Dining Adventures with Character, March 8-14

[jenseib]

The show starts back up and they do a lot of singing and interaction with everyone.

Claire is trying to swing her napkin, but it just keeps wrapping around her arm. LOL!

They also noticed my birthday pin and when they were singing about celebrations, I was one of the lucky ones they sang to. LOL! And of course asked my age. The character “Claire” chatted a few minutes with my Claire too. It was the same one from last year and they made good friends last year because they have the same name. (Claire was wearing her hat with her name on it last year). But this year was so much busier, so she didn’t have much time to chat. Claire was still happy.


Then it was dessert time. They brought a straw berry short cake to our table, actually two, and on had a candle on it for my b-day. It was good. Claire even ate some of this. Mostly the whip cream. I loved this last year. I’m not a big strawberry shortcake person, but last year I could’ve just kept eating it till I exploded. This years was good, but NOT as good. Again it was a little dry too. But I enjoyed it and made a pig of myself.

 

[jenseib]

During the show, we noticed that every character had stopped at one of the tables upstairs. They would stand and talk to the people and oooh and aaah over the kids. To me it looked like two light skinned black guys or maybe Mexican and both had white wives. DH noticed this too and he said it’s got to be a celebrity. I just couldn’t figure who it could be and if so, why wouldn’t they pay for better seats up front?

Then Skip became convinced it was Tiger Woods. I couldn’t tell you much about him or what he looks like, but I was pretty sure it wasn’t him. First off, didn’t he run off with the nanny or something like that? This lady wasn’t looking like a young hot nanny. LOL! No offense to anyone, but she was a little chunky and not ugly, but nothing I would call gorgeous…which I ‘thought’ I had heard this “nanny” was. Again, I could be confusing it with some other celebrity.

I figured that either the girls were sister, or the guys were brothers. I didn’t take a picture though, because they were far enough away and it being pretty dark that it wouldn’t turn out. And I didn’t want to look really stupid either. LOL!

Well….at one point near the end of the show they have audience members partake in the show. And usually they pick a child for one part. Well these two little kids, who I assume are cousins and according to Skip are Tiger Wood’s kids or nephew/niece….LOL…..were chosen to be the ones onstage. I DID get a picture of that.

As the show ends they bring out washboards and people go crazy making as much noise as possible along with the music.

So the shows over. We head out the hall, use the bathroom and go to the buses. They have buses to take you back to the resorts, and we are told the one on the end is for Pop. We are one of the first on and sit down. Slowly it fills up. Then a wheelchair needs to come on, so they move a lot of people to standing and put on the wheelchair. Then it is getting really full. And standing room only.. and ANOTHER wheel chair comes, so they make people get off so they can load it on and smash all these people back on. The bus driver keeps telling everyone to move further back because there is more people to get on. I have NEVER seen a bus this full. DH gave his seat up to lady with a child, Claire was on my lap. I mean ALL kids had to be on a lap, it was that full.
We seemed to be sitting there forever.


SOOOO Finally the bus driver gets on, and you know what.. he announces the order of the stops..THERE ARE FIVE OTHER RESORTS ON THIS BUS BESIDES POP What the heck are these people thinking? No wonder it was so crowded.

I think we were the second stop.

And that is the end of our dining adventure for our third day!

 

[KarBear]

Love reading your report - can't wait to hear more!!!!!

 

[jenseib]

I forgot to add the menu for Hoop Dee Doo.
Here it is.

Our dinner show was $136.95..We each used 2 TS credits for it.
Last year we were stage side at the 9:30 show and it was about $160 then (give or take, I can’t remember for sure now) so it was a better value of credits last year, but we enjoyed it just as much this year.

To me this is a good place to use 2 credits.

 

[wilma-bride]

Great review of HDDR - I agree with you about the Fort Wilderness buses - very confusing!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I love your armadillo pic. We have armadillos in our yard and they are constantly digging all around. It's a good thing you didn't scare it too much as they jump when they are frightened.

Several years ago (when we were stupid and stayed offsite) we were playing Mini-Putt at one of the places in Kissimmeee when an armadillo came onto the course with us. We didn't tell our daughter it was there and when she turned around it scared her to death. The armadillo jumped almost as high as she did!

 

[jenseib]

Great review of HDDR - I agree with you about the Fort Wilderness buses - very confusing!

Glad I'm not the only one.

 

[jenseib]

I love your armadillo pic. We have armadillos in our yard and they are constantly digging all around. It's a good thing you didn't scare it too much as they jump when they are frightened.

Several years ago (when we were stupid and stayed offsite) we were playing Mini-Putt at one of the places in Kissimmeee when an armadillo came onto the course with us. We didn't tell our daughter it was there and when she turned around it scared her to death. The armadillo jumped almost as high as she did!

I was worried it woud jump me or something. It had to know I was there though, because I was talking to it when I was further away. LOL!

 

[PaulaSB12]

Welcome!

For those who are also reading my trip report, some of this is going to be some of the same pictures, since parts are going to be copied right from that...BUT I am going to add food pics as well and more of my thoguhts about the food!

Looking forward to them, and as a side note your daughter is beautiful.

 

[jenseib]

Looking forward to them, and as a side note your daughter is beautiful.

Thank you.

 

[meanmom121]

jeez! If my husband wasn't in the living room; I'd swear he was there with you I have really enjoyed reading your reviews.
Hugs, Karen

 

[Lynn5700]

Oooh those mashed potatoes look good!!!

 

[jenseib]

jeez! If my husband wasn't in the living room; I'd swear he was there with you I have really enjoyed reading your reviews.
Hugs, Karen

I love your username by the way!

Oooh those mashed potatoes look good!!!

I probably ate half that bowl myself. LOL!

 

[Faith09]

After the block party, Claire HAD to have a hotdog. So we asked where we could find one and were directed to the Backlot Express.

Skip and Claire sat down at a table and I went and ordered. It seemed to take forever and there was hardly anyone there.

I ordered a hotdog, fries, a cheesecake and a sprite for her.

The hotdog was huge (all beef) and she ate most of it. I think DH ended up finishing it up.

She really liked the fries and we kept stealing them and would get yelled at. LOL!

She ate about half of the cheesecake and I, of course, helped finish it up. It was good.

The meal came to $13.39. We used 1 CS credit.

Dinner was at Hoop Dee Doo Review at 7:15.


We make our way up to the front of HS after we hit a few more things and we lost Skip. I thought he stopped for a smoke, but I was wrong. Claire and I stopped in a shop to buy her something, and I assumed Skip was just going to meet by it.
I was oh so wrong. LOL!

Now for some background before I go on….

While we were at Disney we were getting torrential rains at home. Our farm can flood somewhat and our basement floods easily too if it’s not watched. So Skip was in constant contact with his brother about the rains. His brother panics about everything. It’s super annoying. It’s like he wants Skip to drop everything and come back home every time we go away.
So Skip was slightly stressed with all this rain at home and his brother updating him constantly about what is flooding, etc. Also one of the guys who said he would be checking our basement for us, just disappeared, and wouldn’t answer his phone. My dad was checking it also, but if it started flooding, he would still need to get Skip’s brother to hook up the extra pump to pump the water outside.

Another thing was DH’s hip was hurting him bad. He gets this on and off, and they think it’s a pinched nerve. So he was going slow because of that. He was mad at me constantly for walking too fast. But any other day of the year, he is always walking SUPER fast. I even tease him that he must’ve grown up in an Arabic country because I have to walk so many paces behind him. LOL!

So back to the report….

When we found him he was mad as heck at me. He said he wanted to stop and take a break, and I just kept zooming on ahead. I told him that I thought he was smoking, but there was no reasoning with him and that started his moody pouting bit.
We exited the park and found that Fort Wildernesses bus was way down the line at the end. UGH! So I push Claire along and DH hobbles along behind us. At that point I was ticked at him then too, so I just left him in the dust and went to the bus. He arrived several minutes after us.
The bus stopped at Wilderness Lodge first and then to Fort Wilderness. It was kind of a long ride. Once we got to Fort Wilderness we had to wait for another bus to come and take us back into the campground to Pioneer Hall. It took awhile for the bus to come, and then it was quite the long haul back there. I didn’t think it was explained well which stops were which. Only if you were staying on property would you really know for sure where to get off. We did get it figured out and got off at the right stop and went to check in.

Poor Skip!!! I'm enjoying your reviews, keep them coming.

 

[girlrea]

I'm enjoying your reviews. Looking forward to more.

 

[jenseib]

Thanks everyone. I don't know if I'll get a new on up today, but hopefully tomorrow I can get some up.

 

[jenseib]

Day 4


March 11, Wed.



We got ready for our breakfast at Cape May. I had to wash and redo Claire’s hair. It was a disaster when she woke up.
We drove over because the Beach Club is about an 8 minute drive. Taking the bus would’ve taken 40 minutes or longer with transfers. I think we got over there around 10:20ish.

Going through the guarded gate they couldn’t find our name on the list. I swear this always happens to us. But finally they found it listed under my first name. I’m not sure why they would list it that way. I’m sure there are a zillion Jennifer’s out there.

We found the restaurant easily enough and got checked in.

We were really early, so we walked around a bit and I snapped pictures.

 

[jenseib]

We went outside for a bit too, while we waited. I did this panoramic shot. I think that is the boardwalk. Please forgive me. I’ve never been over in this area before. LOL!

Look at this awesome waterslide

About 5 minutes before our scheduled time, we got buzzed. We went in and were seated.

We learn soon that our waitress isn’t too great. She got us each juice, and Claire milk. Told us where the characters would be coming from and kind of disappeared after that.
At one point I flagged her down and asked if I could get some milk. She never came back to ask if we wanted more juice, and I need a lot to drink with my meal. LOL! She brought me a small karaft (sp?) of milk and DH and I shared it. As we were finishing up, she came over again and asked if anyone wanted juice. She only had enough juice her karaft to fill 1/3 of a glass. Dh declined, he was ready to head out at that point, but I took it.


So back to the meal.

I ran up quickly to the buffet and got Claire and I some food before Minnie came to our table. Sadly this was the only food picture I took. But it was REALLY good. I haven’t done a lot of breakfasts at the world. Claire needs to sleep in, but this one was very tasty and good selection.

Minnie was playing peek a boo with another table and it was so cute.

Minnie must’ve needed a potty break then,(or cheesecake break as they call it) because she went out of the room for a few minutes.

I was starting to eat when I felt something on the top of my head. I turned around to find Goofy there. He was kissing my head. Claire thought that was so funny. She was shouting “mom, Goofy is kissing you!”

Minnie was right behind Goofy!

Look at this kid on the left. LOL! He is in the background in a lot of our pictures. And he is TRYING to be in them. LOL!

 

[jenseib]

Donald immediately followed Minnie. I couldn’t believe how fast they were coming!

After Donald we really pigged out. Well I did. Skip had been the whole time, and Claire ate like a bird.

When I finished up I took Claire to find a potty. When we got back, Skip said the waitress had brought the bill and when she came back to take the card, she told him he needed to check which tip he wanted to leave. He told her no, he was paying cash. She seemed mad about that he said, and wondered if he did anything wrong. I told him no, that’s the way we always do it.
Skip decides to walk out to the lobby while we wait for the card, and he leaves me $5 to tip her. He was NOT impressed with her either. The meal was a little over $50, so 5 was not the appropriate amount. But I understood how frustrating it was to have to tip a sucky server.

She brought the card back, but the receipt with the suggested tip amount was gone. So I did some figuring in my head and left a total of $8. She was probably mad about that, but she really did suck. And she was making out with me! If it was DH she wouldn’t have gotten as much. LOL!

We seem to attract to waiters who like to disappear.

So Claire and I finish up gathering our stuff and I get a tap on my shoulder. It was Minnie AGAIN. The restaurant was emptying out fast and she had made the rounds again already. So we took a few more quick shots.

We then walked out to the lobby to find Skip. I thought this chair was cool and told Claire to sit on it so I could take her picture. This is how she does it. UGH!

The meal came to $52.16. Used 1 TS each.

It was very good, but when paying for dining, you don’t get a very good value eating breakfasts. We only did this one because it fit in our plans better. Originally we had Whispering Canyon Café planned for the evening, but with the tea party in the afternoon, I found it better to eat big in the morning so we could go to AK then till close and not worry about making it to an ADR. But this food was really good and I am so glad we did it.

We then headed out to the car and drove back to Pop. We walked Skip to the room, Claire and I grabbed the stroller and our bag and then headed to the bus stop. We were now on our way to one of the most anticipated activities. The Wonderland Tea Party! Claire was super excited about this.

 

[floydfamily4]

great reviews - thanks for sharing!

Dawn