Here is part 2:
7/17 -
Lunch - Beach Club Marketplace
Adults:
Hot turkey sandwich, chips, coke & mickey bar
Hot roast beef sandwich, chips, water & mickey bar
Kids:
*2 kids turkey wraps, 2 chips, 2 mickey bars & 2 bottled drinks
Now it gets interesting, the 8 yr old is a huge chick caesar fan, so we figured it never hurts to ask and asked if they could make a kids portion of the caesar salad for the kids credit as they make the items to order...they said, and I quote there was no difference...it did not matter. If that was what we wanted then just order. Anyway, I knew better, but they insisted, so we got one of the kids the chicken caesar salad. If it had not been allowed, I was completely prepared to pay for it if needed...as I said we were on vacation, our plan did not include eating around the dining plan.
The counter girls also said that gelato was not a snack, and I ordered prepared to pay for it and when I got to the counter, I was pleasantly suprised that it is a snack (large size too!) It rang right up and thus began my habit of gelato for snacks...it was way yummy. Chocolate or lemon was the best. Pistachio had a bit of the sweet salty thing going on and I did not get around to trying mango, but there is always next time. We were also able to do 1/2 & 1/2 of flavors...so all in all a nice Dining Plan snack suprise...
Snacks:
1 box entenmans donuts
2 large gelato
4 cookies/brownies at Goofy Candy Co
We paid out of pocket for the special caramel apples at Goofy Candy Co that night. 2 of the girls had a blast making them. The others enjoyed a cookie. The cookies were a bit floury/lardy tasting...not made with butter. We had much better elsewhere. They look great, but the taste is not so great. The apples were delicious. Brownie - also just ok...I would not order these items out of the Goofy Candy Co again....yummier stuff in other places.
7/18
Lunch: Sci Fi
Adults:
*1 onion rings, 1 burger, (we donated 2 shakes which they said counted as a dessert to the little people and they split them for us in cups 4 ways)
*1 cheese artichoke dip, 1 burger, (again donated the shake - they were considered a dessert according to our waiter...no biggie...the kids wanted shakes and we were not interested in dessert)
Kids:
2 fruit & cheese plates, 2 burgers, 2 fruit cup desserts
*1 fruit & cheese plate, 1 mac/cheese, 1 fruit cup
All was good. The kids shared our appetizers like they have at every meal since the day they were born and no one had a problem.
Snacks:
*Ice Cream Cone at MGM - Mint chip - YUMMY
*Itzakadoozie - 4 yr old loved it.
*H20 - it was really hot
*2 gelatos - when we got home
Dinner: Spoodles again....just as delicious...ordered about the same and paid oop for some pita bread for the little ones. Took 4 cookie and milk desserts home as we were too stuffed for dessert. The cookies were delicious...Goofy's candy co could learn something about cookie making from Spoodles. Had a late night cookie snack while working. Trying to figure out how to use all these credits....we are not keeping up....
7/19
Lunch: Wolfgang Puck Express -
Delicious!!!
Kids all had mac & cheese and by far this was the best mac and cheese on property we had all week. (a close 2nd was the Cape May dinner buffet with a bechamel sauce) The kids all had cookies for dessert & drink with their meals
Adults-
*Rotisserie chicken dinner with Mashed potatoes, creme brulee & diet coke
*BBQ chick pizza, white chock macadamia cookie & diet coke
All was really good, but the Mac & cheese was by far the winner on this one. It was really good. The cookies were also the best ones we had all week. I went back for more on our last day when we were trying to use up all our snacks. They were delicious! I would not order the bbq chick pizza again, but had the bbq chick quesadilla later in the week and I would order that again in a heartbeat...
Dinner: Crystal Palace....
Character buffet - with a 4 & 2 year old...what can I say? They love it. The 2 year old had just started warming up to the characters and it was great seeing her with them. Food was good, desserts were mediocre. We went for the characters, some air conditioning. In that regard it was perfect. All the characters came around at least 2x. A fun time...not about the food for us for this meal.
7/20
Lunch: (Sonic at
Walmart) I know, I know....what a waste!!!.... all these credits that we have to use up and we decided to get sonic....I am addicted to the ice, what can I say? We left campus to get a presciption filled for my sis and ended up there on the way out. So, we got what was to be a snack and to put it in perspective when I managed to feed and water all 6 of us for a mere $23. A fraction of any Disney meal - which pricing is not based in reality. It was a weird perception...I am still working through how i felt about it. I soon realized we should have used up some credits...oh well - it was still really good.
Dinner: O'Hanas
We loved it. Had great cocktails! The Malibu Macaw was beautiful and a favorite. The Lapu Lapu pineapple thing was good, but way too strong. It was a fun thing to get anyway. We also ended up with a Backscratcher too...another too strong for my tastes...but the Malibu Macaw...now that is what I am looking forward to when I return.
The food was really good. Yes, the shrimp are messy, but our lovely waitress brought us as many hot towels as we needed. THey tried to pawn the kids meals off on our group...but they did not realize they had shimp eating freaks on their hands...our 4 girls went through 6 bowls....it was funny. My sister and I peeling as fast as they could eat it. It was fun and we did not mind. We both liked the wings...the potatoes were ok...did not like the veggies and liked the salad and dressing. We were mostly too stuffed for the meat when it was time, but our pork tenderloin was moist and flavorful and the beef was good too but a little drier. The best was the Bread pudding. My sister is a bread pudding expert and declared it one of the best. Not soggy and wet and the sauce and ice cream were more caramelly than banana....it was delicous. They girls all had ice cream and fun doing the hula and the limbo. We somehow missed the coconut races. They were off and running before we realized it was happening. We will be back.
7/21
Now we are in use up credits mode....we are realizing there is no way we would eat all of this before we had to leave. I did some strategic planning and got us on track to get to the finish line with not too many credits on the table.....
Breakfast: Cape May Cafe - again more characters, but supprisingly good. As a southern girl that doesnt see them often, I feasted on cheesy grits and biscuits and gravy. It was good....bad for the diet, but oh so yummy... Again, we were using table services up and the girls love the characters, so everyone is happy. I know bfast is not the best use of credits, but it is better than leaving them unused at alll...so to breakfast we started to go.
Snack: 1 Gelato - becoming a habit
Dinner: Beaches and Cream
Adults:
2 onion rings (shared among all), 2 burgers, 2 diet cokes, and the best part: 1 No Way Jose & 1 Brownie Fudge Slide with Mint Chip---WOW...so yummy.
3 hot dogs with fries ( and they opted to take their cookie desserts home and partake of the sundaes....smart girls)
So, IMHO Beaches and Cream is a bit overrated for those that say they have the best burgers. For the 2nd time, they were just mediocre. My sis and I discussed and decided that if you like fried burgers then you like B&C, if you like flame broiled burgers, then Sci Fi is the ticket. Our Sci Fi burger was far and above better than B&C. I have never had anything other than burgers at Sci Fi, but I do believe that the other food may be mediocre as well. But burger to burger, we prefer Sci Fi and will not do B&C again....
Now, on the other had the onion rings and the sundaes are off the chart. So, now this is a dessert place for us and we are fine with that. The sundaes were perfect and delicious and HUGE. The 6 of us managed to put a bit of a hurt on both of them....
Paid oop for a root beer float for one of the girls...
We waddled out of there.
A bit more to go....trying to get the credits used up...
Michelle
and we did have to wait about 25 min past ADR for a table. After the meal we waited another 45 min (not exaggerating) to get the bill correct. 
The food is served family style and all you can eat. Great food plus apple cobbler and ice cream for dessert. The characters came by numerous times and really interacted with all the kids 
, DD5 pb&j, and cookies for dessert. I was able to get a table (major score), and we saw Illuminations for the second time 
Everybody loved it, and they sang Happy Birthday.
I know how much time these posts take!!!
at POR, the men did Keys to the Kingdom, and Debi and I had a great early lunch...alone!!! OK DD1, and DS16 were there, but it still was great! I had a salad and a sushi roll that was to die for. Deb had a chicken dish she raved about. OMG I almost forgot the chocolate fondue for dessert...YUM!!! We wanted to eat a bit on the light side 
b/c we had ADR at...
