Please join me as I relive our July dining adventures - Finished!

[wilma-bride]

Still loving these reeviews - we have never stayed at POFQ but have visited the food court on many an occasion (mainly for beignets ) and found it to be really good.

 

[vald1977]

Hey Val! Loving the report so far!

This looks soooooooo good!!!

Yes is the brownie warm? I love a nice hot brownie with ice cream!

I love the pic of Remy at Chefs De France! Shelby was all excited when she saw that too. Was he anamatronic? What did he do?

Loving the grading system by the way!

Sorry I didn't see this question earlier. Remy was animatronic. He kind of squeaked answers to questions. Like the CM asked him if he wanted to go live with DD and he shook his head yes and squeaked "mm-hmm". The CM working with him was fantastic. He really was neat to see.

I talked to DH and he reminded me that our server at Chefs de France was named Pierre and he was actually from Italy. He was a great server and not hard to look at either .

Lissawyn,
Glad you enjoyed your dinner at CRT too .

Wilma-bride,
I don't think a trip to Disney would be the same without at least one beignet .

eventamy,
That is great to know about the pasta! It is kind of a shame for a 2TS meal to have such a small selection for kids.

 

[vald1977]

After a late night of watching Wishes and enjoying MK, we slept in a bit and grabbed lunch at POFQ before going to Epcot. DD and I had a reservation at Akershus and DH and DS were going to Teppan Edo.

DD and I checked in and had to wait about 15 minutes for our name to be called. Once we went in, DD got her picture taken with Belle. The professional one came out really great. The picture package was included at this 1TS meal. IMO, it should be included in all of them.

We were taken to our table and our server took the drink orders and told us to help ourselves to the appetizer buffet. Our server here was very nice (and TALL).

DD and I got ourselves some food from the buffet.

DD's plate:

She had a roll, some cheese cubes and some fruit.

Here is my plate:

I had a little salad, a roll, cheese cubes, some salami, some cold grilled asparagus (yucky), a cold pasta salad (good), and something else in the back that I couldn't identify. I thought it was going to be potato salad but it wasn't. It was mushy and not good.

For our entrees, DD got the kid's pizza.

I didn't try this but it sure didn't look very good. DD just kind of picked at it.

I got the traditional kjottkake.

I didn't care for it. I will say that there wasn't really anything that appealed to me on the menu here. It was cooked well and nice and hot. I just didn't care for the flavor.

While we were eating, the princesses started coming around to the tables. DD was in her glory as she watched them one after another enter the room.

We saw Cinderella:

Aurora:

Snow White:

And Ariel. All the princesses were nice but Ariel was fantastic.

Once it was dessert time, DD was brought out a cupcake to celebrate her birthday as well as a card signed by all the princesses.

We were also served a dessert platter to share consisting of rice cream, schoolbread, and a chocolate mousse cake. The last two were divine. I didn't care for the rice cream.

I don't think I would do dinner here again. I just didn't care for the food. I do plan to try it for breakfast next trip. The princess interaction was great!

Overall grade - C

 

[vald1977]

While DD and I were eating with princesses, DH and DS were at Teppan Edo. I wasn't there so I can't say first hand but they loved this meal. Sadly, we only have one camera so DH couldn't take any pictures here. They loved the food, loved the show and want to go back on our next trip.

Overall grade (by DH & DS) - A

This night we also stayed to watch Illuminations. The park was gloriously uncrowded and there was a slight breeze so it wasn't so hot. We got a great spot in Germany front and center. While I held our spot, DH got us a couple of pretzels to share. Oddly, one was stale and one wasn't. I was lucky and got a piece of the one that was fresh . These were only okay. They get marks off for inconsistancy.

Overall grade - C-

 

[vald1977]

The next morning, DH and DS went to DTD to watch the new Transformers movie. A little tip, movie tickets for the DTD theater are only $6 each for movies before noon. I thought that was a pretty good deal!

DD and I swam in the pool and took our time heading over to DTD by boat. Once there, we stopped for lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express. I love this place. It is such a bargain on the dining plan.

It was pretty empty at 11:45 a.m. . Their menu is huge so I was a bit overwhelmed. DD was set on spaghetti and meatballs. This wasn't on the kid's menu so I asked if I could get the kid's pasta with sauce and just pay for the meatballs OOP. The cashier was fine with this. I ordered rigatoni with chicken bolgnese. This came with a choice of cearar or house salad. We both got to choose a dessert. DD picked a chocolate chip cookie and I picked a brownie. We then filled up our fountain drinks and picked a table. They bring your food out to you on real plates and you use real silverware and glasses at this counter service place.

Since they were sitting in front of us we both started with our desserts.

These are freshly baked and so good. These brownies are one of my favorite treats in WDW. We both gobbled up the sweets.

Our food came out quickly. I should note that kids get plastic tableware and glasses here. Here is dd's spaghetti and meatballs after I had cut it up for her. The cashier didn't charge me for the meatballs after all. I asked him when we had completed our order and he smiled and said he had taken care of it for me - very nice. I tried a piece of meatball and it was only okay. DD didn't eat a whole lot but she had eaten that big cookie first.

Here is my side salad. I didn't enjoy the dressing on this. It had a citrusy taste that was off to me.

Here is my lunch. I am pretty sure they brought me the wrong dish. I had this last year and I am pretty sure it had a pink sauce at the time. This looked and tasted like chicken alfredo. I could have said something but didn't feel like it at the time. To be honest, I just wasn't all that hungry. I took a few bites of this and if you like chicken alfredo, this was very good. Unfortunately, I don't.

We have eaten here before and will eat here again. Next time I want to try a flatbread or the chicken.

Overall grade - B- .

 

[NorweJenNY]

I'd like to try that chicken alfredo!

BTW... we were down there at the same time... and we had two dinners at POFQ (stayed at POR). I fell in love with the ribs there! My family enjoyed the plethora of options.

I actually liked the mac 'n cheese at POFQ! I thought it was Stoffer's-like, but it tasted like it had extra butter in it... that's the flavor I love! Hubby is more of a blue box kinda guy usually, but he actually liked the POFQ mac 'n cheese so much that he got some for himself on our second trip there.

 

[JOEYDIS]

After a late night of watching Wishes and enjoying MK, we slept in a bit and grabbed lunch at POFQ before going to Epcot. DD and I had a reservation at Akershus and DH and DS were going to Teppan Edo.

DD and I checked in and had to wait about 15 minutes for our name to be called. Once we went in, DD got her picture taken with Belle. The professional one came out really great. The picture package was included at this 1TS meal. IMO, it should be included in all of them.

We were taken to our table and our server took the drink orders and told us to help ourselves to the appetizer buffet. Our server here was very nice (and TALL).

DD and I got ourselves some food from the buffet.

DD's plate:

She had a roll, some cheese cubes and some fruit.

Here is my plate:

I had a little salad, a roll, cheese cubes, some salami, some cold grilled asparagus (yucky), a cold pasta salad (good), and something else in the back that I couldn't identify. I thought it was going to be potato salad but it wasn't. It was mushy and not good.

For our entrees, DD got the kid's pizza.

I didn't try this but it sure didn't look very good. DD just kind of picked at it.

I got the traditional kjottkake.

I didn't care for it. I will say that there wasn't really anything that appealed to me on the menu here. It was cooked well and nice and hot. I just didn't care for the flavor.

While we were eating, the princesses started coming around to the tables. DD was in her glory as she watched them one after another enter the room.

We saw Cinderella:

Aurora:

Snow White:

And Ariel. All the princesses were nice but Ariel was fantastic.

Once it was dessert time, DD was brought out a cupcake to celebrate her birthday as well as a card signed by all the princesses.

We were also served a dessert platter to share consisting of rice cream, schoolbread, and a chocolate mousse cake. The last two were divine. I didn't care for the rice cream.

I don't think I would do dinner here again. I just didn't care for the food. I do plan to try it for breakfast next trip. The princess interaction was great!

Overall grade - C

I had breakfast there last year and it was fantastic. I love your reviews

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Great updates...when I got the pretzels at Epcot it was stale...I was so disappointed but I have to try it again...I love pretzels

 

[vald1977]

Great updates...when I got the pretzels at Epcot it was stale...I was so disappointed but I have to try it again...I love pretzels

We had one at the MK one day that was filled with cream cheese. That was sooooo good - much better than the stale one at Epcot.

 

[vald1977]

I had breakfast there last year and it was fantastic. I love your reviews

Glad to hear the breakfast was good . I am looking forward to it.

 

[vald1977]

I'd like to try that chicken alfredo!

BTW... we were down there at the same time... and we had two dinners at POFQ (stayed at POR). I fell in love with the ribs there! My family enjoyed the plethora of options.

I actually liked the mac 'n cheese at POFQ! I thought it was Stoffer's-like, but it tasted like it had extra butter in it... that's the flavor I love! Hubby is more of a blue box kinda guy usually, but he actually liked the POFQ mac 'n cheese so much that he got some for himself on our second trip there.

Maybe the mac and cheese we got was a funky batch or something? Happy to hear it is usually good . I am sure DS will sample it again on a future trip.

 

[vald1977]

We eventually met up with DH and DS. DH was nice enough to procure one of my favorite treats from the Pleasure Island section of DTD. I wasn't the least bit hungry but had to take a couple of bites anyway as I love these little deep-fried delacacies .

Doh-bar from Cookes of Dublin (AKA deep-fried Snickers bar)

These pups are oh so bad for ya but just so darn yummy.

Overall grade - A

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I highly recommend Akershus breakfast! We did it in March and it was great!

 

[irongirlof12]

yum yum enjoying your review

 

[Alice28]

A deep fried Snickers bar? OMG--------

 

[vald1977]

DS and I split off from DD and DH for a bit as he has always been my shopping buddy. The other two just tolerate it while DS and I love to look for a bargain. It was a long, hot day at DTD so a stop at Goofy's Candy Co. was in order. We also got some stuff there on another occasion so I will do a joint review.

We first ordered a couple of frozen drinks. These are included as a snack as long as you don't do the build a cup option.

I had a frozen coke.

This was very refreshing!

DS got a glacier apple which was really just cold apple juice. The lady working the counter was very nice and let us sample all of the flavors. Most of them were very sweet for my taste. DS enjoyed the apple though.

We also had to try some build your own snacks! We both chose pretzel rods and both agree the results were delicious. While we were waiting, one of the bakers broke one of the giant oreo-like cookies with chocolate fudge in the middle. She was nice enough to let us sample it and that was fantastic too. Our pretzel rods were very filling and we had plenty to save. We ate them over a couple days.

On another visit, we used more snack credits to get some other goodies.

We got a chocolate peanut butter cookie:

A Mickey crunch cookie:

A MnM cup:

A hunk of chocolate caramel fudge:

And a Mickey rice crispy treat:

In the name of research, I personally taste tested all of these treats and can tell you they were all delicious! I love using some of our snack credits at Goofy's and will continue to do so on future trips .

Overall grade - A

 

[Alice28]

gee, all those treats look really yucky and nasty (as the drool shorts out my computer...)

YUM!

 

[vald1977]

Dinner this night was at 'Ohana. We had eaten here back in 2004 when there was still rice on the menu and DD was just a little peanut causing me morning sickness. We had such a great meal that time. We had a table overlooking the fireworks and the food was outstanding. Then they changed the menu. And we had been afraid to go back. No way would it live up to the first visit. A couple of weeks before the trip, I started wishing for dinner here. Low and behold, there was an opening on the night I wanted. Figuring it was fate, I snagged it .

We arrived at the Poly right in time (accidently) to watch the torch lighting ceremony.

We also got our leis outside and then headed up to check in.

We waited about 15 minutes and then we were shown to our table. It was the exact same table we had been seated at in 2004. Of course, there wouldn't be fireworks this meal, but looking at Space Mountain while eating is always fun. Our server was Daniella and she was the best server of our trip (and we had a few good ones). She fussed over the kids and took great care of us.

We were brought our bread and salad, both of which I loved.

This is DH's attempt at humor since I kept taking pictures of all the food.

Funny, eh ?

We were also given the dipping sauces. One was sweet and sour, one a peanut and another that I forget. I tried the peanut but didn't care for it. The sweet and sour was good on the dumplings but I didn't try it on the meat. And the third was supposed to by spicy so I didn't try that one.

Out came the chicken wings and pork dumplings. I think I could have eaten the whole serving of both of these by myself! To die for good.

Next we were served the sides of noodles and veggies. The noodles were a crowd pleaser around our table. No one else eats brocoli so I was the only one who had any. The veggies were a little undercooked, imo.

And out came the skewers of steak, pork, and turkey. There was shrimp that soon followed. Only DH ate the shrimp. He found it good. I really liked the steak and pork but didn't care for the turkey as much. It could have been the peanut sauce I drizzled on but it had a strange flavor to me. It didn't matter as I was so full from the others.

'Ohana is a great atmosphere for kids. Both of mine loved participating in the parade and limbo contest.

They also did a celebration announcement where they brought out cupcakes to those celebrating events.

It was then time for the famous bread pudding. Now, bread pudding is not one of my favorite things. I would never order it out. That being said, I have heard so many compliments on this version that I couldn't wait to try it. I thought it was just as good as others have said! A few bites of this was the perfect topper to the great meal.

We all left with full bellies and happy hearts. I am thinking 'Ohana will need to become a yearly addition to our Disney trips.

Overall grade - A

 

[Steph9072]

We eventually met up with DH and DS. DH was nice enough to procure one of my favorite treats from the Pleasure Island section of DTD. I wasn't the least bit hungry but had to take a couple of bites anyway as I love these little deep-fried delacacies .

Doh-bar from Cookes of Dublin (AKA deep-fried Snickers bar)

These pups are oh so bad for ya but just so darn yummy.

Overall grade - A

Please tell me snack credits can be used for these...I have had them at our state fair and love them

 

[kimgof]

Great review of Ohana. We have ADR's there for August. Never eaten there before and really looking forwar to it...thanks for the nice preview!