In case you're counting, by this point we had used 11 CS credits out of our 27 allotted. And we had three more days to use the 16. So what to do? Skip the fruit and doughnuts and head out to breakfast!
I knew the breakfast CS's were different - no dessert, etc. So I assumed it was just the breakfast items and then a drink. I asked DH to grab a diet coke for me, some chocolate milk for DS and whatever he wanted. I assumed he'd get the bottles, but he got two fountain sodas and a large chocolate milk.
When I went to pay for the meals, the wonderful CM told me that the kids meals come with small chocolate milks not large, but that the two adult meals came with two drinks so I could keep the large one, grab a small and another drink to boot.
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I guess that is so one drink can replace the dessert and you can get coffee and juice or something...?
She waited patiently while I ran over to get a small milk for DS and a bottle of juice for later.
Another plug for why Artist Palette rocks: they make most of your food to order (things like bacon, potatoes etc are already made). You get a beeper and receipt and pay for your meal while they cook it. Then when the beeper goes off, you go pick it up. We had breakfast at POFQ last year and while we did enjoy it, the food was already premade and scooped onto the platters. I thought it was very good at the time, but comparing it to AP makes it pale in comparison. And truly, the CM's here are just so nice and friendly. I met a lot of CM's at CS places who were obviously up to here with explaining what comes with the CS credits (and I know they have to answer this repeatedly) but these CM's were just so helpful. And I was very impressed - they were busy cooking and a manager was behind the counter helping to serve up the food.
So in the end:
DS ordered the kids Mickey waffles with grapes, bacon and chocolate milk.
He loved this and ate every single bite and then half of my breakfast.
Dh ordered the bacon, egg and cheese croissant, a Sprite and the large chocolate milk:
Dh really liked this - he said it was very fresh and good.
I ordered the Bounty Platter, diet coke and juice for DS for later:
This was the perfect breakfast: scrambled eggs, Mickey waffle, sausage, bacon, biscuit, and breakfast potatoes. DS loves scrambled eggs and sausage (and bacon) so he shared that with me. DH also had some potatoes and eggs and bacon. The platter was HUGE and I was full with what I ate, and my boys used it to supplement their breakfasts.
The eggs were good - too soft for me, but DH and DS enjoyed them and I think most people would (I like my eggs very dry). The waffle was fresh and really good, the potatoes were soft and tasty - not dry. The bacon and sausage were both perfectly done. Not too fatty or greasy. But the biggest surprise? The biscuit. I thought of that as just something else on the plate - nothing too special. I expected it to be hard and dry, but it was in fact warm, soft and very fresh and good.
Wow...ever heard such a review of a BISCUIT??
Anyway - we had had breakfast here last year when we stayed at SSR and enjoyed it, already had it on the schedule for lunch this trip and were very happy with our decision to have breakfast here.
And now we were up to 14 used CS credits!
