Disney Dining Review - May 2010

[Noreen411]

A little about us:

My husband Paul and I (Noreen) spent 11 days at Disney World in May 2010.

We live in Northern NJ and love going to Disney World.

We have annual passes to Disney World. We also bought annual passes to Universal.

We split the stay between Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter and our timeshare Vistana Resort.

We purchased the regular Disney Dining Plan for the Disney portion of the stay. We also have the Tables in Wonderland (TIW) card.

In additional to dining at Disney, we also ate a few meals offsite and I will include those in this review.

We had a rental car which made it easy for us to get around.

My friend Kim, her husband David, and their daughter Kathryn joined us for part of the trip.

I made ADRs for our trip at the 180 day mark.

I tried to take pictures at our meals, but there were a few times I forgot.

Here is a picture of us.

 

[Noreen411]

Breakfast at home:
Paul made us a very cute breakfast. He made bacon, waffles, and eggs. But not normal eggs. These were shaped like Mickey Mouse heads. I was so impressed. They were basically omelet style but shaped cute. I didn’t realize we had a Mickey head shaped thing probably meant to make pancakes and he dug it out to make us a cute breakfast.




Bagel Sandwiches:
We stopped at a bagel store on the way to the airport to pick up a sandwich and chips to take on the plane. I didn't take a picture of this, but it was just some turkey and cheese on a bagel with lettuce and tomato.

Dinner at the Wave:
We drove over to the Contemporary for our dinner at the Wave and our first time using the dining plan. We self parked and walked in. Our ADR was for 8pm and we checked in about 7:45. We were given a pager and waited maybe 10 minutes before we were seated.

We sat and waited. And waited. And waited. The hostel gave us menus so we already decided what we wanted to order. I don’t think the waiter realized that we were there. He happened to walk by with an armful of dirty dishes and practically did a double take when he saw people at the table. He came by with the dirty dishes in his hands, told us what the fish of the day was and asked what beverages we would like and said he would be back. He came back with our beverages and asked if we were ready to order. I told him we were on the dining plan so he told us that our beverage, entrée, and dessert is included. I ordered the pork tenderloin and Paul ordered the Filet of beef.

The waiter brought us a basket with bread and some butter. The bread basket had a roll that was hard, cold, and stale as well as some focaccia bread which was cold. So far this has not been the best start to a new for us restaurant.



Our entrees were served pretty quickly by someone other than our server. Maybe I’m being picky, but we’re a table for two, doesn’t the waiter somehow note which seat gets which dish? The server gave us the wrong dishes. When we told her they were wrong, she said the plates were hot and sort of sighed when she had to change them.

The food itself was good. My Pork was two medallions in a nice sauce. It was accompanied by mashed sweet potatoes and a warm spinach/bacon salad. Paul’s filet came with a potato gratin and a summer ratatouille. The portions were a normal size – not oversized like many places do but enough that you are full after eating.






The waiter came by with the dessert menu. I chose the decadent flavors and Paul chose the creamy indulgence. I like the presentation of these desserts. Instead of one big dessert you get three mini desserts each. We ended up sharing. The cheesecake from the creamy indulgence selection was my favorite.



When the waiter brought our bill he told us to add the gratuity and give him our room card to run it through the dining plan. He mentioned that gratuity is not included and we should just add it in. I told him I wanted to leave the gratuity in cash and he said that was OK too. The bill clearly stated that gratuity is not included as well as gives you the calculations for both 15% and 18%. I’m sure there are people that may not know to tip, but I find it a little pushy when the waiter is pointing it out not once but twice.

Our bill would have been about $77 but with the dining plan it was two table service credits (1 credit each).

Despite the lackluster service, we still tipped more than the recommended 18% more because I wanted to leave a round number than anything else and I know waiters work hard.

Our overall opinion of the Wave wasn’t that great. The food was pretty good, but the service really was not up to what we expected. I don’t think we would rush back.

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Joining in...

 

[Noreen411]

Breakfast at Sassougala Floatworks:
We stopped at Sassougala floatworks (the food court) for a quick breakfast. We shared an order of 6 beignets and used our TIW discount paying cash rather than using two snack credits. I had pomegranate lemonade and Paul had coffee.

I forgot to take a picture of the biegnets.


Lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express:
We decided to drive over to Downtown Disney and had lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express using counter service credits from the dining plan. One disappointment was that they changed the menu and no longer have my favorite BBQ Chicken Quesadilla.

We saw someone getting the spaghetti and meatballs which looked good so I ordered that.



Paul had the ½ rotisserie chicken with mashed potatoes.



We both had soda. Our meals came with desserts so I had the crème brulee and Paul had frozen yogurt.



I liked that they did not bring out Paul’s frozen yogurt while we were eating for it to melt, but after we were done he just went back to the counter to get it. I must have forgotten to take a picture of the frozen yogurt.

The place was empty, there were two other parties in there eating. Our food was very good. This was a much better choice for counter service than the usual burgers and fries in the park. The cost of our food would have been about $47 but we used our dining plan counter service credits. It’s definitely a good value for a counter service meal using the plan, but if we were paying out of pocket we would not have ordered as much.

Dinner at Kona Cafe:
We were not hungry for a big dinner at Flying Fish Café where we had a reservation after our late lunch so called to cancel.

Paul said even though he wasn’t in the mood for a big dinner, he was in the mood for something light, maybe a sushi roll. So we drove over to the Polynesian to look at the Kona Sushi Bar.

Rather than just sitting at the sushi bar, since you can order sushi in the Kona Café restaurant too, I checked to see if they could seat us. They said about a 30 minute wait which was perfect so we wandered the shops at the resort. We took a stroll outside by the pool and along the beach. I dipped my feet in the pool by the zero entry side. The water felt so nice.

Our buzzer lit up around 8:45 and we headed over to Kona and were quickly seated. We ended up sharing all the food we ordered.

We were brought Hawaiian break with macadamia butter. This was delicious.



We had a Volcano Roll which was very artfully presented, an order of wings, and the Shrimp and Scallop entree.







Of the three items, the Shrimp and Scallop dish was the weakest. The food was really good. We were too full for dessert so skipped it. We used TIW for this meal paying cash rather than using dining credits. We were planning to do that at Flying Fish since we didn’t want to use the two dining credits required to eat there so just paid cash here too.

I’m not sure how I feel about the dining plan after having it for a day. I feel like much of today was spent eating. I also feel it’s a lot of paying attention to what you are ordering and thinking about how to use the snack credits. Using TIW and cash we are more likely to order what we want and not over order. We don’t always need to have dessert with each meal which the dining plan gives you. Our normal dinner ordering would be to share an appetizer, have our entrees, and share a dessert. The plan gives us each a dessert. Well, it’s only been one day so I’ll see how I feel after we switch resorts.

Snack:
After eating we were stuffed so walked around the resort some more. We stopped in one of the shops and got a rice krispie treat for later to share. This is 1 snack credit. I confirmed with the cashier and then she started chatting with me about where are you from and stuff and next thing you know she rang it up wrong and charged it to the room rather than a snack credit. So I had to follow her to the other area where someone else had to return it, then re-charge it as a snack credit. This was done pretty quickly, but just shows that you have to pay attention to how the cast members are ringing things up.

 

[Noreen411]

Breakfast at Denny’s:
We went to Denny’s for breakfast today. We don’t have a Denny’s at home and usually try to go there when we’re at Disney. Before we left Denny’s sent me an email with 20% off our check if we go before the end of May so I brought the coupon with me.

I had the grand slam special with pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Paul had a make your own slam with eggs, bacon, sausage, and pancakes. I had a cherry cherry limeade and Paul had coffee. The waiter was very attentive.

I forgot to take pictures in Denny's even after making sure to take my camera out and put it on the table.


Lunch at Lotus Blossom café in China in Epcot:
We shared a late lunch using one counter service credit at the Lotus Blossom café around 3:30pm. We had the orange chicken with white rice, ginger caramel ice cream, and Sprite. The food was pretty good and would have cost about $14 if we paid out of pocket. However, if we were paying for lunch rather than using a dining plan credit, we would not have ordered the ice cream. The only dessert choices here were either the ginger caramel ice cream or red bean ice cream.








Snack At Sunshine Seasons:
We were in the Land since it was almost time for our fastpass to Soarin. We stopped at Sunshine Seasons and shared a piece of strawberry shortcake using one snack credit. We saw it earlier and it looked good but we weren’t hungry at the time.




Dinner at Chefs De France in Epcot:
We headed into World Showcase and to France for our dinner reservation at Chefs De France. I checked in and we waited about 15 minutes before our name was called. We asked if it’s possible to have a window table but weren’t pushy about it unlike this other couple giving them a hard time. They sat us at a terrible table behind a pole so close to a four top table that we were basically a table for six. We asked if we could move to the next table which was more stand alone and we were able to do that.

Our waiter came by to greet us and ask we were on a dining plan. We told him we were on the regular plan and he asked to see our card so we showed him. He also asked that we keep the card on the table in the sugar thing so he would remember that we’re on the dining plan. He explained what we were able to get. Basically an entrée, dessert, and beverage OR we can choose from the Price fixe menu which also included an appetizer but was a limited selection of choices.

I ordered from the Price Fixe menu and got the French Onion Soup, Short Ribs, and the chocolate mousse cake. I don’t eat chocolate mousse cake, but was going to give that to Paul and he would order a dessert I wanted. Paul ordered the Duck and the Apple Crepes dessert. I had Sprite and Paul had coke. He also ordered the Escargot appetizer. When we ordered it the waiter was surprised since it isn’t on our plan and we said we know and would pay out of pocket for it and that we also have TIW for it. He was going on about how you can’t use TIW with the dining plan. We must have told him twice that we understand that we have to pay for the Escargot and would use TIW just for that. He said he would check with his manager.

This was the slowest most inattentive waiter we have had so far this trip. When he showed up he was pleasant but we never saw him and were constantly waiting for stuff.

The bread was very good, crusty on the outside, soft and warm on the inside.



The soup and escargot were brought out. I had a few bites of the soup but am not a huge soup fan so gave it to Paul to finish. I tried his escargot and didn’t like it. I liked dipping the bread in the sauce.







We were able to watch Illuminations from our table. They dimmed the lights in the restaurant and we watched.

After a wait our entrees were served. This wasn’t a bad wait since it gave us a chance to finish our appetizers. We asked for some water and waited and waited. We ended up asking again before the waiter remembered to bring the water. My short ribs were served with egg noodles and was very good. Paul’s duck was served with mashed sweet potatos and haricot verts. He enjoyed his dish aside from the mashed sweet potatoes.







While we were waiting after finishing our entrees we noticed that many of the tables around us had different waiters that were very attentive and friendly. Two of the tables were given extra loaves of bread to take out with them.

Our waiter came by to bring our desserts which we quickly swapped plates with each other. The apple crepe was very good and Paul enjoyed his chocolate cake.






The waiter brought our bill and went through a big explanation of how it’s two separate checks because one is the dining plan and the other is the escargot. With TIW it automatically adds an 18% gratuity but the dining plan doesn’t add the gratuity so he reminded us that we needed to add that gratuity to the bill for the escargot since there isn’t a place to put it on the other receipt.

The food at Chefs De France was good but I was not thrilled with the service. I would not rush back. I was looking forward to this meal and was disappointed. I didn’t realize until much later (actually days later) that we never saw Remy (the mouse) visit our table. We didn’t see him in the room we were seated in either.

 

[Noreen411]

We skipped Breakfast today

Snack at Animal Kingdom:
We grabbed a frozen strawberry lemonade snack using a dining plan snack credit.

Lunch at Restaurantosaurus:
We originally were thinking of having either the Yak & Yeti counter service or Flame Tree BBQ for lunch but both of those have outdoor seating areas and it was very hot out. We had Chinese food counter service yesterday at Epcot so wanted something different today. We thought about picking up the food at Flame Tree and then bringing it over to Restaurantasaurus to eat indoors. We ended up looking at the menu at Restaurantasaurus and decided this was fine. We shared a counter service meal getting the bacon double cheeseburger with fries, soda, and cheesecake in a glass. They have a nice fixings bar with sautéed mushrooms and onions which we added to our burger.







One thing I found at Restaurantasaurus that I was very excited about (don’t laugh at me) but the ice cubes were a perfect small cylinder that fit perfectly into a water bottle. So after eating I filled my cup with ice and then put those cubes into my water bottle.

Snack at Animal Kingdom Lodge:
We stopped at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Paul wanted to look around. We stopped at the Mara and got a snack using the dining plan of an order of Zebra Domes. They were very good. We had our refillable mugs with us so had some soda. It’s interesting how the different hotels have different beverages in their drink stations. They all have the basics like coke, diet coke, sprite, etc, but then they all have something different. Port Orleans has the light pomegranate lemonade. AKL Mara has Mr Pibb.



Dinner at Cape May Café at the Beach Club:
We drove to the Beach Club for our reservation at Cape May Café.

We were quickly seated and enjoyed our dinner. The waitress was very nice and attentive. The food was good. We mainly stuck with the crab legs and sea food. They added a new dessert item – a warm lava cake. It’s a mini round chocolate cake with warm filling. They were making them to order. I didn’t like it since I’m not a chocolate cake/pudding fan but Paul enjoyed it. My favorite dessert here is still the flan.










We used our dining plan table service credits for dinner so just had to pay the gratuity.

We are in good shape with our table service credits, but will have extra counter service credits since we’ve shared meals because we weren’t that hungry. Once we get to Tuesday (when we switch from Port Orleans to our timeshare) if we still have extra counter service we will probably order something to go from Wolfgang Puck express and keep it at the timeshare to heat up for a later meal.

 

[Noreen411]

We skipped breakfast again.

Lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express:
We drove over to Downtown Disney to have lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express.

We shared the BBQ Chicken Pizza using one counter service on our dining plan. We took a slice before remembering to take the picture...



They were out of crème brulee so we had a cookie as our dessert.



This is the second time we’ve been here and they were out of crème brulee. I don’t understand why since we were there at about noon today so they just started serving lunch. They should be better prepared. They are open serving breakfast so could get the crème brulee prepped then. The cashier said they weren’t ready and she didn’t know when they would be.

Dinner at the Garden Grill at Epcot:
We met Kim, David and Kathryn for dinner at the Garden Grill at Epcot. We were seated on the second level at t a regular table rather than the booths that face outwards. Surprisingly by the time we finished I realized I preferred this seating rather than being in the circular booth.

The characters were there quickly after we sat down, before we even ordered our beverages and we took a lot of pictures. The food was very good.

David is lactose intolerant so he was given a special plate made with his allergy taken into account.



Kathryn enjoyed her macaroni and cheese eating it with her hands and getting it all over including in her hair. I forgot to take a picture of that as I was too busy laughing.

The rolls with maple butter were delicious.



We were served a salad which was finely chopped and very tasty with a bit of a kick to the dressing.



The entrees were served on a big rectangle platter and included steak, turkey, mahi mahi, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, and vegetables.



Dessert was also served family style – a strawberry rhubard crumble with fresh whipped cream on top.



Kathryn was given Worms in Dirt for her dessert



David was given a lactose free ice cream I think, but don't have a picture of it.

We are all on the dining plan so used that to pay for dinner, just leaving the gratuity. We enjoyed the Garden Grill more than we thought we would.

Snacks at Magic Kingdom:
We spent the evening at Magic Kingdom for Extra Magic Hours.

In TomorrowLand and Paul got a tropical smoothie at Auntie Gravity using a snack credit.

Extra Magic Hours ended at 1am and it was around 12:30am . We wanted to avoid the last minute rush to exit so made our way towards Main Street to exit the park. We stopped at the Main Street Bakery and got a freshly made ice cream cookie sandwich using a snack credit to share. This thing was huge. Two big chocolate chip cookies that were loaded up with vanilla ice cream in between them. Even sharing it we didn’t finish it.

 

[Noreen411]

We skipped breakfast again.

Lunch at Cosmic Rays at the Magic Kingdom:
We went into Cosmic Ray’s about 1pm and it was packed. We shared a counter service meal using the dining plan. We ordered the ½ rotisserie chicken / ribs combo which comes with green beans and mashed potatoes (we substituted French fries instead), soda, and carrot cake. Out of pocket this would have cost about $18. I can’t imagine one person eating all this food. It was more than enough for us to share. It was good. I forgot to take a picture of the food before we started eating, but remembered to take a picture of the carrot cake.



Snack at Capt Cooks at the Polynesian:
We stopped in Capt Cooks and shared a Spicy Shrimp sushi roll. We paid out of pocket for this $10.



Dinner at Raglan Road:
We did not have a reservation at Raglan Road but walked up and they were able to seat us.. I wanted to give this place another try. We tried it once years ago when they first opened and didn't like it that much. I’m really glad we gave it another try since this visit was very good. A band was playing. An Irish dancer would come out and perform.

We were brought our beverages (Coke & Sprite) and bread with a sweet dipping sauce. I asked the waitress and she said it was soda bread. I don’t know if the bread was good or we were just really hungry since it was after 9pm already.



I ordered the short ribs and Paul ordered the Mixed Grill. My dish was presented in such a cute way – in a little pot. It was really good.





For dessert I had Gers Bread & Butter pudding and Paul had the Donbury Kiss.






We used our dining plan table service credits and just left the gratuity. We both enjoyed our dinner at Raglan Road.

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Enjoying your reviews and I can't wait to try the crab legs and Lava cake at Cape May. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Noreen411]

Breakfast at Sassougala Floatworks (food court) at Port Orleans French Quarter:
We finished the last of the packing this morning since we are changing hotels. Then we went to the food court to get breakfast. We shared the bounty platter which includes scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, a Mickey Waffle, home fries, and a biscuit. We also got an extra croissant. We used our TIW card and paid out of pocket.






Lunch at Le Cellier in Epcot:
We have reservations with Kim, David, and Kathryn for lunch at Le Cellier in Epcot so we drove to the Beach Club to park and then walked over to Epcot.

We started with the breadsticks - yum



I chose items from the price fixe lunch and had the spicy chicken and chipotle sausage as an appetizer, the Prime Rib sandwich, and crème brulee.








Paul had the Filet Mignon and the chocolate mousse.





We both had soda. Kim and David also ordered from the prix fixe menu and had prime rib sandwiches as well. We used the last of our table service credits on the dining plan. This is a lot of food.

Snack from Beach Club Marketplace:
I used a snack credit for a chocolate croissant at the Beach Club marketplace that I had packed up to have for breakfast tomorrow.



Collecting Snacks and Counter Service Meals to use up our credits:
Paul and I stopped at Downtown Disney to pick up some counter service meals to go and bring back to Vistana for another time. We have a bunch of counter service and snack credits we need to use by midnight tonight.

We went to Wolfgang Puck express and ordered the meatball/pepper pizza and the meatloaf dish to go. We ordered crème brulee for each. They said they can’t do the crème brulee to go since they don’t have the metal cups anymore it’s just in the ramekin. However, they said we can put it into a to-go thing ourselves. We got different juices in bottles as the beverage which we can have for breakfast. The crème brulee didn’t come out of the ramekin that neatly but it will still taste the same.






We stopped in Goofy’s candy company and picked up a piece of chocolate covered strawberry fudge using another snack credit. Forgot to get a picture of this one.

We headed out to get dinner around 8:15 and drove to Pop Century. We picked up an order of beef with broccoli, tie dyed cheesecake, and apple juice using a counter service credit on the dining plan. We took this to go.





Then we drove over to Downtown Disney to Wolfgang Puck Express where they are out of Crème Brulee yet again. We ordered the penne Bolognese, the Turkey Club sandwich, with a cookie, frozen yogurt, soda, and apple juice all to go using two more of our counter service meals from the dining plan.





We’re anxious to use them since they expire tonight at midnight. Since we are in the timeshare we know we can put things in the refrigerator and heat them up later. We did not eat all this food at once.

We drove back to Vistana and Paul got stuck in the car when we parked. I couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t getting out of the car, and he said he’s stuck. His shorts have a fabric belt attached to them and the end of it got stuck in the seat belt thing on the side. I was able to dislodge it and he was able to get out of the car. It wasn’t easy to do since I was busy laughing the whole time. We ate our dinner – the new food from Wolfgang Puck Express while watching the Biggest Loser.

After the show we drove over to the Boardwalk to go to the Boardwalk bakery to use the balance our of snack credits. We got flan, an éclair, and the brownie cheesecake.








Now just one more counter service credit to use and we’re all set. We drove back to Downtown Disney and went to Cookes of Dublin and got an order of fish and chips, mini donuts, and a bottle of water to go.






We drove back to Vistana with all our additional items to put them away.

So overall, I don’t think the dining plan the way it’s currently set up is right for us. If the credits didn’t expire and we could have used them the rest of the time we’re here maybe it would have been better for us. I feel like we spent a lot of time today just getting food so the credits didn’t go to waste. Our refrigerator at the timeshare is filled with all the food we picked up today.

If we were able to get the dining plan for just one of us that may have worked since we often would share a counter service meal for lunch.

I’m glad we tried it and it was convenient to be able to have our meals without paying each time since it was paid for in advance. But now we know firsthand that using Tables in Wonderland (TIW) is a better option for us since it gives us more flexibility in eating what we want when we want without the pressure to use a certain number of meals/snacks.

 

[Noreen411]

Paul made breakfast in the villa this morning.

Lunch of leftovers at Vistana:
After spending the morning in Hollywood Studios which was crowded we headed back to our villa and had lunch. We ate some of the pizza and some of the fish and chips. Pictures are in the previous posts.

Dinner at the O’hana at the Polynesian:
We had a 7:05 reservation at O’Hana at the Polynesian with Kim and her family. We were seated by 7:15. With David’s allergy they skipped the bread section where they usually give you that right away and brought us to our table. The chef came over to discuss what David can/can’t eat. With a lactose intolerant allergy he can eat everything except the bread or the dessert.

Salad was quickly dropped off at our table. We asked the person serving the salad if we can have bread also so he brought that over.



Our waitress was a bit slow to take our beverage order and bring it out. We were finished with the salad by the time she showed up with our beverages.

The wings, dumplings, noodles, and vegetables came out next.





We were just talking about how they are spacing the food out well when they started arriving with the meats. They quickly gave us turkey and pork, and the steak soon followed. We waited a little bit for the shrimp to come out.





The food was very good and the waitress made another appearance to refill our drinks.

The chef brought David a special dessert which was a tower of non dairy ice cream, brownies, banana, pineapple all standing on a skewer with a chunk of pineapple on the bottom. He drizzled some chocolate like syrup on the top of it. David thanked him for the nice dessert. Often they just give him a bowl of lactose free ice cream which gets boring day after day. They didn’t give him a spoon so he ate it with a fork.



A little later they brought out the pineapple bread pudding with bananas foster sauce and ice cream for the rest of us.



Kathryn was brought a bowl of ice cream.

We all enjoyed our meal at OHana.

After dinner it was almost 9pm so we walked out to the lake and watched Wishes. After Wishes ended there were other fireworks nearby that were really nice too. One man watching near us commented that the extra ones that we couldn’t figure out where they came from were better than Wishes.

 

[Noreen411]

We had breakfast in the timeshare – just English muffins and a slice of bacon and then headed to Universal arriving by 9:30am.

Lunch at Universal Studios:
It was already about 3pm and we didn’t have any lunch yet and were starving but did not want to ruin our appetite for dinner so we shared one slice of pizza and then shared a churro.



Dinner at Sanaa at Animal Kingdom Lodge:
The park was closing at 7pm and it was already 6:30 so we headed out. Kim sent me a text asking what time our reservation was at Sanaa. It was 7:20 but they were hungry and wanted to go a little sooner. We told them we were leaving and would come straight there. They sat and were already served their entrees before we got there. We joined their table and ordered.

We shared the duck appetizer.



I ordered the Slow Cooked entrée choosing the short ribs and the shrimp in green curry with basmati rice.



Paul had the NY strip steak. David had that and said it was delicious. After a few bites of our entrees Paul and I switched since I liked his better.



David and Catherine had their dessert and went back to their room while Kim hung out with us and ordered her dessert when we did. I had rice pudding. Paul had vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.





After we finished we hung out with our friend Amber for a little while before heading out. Kim went back to her room.

 

[Noreen411]

Paul made breakfast in the villa for us.

Lunch at Vistana:
At Vistana we heated up some of our leftover counter service food for lunch.

Dinner at Kona Café at the Polynesian:
We met Kim and her family for dinner at Kona.

We were seated pretty quickly.

I had the pomegranate pork chops.



Paul ordered the sushi sampler and an order of chicken wings.





We both had soda. For dessert I had the banana crème brulee.



David also had the pomegranate pork chop and had lactose free ice cream for dessert.



Kim had one of the prix fix meals and chose the cucumber sushi roll, miso glazed mahi mahi, and the coconut Kiki tart (basically a coconut custard tart). I was glad she ordered it since I wanted to taste it.







Kathryn had a kids meal and had Mickey shaped ravioli.




Dinner was good and we all enjoyed our food. We wandered around the Poly after dinner watching the end of wishes and then stopping in the shops.

 

[Noreen411]

Lunch at Vistana’s MarketPlace:
We had a quick lunch at Vistana’s Marketplace and shared a turkey and provolone sandwich on Focaccia bread.

Chick FilA for the plane ride home:
We stopped for gas for the car and to pick up some Chick FilA to bring on the plane.

Sorry - no pictures today

 

[Noreen411]

This was another fun Disney Trip.

We realized that the Disney Dining Plan is too much food for us and doesn’t work for the way we eat.

We enjoyed some favorites that we always include each trip.

We also found some restaurants that we haven't had in a while that became new favorites.

Before we headed out for this trip, we made some reservations (ADRs) for our next Disney trip in the fall. After this trip we had to move some around to make room for some of the restaurants that we weren't sure we would like and now need to add.

Any questions, feel free to ask. I enjoy talking about my Disney trips.