Pie That Brownie, Fruitcake! Updated Post #1832 - The End

[oybolshoi]

We never got to hear that one.

And I think there are a lot of us who won't forgive Disney for closing down the AC. It was such a uniquely Disney experience and done so well ... I will never understand why they closed it.

I preferred Baby Got Back when Emil Bleehall would sing it, trying to pass it off as the Club song. Of course he'd only get a few words in before someone would stop him. Too bad that didn't happen with the Paradiso dude.

(I haven't forgiven Disney for closing the Adventurers Club and probably never will)

 

[WDW Fan]

You always seem to have a good time no matter where you go Brenda! Love the pics of the drinks! Food looked pretty good at Raglan Road. We didn't have a very good meal our last go around there but I might give it enough try. Can't wait for more.

 

[BriarRosie]

I haven't forgiven Disney for closing the AC, either. And I certainly can't forgive this place for serving my friends rotten drinks then booting them out at closing time.

 

[disney_princess_85]

Shame about Paradiso 37. Actually, it's a shame about the demise of Pleasure Island in general! The first time I visited WDW was in 2008, so I managed to experience Pleasure Island before most of it was shut down. My friend and I had an interesting night and I agree that the evening options for adults are now very limited.

 

[podsnel]

Interesting about Paradiso. We're going to spend Saturday night on our next DISmoms trip in DTD...there are 6 of us. Right now our plan is go to Fulton's first, sit at the bar and have some cocktails and munchies (probably those crabclaws!) that we all share, then we have an ADR at RR, but we're all going to share stuff there, too, and then I was thinking we would check out Paradiso after that...but not sure how hungry we'll be by then, although I KNOW we'll still be THIRSTY!! Good to know the Rocks Rita wasn't so nice- that's probably what i would have had, and now I know to try something else. Thanks for helping me avoid a "What's this CRAP in my glass!!??!!" moment!

 

[ChelleinNC]

I despise what they've done to PI

I can actually say that I met my husband there (anyone remember the old motorcycle that used to be there?) We met while dancing and partying in the "street". My friend & I took pity on these guys that couldn't dance to save their lives and almost 20 years later here we are

 

[oybolshoi]

You always seem to have a good time no matter where you go Brenda! Love the pics of the drinks! Food looked pretty good at Raglan Road. We didn't have a very good meal our last go around there but I might give it enough try. Can't wait for more.

Well, we try to have a good time without being too obnoxious and since we tend to find something to laugh about no matter where we are ... things usually turn out well! I hope your next visit to RR is a good one ... I want everyone to have as much fun there as we do!

I haven't forgiven Disney for closing the AC, either. And I certainly can't forgive this place for serving my friends rotten drinks then booting them out at closing time.

Sing it, sister!

Shame about Paradiso 37. Actually, it's a shame about the demise of Pleasure Island in general! The first time I visited WDW was in 2008, so I managed to experience Pleasure Island before most of it was shut down. My friend and I had an interesting night and I agree that the evening options for adults are now very limited.

I'm glad you had a chance to see PI before they ruined it. As for Paradiso, we're willing to give it one more try but I'm not holding my breath.

Interesting about Paradiso. We're going to spend Saturday night on our next DISmoms trip in DTD...there are 6 of us. Right now our plan is go to Fulton's first, sit at the bar and have some cocktails and munchies (probably those crabclaws!) that we all share, then we have an ADR at RR, but we're all going to share stuff there, too, and then I was thinking we would check out Paradiso after that...but not sure how hungry we'll be by then, although I KNOW we'll still be THIRSTY!! Good to know the Rocks Rita wasn't so nice- that's probably what i would have had, and now I know to try something else. Thanks for helping me avoid a "What's this CRAP in my glass!!??!!" moment!

Well, the frozen margarita that I had ... the swirly one ... was pretty good. I'd order that again. Your mom's night sounds like a blast ... I will be looking forward to hearing about it once you're home!

I despise what they've done to PI

I can actually say that I met my husband there (anyone remember the old motorcycle that used to be there?) We met while dancing and partying in the "street". My friend & I took pity on these guys that couldn't dance to save their lives and almost 20 years later here we are

Awwww, I didn't know you guys met there! That's so cute!

 

[oybolshoi]

Thursday, October 22nd - Boma, Food & Wine Snackeroo, and a Vodka Tasting!

First up ... breakfast with X&Y ... we'd talked up the morning delights of Boma and how it provides wonderful selctions for both the picky and more adventurous eaters in every family. And neither one of them had ever seen the Animal Kingdom Lodge so I really wanted to get them over there. They seemed to enjoy the buffet a lot and were suitably impressed by the amazing detail of the lodge - they really liked the savannah and talked about how cool it would be to stay there some day.

Sadly, for Bendy-girl, the Crohn goblin made an appearance and pretty much ruined the morning ... which is why I only have two pictures from Boma - my plate and Jay's plate.

Bendy's breakfast

Jay's much more interesting plate

We were all supposed to go to the Animal Kingdom together but there was no way I could go ... my guts were tied in knots. So Jay and I took the first bus we could find back to Epcot while the nephew and his wifey headed over to the AK. Once Jay and I got to our favorite park and I started walking around I actually began to feel better. We were just going to do a world showcase loop with no food when we noticed a doings transpiring in China. There were local news cameras and red carpets and lots of people wearing suits, so we called Chelsi & Jason and told them to meet us there to see what was going to happen.

I was hoping for some really cool news ... maybe something DVC related or something new for Adventures by Disney ... but instead they just announced that China was taking ownership of WDW in order to satisfy some of the US national debt owed them.

Just kidding. They actually were loaning some pictures to the China pavilion and we were sufficiently deflated by this less than exciting news (for us) to require some kind of pick-us-up.

Chelsi & Jason suggested the sugary little donuts from the Italian donkey cart. Donuts? How had we missed that??? They had a proper name ... something like bombalino ... but we were calling them Tom Bombadils and that is what's stuck in my head now. They were so good; each was filled with a different delight: chocolate hazelnut, raspberry, and apricot.

Bombadils!

Bombadils Again!

From here it only made sense to stop in Ireland for the dessert that was getting the most raves at the Festival: The Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Bailey's Ganache. This was really tasty but I did think the portion was a tad small.

YUM!

Chelsi & Jason had a Chopin Vodka seminar scheduled for the afternoon - ours was for the next day - but we decided to see if we could switch ours so that we could all go together. And the CMs at the Welcome Center were fabulous in this regard - they found our reservation for Friday, flipped it over to Thursday just like that, and gave us our tickets. Hooray!

To celebrate this happy circumstance I bought everyone some cheese to munch on while we waited for the seminar to begin. They were the same cheese selections that were being sold at the Mousecatch booth, but this came with some tasty fruit and crackers.

Cheeeeese!

As for the Chopin seminar, it was interesting but the young lady leading it was pretty inexperienced and basically spent the time reading off her cue cards. We were given a shot of Grey Goose, a shot of Chopin, and a strawberry balsamic martini made with Chopin.

Set me up!

I was surprised by how smooth the Chopin was compared with the Grey Goose - turns out Chopin is made from potatoes. If Gollum were here it would be his favorite spirit, ever, precious! The martini was very tasty, but my only complaint is that the video being shown had everything to do with Chopin's signature martini ... the executive or some such thing ... but we didn't get to try that. Supposedly the folks at Disney were worried that attendees were going to come reeling out of the Welcome Center only to strip off their clothes and wreak naked havoc on the World Showcase.

Don't they know by now that only happens when people spend too much time in the Ditch?

Stay tuned ... dinner at California Grill is coming up!

 

[TigerKat]

So sorry you weren't feeling well. How did I miss those donuts from the Italian donkey cart??????

 

[kabuki]

Kat!!!! Get the donuts if they still have them! We just tried one in San Fransisco filled with MAPLE AND BACON! YES! BACON! These are amazing little pieces of heaven!

Brenda! The China "happenings" we so cool .. NOT!!! I still do not know what was going on?! I did like how we all stood for a few moments and then looked at each other and said.. Food? Drinks??!!! We never knew you didn't feel well! Maybe we scare the goblin from within?

 

[oybolshoi]

So sorry you weren't feeling well. How did I miss those donuts from the Italian donkey cart??????

We have never stopped to even look at the Donkey cart ... and we would have missed the donuts if Chelsi & Jason hadn't filled us in. And while I wasn't feeling well that morning, I did start to feel better as the afternoon wore on and by the evening I was doing pretty good - the goblin crawled back into his cave at least.

Kat!!!! Get the donuts if they still have them! We just tried one in San Fransisco filled with MAPLE AND BACON! YES! BACON! These are amazing little pieces of heaven!

Brenda! The China "happenings" we so cool .. NOT!!! I still do not know what was going on?! I did like how we all stood for a few moments and then looked at each other and said.. Food? Drinks??!!! We never knew you didn't feel well! Maybe we scare the goblin from within?

Maple bacon donut ... we wants it!!!

China was a total let-down ... thank goodness there were donuts to make everyone happy again. And I was trying not to let anyone know I was feeling "crappy" but like I said ... it got better as the day wore on. You guys just exude a feel better vibe!

 

[hmgray95]

Great, just what I need.....another WS item to add to my list to try!

Do you ever watch Three Sheets? The host visited the owner of Chopin on one of his trips....Poland, I think....and they discussed how it was distilled from potatoes, but that you would never know.

 

[kabuki]

Great, just what I need.....another WS item to add to my list to try!

Do you ever watch Three Sheets? The host visited the owner of Chopin on one of his trips....Poland, I think....and they discussed how it was distilled from potatoes, but that you would never know.

LOVE THREE SHEETS! It's moving to the Travel Channel!

That was a great episode!

 

[lehto]

LOVE THREE SHEETS! It's moving to the Travel Channel!

Three Sheets is currently on Fine Living Network (FLN) at 10:00 and 10:30 each night. I got DH a Pleepleus t-shirt for his birthday one year. He received so many compliments when he wore it last year around EPCOT. We never knew that many people watched the show...

 

[kabuki]

Three Sheets is currently on Fine Living Network (FLN) at 10:00 and 10:30 each night. I got DH a Pleepleus t-shirt for his birthday one year. He received so many compliments when he wore it last year around EPCOT. We never knew that many people watched the show...

LOVE THE PLEEPLEUS shirt!
We tape it on Fine Living .. I guess it's moving to Travel Channel soon. He facebooked it a few days ago..

 

[lehto]

LOVE THE PLEEPLEUS shirt!
We tape it on Fine Living .. I guess it's moving to Travel Channel soon. He facebooked it a few days ago..

Good to know, will be on the lookout for it. From what I read, the starting air date is April 14th, but will be for one month only...

Sorry for hijacking your thread Brenda....

 

[kabuki]

Good to know, will be on the lookout for it. From what I read, the starting air date is April 14th, but will be for one month only...

Sorry for hijacking your thread Brenda....

I didn't know about it starting so soon! Maybe it's next season!?
Facebook only tells you so much!

 

[hmgray95]

That's funny....I am a fan of the Three Sheets Facebook page and didn't see any announcement about them moving. Good thing I mentioned it, or I would have missed out!

 

[kabuki]

That's funny....I am a fan of the Three Sheets Facebook page and didn't see any announcement about them moving. Good thing I mentioned it, or I would have missed out!

I just looked it up again and it said -
Travel Channel

On March 22, 2010, the Official Three Sheets Page on Facebook announced that Three Sheets would premiere on The Travel Channel and Travel Channel HD on April 14th, 2010. It is stated as being "for one month only.

They are seeing if people will watch it so they can pick it up

 

[mickeys#1fan]

I was surprised by how smooth the Chopin was compared with the Grey Goose - turns out Chopin is made from potatoes. If Gollum were here it would be his favorite spirit, ever, precious!

Smoother than Grey Goose? I'll have to try that.