Mandymouse’s Best New Years Eve Ever Trip ~ Day 10

[mandymouse]

Travelling & Arriving
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9


Castmembers

Mandy (44) ~ Lover of Bahama Mama’s, Lapu Lapu’s & Epcot
Paul (43) ~ Loves Tower of Terror, Cars & Epcot
Kerry (17) ~ Loves to shop, shop and if she’s got time - shop
Becky (15) ~ Future Mrs. Joe Jonas
Bex (17) ~ Doesn’t know what she’s let herself in for

Monday 5th January ‘09 (High 81F)

Paul & I were up at 6.45am for EMH at Animal Kingdom (8-9am). The girls wanted a lie in, and were planning on going to Epcot for normal hours, so off we went.

We got fastpasses for Expedition Everest, and rode it twice before going on Dinosaur, then getting a fastpass for Kilamanjaro Safari. We rode both EE and the safari using our fastpasses and then had a breakfast platter at Pizzafari, before doing a spot of shopping on the way out of the park

I’m sure when we got back to the room, the girls hadn’t gone to Epcot, but had just chilled all morning in their room (LAZY !!!). Paul & I had a lie by the pool, and I did some washing too

When we got back to the room, the telephone was flashing with a message, I had to pick up a letter from reception. I was thrilled to find a birthday card sent from my friend Sandy, who I had met on the Disney Wonder last August. Thanks Sandy, that was a lovely surprise

In the afternoon we all went to the Florida Mall where the girls bought more jeans and trainers and then we called into Wal-Mart on the way back to the Pop for some supplies

In the evening, the girls planned to go to the Disney Hollywood Studios, as they wanted to see some shows, and me & Paul had arranged to meet up with some of his friends at the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse up near Universal Studios

We’ve never been to this type of restaurant before, so we didn’t know what to expect. While we waited for our friends to arrive, we looked through the menu (which didn’t look very inspiring – mainly steaks, chicken and sushi). Well we had a fantastic evening. Around 10 people sat around the table and we all ordered our main dish (I ordered NY strip steak and Paul had steak & chicken)

Next, our chef arrived, and he promptly served us with mushroom soup, then we were given a salad with teriyaki sauce on it. Then the chef started cooking vegetables at the hot plate in front of us, which we had with a delicious cheese sauce (Mmm). Next noodles were cooked and given to us, and then our entrees were cooked in front of us, and finally the rice

We had a really entertaining evening, as we watched the chef cook and do little tricks with the food and he kept saying ‘Yummy, Yummy !!' The food was absolutely delicious. I wish I’d thought about taking some photos while the chef was cooking, but I was just too engrossed

We had a lovely evening with our friends, and I would love to take the girls there – maybe next time

 

[natalielongstaff]

glad you had chance to meet up with your friends

 

[Pinky166]

Sounds lovely.

 

[tennisfan]

The meal sounds yummy. Another lovely day

 

[Minniespal]

Another great report with lovely photos.

 

[wicket2005]

It is nice when a meal turns out to a lot better than you expected. Lovely day.

 

[saratogagirl]

the meal sounds lovely Mand, glad you got to meet up with your friends

 

[Snowy-girls]

Lovely day+the meal sounded very nice.x.

 

[mark&sue]

Its great to try out new restaurants so they can be added to your list of favourites.


susan

 

[jjk]

your meal sounds lovely Mandy

 

[wils]

Those girls and their lie-ins lol!

Dinner sounds lovely

 

[florida sun]

Lovely day hon, the meal sounds great

 

[Miffy2003]

We were a bit disappointed with Kobe when we went as we had really looked forward to it and something was just ... missing? Especially as it was a relatively expensive meal. Can't put my finger on it though.

We didn't sit at the teppan tables though which we should have so we will try it again. You had a lovely time though

 

[cap'njack.]

The meal sounds fantastic! Another great day too.

 

[Chilly]

sounds like a great restaurant