Sorry it took so long. We got back late on Tuesday and have been running around since. Ok, so I did end up cheating, I emailed Sue Ellen before we left to get ADRs for my husband's birthday on Monday the 16th. I gave her a list of places and got an ADR for Artist Point. Other than that we just kinda went by the seat of our pants. When we arrived on Thursday the 12th our rooms were ready so we settled in and took the boat to Downtown. My DH and I walked around and shopped and about 5:30 stopped at Bongo's and got right in. I had the Vaca Frita and my DH had Camarones al Ajillo. I had a yummy blue drink that I can't remember the name of but it was very good.
We ate every morning at the Floatworks and had a great breakfast each morning. Note: It's better to get there at 7:00 a.m. than at 8:00 a.m., less confusion.
On Friday, we met up with our friends who were chaperoning the band trip (remember that's the real reason we're here). One of our friend's daughters had made us an ADR at CP for 3:00 p.m. So we had a great lunch/dinner there.
On Saturday we went to EPCOT and had lunch at the cafeteria place in the Land. Had a great ham sandwich, the bread was unbelievably good. For dinner, we grabbed a quick bite at Pecos Bill's in MK before the parade our DD was in. Cheeseburgers were very good. Loved the french fries.
On Sunday it rained so my DH and I went to Downtown again and did some shopping. When the rain let up we went to MGM to meet up with the band again. At 2:00 we decided to go to Brown Derby for lunch. We again got right in. My DH and I both had the pasta and shrimp dish and it was excellent. Later that night we just grabbed a quick bite back at POFQ.
On Monday we went to our only ADR at Artist's Point. It was early (5:30) because we were leaving at 1 a.m. to drive back to CT. We had a lovely dinner, very $$$$, but nice. They gave us each a menu with my DH name on the bottom of it and gave him a certificate and a birthday card. My DH got the vension spring rolls, the buffalo steak and they gave him the Berry Cobbler for dessert. He enjoyed everything. My DB had the Duck Confit, the buffalo steak and the chocolate torte. My DSIL had the Frisse salad with pears, the buffalo steak and the Coffee Two Ways. My older DD had the salamon and cobbler. My DDBF had the pork chop and no dessert (he's over 6 foot and weighs about 170 now you know why). I had the Frisee salad and the beef tenderloin. Everything was wonderful. I had never had purple potatoes before but they were very good. I also had the coffee two ways. The bread pudding is absolutely heavenly.
So we didn't make out too bad, there were a few places that I had wanted to try but we never made it to them because of scheduling conflicts with the band. The only place we asked and couldn't get into to was Liberty Tavern, so all in all it went well.
