Food at Disneyland vs. Sea World in SD?

[hookedonears]

I know this isn't the right forum for this question, but we're coming to Disneyland and also plan to do Sea Wold as well. I've heard some pretty poor reviews about the food at Sea World and would love to hear others thoughts about same. Are there any good restaurants at Sea World?

 

[Mary09]

At Sea World last summer someone told us the 'all you can eat' option was a great value, so we tried it our second day there. It really was, and I'm a die-hard opponent of anything 'all you can eat', typically. There's a barbecue joint that had some good baby back ribs, though I think you weren't supposed to get those on the plan without paying some extra. It was kind of nice to have trying out the park's foods be an included part of the experience, not that it wasn't mostly park food.

In the beer garden area, we had several tasting trays (not on the plan) that had beers, cheeses, fruit and chocolate. We enjoyed those, too.

 

[blackjackdelta]

Was not impressed a couple of years ago when we last visited SD. Disney is better, by how much I do not know.

Jack

 

[LavenderPeach]

Overall we weren't impressed with the food when we went a couple of years ago but we thought the food that came with our shamu picnic was pretty good.

 

[jsebsirois]

We visited Sea World San Diego last april. Compared to Disneyland, the food was horrible. The only meal that was a good value was the one offered at Calypso Bay Smokehouse.

 

[Monkey Monkey]

The food really isn't great at SeaWorld. All the restaurants are counter service and there isn't a lot of variety. I've had some decent meals there, but I don't consider dining to be part of the SeaWorld experience like it is at DLR.

The food at Mamma Stella's Pizza Kitchen is pretty good, but then again it's hard to screw up pizza and pasta.

 

[bumbershoot]

Food's pretty bad at SW. And we're vegetarian, so our foods are simple, but still, BLEAH. And so so so expensive!!!!!

My sis in law is weird, though...when they had passports there, she and my brother were known to head over for lunch (she works downtown), and she'd get their hot dog kids meal that comes in a plastic box (used to look like a shell thing, has also looked like an orca). She gave a few boxes to us, then just told them to keep the box. She swears that the hot dog is great, but she's also easily capable and willing to pay what 7 or 9 bucks for a normal (not gourmet) hot dog and chips just because that's what she wants...strange...

 

[Mary09]

I should add I've never had a DL or DW sit-down meal I've thought was remotely worth the cost so I'm comparing SW counter fare to DL counter fare. Both of which I believe are expensive junk food, for the most part. I'm a foodie and a value junkie so take it FWIW.

I didn't even think Disney's cruise line specialty restaurant was anything worth revisiting. And the general cruise food seemed to be typical cruise fare. Most people find that premium ship restaurant fabulous.