Marci Gras Bayou Boil?

[OOMHS]

Wondering if anyone has tried this and if so, how was it? We aren’t crawfish fans so I’m especially curious if it’s easy to get the “on-request” chicken and sausage jambalaya. Any reviews appreciated!

 

[skylock]

I can't see why it would be hard.

I am sure a lot of people would not want the mud bugs or have a shellfish allergy.

 

[schumigirl]

We LOVE crawfish so may try this if we don’t have plans to eat elsewhere one night........

Will certainly report back if we do........

 

[OOMHS]

We LOVE crawfish so may try this if we don’t have plans to eat elsewhere one night........

Will certainly report back if we do........

Thanks! We are a party of 5 and probably half will do the shrimp, one or two will try the crawfish, but there's at least 1 or 2 others who wouldn't touch it on a bet, so {shrug}. I've heard good things about the drink/dessert parties during parades so I think I'd like to try this, but with 5 of us it'll get pretty pricey and won't be worth it if some don't get a meal's worth out of it.

 

[smiths02]

TheTimTracker has a review video of the Bayou Boil now

 

[OOMHS]

TheTimTracker has a review video of the Bayou Boil now

Thank you! I'll check it out!

 

[tony67]

Thank you! I'll check it out!

Yeah I watched it and it does look pretty good - as long as you like crawfish

Tim got the jambalaya and did not seem too impressed - but I guess you can order other things
Not sure I'd do it if I did not like crawfish though

You get 1 alcohol drink with it - so that's about $10 (or you can get one of the non alcoholic specialty drinks)
There are also unlimited soft drinks with the food.

The private viewing area has beignets and king cakes that looked pretty good.
Also unlimited procsecco and a large selection of soft drinks

It does look like you sit at communal tables for the boil - so that may be an issue for some people - but I think that is pretty standard for a crawfish boil

Seems pretty good overall - a bit expensive for a crawfish boil - but at a theme park it seems about right

 

[bravestmerida]

Just did this Sunday night and thought it was a great value.

As mentioned above, one free beer, wine or specialty mixed drink during the boil portion along with unlimited bottled water, soft drinks and lemonade. The crawfish boil is done up in one pot so if you wanted to separate crawfish from shrimp you would need to tell them in advance and would probably have to wait a bit for it to cook, though we were able to get a few separate ears of corn after finishing what we were initially given. Portions are enormous, at least, for two people as we were, and they also offer bread and the chicken jambalaya (which, to be honest, was not great - flavor was fine, but chicken was dry). Food and beverages are completely tableside, no need to get up, and there are plenty of servers on hand. Performers from the parade came over for a good 20+ minutes for a personal meet and greet with folks at the boil. Tables are communal, but there is space in between. We ate at 4pm knowing we'd be having dessert at 6:45pm when the parade viewing area opened up. This timing was good, but some came directly from the boil and said they were too full for dessert. A group next to us had little kids and they brought over chicken fingers and fries and apple juice for them, though I believe they still paid the full price (on the website) for the kids.

Dessert portion was wonderful - uncrowded, unlimited soft drinks, bottled water, hot tea, coffee (decaf and regular with cream and sugar), prosecco and sparkling cider in small Despicable Me cups. Desserts are limited to beignets and king cake. I am not a fan of beignets, but they were good and tasted fresh. Their king cake is basically cinnamonized biscuit dough with white royal icing and sanding sugar, but I definitely ate my weight. King cake was also fresh, still hot/warm when served. Everything is serve yourself except the prosecco.

Bart and Homer came for a meet and greet before the parade just for people in the separate area. When the parade started there was plenty of viewing area on the curb and we were right at the beginning/end so we had SO MANY BEADS afterward.