Family w/ kids Dining Review - Aug 2013 (BOG, CRT, SciFi, CM, HDDR, WWOHP, more!)

rapunzel3

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I love reading everyone else's and seeing food pics! We just came back from a week long Disney trip with 3 kids. I did not take pictures of the food, but will share my reviews below, and add photos of the restaurants when I get a chance!


Restaurants visited:

Breakfasts: Cinderella's Royal Table, Chef Mickey's

Lunch: Cosmic Ray's, Tortuga Tavern, Three Broomsticks, Sci Fi, Cantina de San Angel

Dinner: T-Rex, Tony's Town Square, Be Our Guest, Hoop Dee Doo Revue, Via Napoli


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Breakfasts:

Cinderella's Royal Table: This was our second time here for breakfast. We loved it again. The food was good, the kids were happy, the waitstaff was very nice. Princesses came around and were nice to the kids. Only thing, Belle was included a few years ago, but was not there last week at CRT. Instead, Jasmine took her place along with Ariel, Aurora, and Snow White. Cinderella is in the lobby for photos but does not come around to tables. Tip: We like to make the reservation at 8:00 to get in there an hour before the park opens. We get out just as the park opens for everyone else and get pretty much first dibs in line for rides in Fantasyland.


Chef Mickey's: This was our first time here and it was fabulous! The food from the buffet was good, kids were happy. Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy came around to our table. Our reservation was for 7:30 am, and it worked out great to hop on the monorail and get to MK for 9:00 opening.

(Will add photos later!)
 
Lunches:

Cosmic Ray's: This was a very crowded August day at lunch time and it was mobbed! Last time we ate lunch here, we grabbed a table down by the piano while my husband grabbed the food. This time, we were not allowed to do that. There was a CM only allowing people with food trays to enter that area, and there was a line to get down there. Luckily, we found a table inside on the upper level. Food was pretty good. The kids were happy with the chocolate ice cream and air conditioning on a hot day.

Tortuga Tavern: First time here, it was great. Located near Pirates of the Caribbean. Quick service Mexican. My beef taco salad was delicious! And the kids liked the quesadillas and smoothies. It wasn't too crowded either, and the bathrooms were clean.

Three Broomsticks at Universal's WWOHP: Wasn't too crowded when we went in at 11:15, but on the way out there was a long line. The food was pretty good. I had a salad with rotisserie chicken with butterbeer. There was a longer line outside to get butterbeer from the cart than to sit down and eat in the 3 broomsticks. One bad thing: there are no bathrooms inside. I had to take my child out of the restaurant and to a bathroom out in the park, and re-enter the restaurant. It would have been good if the restaurant had a bathroom we could use while eating there.

Sci - Fi: LOVED THIS! Cartoons and old 50s movie clips playing while we sit in a car in the air conditioning? Perfect! Food was great... burgers, milkshakes. Mom and Dad in the center row of the car while the 3 kids sat in front. Behind us (3rd row of car) there was a random young couple which was a little odd but that's okay! They gave the kids drivers licenses at the end and they loved that too. Oh and ice water while we waited inteh lobby. We really enjoyed this lunch.

Cantina de San Angel in Epcot: Delicious Mexican lunch! Margaritas were perfect. Food was great! A lot of outdoor seating but we grabbed an inside table to stay cool from the heat. It was pretty empty inside FYI. A great view on the water. Clean bathrooms too.

(Will add photos later!)
 
Dinner:

T-Rex - There was a LONG line outside, but thankfully we had a reservation and were seated in about 5-10 minutes. My daughter was scared of the giant t-rex in the front, but thankfully we were seated in the back without anything scary. I ate a delicious chicken entree and had a margarita. The waiter who was very nice gave me a clean margarita glass in a box to take home with me for free (identical to the one I was drinking out of). The kids liked their food and had fun walking around looking at the fish and dinosaurs.

Tony's Town Square - We really liked this restaurant three years ago. But this time, not so much. Food was just okay, the appetizers, salad and entrees were all delivered at the same time. There was water dripping from the ceiling on to the table next to us and they kept seating people there. Felt a little rushed. Just ok.

Be Our Guest - I was really excited for this. I wasn't too happy with it though. The wine: I believe it was watered down... seemed non-alcoholic to me. The steak had a lot of fatty parts. The french onion soup was delicious though. My main gripe was the staff there being rude, and that they acted like Beast was a huge celebrity that no one was allowed to go near, or take a photo of. When we were seated, we were told that after we ate, we could walk around and explore each room of the restaurant and then meet with Beast in the study. So, after we ate, I walked around and wanted to check out the "rose" room. My daughter had been terrified of Beast, every time he came through the ballroom she cried. So, of course with my bad timing, BEast comes out of the kitchen into the rose room as we enter it. I backed out and walked across the ballroom by the entrance of the other room to avoid him while he was announced. She was crying so we were trying to get away from him. I did snap a pic of him from 50 yards away as he was announced by the rose room. A worker there told me "you need to get out of the way, you'll have plenty of time to see Beast in the study!" as if I were a crazy Beast fan who was dying to see him. I told her that I was actually trying to get away from him for my daughter's sake and that I was only trying to see the rose room. THEN, about 10 mins later my son and I were in line to meet Beast. The line was on the right side of the room. The left side had 3-4 computer screens with little games or whatever. My husband had my two daughters playing on the computers since they were scared of Beast and did NOT want to meet him. The two CMs in the room yelled at them repeatedly to clear the left side of the room and FORCED them to get in line with us so that our party was together. Even though three of them were not going to be in the picture! When we left, I told the woman that she was rude, and that it was unnecessary to force my daughters to get in line even though they were terrified of Beast.

(Will add photos later!)
 

More Dinners:

Hoop De Doo Revue: I remember going here as a kid and wanted to try it out again, as an old fashioned fun thing to do. However, we wouldn't do it again. The show was corny and not great. The food was okay for my husband and I, but the kids didn't like the food. Luckily, they had mac n cheese and uncrustables for the kids for free. They ate, but my family was not too into the show at all. Also, we parked at Fort Wilderness and then had to take another 15 min bus ride on the grounds to get to Pioneer Hall. That was a pain.

Via Napoli - Italian brick oven pizza in Epcot. We got a plain margherita pizza with salad and it was delicious. My kids had pepperoni pizza and spaghetti and meatballs. They all ate and were happy. The house red wine was very good. Our waitress was from Italy and was very nice. I would definitely eat here again!

(Will add photos later!)
 
Thanks for the reviews. :)

I agree with you on the taco salad at TT. I had it at PB, it's the same and we enjoyed it.

Also, agree with 3 broomsticks. We loved the shepard's pie and butterbeer. The Pasties were just okay.

Also agree about HHDR. Ate there once about 9 yrs. ago. Once was enough.

Sorry to hear about the CMs at BOG. I'm glad you said something to the one CM.
 





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