Just back today...dining reviews!

lstuehmer

Earning My Ears
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We were there from 9/13-9/20 and had a fabulous, magical trip! Here is where we ate and some reviews (there were 6 of us...4 adults/2 kids). We were on the dining plan and we all thought the portions everywhere were very big. We left full everywere we went! Let me know if you have any questions!

1900 Park Fare-seated within 5 minutes of checking in. Characters were great...stepsisters were so good, but I was surprised that Lady Tremaine wasn't "mean" at all. She was asking about our day, what were would be doing the next day, etc. Food, was just okay...nothing special. It was pretty chaotic in there...lots of dirty tables, chairs kind of everywhere and messy...I think they were short staffed and couldn't keep up with everyone.
Spoodles-seated within 5 minutes of checking in...everyone loved their food and service was great. Delicious bread and dipping oil!
Tuttu Italia-seated within 5 minutes of checking in...this was the best service all week. Everything was delicious and we were all very happy with our meals. The lasagna was great!
Les Chefs de France-again, we were seated within 5 minutes of checking in and the service was great. We all thought the food was very good, but not as good as Tuttu Italia. My husband thought the tuna was dry and I had the beef tenderloin with the potatoes gratin. I think there is either cinnamon or nutmeg in the potatoes...very strange and I couldn't eat them. The restaurant was loud and bustling, but it was nice and seemed to fit in with a loud Paris restaurant.
Crystal Palace-we had lunch here and waited for almost 20 minutes after checking in. Again, there were lots of dirty tables, chairs strewn everywhere. The food was good...better than 1900 Park Fare. Characters were great.
Kona Cafe-We had a dinner reservation for 6:40pm and about 2 months ago, I realized that Spectro was at 8pm that night so for two months, once a day, I called to get an earlier reservation. It was never available...completely booked. I even tried the morning of our reservation...nothing. So, we all showed up at 5:30pm and asked if there was any way we can be seated early. They told me no and that we would be seated close to our 6:40pm time. Literally, 1 minute later, the buzzer went off and we were seated! And, once I got seated and was looking around, I noticed many empty tables, just waiting for people! The food was great, but our server was awful. She took a very long time to bring our drinks, forgot to bring the waters we asked for, brought the bill before our plates were cleared and dessert was served.
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall-We had a reservation for the Princess Storybook Breakfast. We saw Belle first for pictures, then while eating, we saw Mary Poppins, Mulan, Aurora and Jasmine. All of the princesses were fabulous and so sweet to my dauhters. The food and service were great. The only negative things was the lack of organization when we arrived. We had a 10:10am reservation and arrived at 10:00am. We waited in line for 15 minutes to check in. After checking in, we were asked to wait in the courtyard for our name to be called. We waited 30 minutes to be called and then we had to get in the line to see Belle. This took another 15 minutes until we made it to her. Once we were finally inside the restaurant, it was literally half full, so I'm not sure what all the waiting was about. Overall, we did like it, but it took over 2 hours from start to finish, so we probably won't do it again.
Wolfgan Puck Express-delicious! Everyone loved it...service was great and the best value for using a counter service credit. We'll definitely go back!

For counter service restaurants, we ate at Sassagoula Floatworks, Riverside Mill, Pizzafari (beautiful interior), Leaning Palms, Pecos Bill (awesome fixins' bar!), Backlot Express. We all thought they were just okay...nothing special and could use some more options, especially for kid's meals! We did get a large soda instead of a medium soda that comes with the plan at Pecos Bill and Leaning Palms.

Let me know if you have any questions!
 
loved your reviews straight to the point, I really liked 1900 Park Fare and I must say that it is not organized next time we go it will have to be later or really early because prime time is a bit of a zoo, well I am glad that you enjoyed everything me and my 2yr old son loved PSB our ressie was at 10:10 and we arrived a little early but checked in and had to wait about 10 minutes and that was cool because Mary Poppins was in the Norway Court Yard dressed in her white and red,so we were able to get a pic,and an autograph the magic had already started, about that time we were called and meet Belle,then we saw Sleeping Beauty,Mullan,Snow White,and Jasmine,just wonderful and unlike 1900 Park Fare PSB had someone come to my table to make sure we saw everyone unlike 1900 Park Fare, I think 1900 Park Fare needs to work on there table rotation just when you think a character is near you they have moved on the other side of the room, did you find this to be true at 1900 Park Fare?
 
:) Thanks for your reviews,I am going to some of the places you went to so it wqas nice reading you had good experiences. Sounds like you had a nice time
 

loved your reviews straight to the point, I really liked 1900 Park Fare and I must say that it is not organized next time we go it will have to be later or really early because prime time is a bit of a zoo, well I am glad that you enjoyed everything me and my 2yr old son loved PSB our ressie was at 10:10 and we arrived a little early but checked in and had to wait about 10 minutes and that was cool because Mary Poppins was in the Norway Court Yard dressed in her white and red,so we were able to get a pic,and an autograph the magic had already started, about that time we were called and meet Belle,then we saw Sleeping Beauty,Mullan,Snow White,and Jasmine,just wonderful and unlike 1900 Park Fare PSB had someone come to my table to make sure we saw everyone unlike 1900 Park Fare, I think 1900 Park Fare needs to work on there table rotation just when you think a character is near you they have moved on the other side of the room, did you find this to be true at 1900 Park Fare?

I did find that to be true, but even more so at Crystal Palace. Three times, a character would be on our side of the room and a table or two away from us and then just turn around and walk away. Eventually, they would come back, but it was hard to know when to run up to the buffet in fear of missing the characters!
 
Thanks for the reviews!
We are still here (leaving in two days:sad1: ) and we have to agree. We've had some very good meals here but Tutto Italia topped them all! It really is wonderful isn't it? :)
 
They got to do better with the rotation,at some of these places,I know it can be done because it was done great at PSB Breakfast,I mean we were in and out within an hour but that 1900 Park Fare closer to 2 hours that is a long time but I did enjoy it and will go back in a heart beat,well Crystal Palace was great for breakfast in and out in about an hour which is great,I know some places will take longer, I do think it has something to do where you are seated and where the characters are when you are seated,but anyway at disney I just roll with the characters so when they stop by they stop by,but I have my eyes on them the whole time,run and get a little more bacon and puffed stuff,we got a couple of minutes till pooh comes to the table,never want to be at the buffet and then have to wait all over again !now that would be a BUMMER!!! Glad that you had a good time!
 












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