Dizneydaz
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DD9, DM, and myself made a quick trip to DLR on Friday. Picked DD up a little early from school. Entered DL about 4 p.m. Park was pretty crowded so we cross over pretty quickly to DCA. I stopped at the phone outside Guest Services to make a PS for Wine Country Trattoria for dinner. Took about 10-15 min. on the phone-was on hold for quite a while.
I made a PS for party of 3, 6:40, celebrating DD9's making the honor role with straight A's again
(I thought of it being a celebration after the CM on the phone asked me if we were celebrating anything.) DD had gotten her medal for her 4.0 just that a.m.at school
After making the PS we went to ToT and grabbed a FP for later and then went over to Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. DD played for about 30-40 min. and I realized that by the time our PS time came, it was going to be pretty cold on the WCT patio. We decided to head over there early to see if we could be seated any earlier.
When we arrived there were quite a few guests waiting to be seated. I waited in a small line to check in and checked in about 40 min. early (way more than the 10 min. they recommend!
) Since I had just made the PS about an hour or so before the CM didn't have a paper print out but it was in the system. She gave us a pager and I told my DM and DD that we would have some time so we could check out Blue Sky Cellar and show DM what was being planned for DCA. We were only in there about 5 min, or less, and the pager went off. 
We were shown to our table on the outside edge of the patio and the hostess mentioned "I see your celebrating something special today" That was the extent of the "Celebration". It wasn't mentioned any more.
( I wonder why they ask if all they are going to do is mention it when they seat you??
)
Menu
Our server, Scott, came up to us quickly and asked us if we wanted to order something to drink. We told him we were ready to order our food as well. DD9 wanted to have the kid's pasta with chicken but she had me ask if she could have the alfredo sauce (I checked and they had it on the adult's lasagna) instead. Her favorite meal at DLR is the Chicken Fusilli at Pizza Port. I asked Scott and he said no problem. She also ordered an ice tea. My DM and I shared the Pizzeta Salad, which was my main reason for wanting to eat there. I absolutely love that salad and since it's big enough to share I hate to get it when it's just DD and myself. I asked for the olives on the side since DM loves them but I don't. We splurged and both ordered hot tea ($2.69) since it was starting to get cold. He asked us what flavor we wanted-DM picked Apple Cinammon and I picked English Breakfast (I'm not a big tea gourmet-my favorite is Orange Pekoe-your basic Lipton )
I asked Scott if we could also get some plain butter when he brought the breadsticks since I don't really like the sun dried tomato spread they normally bring. No problem.
He returned quickly with our teabags (1 each), tea pots, DD's drink and breadsticks with both butters. At first he brought me Mint Tea so he had to go back to the kitchen to get teh English Tea. No biggie.
Plain butter-very cold. In the past I have had is sit in the sun to soften but the sun was already gone so I put my teapot on top of it for a few minutes. Breadsticks with sun dried tomato spread.
Regarding the breadsticks-I like them but I would love them if they were warm. I just don't get cold breadsticks??? It's really my only complaint with WCT.
About 2 minutes later our entrees arrived. I was surprised at how fast they came out. The restaurant was full.
I love the coldness of the salad on top of the warm pizza bread. It's very good.
DD's pasta
DD's pasta had a huge piece of chicken on it and it looked like whole wheat pasta. DD said it was good but a little bland (she's such a gourmet! ). After she salted it she said it was a little better. Also, she said the sauce was a little thin, could have been thicker. It was served with a side of sliced apples.
It was really starting to cool down so we actually ate with our gloves on. We are such Southern Californians!
Scott stopped by to see how things were going and said they must have been really bored in the kitchen since they got our food out so quickly. 
We finished eating and then it took a few minutes to flag Scott down to get more hot water. When he brought the water back my DM said her's had only about an inch in it. I put it in my pot (which was only about 1/2 full) and asked Scott for more water. He quickly returned with more water though it was still only about 1/2 full. They are nice sized tea pots but we wondered why they don't fill them more? Maybe they're worried they'll spill out the spout while walking? I really like it when restaurants bring you your tea cup and tea pot filled with hot water. It just makes so much sense.
Scott brought the bill and I asked if they were still giving AA discount? They were.
I think it's the same as AP discount. The bill, with tip, was $28. A nice meal, at a decent price. As we were seating on the patio, enjoying the approaching twlight, I mentioned to my DM that 1,000's of people travel 1,000's of miles to do what we were doing.
WCT continues to be one of my favorites. For the food and atmostphere.
I made a PS for party of 3, 6:40, celebrating DD9's making the honor role with straight A's again
(I thought of it being a celebration after the CM on the phone asked me if we were celebrating anything.) DD had gotten her medal for her 4.0 just that a.m.at schoolAfter making the PS we went to ToT and grabbed a FP for later and then went over to Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. DD played for about 30-40 min. and I realized that by the time our PS time came, it was going to be pretty cold on the WCT patio. We decided to head over there early to see if we could be seated any earlier.
When we arrived there were quite a few guests waiting to be seated. I waited in a small line to check in and checked in about 40 min. early (way more than the 10 min. they recommend!
) Since I had just made the PS about an hour or so before the CM didn't have a paper print out but it was in the system. She gave us a pager and I told my DM and DD that we would have some time so we could check out Blue Sky Cellar and show DM what was being planned for DCA. We were only in there about 5 min, or less, and the pager went off. We were shown to our table on the outside edge of the patio and the hostess mentioned "I see your celebrating something special today" That was the extent of the "Celebration". It wasn't mentioned any more.
( I wonder why they ask if all they are going to do is mention it when they seat you?? )Menu
Our server, Scott, came up to us quickly and asked us if we wanted to order something to drink. We told him we were ready to order our food as well. DD9 wanted to have the kid's pasta with chicken but she had me ask if she could have the alfredo sauce (I checked and they had it on the adult's lasagna) instead. Her favorite meal at DLR is the Chicken Fusilli at Pizza Port. I asked Scott and he said no problem.
She also ordered an ice tea. My DM and I shared the Pizzeta Salad, which was my main reason for wanting to eat there. I absolutely love that salad and since it's big enough to share I hate to get it when it's just DD and myself. I asked for the olives on the side since DM loves them but I don't. We splurged and both ordered hot tea ($2.69) since it was starting to get cold. He asked us what flavor we wanted-DM picked Apple Cinammon and I picked English Breakfast (I'm not a big tea gourmet-my favorite is Orange Pekoe-your basic Lipton )I asked Scott if we could also get some plain butter when he brought the breadsticks since I don't really like the sun dried tomato spread they normally bring. No problem.
He returned quickly with our teabags (1 each), tea pots, DD's drink and breadsticks with both butters. At first he brought me Mint Tea so he had to go back to the kitchen to get teh English Tea. No biggie.
Plain butter-very cold. In the past I have had is sit in the sun to soften but the sun was already gone so I put my teapot on top of it for a few minutes. Breadsticks with sun dried tomato spread.
Regarding the breadsticks-I like them but I would love them if they were warm. I just don't get cold breadsticks??? It's really my only complaint with WCT.
About 2 minutes later our entrees arrived. I was surprised at how fast they came out. The restaurant was full.
I love the coldness of the salad on top of the warm pizza bread. It's very good.
DD's pasta
DD's pasta had a huge piece of chicken on it and it looked like whole wheat pasta. DD said it was good but a little bland (she's such a gourmet!
). After she salted it she said it was a little better. Also, she said the sauce was a little thin, could have been thicker. It was served with a side of sliced apples.It was really starting to cool down so we actually ate with our gloves on. We are such Southern Californians!
Scott stopped by to see how things were going and said they must have been really bored in the kitchen since they got our food out so quickly. We finished eating and then it took a few minutes to flag Scott down to get more hot water. When he brought the water back my DM said her's had only about an inch in it. I put it in my pot (which was only about 1/2 full) and asked Scott for more water. He quickly returned with more water though it was still only about 1/2 full. They are nice sized tea pots but we wondered why they don't fill them more? Maybe they're worried they'll spill out the spout while walking? I really like it when restaurants bring you your tea cup and tea pot filled with hot water. It just makes so much sense.
Scott brought the bill and I asked if they were still giving AA discount? They were.
I think it's the same as AP discount. The bill, with tip, was $28. A nice meal, at a decent price. As we were seating on the patio, enjoying the approaching twlight, I mentioned to my DM that 1,000's of people travel 1,000's of miles to do what we were doing. WCT continues to be one of my favorites. For the food and atmostphere.
