Nothing A Little Sangria Can't Fix! A Thanksgiving 2016 Dining Report update 3/21 MK eats

[MeghanEmily]

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[ArielSRL]

I knew you were going to say something about that Actually when we first sat down I was looking at an advertisement they had on the table for some drinks, including the Bloody Mary. Chris said, "are you getting alcohol with breakfast???" and he didn't sound happy about the idea. I was really, really trying to keep him happy so, I gave in.

Sounds like someone used your own guilt trip trick on you!

 

[ariane37]

I love a good breakfast and buffets are super good because I like lots of choices and I'm a grazer...little bit of this, little bit of that! Not necessarily the most financially smart choice for me, but that's a worry for another day...lol.

Will have to keep it in mind for next next trip. My goodness, do I need to stop reading this report? By the time your finished I'll have all my next next trip meals planned! Ha!

A little surprised at the lack of YC decorations. I'd probably gave been frustrated if I stayed there.

Oh and OT, I'm sure you saw the info in the MK Welcome Show. Ugh. Now I may be mad at my dad forever! So sad I never saw it. Though I'm not totally against the new way.

Steve isn't a huge fan of most buffets but I like them for the one reason you mentioned - lots of choices, especially for the kids. I'm definitely not a grazer although after how much I've eaten the last few days, I wish I was!
LOL I have more restaurants I want to eat at on our May trip than days, plus I want to "eat around" at the F&G booths. So I know some of those restaurants will be put off until our next trip, and by then I'll have more I want to try, so I know where you're coming from!
I was surprised YC wasn't decorated yet because it was only 5 days until Thanksgiving and I thought all the resorts would be done by then. I think it was Black Friday when we walked through again and it still wasn't decorated?? I know it did get the train set/village again because I saw pics, but it definitely had to be the last resort (ha! last resort) this year.
I know we briefly discussed the whole no more Welcome Show at the train station elsewhere but you definitely have something to hold over your dads head lol! I'm sad about it and while I know some of the reasons they're doing it, I don't quite get why they have to and I'm not convinced it'll be "better"

 

[ariane37]

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I'm glad you're here and I hope you enjoy my report!

Sounds like someone used your own guilt trip trick on you!

he probably figured that out too, little s%#t!!!

 

[ArielSRL]

Steve isn't a huge fan of most buffets but I like them for the one reason you mentioned - lots of choices, especially for the kids. I'm definitely not a grazer although after how much I've eaten the last few days, I wish I was!
LOL I have more restaurants I want to eat at on our May trip than days, plus I want to "eat around" at the F&G booths. So I know some of those restaurants will be put off until our next trip, and by then I'll have more I want to try, so I know where you're coming from!
I was surprised YC wasn't decorated yet because it was only 5 days until Thanksgiving and I thought all the resorts would be done by then. I think it was Black Friday when we walked through again and it still wasn't decorated?? I know it did get the train set/village again because I saw pics, but it definitely had to be the last resort (ha! last resort) this year.
I know we briefly discussed the whole no more Welcome Show at the train station elsewhere but you definitely have something to hold over your dads head lol! I'm sad about it and while I know some of the reasons they're doing it, I don't quite get why they have to and I'm not convinced it'll be "better"

When I say I'm a grazer, it doesn't mean I don't eat a lot...lol...I just spread it all out over the day! Haha. Yeh I saw the train on @chunkymonkey 's report and I guess that was December. I'm reserving judgement on the new "Welcome Show" though I'm not sure there will be much show to it. I guess we'll see soon enough.

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

I am putting Cape May Cafe on our bucket list. For that matter, I would love to stay at Beach Club one day. I think we would love that pool!

Glad you tried the grapefruit beer! It is sooooo good. So refreshing on a hot day in Disney! They have it at the bar at Wildreness Lodge, we enjoy it while the girls swim and play in the splash area.

 

[ArielSRL]

Glad you tried the grapefruit beer! It is sooooo good. So refreshing on a hot day in Disney! They have it at the bar at Wildreness Lodge, we enjoy it while the girls swim and play in the splash area.

This is good to know as I want to try it and we will be staying at WL!

 

[ariane37]

I am putting Cape May Cafe on our bucket list. For that matter, I would love to stay at Beach Club one day. I think we would love that pool!

Glad you tried the grapefruit beer! It is sooooo good. So refreshing on a hot day in Disney! They have it at the bar at Wildreness Lodge, we enjoy it while the girls swim and play in the splash area.

I'm so glad you told me this, I hadn't tried it yet when we stayed there for the first time in Aug. but we'll be there again in May, so to the pool bar I shall go
I can't see that any child wouldn't love Stormalong Bay lol. Chris's teacher stays there every summer and her 3 kids were totally building it up to Chris. Plus both times we've eaten at Beaches and Cream our table looked right out at the pool, so how could he not want to jump right in??

This is good to know as I want to try it and we will be staying at WL!

Right? I had no idea!

 

[Cait]

Captain's Grille breakfast is great!! Those bananas are great on the waffles, instead of syrup.

 

[ariane37]

Hi guys! I thought I'd finish another update in 2016 but doesn't look like it's going to happen. So, just want to wish you all a very

HAPPY NEW YEAR

and a magical 2017!!!! I'll have another update soon!!​

 

[glennsgirl762]

Following love your trip report and Happy New Year!

 

[buzzrelly]

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[Jenny Sanders]

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[wdwnut61]

Happy New Year ​

 

[ariane37]

Hi guys, and HAPPY NEW YEAR again Hope you all had a fun time celebrating and nobody and !!
And now, back to our regularly scheduled updates which should come more often since I don't have any extra people in my house since the holidays are over!

NARCOOSSEE'S
Wait. What? Narcoossee's? But Ariane, when you left off last you said you were going to do HS snacks and a Disney Springs update! What gives
Well.......I messed up. Misspoke. Had a brain fart Failing to consult my notes both here and over in my TR, I mistakenly thought our DS night was the same day as Capt. Grille, but alas it was not. I'm sorry We DID eat in Disney Springs and I WILL get to that review, you guys will just have to be patient with me and follow along a bit longer!
Here's what really happened that day:
We walked to HS rather than taking the boat. It surprised me that Chris was ok walking since he's, well, not a fan of the walking, but it felt good to get some exercise after our big meal. We arrived at the entrance about 11:28, so 2 minutes shy of the end of our FP window for TOT, a FP I made when we were supposed to be a foursome today. Ricky and I LOVE TOT, Steve generally enjoys it, but Chris has no love for the Hollywood Tower Hotel. Last Nov. he rode if for the first time and I thought he was going to disown us and find another family lol!

I used my mommy powers of persuasion (aka guilt) to get him to ride with me, and he did good this year! Not exactly thrilled but not screaming like someone is pulling off his appendages:


I was pointing out how you have a great view of the park from the very top but he wasn't interested in looking
I didn't think we'd spend much time in HS since it's Chris's least favorite park, but we ended up being there long enough to need snacks. I won't bore you with pictures of his Disney hot dog or my Disney popcorn, but I will show you a picture of our fresh, warm, sugary sweet and fun to eat......


NUTS!!!
covered up of course. I do have a little class.

No recollection of what that is we're holding our nuts over......
So, glazed nuts in a paper funnel: one has walnuts and one has pecans, and I love both equally. Big, small, some bites sweeter than others, I don't discriminate when it comes to these nuts. Really, can you go wrong putting sugar glaze on anything? And can anyone argue nuts can often use something to sweeten them up?
Alright, I'm done! I couldn't resist all that and I'm a bit tired since I was up late last night partying as if I'm still in my 20's, so there's my excuse. I do wish I had a picture of the actual nuts for those of you who've never tried them, but I wasn't thinking like a good Dis'er and took this picture mainly to send to Ricky and Steve since this is one of their favorite snacks and they were missing out.

Someone wanted to swim and it wasn't me, so we left the park early enough to give ourselves time for the pool before Narcoossee's dinner. Unfortunately the someone who wanted to swim also refused to get out when I told him to, so I had to threaten to walk away and eat dinner myself before he finally got out and we could go back to the room to get ready! This meant getting to the bus stop later than I'd wanted: 6:00 instead of 5:30, since we had to bus to MK and then get to the GF.

We got to the MK around 6:35 and I still felt good since our reservation wasn't until 7:05, but it was too cold for the boat and the resort monorail line was down almost to the end of the ramp. Then once we were next to board, the CM's announced that TWO monorails were going out of rotation for the night, and it takes some time to back them in to the garage blah, blah, blah, and of course no other monorails can come down the track while this is happening, and bottom line we got to Narcoossee's at 7:30. Luckily they were running behind like Capt. Grille was so no problem, and we still waited 10 mins for our table. As we were being walked to said table I was handed this neat menu with a little greeting on top:



I know others' have gotten these but we never have, and I was especially surprised because I wasn't asked at the podium if we'd eaten there before. I just thought it was a nice little touch! We all ate dinner here for the first time last Nov. and loved it, but Ricky and Chris especially did and both asked to eat here again. Unfortunately for Ricky after we knew he wouldn't be with us tonight I couldn't find another reservation for when he and Steve would be down. It was a week before Thanksgiving and while there was more ADR availability in general than I thought there would be, no other Narcoossee's. But Chris and I were going to take one for the team and rather than cancel we'd muddle through a meal there without them

We both knew what we were getting to eat but decided to not rush our waitress, and just started with our drinks - soda and another cute Mickey straw for Chris, and since I was told "NO" at breakfast, I got myself a glass of Moscato:



Actually I got myself 3 glasses of Moscato-notice in the picture how Chris is on his Ipod? Well, I readily admit my boys have tons of electronics and spend tons of time on them, but one thing I hate are electronics at the table. He'd been really good up until now conversing with me at meals and of course playing my all-time favorite game, I Spy, but tonight he just wouldn't put it down. And since I had nobody to talk to, I decided I'd try to drink enough to talk to myself!
Next came the bread. I don't think their bread is anything that special but I do love the butter with sea salt:



Chris does not like the sea salt and scraped some off the butter. I promptly dipped my piece of bread, already buttered and salted up, in the salt he'd scraped off onto the butter plate. No wasting the water-retention substance!
For our entrees we both ordered what we'd gotten last Nov., and since it was the same thing here's one picture:



Mmm, grass fed Filet Mignon, Boniato potato mash, broccollini, with a red-wine oxtail reduction. This was as good as the first time and yes, Chris got the "adult" meal just like I did. The potatoes are so good, a tad sweet since apparently boniato potatoes are a kind of sweet potato which I normally don't like. We both finished the potatoes and our meat, and Chris ate his broccollini and some of mine.
I know some people like Kari @kastoney will disagree with me, but as much as I enjoy Narcoossee's I prefer Citricos. There was absolutely nothing wrong with my meal, it was perfect, and Citricos doesn't have Moscato (or at least didn't in Aug.) so Narcoossee's wins there. But overall Citricos nudges out Narcoossee's for apps and entrees.
For dessert however, nothing in the World has topped this for me:



Oh yeah, their famous almond-crusted cheesecake with Lambert cherry sauce. The cheesecake reminds me of Good Humor toasted almond bars that I used to eat when I was younger but 100x better. It's heaven alone but if you put some of the cheesecake, some of the cherry sauce and some of the cream on your spoon together, you'll forget all your problems for a minute You'll also forget for a minute that there's a weird kid sitting across from you who, for the 2nd night in a row, didn't get dessert-this concept is foreign to me. I did let him eat the chocolate pieces from mine, though. You can see him reaching for one as I'm taking the picture!
We really enjoyed our meal again and I'll go back, especially since Ricky was sad about not getting the lobster mac & cheese this time. I know @Lisa F did not have a good experience here and I hate that, because I think it's a great signature. I also think that every restaurant has bad nights, even the best restaurants on property, which unfortunately is what I think she got. And even a restaurant that is LOVED by many here on the Dis isn't to everyone's liking; one example is Kona. We did not enjoy our breakfast there at all a few years ago but many swear by it.
One more thing I do love about Narcoossee's is the view across the water. Last year we watched Wishes from the deck; it wasn't my plan this year and we left before they started, but I still went outside to have a look and took one blurry picture:



Not my best attempt at photography and much prettier in person, but you get the drift
On our way out of the GF I found a new store to love and spend $$ in on all future trips (Basin) and we took an up close look at the gingerbread house which never fails to impress. Then it was back to the Beach Club to brag about dinner to those we left behind and catch some zzzz's, we had a PPO breakfast in the morning!


UP NEXT: GARDEN GRILL BREAKFAST

 

[ariane37]

Following love your trip report and Happy New Year!

Thank you and Glad you're here and I hope I can keep you entertained

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

He'd been really good up until now conversing with me at meals and of course playing my all-time favorite game, I Spy, but tonight he just wouldn't put it down. And since I had nobody to talk to, I decided I'd try to drink enough to talk to myself!

I am impressed that he lasted as long as he did!

You'll also forget for a minute that there's a weird kid sitting across from you who, for the 2nd night in a row, didn't get dessert-this concept is foreign to me.

My youngest is the same way, she def prefers salty over sweet! I also don't understand it.

 

[xlsm]

Yum! That steak looks good!!

And I'm pretty sure Narcoosees is going on our "to try" list solely because of that almond cheesecake DH and I are considering a trip for just the two of us more seriously than ever before, because I'm tired of trips where everyone's happiness comes before mine (self inflicted, I'm just constantly worried about everyone else enjoying themselves that I give in on things I want way too much!), and I think we'd just signature meal it up!

I'm really interested to read about you GG breakfast. We did it this time around...and I have mixed feelings about it! I wonder if it's just me. L loved it, but I don't know if it was because of the food or the special attention from certain characters.

 

[wdwnut61]

Made our ADR for Narcoossee can't wait to try the filet looks so good. We have it scheduled on our first full day. Afterwards we can stop by the Basin so DD can get her bath bombs

 

[Vernie822]

You crack me up! Happy New Year! I didn't even party like I was in my 20's.. maybe my 60's.. I was in sweatpants with a glass of Moscato by 9 pm!

Speaking of, can't remember if I told you this, but since I know you love Moscato - I've recently discovered a new fave, Bartenuro Moscato. It's in a blue bottle. Delicious!

I'm dying at the cheesecake.. ugh, SO good!! I've yet to try Citricos, but it must be good if it's even better than Narcoosse's!! I've seen a few people say they walked in and got the cheesecake to go before.. I think that sounds like a great idea.

NUTS covered up of course. I do have a little class.

HAHAHA.. I am dying.. but now I'm craving some sweet glazed NUTS!