vascubaguy
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Well, here's a semi-quick rundown of where our TS meals were located. Here's just a quick summary of our Loved, Liked, Hated list:
Loved: Boma, Citricos, Kona, Beaches & Cream
Liked: Whispering Canyon, Concourse, Olivias, Boatwrights, Rainforest
Just OK: 'Ohana, Spoodles
Hated: Hollywood & Vine, 1900 Park Fare (due to service)
3/26
Our first night we ate at Whispering Canyon Cafe (WCC) over at the WL. We decided to try the all-you-can-eat skillet, which we didn't finish. We liked the food, it was just too much for us to eat. The entertainment was enjoyable and we might do it again; however, it was rather loud. Bobby the Kid was our server and he was great.
3/27
The second night we ate at Hollywood & Vine. It was by far the WORST meal of the trip. We absolutely hated it. I can't recally one thing I enjoyed from the buffet, and even the dessert were medicore. After eating there, we decided we were going to giveup on buffets at WDW (with the exception of Boma).
3/28
The 3rd night was Boma at the AKL. This is one of my favorites at WDW. As usual everything was yummy. One of the chefs came over to walk me thru the buffet due to my allergy to shellfish. She was extremely nice and helpful in pointing out the items I needed to avoid. I asked her about the fried oreos I had heard about here on the boards and she said she'd see if she could whip up some for me... she did and brought them out to the table... mmmmmm... very Yummy!
3/29
The next day we had breakfast at Kona Cafe. We all loved it there! The food was delicious. I had the Tonga Toast, which was pretty good, but next time I'll know to try it without the syrup first! We'll definately be going their again.
That night we went back to the Poly for dinner at 'Ohana. We enjoyed the new menu; however, the meats still need some improving. The beef was pretty good, but the turkey and sausage left much to be desired. (perhaps it was just a bad batch). Oh, the bread pudding was yummy. Lastly, the service was MUCH better this trip. At this point though I'm not sure if it will stay on our list of places to visit each time. We'll see...
3/30
The next day was Spoodles for breakfast. It was definately not worth the price. The food just wasn't that great.
We then had a late lunch over at Beaches and Cream. We all had burgers, which were AWESOME! We then topped it off with the kitchen sink (3 of us splitting it). The kitchen sink was NOT a good idea for the 3 of us. We might have finished 2/3 of it and felt sick the rest of the day. Perhaps next time we'll just go for the banana split.
3/31
Concourse Steakhouse was great. We had lunch there just after 1pm. It was really really good. Our server recommended the burger for lunch and claimed it is supposed to be the best on property. However, since we just had burgers the day before at B&C we decided to try something different. We do intend to go back on the next trip to try out the burger though.
1900 Park Fare - we actually ended up not eating there due to really poor service. Our dinner ADR was for 7:20 and we just barely made it there at 7:20. Actually there was only 1 group ahead of us checking in and their ADR was for 8:10 (party of 6). Well, the guy checking in was just chit-chatting with the lady at the podeum and decided to order a birthday cake for one of his kids. No biggie, but he was up there for almost 10 minutes. So, we didn't actually checkin until almost 7:30pm. Well, they seated that party of 6 with an 8:10pm ADR immediately. Again, no biggie, but they gave us (party of 2) a pager and told us it would be just a few minutes. Meanwhile, about 5 more groups checked in and were immediately seated (groups ranging from 3-8). After about 30 minutes, I walked over and looked in the main dining room and noticed several empty tables and then told DP to take a look. We though it looked rather "cheap" in their (kinda like a Friendly's). Well, I immediately walked out to the lobby phone and called upstairs to Citricos to see if they had any availability. She said it could be 15-30 minutes before we could be seated, but I told her that would be fine and that we'd be right up. So, I took the pager back to the podeum at 1900 and told them we weren't waiting any longer and were heading up to Citricos instead. The manager was the one at the podeum at that point. I told her that we had been waiting since 7:20 and parties that had ADRs almost an hour after ours were already seated. She then said, "we just had a table open up so we could seat you now." I politely said no, thank you, laid the pager on the counter, and we walked upstairs. We checked in at Citricos and then walked over to the gift shop on the 2nd floor at the GF. By the time we bought a pin and were checking out, our pager went off. (Maybe 15 minutes).
Going to Citricos was DEFINATELY a better choice. It is now my favorite place at WDW (sorry Boma). We even had a partial view of Wishes! The food was absolutely wonderful, the drink I ordered was yummy (DP's citris infused martini was not so good though), and the tiramisu was delicious! It was a bit pricey, but worth it. Thank goodness for the DDE 20% discount!!!
4/1
We were supposed to dine at Olivia's this night, but my cousin decided to stop by for a visit. She didn't arrive until late so we headed over to Downtown Disney marketplace and went to Rainforest. It wasn't our first choice, but Captain Jacks wouldn't take anymore walkups and we were starving! They told us they could seat us immediately at Rainforest if we would sit out on the deck... so we took that option (it was an hour wait to eat inside). It was nice outside, so it wasn't a problem. We used to have a Rainforest here in our local mall so it was one of those been there done that type of experiences, but the food wasn't bad. The 10% AP discount helped out a little and my cousin decided to treat, so no complaints!
4/2
Dinner at Boatwrights... was pretty good and would definately do again if I was staying at POR again. Not sure I'd make a special trip there to eat, but it was good. The pecan pie was really yummy!
4/3 - special conference event at AK - we ate at Flame Tree BBQ (love the BBQ there) and since it was free due to the conference, it was even better!!! We had BBQ sandwiches with onion rings, slaw, and chocolate cake! MMMMmmm...
4/4
This was our shopping night at DD so we had dinner at Earl of Sandwich... A sandwich for $4.95 at WDW... how can you beat that!!!!? As always... YUMMY!
4/5
Our final night at WDW... we had ADRs for Wolfgang Pucks Cafe but I received an e-mail from DDE a few days earlier indicating that as of 4/1 they were no longer honoring the DDE discount. Because of this news, we decided to cancel our ADR and instead head over to Olivias at OKW. Olivia's was pretty good and we'll definately be dining there again when we stay at OKW in October. However, I don't think we'd make a special trip to Olivias if we weren't staying at OKW. It wasn't exactly the atmosphere I was expecting, but the food was good (and that's what counts... right?).
Loved: Boma, Citricos, Kona, Beaches & Cream
Liked: Whispering Canyon, Concourse, Olivias, Boatwrights, Rainforest
Just OK: 'Ohana, Spoodles
Hated: Hollywood & Vine, 1900 Park Fare (due to service)
3/26
Our first night we ate at Whispering Canyon Cafe (WCC) over at the WL. We decided to try the all-you-can-eat skillet, which we didn't finish. We liked the food, it was just too much for us to eat. The entertainment was enjoyable and we might do it again; however, it was rather loud. Bobby the Kid was our server and he was great.
3/27
The second night we ate at Hollywood & Vine. It was by far the WORST meal of the trip. We absolutely hated it. I can't recally one thing I enjoyed from the buffet, and even the dessert were medicore. After eating there, we decided we were going to giveup on buffets at WDW (with the exception of Boma).
3/28
The 3rd night was Boma at the AKL. This is one of my favorites at WDW. As usual everything was yummy. One of the chefs came over to walk me thru the buffet due to my allergy to shellfish. She was extremely nice and helpful in pointing out the items I needed to avoid. I asked her about the fried oreos I had heard about here on the boards and she said she'd see if she could whip up some for me... she did and brought them out to the table... mmmmmm... very Yummy!
3/29
The next day we had breakfast at Kona Cafe. We all loved it there! The food was delicious. I had the Tonga Toast, which was pretty good, but next time I'll know to try it without the syrup first! We'll definately be going their again.
That night we went back to the Poly for dinner at 'Ohana. We enjoyed the new menu; however, the meats still need some improving. The beef was pretty good, but the turkey and sausage left much to be desired. (perhaps it was just a bad batch). Oh, the bread pudding was yummy. Lastly, the service was MUCH better this trip. At this point though I'm not sure if it will stay on our list of places to visit each time. We'll see...
3/30
The next day was Spoodles for breakfast. It was definately not worth the price. The food just wasn't that great.
We then had a late lunch over at Beaches and Cream. We all had burgers, which were AWESOME! We then topped it off with the kitchen sink (3 of us splitting it). The kitchen sink was NOT a good idea for the 3 of us. We might have finished 2/3 of it and felt sick the rest of the day. Perhaps next time we'll just go for the banana split.
3/31
Concourse Steakhouse was great. We had lunch there just after 1pm. It was really really good. Our server recommended the burger for lunch and claimed it is supposed to be the best on property. However, since we just had burgers the day before at B&C we decided to try something different. We do intend to go back on the next trip to try out the burger though.
1900 Park Fare - we actually ended up not eating there due to really poor service. Our dinner ADR was for 7:20 and we just barely made it there at 7:20. Actually there was only 1 group ahead of us checking in and their ADR was for 8:10 (party of 6). Well, the guy checking in was just chit-chatting with the lady at the podeum and decided to order a birthday cake for one of his kids. No biggie, but he was up there for almost 10 minutes. So, we didn't actually checkin until almost 7:30pm. Well, they seated that party of 6 with an 8:10pm ADR immediately. Again, no biggie, but they gave us (party of 2) a pager and told us it would be just a few minutes. Meanwhile, about 5 more groups checked in and were immediately seated (groups ranging from 3-8). After about 30 minutes, I walked over and looked in the main dining room and noticed several empty tables and then told DP to take a look. We though it looked rather "cheap" in their (kinda like a Friendly's). Well, I immediately walked out to the lobby phone and called upstairs to Citricos to see if they had any availability. She said it could be 15-30 minutes before we could be seated, but I told her that would be fine and that we'd be right up. So, I took the pager back to the podeum at 1900 and told them we weren't waiting any longer and were heading up to Citricos instead. The manager was the one at the podeum at that point. I told her that we had been waiting since 7:20 and parties that had ADRs almost an hour after ours were already seated. She then said, "we just had a table open up so we could seat you now." I politely said no, thank you, laid the pager on the counter, and we walked upstairs. We checked in at Citricos and then walked over to the gift shop on the 2nd floor at the GF. By the time we bought a pin and were checking out, our pager went off. (Maybe 15 minutes).
Going to Citricos was DEFINATELY a better choice. It is now my favorite place at WDW (sorry Boma). We even had a partial view of Wishes! The food was absolutely wonderful, the drink I ordered was yummy (DP's citris infused martini was not so good though), and the tiramisu was delicious! It was a bit pricey, but worth it. Thank goodness for the DDE 20% discount!!!
4/1
We were supposed to dine at Olivia's this night, but my cousin decided to stop by for a visit. She didn't arrive until late so we headed over to Downtown Disney marketplace and went to Rainforest. It wasn't our first choice, but Captain Jacks wouldn't take anymore walkups and we were starving! They told us they could seat us immediately at Rainforest if we would sit out on the deck... so we took that option (it was an hour wait to eat inside). It was nice outside, so it wasn't a problem. We used to have a Rainforest here in our local mall so it was one of those been there done that type of experiences, but the food wasn't bad. The 10% AP discount helped out a little and my cousin decided to treat, so no complaints!
4/2
Dinner at Boatwrights... was pretty good and would definately do again if I was staying at POR again. Not sure I'd make a special trip there to eat, but it was good. The pecan pie was really yummy!
4/3 - special conference event at AK - we ate at Flame Tree BBQ (love the BBQ there) and since it was free due to the conference, it was even better!!! We had BBQ sandwiches with onion rings, slaw, and chocolate cake! MMMMmmm...
4/4
This was our shopping night at DD so we had dinner at Earl of Sandwich... A sandwich for $4.95 at WDW... how can you beat that!!!!? As always... YUMMY!
4/5
Our final night at WDW... we had ADRs for Wolfgang Pucks Cafe but I received an e-mail from DDE a few days earlier indicating that as of 4/1 they were no longer honoring the DDE discount. Because of this news, we decided to cancel our ADR and instead head over to Olivias at OKW. Olivia's was pretty good and we'll definately be dining there again when we stay at OKW in October. However, I don't think we'd make a special trip to Olivias if we weren't staying at OKW. It wasn't exactly the atmosphere I was expecting, but the food was good (and that's what counts... right?).
