For our 10th anniversary, we left the kids(DD6, DD4, and DS2) with grandma and went to the world for a week. We've only managed to pull off a 3 day weekend alone just once in the past 6 years alone and maybe one night a year other than that, so it was a nice chance to get away. We previously took them 18 months ago when they were 4, 3, and 8 months, so we wanted to experience some things we didn't get to with all of the kids.
We stayed at AKL-Kidani Village which was very nice. I don't know that we'd return there other than to visit because it was just much more out of the way for our favorite parks, which was Hollywood Studios and Epcot. The staff was A+.
I've read from other posters in the plan about the deluxe plan being too much food and I have to agree. For starters, our weather was 8 consecutive days over 90 degrees, so that doesn't help build up a big appetite in itself. I burned through snack credits bringing stuff home and I probably "wasted" 6-7 on drinks at the parks because we were gone in the mornings before the gift shop opened for us to be able to fill up our mugs in the mornings. We wanted to celebrate and eat in style and I figured the deluxe plan would give us many more signature restaurant options than any other visit would give us. It was often a good laugh to sit and watch the interaction between mom/dad and the kids at other tables laughing at their frustrations while they were at the "happiest place on earth".
By the way, this thread is without pictures. I wasn't going to get the "glare" for telling my wife to wait until after I took a picture to dig in.
The lineup of restaurants include:
Sat: WCC(dinner)
Sun: Boma(breakfast)/PTC(lunch)/Flying Fish(dinner)
Mon: LTT(lunch)/Citricos(dinner)
Tues: Boma(breakfast)/Yak and Yeti(lunch)/Boma(dinner)
Wed: Boma(breakfast)/Le Cellier(lunch)/Yachtsman(dinner)
Thurs: Sanaa(lunch)/Narcoossee's(dinner)
Fri: Boma(breakfast)/Coral Reef(lunch)/Le Cellier(dinner)
Sat: Sanaa(lunch to go)
May 2
WCC(dinner)-I had the skillet and my wife ordered meatloaf along with the wings. I thought the skillet was good. Meatloaf came out late and my wife ate off of my skillet. They took off my wife's TS and we were too full for any dessert. The shakes were nothing exciting. We were seated in the "library" away from all of the commotion with the "Medicine Man", who was quite cheesy, but oh well.
May 3
Boma(breakfast)-Very good. I really liked the curried sausage/biscuit skillet and the bobotie was a little "strange", but still good. The eggs with chives/goat cheese were very good. Not much left to be said about sausage links, waffles, bacon, eggs, and omelettes.
50's PTC(lunch)-Good. After a huge breakfast, I wasn't terribly hungry. I had the fish sandwich, shrimp cocktail, and a PB&J shake that was great. Fish was ok. My wife had the fried chicken, crab cake, and chickened out on the shake and opted for a cherry coke. The chicken was really good and the crab cake was the run of the mill canned crab meat variety, but what do you expect for a dinner like this? For dessert, we were too full to eat there, so we got the brownie to go(obviously, no ice cream). It was pretty "fudgey" and thick and we managed to eat no more than 4-5 bites out of it, even though we put them in the refrigerator. The shake was HUGE and I will certainly return for another on our next trip. Our server was Jason and he's highly recommended. You better eat your vegetables or you'll be standing up singing "I'm a Little Teapot" for everyone else to see.
Flying Fish(dinner)-Very good. Both of us got the NY Strip, which was very good. I got the yellowfin tuna tartar, which was good. I tried to be a little more adventurous with some of my appetizer selections for the trip. My wife had the crab cake, which was perhaps the best I'd ever had. My wife got the key lime pie and I got the cream brulee and both were ok.
The rest of the week will follow later...
We stayed at AKL-Kidani Village which was very nice. I don't know that we'd return there other than to visit because it was just much more out of the way for our favorite parks, which was Hollywood Studios and Epcot. The staff was A+.
I've read from other posters in the plan about the deluxe plan being too much food and I have to agree. For starters, our weather was 8 consecutive days over 90 degrees, so that doesn't help build up a big appetite in itself. I burned through snack credits bringing stuff home and I probably "wasted" 6-7 on drinks at the parks because we were gone in the mornings before the gift shop opened for us to be able to fill up our mugs in the mornings. We wanted to celebrate and eat in style and I figured the deluxe plan would give us many more signature restaurant options than any other visit would give us. It was often a good laugh to sit and watch the interaction between mom/dad and the kids at other tables laughing at their frustrations while they were at the "happiest place on earth".
By the way, this thread is without pictures. I wasn't going to get the "glare" for telling my wife to wait until after I took a picture to dig in.
The lineup of restaurants include:
Sat: WCC(dinner)
Sun: Boma(breakfast)/PTC(lunch)/Flying Fish(dinner)
Mon: LTT(lunch)/Citricos(dinner)
Tues: Boma(breakfast)/Yak and Yeti(lunch)/Boma(dinner)
Wed: Boma(breakfast)/Le Cellier(lunch)/Yachtsman(dinner)
Thurs: Sanaa(lunch)/Narcoossee's(dinner)
Fri: Boma(breakfast)/Coral Reef(lunch)/Le Cellier(dinner)
Sat: Sanaa(lunch to go)
May 2
WCC(dinner)-I had the skillet and my wife ordered meatloaf along with the wings. I thought the skillet was good. Meatloaf came out late and my wife ate off of my skillet. They took off my wife's TS and we were too full for any dessert. The shakes were nothing exciting. We were seated in the "library" away from all of the commotion with the "Medicine Man", who was quite cheesy, but oh well.
May 3
Boma(breakfast)-Very good. I really liked the curried sausage/biscuit skillet and the bobotie was a little "strange", but still good. The eggs with chives/goat cheese were very good. Not much left to be said about sausage links, waffles, bacon, eggs, and omelettes.
50's PTC(lunch)-Good. After a huge breakfast, I wasn't terribly hungry. I had the fish sandwich, shrimp cocktail, and a PB&J shake that was great. Fish was ok. My wife had the fried chicken, crab cake, and chickened out on the shake and opted for a cherry coke. The chicken was really good and the crab cake was the run of the mill canned crab meat variety, but what do you expect for a dinner like this? For dessert, we were too full to eat there, so we got the brownie to go(obviously, no ice cream). It was pretty "fudgey" and thick and we managed to eat no more than 4-5 bites out of it, even though we put them in the refrigerator. The shake was HUGE and I will certainly return for another on our next trip. Our server was Jason and he's highly recommended. You better eat your vegetables or you'll be standing up singing "I'm a Little Teapot" for everyone else to see.
Flying Fish(dinner)-Very good. Both of us got the NY Strip, which was very good. I got the yellowfin tuna tartar, which was good. I tried to be a little more adventurous with some of my appetizer selections for the trip. My wife had the crab cake, which was perhaps the best I'd ever had. My wife got the key lime pie and I got the cream brulee and both were ok.
The rest of the week will follow later...
