JUST UPDATED 10/22!! 9 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF GRAZING AND DOWNRIGHT GORGING tons of pics!

[luciloo]

Subbing, Great Report and pictures

 

[MinnieM21]

Wow, great reviews and pictures! Thank you sooo much for taking time to write your reviews and post all of the wonderful pictures!

 

[Local_Girl]

Really enjoying your reviews! Anxiously awaiting more...

 

[Buzzandthemermaid]

Great reviews and pics. Thanks.

 

[Blondie]

Excellent reviews and photos, thanks!

 

[shovan]

Great Reviews & Pics! Can't wait for more!

 

[MainStMandy]

Great reviews!! We discovered Goofys while we were there last time, and OH BOY!!! O'hana is also a must do for us. Next time ask for Grant...he's our favorite server!!

 

[nurseypoo5]

BTW i noticed someone said they gained no weight on thier trip. ummmmm

I gained 12 lbs! TWELVE. (atleast 10 at disney, a few at the beach)

I went wearing a 12 and left having had to buy a few 14's.

Back to the drawing board! LOL

 

[BluOrchid2]

Hey NurseyPoo! Great dining reports! And I am SO glad you had a so much better experience at LeCellier than we did. Thanks for posting, and the pics are terrific~!!!

 

[PrincessTrisha]

Really great pictures!

 

[dana1003]

Sept 30 thru October 8!
Coming up..Coral Reef, Wolfe gang pucks express, Le Cellier, 50's PT, Columbia Harbor House, Spoodles, POR food court, Tusker House,
California Grill, Ohana, Kona, Mexican CS at Epcot, Earl of Sandwich and much more! Stay tuned!

oK, i'll admit that this is a blatant excerpt from my trip report on the trip report forum, but i know when i was getting ready for my trip i rarely read those and always read these, so here are mine i hope you like

all ratings are 1 - 5 stars


Dinner!!! (the important stuff huh?)

Now this was the ONLY restaurant that made us wait more than 10 minutes the entire trip, we had to wait 45 minutes for our 6:10 adr's, which as you can see, we were not alone. Product of free dining? I know this is also the place we recieved the worst service from a waiter, not BAD per say, just very slow. NO WHERE DURING ANY MEAL DID WE EVER FEEL RUSHED ONE BIT, INFACT SOMETIMES WE WISH WE HAD BEEN RUSHED. (there i said it in caps, and it was true, never were we asked what appetizer we wanted and what our dessert would be at the same time).

Coral Reef, this was my sons choice as he loves everything ocean including eating the little boogers! I’ve been very nervous about this meal for all the mixed reviews, but I shouldn’t have been worried at all as it was fabulous.

For appetizers DD and I had Lobster Bisque and OMG IT WAS TO DIE FOR. Small bits of sweet lobster and a cheesy soup, it was so very good. This was one of the top 5 best things I ate all week. DH had shrimp cocktail and said this was just ok. It was served with asian noodles that just didn’t have the right flavor.

lobster bisque

shrimp cocktail

we liked this bread better than the bread at le cellier!

My DH and I had the Strip Steak which was extremely flavorful and cooked perfectly, very tender. A demi sauce that wasn’t over powering. I small amount of scalloped potatoes that were forgetful, but we ate them anyway All in all very good.

best steak of the week next to le cellier. In TX we call this a strip steak, not a sirloin as stated on the menu.

DD had shrimp pasta and didn’t like this. It was very bland, with little flavor and the shrimp was a bit on the fishy side.

this was not too good, just barely "ok"

DS was allowed to order off the kids menu (yes they knew he was 10, and they didn’t seem to care if we paid OOP for a kids meal even though he is on the adult dining plan, it was a non issue thing) He had kids Mahi Mahi which was very very plain and french fries that were ok.

this was ok, son wont eat veggies, and it came with brocolli, hey he was on vacation, he ate all of what was on his plate that wasnt green tho

Dessert

chocolate wave, this was ok, but not my fave, to sweet for me, but good. notice the cookie was missing, but oh well

this was the pinapple cake, my DH liked it very much

my sons build a sundae

now we were celebrating two birthdays this week, mine and my DS's, and they had these adorable little menu's printed up for us waiting for us on our table. We were also seated infront of the tank, i suppose for the view of the diver. Loved it,even if mickey didnt dive




The big deal tho..isnt the food, not even the wonderful ambience (which was wonderful) but I had called ahead (learned this from other DIS’ers here) to get a diver to hold up a laminated sign saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER. He swam right to the window and held up the sign. OMG the look on my son’s face was priceless. He later came out of the tank to meet Tyler. He was very gracious.

this made my sons entire trip!!!


Coral reef. Food *** , Service *** , Ambience ****

We got out of dinner just intime to enjoy a wonderful view of the fireworks!

coming next....50'S PRIMETIME AND WGP EXPRESS

love the pics...we too are having a diver for someone in our party and its great to see what the menus will look like.

 

[BeckWhy]

The "experience" you had with your Fiesta Margi is exactly what I went through. I'm not sure how fast you drank yours, but I like chugged mine (that's how I drink for some reason). Anyways, I got my margi and headed to the camera center at the front of the park for our free picture we had received and I drank the whole margi by the time we reached Innoventions. Anyways, but the time we reached the back part of Spaceship Earth I was feeling it. I wouldn't say I was drunk, but def really buzzed. My boyfriend left me to go to the bathroom and I had to go to the camera center to get our picture while being a bit tipsy. Def something I wouldn't do at home.

I really didn't taste the alcohol in the margi, like I do when I've been at other restaurants (but I also helped my boyfriend drink many of his beers he got around World Showcase that same day).

 

[Kristina]

I'm really enjoying your posts and all the lovely pictures! Can't wait for more !

 

[PlutosFriend]

Very cool experience for your son! We ate at Coral Reef this past May. I had no idea they do the birthday menu, and the diver with the sign. That is awesome!!!

 

[janets]

Your photos and reviews are awesome. Thanks so much for writing and posting this.

In particular, your review of CR on your son's birthday was terrific. We were there last Feb for ds's 8th birthday and will be there again this Feb for his 9th. He chose it for his birthday night dinner. Now that I know that I can ask for something like this, I am going to call and ask about the diver and birthday sign, as well as the menu.

What a wonderful treat that will be and such a surprise (I'm not going to tell him in the event something goes wrong).

I'm loving your report. Can't wait for more.

Oh, and as for that margarita incident, don't worry, you're among friends here. We won't tell anyone!

 

[hygienejean]

Thank you for posting such an entertaining (and yummy) trip report!

We were there last week and I had a margerita too....They are strong and pretty delicious!

 

[liamsaunt]

Loving your reviews! I laughed when I read about your experience with the margarita. They are LETHAL! DH and I have wine with dinner every night, so you would think that a simple margarita would be no problem. Well, DH drank ONE and about half an hour later I had to haul him back to the room!! I don't know what's in those things, but we will definitely be avoiding them this trip.

Looking foward to reading the rest of the reviews. BTW, your kids are adorable.

 

[ash1569]

Just had to add to the thread and tell you thanks for the great reviews! The first night we are there we are going to DTD you better bet we will be at Goofys candy company..our dinner ressies for that night are at House of blues..anyone tried this place?

 

[nurseypoo5]

Your photos and reviews are awesome. Thanks so much for writing and posting this.

In particular, your review of CR on your son's birthday was terrific. We were there last Feb for ds's 8th birthday and will be there again this Feb for his 9th. He chose it for his birthday night dinner. Now that I know that I can ask for something like this, I am going to call and ask about the diver and birthday sign, as well as the menu.

What a wonderful treat that will be and such a surprise (I'm not going to tell him in the event something goes wrong).

I'm loving your report. Can't wait for more.

Oh, and as for that margarita incident, don't worry, you're among friends here. We won't tell anyone!

there is a thread here somewhere regarding CR ...its a review of the restaurant had a lot of hits (you can search my previous posts i think)...anyway there is a bunch of info on what number to call AND WHEN...to get thru to a hostess at CR. There are especially 2 girls one i believe is TRINA who ROCKS. they are so nice and helpful. It all "just happened".

Hint. If you do reserve a scuba diver it almost assures you a "window" seat. I just hope that too many people dont find out about our secret i would hate for them to get too many requests and they stop

have fun!

 

[Accash]

Oh my - this is one of the BEST reviews we have read! You make us feel as if we are right there and the pixs are fantabulous! WE WANT MORE!! WE WANT MORE!! Can't wait for the next installment!

Melissa