My Disneyland dining reviews, with pictures

[figment_jii]

Surf's Up with Mickey & Friends at PCH Grill
We went to Surf's Up for the first time in mid-November and it turned out to be a lot of fun. Figment had to stay home on this trip, but I went with a couple of little kids (2.5 and 5, essentially). We saw Mickey (photo package), Daisy, Pluto, and Stitch. Minnie was around, but she headed out of the dining room at some point and did not come back. Still, we had a great time. The food was pretty good, but it's mostly a good way to meet characters!

Flatbreads and Breakfast Pizzas

Chilaquiles

White Rice and Plain Chicken

Hash

Eggs and Frittata

Bacon and Sausages

Mickey pancakes, french toast, and oatmeal.

Mickey waffles! These were very popular in our group.

 

[bakerudall]

Thanks for the Surf's up pics, Figment. Love me some chilaquiles! BTW, If anyone is visiting DLR and looking for outstanding chilaquiles (and has the transportation), try S & J Gran Cafe in Garden Grove (a couple miles south on Harbor). They are quite spicy, but they serve cold drinks in giant mason jars to help with the cool-down.

Also, a heads up for Arizona dis-ers:

If you didn't know, we got our first Earl of Sandwich last month. It's on Mill/5th in Tempe. Be aware, however, that they do NOT yet have the Cannonballs sandwich. I just wanted to spare you the disappointment I experienced after driving there today. I buried the pain with an Original 1762.

 

[StyledSugar]

I know Sherry posted about the Valentine's Day options but does anyone know when the Valentine's treats start making their way to the park? We won't actually be there on Valentine's Day but were hoping to get a few treats.

 

[Sherry E]

I know Sherry posted about the Valentine's Day options but does anyone know when the Valentine's treats start making their way to the park? We won't actually be there on Valentine's Day but were hoping to get a few treats.

I've never seen anyone post in detail or talk extensively about Valentine's Day treats on this board, which is precisely why I rounded up the links to the aforementioned blogs.

If you look at the first couple of blogs (starting with the most recent) that I linked above, you will notice that the dates they were published were February 5, 2014 and February 9, 2012. The 2/5/14 blog did not specify that the treats were in the parks at that moment, but I'd have to assume that some things were already out. By the time the 2/9/12 blog was published, the items were there.

As long as you're at DLR in February (even if it's February 1st), I'm sure you will find some Valentine's goodies. There is no reason for Disney to not put them out a couple of weeks (at least) before the holiday. They start trotting out some of the Halloween stuff in late August! It is not realistic for them to make a bunch of holiday-specific items and then only put them out on 2/14, or a couple of days prior. I would expect that (and I could be wrong, of course, but this is my guess) the sweet, snack-ish items (cookies, cupcakes, apples, cake pops, etc.) would probably be out 1-2 weeks before Valentine's Day, if not earlier. I think that the more savory/meal-type items (special dishes in certain restaurants, for example) could possibly only be available on 2/14, or within a couple of days before or after 2/14.

I love the idea of the heart-shaped and teddy bear-shaped bread! I don't know if it will pop up in a DCA bread cart this year, but it's a great idea.

 

[figment_jii]

Hi All! According to a Disneyland Today's Facebook post, today is National Chocolate Cake Day!

In honor of that wonderful sounding day, here is a photo of the Club 33 Traditional Opera Cake with Gianduja Chocolate Curl and Mecker Raspberry Coulis as presented by Jean-Marc Viallet (Disneyland Resort) and Jorge Sotelo (Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Disney California Adventure Park) at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival's Party for the Senses. (Yes, it's a DLR food at an WDW event!)

Tomorrow (1/28) is National Blueberry Pancake Day...if anyone has photos of Blueberry Pancakes at Disneyland, that's be a great day to share them!

 

[StyledSugar]

I've never seen anyone post in detail or talk extensively about Valentine's Day treats on this board, which is precisely why I rounded up the links to the aforementioned blogs.

If you look at the first couple of blogs (starting with the most recent) that I linked above, you will notice that the dates they were published were February 5, 2014 and February 9, 2012. The 2/5/14 blog did not specify that the treats were in the parks at that moment, but I'd have to assume that some things were already out. By the time the 2/9/12 blog was published, the items were there.

As long as you're at DLR in February (even if it's February 1st), I'm sure you will find some Valentine's goodies. There is no reason for Disney to not put them out a couple of weeks (at least) before the holiday. They start trotting out some of the Halloween stuff in late August! It is not realistic for them to make a bunch of holiday-specific items and then only put them out on 2/14, or a couple of days prior. I would expect that (and I could be wrong, of course, but this is my guess) the sweet, snack-ish items (cookies, cupcakes, apples, cake pops, etc.) would probably be out 1-2 weeks before Valentine's Day, if not earlier. I think that the more savory/meal-type items (special dishes in certain restaurants, for example) could possibly only be available on 2/14, or within a couple of days before or after 2/14.

I love the idea of the heart-shaped and teddy bear-shaped bread! I don't know if it will pop up in a DCA bread cart this year, but it's a great idea.

Thanks Sherry! I never noticed the blog dates, good catch! I will definitely be checking out the treats and take pictures!

 

[smiley_face2]

I know Sherry posted about the Valentine's Day options but does anyone know when the Valentine's treats start making their way to the park? We won't actually be there on Valentine's Day but were hoping to get a few treats.

This was taken on Feb 13....

This was one week before on Feb 7.....

They were the same cupcake inside....I don't know when after the 7th they switched up the decorations, but I do recall the valentines theme was not a huge thing there, and was not around for many days. Neither were there very many special items.... there were a few special dinners but only on Valentines day itself. We won't be there for actual vanlentines day this year so I'm not counting on much.

 

[figment_jii]

Today is National Croissant Day! Anyone had any good croissants at DLR? I know they sell them at Jolly Holiday and Starbucks (I'm always drawn to the dessert pastries, but they do have them...)...

 

[Sherry E]

No croissant experiences at DLR for me, that I can recall (other than maybe at Goofy's Kitchen).

But, I thought you'd find this article/blog interesting (it comes from one of those official-but-yet-informal Disney sites). Strangely, it just showed up in my email today, and yet it says it was supposedly published/written 1 year ago??:

"Disneyland Dessert Heights" -- Oh My Disney; posted in 2014 or in January 2015???

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[iKristin]

The chocolate croissant is my go to quick breakfast snack. When it's warmed up and the chocolate inside melts...OMG. I highly recommend it

 

[jsebsirois]

The Valentine's Day cupcake is so nice!

Ahhh, all those great pictures makes me wanna go back to the happiest place on Earth so bad!!!

Thanks for sharing everyone!

 

[StyledSugar]

No croissant experiences at DLR for me, that I can recall (other than maybe at Goofy's Kitchen).

But, I thought you'd find this article/blog interesting (it comes from one of those official-but-yet-informal Disney sites). Strangely, it just showed up in my email today, and yet it says it was supposedly published/written 1 year ago??:

"Disneyland Dessert Heights" -- Oh My Disney; posted in 2014 or in January 2015???

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OMG I want to know where in DCA you can get that massive sundae?!?!? That looks amazing!

 

[Sherry E]

OMG I want to know where in DCA you can get that massive sundae?!?!? That looks amazing!

It is odd that the writer of that piece did not specify the exact location of the sundae, from what I can see, but it is the Strike it Rich butterscotch sundae from Ghirardelli -- https://disneyland.disney.go.com/di...delli-soda-fountain-and-chocolate-shop/menus/.

It looks larger in the photo than it looks in person, but it's tasty!

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

It looks larger in the photo than it looks in person, but it's tasty!

And it feels larger in the stomach than it looks in person.

 

[Sherry E]

New Valentine's Day food post -- and, on this new website, I see no icons for linking, bolding, italicizing or using colors or anything, so I have to just post the link as it:

"Sweet, Savory Valentine’s Day Specials at Disneyland Resort" -- posted on February 2nd, 2015 by Pam Brandon, Disney Parks Food Writer -- http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...valentines-day-specials-at-disneyland-resort/

 

[Jennafoo]

Is there talk of starting a new thread of food pictures? I know we were trying to get to 250 pages on this one, but now with the changes we're back to page 186, and this thread was started in 2006. Seems like a good time to start over...

 

[Sherry E]

We'll decide on that, Jennafoo. Mary Jo and I were the ones who wanted to wait until the previous thread hit page 250. It had well over one million views (and still does), so there was some merit to keeping it active. We'll discuss the new one. It doesn't really matter when the first one began, as it has been active very recently. If it hadn't been active since 2006, that would be a different story.

I am now in Firefox -- which is not my browser of choice, but I use it as a back-up when one of the other browsers is going haywire. All of the buttons are showing up now. So there is clearly some glitch between Explorer (which is what I prefer to use, and what I was using last night when the buttons were working) and this new website. I'll have to post in the Tech forum about it.

 

[figment_jii]

I haven't talked with Sherry and the other moderators at this point. We were planning on starting the new one when the thread got to 250 pages, but the new board seems to have more posts per page so we've dropped down quite a bit. I don't know if the moderators have a new page limit in mind, but given that the board migration just occurred, there are probably some things to work out.

Sherry - I just saw your post. I'm using Chrome, so hopefully the webmasters can figure out what is happening with IE.

 

[Jennafoo]

I'm not surprised it has a ton of views, and I certainly find it useful and fun to look through. But unfortunately, you really have to start pretty far into the thread, because a LOT of the early posts have broken images, etc., or the food they refer to just isn't available anymore. Would be nice to find a way to keep the later posts and on, while separating from some of the old ones...

 

[Sherry E]

Most people are not starting at the beginning of long threads. I have learned that over the years, when people come to my Superthreads and ask about things that are included in the first two posts on page 1.

It's very easy to start at the end of long threads and work backwards.

We'll figure it out. We have our hands full with more important and pressing issues at the moment. There are moderation functions that we are trying to figure out on this new site, as well as getting used to the layout to be able to tell everyone else where to find things.