Is the Magic gone... Why this could be our last WDW trip....

[happyindisney]

Wow! I'm sorry your dining esperience sucked! We have had problems occasionally with service and we dion't have the DDP. SOme times I just think it is the luck of the draw...and I think you had horrible luck this time!! I am hoping it only gets better from here!

 

[dizneydonna]

I have a feeling that this is exactly why gratuity it no longer included with the Dining Plan, beginning in 2008. I know that it sort of "stinks" in some ways.......but in other ways, I believe that it could bring back new "life" to some of the wait-staff (if you know what I mean).

By the way.......if you ever do decide to go back to Cape May Cafe, ask for Durland's section.........exceptional waiter.

 

[Blackrose]

I have been out of town on business, but will continue next week. It gets way better. Our rental car experience was like none other...

 

[hannymom]

anxiously awaiting for more.............................

 

[Blackrose]

Epcot, Weak Margaritas, and Coral Reef!​

It has been a few days, but I can post a bit more... This day was not to bad actually. We had adrs early at Coral Reef. 4:30, but that is ok. The first thing we do is check out Leave a Legacy picture, which was very cool, then head into the park. Today seemed a bit hotter than most days on the trip, there was blistering sun, with no clouds in site. We missed a ton of things in Epcot the last time we came here, so we took our time! We noticed spaceship earth was being renovated.... constant theme this time lol! Last time the soda taster place was being renovated, but open this time, so we tried out the different sodas. I liked the one with Ginger the best, cant remember the name of the country though. Then we head to Ellen. We had no idea this part of Epcot existed until this trip we enjoyed the nice air conditioning, and the ride was nice! We exited here and went to FT for a ride, but the standby was over an hour... so we passed. We are not ones for FP, not sure why... so we head into the world showcase to begin the drink around the world. I wanted to do this in a couple of parts, because of dinner and such. So we head to Mexico for Margaritas. I do not like blended Margaritas (headache freeze!), but that is all they have. I grab one and notice that they are premixed and very weak! Bah! Over priced and under alcoholled <--- is that even a word... So we head to the next country Norway, I stop in the bakery there and get the beer, which was not half bad, and this is where the fun started to begin. We saw a couple of women with Drink around the world t-shirts on, so I struck up conversations, and it turns out, that is what they are doing! So we discussed the various drinks and I told them we had to go eat dinner, but will look for them stumbling around... So off we went to Coral Reef. We went off that way early so we could check out the finding nemo aquarium. We love to go in aquariums. So we watch the fish for a bit, then its off to dinner. Now we thought, since it was early, that it would not be bad people wise, boy were we wrong! I requested a aquarium seat, and they said it would be a little wait. I figured that it was for my wifes benefit so we can wait! It was worth it! We got to sit in the second table right next to the tank. We had a sea turtle sit right next to us the whole time, and when I get the pictures downloaded, I will post a ton of them for you all! The only issues we had were that they messed up our dishes because of my onion allergy! They took everything off of the food that had any hint of onion, which is fine for me, but my wife got her food without the good stuff on it lol. My wife had the Mahi and I think I had the Catfish, but am unsure, I forgot.... The website menu on allears.net does not look up to date, but anyways, my wifes food had no soy or couscous, it was comical and the waitress was amazing! We gave here a 20 dollar tip, because she kept taking the food back and bringing out more. They brought out like 3 appetizers, then kept taking my wifes back and bringing me onions and such forth, till finally everything worked out. The cool thing was that we met a lady and her grandson from Massachussettes. They were the nicest people. We met another like this at le cellier later this week. I finished off with the Wave, which was very yummy! Yum, Yum, Yum! So now we are stuffed and need a wheelbarrow to take us out... we head into the park again. We head to Soarin' the wait was bearable with the game on the wall being interesting... We have been on the one in California, and the 2 seem similar, except for the cue. In Cal, there is only one line and cinema. Also, in WDW the cue and entrance were like in a tunnel-hallway situation that seemed weird. Just me...So we get out of there and check out that pavilion, then decide its time to head into the showcase! This time we start in Canada for a drink and check some stuff out. We see a band playing and decide to have a beer while listening. We stroll through the shops not really noticing anything spectacular. Time to head to the UK for some Dooleys. Now a quick story, back home in Oregon, we found Dooleys at a small N. Cal town called Crescent City. We cannot find this drink anywhere else, so we come to the world, and those 2 women we ran into mentioned this drink, and we were shocked! We thought it was an obscure drink, but it is popular at WDW! Anyways, we order a drink there and head on out. Yum, Yum! If you havent had it, Dooleys and Coke is awesome! Its fantabulous! Off to France! As we are heading to find a drink we run into the 2 women we saw earlier, except now they are sloshy! So they offer to buy us drinks in France, but I cant remember the name of that drink bah! It was pretty yummy though. Then, our plans get put on hold as we are dragged to Jellyrolls. I did not know you could walk there from here, so that was awesome. These nice women paid for us to get in and bought our drinks, so if they read this THANK YOU! And where were you Thursday night! Anyways, this was pretty fun, but the one woman left early, she was not feeling well. So we enjoyed these dueling pianos and they even play November Rain! We exchanged a few laughs with them, then headed back to the resort. It was a long day topped with some liquer and time for beddy bye! This was probably the best day we had, tomorrow is off site day.

Rental Car : $101.00 lobster feast joke!​