True but I miss the DISWork seriously exploded right before the holidays but I think I need to get you guys back in my life lol!
Happy New Year to you and yours
Yay! I'll have to go over and read, I've started an update here 3x and can't......seem......to get there......n your absence, I even put up an update.
I thought that roughly one year between posts was adequate!
Yes you should try it! It's so much cleaner and a different "class" of folk if you will lol. That's where the elementary school the boys went to takes the 6th graders for their graduation trip because it's closer and just better!
Ha! That's what all my southern friends say to me.
Ricky started watching the Mandalorian and really likes it but I still haven't gotten any desire to watch lol
Yes that's another thing to put on your list! Very impressed and so was Chris when we went over Thanksgiving which is HUGE
LOL that's a good way to look at it! I'm giving you even more time before you have to start reading again too!
Aw that's so nice of you to sayGlad your safe and well...wondered since I hadn’t seen posts from you in a while and Imalways look forward to your Trip reports
Happy New Year to you and I hope you and yours enjoyed the holidays! I miss writing my reports and really want to get back to this AND start our Thanksgiving TR! But work has been nonstop and after being on the computer for like 8-9 hours a day for that, I just don't have it in me for the DIS. Happy work is busy but I want to write! Hopefully I start up again soon and you'll see me more!
totally looks like you!!
after so long but I swore I was going to finish this and darnit I'm going to! Plus I leave for my big birthday trip soon and I'm just in the Disney mood 
So hopefully somewhere out there you're still watching and waiting for your long lost friend to return and will follow along again while I finish our SEPTEMBER dining report!
but regardless of how we got there we made it!
I hope 2021 has started off on a positive note for everyone! I don't think I'll do a dining report for our Thanksgiving trip but if I feel so inclined I may add our short Dec. trip on to this not that work has calmed down and I've gotten organized enough for DIS time. I do plan to do a Thanksgiving TR though and I'll link it here when I start it. Happy days to you all!
I love Disney pickled onions.
Steve's shrimp looks good, too. I'm glad to see that you back here again. September seems like it was such a long time ago.
I love Disney pickled onions.
We'll be back at Disney the first week of March and will be at opening day of Flower and Garden. We'll also be back the first week of May. Our AP expires May 26th and we need to get our money's worth.
Where are you staying in March? We'll be at the Yacht Club, again. I'm starting to like that resort more than the Beach Club.
I've been checking in and am happy to see an update! Yay!I'm actually embarrassed to be returning here
The perfect way to start!
Love red sangria (really any adult beverage sounds delicious at the moment, lol!)
One day I am going to try that cinnamon roll! Sweet pic of you and Melinda!
Looking forward to the Thanksgiving TR! The Dis is keeping my Disney spirit alive through another lockdown and the joys of teaching kindergarten online, so thanks for being part of that!And that my friends is it! The long awaited boring ending to Steve's birthday trip, another awesome adventure with our dear DIS friends. It was also the last time we saw them in 2020, as we didn't match up with anyone on our Thanksgiving trip or my quick December Disney/Universal work trip (both of which were great trips anyway) but lucky for us, we will be seeing friends next month ❤ If you're reading this final update thank you
Ariane would never engage in shenanigans......she and her friends are much too well behaved for that, right???No shenanigans expected at all!
Have you talked about rescheduling yet. I can totally understand, keeping a mask on a 2 year has to be hard. My sisters little boy does really well with it but he doesn't have to wear it ALL day.
Boo! No Mule should come in a regurlar cup.
I think I need to try to make this at home!
I have to say, we have tried arugula on pizza at home and it is really good!
Interesting! The problem is there are soooo many restaurants in Disney Springs to choose from! And not enough stomach space!Steve said he liked this as much if not more than Il Mulino; I don't know and think right now they're tied. I'll eat once more at Il Mulino since it's been about 10 months and decide then
Has this gotten any better? I hope so.
That show is good. We did it for the first time in February 2020 and we enjoyed it.
I am a fan of all of 3 Daughters beers/ciders. They are right up my alley not too heavy.
I like the idea of these cavalcades! I like that they are kind of random.
Ha! We can't all like the same things. I assume it was tart? maybe?
Morgan and Gwen are VERY much into anime now too. What does Chris like? Morgan and Gwen love love love My Hero Academia.
RIP
Funnily, Morgan said the exact same thing the time she got the empanadas! I think the empanadas you can get at the Margarita stand has meat? Mabye? I also feel like the guac is better across the way...
I love birthday desserts!
At least something went well!
I have wanted to try this. I love all things citrus and tart... But the menu as a whole is just ok to me and doesn't have a lot for the girls.
This was sweet but none of us were interested in trying it at first because none of us are big on grapefruit. But then Jenny and I tried it and surprisingly the grapefruit is not overpowering. Steve tried it then and liked it; as long as you avoid that syrup on the sides (unless you love grapefruit) it's a nice light cake.
It is spread out and Wilderness Lodge is sooo compact. Probably the most compact! But We kind of stay in the area of our room, it wasn't that bad.
I kind of like that things are indvidulally packaged, regardless of Covid. And if you have allergies this makes things a little easier!
Ha! Such a teen problem! Our girls did go trick or treating. But that feels like AGES ago!
YUM!!!! I could use one now! (Yes, now at 8:20 AM, work has been SUPER sucky latey)With that we chose a group favorite for our first stop:
I want to go here JUST for this sangria!The ladies started with - surprise! Sangria, the white variety Sangría de lujo cava :
Poured and shaken table side by our fantastic server!
Intresting! Maybe if Andy and I ever get another adults only trip. The girls won't enjoy it and it is pricey!Jenny and I were finding out quick that regardless of our feelings prior to being here the menu WAS right up our alley
Yum!
Strange, as they are known for the paella. Maybe it was just a bad batch...
Being from the north, Star Wars is worse... but I am sure folks from the south would probably say the biscuits and gravy...
Did you ask for certain ones, Or did they just give you all of them?Toppings on the side; tomatoes, lettuce, cheese and sour cream:
ME!!!!
This... looks amazing...Guacamole & Chips - Verde
Roasted poblanos, roasted tomatillo, toasted pepitas, cilantro, and onions (contains seeds) paired with smoky chipotle and herby salsa
And this as well. This all looked so good....Carnitas
Slow-cooked pork shoulder with garlic and lime, black beans refritos with queso fresco, guacamole, pickled red onions, salsa verde, warm corn tortillas
I could eat that whole bowl of guac myself…yum!
Same here
Absolutely!!!Ariane would never engage in shenanigans......she and her friends are much too well behaved for that, right???
Nope. No one here.
So... what is your final thought? Would you go again? It looks like a yes, but you never know.
I am shocked! Shocked I say!!
I'm not surprised. Disney seems to mild things down.
Standing by!!
This was the longest I was off the boards I think since joining, and that includes my forced, ahem, well, the debacle that led to "Cruella" if you will It does, doesn't it? I had to check the title of this DR before I started the update lol.
Nice! Of course we'll miss you by a week or so as we go Feb. 13-18th. We're looking at possibly a quick trip for Flower and Garden, but it would be late April before Steve's AP expires on the 30th. We all need to get those trips in before our AP's expire!We'll be back at Disney the first week of March and will be at opening day of Flower and Garden. We'll also be back the first week of May. Our AP expires May 26th and we need to get our money's worth.
AwWelcome back to this report. Thanks for taking the time to finish. Looking forward to the next one .
glad you're still reading! I'm so happy to have returned I think I just may add our Dec. dining to this!Exactly. No fun to be had amongst my friends! Just quiet times, cold water, and discussions of politics and social issues.Looking forward to hearing about your next adventure when you will no doubt meet up with some sober and serious friends. No shenanigans expected at all!
Thanks for checking in on me! Happy to be back, I missed everyone!
LOL I think lots of us added new adult beverages to our list of what we like this last year; or, just added, as you said, "any adult beverage" to what we'll drink!
Thank you
When all "this" started, a know some needed to step away from the DIS because it upset them and that's completely understandable. It was sad not seeing new trip and dining reports but I still liked coming to see what people I knew had to say and were up to. It's another way to keep the magic alive.The Dis is keeping my Disney spirit alive through another lockdown and the joys of teaching kindergarten online, so thanks for being part of that!
Hey Ariella, I'm glad you found this and are reading! I know you weren't on for awhile and I'm glad you're feeling better
I know having a trip to look forward to is helping all the people I "work" with!LOL yeah thanks! No really just glad you're here!
No, not really because they want to get pregnant again. I did get Hayden a Minnie Mouse mask for Xmas and she has a Stitch one and she'll wear one for about 10 minutes at a time but that's it. Mom wants to work on it but, my stepson not so much. Doesn't want to see his daughter in a mask which is a whole 'nother issue. So between that and the possibility of growing their family (which I totally am not opposed to lol) it's pretty much on hold for now.
We've made it, not quite as good but still yummy enough to have a few at a time lol!
Yes, especially in the last couple years! We eat there much more often than we used to. There are still a couple restaurants we haven't tried but want to.
Honestly we didn't try them in Nov. or Dec; well Ricky had one in Nov. and said it was ok but he doesn't really know enough to tell the difference. I've heard a few reports that they're better, I may try again next month. I hope so!
I think you'll enjoy them and I hope they keep them! They're random enough but you can still kind of figure out who's going to come once you've been in the park a few hours, especially MK and Epcot, so if you want to see one you missed you can kind of plan for it. I like that they changed them up for the holidays.
It was more STRONG in a nasty medicine way!
I'm surprised how into it he is! Just ordered him some stuff from BoxLunch. He likes Naruto and One Punch Man? There's another one but I forget the name, have to ask him. They have lots of My Hero Academia stuff at BoxLunch and in Mitsukoshi in Japan!
They do, we got them either in Nov. or Dec. and we like them better.
Yes we stayed away for a few years because the menu didn't thrill us but with not as many restaurants open we went in July and again in Sept. I still don't love the menu, but what I've had is really good and that cake surprised me!
No they actually just gave me them all in the little containers on the side. If you didn't want any you could just tell them no and I'm sure you could tell them exactly what you wanted and didn't want.
Good to see you here Kelly, better late than never! And I think I'll add our Dec. trip here so you're in time for that!know I missed a lot of this but happy to be here to catch the end
I thought so, but glad you're still considering April and I hope you get there then
That's great! I thought about texting you the other day to see, Ricky went back Saturday. I have to say I am SO incredibly impressed with their professors and advisors, one great thing about being in a smaller private school is the attention the students get from the staff. Ricky's advisors actually reach out to HIM on occasion which never happened when I was in college lol. And he has 2; one is an academic advisor and the other is his major advisor and she's the head of the mechanical engineering dept.On a side note, Allie is REALLY leaning towards Quinnipiac so we may be seeing each other up here in CT very soon!
Going to definitely add on here and get that Thanksgiving TR going, It really feels good being back here with you all again!ame here
I thought everyone had left
I would; but I won't RUSH back. In terms of Mexican and Disney I actually prefer San Angel and I know it gets mixed reviews, but Frontera is still a solid DS choice.
Yay thank you! I'm happy I did too and now I don't want to leave again so you'll have to deal with more reports and updates from me lol. Thanks for sticking around! Hope you and the family are doing well.
It was a good last meal, I hate when our last meal is bad. That sounds silly but we need to end on all good notes!
Aw thanks! And thanks for sticking around! I agree it's so nice to have recent reports back; it was rough last year when there were NO reports going on here or on the trip report board.Yay, glad you finished this report! Please do one for your other trip(s)--it's so nice to have something fun to read!
Apparently... not so much.I thought everyone had left
Okay, fair enough.
Well, danq it! That's just a doqqon shame!
And even more excited for your birthday trip report to come!! I'll cross my fingers for Steve's shrimp skewer!!
