No Longer coming to you Live from Disney World! Take 3 DDW'S TAMBU LOUNGE 8/6

[OneBadApple]

Thanks for all the pics and reviews of the Food and Wine Festival. I now know that I need to make the festival one of these years, hopefully in the near future.

This looks fun, how do I volunteer to participate for our trip (11/23-11/30)?

 

[jabead]

This looks fun, how do I volunteer to participate for our trip (11/23-11/30)?

You just did...adding you to my November volunteer list now! I'll be sending everyone on the list a PM in a couple of weeks. This should give you everything you will need to send me your live reports. Thanks!

 

[jabead]

Time to start posting today's updates, beginning with our First Update of the Day brought to you by Jenifer (disneynanacat).


Jenifer and her family had dinner last night at Epcot's...


Teppan Edo











Here's what they had, starting with appetizers...




"Skye and I had the tempura. It was just ok. Not much flavor."




"For entrees, Jeremiah and I both had steak and shrimp..."





"Excellent!"




"Skye had the volcano roll and loved it."






"Haley had chicken and she loved it too. But again I forgot the pic."


"For desserts we had green tea cheesecake...





...and ginger cake."






"Haley had ice cream."





"Desserts were tasty but not outstanding. But overall another great meal!"​

3 October Game Points Earned + 2 Bonus Points for misc. pics and First Update of the Day

 

[jabead]

We also received a dinner update this morning from Jen (Merida34).


She and her family dined last night at the Beach Club's...


Cape May Cafe


Here's what she had there...

















She said, "The salad was yummy! It had blue cheese, candied walnuts and craisins. The steamers were good, but the star was the crab legs! I also tried mac & cheese, paella, salmon, and veggies. We were there on a Monday and they had Fried Clams...I know they do different items on different days.






And for dessert...



"Dessert was yucky! We were so full of crab and clams though that it was fine!" ​

3 October Game Points Earned

 

[jabead]

And we received a travel update from Gisele (Arielle71) this morning.


She said, "Hi Barb, we are at the Montreal Airport and we just had this "light" breakfast that should hold us till our first Disney food!"


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1 October Bonus Point Awarded for travel update

 

[jabead]

Sadly we received the final updates from Amanda (amandaC) & family this afternoon.

The first was from their lunch today at Epcot's...






Here's what they had...



Insalata del Contadino


Amanda said, "This was very good. We usually get the house salad but we like this one a little better."







"Mezzo Metro minus two slices-oops. Half picante and half margarita. Delicious as usual."


"No room for dessert, especially since we had plans for France later."





But first a stop at Germany to get a snack for the plane from...


Karamell Kuche






"The yummy rice krispie treat!"




And then their final update was from France's ice cream shop...


L'Artisan des Glaces



...where they tried the new pressed brioche ice cream sandwich!





Amanda said, "We were dying to try this! DH and I shared a coconut white chocolate with chocolate sauce and the boys had profiterole with chocolate sauce. These were soooooo good!!!"



And an inside look...





"That's Mikey's cup of pineapple sorbet in the background."


"And this concludes our short 5 day culinary adventure in Disney."​

4 October Game Points Earned + 3 Bonus Points for the photobomber and sign/menu pic + 5 Bonus Points for being the first to report on the new (and recently discussed here on the live thread) brioche sandwich

 

[jerseytinkerbell]

Hi everyone! Checking in as a live reporter for my upcoming trip. We just added on a few extra days today, so now my husband and I will be at WDW from October 10-October 26. Talk about last minute planning!

We will be staying for 5 nights at Pop Century to start off our trip, followed by 4 nights at OKW, 2 nights at BLT and 5 nights at BWV. We are celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary this trip and we are going all out.

We have lots of breakfasts booked this trip. Olivia's, Boma, Crystal Palace, Grand Floridian Cafe and Kona Cafe are set for now, but I may add more. We have dinner booked at Jiko, Artist Point, Flying Fish and Raglan Road. I was also finally able to secure a Fastpass for BOG lunch, which I am really looking forward too. We are huge WPE fans, so there are sure to be lots of pics from there as well. We are determined to try EVERYTHING at F&W and we are only eating at F&W on our BWV days as well as a couple of other days, so we may just accomplish that goal.

No dining plan for us, but we are planning on purchasing a Tables in Wonderland card for the first time this trip.

Looking forward to sharing my food adventures with everyone!

 

[jabead]

And since that was Amanda's final update, it's now time to say...




Thanks so much for being a Live Reporter... Great Job!!!





amandaC's Total Oct./Nov. Game Points Earned = 107
​

 

[jabead]

So sadly we must say goodbye to Amanda & family who headed home today, but happily we can say hello to a new reporter who just arrived at Disney World, Gisele (Arielle71).


She and her DH headed to Downtown Disney to have their first meal, a late lunch at...







"DH had the BBQ Chicken Pizza and said it was a bit too sweet."






"I had the great cheese/pesto pizza..."



​

2 October Game Points Earned + 1 Bonus Point for sign

 

[jabead]

Gisele sent us one more update tonight from the Food & Wine Festival.


She said, "Tonight we went to Epcot to see Sugar Ray and to try a few booths."



Mexico





Shrimp Taco with Purple Cabbage


"We rated this 4/5."





Taco de Ribeye with Salsa de Chipotle


"Rating: 3.5/5."




Desserts & Champagne




Dessert Trio & Frozen Smores


"The s'mores was a 3.5/5 and the trio 4/5. The orange cupcake was really good!"​

6 October Game Points Earned

 

[jabead]

We also received the first update from our other live reporter who arrived at Disney World today, Laura (lua1904).


"First pic is of our amazing steak from Keen's Steakhouse in NYC - our final meal before we headed to Orlando."



"I can't believe Tom managed to eat this all by himself, the restaurant was really busy and all of our food was delicious."




"We did have a reservation for Fulton's tonight but we missed it because we had a problem with our hire car, then we had to change rooms as our first room smelled terribly of mold and mildew."


So they ended up having their first Disney meal at Downtown Disney's...


Paradiso 37


Here's what they had...




Paradiso 37 beer and sangria margarita







Chicken quesadillas






Mac and cheese bites





Baja fish tacos







Chicken burrito



"The food at Paradiso was unfortunately terrible and not the best start to our Disney dining. We skipped dessert."

​

5 October Game Points Earned + 1 Bonus Point for travel update

 

[jabead]

Good morning everyone! I've got some good news for you this morning. We have a live thread record 6 reporters arriving at Disney World tomorrow!!! Adding in our 4 current reporters and 4 more arriving on Friday/Saturday, it will bring our total to 14 reporters sending us live updates this weekend.

However, this weekend is not only a busy one at Disney World but also at the jabead house. It is Homecoming weekend (our final one since my youngest is a high school senior this year ) with many Homecoming-related activities (kicking off with the parade tomorrow afternoon), and also my DD #2 will be home from college for a three-day weekend. Throw in my sister-in-law's birthday party on Saturday night and celebrating my DD's birthday (which is later this month) sometime while she is home and you have one crazy busy weekend.

So the bad news, it is very likely that I will fall behind with posting the live updates I receive this weekend, and for that I will apologize in advance to the readers and reporters. I do though promise that all updates I receive this weekend will be posted to the thread eventually.


To our reporters...Don't hold back with your updates! Even if you do not receive confirmation of receipt (as I might have my phone silenced and not be checking my email during the busiest times), just keep sending in those photos.

BRING ON THE DISNEY FOOD!!! ​

Coming up next...the 6 trip announcements!

 

[jabead]

Just a reminder that next up to the Disney Dining Plate is ...​

jerseytinkerbell







Jeri and her DH, Rob, will be at Disney World from 10/10 - 10/26 and she has volunteered to do live updates for us!




HAVE A GREAT TRIP, Jeri & Rob!!! ​

6 October Game Points Awarded

 

[jabead]

Just a reminder that next up to the Disney Dining Plate is ...​

Mindy2k3




"My little one is trying to help pack."



Mindy, her DH, and DD11 & DD1 (pictured above) will be at Disney World from 10/10 - 10/18 and she has volunteered to do live updates for us!




HAVE A GREAT TRIP, Mindy & family!!! ​

1 October Game Point Awarded

 

[jabead]

Just a reminder that next up to the Disney Dining Plate are...​

madmom1030




- and -




LIBULA




- and -




Smiling Cheshire Cat




Rachel enjoying some ice cream at Beaches & Cream along with her DD (Brianna) and DS (Chase)




- and -




DonaldDoleWhip





Erin, DH (Jeff), and DD13 & DD11 will be at Disney World from 10/10 - 10/18 and has volunteered to do live updates for us! They are traveling with Mindy2k3 & family, so they will be having many of their meals together.



LIBULA is taking a girls only Disney World trip with her DD13 and will be there from 10/10 - 10/17. She has also volunteered to do live updates for us!




Rachel & family will also be at Disney World from 10/10 - 10/18 and has volunteered to again do live updates for us! (I think this will be her 3rd time as a live reporter!)



And another veteran reporter, DonaldDoleWhip will be taking a break from college for a weekend trip to Disney World from 10/10 - 10/13 and he has volunteered to again do live updates for us...for the 4th time!





HAVE A GREAT TRIP, Erin, LIBULA, Rachel & DDW!!! ​

Smiling Cheshire Cat - 7 October Game Bonus Points Awarded for sending intro pic



NOTE TO REPORTERS: It's not too late to send in your intro photos for bonus points. Either send them to me today (and I will add them to this post) or include your photos with your first "Live from Disney" update, and you will still qualify for those extra October game points.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

We have a live thread record 6 reporters arriving at Disney World tomorrow!!! Adding in our 4 current reporters and 4 more arriving on Friday/Saturday, it will bring our total to 14 reporters sending us live updates this weekend.

BRING ON THE DISNEY FOOD!!! ​

Wow looks like I'm going to have a lot to catch up on when I get back from my trip!

 

[Linda67]

Just a reminder that next up to the Disney Dining Plate is ... Mindy2k3 http://s1078.photobucket.com/user/barbj85/media/DIS/DIS3/null_zps6485cf6c.jpg.html "My little one is trying to help pack." Mindy, her DH, and DD11 & DD1 (pictured above) will be at Disney World from 10/10 - 10/18 and she has volunteered to do live updates for us! HAVE A GREAT TRIP, Mindy & family!!! 1 October Game Point Awarded

Aww, how cute is this picture!!

 

[jabead]

Now for our First Update(s) of the Day, sent to us this morning by Jen (Merida34).

First was a two-part update from DHS, starting with lunch at...


ABC Commissary






Jen said, "The lure of air conditioning brought us to ABC Commissary. I had the grilled chicken sandwich and fries It was basic counter service...nothing special but ok."



"Later we stopped for funnel cakes at the kiosk right outside of Indiana Jones. They were yummy!"






"We were joined by these guys who wanted to try some too!"

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6 October Game Points Earned + 2 Bonus Points for misc. pic and First Update of the Day

 

[jabead]

Jen (Merida34) also sent us an update from her dinner last night at Downtown Disney's...

















"DH had a Guiness (no pic) and a Magners Cider for me...







"My DD had fish & chips...




"This was supposed to be the kids portion! It was huge!"



"I had the Pork Supreme...





"I have had this before and it is delicious! The pork was juicy with a cider just and the mashed potatoes had leeks in them...so yummy!"





"I had to have my favorite bread pudding for dessert!"







"My DD went up on stage and danced a solo jig after they had the other kids on stage since she knows how to Irish Dance. It was awesome!"







"They gave all the kids who went up on stage this certificate...







"Dinner was great and well placed! Raglan Road is a must do for us!" ​

3 October Game Points Earned + 5 Bonus Points for sign, menu, pic of DD, and misc. other pics

 

[jabead]

Next in today were a couple of updates from Gisèle (Arielle71), starting with one from her breakfast this morning at Downtown Disney's...





She said, "This morning we were original and went back to WPE to share the breakfast pizza and some fruit..."





"That pizza is a breakfast must every trip!" ​

5 October Game Points Earned + 1 Bonus Point for sign