Our Intentions Were Good, But The Treats Were Better: One Month in Disney (4/21-5/21) COMPLETE!

[mickey916]

The Mickey cinnamon roll at EPCOT was way bigger than whatever Gaston had to offer.

Where is that? I don't think I've seen it at Epcot. I'm looking forward to the new one at Kringla with the orange cream cheese.

 

[mickey916]

For our "lunch" ratings, we included any restaurant at which we had just a sandwich, salad, or burger. Sometimes we ate them at dinner time but figured this was the fairest way to rank them. For us anything with an A+/A/A- are places we can't wait to return to. Anything in the B category we would do again but isn't a must do. The Cs mean that it was okay but nothing we're in a rush to do again. Ds mean we probably won't be back.

Here's our list from best to worst.

Lunch
Captain cooks/Tiki Terrace	A
Primo Piatto	A
Ford's Garage (offsite)	A
Le Creperie	A
Space Bowl (KSC)	A
Blue Ribbon Corndog	A
Sanaa lounge	A-
Trails End Lunch	A-
Sunshine Seasons	A-
D-Luxe Burger	A-
Banana Cabana	A-
Gasparillas	B+
Restaurantosaurus	B+
Ronto Roasters	B+
Polite Pig	B
Geyser Point	B
Les Halles	B-
Boadwalk Deli	B-
Circus McGurkis (IoA)	B-
Earl of Sandwich	C
La Cantina	C
The Fountain (Dolphin)	D

 

[mickey916]

Here's our rankings for dinner:

Dinner
Ohana	A+
Boma	A
Columbia (Celebration)	A
Frontera Cocina	A
Cocoa Beach Fishcamp (Cocoa Beach)	A
Chef Art Smiths	A
Sassagoula Floatworks	A
Toothsome (Universal)	A
Coral Reef	A
Diamond Horseshoe	A-
Tony's Town Square	A-
Boatwrights	A-
Primo Piatto	A-
Via Napoli	A-
The Mara	B+
Maya Grill	B
San Angel Inn	B
Wailulu	B
Columbia Harbor House	B
Gyu Japanese bbq (Flamingo Crossings)	B
House of Blues	B-
Centertown Market	B-
Clarks Inn (Santee, SC)	C
Shiki-Sai	C

 

[ckmiles]

I really enjoyed your trip report. So detailed and loved all the pics too.

I love that you visited so many different restaurants and gave me so many new foods to try!

 

[musika]

I loved the meal ratings and the summary. Great way to focus the trip report. I've enjoyed reading along!

 

[Gamedog]

Solid TR - thank you for sharing!

 

[mickey916]

I really enjoyed your trip report. So detailed and loved all the pics too.

I love that you visited so many different restaurants and gave me so many new foods to try!

Thank you so much! Happy to do the research for you! I hope you enjoy things as much as we did.

I loved the meal ratings and the summary. Great way to focus the trip report. I've enjoyed reading along!

Thank you so much! We kept a running spreadsheet and ranked things after each meal (so that I'd remember later when writing my report). So, I figured, I might as well share my ratings in the end.

Solid TR - thank you for sharing!

Thank you for following along!

 

[BellaBaby]

Another wonderful TR, with many awesome details! Love the restaurant reviews! Always happy to try new places and you've given us several.
I look forward to the next one!!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Great TR can’t wait for the new one!! Will you write one for your fall and winter trip or just the spring one?

 

[mickey916]

Another wonderful TR, with many awesome details! Love the restaurant reviews! Always happy to try new places and you've given us several.
I look forward to the next one!!

Thank you so much for reading along! I look forward to writing the next one!

Great TR can’t wait for the new one!! Will you write one for your fall and winter trip or just the spring one?

Thank you so much! I love writing the TR. It helps me to relive everything. I will definitely write ones for the fall and winter trips. It's funny DH is always suggesting new places to try and things to eat so I can write about them (especially if it involves cookies, lol). I have a lot of new stuff to write about already planned into the fall trip like MNSSHP, hopefully Beak & Barrel, an offsite taco buffet and our first Food & Wine festival!

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

Love your avatar!

Thank you! I bought an Orange Bird water bottle "purse" and decided to take a pic of the face on it.

Sorry your Fountain meal was not a good one. That was rude of your server. Plus that burger! And the whole dog business. I'm glad the D-Luxe Burger the following day was such a delicious way to bid a fond farewell to Disney. I really need to have a D-Luxe burger next trip.

That Gideon's cookies & cream buttercream cake looks delicious! I love the color of the frosting. I know what you mean about the ratio being off, though. That's why I have a hard time with Reeses pumpkins and Christmas trees.

Sorry you had such a nightmare drive home. These crazy drivers!

 

[mickey916]

Thank you! I bought an Orange Bird water bottle "purse" and decided to take a pic of the face on it.

I love orange bird. My Magicband+ is an orange bird one!

Sorry your Fountain meal was not a good one. That was rude of your server. Plus that burger! And the whole dog business. I'm glad the D-Luxe Burger the following day was such a delicious way to bid a fond farewell to Disney. I really need to have a D-Luxe burger next trip.

If you're going to have a burger I highly recommend it (or the stack burger at Steakhouse 71)

That Gideon's cookies & cream buttercream cake looks delicious! I love the color of the frosting. I know what you mean about the ratio being off, though. That's why I have a hard time with Reeses pumpkins and Christmas trees.

Oh. I love Reese's pumkins and Christmas trees, probably because I'm a big peanut butter fan.

Sorry you had such a nightmare drive home. These crazy drivers!

It was really crazy! So stressful and I wasn't even driving (but I definitely put my brakes on from time to time, lol)

 

[mickey916]

Here's our rating for all the sweet treats we tried. It includes the cookies but then we also did a separate cookie list which I will post tomorrow. As you can see the Pistachio Toffee Cookie from Gideon's topped our list but it was back and forth between that and the Riviera Cookie from Primo Piatto.

Desserts
Pistachio Toffee Cookie, Gideon's	A+
Riviera Cookie, Primo Piatto	A+
Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie, Kringla	A+
Peanut Butter Cookie, Summerhouse Cookie Bar	A+
Dark Side Crepe, White Rabbit	A+
Ohana bread pudding	A+
Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake, Diamond Horseshoe	A+
Buckaroo Bread, Trails' End	A+
Beignets, Scat Cat Cafe	A+
Gaston's cinnamon roll	A
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie, Trolley Car Cafe	A
Croissant Muffin, Primo Piatto	A
Strawberry Soup,1900 Park Fare	A
Vegan Chocolate Muffin, 1900 Park Fare	A
Fat Donkey Ice Cream, Cocoa Beach	A
Butterscotch bread pudding, Boma	A
Key lime pie, Columbia	A
Dessert Crepes, Le Creperie	A
Apple Cranberry Tart, Boma	A
Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread,1900 Park Fare	A
Schoolbread, Kringla	A
Frankenstein Bite, Gideon's	A
Bride of Frankenstein Bite, Gideon's	A
Mickey Choux, Gasparilla	A-
Hazelnut cookie, Sunshine Seasons	A-
Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Les Halles	A-
Coconut Macaroon, Java	A-
PBJ Croissant, Pop Century	B+
Troll Horn, Kringla	B+
Chocoflan, Jardin de Fiestas	B+
Pineapple upside down cake, Aloha Isle	B+
Boston Cream Pie, Columbia Harbor House	B+
Bullseye cupcake, Artist's Palette	B+
Cookies & Cream Cake, Gideon's	B+
Churro cake, Gideon's	B+
Smores cookie, Landscape of flavors	B+
Salt & Straw Strawberry & chocolate Ice Cream	B+
Toothsome sundaes (Universal)	B+
Fried cinnamon roll bites Brunchcot	B+
Apple Cider Donuts, Friar's Nook	B+
Softserve twist, Gerties	B+
Smore Brownie, Regal Eagle	B
Strawberry Leige Waffle, Connections	B
Cookies & Cream Rice Krispy, Summerhouse Cookie Bar	B
Apple Pie Cookie, Zuris	B
Cherry Pie Cookie, Sunshine Seasons	B
Gideon's banana cookie bites	B
Trail Mix Cookie, Trails' End	B
Chocolate & cookies& cream ice cream, Milky Way, KSC	B
German Chocolate Ice Cream sundae, Fountain	B
Oatmeal Scotchie, Summerhouse Cookie Bar	B
Cheesecake brownie, Boardwalk	B-
Zebra Dome, Boma	B-
Vanilla Bean Cheesecake, Boma	C+
Baumkuchen, Chocolate, Connections	C+
Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookie, Karamel Kuche	C+
Krispy cookie, Summerhouse on the Lake	C
Dahlia Cookie Flight	C
Mickey Snickers Cookie, Main St. Confectionery	C
Gasparilla Signature Cookie	C-
Coffee Brownie, Boma	C-
Passionfruit Tart, Boma	D+
Pluto Bubble Waffle, Marketplace Snacks	D-

 

[hardcorestitch]

Here's our rating for all the sweet treats we tried. It includes the cookies but then we also did a separate cookie list which I will post tomorrow. As you can see the Pistachio Toffee Cookie from Gideon's topped our list but it was back and forth between that and the Riviera Cookie from Primo Piatto.

Desserts
Pistachio Toffee Cookie, Gideon's	A+
Riviera Cookie, Primo Piatto	A+
Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie, Kringla	A+
Peanut Butter Cookie, Summerhouse Cookie Bar	A+
Dark Side Crepe, White Rabbit	A+
Ohana bread pudding	A+
Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake, Diamond Horseshoe	A+
Buckaroo Bread, Trails' End	A+
Beignets, Scat Cat Cafe	A+
Gaston's cinnamon roll	A
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie, Trolley Car Cafe	A
Croissant Muffin, Primo Piatto	A
Strawberry Soup,1900 Park Fare	A
Vegan Chocolate Muffin, 1900 Park Fare	A
Fat Donkey Ice Cream, Cocoa Beach	A
Butterscotch bread pudding, Boma	A
Key lime pie, Columbia	A
Dessert Crepes, Le Creperie	A
Apple Cranberry Tart, Boma	A
Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread,1900 Park Fare	A
Schoolbread, Kringla	A
Frankenstein Bite, Gideon's	A
Bride of Frankenstein Bite, Gideon's	A
Mickey Choux, Gasparilla	A-
Hazelnut cookie, Sunshine Seasons	A-
Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Les Halles	A-
Coconut Macaroon, Java	A-
PBJ Croissant, Pop Century	B+
Troll Horn, Kringla	B+
Chocoflan, Jardin de Fiestas	B+
Pineapple upside down cake, Aloha Isle	B+
Boston Cream Pie, Columbia Harbor House	B+
Bullseye cupcake, Artist's Palette	B+
Cookies & Cream Cake, Gideon's	B+
Churro cake, Gideon's	B+
Smores cookie, Landscape of flavors	B+
Salt & Straw Strawberry & chocolate Ice Cream	B+
Toothsome sundaes (Universal)	B+
Fried cinnamon roll bites Brunchcot	B+
Apple Cider Donuts, Friar's Nook	B+
Softserve twist, Gerties	B+
Smore Brownie, Regal Eagle	B
Strawberry Leige Waffle, Connections	B
Cookies & Cream Rice Krispy, Summerhouse Cookie Bar	B
Apple Pie Cookie, Zuris	B
Cherry Pie Cookie, Sunshine Seasons	B
Gideon's banana cookie bites	B
Trail Mix Cookie, Trails' End	B
Chocolate & cookies& cream ice cream, Milky Way, KSC	B
German Chocolate Ice Cream sundae, Fountain	B
Oatmeal Scotchie, Summerhouse Cookie Bar	B
Cheesecake brownie, Boardwalk	B-
Zebra Dome, Boma	B-
Vanilla Bean Cheesecake, Boma	C+
Baumkuchen, Chocolate, Connections	C+
Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookie, Karamel Kuche	C+
Krispy cookie, Summerhouse on the Lake	C
Dahlia Cookie Flight	C
Mickey Snickers Cookie, Main St. Confectionery	C
Gasparilla Signature Cookie	C-
Coffee Brownie, Boma	C-
Passionfruit Tart, Boma	D+
Pluto Bubble Waffle, Marketplace Snacks	D-

Extra credit should go to the Mickey premium ice cream sandwiches…

 

[mickey916]

Extra credit should go to the Mickey premium ice cream sandwiches…

We didn't try those so they couldn't be ranked.

 

[rdkeim]

Nice most of your meals were a Hit! Thanks for sharing your research. I especially want to try some of your treats!

 

[ksinniger]

As a transplanted RI-ander living in the DC suburbs, I can attest to the awfulness that is the drive north on 95. If driving during the week, there is no way to plow straight through without hitting traffic in either DC, NYC, or CT (and quite frankly you usually will hit all 3). But connecticut - UGH! I believe the quote I used last weekend after driving my daughter from our Northern VA home to my parents' house in RI was "connecticut blows chunks".

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

Thank you so much for all the incredibly helpful food ratings! As one who loves cookies and desserts, I loved seeing those goodies rated. It was nutty how some of the sweets that looked so delicious, turned out to be duds. So nice that the delicious desserts made up for it.

Wow, you really put on the miles! So impressive!

I enjoyed your trip report so much! It was lots of fun! All those wonderful
CKIES too!

 

[kathyk2]

My sister and her family ate at Toothsome on Mother's Day. She posted a picture of the milkshake flight which looked delicious. She also liked the food at the Minions restaurant.

 

[mickey916]

Thank you so much for all the incredibly helpful food ratings! As one who loves cookies and desserts, I loved seeing those goodies rated. It was nutty how some of the sweets that looked so delicious, turned out to be duds. So nice that the delicious desserts made up for it.

There were definitely more hits than misses!

Wow, you really put on the miles! So impressive!

I was amazed at how many miles it ended up being. I was telling DH we could've walked from our house in SE Mass all the way to NH!

I enjoyed your trip report so much! It was lots of fun! All those wonderful
CKIES too!

Thank you!! Final cookie ranking coming up next!

My sister and her family ate at Toothsome on Mother's Day. She posted a picture of the milkshake flight which looked delicious. She also liked the food at the Minions restaurant.

That's funny we were there the same day. We haven't tried their milkshakes but they do look really good! We also haven't tried the Minions restaurant. My sons wanted to go to Circus McGurkis but I think we should try something different next time and Minions does look good.