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Got back yesterday and had a FABULOUS time!!

Stayed at the GC on points and our room was 4343 over looking the entrance to California Adventure, (woke up every morning and listened to the rehearsals for HSM3 fun fun. Finally got to see it on Fri morn and thought it was much better than the HSM2 we saw in FL) Our room was not ready so we headed into the parks till about 5 then back to the GC to get settled in.

Parks were more crowded than I had expected but we enjoyed looking at all the detail WDW lacks. We did the halloween party th. got lots more candy than the one at WDW and my son enjoyed the fact that there were more dance parties and the parade was less scary.

We ate at Blue Bayou, we were late for ps but waited a short time to be seated kind of in the middle of the restaurant. I decided not to ask for a water seat since everyone on the boards indicated our wait would be over an hour. Loved our dinner(surf and turf) and the Flying Dutchhman desert was awesome.

We also ate at Napa Rose wonderful dinner the Sizzling Rock appetizer was just plain cool. We also ate at Storytellers 2x's for breakfast, Goofy's Kitchen, The Plaza, Whitewater Snacks, ESPN, Ariels Grotto, and Heartstone Lounge for appetizers as well.

We`also went to the La Brea tar pits, facinating and drove down Rodeo Drive...shocked that the stores only lasted a couple of blocks. We ate at Cheesecake Factory on Beverly and had a great chicken picatta.

I'd love to answer any questions, it was a great trip.
 
Hi, welcome back.

My standard question: which princesses were at Ariel's grotto??? We'll be eating there 11/7 and the more princesses we see the more we can avoid PFF!!!
 

Oh I forgot it was our 25th anniversary and my DD sent a vase of flowers and DS sent a basket both called Disney direct and both the flowers and basket were beautiful, not bad for college kids!!

Ariels...well my DS with special needs has a crush on her and that's who we were there to see, but Cinderella, Minnie, Aurora, and Belle were there as well.

Another side note the Cinderella from Goofy's remembered my son (who was willing to stand in the princess autograph line for an hour and a half at MK because one autograph and picture is never enough;) ) as she was walking by and we snapped a picture and DS was happy as a clam..boy did she save us parents!!

I have lots of pictures, just don't know how to post them:confused3 let me work on that.
 
did you have dinner at ariels grotto? I have all boys so we never go there but i heard thier dinner buffett serves seafood and i wonder what kind of selection they had etc. i wan to to try it. does sebastian/flounder/king tritos, prince umm is it eric make an appearance or only ariel??
 
Sounds like you had a great trip. I'm glad for you that Cinderella remembered your son. :)

La Brea Tarpits always amazes me - right in the center of a busy city!
 
did you have dinner at ariels grotto? I have all boys so we never go there but i heard thier dinner buffett serves seafood and i wonder what kind of selection they had etc. i wan to to try it. does sebastian/flounder/king tritos, prince umm is it eric make an appearance or only ariel??

Unless they changed it recently it is not a buffet. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been changed because there is no where to put a buffet. LOL You can find the menus on allears.net.
Only Princesses are at the Grotto, none of the other characters make appearances. And the Princesses rotate, we've seen Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine, Snow White, Pocahontas, Mulan and of course Ariel. Not all on the same visit of course. :)

OP, I'm glad you had fun, what a great room that must have been!! I love the GCH!! :) Pictures would be great, but I can never seem to post them either....LOL
 
Unless they changed it recently it is not a buffet. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been changed because there is no where to put a buffet. LOL You can find the menus on allears.net.
Only Princesses are at the Grotto, none of the other characters make appearances. And the Princesses rotate, we've seen Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine, Snow White, Pocahontas, Mulan and of course Ariel. Not all on the same visit of course. :)

OP, I'm glad you had fun, what a great room that must have been!! I love the GCH!! :) Pictures would be great, but I can never seem to post them either....LOL


Yes, exactly no buffet, and the food was not bad we'll call it interesting.
 












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