luvmarypoppins
<font color=darkorchid>I am debating whether to pu
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Our party of 5 was dh, myself, and the 3 ds 18,16 and 14. Just wanted to say I tried to please everyone and took all their suggestions in account when making the adr's. We also had the dde card which helped alot and worse ds18 got hit in the mouth with a baseball the day before the trip and had stitches in his mouth so he was a little dining challenged so to speak.My dining strategy is usually breakfast in the room and one good meal a day, usually a buffet.
4-11-06 Late lunch at ESPN. This was Yankees opening day and the ds were in their glory watching on the big screen. The game was only on in the upper right corner. We had dinger sandwhich and dingers for everyone else except myself, I was different and ordered the turkey wrap. The turkey was a little salty and I chose the fruit to go with it. Everyone else liked their meals, poor ds 18 was chopping up his food just to swallow it.
Dinner - Coral Reef - O.K. we got there a little late because we werent hungry at our adr time. The place was jam packed. No place to sit, kids all over the place, my dh freaked out when he went to the bathroom while we were waiting and some guy bought his little dd into the mens room. The one cm started giving out little plastic fish, turtles etc, just to keep the kids who were waiting more calm and quiet, aka, it was a zoo in there. Seriously looked like they overbooked. We waiting about 45 minutes for our table. Our server was Michele. Very prompt and efficient. One of the ds got the glowing ice cube drink. The bread was delicious. DS 18 could only have the lobster soup, 4 of us got that for an appetizer. Dh and ds 16 had the grilled mahi mahi. DS 16 got a little sick of the glaze on the fish at the end, ds 14 hates fish and had the kids pizza, I had the vegetarian strudel. One word - terrible. It too seemed to be smothered with terrikayi glaze inside the pastry. I was expecting something a little more colorful with the julienne vegetables, but they were all brown and sauced out etc. For dessert 2 of the ds shared the chocolate wave and said it was very good, the rest of us shared the butterscotch creme brule and it was great as well.
4/12//06 - Lunch at Flatbread Grill (MGM). This counter service was really crowded but the line moved fast. 2 had the pork sandwhich which came with chips, 2 had the chicken ceaser wrap. This was not a good bargain because it did not come with chips and was about the same price as the pork. I had the greek salad. It was not what I was expecting. It was shredded lettuce and all the vegetables were shredded in the salad too. I was getting annoyed to keep picking out all the onions. It came with 2 small pieces of pita bread. For dessert we shared a chocolate cake, very small, I did not have any. and a fruit eclair. That was very good. I think it had blueberries, strawberries and mandarin oranges on it.
Dinner - Hollywood and Vine - again a long wait and seriously overbooked. We had this issue here in nov. too. Our table was so far away from the food and right next to the window. My ds did not enjoy people peering at us while we were eating and they were waiting for their table. Our server was Bill. He was pretty much on the slow side of serving and very inconsistent service. For example when we came back to the table, our dirty plates were still there etc. We just made a pile and waited for him to eventually take them away. I wasnt too thrilled with the food this time. The turkey pot roast seemed to be lacking the turkey. The corn bread was as good as ever. I did not care for the passionfruit tarts, but the chocolate ones were good.
4/13/06 Princess Story book Dinner. This was just for dh and myself. Call us crazy but we love norwegian food and have been to norway. Let me just say its nothing like the old akershus if you have been there before for the food. Our server was Dagny. She was very laid back but cordial. I did not like that we received our entree when we were hardly done with the cold buffet. For our hot items dh ordered the cod and I ordered the lamb. Dh was disappointed that they only had 2 kinds of herring now on the buffet they used to have 5. He said the tomatoe herring was good. The pasta salad was different from before and I did not enjoy that. The bread was good. The dessert plate had rice creme, chocolate mouse cake and ligonberry tart. I liked the tart the best. The princesses came around one at a time to each table and Only once. You never saw them again. They didnt stay and mingle etc. For the money you have to pay to get your princess fix I would say stick to the breakfast or lunch that is cheaper if you dont like the food here. I dont think we will be in any rush to go back for sure. Another cm Joey came by to talk to us first. We told him we used to come before etc. He said he hated the princesses too but its the only thing that keeps the tables full and keeps them having a job, gheesh. Guess its coming down to disney dollars and cents.
More to come.
4-11-06 Late lunch at ESPN. This was Yankees opening day and the ds were in their glory watching on the big screen. The game was only on in the upper right corner. We had dinger sandwhich and dingers for everyone else except myself, I was different and ordered the turkey wrap. The turkey was a little salty and I chose the fruit to go with it. Everyone else liked their meals, poor ds 18 was chopping up his food just to swallow it.
Dinner - Coral Reef - O.K. we got there a little late because we werent hungry at our adr time. The place was jam packed. No place to sit, kids all over the place, my dh freaked out when he went to the bathroom while we were waiting and some guy bought his little dd into the mens room. The one cm started giving out little plastic fish, turtles etc, just to keep the kids who were waiting more calm and quiet, aka, it was a zoo in there. Seriously looked like they overbooked. We waiting about 45 minutes for our table. Our server was Michele. Very prompt and efficient. One of the ds got the glowing ice cube drink. The bread was delicious. DS 18 could only have the lobster soup, 4 of us got that for an appetizer. Dh and ds 16 had the grilled mahi mahi. DS 16 got a little sick of the glaze on the fish at the end, ds 14 hates fish and had the kids pizza, I had the vegetarian strudel. One word - terrible. It too seemed to be smothered with terrikayi glaze inside the pastry. I was expecting something a little more colorful with the julienne vegetables, but they were all brown and sauced out etc. For dessert 2 of the ds shared the chocolate wave and said it was very good, the rest of us shared the butterscotch creme brule and it was great as well.
4/12//06 - Lunch at Flatbread Grill (MGM). This counter service was really crowded but the line moved fast. 2 had the pork sandwhich which came with chips, 2 had the chicken ceaser wrap. This was not a good bargain because it did not come with chips and was about the same price as the pork. I had the greek salad. It was not what I was expecting. It was shredded lettuce and all the vegetables were shredded in the salad too. I was getting annoyed to keep picking out all the onions. It came with 2 small pieces of pita bread. For dessert we shared a chocolate cake, very small, I did not have any. and a fruit eclair. That was very good. I think it had blueberries, strawberries and mandarin oranges on it.
Dinner - Hollywood and Vine - again a long wait and seriously overbooked. We had this issue here in nov. too. Our table was so far away from the food and right next to the window. My ds did not enjoy people peering at us while we were eating and they were waiting for their table. Our server was Bill. He was pretty much on the slow side of serving and very inconsistent service. For example when we came back to the table, our dirty plates were still there etc. We just made a pile and waited for him to eventually take them away. I wasnt too thrilled with the food this time. The turkey pot roast seemed to be lacking the turkey. The corn bread was as good as ever. I did not care for the passionfruit tarts, but the chocolate ones were good.
4/13/06 Princess Story book Dinner. This was just for dh and myself. Call us crazy but we love norwegian food and have been to norway. Let me just say its nothing like the old akershus if you have been there before for the food. Our server was Dagny. She was very laid back but cordial. I did not like that we received our entree when we were hardly done with the cold buffet. For our hot items dh ordered the cod and I ordered the lamb. Dh was disappointed that they only had 2 kinds of herring now on the buffet they used to have 5. He said the tomatoe herring was good. The pasta salad was different from before and I did not enjoy that. The bread was good. The dessert plate had rice creme, chocolate mouse cake and ligonberry tart. I liked the tart the best. The princesses came around one at a time to each table and Only once. You never saw them again. They didnt stay and mingle etc. For the money you have to pay to get your princess fix I would say stick to the breakfast or lunch that is cheaper if you dont like the food here. I dont think we will be in any rush to go back for sure. Another cm Joey came by to talk to us first. We told him we used to come before etc. He said he hated the princesses too but its the only thing that keeps the tables full and keeps them having a job, gheesh. Guess its coming down to disney dollars and cents.
More to come.
ok, this line really made me laugh. 
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