Divas, Zebra Domes, and Pixie Dust! A Week in an African Paradise! New TR Link Pg.145

[Lady Lallie]

I am hysterical over the image of Connor dry retching in CHH! I am sure it was not funny at the time but it's funny now. So you liked your fish? I didn't have the greatest meal there but I am assuming it was an off day.

You got a lot done on your first night! How long were you there? Love the rainbow pic!

I really need to try a zebra dome.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Great update Jackie, the dialogue from CHH was us last year. The choices for kids on the dining plan, especially when they get a little older are horrid. On our October trip Baylor still qualified at a kid but we did Tables in Wonderland instead to avoid the grief.

Great pictures of the kids on the Liberty Belle!

I am glad that Chelsea was able to find some comfort in her little brother while riding Haunted Mansion! I had an episode last summer when Haunted Mansion totally creeped me out.... but I have ridden it since Good for Chelsea going even though it sacred her! She's a trooper!

Jungle Cruise is a fun one at night!

Now I'm wondering if Connor ever did get on Splash.....

 

[MRYPPNS]

Poor Connor with the kids meals! I think I would have gotten Liam something at Pecos Bills to go and then went to CHH for us....I don't do well with whinnng when it comes to eating.

I was worried that you wouldn't like your meal at CHH since you didn't get the tuna sandwich....my DH liked the fish there also, although he prefers the fish at the Yorkshire shop.

It sounds like you had a great little night at MK (even without your Diva!). And cheers to you for letting the kids ride by themselves!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Dry retching in the restaurant. Hmmm. How DOES one deal with that as a parent? But I have to say I'm right there with him on the overly fishy smell in general (I haven't been to CHH specifically). I like to eat various seafood but when it has that really fishy smell?

Sounds like you had a lovely evening. I think that the riverboat may have to go on my list too. I haven't done that since I was a little kid!

And Jungle Cruise at night... can't wait!

OK- don't gasp- but when I stayed at AKL I didn't try the zebra domes. I'm not really a sweets person. What is in them?

 

[kschafer]

:wYou know one of my friends claims the DIS is a cult -- but at least we drink our kool-aid with a Mickey-shaped straw!

Mild-mannered teacher on the outside -- diabolical Disney brainwasher on the inside.

Ever since I discovered the DIS, I am not nearly as productive as I used to be.

Connor has moved from simply covering his mouth and nose to dry retching. Dry retching! In a restaurant!

Oh, poor connor! I wouldn't want to eat every meal off the kids menu either

Nice rainbow! That's got to be a good sign!

Chelsea is my kind of girl!

 

[jenjolt]

Oh poor Connor and the food dilemna and ewww to the dry retching LOL! I'm not particularly fond of a fishy smell either but I do love me some fried fish LOL!

Oh my Haunted Mansion how wonderful it is to see thee....poor Chelsea I hope someday she too will learn too love the treasure that is that experience.

Zebra Dome thief...LOL...loved the pictures CP! However I'm not sure I would have been able to resist those looked absolutely heavenly LOL!

 

[MickeyNicki]

Oh man I am totally dying on your CHH scenario....we had a similar one at Fultons..our older niece (almost 13 at the time) loves shrimp, crab etc....eats it all the time so I thought, GREAT I will book Fultons because DH and I love it and the picky child can eat til her hearts content

While waiting for a table DH took her into the bar area so she could see all the different shellfish and fish...well she completely freaked out, never seen it that way before, you know some live lobsters and all the fish spread out in the glass cases...she refused to eat anything because it was once alive

I said are you kidding me? You eat chicken, that was once clucking around, you eat burgers, what do you thing we passed on the I-75 large dogs?? Of course the food we eat was once alive.

She said yea I know that but I have never SEEN it be alive before I ate it.

So she had a giant bowl of mac and cheese and every time DH cracked open a grab claw she show him a dirty look and when I took a big bite of my lobster tail she said "You know its mother is probably missing it right now"

Oy teenage drama at its best!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Yea an update! Your conversation at CHH reminds me of the one DH and I had in March, only it wasn't about fish. I had scanned all the menus looking for healthy meals with no fried foods - DH really has to watch his weight, and fried usually doesn't agree with me. I thought I had found some great choices here, and we hadn't eaten there before. So as we are heading over there, DH says, "so why are we eating here and not Pecos Bills?"
"Because this place has better choices."
"What are they"
"Turkey wraps, salads, and stuff like that."
"I don't like salad."
"I just thought this would be better for us and it sounds really nice."
"I don't like salad."
"Fine. Let's go to Pecos Bill's and fight for a table!"so we did.

I agree, the kid's menus really stink.

I love the rainbow! I wonder how many people looked up and saw it? Chelsea looks so cute after stealing the Zebra Dome!

 

[MeMom]

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Me: What are you doing?
Connor: (in a strangled whisper) It stinks in here. You know I don't like the way fish smells!

So, I am standing in line trying to decide what to order and there is Connor doing his, "It smells!" routine beside me.

Connor: Agghh! Why are you ordering fish??? You know I can't stand the smell!

Connor has moved from simply covering his mouth and nose to dry retching. Dry retching! In a restaurant!



We got our food and went upstairs where there are only two other families eating. Chelsea and I thoroughly enjoyed our meal -- I had gotten the apple pie/crisp for dessert, and it was very good. Connor, unfortunately, was so not impressed with his peanut butter and jelly -- it was a Smuckers Uncrustable, and he said it was horrible. Luckily Chelsea shared her chicken nuggets with him, he ate a bunch of my french fries, and then finished off Chelsea's chocolate cake. Starvation of the 10-year-old is diverted!


Back in the room I was prepared to enjoy my first set of zebra domes. I removed the lid and realized I needed to take a photo. I grabbed the camera and when I turned around:

What's this??? There's one missing!!!


Somebody discovered a love of zebra domes!

What a nice way to start a Saturday morning - with an all out belly-laugh! I can totally see the CHH scenario.
Too funny!
Now, at least.
Maybe not for you at that moment.


Those PBJ things were served in our summer school lunches, too, at least once a week, and the kids threw them away by the dozens. Apparently, Connor's opinion of the horribleness is shared by many others.

From the picture on the boat, though, it looks like he made it just fine. He is a lucky boy to have a mom and sister who would not let him die of starvation in a stinky restaurant in Disney World.



Yep, there are definitely supposed to be five of those delectable bites of heaven in that tray. I would know!
Good for Chelsea for discovering the deliciousness!

 

[Scrapbook Stacy]

Your son sounds ALOT like my son Sam, 7. My daughter Connor, 13, just goes with the flow like me, but not my Sam, he's a feisty one!

Stacy

 

[Happy Elf]

Totally cracking up at the conversation at CHH. I'm sure my time is coming! The zebra domes look yummy!

 

[MEK]

Poor connor- dry retching in CHH. My DS16 is exactly like that. He hates fish and won't sit at the same table with me at home if I am eating fish. He will, however, tolerate fish near him at a restuarant. Yes....I, too, have seen plenty of dry retching over tuna or salmon smells in my house!

I also love the Jungle Cruise at night. It is the best. In December I had the best captain named Jessica. She was the cutest thing with a delightful Australian accent. She has me laughing so hard my side hurt.

Loved your update. Lovely night at MK (minus the fish) to be sure!

p.s. I agree with you that the kids menu is atrocious! It's probably OK for younger kids, but not for a 9 year old. My nephew ate nothing but pizza and chicken nuggets all the week and the quantities are just too small for a 9 year old. We were always loading his plate up with food.

 

[MinnieNurse]

Great update. The Connor story is great. Seriously though Disney does need to work on their kids menu's. DS is finally 10 this year and so excited about his menu choices. Everywhere around us kids can eat off the kids menu until they are 12-I am actually glad it is not that way at Diseny-on our last trip when Lance was 9 I ended up sharing a lot of my food with him because a boy can only eat so many chicken nuggets in a week.

Love the rainbow. I really need to try a zebra dome. AKL is one of the 3 places we are considering staying for our next trip.

 

[Nicole786]

Conner sounds like David when he was younger. He is a ferocious picky eater and used to have fits if the lettuce on his plate was touching his chicken or something similar. I'm happy you stuck to your guns! I've never eaten there but I love pecos bills so we always end up there

 

[IluvXU]

Love the update. You got a lot done, and can remove one attraction from your have not done list. We ate at CHH and I am a smell queen, but I don't remember it smelling fishy. I think those choices would be hard for a ten year old...my girls were fine still.

Love the Zebra domes....I need to get my hands on them!

 

[Eventer98]

DH and I love CHH! Hope you did too! I am very disappointed that there isn't fish on the kids menu...DS loves it. I wonder why that is??

Your DS reminds me of a girl I used to nanny for..whenever we went into the monkey house at the local zoo she would gag and act like she was going to throw up b/c of the smell!

 

[ampc3]

Poor Connor, the Kids meals do stink at soo many places, and it must stink then to see Chelsea get to order whatever.. poor thing... funny though about CHH.. So dramatic

So are the Zebra Domes like a truffel?? Didn't Charles miss the first day last year too? What is it with him and the first day?

 

[NotSoEvilStepmother]

This report is really amazing, CP. Really. The kids are too funny throughout all of this. Can't wait to read more!

 

[KathyRN137]

Next, we rode Pirates of the Caribbean and when we exited that ride, we saw a rainbow! How perfect! A rainbow on our first night at WDW!

Ooooohhhh! Definitely magical!!! I would've been excited too... what a great sign!!

We will forgive Chelsa her dislike of Haunted Mansion because she redeemed herself with a love of Zebra Domes!!!


Kathy

 

[jillyb]

Poor Connor! You handled it pretty well though. I don't know what I would have done if one of the girls started dry heaving in a restauarant. I'd probably be so embarrased I'd leave. Alison was 10 when we went and there were times the choices on the kids menu didn't appeal to her. If I remember correctly she was able to order off the regular menu at CHH and Coral Reef. The CMs at both places said we could do that...and I didn't even ask! And they charged it as a kids meal on the DP.

The rainbow picture is cool! The riverboat looks like it was a nice relaxing after dinner ride. We didn't get around to doing that when we were there. We did, however, do the JC at night and loved it!

I have to admit being a bit surprised to see Chelsea's picture as the zebra dome thief. I fully expected it to be Connor!