Captain Cook's, Tutto Italia and Old Port Royale
We decided to start on second day by visiting the Polynesian and Grand Floridian to see their Christmas decorations. We hopped the bus to MK then took the monorail to the Polynesian. The inside of the resort was beautiful, as always. There was a display of small gingerbread houses inside the doorway from the monorail. We spent some time admiring them and the Christmas tree before heading downstairs to Captain Cook's. Our original plan was to split the Tonga toast there but but the time we arrived at 10:35 they were no longer serving breakfast.
After looking at the screen of the self serve kiosk we decided to split a mediterrean flatbread, a bottled water and a blueberry muffin. The flatbread came out nice and hot with feta cheese and spinach on it. ( Sorry no pictures today, I still hadnt got used to taking pictures of our food yet
) Other than being a little too crunchy around the edges it had a nice fresh taste to it. We asked to have the muffin packed to go as we planned to have it for breakfast the next day.
Total cost 1 CS
I would still love to try here again for the Tonga Toast
We walked through the grounds, followed by a group of baby ducklings. They were so cute.
After checking out the volcano pool and putting staying at the Poly on our list of things we want to do we hopped back on the monorail to the Grand Floridian. This has to be one of the most beautiful resorts at Christmas time.
As soon as you entered all you smelled was gingerbread. Both the tree and the gingerbread house are amazing. We stopped to take pictures and bought a gingerbread shingle while we were there. If you ever go to WDW during Christmas be sure to stop here. it is just so beautiful. We hopped back onto the monorail to the transportation and ticket center then onto the Epcot monorail. Off to our Tutto Italia reservation.
Entering Epcot we rode Spaceship Earth then went to get a FP for Soarin'. We walked through a couple of countries until our reservation time at Tutto Italia. I have read many recommendations of this restaurant here and after reading them and hearing very good reviews from both MickeyNicki and Marsh0013 I couldnt wait to try it.
Our reservation was for 2:20 pm. The waiting area was about 3/4 full when we walked in. I heard a hostess telling a man they were not accepting walkups that day. When I reached the podium there was a separate hostess for diners going to the Candlelight processional. She asked me to bring her a copy of my bill when we were done and then she would give us our tickets for the show. We waited about 10 minutes until they called our name.
A hostess led us into the restaurant and seated us at a small table by the windows. The dining room was about half full when we first entered but soon was filling up rapidly. Our server, whos name I cant remember, came right over and asked if were on the dining plan. He asked to see our cards then explained that we could order one entree, one dessert and one soft drink or coffee. The bottled waters were not on the dining plan but could be purchased separately as could any alcoholic drinks. He brought a plate of breads to the table as we looked over the menu. There were 3 different kinds of bread, Italian, sourdough and some type of crispy flatbread with butter. All very extremely fresh and tasty. We nibbled on them but didnt eat too much so we had room for our entree. I was very disappointed to see that the pasta with crabmeat was no longer on the menu. I asked if it could be substituted but he said regrettably no.
Mica ordered the Sacchetti - pasta pillows filled with ricotta and mozzarella cheese and pomdoro sauce. These were nice fluffy pasta pillows filled with cheese in a very tasty tomato sauce. She let me have a bite, for this reviews sake of course
and it had a nice creamy taste. I think there were about 9 pieces of pasta in the dish. She finished about 6 of them.
After much debate I ordered the Tagliatelle alla Primavera - tagliatelle egg pasta with zucchini, broccoli, peas, mushrooms, and tomatoes in a light cream sauce. Although it wasnt the crabmeat I had been dreaming of this was a very yummy tasting entree. The noodles were cooked perfectly and the cream sauce accented the vegetables rather than overpowering them and the pasta. A very nice looking Italian waiter cane over to offer us fresh parmesean cheese to top our dishes, which made everything alittle better.
The portion size was more than adequate. My only regret was that since we were going to the Candlelight Processional afterwards we couldnt take the leftovers with us. I would have loved to have had the rest the next day for lunch. But we had to save room for...dessert.
Mica had her favorite dessert: Tiramisu. Mocha Tiramisu - mascarpone cheese, espresso coffee, savoiardi biscuits and chocolate. The portion was hugh! It was light and fluffy and she said it was absolutely delicious. She managed to eat about half of it. I was way too full for dessert so I ordered the cannoli to go. Cannoli - crisp pastry filled with sweet ricotta, chocolate and candied orange. We ended up saving this for the next morning. It made a very yummy breakfast treat. When we left we stopped at the hostess station to pick up our tickets for the 5:00 CP show. The waiting area was packed full of people waiting to get in.
Would we eat there again? Yes, especially if they'd put the crabmeat entree on the menu.
Total cost 2 TS
We had originally planned to go to Spoodles later that evening to try their Sangria but Mica started feeling a little yucky again so we just headed back to our resort. Around 9:00 I walked over to the food court at Old Port Royale and brought a CS meal back to our room . We split the Rotisserie chicken with mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables and a slice of cornbread. I passed on the dessert. The meal was ok, basically what you would get at a Boston Market or someplace like that. We ate about half of it while we watched The Dark knight on our portable dvd player.
Total cost 1 CS
Coming up next: Coral Reef , Backlot Express and a special invitation only dessert party at TSM
As for the food, I keep hearing about that salmon at Crystal Palace. I don't know if I'd want to pay character premium pricing to have it, though.
When our waiter came back to ask how our dinner was we mentioned it to him. He apologized and offered to go get her some but she told him it was ok she had enough to eat. 
Hugs to you and your daughter. I love the idea of taking pictures to the hospital! I'm sure she will love looking at them.
