Alice28
DIS Veteran<br><font color=blue>I'm Doombah Fricki
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Just got back from WDW last week. We were there for about 9 days, 5 of those days on the dining plan (split our stay between the WL and SOG). I thought I would share some thoughts with my fellow DISers, since I always appreciate recent reviews.
In our party were myself, my DH, our 3 kids ages 9, 5 and 2, and my parents.
Arrival night at the WL- we had a 7:30 ADR at Whispering Canyon, one of our long-standing favorites. This is our 5th time eating there. And unfortunately, I am not sure we will be back for awhile. Service was SLOW. The waitress was nice, but slower than molasses- I'm not sure what the deal was. My sons got a milkshake as their drink, as did my dad- very tasty. After we got our drinks, our appetizers (salads) took some time to get here. But it was the time between the appetizers and the entrees (DH, DS#2 and I got the skillet, parents got the steak, and DS#1 got a burger). I mean, at least a good 20-25 minutes or so. Then the food was just 'eh'. The burger we ordered my son came with cheese when we reiterated NO CHEESE PLEASE, the skillet food was not hot, ribs were tough and too saucy; it was just a real disappointment when we have just LOVED it so many times before. Then it took quite awhile to put our dessert order in- my kids were bored to tears and my 2 year old was getting really crabby, so I went back to the room and asked DH to get our desserts to go- I ordered the apple pie with ice cream- she did not warm it or put ice cream in the box.
I guess she thought maybe we wanted it for much later or something.
Cosmic Rays- I decided to go with the double cheeseburger, no cheese, extra bun.
The extra bun a trick I learned here. I did this because my 9 year old really wanted another burger, not the kid meal. Then I just ordered the corn dog nuggets for my daughter to eat. (and other DS got the corn dogs too). This is what the CM told me- 'you can order whatever you want off the menu for you son- you don't have to get him a kid's meal, he can have his own burger if you like.' I said, "Really? Well, I keep my order the way it is this time, since my 2 year old would like the corn dog nuggets, but I will remember that, thank you.' I think my DH also got a burger, and my parents got the rotisserie chicken. I like the fixings bar here a lot. This is one of our favorite counter service restaurants. 
The kids just get 4 mini-corn dogs with their meal, which really wasn't quite enough- they liked the grapes though, and ate a few carrots. They got sick of the sugar free jello on day 2.
Pizza Planet- this is a GREAT deal if you have kids in your party. My boys each got the pepperoni meal deal, I got the veggie meal deal, each a drink and a rice krispy mickey for dessert. The pizza here is much better than I remembered- quite tasty actually! We all enjoyed it.
Teppanyaki- We are huge Benihana fans, so we knew we would enjoy this. DH and I ate here many years ago on our honeymoon. We got a sample appetizer of the seaweed salad- different! For our 'real' appetizers' we had the salad with ginger dressing, I got the shrimp/chicken combo, the kids got the chicken with fresh veggies, and DH got the filet. All very tasty. My only minor complaints is I wished the kid's combo came with noodles and that we could have ordered fried rice- our favorite thing at Benihana. But the service was good, and the food was very tasty. The chef was cordial and entertaining as well. I let Molly have my ice cream as I had my tastebuds set on a pastry from the France bakery.
France bakery- long lines here! But well worth the wait- I got a lemon tart and it was heavenly. FYI- you cannot use the snack credits here on food; the CM said only drinks.
In our party were myself, my DH, our 3 kids ages 9, 5 and 2, and my parents.
Arrival night at the WL- we had a 7:30 ADR at Whispering Canyon, one of our long-standing favorites. This is our 5th time eating there. And unfortunately, I am not sure we will be back for awhile. Service was SLOW. The waitress was nice, but slower than molasses- I'm not sure what the deal was. My sons got a milkshake as their drink, as did my dad- very tasty. After we got our drinks, our appetizers (salads) took some time to get here. But it was the time between the appetizers and the entrees (DH, DS#2 and I got the skillet, parents got the steak, and DS#1 got a burger). I mean, at least a good 20-25 minutes or so. Then the food was just 'eh'. The burger we ordered my son came with cheese when we reiterated NO CHEESE PLEASE, the skillet food was not hot, ribs were tough and too saucy; it was just a real disappointment when we have just LOVED it so many times before. Then it took quite awhile to put our dessert order in- my kids were bored to tears and my 2 year old was getting really crabby, so I went back to the room and asked DH to get our desserts to go- I ordered the apple pie with ice cream- she did not warm it or put ice cream in the box.
I guess she thought maybe we wanted it for much later or something. Cosmic Rays- I decided to go with the double cheeseburger, no cheese, extra bun.
The extra bun a trick I learned here. I did this because my 9 year old really wanted another burger, not the kid meal. Then I just ordered the corn dog nuggets for my daughter to eat. (and other DS got the corn dogs too). This is what the CM told me- 'you can order whatever you want off the menu for you son- you don't have to get him a kid's meal, he can have his own burger if you like.' I said, "Really? Well, I keep my order the way it is this time, since my 2 year old would like the corn dog nuggets, but I will remember that, thank you.' I think my DH also got a burger, and my parents got the rotisserie chicken. I like the fixings bar here a lot. This is one of our favorite counter service restaurants. The kids just get 4 mini-corn dogs with their meal, which really wasn't quite enough- they liked the grapes though, and ate a few carrots. They got sick of the sugar free jello on day 2.Pizza Planet- this is a GREAT deal if you have kids in your party. My boys each got the pepperoni meal deal, I got the veggie meal deal, each a drink and a rice krispy mickey for dessert. The pizza here is much better than I remembered- quite tasty actually! We all enjoyed it.
Teppanyaki- We are huge Benihana fans, so we knew we would enjoy this. DH and I ate here many years ago on our honeymoon. We got a sample appetizer of the seaweed salad- different! For our 'real' appetizers' we had the salad with ginger dressing, I got the shrimp/chicken combo, the kids got the chicken with fresh veggies, and DH got the filet. All very tasty. My only minor complaints is I wished the kid's combo came with noodles and that we could have ordered fried rice- our favorite thing at Benihana. But the service was good, and the food was very tasty. The chef was cordial and entertaining as well. I let Molly have my ice cream as I had my tastebuds set on a pastry from the France bakery.
France bakery- long lines here! But well worth the wait- I got a lemon tart and it was heavenly. FYI- you cannot use the snack credits here on food; the CM said only drinks.
) Our waitress at 50's Prime Time was good,but the waitress across the room was hilarious, she had that whole "Mom" thing down.
