OP, I am loving your reviews. But, have a question. At Kona. Your steak came with rice. Or did you ask for rice, instead of mashed potatoes. All the times. I have ordered this. It has come with mash potatoes??
Yes, I feel in love again that day...with yet another dessert 
DH felt the same way about it. I don't want to know how many calories are in these things but I plan on getting one every time we go from now on! 
All I can say is that I will be back in 2010 for more! We also had dinner ressies for 1900 Barf fare, oops, I mean park fare this evening so I didn't want to over do things.
Loving your reviews so far...Crystal Palace sounds great. I didn't get an adr to that one yet, but I might try to squeeze it on an MK day because Emmy has only recently gotten into Pooh and Co. (I think she just likes to say the word Poo) That's good that you little Vi did well with the costumed characters, it's like a giant stuffed animal.
Thanks for the advice on 1900 PF...I may cancel it. It seems like all the reviews that I've read that are good are from people with older kids (or no kids) who get there at the opening.
Keep it coming and looking forward to the pics!
We went on it 4 times while there 
Awww..lol. This is such a fun age isn't it? Vi loves shoes too she just loves to take them off as soon as she puts them on
I'm just going to be flat out honest about 1900 PF dinner. I hated it. DH hated it (and thats a rare occasion when DH hardly eats and doesn't like SOMETHING offered food wise) I couldn't find anything that was edible on the adult buffet and ended up eating a very small piece of cheese pizza off of the kids section. Everything from the salad to the dessert was just flat out gross. And I love dessert. Sure the little tarts, etc looked pretty but that was where it ended. They tasted like nothing. The buffet itself really wasn't that plentiful. Serving dishes were empty and not replenished (we had a 7:05 ressie). The Chef carving the meat(dh attempted to eat some) was very nasty about serving DH. The characters were just flat out in raunchy moods and rushed. I didn't find them as entertaining as I thought I would. Violette reached out to touch drizella and she told me to tell her to not touch her dress, that they are very expensive? Umm..ok. I didn't like that and for some reason I didn't get the impression she was "acting". The stepmother looked to be about 22 years old...which kind of ruined things in a way, esp. for Lily who realized this right away. Cindy and PC were nice...but didn't look like the real deal and as they announced PC Lillians eyes lit up...and then she saw him and said (I'm quoting! lol) "Ewww, that doesn't even look like Prince Charming!!" She was mad. He was no prince charming, thats for sure haha...
Our server was terrible. No refills came and she just had a icky attitude. The wait to get in was around 25 mintues which was borderline OK/too long IMHO. The photographers didn't like it when I told them NO pictures, that the kids just wanted to eat and boy were they pushy!
Bottom line it was the worst Disney meal we had PERIOD. The food and service at All star sports hotel looked and tasted like a 5 star restaurant would serve compared to PF.The Food, the service, the characters. It was actually the most expensive meal we had as well...just realized that. IMO...try to get a TS ressie somewhere else. While we were down there all sorts of places popped up on the online system as people cancelled, etc. I actually had a ressie earlier that day for Ohana BF that I snagged the night before but had to cancel cause the girls didn't get up early enough. DH and I still talk about how we wish we would have cancelled this dinner to this day. Live and learn I guess, but never again!
Loving the reviews.. you're daughters are sooooo cute! Where did you get the OJ smoothie from... we only found strawberry, tropical, and strawberry banana... orange would have been nice
They actually use real OJ so that was even nicer rather than something that just tastes like pure sugar. We bought them by the Magic Carpets in the MK... I want to say that Epcot had them too but can't remember where?????? I know we had them more than once, they were yummy though!
What a disappointment to hear about 1900 PF!!! We were going to go there after dd5'sr bippity boppity appt. Now I have to reconsider -- but she will be all made up. It will be before MNSSHP. Maybe I should try to snag Calif Grill instead? Probably all booked by now. She will get to see plenty of princesses at the party, so I'm thinking I should do that.
Great reviews! I'm also from MI originally -- born and raised. AND I have daughters the same age difference. How do you like the age difference? Do they still play together? I have a 5 yr old and a 1 yr old.
Thanks for the pics and reviews!!!
5 years apart is good in some ways, but they are so very different and on two totally different levels that it makes a lot of things very hard. I think a lot depends on their personalities too, Lillian is very demanding, sensitive and clingy where Vi has always been easy going, content and independent. It's so strange how two full blooded sisters can be soooo so very different 
1900 PF was terrible and I'm going to be posting that review after this...All I can say is that I honestly wish I would have listened to the 85% of ppl on this board who advised against it for dinner. We still look back a month later disgusted with the meal. I guess after doing Akershush and seeing how great other character meals/buffets can be we were very let down with PF. Just my honest opinion. I would do Akershush if your looking for princesses. While we were down there looking for a last minute ressie it was listed for being available several times. They were great with my girls there.
Where in MI are you originally from? I was born in Detroit but my parents retired up north in Tawas off Lake Huron and we now live in Midland. The weather here has been so mild we aren't even going to open our pool this year
As far as the age difference between my two....It has its ups and downs. They really don't play for the most part since my 7 year old thinks she is 17 and doesn't really want to be bothered by my little one at this point. She was very used to being a spoiled only child and still doesn't care to share the spotlight, though she was very good with the baby when she was younger. A part of me wishes I would have had them closer together so they would have played together a little better. I thought we'd avoid a lot fighting and jealousy by having them this far apart but NOPE lol, it still goes on here! DH and I are actually thinking about having one more and I've told him it's now or never
One thing they both agree on is that they LOVE Disney
Hope you have a great time with your girls!
