Mickey shaped food tastes better! -COMPLETE- 14 days with PICS

[Pirate Me]

Ah. This is my favorite counter service location in Disney! I don't think you could go wrong with any options here. The food is so good and it's kind of like you're dining in a table service restaurant. You go up to the counter and order. They give you a number that you put on your table, then a waiter comes by and gives you your food. They clean up for you and everything.


Before the entree, M decided to order a Caesar Salad $3.95

The lettuce was crisp and fresh. Croutons were seasoned and they weren't mushy. They were pretty crunchy and I ate most of them.

I went by what most people on DIS raved about and was excited to finally order it!

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BBQ Chicken Quesadilla - Flour tortillas filled with mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, red onions, fresh cilantro, Ranch dressing, BBQ sauce and pico de gallo $10.95[/FONT]

Oooh, the tortilla is soft but has a light "crusty" texture. When you bite into it you get the cheese stuffed inside. I loved the BBQ sauce. I mopped up the quesadilla with it but it would be nice if there was a little more. It was pretty big but really thin. I finished most of it but gave some pieces to D and M. They liked it too.

D and M got the same entree. They wanted

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Spaghetti with Meatballs - $15.75[/FONT]​

They loved it. It looked really good! I didn't try any though because they wiped the plate clean.

C wanted some Crispy Chicken Fingers with French Fries $6.95

Oh, look! Even the chicken fingers are TS quality here. The fries were really good. Some of them were soggy though. I know that most people don't like soggy fries but I love them the most!

All four of us wanted frozen yogurt for dessert.

Frozen Yogurt with one Topping $4.25 (additional toppings .75)

We love frozen yogurt and get it all the time at home so this was nice. It's nonfat frozen yogurt.

You can get a lot of different toppings on them. There were chopped cookies, fruit, nuts, sprinkles, chocolate chips, and probably more.

We're not vanilla people so we all got chocolate frozen yogurts.

I wanted crushed candied pecans on mine.

The frozen yogurt was soo good. It was very thick and creamy. My only complaint were the candied pecans. I thought they were . I love pecans but these were waaaaaay too sweet. I picked them off and happily enjoyed the rest of my frozen yogurt.

D got chocolate chips on his.

I wish I got those. I love chocolate chips.

M wanted fresh fruit on hers.

I thought that was kind of funny. The pieces of fruit were big and I don't think that you'd eat them with a scoop of frozen yogurt all in one spoon. She ate the fruit first and then the frozen yogurt.

C wanted sprinkles.

Rainbow sprinkles. Nice topping. You can't go wrong with it.


Yum! Wolfgang Puck Express is our favorite CS meal and we'll definitely make it there on every upcoming trip. We came here twice so you'll see it again.

I also have to add that it makes a GREAT CS value on the dining plan. For example, D's meal was Spaghetti and meatballs, frozen yogurt, and a bottled water. The spaghetti was $15.75, the frozen yogurt was $4.25 and a water was $2.75 That makes the meal $22.75 before tax! That's as much as some TS meals.

Next up we're going to Restaurant Marrakesh.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Great reviews! We love Wolfgang Puck Express, it's our favorite cs.

I know a few nights we ended up cancelling our ADRs because we filled up on the soup and appetizers at BC CL!

 

[MelanieC]

Great reviews

 

[MomsOf2boys]

Great reviews! Love it.

 

[Smiling Cheshire Cat]

Just joining in and loving your reviews! That pot roast at 50's PTC is a favorite of mine too.

 

[tweetylori]

It was! Thanks for reading.



You know, I bet you could make a day's meal out of it. In the morning, eat breakfast, then get CS lunch, come back for a snack, then eat dinner, then dessert. Oh, I still remember that day! We were at check in when a front concierge CM approached us. He addressed us by name and walked us over to the elevator. Then he said something along the lines of "This year at Disney we're celebrating the Year of A Million Dreams. As a surprise, we're going to upgrade you to the 5th floor Stone Harbor Club!" He explained everything to us. We went crazy as he handed us the gold cards and led us up to concierge. I like thinking that it was a dream from the YOAMD. However, maybe there is a possibility that they didn't have enough BC rooms because of renovation?

No...I choose to believe you had magical intervention. If it was an ordinary upgrade, it would not have involved a mention of the Year of Million Dreams. I'm so happy for you!

 

[pennyplanner]

I'm in!

When that magical upgrade happens, it's such a lovely surprise!!!

Thanks for sharing.

--penny

 

[Pirate Me]

No...I choose to believe you had magical intervention. If it was an ordinary upgrade, it would not have involved a mention of the Year of Million Dreams. I'm so happy for you!

It's Disney and it should definitely be all about the magic.

I'm in!

When that magical upgrade happens, it's such a lovely surprise!!!

Thanks for sharing.

--penny

Welcome!

 

[Pirate Me]

After Wolfgang Puck Express, we walked around DTD a bit more. We stayed at DTD through the afternoon until G came to join us.

I forgot to mention that today was the day that we went to Saratoga Springs to learn more about DVC. I loved everything and after the DVC was explained to us thoroughly, we decided that it was right for us. So this was a memorable day. After they show you everything, they take you to the ice cream place and you get to chose a scoop of Edy's. It's all COMPLIMENTARY for taking the tour. There was also a topping station. You were able to add cherries, peanuts, chocolate sauce, and sprinkles.

Now back to AFTER Wolfgang Puck Express.
Browsing around Goofy's Candy Co.!

Different prepackaged snacks:

They have some baked goods:

Mickey shaped rice krispie treats!

And the FUN STUFF! Yum!

As you may have noticed, it's a very colorful store!

Continuing in the next post because I am a bit over the picture limit in all.

 

[Pirate Me]

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We also came here to get some make-your-own treats at Goofy's Candy Co.

They were GREAT snack credits because these were huge.

I'll repost this sign explaining everything:

Here's the paper they give you to check:

It's simple. Everything you want, just put a checkmark on it. Hand it to them and they'll fix your snack. You have to give them your name and they'll call you when it's done. The ONLY thing that wasn't too good was that these things took LONG! So, we occupied ourselves by acting like children (except for C, who is one!) and moving around in front of the fun mirror.

Here we go! Look at that, our 3 yummilicious snack credits are ready!

This one was a fudge cookie. They're like HUGE Oreos and you can choose the cream inside from, as I recall, chocolate, white, and peanut butter. We chose chocolate.

Covered in milk chocolate and M&Ms.

These three pretzel sticks were an awesome use of a snack credit because you can split them between three people (or, of course, eat them all!).

Covered in dark chocolate, coated in peanuts, and drizzled with caramel. Mmmmmmmmmmm.

And this was a Mickey rice krispie treat covered in dark chocolate, then coated in chrushed Oreo crumbs, M&Ms, and drizzled with milk chocolate.

Oh, we'd definitely do this again even with the long wait!

Next up is still Restaurant Marrakesh.

 

[maedelken]

Yummy can't wait to read more! I love reading about Disney it helps me survive until our next trip!

 

[Tinkerbellie16]

Thanks so much for posting the reviews and the pictures! I'm glad to see that you continued your reviews even after your hiatus
Those pics of Goofy's are EXCELLENT! Can't wait to try the dipped pretzel rods

 

[ThreeTinks]

LOVE the reviews! Your meal at 50's PTC was exactly the same one I had! Choc milkshake, pot roast, brownie sundae for dessert, I loved every single bite and think about it a LOT Also the tuna at CHH - I know it's just tuna but that is one good sammich Can't wait to have it again in June - TWICE!

And I think I drooled on the keyboard looking at the concierge level food those doughnuts! those cookies! those cakes of the day!!!

Can't wait to read more!

 

[vettegirl]

Love your report, it's making me want to call up the Poly and pay for the upgraded

 

[Pirate Me]

Yummy can't wait to read more! I love reading about Disney it helps me survive until our next trip!

Thanks! It definitely helps to live vicariously through the trips of other DISers. Can't wait until the next trip.

Thanks so much for posting the reviews and the pictures! I'm glad to see that you continued your reviews even after your hiatus
Those pics of Goofy's are EXCELLENT! Can't wait to try the dipped pretzel rods

Everything at Goofy's is so good!

Love your report, it's making me want to call up the Poly and pay for the upgraded

I would love to stay concierge at the Poly. It has to be a lot better. I think it has more options.

LOVE the reviews! Your meal at 50's PTC was exactly the same one I had! Choc milkshake, pot roast, brownie sundae for dessert, I loved every single bite and think about it a LOT Also the tuna at CHH - I know it's just tuna but that is one good sammich Can't wait to have it again in June - TWICE!

And I think I drooled on the keyboard looking at the concierge level food those doughnuts! those cookies! those cakes of the day!!!

Can't wait to read more!

I want my 50s PTC meal right now. Yum...

 

[Pirate Me]

Restaurant Marakkesh! This was actually a spur of the moment decision. We cancelled a different reservation because it was too late. At concierge, I asked what other Epcot restaurants were available for that night. A few came up and we decided to try Restaurant Marakkesh. We have never tried it before so it looked like a good idea. I haven't heard too much about it... Today is also the day that G came to join us. That means more table service restaurants.

The atmosphere inside is very nice. Like you've been transported to Morocco. Entertainment is a band all the way up front and a bellydancer that dances in the middle. She gets a few children to get up and dance with her, too.

As an appetizer we ordered the..

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Morrocan Salad Combo for Two - Green pepper, tomato, marinated olives, carrots, potatoes and cucumber salad $13.95

Oh...I'm pretty sure that was it. I didn't write the name down. This looked like it because the picture matches the descriptions fairly well.

The cucumber salad is on the bottom, middle. The marinated olives are to the left of the cucumber salad. To the right of the cucumber salad are the carrots. The potato salad is in the middle. The green pepper and tomato is on the top, middle??

We split this between everyone. It was a good portion. Enough for everyone to get a few bites before the entrees were served. If we ever go again, I'd order this because there's a variety of different appetizers for everyone. We paid OOP for this one since appetizers aren't included on the Basic DDP.

There was bread on the table.

Soft bread. I think they gave out plain butter packs because I didn't take a picture of a specialty butter?

G asked if he could get the [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

Marrakesh Royal Feast - Harira soup, Beef Brewat Rolls, Lemon Chicken, Roasted Lamb Meshoui, Couscous with Seven Vegetables, and Assorted Moroccan pastries $42.95 per person

on the DDP. The waiter said he could but there would be a $5.95 charge. It's for the Harira soup because appetizers aren't included.

Harira Soup:

He didn't like me taking pictures of his food... I managed. That spoon right there was held impatiently by him as he waited for me to finish.

The entree:

The Roasted Lamb Meshoui is up front. In the middle is the Lemon Chicken. Under the Lemon Chicken is the couscous. The last food up on top are the Beef Brewat rolls.

Oh...and look! There are those butter packets! Right there, covered in foil.

D wanted

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Roast Lamb Meshoui - roasted lamb shank in natural juices served with couscous $26.95

The same one on the Moroccon feast but in its own bigger portion.
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Ooh, it looked good. I should've ordered it instead.

I ordered the

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Chicken Kebabs - grilled brochettes of chicken breast marinated in Moroccan herbs and spices $24.95[/FONT]

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Too boring! Pretty bland and dry...I didn't enjoy it. I loved the couscous, though. Started making it at home, yum! The raisins added a nice sweetness to the couscous. At first I picked them aside but tried them with a bite and definitely liked it better.

M ordered some

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Shish Kebab - grilled tenderloin of beef served with hummus $27.95

We shared the chicken and shish kebabs. I liked the chicken a bit more but that's because I don't like the beef ones in general. I thought these were a bit too dry for my tastes, though, too.
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C had a kid's meal. There were some nice options on the kid's menu for them.

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Chicken Tenders - Breaded fried chicken $6.95[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Moroccan Pasta - Served with meatballs in tomato sauce $6.95[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kefta - Hamburger served on a bun with lettuce and tomatoes $6.95[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Vegetable Couscous[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] - Rolled semolina steamed and served with seasonal vegetables $6.95[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But you know..he got the chicken tenders.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Chicken Tenders - Breaded fried chicken $6.95[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]and here they are:

G, M, and me ordered

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Moroccan Symphony - Assorted pastries $5.95

Yuuuuuuum. I love baklava. These were so good. My favorite one was the pistachio baklava. They were all really good. The roll on the left was light and crunchy.

D decided to be different and ordered the

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bastilla - crispy leaves of pastry topped with vanilla cream and sprinkled with toasted almonds
For Two - $7.95; For One - $6.95

He got two leaves. I didn't try it. He liked it and it did look good but I'd definitely still get my baklava.

Restaurant Marrakesh was a nice new experience. I think I just ordered the wrong thing. I'd definitely try it again. It's not at the top of our list but it was definitely memorable. We sat in a corner away from the band and dancer but that was fine with us.

Here's the view from the table:

Afterwards we walked out to watch Illuminations. Our favorite fireworks show in Disney! I love when they light up all the countries.

Next up is... Yak 'n' Yeti Counter Service!


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[gemmybear83]

Loving all your food reviews - and thanks for explaining how goofys works!

 

[lovinwdw]

subscribing. love the reviews!!! thanks!

 

[anbouk]

AWESOME REVIEWS! Waiting impatiently for our next trip...not coming soon enough! Cannot wait to eat at some of these restaurants

 

[katiebelle21]

Great reviews! What an awesome upgrade to CL!