MLinDisney and Kimpup CELEBRATE and GO DELUXE!! 1ST DR! TONS OF PHOTOS! COMPLETE

[MLinDisney]

It was a beautiful day for our 8:00 ADR. We were let in the park at 7:45. We were the first ones in until someone ran ahead of us! We walked up to check in:

We were let in a little early and saw:

DONALD! I gave the photographer my camera and he took this pic.
We were seated right away and we had some jungle juice and coffee. We went up to the empty buffet and this is DD's first plate:

There was bobotie quiche, eggs, plantain, blintz. not sure what else. She also brought this back to the table:

Danish, cake and Crispy Cream donuts!
My first dish:

Bobotie quiche, blintz, tator tots? bacon, yam casserole, eggs, bisquit and sausage gravy! I'm not sure but I think there was corned beef hash in there too. I also brought along this:

Banana Cinnamon bread pudding with vanilla sauce!!!! This was delicious!!!
I went back for more Bobotie quiche!
I loved this meal. My two favorites were Bobotie quiche and the bread pudding. I rate this meal 5 thumbs up.

Here is what we did between bites:

Mickey grabbed my hand and pulled me off my chair. The waiter took these photos!

Me and Daisy!

DD and Daisy! I love the character's safari outfits!
I had to get this shot of Daisy's shoes:

Me and Goofy:

DD and Goofy:

Look to the left side of the photo. That is our table. Notice the plates are wiped clean! We took 40 Minutes to eat, get seconds and take all these photos! This was a great meal! I just realized I didn't rate this, so I came back here to edit. We both rated this meal It was so good, we have an ADR to come back in January! We were out of there by 8:40 and headed to the safari!
The total for this meal was $53.23. This includes tax but not tip.


NEXT UP: YAK AND YETI

 

[WDWaddictt]

I love Tusker house for breakfast. It's a must do for us every time we go.

 

[Terrie..]

Tusker House is our favorite breakfast!! We like to go about 10:30 and have it as brunch!! There's so much food that we're never hungry for lunch

 

[MUFFYCAT]

Great pictures! Breakfast looks so good!

 

[NoOrdinaryPrincess]

Just caught up on your DR! Love the Tusker House review! Can't wait for more!

 

[MLinDisney]

I love Tusker house for breakfast. It's a must do for us every time we go.

Yes!! We are doing this again on our January trip!

Tusker House is our favorite breakfast!! We like to go about 10:30 and have it as brunch!! There's so much food that we're never hungry for lunch

Can't wait to try that 10:30 time!

Great pictures! Breakfast looks so good!

It was so good, we're doing it again on our January trip!!

Just caught up on your DR! Love the Tusker House review! Can't wait for more!

Thank you! I'm posting right now!

 

[MLinDisney]

After a morning at Animal Kingdom, we headed to Yak and Yeti for our 12:00 ADR.

We started out with drinks DD had the Big Bamboo - Malibu Coconut rum, Bacardi Light rum, DeKuyper banana liqueur and tropical fruit juices. I just had water. I don't have a photo of this drink.

My appetizer:

Pork Pot Stickers - pan seared or steamed, soy lime dipping sauce. As you can see, I started eating these before the photo! I enjoyed these! I gave them DD didn't try them.
DD's appetizer:

Seared Ahi Tuna - chilled, sesame-encrusted ahi tuna, wasabi aioli, and sweet chili slaw. I didn't taste this but DD rated

My entrée:

Crispy Mahi Mahi - filet of mahi mahi, Japanese bread crumbs, Cantonese sweet and sour sauce, jasmine rice, stir-fried vegetables. This was very good. Crispy and the sauce was sweet, not the typical sweet and sour, not too sour - a good combination with the fish! I gave this DD Didn't taste this.

DD's entrée:

Crispy Honey Chicken - tempura chicken, broccoli, carrots, honey sauce. This looked good, but I don't remember tasting this. DD rated it:


Next we ordered dessert. I had tea and DD had coffee. I ordered:

Fried Wontons - Skewers of fresh pineapple and cream cheese wontons, vanilla ice cream, honey vanilla drizzle. This was very good I liked how they were crispy with the sauce on it. We both rated this

DD ordered:

Chocolate Cake - Chocolate pudding cake, raspberry sauce. I don't remember this, but I think I did taste it. I was so busy with those won tons!! DD rated it She said it was just ok.
Yak & Yeti was pretty good. I would like to try it again, but not for a three course meal, maybe just appetizers and drinks.
This meal was one credit each on the dining plan. The cost $91.24 with tax but without tip. The drink was $8.51, paid for by DD's credit card.



NEXT UP: DINNER SANAA

 

[MLinDisney]

We took the bus from Animal Kingdom to Kidani Village for our 5:00 ADR at Sanaa.
When we arrived, we were a little over a half hour early. We went to the ladies room and freshened up a little. Then we visited the gift shop and decided to go to the restaurant. We went in and they said we were too early, but we could go out and view the animals. We requested a window table and left. When we went outside on this long walkway, all the animals were out! Here are some of them:

We went inside and were still a little early so we went to the bar and ordered South African Pinotage

Here we are looking at the menus at the bar.

This is our waitress, Kim. She is moving our table very close to the window.

This is the table next to us. There was this bird staring inside. Kim told us his name, but I forgot it.

DD and the waitress, both have the same name! So we took this photo.
Here is the view of the giraffes from our window:

Notice how dark it is getting. Here is DD's wine. We ordered more with dinner.

Here are some wildebeest.
It was starting to rain and I was a little upset that the animals would run away. The giraffes started to come closer again too. The waitress told us that we are in for a treat because when it rains they run all around out there in front of the window. Sure enough this is what happened! First, I got a video of the giraffes right in front of our window running to those trees in the background. Then I got another video of all the zebra and wildebeest running all around in front of us. The first video of the giraffes was very dark so Ill post the second video here:

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF ANIMALS RUNNING IN THE RAIN

If you look closely, you can see the giraffes way in the back under a tree. In the background, you can hear all the people in the restaurant and my commentary. I thought this was such a great part of the whole experience of Sanaa.

The animals all ran around awhile, then ran for cover until the rain stopped, which was very shortly after that. They then started to come out again. So we ordered our appetizers. Here is DD's:

Potato and Pea Samosas - with choice of Tamarind or Mango Chutney. These were very tasty. I rated them DD rated them

SANAA PART 2 CONTINUED IN NEXT POST.......

 

[MLinDisney]

My appetizer:

Indian Style Bread Service. There were many to choose from. I chose, with the help of DD, 2 Naan and one Onion Kulcha. For our three dips, I chose, coconut chutney, roasted bell pepper hummus and red Chile Samba. I enjoyed the naan bread and my favorite accompaniment to dip the bread into was the coconut chutney. I rate this bread service DD rated it
We ordered our entrées. I ordered:

Butter Chicken and Spicey Durban Shrimp with Basmati rice. Both of these were excellent I loved the butter chicken. DD and I shared our dinners because she also ordered this meal but with different choices:

DD had spicey durban chicken and beef short ribs with basmati rice. This is a photo of us sharing all of this:

I rated this entrée It went well with the wine we were having too! DD rated it:

DD loves Indian food. I really never had it before, so this was an interesting dinner!

SANAA PART 3 CONTINUED IN NEXT POST........

 

[MLinDisney]

The waitress was clearing the table and took our dessert order. I saw this:

A hidden mickey on the table.
Also At this point, the skies cleared and all the animals started coming out:

For dessert I ordered:

Dessert Trio - Chocolate Cake, Tropical Fruit Kulfi, and Chai Cream
I only wanted a large chai cream, but they didn't have that anymore. So the waitress suggested that I order the Dessert Trio and get 2-3 Chai Creams on it. I didn't know you could do this. As you see, I ordered 2 with one chocolate cake in the middle. I rated the Chai cream It had some spices in it that tasted like Thanksgiving. The chocolate cake was ok. DD rated this
DD ordered:

Banana Kulfi Sundae - warm chocolate sauce, strawberries, and spiced cashews
I don't remember tasting this, but I know I did. DD rated this

DD ordered coffee and I wanted to taste the Vanilla Rooibos tea:

This tea was not on the plan, but I heard so much about it and wanted to try. It was delicious, mild with a slight flavor of vanilla.

This meal was very good. I enjoyed it and the view!! The Meal was one credit each on the dining plan. The cost $76.18. I paid for the wine and tea with my credit card. After this, we went back out on the long walkway and took one last look at the animals. We all ready have an ADR to come back here in January!!!

NEXT UP: BREAKFAST CRYSTAL PALACE

 

[dixonsontour]

Great updates

 

[WDWaddictt]

I also have an ADR for Sanaa on our upcoming trip and it's my most anticipated dinner yet. We have not been here before but since we are staying at AKL it was a great opportunity to go. Everything looks so good.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[DsnyMama]

Coming out of lurkerville! Lovely reviews!

 

[MUFFYCAT]

Sounds like you like the AK area!
I'm curious to hear about your Crystal Palace breakfast. We've always liked it there. Staying the Polynesian you'll get there fast!

You may have said earlier but did you take the boat to MK? Another one of my favorites things to do.

 

[EKW]

I believe that your birdie dinner companion was a cassowary. Very cool!

 

[MLinDisney]

Great updates

Thank you. I'll be updating in a few minutes.

I also have an ADR for Sanaa on our upcoming trip and it's my most anticipated dinner yet. We have not been here before but since we are staying at AKL it was a great opportunity to go. Everything looks so good.
Thanks for sharing!

You'll love the food and the view!! Did you check out the video link in the Sanaa review? I loved that view!

Coming out of lurkerville! Lovely reviews!

Thank you for reading! I'm reliving the memories and tastes!

Sounds like you like the AK area!
I'm curious to hear about your Crystal Palace breakfast. We've always liked it there. Staying the Polynesian you'll get there fast!

You may have said earlier but did you take the boat to MK? Another one of my favorites things to do.

Love AK and the restaurants there. Also love the restaurants at the AKL/Kidani! I'm going to post the Crystal Palace breakfast in a few. I love the transportation at the Poly. Quick walk to Epcot monorail and MK monorail too.
We did take the boat to the Poly two times. It was not crowded and very pretty at night.

I believe that your birdie dinner companion was a cassowary. Very cool!

Thank you! Good to know. The waitress told us each animal had a name. I don't know how she can tell one bird from the other Wish I could remember his name.

 

[MLinDisney]

Our last breakfast on our vacation. We had an 8:05 at Crystal Palace. We were first in line at the turnstiles and Main Street was completely empty. We took some photos of the empty park. We arrived at Crystal Palace early and no one was there.

Except one CM. We took a few photos while we waited.

We went up to sign in. The CMs invited us all up on the porch and they had a little song to start off the day. Before the song one of the CMs came up to me and asked me how to pronounce my name. Little did we know that after the song, they would announce our name as family of the day. We got in first.

If you look at the photo above, you can see me taking the photo and DD next to me (in the mirror.) We were seated, she said she would bring us coffee and were first at the buffet:

Here is DD making a plate.

DD's first plate.

This is my first plate. Notice the breakfast pizza and Pooh's puffed french toast! That was delicious!! I also took this:

Breakfast lasagna!! I loved the custard part and cake but the fruit was a little sweet. DD thought it was too sweet.
We had lots of photos taken of us with the characters:

Me and Pooh

DD and Pooh.

Both of us with Tigger!
I went back up to get more:

Me and Piglet.

DD and Piglet.
We were finished and paid for and Eeyore hadn't come out yet, so we left and headed for Adventureland.

I enjoyed our meal here. We both rated it

I have a receipt for this but It says 0.00, so I looked it up on Disney.com and found that for breakfast it was $35.99 without tax or tip. Total for two of us: $71.98. We used one dining credit each.

NEXT UP: LE CHEFS DE FRANCE

 

[MUFFYCAT]

How cool you had the place to yourselves- even if was short lived. I love empty park pictures especially at MK. With a 8:00 adr I can get a clear pix of the castle without anyone in it. lol

I do think CP is pretty and like the characters but that's a steep price for breakfast!

 

[MUFFYCAT]

How was LE CHEFS DE FRANCE?


I don't think I would have made it pass the slushies...

 

[Tracerr00]

I loved your review of Sanaa and the animal photos were fantastic! Such a great view. I've never tried Indian food either but I'd be open to giving it a shot! And how fun that you were the family of the day at CP! It must have been very cool to be the first ones in!