Lills 'n Jills Eat the World! A Weeklong Disneymoon (of sorts)

LillsnJills

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Hi, everyone! :wave:

We're just a bit more than a week out from our trip, so I thought to myself, "Self, maybe it'd be cool for us to do one of those dining reviews/reports that we so enjoy reading!" And then I said, "Self, that's a fine idea! Though I'm not sure I can be half so entertaining as some of my fellow board members. But I'll give it a go!"

So here we are. First, a bit of an introduction:


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I'm Lilly, the Lills half of LillsnJills, and 40 years old (how the HELL did THAT happen?? I don't FEEL 40....). That's me on the left here. Jill, the other half of the LillsnJills equation, is 36, and is my partner in life as well as my partner in crime. We're both foodies and fairly adventurous, with me being a bit more so than she is (usually). We're both game to try anything once, and love trying new international cuisines. (EDIT TO ADD: While we love trying international cuisines, we have very easy access to fantastic Moroccan, Scandinavian, Japanese, Italian and Mexican foods where we live, that's why there's no Teppan Edo, Marrakesh, Akershus, or any of the other popular places in World Showcase).

I'm calling this a Disneymoon (of sorts) because while we're not legally *married*, we have been in a Registered Domestic Partnership since February of 2009. And though we've taken other trips since then, none of them felt terribly "honeymoon-y". So we're considering this trip our honeymoon :hug:

So! Introductions out of the way, let me tell you a bit about our upcoming vacation, and, more to the point, our ADRs and the places we'll be reviewing!

We will arrive at Animal Kingdom Lodge (Jambo House) early on Friday, September 21st, after catching a red-eye from LAX to MCO, and we'll depart on the 28th. We'll be dropping our stuff at the hotel before 9am and heading to MK until we get a notification our room is ready. We had already booked our room with no discount when we got a notice that free dining would be available during our stay. Being at a deluxe property, we were given a choice of the QSDP or DDP for free, or upgrade to the DxDP for around $425. Knowing that there were a LOT of signature places we wanted to try, we opted for the upgrade, since just the signature meals alone will more than pay for the upgrade :thumbsup2:

For the eight days we'll be on property, we have 9 ADRs, 5 of which are for signature restaurants. The rest of the time we'll be doing CS (though I'm PRAYING that we can squeeze into 'Ohana on the 24th. Not been able to find an available opening though). Our dining plan is as follows:

9/21: Arrival Day

Breakfast - either grab something at the airport or stop by Mara before heading to MK for a while.

Lunch: Columbia Harbor House

Dinner - Boma


9/22: At Animal Kingdom


Breakfast: CS at the Mara, Tamu Tamu Refreshments or Pizzafari (possibly just using snack credits, as I'm sure we'll still be full from Boma)

Lunch: Yak & Yeti (TS, not CS)

Dinner: Jiko


9/23: At Epcot (focusing on the front half, with maybe a jaunt through WS)

Breakfast: Either Mara or Sunshine Seasons

Lunch: TBD, probably somewhere in WS since a lot of front of park options seem weak.

Dinner: Citricos


9/24: At Magic Kingdom ALLLLLL DAAAAY

Breakfast: Main Street Bakery

Lunch: Liberty Tree Tavern

Dinner: 'Ohana


9/25: At Epcot (focusing on the World Showcase)

Breakfast: Mara

Lunch: Biergarten

Dinner: Le Cellier


9/26: Hollywood Studios

Breakfast: Mara or Starring Rolls

Lunch: Totally playing this by ear. We have an early ADR for dinner.

Dinner: Hollywood Brown Derby - Fantasmic!Dining Package


9/27: Downtown Disney

Breakfast: Boma

Lunch: Cooke's of Dublin or Earl of Sandwich (if we're even hungry after Boma)

Dinner: Raglan Road


9/28: Departure Day :sad1: Animal Kingdom

We have no specific plans for eating this day. Part of me wants to go to Epcot for the soft open of F&W, but we'd only have like 3 hours tops, and that doesn't seem like enough to really enjoy it. Plus that'd only give us one day at Animal Kingdom. So we'll stick closer to "home".

So... there we have it! I've intentionally left off the snacks because at least some will probably be used for breakfasts and the others... well, there's just too many choices for snacks! Going to go with what sounds good at the moment (though there WILL be more than one stop at Karamell-Küche and the Boulangeri. And Dole Whips. And... and... and....).

I'll get as many photos as I can of what we order - I assume CMs are use to this even in the signature places and won't be all :snooty: about it.

Thanks for reading!
 

Wishing you gals a great trip, maybe I will bump into you while I am there at the same time!
 
The deluxe dining plan is SO MUCH FUN!!!! my husband and I did it last year- it is still the most memorable trip he has ever taken, and he doesn't even really like food!!! Have fun!!!!!!!!
 
Thanks Deenbrad, MickeyNicki, GoofySon'sMom, VetteGirl and VbChristy for tuning in!

We're six days out and have been going nuts trying to get all the last minute stuff together for the trip, which is why it's taken me a bit to get back here and thank you all for your well wishes! My living room looks like a luggage store exploded or something, LOL! :rotfl:

GoofySon'sMom said:

CM's are more than used to the picture taking ... no worries there!

Ok, good to know! I figured that with all the reports with amazing pics no one would bat a lash at it, but I never want to assume.


vettegirl said:

maybe I will bump into you while I am there at the same time!

If you spot us out and about, definitely stop us and say hi! :wave2:

VbChristy said:

The deluxe dining plan is SO MUCH FUN!!!! my husband and I did it last year- it is still the most memorable trip he has ever taken, and he doesn't even really like food!!! Have fun!!!!!!!!

Then this should be an epic eating adventure for us, cause we LOVE food :hyper: It's going to be even better cause Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto just opened a new restaurant at LAX, in the terminal we'll be flying out of, and we'll have dinner there before the flight :worship:
Oh, and based on your rec, we snagged an ADR for Yak & Yeti! We'd been playing with the idea of it anyway, but had thought maybe to just do CS because we have Jiko that night and don't want to be overly full. But then I thought... we can just share one TS meal - I mean, with DxDP, there'll be an app plus dessert with the entree, so that should be MORE than enough for two to share at lunch, no? What are your suggestions there?

One update that I'll go back in to the original post to add - we managed to land a dinner ADR for 'Ohana on for Monday! It's not til 9:35pm, a lot later than we'd normally like to eat, but I can live with that, especially since we're doing LTT for lunch that day - can order a nice entree as opposed to just doing a burger or salad :goodvibes
 
Earl of Sandwich---YUMMO!

Happy Honeymooning--You 2 will have an amazing time!:3dglasses
 
At Yak & Yeti, start with the pot stickers- and get then pan seared, they are AMAZING!! Get whatever main dish is most appealing to you. Then the cream cheese pineapple dessert thing was interesting and yummy!
 
Thanks for joining and the wishes, Jacksonev1, Nola Tink, Irish Sharon, JediJill and Happy2012!

As an aside, JediJill, Jills is jealous you got that name ;) There have been other places where she's used it herself! :yoda:

T-minus two days from departure, and the word for today is: SICK. :sick:

Yes, in true us fashion, Jills got sick in the days leading up to our vacation, and I'm fighting it. Seems there's a viral upper respiratory infection that's going around our area since school got back in session. Jills manages a bank branch, and if any of you have worked in a bank, you know that there are few places where illnesses spread faster. She's been sick since Friday and finally seems to be getting past the worst of it. I've been downing Airborne and vitamin C since it hit her, hoping beyond hope that it doesn't hit me nearly as hard as it did her. Good vibes for a quick recovery appreciated! :goodvibes
 
Thanks for joining and the wishes, Jacksonev1, Nola Tink, Irish Sharon, JediJill and Happy2012!

As an aside, JediJill, Jills is jealous you got that name ;) There have been other places where she's used it herself! :yoda:

T-minus two days from departure, and the word for today is: SICK. :sick:

Yes, in true us fashion, Jills got sick in the days leading up to our vacation, and I'm fighting it. Seems there's a viral upper respiratory infection that's going around our area since school got back in session. Jills manages a bank branch, and if any of you have worked in a bank, you know that there are few places where illnesses spread faster. She's been sick since Friday and finally seems to be getting past the worst of it. I've been downing Airborne and vitamin C since it hit her, hoping beyond hope that it doesn't hit me nearly as hard as it did her. Good vibes for a quick recovery appreciated! :goodvibes

I hope she feels better soon! No way to start a vacation.

I've used Jedijill for years now...although now I know who to blame when its already taken on a website. :)

Jill in CO
 
Tomorrow's departure day! Still not feeling great - Jills is feeling better, I'm still feeling meh :sick: Not like death, but not great. Hoping the magic of the MK will be the push I need to get back to 100%.

After tonight I probably won't be updating again until after we're home and ready to do the reviews themselves. One more ADR change to note: On our DTD day, we cancelled Fulton's and opted for Raglan Road instead. There are just too many negative or middle of the road reviews for me to want to chance blowing four TS credits on, when there are a lot of people saying it's like a glorified Red Lobster :scared: Plus there's a lot of comments about the service being slow, and we have tickets for La Nouba, so we don't want to risk dinner going too long.

Ok, off to check in for our flight and get to bed!
 















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