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OK, I have no planning to do right now, and I can't sew when the kids are home (It gets messy and dangerous), so I am writing some restaurant reviews from our last trip to WDW. In case anyone is ever interested. Remember, now, this is 10.5 months later, so I don't have a lot of specifics, but I can go over general impressions and the like.
Oh, and I am going ot write this similar to my AZ TR. Lots of editing, in case of loss....
Oh, we ate a LOT of TS meals,a s we were bilked into the Platinum plan by the travel agent (who was obviously on commission). We got 3 meals and 2 snacks a day, but it was all in points. They screwed up our points, and we were given 5 MEALS a day and no snack credits. All normally 2-ts meals counted as 1, and V&A was included. WE made the most of it (including the otehr extras, like a fireworks cruise, concierge service, and FREE unlimited babysitting and kids club use), and ended up coming out ahead, but we ate WAY WAY too much, and the snack problem was a pain. This year, as a reminder, we are using CASH. Ok, enugh about that. I might post more about it later....depends on hoew CHATTY I feel.
Restaurants:
Mara - I liked this "restaurant", and was PISSED we only found it on the last day of our trip. They had a nice selection,a nd a good sitting area. They had cartoons going in the corner which kept the kids entertained. EVERYONE who was there with us that morning liked that restaurant, too, as we bought about 10 meals for others, trying to work our points down...
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Boma - This was the first restaurant we ate at. I like to eat at the restaurant IN our resort the first night, which is why, in April, we will start out at WCC. I thought the food was good, but I disliked the buffet, as there was a lot of lie cutting, standing still while people started blankly at the food, and othe things that were unsanitary. I am usually a non-buffet person, myself, also, so I tend to be rough on them. Boma was LOUD and crowded, adn we waited 45 minutes past our ADR time to be seated, when we had shown up 15 minutes early. This was tough with little kids. the waiting area was VERY CROWDED, too. In general, it was OK. ood food but I would have preferred to be able to ORDER food, instead of walking behind that lady who put her fingers into everything and smelled them. (she was WEIRD, and I finally spoke to her about it, as she was grossing me out!) 
The only buffet I have ever liked has been Sweet Tomatoes. Probably because every one I have been to, the staff is there keepiong people's hands OUT of the food! And it's easy to tell when the salad has been out too long...
Jiko - OK, the fact that we waited over an HOUR past our ADR time to be seated, when we were there 20 miutes early for our ADR, and the waitress was SLOOOOW, tot he point that the kids fell asleep at the table BEFORE we got out Appetizers, adn we had to eat all of our food COLD in our room kind of soured me on this restaurant. I remember the food being OK, getting a LOT of pressure to get an alcoholic beverage, and waiting 30 minutes after ordering to get our appetizers. We had 6:30 ADRs, were seated at 7:30, and didn't get our appetizers until after 8. Then the waitress gave me a hard time about packign the food up for us. I ended up carrying BOTH kids upto the room while HHBG dealt eith the waitress and the food. I know the manager was called.....
I have no real Idea about how the food was, as, like I said, it was cold, adn we ate it on our balcony while we tried to be quiet and not wake the kids.
HHBG just chimed in that he really liked the flat bread pizza, and it was good even cold. He ordered it from room service one night, too.
Akershus Princess Storybook Dining - I KNOW we are in the minority here, but we really liked this restaurant. we were seated about 10 minutes after out ADRs. The kids got their pics with Aurora, and we sat down. The waitress was friendly and perky. we ordered a nice Norwegian wine, and HHBG and I ordered our food. One of us got the meatball and noodle dish...kojjjake or whatever it's called. The other one of us got some sort of fish, I think. The kids got hot dogs (Authentic NORWEGIAN HOTDOGS!). I liked the cheeses and the meats ont he koltboard, and HHBG liked the marinade for the shrimp. Neither one of us ate the herring...
The princesses took a lot of time at each table, and at one point a hostess came up to be sure we had seen everyone. when we told her we hadn't seen Snow White, she was over by us within ten minutes. Snow white also LOVED DD's Snow white outfit, and the princesses all grabbed a little girl dressed like them, pulled them into the middle of the room and had the wait staff take pics (we didn't...forgot). it was really cute.
There wasn't enough dessert for our table, and the tables were REALLY TIGHT together (I couldn't move my chair, as the guy behind me was smack up against my chair), but it was an experience we are willing to repeat, adn will in April, as it is the only thing Brianna requested....
See? He LIKES the princesses!
Coral Reef - we went here for lunch. It was crowded, but we got seated relatively quickly. We were seated way in the back of the restaurant near a school group, which didn't help our experience here. Our kids whined that they couldn't see the fish, and when they went potty with HHBG, Spence came back all upset that he had missed a character. :rofl: HHBG's food and wine were good. Mine were BAD. I couldn't even eat them, they were so bad. The veggies were squishy and smelled, and the fish was so overly salted, it was practically inedible. I would have sent it back to be remade, but the waitress dropped the food and NEVER CAME BACK, even for our desserts, which were included in our meal.... HHBG had to go find a hostess to get a check. We went outside, and I hit up a Mickey bar stand. 
Rainforest Cafe-AK location - We loved this place! We walked in without an ADR, because, well, we were hungry. the kids ran around the shopw ith HHBG, and I went and got us into the queue. Our food was yummy and there was a LOT of it....more than we wanted, really. I remember the pot roast was awesome. We got the kids those giant rainbow slushies which come in a souvenir sports bottle with a toy in the bottom (it was so cool, I got one to go at the end of our meal), and HHGB and I got some sort of drink that came in a light-up cup. All those cups came home, and I am drinking out of one right now, lol. I don't remember what everyone else ate, but we got the nachos for an appetizer, adn we were pretty ful after that.
The big thing that made me love this place was, I got the brownie volcano dessert, and the little gir sittin at the table next to us was entranced by the "sparkler". She kept asking her parents to get it, but they didn't want to (it was HUGE!!), so I gave her my sparkler (which was what she realy wanted). She did the cutest little dance, and the parents thanked me. It made my day to make her so happy.
OK, this is getting long...I am continuing in another post.....
Oh, and I am going ot write this similar to my AZ TR. Lots of editing, in case of loss....
Oh, we ate a LOT of TS meals,a s we were bilked into the Platinum plan by the travel agent (who was obviously on commission). We got 3 meals and 2 snacks a day, but it was all in points. They screwed up our points, and we were given 5 MEALS a day and no snack credits. All normally 2-ts meals counted as 1, and V&A was included. WE made the most of it (including the otehr extras, like a fireworks cruise, concierge service, and FREE unlimited babysitting and kids club use), and ended up coming out ahead, but we ate WAY WAY too much, and the snack problem was a pain. This year, as a reminder, we are using CASH. Ok, enugh about that. I might post more about it later....depends on hoew CHATTY I feel.
Restaurants:
Mara - I liked this "restaurant", and was PISSED we only found it on the last day of our trip. They had a nice selection,a nd a good sitting area. They had cartoons going in the corner which kept the kids entertained. EVERYONE who was there with us that morning liked that restaurant, too, as we bought about 10 meals for others, trying to work our points down...: Boma - This was the first restaurant we ate at. I like to eat at the restaurant IN our resort the first night, which is why, in April, we will start out at WCC. I thought the food was good, but I disliked the buffet, as there was a lot of lie cutting, standing still while people started blankly at the food, and othe things that were unsanitary. I am usually a non-buffet person, myself, also, so I tend to be rough on them. Boma was LOUD and crowded, adn we waited 45 minutes past our ADR time to be seated, when we had shown up 15 minutes early. This was tough with little kids. the waiting area was VERY CROWDED, too. In general, it was OK. ood food but I would have preferred to be able to ORDER food, instead of walking behind that lady who put her fingers into everything and smelled them. (she was WEIRD, and I finally spoke to her about it, as she was grossing me out!) The only buffet I have ever liked has been Sweet Tomatoes. Probably because every one I have been to, the staff is there keepiong people's hands OUT of the food! And it's easy to tell when the salad has been out too long...
Jiko - OK, the fact that we waited over an HOUR past our ADR time to be seated, when we were there 20 miutes early for our ADR, and the waitress was SLOOOOW, tot he point that the kids fell asleep at the table BEFORE we got out Appetizers, adn we had to eat all of our food COLD in our room kind of soured me on this restaurant. I remember the food being OK, getting a LOT of pressure to get an alcoholic beverage, and waiting 30 minutes after ordering to get our appetizers. We had 6:30 ADRs, were seated at 7:30, and didn't get our appetizers until after 8. Then the waitress gave me a hard time about packign the food up for us. I ended up carrying BOTH kids upto the room while HHBG dealt eith the waitress and the food. I know the manager was called..... I have no real Idea about how the food was, as, like I said, it was cold, adn we ate it on our balcony while we tried to be quiet and not wake the kids.
HHBG just chimed in that he really liked the flat bread pizza, and it was good even cold. He ordered it from room service one night, too.
Akershus Princess Storybook Dining - I KNOW we are in the minority here, but we really liked this restaurant. we were seated about 10 minutes after out ADRs. The kids got their pics with Aurora, and we sat down. The waitress was friendly and perky. we ordered a nice Norwegian wine, and HHBG and I ordered our food. One of us got the meatball and noodle dish...kojjjake or whatever it's called. The other one of us got some sort of fish, I think. The kids got hot dogs (Authentic NORWEGIAN HOTDOGS!). I liked the cheeses and the meats ont he koltboard, and HHBG liked the marinade for the shrimp. Neither one of us ate the herring... The princesses took a lot of time at each table, and at one point a hostess came up to be sure we had seen everyone. when we told her we hadn't seen Snow White, she was over by us within ten minutes. Snow white also LOVED DD's Snow white outfit, and the princesses all grabbed a little girl dressed like them, pulled them into the middle of the room and had the wait staff take pics (we didn't...forgot). it was really cute.
There wasn't enough dessert for our table, and the tables were REALLY TIGHT together (I couldn't move my chair, as the guy behind me was smack up against my chair), but it was an experience we are willing to repeat, adn will in April, as it is the only thing Brianna requested....
See? He LIKES the princesses!
Coral Reef - we went here for lunch. It was crowded, but we got seated relatively quickly. We were seated way in the back of the restaurant near a school group, which didn't help our experience here. Our kids whined that they couldn't see the fish, and when they went potty with HHBG, Spence came back all upset that he had missed a character. :rofl: HHBG's food and wine were good. Mine were BAD. I couldn't even eat them, they were so bad. The veggies were squishy and smelled, and the fish was so overly salted, it was practically inedible. I would have sent it back to be remade, but the waitress dropped the food and NEVER CAME BACK, even for our desserts, which were included in our meal.... HHBG had to go find a hostess to get a check. We went outside, and I hit up a Mickey bar stand. Rainforest Cafe-AK location - We loved this place! We walked in without an ADR, because, well, we were hungry. the kids ran around the shopw ith HHBG, and I went and got us into the queue. Our food was yummy and there was a LOT of it....more than we wanted, really. I remember the pot roast was awesome. We got the kids those giant rainbow slushies which come in a souvenir sports bottle with a toy in the bottom (it was so cool, I got one to go at the end of our meal), and HHGB and I got some sort of drink that came in a light-up cup. All those cups came home, and I am drinking out of one right now, lol. I don't remember what everyone else ate, but we got the nachos for an appetizer, adn we were pretty ful after that. The big thing that made me love this place was, I got the brownie volcano dessert, and the little gir sittin at the table next to us was entranced by the "sparkler". She kept asking her parents to get it, but they didn't want to (it was HUGE!!), so I gave her my sparkler (which was what she realy wanted). She did the cutest little dance, and the parents thanked me. It made my day to make her so happy.
OK, this is getting long...I am continuing in another post.....
). The show was cute, but the food was terrible. I got the grilled chicken, and it was dry and rubbery. I had the Chili for an appetizer, adn it was not very tasty. I forget what HHBG got, but his was bad, too. The waitress kept forgetting us, too. The sundaes we got for dessert were AWESOME, though, and the fries and b's hamburger were fine. If we had the time to spend, and it looked uncrowded, we might go back here for dessert.
Flying Fish Cafe - this was by FAR our favorite restaurant of the trip! What a wonderful experience! HHBG and I went here for one of our "date nights". the waiter we had was awesome, and our meals were fabulous. I forget what we had, other than the cheese plate (which was ymmy). I think we had a lot of specials, adn it was a great night. We ended up eating so long, we didnt make it to Fantasmic,a dn we didn't care. It was fabulous. The food was cooked perfectly, adn the atmospheere was great. There was also No one in the restaurant. TWO thumbs up. We ARE going back here again, too.
Victoria and Albert's - OK....I htink I need a new post for V&A....It's a hard one to describe....Totally did not meet expectations...
WE just got a lot of restricted stock, and hadn't sold it, in the hopes that it would rebound. 
