Just Slap a Band-Aid on it and Everything Will be Fine! 2025 Food and Wine Trip Report! (Updated 10/4!)

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Hope you’re starting to feel better!

Thank you!!! I'm feeling a bit better today, seems the fever finally broke!

 

[DLo]

Following along. What a nightmare of a travel day . Hope it all gets better from there . And hope you feel better soon .

 

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Following along. What a nightmare of a travel day . Hope it all gets better from there . And hope you feel better soon .

, thanks for following along! Yeah, that travel day was rough! I'm just glad I made it down to Disney that day. And thank you!!!

 

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Really quick RL update! I'm happy to say I'm finally feeling better! I'm still in a bit rough shape, this turned into bronchitis which turns out is way worse than just a head cold so it's been a very slow recovery, but my energy is almost back to normal. I'm still coughing up a storm, but it is getting slightly better every day.

One unfortunate side effect is apparently you can strain your neck from coughing too much/too hard, learned that the hard way. I laugh, but it's actually really painful and I can hardly move my head now, but if anything it's training me to do my best not to violently cough like I had been. I'm just a walking disaster at this point. Oh well, I'm just thrilled my energy is back and besides the obnoxious coughing and the new neck pain, I'm feeling a LOT better. I felt so good I wrote the next two installments of this TR today! Now I just need to go through the pictures, but I should get those posted in the next day or so!

I also realized that I need to book our ADRs for out next trip this week! EEK! How did that come up so fast!?!? At least for December I don't think we're trying for any hard to get reservations, so in theory it should be a smooth booking process (hopefully).

Alright, that's it for updates for today, hope everyone has an amazing Friday and a great weekend!

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

Glad you are feeling better! I was sick in the begining of September and it wasn't anything major but it felt like It took forever for me to feel myself again!

 

[Wood Nymph]

Bronchitis is serious! My daughter had bronchitis, and she was down for a couple weeks. I hope you feel fast.

 

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Glad you are feeling better! I was sick in the begining of September and it wasn't anything major but it felt like It took forever for me to feel myself again!

Thanks! Yeah, there's been a lot of the crud going around, I feel like the last two months at work there has been at least one person out sick each week. Just that time of year I guess! Glad you're feeling better as well!

 

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Bronchitis is serious! My daughter had bronchitis, and she was down for a couple weeks. I hope you feel fast.

Thanks! Yeah, this isn't fun. I've only had it once before, and that was when I was like 10, so I'm not used to having all this chest congestion. The doctor said I could have this cough for 3-4 weeks, which I'm not thrilled about, but at least I have my energy back and am feeling better!

 

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Day 1, Part 2: Bourbon Steak!​

We last left off heading to the Beach Club from the airport.

I arrived at the Beach Club right at 6, and my mom was outside waiting for me. We quickly hugged, praised (and tipped) Brandon for being so awesome to us, then headed inside.

We had originally had dinner reservations at Bourbon Steak at 6:45, but with all the delays I switched it to 7:15 earlier in the afternoon to give myself a better chance of making it there on time.

Fortunately, I made it with enough time to even shower before dinner! So we headed upstairs to get ready.

I quickly checked out our room, we were in room 4704, which looked out towards the bus stop and had a juliet balcony. Funny enough I was so flustered when I arrived, I totally missed that we didn’t have a full balcony even though I went out on it. Plus, it kinda blended in with the roof below. My mom mentioned the small balcony at dinner and I was SO confused, but yeah, she was right, it was a small one!

Anyways, I took a quick shower and got ready for dinner. We headed out at 6:55 and arrived at Bourbon Steak at 7:10.

We quickly got checked in and were led to one of the smaller back rooms. I will note, I wish we were in the main dining room instead, the room we were in was SOOOO loud. It didn’t help that there were two 12+ person parties in there who were very loud, but even after they left it was still super loud where we had to yell across the table to hear each other. I think with all the hard surfaces in there and the size of the room, the acoustics were just amplified. The main dining room didn’t seem nearly as loud, so next time we’ll definitely ask to be seated there instead.

Anyways, to start we both ordered drinks. Mom got the Bayside, and I got the Fruit Ninja. Both were really really good!



Shortly after the drinks arrived, our starter fries arrived! I kind of love that instead of having bread service here, they have fries! We really enjoyed each of these.



We also ordered appetizers, mom got the hearts of palm salad and I got the bacon wrapped scallops.





The scallops were amazing, actually my favorite thing I ate this evening, I would order these again in a heartbeat! The salad was good and super fresh, but pretty basic.

For our entrees mom ordered the lobster pot pie, and I got the prime rib. We also switched over to wine for our entrees. Mom ordered a pinot grigio and I got a tempranillo.





Soon our entrees arrived! The lobster pot pie came out with quite the presentation! They cut off the top crust from the pot, put that on a plate, then pour the filling on top of it.









The food was good, but definitely not my favorite on property. The lobster pot pie could have used a bit more seasoning, and while the prime rib was good, the popover it came with was super dry.

Overall, we enjoyed our meal, and we would eat here again, but it’s not one of the restaurants we’re rushing back to next trip. We’ll add it to the rotation, but unlike places like Flying Fish or Tiffins it’s not an every trip kind of place.

Next up: First Park of the Trip!​