Hi, just wanted to share our dining experiences with everyone. We had a party of 10, myself, my sister and her 5 yo twins (boy&girl) our mom, her two sisters and a cousin and her two daughters 3 & 1. All females except for my nephew.
First Night: Tues 4/29 Chef Mickey's We got this PS 5 days before our trip and were happy as it is a traditional first night meal. Food was better than last year. Especially good were the parmesan mashed potatoes. Desserts were good as usual. We sat at the same table that we sat at for 8 people last year. Crowding seemed to be a theme through out the week. Characters were fine even Donald was nice this year. Then we had to wait for Goofy because some knucklehead was messing with him and put him out of commission for 1/2 hour. Food B+, Characters B+
Second Day: Wed 5/30 Plaza Restaurant for lunch. It was our first time there and we enjoyed it very much. Good sandwiches. My mother, my sister and myself split a huge club sandwich then had the small sundaes for dessert. Kids had grilled cheese and split a small sundae. One aunt had soup that she really liked other aunt had hamburger that she enjoyed. Food A.
Dinner Park Faire We did have PS for Prime Time but it was pouring so we took a trip on the monorail and were able to be seated at 5:30pm after not being able to get a PS for anytime for this trip ahead of time. Food was pretty good, a bit more eclectic than Chef Mickey's. Great chilled strawberry soup. Characters were nice but seemed rushed. It was Cinderella, Prince Charming, Suzy, Perla and the Fairy Godmother in the lobby. Waitress was also not pleasant. We were seated in the far corner of the restaurant but were happy to be dry. Even got to go see Fantasmic later that night as it stopped raining by 7pm. Food B+ Characters B- Server D
Third Day Thurs May 1 Rained most of the am into the pm. Lunch at the food court at The Land. My sister, niece and I split the chicken fingers good, hot and crispy. My nephew had PB&J with Apple juice. Cousin and her daughter also had chicken fingers. Food B
Kids made chocolate chip cookies with Junior Chef program. They had a blast.
Early Dinner Beaches and Cream Excellent as advertised!!! My mom, sister and myself split a double burger and onion rings. Burger was fantastic and the onion rings are to die for. We then had individual sundaes. Niece and nephew had grilled cheese again and ice cream cones. One aunt had chicken sandwich and sundae, another had the hot dog, which she liked a lot (I am going to get it next time it looked really good!), and ice cream and cousin had burger and ice cream. We all enjoyed the meal and ice cream a lot and our server was great, however we were at a table that would have accomodated 6 comfortably.
Food A, Server A, Table Space F
Day 4 Friday 5/2 Breakfast Donalds Breakfastasourus Absolutely FABULOUS!! All kinds of eggs, including a made to order omlette or any other kind of egg you would like. Also had scrambled eggs, quiche, frittata, breakfast pizza, hash browns, reg and cheesy, sauges, biscuits and gravy, crispy bacon, Krispy Kreme Donuts, yogurt, fruit, muffins, cold cereal. Everything was really good. Our server was Mike, he was very entertaining. WE had a late PS so we had to wait for one of the characters. Also another family took our PS as the server did not call out the right name with party size, good thing my sister realized this and we were seated soon after. We will definately return here on our next trip. Food A+, Server A, Characters B-
Dinner Cape May Buffet The seafood lovers loved it the reat of our party thought it was okay. I was a bit disappointed by the dessert selection as it was much smaller than last year and crowded on a small table near the checkin podium. On the plus side they still had the Oreo bon bons, great as usual. Sever was non-existent for 1/2 of the meal as we waited for soda refills a long time. Food A for Seafood lovers, B for everyone else
Server C
Day 5 Saturday, May 3 Breafast at the Kona Cafe Biggest meal disappointment of the trip. Our party was split into two table separated by two huge columns when 1/2 of the resaurant was empty. The hostess had an attitude and the food took forever. Server said he dropped it the first time, I thought he was kidding maybe not! Food was also not up to the standards of the last two years. Tonga Toast barely had any bananas.
Food C+, Server B, Hostess D
Dinner Mom and aunts had fish and chips from counter service at UK and enjoyed. Said fish pieces were very small though. Kids had chicken nuggets (McDonalds) and fries from American pavilion and they ate them all. I had Nachos from the Mexican Cantina and enjoyed them very much. Food B+
Day 6 Sun, May 4, Princess StoryBook Breakfast (thanks to a wonderful person on this board) It was a bit aggravating getting in as the parking lot did not open until after 8 AM and then we were on line to get into EPCOT until after 8:20 AM and had to go all the over to the restaurant with 8:30 AM PS but I guess they know people will be late. We were seated right away, with fruit pasteries and muffins already on the table. Problem is the food is for about 3 or 4 people not fo rthe six we had on our table. Other table of 4 was right next to us. Again the skillet came with food for only 4 people and we needed to ask for seconds. Cheesy potatoes were excellent waffles were dry, bacon was mostly crispy. Kids got nice plastic EPCOT cups with plastic straws. An exta souvenier. We got to eat for 10 minutes and then the princesses came out in quick succession and we were out of there in less than 1 hour. Princesses and Mary Poppins were very nice but did seem a little rushed. Food B+, Server B, Characters B+
Dinner Crystal Palace We were a bit hestitant because we had a bad experiece two years ago but this time it was really nice. And also the only time we saw Pooh and friends the whole trip after seeing them multiple times the last two trips. My mom said it was the best Prime Rib of all the buffets. Rest of the food was also good. Nice selection of dessets. Characters were really good. They have a parade similiar to Chef Mickey's but the kids get to participate, they had a blast. Our server was also really nice. Food B+, Server A, Characters A
My only additional comment and maybe it was because we were a large party but it alsways seemed as if we were against walls and it made taking pictures of the kids with the characters tough otherwise we had some really good meals.
Sorry this was so long!
First Night: Tues 4/29 Chef Mickey's We got this PS 5 days before our trip and were happy as it is a traditional first night meal. Food was better than last year. Especially good were the parmesan mashed potatoes. Desserts were good as usual. We sat at the same table that we sat at for 8 people last year. Crowding seemed to be a theme through out the week. Characters were fine even Donald was nice this year. Then we had to wait for Goofy because some knucklehead was messing with him and put him out of commission for 1/2 hour. Food B+, Characters B+
Second Day: Wed 5/30 Plaza Restaurant for lunch. It was our first time there and we enjoyed it very much. Good sandwiches. My mother, my sister and myself split a huge club sandwich then had the small sundaes for dessert. Kids had grilled cheese and split a small sundae. One aunt had soup that she really liked other aunt had hamburger that she enjoyed. Food A.
Dinner Park Faire We did have PS for Prime Time but it was pouring so we took a trip on the monorail and were able to be seated at 5:30pm after not being able to get a PS for anytime for this trip ahead of time. Food was pretty good, a bit more eclectic than Chef Mickey's. Great chilled strawberry soup. Characters were nice but seemed rushed. It was Cinderella, Prince Charming, Suzy, Perla and the Fairy Godmother in the lobby. Waitress was also not pleasant. We were seated in the far corner of the restaurant but were happy to be dry. Even got to go see Fantasmic later that night as it stopped raining by 7pm. Food B+ Characters B- Server D
Third Day Thurs May 1 Rained most of the am into the pm. Lunch at the food court at The Land. My sister, niece and I split the chicken fingers good, hot and crispy. My nephew had PB&J with Apple juice. Cousin and her daughter also had chicken fingers. Food B
Kids made chocolate chip cookies with Junior Chef program. They had a blast.
Early Dinner Beaches and Cream Excellent as advertised!!! My mom, sister and myself split a double burger and onion rings. Burger was fantastic and the onion rings are to die for. We then had individual sundaes. Niece and nephew had grilled cheese again and ice cream cones. One aunt had chicken sandwich and sundae, another had the hot dog, which she liked a lot (I am going to get it next time it looked really good!), and ice cream and cousin had burger and ice cream. We all enjoyed the meal and ice cream a lot and our server was great, however we were at a table that would have accomodated 6 comfortably.
Food A, Server A, Table Space F
Day 4 Friday 5/2 Breakfast Donalds Breakfastasourus Absolutely FABULOUS!! All kinds of eggs, including a made to order omlette or any other kind of egg you would like. Also had scrambled eggs, quiche, frittata, breakfast pizza, hash browns, reg and cheesy, sauges, biscuits and gravy, crispy bacon, Krispy Kreme Donuts, yogurt, fruit, muffins, cold cereal. Everything was really good. Our server was Mike, he was very entertaining. WE had a late PS so we had to wait for one of the characters. Also another family took our PS as the server did not call out the right name with party size, good thing my sister realized this and we were seated soon after. We will definately return here on our next trip. Food A+, Server A, Characters B-
Dinner Cape May Buffet The seafood lovers loved it the reat of our party thought it was okay. I was a bit disappointed by the dessert selection as it was much smaller than last year and crowded on a small table near the checkin podium. On the plus side they still had the Oreo bon bons, great as usual. Sever was non-existent for 1/2 of the meal as we waited for soda refills a long time. Food A for Seafood lovers, B for everyone else
Server C
Day 5 Saturday, May 3 Breafast at the Kona Cafe Biggest meal disappointment of the trip. Our party was split into two table separated by two huge columns when 1/2 of the resaurant was empty. The hostess had an attitude and the food took forever. Server said he dropped it the first time, I thought he was kidding maybe not! Food was also not up to the standards of the last two years. Tonga Toast barely had any bananas.
Food C+, Server B, Hostess D
Dinner Mom and aunts had fish and chips from counter service at UK and enjoyed. Said fish pieces were very small though. Kids had chicken nuggets (McDonalds) and fries from American pavilion and they ate them all. I had Nachos from the Mexican Cantina and enjoyed them very much. Food B+
Day 6 Sun, May 4, Princess StoryBook Breakfast (thanks to a wonderful person on this board) It was a bit aggravating getting in as the parking lot did not open until after 8 AM and then we were on line to get into EPCOT until after 8:20 AM and had to go all the over to the restaurant with 8:30 AM PS but I guess they know people will be late. We were seated right away, with fruit pasteries and muffins already on the table. Problem is the food is for about 3 or 4 people not fo rthe six we had on our table. Other table of 4 was right next to us. Again the skillet came with food for only 4 people and we needed to ask for seconds. Cheesy potatoes were excellent waffles were dry, bacon was mostly crispy. Kids got nice plastic EPCOT cups with plastic straws. An exta souvenier. We got to eat for 10 minutes and then the princesses came out in quick succession and we were out of there in less than 1 hour. Princesses and Mary Poppins were very nice but did seem a little rushed. Food B+, Server B, Characters B+
Dinner Crystal Palace We were a bit hestitant because we had a bad experiece two years ago but this time it was really nice. And also the only time we saw Pooh and friends the whole trip after seeing them multiple times the last two trips. My mom said it was the best Prime Rib of all the buffets. Rest of the food was also good. Nice selection of dessets. Characters were really good. They have a parade similiar to Chef Mickey's but the kids get to participate, they had a blast. Our server was also really nice. Food B+, Server A, Characters A
My only additional comment and maybe it was because we were a large party but it alsways seemed as if we were against walls and it made taking pictures of the kids with the characters tough otherwise we had some really good meals.
Sorry this was so long!
