Family of 4 Dining Reviews from last month's (May 2008) 10th Anniversary Trip!

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Sci-Fi Dine-In pictures:

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Friday May 16 ~ Earl of Sandwich dinner ~

We decided to spend our last night in WDW at DTD. I had heard great things about Earl of Sandwich, so I thought we'd grab a quick sandwich there before we finished up our shopping. We walked in and the line was HUGE! We figured it wasn't going to be any better anywhere else because it was around 6:30pm. So we waited. . . and waited. . . and waited some more! We finally got up to the counter to order. After we ordered we went through another line to pay. They gave us a number and we had to wait for them to call it, then we would get our food. In the meantime we went to fill our cups from the drink station. Well there were so many people waiting that they were all crowded in front of the drinks! We eventually got our drinks, we had our bags of chips that came with our sandwiches and we could see that there was nowhere to sit inside, so I told DH to take the kids and go find a table outside and I would find them whenever I got our sandwiches. After awhile they finally called my number and I got our sandwiches and went outside to find DH and the kids still looking for a table. No seating left anywhere. So we started walking around and ended up sitting on a bench under a tree nearby. DH got the "The All American - roast turkey, buttermilk ranch, cranberries, cheddar cheese, lettuce and tomato." I got the "The Caprese - sliced fresh mozzarella, roma tomatos, fresh basil and drizzled virgin olive oil." "Hot Sandwiches Fresh Made to Order on our Artesian Baked Loaf - All Hot Sandwiches $5.75 each." The kids got a pb&j sandwich meal. DH was not impressed with his sandwich at all, and he is not a picky eater at all! My "hot sandwich" was pretty much cold. The bun was warm, but the cheese was cold. The kid's pb&j was warm! Gross! The pb was running out of it because it was so warm. The only good thing about the sandwiches were the Artesian Baked Loaf they came on. That was very good. Other than that, not good! Too bad, because it would be a fairly cheap place to eat if you were paying oop.

Earl of Sandwich rating: Overall 2.5 out of 5
Food 2 out of 5
Service 3 out of 5

 

[mari360]

hmmmm... after reading about food i'm getting hungry...... Great Report.... Sorry that ur experience at EOS wasn't the greatest...

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Thanks Mari!

Only a few reviews to go!

 

[HonnyDipp]

You know that the characters are not at the Ohana dinner, right? They are only there at breakfast. Just didn't want you to be surprised!

No I did'nt know that, thanks for the heads up!

 

[vassar36]

just found your report!!! Excellent reviews thanks!!!!!!!!

 

[SuzieN]

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who is less than impressed with EOS! The place is a zoo which instantly takes points off in my book. We had people hovering over us for our table the entire time we were eating! None of us [there were 6 in our party] thought the sandwiches were anything special. In fact, my DS12 and I had the Cannonballs [meatball sandwich] and we both thought it was gross - waaaay too salty!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

just found your report!!! Excellent reviews thanks!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who is less than impressed with EOS! The place is a zoo which instantly takes points off in my book. We had people hovering over us for our table the entire time we were eating! None of us [there were 6 in our party] thought the sandwiches were anything special. In fact, my DS12 and I had the Cannonballs [meatball sandwich] and we both thought it was gross - waaaay too salty!

Yes, comparing it to a zoo is pretty accurate!! When I was waiting in the crowd of people for my number to be called the woman beside me said - "it was even worse than this in here last night!" I was thinking, then why are you here again??? She must have liked the food I guess. But we didn't! And DH eats just about anything!

Thanks for reading!

 

[rusafee1183]

hey shelly! keep up the good work! awesome reviews - very detailed without being boring!!!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Just a few little snack reviews!

The best Frozen Lemonade at WDW is at Min & Bill's Dockside Diner at DHS!! Got one there on our first trip and it was great. Got one at AK on the second trip and it was so sour I couldn't hardly drink it. So back to Min & Bill's this year!

I might have mentioned this one before, but if you find yourself at CSR and want a great snack go into Rix Cafe and get a gelato! They will let you sample the flavors first. The pineapple was the best!! I liked it better than the Dole Whips!

We always stop at Goofy's Candy Co. at least twice on every trip! For one snack credit on the DDP you can get 3 pretzel rods dipped in chocolate and then rolled in a candy topping of your choice! Plus we always visit here close to our last day because we always have a ton of snack credits left on the DDP! This time it was Friday night and we were leaving Saturday and we had 21 snack credits left. It's just hard to use them when you already get dessert with every meal. So we go into Goofy's and almost anything that is under $4 is considered a snack on the DDP. So we get bags of treats to bring home. The kids love to get the little bags of chocolate coins wrapped in foil with the characters on them, then they share them with their class when they get back. We also get the big lollipops, Chip & Dale's peanuts, gummy bears, Minnie's bakeshop cookies, etc.

 

[iluvpluto27]

Great reviews, Goofys is my favourite place to use up snack credits too.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

hey shelly! keep up the good work! awesome reviews - very detailed without being boring!!!

Thanks Heather!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Great reviews, Goofys is my favourite place to use up snack credits too.

Thanks for reading!

 

[mari360]

i did the same about goofy candy co.... i had about 16 snacks left so we racked up on candy. we still have some left....

 

[bytheblood]

Enjoying this thread.

 

[Verity Chambers]

Loving your reports!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Enjoying this thread.

Loving your reports!

Thank you both!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Saturday May 17 ~ Pepper Market ~

I know, we must be crazy for going back here, right??? Well it was lunchtime, we had CS credits left on the DDP, and our ME bus was picking us up at CSR at 1:15. So we decided to give it one last try! PM wasn't very busy today. The kids got the kids pizza meals again. DH got the "Cheeseburger with French Fries - $9.50" meal from the grill station and I got the "Taco Salad - $11.95" from the Mexican station. We actually got waited on in a timely manner today and the food was pretty good. The CM's weren't overly friendly or anything, but just getting waited on was a real treat for us after the last experience here!

Not too much left to say about PM. Although there are a lot of choices it was probably the worst food court we have ever experienced at WDW, mainly due to the service.

 

[iluvdizknee]

Great, we are going to try EOS for the first time in 9 days, the first night we get there. I was excited, but now I am thinking twice about going. Maybe, I will go, see how the lines are and table availability, and decide from there.
Thanks for the info