Food Review - My 40th Bday at Disney World

[Noreen411]

My husband Paul and I celebrated my 40th birthday in Disney World. Disney World has been my favorite vacation for years so where better to spend my birthday.

We met up with some friends we met on a cruise for a day so when they were with us, and I explained that I wanted to take pictures of the food for a review, they reminded me so I have pictures not only of our food that day, but theirs as well.

I wrote a trip report detailing all our plans and our day to day activities that was posted separately.

This is my first attempt at a Dining Report with pictures.

We stayed in our timeshare so usually had breakfast there before hitting the parks so I didn’t post many breakfast pictures.

Also, since this is my first time trying to capture our meals in photos, there were many times that I forgot to take pictures until we were done.

I made ADRs six months in advance. However, as we got closer to the date of the trip, we had to make a slight change to the dates due to work obligations. Of course, that threw some of my ADR planning out the window, but all was not lost since we only had to rearrange our plans for a few of the days.

Our original plan had us flying down on Thursday 4/10/08 and staying until Saturday 4/19/08. After the change, we flew down on Monday 4/7/08 and flew home on Tuesday 4/15/08.

We have a Disney Dining Experience (DDE) card so will be able to save money on many of our meals.

Below are the ADRs that we had prior to the trip. Those for Monday 4/7 – Lunch on Wednesday 4/10 were made just two weeks before going after the date change. The others were made 6 months in advance. We knew we will probably end up canceling/changing some of them since it’s hard to plan exactly where you plan to eat six months in advance.

Monday 4/7/08 – Dinner at O’Hana at 9:10pm

Tuesday 4/8/08 – Lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern at 1:30pm
Tuesday 4/8/08 – Dinner at Boma at 8:20pm

Wednesday 4/9/08 – Lunch at San Angel Inn at 1:30
Wednesday 4/9/08 – Dinner at Kona at 7:40pm

Thursday 4/10/08 – Lunch at Captain Grille at 1pm
Thursday 4/10/08 – Dinner at Chef Mickey’s at 7:50pm

Friday 4/11/08 – My actual birthday. I wanted to eat in Cinderella’s castle for dinner on my birthday. The Magic Kingdom is closing early that day so the latest dinner is at 5:40pm. That’s really early for us to eat dinner, but I went ahead and booked it (180 days in advance in October 2007). I was told they don’t take DDE anymore for 2008 so I paid the full price as it needs to be paid in full - $99.84 but we can cancel up to 24 hours prior.

Friday 4/11/08 – Lunch at the Plaza restaurant at 11:15am. I know it’s early but since our dinner is so early, we needed an early lunch.
Friday 4/11/08 – Dinner at Cinderella’s Royal Table at 5:40pm. As mentioned above, this was paid in full when I made the reservation on 10/16/07 - $99.84.

Saturday 4/12/08 – I want to have lunch at Yak & Yeti but when I called in October they weren’t taking reservations yet. I was able to make this reservation in early December. Lunch at Yak & Yeti at 1:30pm
Saturday 4/12/08 – Dinner at O’Hana at 7:40pm

Sunday 4/13/08 – Lunch at the Garden Grill at 12:40pm
Sunday 4/13/08 – Dinner at Le Cellier at 7:40pm

Monday 4/14/08 – Breakfast at Kona Café at 9:50pm
Monday 4/14/08 – Dinner at Cape May Café at 7:25pm

Tuesday 4/15/08 – Lunch at Mama Melrose at 12:40pm
Tuesday 4/15/08 – Dinner at Sci Fi Dine Inn at 7:30pm

Wednesday 4/16/08 – Lunch at San Angel Inn at 12:45pm
Wednesday 4/16/08 – Dinner at Boma at 7:30pm

Thursday 4/17/08 – Lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern at 1pm
Thursday 4/17/08 – Dinner at Whispering Canyon Café at 8pm

Friday 4/18/08 – Lunch at Le Cellier at 1pm
Friday 4/18/08 – Dinner at Yachtman’s Steakhouse at 8pm

Saturday 4/19/08 – Lunch at the Yacht Club Galley at 1pm. This restaurant had it’s name changed to the Captain’s Grille.

OK, on with the actual reviews of the meals...

 

[Noreen411]

Monday 4/7/08
Dinner at O’Hana

Our first night and I forgot to take any pictures of our food…

We drove to the Polynesian and valet parked. We checked in at O’Hana and waited about 5 minutes to be seated. We were given our pineapple bread and our beverage order taken. They were out of Sprite so I had Coke. Paul had Coke too. This is the first time in a few years I have been here and willing to eat meat. I was a vegetarian for about 3 years and didn’t eat any chicken, meat or fish. I’m been here as a vegetarian and ordered a special meal (vegetables with noodles) in the past. I’m still a little squeamish with some things and can’t eat things on a bone.

We were brought salad first. It was very light and refreshing. I’m not a fan of vinaigrette but this was light enough that I enjoyed it.

Next the pork dumplings and wings came out. Paul cut some chicken off the bone for me. These were both good.

We were given the noodles dish and the string bean and broccoli bowl. Both of these were very good too. The noodles didn’t seem sweet just very gingery. These seemed more like side dishes to accompany the meat so we ate a little but waited for them to start bringing the skewers around. We waited and waited and waited. Tables around us that were seated after us were already getting served their meat from the skewers.

At 10pm we watched Wishes from our table. The music was piped in. It was very nice to watch without fighting the crowds.

Our waitress finally came by with the shrimp on a skewer and asked how we were enjoying the various meats. We told her this is the first skewer we have seen. She moved a little quicker then and brought out the steak skewer. A few minutes later she came by with turkey and pork. Paul had seconds on the shrimp. I liked dipping things in the peanut sauce.

The waitress wasn’t the most attentive. She was friendly and each time we would wave at her for more soda, she brought it, but she never would notice the empty glasses and bring it on her own.

The bread pudding dessert with vanilla ice cream and the banana caramel sauce on the side was delicious. Paul, who doesn’t like bread pudding, even had some.

Our total with DDE 20% discount and automatic addition of 18% gratuity was $55.71. Before they automatically added the 18% gratuity we normally tipped over 20% if the service was good. I didn’t think our waitress was very good so didn’t add any more gratuity to the 18% tip. It’s also kind of awkward since there is the line on the bill that shows the 18% gratuity already added, and then another line later for tip. So if you add a few more dollars, you feel like you should circle the original 18% that’s there as well as what you are adding additional so they know you are intentionally adding a few more dollars and not that you think the few dollars is the whole tip.

We enjoyed our dinner at O'Hana

 

[Noreen411]

Tuesday 4/8/08

Lunch at Yak and Yeti - I forgot to take food pictures again.

We were near Yak and Yeti around 12:30 so we walked in to see if they were taking walk ups. They were so we put our name on the list and waited maybe 15 minutes to be seated. The waiter asked if we were on the dining plan – no. I told him we have DDE and he said they don’t take that. He asked if we were DVC – no. I told him Paul has an annual pass – bingo, we get a discount for that.

We decided to split an entrée and some appetizers so we don’t get overstuffed. We noticed both egg rolls and fried string beans on both the appetizer section and the sides section with the appetizers being a few dollars more in both cases. We asked the waiter what the difference was. He said the appetizer version is bigger (ex. 3 egg rolls vs 2). We decided to split the honey chicken with rice entree and egg rolls (from the side menu) and fried string beans (from the side menu), I had sprite and Paul had coke. The food was good. We both enjoyed it. It was the perfect amount of food for the two of us. For dessert we shared the sorbet trio with mango, raspberry, and lemon sorbet. This was very light and refreshing. When our bill came 10% came off but the math wasn’t right – the waiter said it’s 10% off on the entrée only, not the whole bill. OK, that’s a little odd. Our total after tip was $46.

We were debating trying the mango pie from the dessert menu but saw that they had a version of it at the fast food place too so figured we would try that version another day.

Yak & Yeti was good, we will definitely return. It was nice to try somewhere we haven't been before.

 

[Noreen411]

Tuesday 4/8/08

Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express:
We had reservations for Boma for dinner, but weren’t in the mood for something that heavy. We decided to go to Downtown Disney instead. The parking lot at Downtown Disney was packed. Once we found a spot we walked over to Wolfgang Puck Express. This is the fist time we have been here since they renovated it. Paul got in line to order and I got a table. We received a 10% discount with Paul’s annual pass. I had the BBQ chicken quesadilla and Paul had the BBQ Beef Focaccia melt. We both had soda. The total was about $23. The food was very good. The server who brought our food also refilled our soda. We tipped him a few dollars when we left.


Snack – Goofy’s Candy Company
We stopped in Goofy’s Candy Co and ordered the 3 pretzel rods dipped in milk chocolate – 1 with mini white and dark chocolate chips, 1 with crushed butterfingers, and 1 with crushed Reese’s cups – all drizzled in caramel. It was crowded here and took at least 45 minutes before they were ready. It cost $3.73.

I have a picture...

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[Noreen411]

Hi

I tried posting a picture on my last post, the dipped pretzels from Goofy's Candy Company.

I see a link and can click on it to get the picture, but how do you make the picture show without clicking on the link like I see in the other reports?

I used Photobucket

Thanks
Noreen

 

[CJ]

Great reviews so far!!

Thanks!

 

[CJ]

Your picture came up fine for me. I just clicked on what you put in your post. No problem!

 

[Noreen411]

Wednesday 4/9/08
Lunch at San Angel Inn:
We checked in for our ADR at San Angel Inn a few minutes early and were given a pager. We waited maybe 15 minutes to be seated. While waiting we overheard them tell people walking up without ADRs that the wait was 1 ½ hours. Once we were seated, we noticed a lot of empty tables so I’m not sure why they couldn’t seat walk ups or even seat us quicker.

Our waitress brought over chips and we each ordered soda.

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We skipped the appetizers and ordered entrees. I ordered the Plato Mexicano and Paul ordered the salad in the taco shell with chicken. I preferred Paul’s salad over my food so we sort of switched.

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After the DDE discount and the automatic gratuity our bill was about $33.

San Angel Inn was OK. We ate it and nothing was wrong with it, but it isn't going to be a must do for us.

 

[Noreen411]

Wednesday 4/9/08
Dinner at Beaches and Cream:
We left Epcot around 8:40pm and drove to the Beach Club. We put our name in at Beaches and Cream and were seated a little after 9. We shared a double cheeseburger with onion rings. We both had soda. We shared so we would have room for dessert. We really enjoy the food at Beaches and Cream. It's basic food, but somehow it tastes great in that environment.

We shared the No Way Jose sundae. It was good but we couldn't even finish it together.

I forgot to take pictures of the burger and fries, but I remembered to take a picture of the No Way Jose Sundae and we all know dessert is the best part of the meal anyway...

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Dinner after DDE and gratuity was about $26.

Beaches and Cream remains one of our must do restaurants.

 

[Noreen411]

Thursday 4/10/08
Breakfast in the timeshare:
I cooked breakfast today – cereal and an English muffin for me. I tried making Paul eggs in a basket but I burned it. A woman I used to work with told me how to make this. You cut little squares or circles out of the center of a slice of either bread or toast (your preference) then put the bread/toast in a hot frying pan with melted butter in it. You crack an egg into the hole in the bread/toast and it cooks in there. You flip it to cook the other side. If you don’t burn it, it is usually pretty good.

Lunch at Flame Tree Barbecue:
We had a late lunch at the Flame Tree Barbecue. We ordered the ribs. We didn’t want the beans so asked if we can substitute something else – only coleslaw so Paul ate that. If we wanted to substitute fries, it would have cost an additional $2. Paul also ordered chicken wings. We ate at one of the covered areas by the water. It was nice and breezy there. The food was very good. This is the first time we have tried the Flame Tree Barbecue. I forgot that they take DDE so will try to remember for next time.

Snack at Yak & Yeti Counter Service:
We got the Mango Pie at the Yak and Yeti counter service place. It was OK but not something that I would go out of my way to get again.

Dinner at Chef Mickey’s:
We valet parked the car. We sat near people from Fair Lawn, NJ. When Paul and I first got married and moved from NY to NJ, we had an apartment in Fair Lawn. We lived there for about 2 years until we bought our house in Ramsey, NJ. Sing along with me “It’s a Small World After All…”. We chatted with them most of the meal and took pictures for each other. After our DDE discount and tip our total was about $62. Here we are, two adults at Chef Mickey's without children and no one looks at us like we are crazy. We had the best time here getting as excited as the kids around us when the characters came by for pictures. The food was good too. We enjoyed an assortment of items from the buffet. Chef Mickey's has been our traditional first night dinner when we get to Disney. It was planned that was but with the change in dates, Thursday was no longer our first night.

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[Noreen411]

Friday 4/11/08
Today is my 40th Birthday – Happy Birthday to Me!

Lunch at the Captain’s Grille:
Paul suggested an early lunch at the Captain’s Grille at the Yacht Club rather than our early lunch at the Plaza Restaurant at Magic Kingdom. We’ve never been to the Captain’s Grille (or the Yacht Club Galley before it changed over to the Captain’s Grill) and we cancelled our ADR for lunch there yesterday.

I was wearing my birthday button today.

We drove to the Yacht Club around noon. We were among the first lunch customers at the Captains Grille. What was odd is they gave us a beeper and said it would be about 5 minutes. We wandered through the lobby and gift shop and our beeper started buzzing. We were seated and had a very friendly waiter. I tried the lobster roll with fries; Paul had the soup (New England clam) and sandwich (shrimp salad on croissant). We both had soda to drink. Many cast members were wishing me a happy birthday throughout the morning.

Our waiter asked where we were planning to spend the day. We told him Magic Kingdom and then maybe MGM. He brought us maps for both of those parks.

After we ate, a woman working there rang a bell and was saying something like “Everyday is special, but today Noreen is celebrating her birthday, let’s sing Happy Birthday.” Next thing all the waiters came over singing, the other customers were singing, and they brought me this cute little dessert with a candle and a Happy Birthday sign. We took pictures of the dessert but forgot to take pictures of the food.

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The food here was just OK. The service was very good and the atmosphere is very laid back. I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to run back, but it was a nice break from the hectic pace of the parks.

 

[Noreen411]

Friday 4/11/08

I'm walking around wearing my birthday button so many people, both guests and cast members have been wishing me a Happy Birthday.

Snack at Sleep Hollow:
We were in Magic Kingdom and when we passed the ice cream place – I think it was called Sleepy Hollow, we ordered a swirl cup. The CM wished me a happy birthday and didn’t charge us. I asked her if she needed to see my driver’s license to show that it actually was my birthday and she said No, I’m wearing my birthday button and that was good enough for her. She said it’s up to each individual CM to give out free goodies.

We sat in the place where Sonny Eclipse normally plays to eat our ice cream and a high school orchestra was performing. As we were leaving another CM wished me a Happy Birthday and asked me if I had cake yet. I told him we had cake at lunch. He asked if we were just coming in or leaving. I said we’re headed to the rides now. He wanted to give me cake. Since we were leaving, he said how about a cookie since it will travel better. We said OK and he gave me 5 chocolate chip cookies all individually wrapped. That was so sweet.

Little things like that make Disney so special. Where else would a 40 year old adult get free ice cream and cookies just because it’s my birthday?

 

[quixoticvalue]

Great reviews! If you want to make an image show in the post, take the link that you have been posting and then add

right after the link.
Edit. Oops, tried that in a preview post for you but it didnt work. Its a special link that photoshop provides and is usually right under the thumbnail of each picture in the album.

 

[Noreen411]

Friday 4/11/08 - My 40th Birthday

After booking 180 days in advance, it was time for my 40th birthday dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table. Would I feel like a complete dork for having dinner there without children?

Dinner at Cinderella’s Royal Table:
It was just about time for our dinner at Cinderella’s Royal Table so we made our way over to check in. We got there about 5:20 for a 5:40 ADR. They asked us to come back in about 10 minutes to check in. I guess since these are real reservations you don’t need to check in too early. We went in Sir Mickey’s gift shop. The cast member wished me a Happy Birthday and then said I had a phone call and handed me a phone. It was Goofy singing Happy Birthday to me.

We went back to Cinderella’s Royal Table to check in about 5:35. We went into the main lobby and had our picture taken with Cinderella. I was given a magic wand and Paul was given a sword. When families came in, the children received the wand and/or sword not the parents. Since it was just us, it was nice that they gave them to us. We waited and waited and waited some more for our name to be called. The woman that gave us the wand and sword saw that we have been waiting a while and asked our name and went to check. She explained that they only have 4 two persons tables (2 tops) so that may be why we are still waiting.

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We were called and seated a few minutes later at a four person table. The table was decorated with Disney confetti.

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We both had soda. The waiter brought us pretzel bread with two different types of butter (a honey mustard and a sweet butter).

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For appetizers I had the BLT salad and the spring roll; Paul had the BLT salad and the crab/corn chowder. We both ordered Prime Rib for our entrée. I had the pear with angel food dessert and Paul had the raspberry sorbet. The waiter took the whole order from appetizers to dessert at once. The food was coming very quickly and we felt a bit rushed at first.

The salad was very good. We weren’t crazy about the spring roll. Paul liked his soup. Notice the cute design in the soup.

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The prime rib was good, but the gravy on the plate tasted like Franco American gravy from the can. Paul ordered his medium rare and I ordered mine medium. The were cooked perfectly.

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The desserts were very good too. Once our entrees were served there was a show with Suzy and Perla (the mice) and the fairy godmother. They sang Happy Celebration (to the tune of Happy Birthday) to everyone celebrating occasions. They asked who was celebrating a birthday, anniversaries, etc and people would raise their hands. All the birthday people received a little round cake dome with a candle to blow out.

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While eating the picture that we took with Cinderella was brought over to us. This is included in the price of the meal. It’s in a nice pink folder that says Cinderella’s Royal Table and has a big picture (maybe 8*10) of us with Cinderella and then some smaller ones (maybe 4*6) (same pose). There is also a big picture (again maybe 8*10) of the castle.

They announced that the family who won a stay in the castle suite was there. I asked the woman where she was when she won and she said she took a drink of water at a water fountain at Typhoon Lagoon.

The waiter asked us if we were on the dining plan. When we told him we had DDE, he asked for the card. He brought us a gift card for about $13.50 to account for the discount on the food portion of the meal.

The waiter also brought me a cute certificate saying that it was my birthday.

I knew I wanted to eat in the castle for my birthday. I was worried it would be kind of corny. We really enjoyed it. Everything was done very well. I would definitely do this again.

 

[Noreen411]

Saturday 4/12/08
Breakfast at Kona Café:
We left around 9:45am to go to the Polynesian for breakfast at Kona Café. We waited a while before being seated. I was planning to get the Pineapple / Macadamia pancakes. Paul convinced me to get the Big Kahuna breakfast instead since it included the pineapple / macadamia pancakes as well as French toast, eggs, home fries, bacon, sausage, and ham – just in case I didn’t like the pancakes. Paul had eggs Benedict. I had Sprite and Paul had coffee. Our waitress was slow. When she finally brought my Sprite refill she gave it to the guy at the next table who was waiting for water. She didn’t realize but he drank it and realized it wasn’t water. The pancakes were delicious; they were my favorite part of the whole dish and the only part I finished. I gave Paul the ham and the sausage. Next time I’m going just for the pineapple / macadamia pancakes. I used the $13.50 gift card we had from last night towards the bill so after our DDE discount and gratuity we only had to pay an additional maybe $15.

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We were full from the big breakfast at Kona Café that we didn’t stop to eat again and when we got back to the timeshare late that night we were hungry since we didn’t have dinner so Paul made us some grilled cheese.

 

[Noreen411]

4/13/08

Our friends Jess, Joe, and Dom joined us today in Disney. We met Jess and Joe on a cruise in February 2008. Dom is Joe's cousin.

Dinner in Le Cellier:
We checked in for our dinner ADR at Le Cellier. While checking in a cast member was asking if everyone had reservations since they were full and not taking any walkups.

We were seated quickly and we all ordered soda and started eating breadsticks.

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Jess ordered the cheese soup; no one else had appetizers. I forgot to take a picture of the cheese soup.

For entrees Joe and I both ordered the Filet Mignon; Jess and Dom both ordered the Prime Rib; and Paul ordered the NY Strip.

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Someone ordered the creamed spinach that we shared.

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For dessert Joe had cheesecake, Dom had the Chocolate Mousse, Jess had Maple Crème Brulee, and I had Smores. We all shared our various desserts.

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The food was very good. After the DDE discount and gratuity, mine and Paul’s share of the bill was $90.

 

[Noreen411]

Monday 4/14/08

Breakfast at Denny’s:
Paul wanted to go to Denny’s for breakfast. That’s another one of our vacation traditions. We don’t have a Denny’s by us at home, so he likes to go while we’re in Florida. By the time Paul was ready it was almost 11am. We waited about 10 minutes to be seated. Paul ordered the Make Your Own Grand Slam with pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, and home fries with coffee. I thought it was kind of late for breakfast food so ordered the chicken sandwich with bacon, swiss, tomato, and lettuce on grilled focaccia with fries and a sprite. The sandwich was very good. I ate ½ of it before Paul asked me where the bacon was. I asked the waitress so she brought a plate of bacon over. Our total with tax and tip was $25.


Lunch at Earl of Sandwich:
I ordered the Caprese (fresh mozzarella and tomato). When it was ready we sat down so we could eat it and it had balsamic on it. It never used to have balsamic before. I don’t like balsamic. Paul brought it back to the counter and asked for one without Balsamic. I ate ½ of the new one.

Snack at Goofy’s Candy Company:
We stopped at Goofy’s Candy Company and each ordered the 3 covered pretzel rods. I got mine all dipped in milk chocolate; one covered in crushed oreos, one covered in Butterfinger, and one covered in black and white mini chocolate chips; all drizzled with caramel and white chocolate. Paul had his all dipped in dark chocolate; one covered in Butterfinger; one covered in Reese’s; one covered in mini black and white chocolate chips; all drizzled in milk chocolate. Paul also bought a little bag of assorted candy. We kept all the candy in the car. Since it’s so chilly out we don’t have to worry about it melting. The weather was cold the last few days of our trip.

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Dinner to go from Wolfgang Puck Express:
We left Hollywood Studios and drove over to the Westside to look at the menu at Wolfgang Puck Cafe. Nothing appealed to us so we looked at the Wolfgang Puck Express menu that is right next to the regular Wolfgang Puck restaurant. This menu was different then the one we went to at the Marketplace and wasn’t as appealing to us. So we drove over to the Marketplace and ordered food at Wolfgang Puck Express to go. Paul had the ½ chicken with mashed potatoes. I had the BBQ chicken quesadilla. We brought it back to the timeshare and ate then did some packing. This was really good. Of course it would look better eating it there on plates rather than out of a to-go box, but it tasted great.

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[Noreen411]

Tuesday 4/15/08

Today is our last day.

Paul had a very odd breakfast basically eating much of the leftover food we had in the timeshare.


We had a quick lunch at Capt Cooks (the fast food place) at the Polynesican. We shared the Teriyaki Noodle Bowl. It was not very good. We would not order that again.

We didn't want to leave Disney with a bad last meal so we bought two chocolate croissants from Capt Cooks since we know these are really good. They aren't your typical chocolate croissant that looks like a croissant or a square danish. These look kind of long with mini chocolate chips and chocolate inside them. I wish I remember to take a picture since I'm not describing it well. They are delicious though and often they would run out of them if you weren't there early enough. We lucked out today and were able to get them.

So that's the end of my first food review. I hope you enjoyed it. I'm happy to answer any questions. Next time I will try to do a better job remembering to take pictures of our food.

Noreen

 

[Noreen411]

CJ - thank you for the encouragement. I'm glad it worked with the links

Quixoticvalue - I tried it and couldn't get it to work. Sorry, I kept going with the links

Thank you

 

[suzimar57]

excellent reviews and photos - thanks so much for sharing here!