It looks all so yummy lol. It will be something the kids will remember for a very long time
Goofy's of course because you can get character meals, all you can eat, and it is a buffet so while one person is pigging out on hot dogs you can be pigging out on desserts and salads. Rainforest Cafe is part of Landry's and you have to sit there and eat off of a set menu. After a while you get tired of the gorilla going off but you do maybe get near the fish tank. I would rather have the buffet and characters and a lot of food to choose from.
You may have had an off meal or two there, but I have been eatig at Goofy's since 1992 (we never miss it on our trips), and the characters definitely come to each table. As for being 'noisy,' I guess it depends on what your tolerance for noise is or what you consider noisy. Dinner is busier than breakfast/brunch, so therefore, will be noisier. But I have never been there where I felt like the noise was unbearable or I would not have gone back so many times in 16 years!
Actually, brunch has most of the same stuff that breakfast has. It's just that the brunch hours extend until noon or whatever, but it's the same food, more or less - or at least, it has been the same food when we have had late-morning meals there. They USED to do an actual 'lunch' at Goofy's long ago, but stopped that. I have never seen a tri-tip or rice pilaf or enchiladas in the brunch hours! Many of the dinner options are on that list that the PP posted, but I think that list also includes the stuff that is served at breakfast/brunch!! It seems like one comprehensive list integrating all the selections from breakfast/brunch and dinner.
I meant to say that the TRI_TIP that you mentioned (not the chicken) definitely isn't a brunch item!...LOL I'm just not "with it" today.....due to the bad news with my DM's health.....and my sister just had major surgery 7 days ago also. Life's really hard for my family right now and my brain is functioning at WAY less a level than it usually is. But this is my comfort place.....so here I am.I was just going by the link that was given. I just saw the word "brunch menu" and didn't look at the food listings or see the dinner items on there. (At the menu site, this list posted is "Brunch" menu.) But you're right, the chicken and some of the other things that are listed weren't brunch items when I was there, and I was there late.....the last sitting one time. And, the list has all the regular breakfast/brunch items that I doubt are served at dinner.....like waffles, etc. It does seem to be a comprehensive list, despite how it's labeled.
I was just going by the link that was given. I just saw the word "brunch menu" and didn't look at the food listings or see the dinner items on there. (At the menu site, this list posted is "Brunch" menu.) But you're right, the chicken and some of the other things that are listed weren't brunch items when I was there, and I was there late.....the last sitting one time. And, the list has all the regular breakfast/brunch items that I doubt are served at dinner.....like waffles, etc. It does seem to be a comprehensive list, despite how it's labeled.
I would love to see tri-tip and lasagna for breakfast, too, but not so far! And I agree - I don't want people thinking they will go to dinner and get scrambled eggs, nor go to breakfast and eat prime rib!! But seeing all those items together on that one list sure does look appetizing!
I hope everything goes okay for her. I think many of us can relate to coming onto DISboards and trying to distract ourselves from some of life's problems - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But you can always rest assured that if you need to get your mind off of something, there will be some sort of dining thread, favorite DLR sounds thread, favorite sights, shops, picture threads, etc., etc. to jump into and kind of lose yourself for a while!!Yeah, I know what you mean about seeing the 'brunch' label. Sometimes the info on other sites seems to be slighly incorrect or not updated, so it would be easy for someone to look at that one big whopping list and assume that all of those items were available for breakfast/brunch or all of them for dinner, rather than see it is just a comprehensive overview of both meals' items combined! While the spreads for both breakfast/brunch and dinner are impressive and vast, and nobody will go hungry, they are not quite that vast!!
Hang in there with your DM.
Yes, I needed to lose myself on this board for a while, but I was so distracted by what was going on that I didn't even read what was there.....just saw a HUGE list...LOL
Thank you for your kind words.
BTW.....I love reading your posts (and my 13 y.o. DS does too!) I have gotten so much good info. from them and they are always so extensive. I think I may just have to move into your back yard in So. Cal. (from here in rainy WA... yuck!).....so I can go REALLY often and gain all the knowledge that you have. I am SO jealous of all you people who live so close!...LOL
I have always been really wordy in writing (much to everyone's annoyance!), but I try to put a lot of thought into what 2 cents I am throwing in, so at least if I have to ramble on I can provide some good info and it's not a total waste of time for everyone reading! No matter how knowledgeable any of us are about DLR, we are constantly learning new things from each other on DISboards, so not only is it a fun place to be, it is also informative. Even though I live sort of close, more or less, to DLR (it's about 45 minutes away on a light traffic day), I don't get there nearly as often as I would prefer to anymore, and not nearly as often as other DIS'ers do! In fact, this year I kind of have to focus on other things (non-Disney) that may prevent me from going to DLR in 2009 altogether (unless I get a major case of the DSE - Disney Snowball Effect - Syndrome and can't stay away!!). I have a friend who lives in Anaheim, right down the street from DLR (she listens to the fireworks every night), but she only goes to DLR when we have an official trip there, maybe around Halloween or Christmas. If I lived where she lives, I would literally be there - just for a few hours at a time - probably every other weekend. I would go just to stroll around for a while, maybe take some pictures, look in some shops, people watch and then leave, and come back 2 weeks later and do the same thing.
I meant to say that the TRI_TIP that you mentioned (not the chicken) definitely isn't a brunch item!...LOL I'm just not "with it" today.....due to the bad news with my DM's health.....and my sister just had major surgery 7 days ago also. Life's really hard for my family right now and my brain is functioning at WAY less a level than it usually is. But this is my comfort place.....so here I am.
Just to clarify, here are the foods I remember and how I would classify them:
I usually tell people on DIS that if they have had an unsatisfactory experience at any character meal, it is too much money to risk trying it a second time and hoping for the best, unless money is not a big concern. It is painful to leave anywhere - restaurant or otherwise - knowing you shelled out a chunk of $$ and were not content. It is not like you just ate at Carnation Cafe, didn't like it and want to risk trying it again. That wouldn't be such a big financial hit, but the character meals - even with AP discounts - are $$$$!!
Yikes!
