My Christmas dining review 12/20-12/27

[Vickis3js]

Well we finished at Magic Kingdom and the kids wanted a night off. So we headed back to the Pop for diner. I was a tad upset since I wanted to try a counter service at the pop but I wanted to try their chicken penne alfredo.

So my pic is obviously their Chicken Penne alfredo. I also got a salad from the fridge section and used a snack credit. The peice of chicken was HUGE. It was very tasty too!! The pasta with alfredo sauce was also very tasty. Salad well was a salad. For dessert I got the yummy tye dye cheesecake. I could not finish my chicken, pasta or my salad. but somehow devoured the cheesecake LOL.

DH got a cheesesteak wrap. Now they had to make fresh meat for him since they were out of it. Now they don't make these individually they make a large amount of meat and then they make the wraps with them. So we waited awhile for it to get made. Now we watched them make them and OMG the amount of salt they put on the meat was ridiculous. I was standing a pretty far distance from the grill and I could see the salt on the meat before she mixed it in. DH ate it though and said it was alright, but then again as long as its edible he will say its alright. He did say how salty it was. he also got the salad and the cheesecake and enjoyed them.

DD6 got the nuggets with fries and pudding. She ate it all but then i didn't expect anything less from the nugget addict she is.

DS and DD8 got the pasta with meatballs. DS got his with red sauce and DD got hers with aldredo. They both ate it all and helped finish mine as well.

All in all it was a decent meal. Nothing special but nothing horrible.

 

[natalielongstaff]

great reviews, thanks

 

[SunnieRN]

I'm glad you liked breakfast at crystal palace. Sounds yummy!
When are you taking your first trip "home"?

 

[Vickis3js]

I'm glad you liked breakfast at crystal palace. Sounds yummy!
When are you taking your first trip "home"?

Probably not until Dec 2010 It may be this Dec we haven't worked out all the details yet. I know we are planning to do Universal this Dec and are planning to stay onsite there to take advantage of their FOTL. So I think we might bank our points and make our first trip "Home" a little longer and definatly get the savanah view!

 

[Vickis3js]

Let me start by saying I could have eaten at McDonalds and been happy today!! I didn't have to cook and clean up after my ungreatful family! I finally got to enjoy a Christmas with my husband and children and it was drama free. Knowing I hav many many many more of them makes me even happier!

Now onto dining....

I had planned a park free day today so I let us sleep in a little bit and scheduled Chef Mickey's at 9:45. I know I spoil them LOL. We got there about 30 minutes early, got our picture taken with the cardboard plate, and tried to not get pooed on by the birds flying around. I swear half the seats had bird poo on them. Well the wait was short maybe 10 mintues but in this time I realized that it was not their usual breakfast buffet but a Christmas Brunch . To most thats probably no big deal but I am not one to mix breakfast foods and diner foods. They had a lot of non breakfast foods out as well. THe kids and I were looking forward to fruit and there was only one bowl of mixed fruit the others were salads. They had Mickey Waffles which were really good, french toast that was ok, eggs, bacon, sausage and breakfast pizza. They had no breakfast potatoes. I found the pastries and was so excited to see the yummy apple things I had at Akershurs but these were so not the same. Well they were but they were stale and not even close to as yummy. The characters here were really good though. That definatly made up for it because my kids were in heaven.

Would I go back I sure would just maybe not on Christmas Morning. The pics of their breakfast buffet always look so yummy and I kinda felt cheated. I did ask about a special Christmas menu about a week or 2 before and was told no so I think that upset me a tad more but then again I learned later to never really believe what you are told anyway.

So Chef Mickeys was good and I would go back!

 

[Vickis3js]

So after breakfast we headed back to the room for the kids to get changed because Santa had gotten them appointments for BBB and Mom had brought their dresses from home. After that we went to AKL to see our home resort for the first time and then we headed to WL to walk around a bit before our 6pm ressie. We got their early about 45 minutes early we just couldn't kill anymore time. We gave our name and were given a pager. It went off not even 5 minutes later.

Now I had called about 3 days before we left to check on Christmas menus. I was told that yes WCC had a special menu as well as their regular one. I also asked at the front desk at Pop to check for me what was on the menu before we left for DTD and was told what was going to be on the skillet and that their would be their regular menu as well. So when we were seated and told that it was a special fixed menu an that was that I was a little shocked. It was also different then what I had been told at the Pop. But we survived.

When we were seated the salad was already on the table along with some cranberry stuff. The salad everyone ate except my 6yo DS she does not like dressing on her salad. She is weird I know. The cranberry stuff I didn't try since I hate cranberries. Our was very nice he was teasing the girls about their crazy hair. He got our drink order and quickly returned with them. Here the kids could get the milkshakes. My 2 DD's got bubble gum they loved it I thought it was nasty. DS got a chocolate milkshake which was way too sweet for me but who am I to say anything. I got the magical star and DH got something with alcohol in it as well. I also got an iced tea and DH the same. I know I loved my drink my DH didn't.

Now onto the skillet it had turkey, roasted pork, brisket, and chicken for meats. Green bean casserole, stuffing and mashed potatoes for sides. It also had gravy. The kids ate a little of everything and their fav was the turkey and the chicken. None of them really liked the brisket. They thought the other stuff was ok nothing special. DH LOVED the brisket which my favorite was probably the pork and chicken. I loved the green bean casserole as well. The kids and I filled up rather quickly DH ate till he got bored then said he was done LOL So out comes desert a yule log or Christmas log or something log. It tasted like a stale tastycake. It was SOOO not the smores cheesecake or the cinnamon bowl thing I had been dreaming of. It was a total disappointment.

Now they did none of their shenanigans. They called for ketchup once and when DD asked our server for a straw he gave her a look and said she was a demanding princess and threw them on the table. That was it. Now would we go back. Probably but like Chef Mickey's not for Christmas.

 

[MinnieMom]

Great reviews. Thanks for sharing! So sorry your Christmas meals weren't as great as you had hoped, but at least there was no cooking or cleanup involved!!