Previously we left the tea that had resembled the tour length of the SS Minnow on Gilligan's Island.....a three hour tea, a three hour tea!! 
In actuality, the tea lasted a little longer than three hours and trust me, once we all paid, you've never seen DIS dining reviewers move so fast. We all hit our respective paths to reach our final destinations for Sunday. We were headed to Hollywood Studios, as was, I believe, Sue aka Marshall's Mommy. Where in Hollywood Studios were we headed? And as the time was currently 5:30 pm and our reservation was at 6:30 pm would we, could we make it on time? Read on to find out.....
On the first day of our Christmas trip, our family chose to eat...Dinner at Mama Melrose.
Since we had driven to WDW, DH and the kids picked me up at the GF. DH did a phenomenal job of getting three kids up from a Disney rest and motivated to come pick me up. Now we of course had to park in the very last rows at HS so we boarded a tram with only a few minutes to spare to be on time for our reservation. With the baby we had to bring in a bag, so DH and little DD went through bag check while DS, DD1, and I went ahead into the park and fairly well sprinted to the very back left corner to Mama Melrose. We were about ten minutes late, not too bad considering. We had about a ten minute wait and DH and little DD made it about 5 minutes after we did.
It had been a little while since we had dined at Mama Melrose. DH and I did choose new to us entrees while the kids went with their old individual standbys.
I should note that the kids and DH were hungry as they had not attended an afternoon tea with all sorts of goodies like someone in the family.
DH selected the Chicken Campanelle. This consisted of campanelle pasta with grilled chicken, broccoflower, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh spinach, and sweet onions.
After just sharing the LTT Colony salad and dessert with me, DH made pretty quick work of this pasta. He liked the different veggies included with the pasta and chicken.
I chose the Penne Pasta with grilled chicken and four cheese sauce based on the recommendation of our server.
I was able to share this meal with DD2. She really enjoyed the penne pasta and the grilled chicken. I found the four cheese sauce to be a little bland. The grilled chicken did have a good flavor.
DS went with his tried and true cheese pizza.
He inhaled his pizza so I can only assume it was good. It certainly hit the spot along with a dinner roll or two.
DD chose pasta with sauce on the side.
DD enjoyed her plain pasta, though I do believe she ultimately added the sauce and a little parmesan cheese.
With three other Italian meals to go in the trip, would Mama Melrose stand up to the challenge? Stay tuned to find out!
I will leave you with two photos of the Osborne Spectacle of Lights. We had a great first evening in Hollywood Studios and a great first day of Disney dining!
In actuality, the tea lasted a little longer than three hours and trust me, once we all paid, you've never seen DIS dining reviewers move so fast. We all hit our respective paths to reach our final destinations for Sunday. We were headed to Hollywood Studios, as was, I believe, Sue aka Marshall's Mommy. Where in Hollywood Studios were we headed? And as the time was currently 5:30 pm and our reservation was at 6:30 pm would we, could we make it on time? Read on to find out.....
On the first day of our Christmas trip, our family chose to eat...Dinner at Mama Melrose.
Since we had driven to WDW, DH and the kids picked me up at the GF. DH did a phenomenal job of getting three kids up from a Disney rest and motivated to come pick me up. Now we of course had to park in the very last rows at HS so we boarded a tram with only a few minutes to spare to be on time for our reservation. With the baby we had to bring in a bag, so DH and little DD went through bag check while DS, DD1, and I went ahead into the park and fairly well sprinted to the very back left corner to Mama Melrose. We were about ten minutes late, not too bad considering. We had about a ten minute wait and DH and little DD made it about 5 minutes after we did.
It had been a little while since we had dined at Mama Melrose. DH and I did choose new to us entrees while the kids went with their old individual standbys.
I should note that the kids and DH were hungry as they had not attended an afternoon tea with all sorts of goodies like someone in the family.
DH selected the Chicken Campanelle. This consisted of campanelle pasta with grilled chicken, broccoflower, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh spinach, and sweet onions.
After just sharing the LTT Colony salad and dessert with me, DH made pretty quick work of this pasta. He liked the different veggies included with the pasta and chicken.
I chose the Penne Pasta with grilled chicken and four cheese sauce based on the recommendation of our server.
I was able to share this meal with DD2. She really enjoyed the penne pasta and the grilled chicken. I found the four cheese sauce to be a little bland. The grilled chicken did have a good flavor.
DS went with his tried and true cheese pizza.
He inhaled his pizza so I can only assume it was good. It certainly hit the spot along with a dinner roll or two.
DD chose pasta with sauce on the side.
DD enjoyed her plain pasta, though I do believe she ultimately added the sauce and a little parmesan cheese.
With three other Italian meals to go in the trip, would Mama Melrose stand up to the challenge? Stay tuned to find out!
I will leave you with two photos of the Osborne Spectacle of Lights. We had a great first evening in Hollywood Studios and a great first day of Disney dining!
I guess if we had to be stranded for 3 years somewhere, the flagship resort of Disney World wouldn't be a bad place...not bad at all! 
) Also included in our reviews for Monday, Dec. 9th will be our Epcot Bar Crawl, of which there were 7 of us in attendance (plus a surprise guest) 
So stay tuned to find out if the Epcot Bar Crawl turned into the Epcot "Barb" Crawl. 
Then it dawned on me that I had treated Em to breakfast this morning as a small token of my appreciation. 
, not in Washington... the home state of Kurt Cobain 
) said it didn't. We argued back and forth with him for a bit (well, mostly Brenda did, and I just nodded in agreement 
). But Mr. BK insisted that he wasn't going to get paid unless he did the credit card transaction manually. I was so tired at this point and a little afraid he was going to hold us hostage in the backseat of his car, so I surrendered my card to him to make an imprint in his manual machine. I figured I would just monitor my account for the next few days and contest it if I was charged more than once. So Mr. BK finally stopped whining about not getting paid and Brenda, Em, and I got out of the car and started to walk towards the hotel door. It was then that the very smart and observant Miss Emily asked if Mr. BK had given me my credit card back. Hmm...I thought so, but let me check just to make sure. Well, Emily was right...no card!!! 
Luckily the cab was still parked there, as he was waiting for another group (that was standing there talking) to get in. I opened up the front seat passenger side door and told him that he had not given me my card back. Well, the other people thought I was trying to steal their cab and started yelling at me. Thankfully, Brenda was right there to hold them off and prevent a fist fight from breaking out. 
But hey, at least the price of it didn't go up in the 1 1/2 years since I had last had it. 
No Way Jose
Will have to put beaches and cream on the list, that sundae looks AMAZING 
That is great to know about Ohanas because we really want to go there.I love this board and being able to see the pictures. it is so important for me becaue he will only eat certain chicken nuggets and if the look different he wont eat them and that goes for most food! I want it to be a fun and relaxing trip for all 
