goodly portion of the price is simply going for the can't-be-copied location & the guaranteed meet & greet/photo with Cinderella.

The décor in the castle is really, really well done. We’ve been to Biltmore House in North Carolina – you’ve probably seen this place on ads for Lowe’s Home Improvement…it’s the gigantic castle-like house with over 150 rooms (which was built as an over-the-top reproduction of European chateau/castle. Vanderbilt spent millions & millions in the 1890’s to build that place and it’s decorated with many items he bought from European castles. Anyway, we had a fairly good idea of what a castle with no expense spared would like.) Cindy’s Castle had many of the same touches…may not be original or “authentic” but all in all, very nicely done reproductions, and amazing attention to detail. The windows are beautiful, the wall hangings & such are wonderfully well done. We lucked out with a window table, too. There’s really not very many of them and they’re all tables for 2 or tables for 4, so if you have a larger group you will not get a window table. Our view was overlooking Fantasyland…we could see the Carousel (which had just re-opened that day…so it looked beautiful, all freshly painted.) The windows are fairly small, though, so the view is somewhat limited. And the decor throughout is good enough that even if you don't get a window seat, it's still a very nice place to eat!

As for the food, while it is not Haute Cuisine, it certainly is not bad. We enjoyed it. And we never felt rushed at all, although the kids actually did want it to go faster, because they had a concert to go to over at the House of Blues…

Anyway, all the cast members in the dining room stay in character for serving a “royal” table…calling us all My Lord, My Lady, and “what would the princess prefer to drink” etc. The waiters are dressed in knee-breeches & waistcoat outfits like footmen. Our waiter explained how the meal works, with the courses, and even apologized that the Castle was unfortunately located in a “very dry” kingdom so no beer or wine available.

For starters, three of us had the BLT salad, which was a very good salad…an amazing amount of real chopped bacon on this, not just a few baco-bits. BFF had the corn & crab soup, which he really liked…said there were some very nice big chunks of crab in it. For entrées, DH & I had the prime rib, rare. It actually was served rare (which we really like) and was tasty, tender & well seasoned. It was better than the buffet prime rib (which we thought was good, too as you may recall.) BFF had the salmon, which he said was not the best he’d had, but good enough, and he ate every last bit. DD had the tortellini. She said it was “o.k., way better than college food”… but she loves tortellini and did eat most of it.

When it came time for dessert, our waiter warned us that a lot of the castle servants thought the poached pear was not done properly -undercooked- so if we like poached pear we would probably not like this one. BFF & I got the Chocolate Buckle…hard to describe…maybe compare it to a cobbler type dessert except it was all chocolate? Moist, drenched in a very rich chocolate sauce. Luscious bit of chocolate heaven. DD & DH both got the raspberry sorbet, which they really, really liked (Although everyone traded bites on the desserts, I don’t care for raspberry except in frozen adult beverages! But the other 3 liked it very much.)

About ½ way through the desserts, the Castle dinner entertainment started, first with Cinderella’s mouse-maids, Susie & Perla, circulating through the place, stopping for hugs & pics at the tables. Then, the Fairy Godmother came out & did her act…sings a song, asks about birthday & other celebrations, acknowledging everyone in the crowd celebrating, and leads everyone in a Happy-Celebration-to-you-song…was fun, and pretty low-key. Although she flits around during her act & singing, she does not actually stop at tables to pose for pictures…when her singing is done, she hurries off. So if you want pictures, be sure to take them while she's performing because she disappears very quickly at the end of the show. The entire show/character appearance lasts maybe 15 minutes tops. Again, it was entertaining, and great fun to watch the little kids’ reactions to the characters. All in all, good-enough food and an enjoyable time in a spectacular location.

Would highly recommend CRT to anyone with kids that wants to be sure to get a good meet & greet with Cinderella, without standing in long lines outside in the heat waiting for it. My understanding is that the breakfast & lunch are much more crowded & noisy because instead of Fairy Godmother show, there are several princesses visiting in the dining room. We deliberately chose the dinner to cut down on that hubbub, and get better value for the meal $$, but if you’re wanting to see more princesses, you will need to do breakfast or lunch instead. The professional photo comes with the price of the meal (one per table) and is delivered to your table during the meal…a nice keepsake folder with an 8 x 10 of the castle & and 8 x 10 of your group with Cindy. There was also several 4 x 6 copies in there too.

Would we go back…yes. Probably not every time we go to WDW because it is not cheap, and it’s a very time-consuming table service meal (we checked in at 5:00, were walking out at about 6:45, and we actually hurried a bit cuz the kids wanted to get going to their concert at DTD. Had we not deliberately hurried, we probably would have spent at least 15 more minutes there, just enjoying the experience.The time was not bad for a night-out style dinner, but we wouldn’t like to spend too many 2-hour chunks of time eating during Disney-park-time!)
 
Oh, how I enjoyed my stay in New Orleans a few years ago, I may have to visit the French Quarter Floatworks:) Love this review, I can't wait to read more:)
 
So, on Tuesday, even though we planned on eating cereal bars in the room, we just had to try the signature pastry at French Quarter. DH went over very early to the Sassagoula Floatworks (Port Orleans French Quarter counter service) to get us the beignets for breakfast (pronounced "ben-yay", by the way. Although silly DD & her BFF called them "ben-gay" all week. Didn't stop them from eating them, of course.)

What are these things? Well, best I could describe them as a 3" x 4" x 2" rectangle of puff pastry, like the kind of pastry hot pockets are made of. Except these are plain with no filling, and then tossed in a deep fryer. They puff in the fryer, then are taken out & "sprinkled" with powdered sugar (sprinkled is a gross understatement.) Yes, they are wonderful.

Your first bite is like this "O.K., this is alright, I guess, but what's the big deal?" Then you find yourself reaching for another, and another...they are absolutely 100% addictive. After that first order, we were hooked for the rest of the week. DD called them cocaine ben-gays. She wasn't kidding.


later...Tuesday Lunch & dinner

We just got back from POFQ and also discovered the beignets for the first time - sooooo good!!!!! :lovestruc

Great reviews!
 
Love the Biltmore reference! We go up to Asheville about once a year and Biltmore is one of our favorite places. Sooo gorgeous. I could just wander around there all day looking at the George Vanderbilt's art collection....:cloud9:
 
Love the Biltmore reference! We go up to Asheville about once a year and Biltmore is one of our favorite places. Sooo gorgeous. I could just wander around there all day looking at the George Vanderbilt's art collection....:cloud9:


Yeah, we were awestruck by Biltmore...if you have to go :lmao: somewhere besides WDW, that's a wonderful place! Just can't believe those people spent so much money on building the place, and then didn't actually ever live there year round...we could all use a 150 room summer place, huh?::yes:: (NC has a beautiful countryside, besides Biltmore, too.)
 
We headed to Pleasure Island for a night at the Adventurer’s Club. What a fun, fun time. Hate to say this, I did not write down the names of the drinks we had there! MY BAD! I thought I’d remember the names…but they were really good drinks…of the not-so-good-on-your-memory variety. :lmao: But they were very good! I do remember that much.

Suffice it to say the drinks were frozen, fruity, slushy, glowing & absolutely delish! The drinks menu had maybe 5 or 6 different listings…we tried 3 different ones and and loved all three. And the entertainment is such a gas at the Adventurer’s Club :laughing: …in case you don’t know, it’s set up as if it was a private club for adventurers, circa 1930’s. Décor is all library/oversized comfy chairs with hunting stuff, archaelogical stuff, old maps, old books, treasure boxes, etc. Kind of like being in an old movie! And the cast members are dressed as the various characters that would be in that kind of club, including a French maid, a dashing adventurer, a mousy professor type, a goofy boy-scout type, etc. They all tell stories & interact with the guests (it’s supposed to be a recruiting party for new members, as well as an awards night at the club.) Those cast members are just masters of improv, they start with a general story line, but work in lots of funny bits depending on what the crowd has to say. Hilarious! We were there for probably an hour & a half…face & sides hurt from laughing so hard. :dance3:

Next trip, we plan to “close” the place at least once! But we will have to do a better job of pacing the drinks, or we’ll never make it…we’re not that big on drinking, so a couple of those luscious umbrella drinks & we’re ready for night-nite! Highly recommend the Adventurer’s Club to all adults who like live comedy entertainment in a bar setting (but please leave your kids at home—they won’t get the jokes, many of which are inappropriate for children anyway. And who wants to try to explain the birds & bees on vacation, anyway. There were a couple of kids in there that night, and boy, did they look bored. And the parents looked put-off when the jokes wandered towards “questionable” adult content. But what do they expect in a BAR, for gosh sakes!:confused: )

Other than the drinks, we didn’t get anything else to eat Friday night…yes, once again, still full from royal dinner.:goodvibes
 
Yeah, we were awestruck by Biltmore...if you have to go :lmao: somewhere besides WDW, that's a wonderful place! Just can't believe those peopel spent so much money on building the place, and then didn't actually ever leave threre year round...we could all use a 150 room summer place, huh?::yes:: (NC has a beautiful countryside, besides Biltmore, too.)

I know. Nice little country house, huh! Actually I read a really interesting book about Biltmore house....Lady on the Hill, I want to say...:confused3 Anyway, poor George, one of the richest men in the world and he dies of appendicitis before he has a chance to really enjoy his life's work. After that the house was too expensive for the family to keep up full time. Sorry a little off topic....Back to food....Asheville has some greats eats too....Now back to Disney food....very much enjoying your reviews!
 
:banana: I'm really enjoying your reviews. Can't wait to read more.

We stayed at POFQ last Dec & fell in looove with the ben-gays too:cool1:

Cindy's Royal Table sounds like fun, we might have to try it on our next trip if we can get in.
 




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