Here we go again, with live updates, Photopass pics added post #735

[zippy99]

Looks like you have had an amazing trip Wayne - I cannot wait till we go now - so exciting!!

You picture of the pastries reminded me of a couple of Christmas a couple of years ago DH made Profiterole Swans on a bed of Chocolate Orange sauce when he cooked dinner for the whole family...

 

[Dollyrar]

Great animal shots Wayne

Here kitty, kitty...

 

[Linda67]

Great updates Wayne

We haven't been to Busch Gardens for years

Your photos are brilliant

 

[jockey]

Enjoying your updates great pics too

 

[T16GEM]

Any more about Busch Gardens? It's my fave too.

I don't think we took full advantage of Jungala last trip, it was a freezing cold day and DS stoved his head in on a rock as soon as we arrived so it didn't make for a good day!


Fantastic pictures of the Tigers too!

 

[torsie24]

Wayne, your Busch Gardens photos are fantastic!

Glad to see you are all having a great time.

Something about Biergarten has never appealed to me, although close friends of ours (who are coming to the wedding) LOVE it and go every trip. You thoghts have confirmed our decision that we're right not to join them, there are too many EPCOT restaurants we want to try, and not nearly enough time (or stomach space!)

 

[disneyholic family]

Looks like you have had an amazing trip Wayne - I cannot wait till we go now - so exciting!!

You picture of the pastries reminded me of a couple of Christmas a couple of years ago DH made Profiterole Swans on a bed of Chocolate Orange sauce when he cooked dinner for the whole family...

wow - your husband can do this???????????????????

does he cook often or was this just a special occasion?

the husband of a good friend of mine is a professional chef - he does all the cooking at home...she never does anything in the kitchen at all....lucky her....

 

[disneyholic family]

Wayne, your Busch Gardens photos are fantastic!

Glad to see you are all having a great time.

Something about Biergarten has never appealed to me, although close friends of ours (who are coming to the wedding) LOVE it and go every trip. You thoghts have confirmed our decision that we're right not to join them, there are too many EPCOT restaurants we want to try, and not nearly enough time (or stomach space!)

i'm glad i talked my friend out of the biergarten (they're at WDW right now) - she had made reservations there because it was the only restaurant with an open ADR left at epcot ...
i helped her change her schedule so that they wouldn't have to eat at the biergarten....

although i bet she would have been able to get a walk up at some of the other restaurants had she been willing to take a risk......

 

[disney_princess_85]

Love the pics of the animals at Busch Gardens.

We have a Biergarten ADR booked for our last night but your review has put me off a bit. I wasn't 100% on it anyway, to be honest. I picked it because I wanted somewhere lively and fun to finish our trip but the food doesn't really appeal (especially with me being a vegetarian). I could always change it to something else... any ideas?

 

[disneyholic family]

Love the pics of the animals at Busch Gardens.

We have a Biergarten ADR booked for our last night but your review has put me off a bit. I wasn't 100% on it anyway, to be honest. I picked it because I wanted somewhere lively and fun to finish our trip but the food doesn't really appeal (especially with me being a vegetarian). I could always change it to something else... any ideas?

most of the restaurants at epcot get reasonably good reviews, except for germany, china and mexico....all 3 of those tend to get consistently bad reviews...

as a vegetarian i've eaten at teppon ido, the coral reef, chefs de paris, and tuto italia and enjoyed all of them....but there are other ones that also get good reviews (i haven't eaten at any of them)....

my favorite of the above 4 is teppon ido....then chefs de paris..

 

[torsie24]

Love the pics of the animals at Busch Gardens.

We have a Biergarten ADR booked for our last night but your review has put me off a bit. I wasn't 100% on it anyway, to be honest. I picked it because I wanted somewhere lively and fun to finish our trip but the food doesn't really appeal (especially with me being a vegetarian). I could always change it to something else... any ideas?

Have you got Boma? Great for veggies I think!

 

[torsie24]

Oooh yeah, and Teppan Edo looks great for vegetarians too. I don't eat much meat at all (we have quorn 90% of the time at home) so I often go for veggie meals, and Teppan looks great.

 

[disneyholic family]

Have you got Boma? Great for veggies I think!

yes, if it doesn't have to be at epcot, Boma is outstanding for vegetarians...
tons and tons and tons and tons and tons for vegetarians...
i was upset my stomach wasn't bigger as i would have eaten a ton more..(it's a buffet)..
it was sooooooooooooooooooo good.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

i wanna go there NOW

 

[disney_princess_85]

most of the restaurants at epcot get reasonably good reviews, except for germany, china and mexico....all 3 of those tend to get consistently bad reviews...

as a vegetarian i've eaten at teppon ido, the coral reef, chefs de paris, and tuto italia and enjoyed all of them....but there are other ones that also get good reviews (i haven't eaten at any of them)....

my favorite of the above 4 is teppon ido....then chefs de paris..

We have an ADR for Tokyo Dining so I'm not sure if Teppan Edo would be too similar. It does look fun though. Hmm, choices!

Have you got Boma? Great for veggies I think!

We ate at Boma last year and didn't like it, unfortunately.

We'd just like somewhere fun and memorable for the last night and I don't know if Biergarten will cut it. Ahh, last minute changes eh!

 

[igk]

Will probably try here again another trip but not eat a starter or a order a small starter, don't know why they include starter when other places don't, 2 courses is enough for me.

Does Mama Melrose include appetiser on regular DDP? Or were you having the Fantasmic Package? I didn't realise you could use 1TS for that, but some searching enlightened me

 

[igk]

Great updates Wayne.

We used to love Biergarten and made a point of eating there every trip. Having lived in Germany for 4 years it was a nice little trip down memory lane
Having said that we have decided to give it a miss next time in favour of trying some new stuff

I'll put a vote in for Biergarten - we love it and do go every trip!
The food isn't to everyone's taste - certainly not haute cuisine, but the kids like it and the atmosphere has always been good when we've been.

1st meal service hasn't been 1st class, had to ask for drinks, then he told me I had to had tip. Not a good idea to tell me that, I hate it. Tip immediately went down to $5(about 6-7%). Every other meal this trip its been 18-20%+

It really annoys me when that happens. Good for you for giving him a $5 tip. That's a shame - the server we had on a previous trip was great fun, and we a laugh bantering in my rusty schoolboy German.

 

[Sid74]

Just wanted to say that those tiger photos are amazing.

I love tigers, and we spent ages looking at the ones in Animal Kingdom last year, but didn't manage to get pictures anywhere near that good.

Glad you are all having such a good time, and at my DVC home as well.

 

[2Tiggies]

We'd just like somewhere fun and memorable for the last night and I don't know if Biergarten will cut it. Ahh, last minute changes eh!

How strange - I thought of you immediately when I looked at the Biergarten pictures (remembered your dilemma over your last night's meal). I thought exactly the same thing. You don't eat meat do you? Once you take the meat off the plates, there is really nothing left. I would lover to go for the atmosphere but there is nothing I could eat on the menu.

 

[disneyholic family]

We have an ADR for Tokyo Dining so I'm not sure if Teppan Edo would be too similar. It does look fun though. Hmm, choices!



We ate at Boma last year and didn't like it, unfortunately.

We'd just like somewhere fun and memorable for the last night and I don't know if Biergarten will cut it. Ahh, last minute changes eh!

i love Tokyo Dining!! but can you use the dining plan at tokyo dining?
i've never been on the dining plan so i don't know..

tokyo dining and teppan edo are very different though both japanese..

tokyo dining is sushi and tempura (though they have other things on the menu as well)...
and it looks like a regular restaurant with regular tables with japanese servers..

teppan edo is a teppanyaki style restaurant - if you watch Matt's video you'll have an idea of what teppan edo is like....the food is cooked right in front of you....the hot top is part of the table you're sitting at...

they're both japanese and have japanese food, just one is teppanyaki the other sushi and tempura..

 

[disney_princess_85]

i love Tokyo Dining!! but can you use the dining plan at tokyo dining?
i've never been on the dining plan so i don't know..

tokyo dining and teppan edo are very different though both japanese..

tokyo dining is sushi and tempura (though they have other things on the menu as well)...
and it looks like a regular restaurant with regular tables with japanese servers..

teppan edo is a teppanyaki style restaurant - if you watch Matt's video you'll have an idea of what teppan edo is like....the food is cooked right in front of you....the hot top is part of the table you're sitting at...

they're both japanese and have japanese food, just one is teppanyaki the other sushi and tempura..

Yeah, DDP is accepted at Tokyo Dining. I've read loads of reviews of both so I have an idea of what they're like. If I was to cancel Biergarten, I think I'd go for Teppan Edo because it looks like more of an "experience", which is what I'm after. Thanks for your help.