So sorry to take so long to get to replies, and sincere apologies to everyone for getting so behind on your wonderful trip reports. I'm going to do my best to catch up with everyone in the next few days!
Don't you hate when a restaurant is fairly empty and you get a crappy seat. *sigh*
At least you got great pictures from the window. Nice perspective of the park.
You food looks yummy. Glad the food was an A. I'm not sure I would care for that peanut butter dessert shooter either.
The boys were really hoping for a tank-view table. Honestly, I was too. I suppose I should have asked if we could be seated downstairs, but I had no idea what would be awaiting us in the upstairs dining room, and I hated to be a PITA.
The window views were really good. No table would have all of the views, but at least I could get up and check them all out.
Phew, all caught up. Great start to US. We like the Universal parks, but don't feel as immersed while in them while we're there. But don't get me wrong, I love the rides. I loooove The Simpsons ride (but I still kinda miss Back to the Future), despicable Me is a lame "ride" but I'm a sucker for that movie. And I'll save everything I love about WWoHP for when that chapter comes around the bend.
Onto the food, I've never eaten at a TS restaurant in the parks. I was struck by how reasonable the prices were for your lunches! Even though the atmosphere sucked, the food looked good!
Can't wait to hear more!
P.S. I kinda liked NM's shadow trip report, can we hear more?
Can't wait for your Universal update!!!
I guess this is the place where I should post the picture of the last remaining relics from Back to the future- the Delorean and the train:
You're right- the prices weren't too bad. You can easily rack up a bill of $60 for a counter service at Disney for a family of 4!
We ate at Lombards on ourvtrip. We actually got the tank table but the food was just ok. Inthink we will try Finnegans next time as well.
Ehhh. Too bad about the less than exciting seating. I hate getting a boring seat when there are so many others to choose from! Nice views from the windows though!
Glad the meals were all pretty good, those desserts look pretty tasty!
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I'm not really sorry we ate there, but it sounds like I should have considered some other options or at least asked for a different table.
From what I remember, Lombards was good. We didn't get the tank table but sat a couple of tables away.
When I read the lobster had Dijon I thought...what??! As well, but remembered you weren't in New England.
I had a fantastic lobster roll at a place called Flo's clam shack last week. It's in R.I. And we go there often mostly for the fried clams and clam cakes- soooo good!!! Yum.
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Love a good lobster roll!
I had hoped to try the ones at Hurricane Hanna's or Board Walk while we were at the Beach Club, but that never happened.
Mark and I used to work at Weathervane Seafoods, a small chain in Maine and NH. No, not where we met (that was junior high)
That sucks that you got a crappy view but the food looked delicious!! I haven't eaten at Lombard's before. I have tried Finnegan's but it has been a looong time. Looks like a great place to try next time
It is so strange after so many years of the Disney dining experience of planning meals so far in advanced, that it just doesn't seem right to not have a reservation for the restaurants at Universal/IoA!
That depends on if Dee slacks off or not... I'll be out of commission next week while I have my gall bladder out but I may be able to come up with a narcotic induced fog of a doozy, parallel universe sort of a trip report.
I also wonder if Buzzy the Fly is going to make an appearance in Dee's Travels. He has managed to infest himself in many a guest experience at the BC this summer. We will have to see if he joins the family for an ADR or two, not to mention a Sunken Treasure or three! (He is SUCH a Lush!)
~NM
Best wishes this week, Ninja! Please let us know how you are doing when you can!!!
Love the views from the windows in Lombards Dee though the ones from your table not so much 
Hate it when you are given a rubbish table-we just ask to be moved now as its happened so many times I think the staff are just on auto-pilot and don't realise
The food looks great for seafood but as you know I'm not really a fish eater (unless you count cod and chips-think Rose and Crown ) but that milkshake looks amazing ! I'd go just for the milkshake
The milkshake looks almost bigger than Ben!!!
Hmmm, yeah, I guess the table at Lombard's wasn't quite as good, made even worse since there was virtually nobody there.
Haha, I look at that photo of "Disaster" and all I see is "That's where the Walking Dead were... walking"
That's funny! We didn't see any zombies, but WE were close to it by the end of that day!
Yeah, not really sure what we were thinking. We are about 15 minutes from the beach, and are surrounded by countless excellent seafood places. And that's what we order in Florida???
The expanded Simpsons area looks awesome! We watched the Simpsons religiously when I was in college (late 1980's to early 1990's) so I have a nostalgic love for all things Simpsons.
Sorry your dining experience was disappointing. It's so hard to know if it was just an unfortunate seating or the restaurant is less good than before...
Amanda
The expansion is great, and they are building even more in that area!
Ironically, my favorite thing was the walls, which will come down once the construction is done!
what a bummer about the meal, and odd that they gave you such a meh view when clearly others were available.
The lobster mac and sweet potato fries looks good! Dessert sounds strange at best.
Wish I had the opportunity to sample the lobster mac & cheese, but taking food off the plate of the teen could have placed me in grave danger! He doesn't like sweet potato fries, though, so I got to sample those!
so we decided to dump our carry-ons and check it out. The room was a pretty distant walk from the lounge, down a second corridor, but it was a great location and very quiet. 
