So This is What a Dream Tastes Like

[Woth2982]

I am loving the dining review! My friends and I are "THIS" close to booking the Dream for October 2012. We just have to work out the details as we all live in different states! This growing up and getting old and moving away from your Disney friends is no picnic! Can't wait to hear about the Animator's Palate dinner! That was my fave restaurant on the Wonder.

 

[jenseib]

I am loving the dining review! My friends and I are "THIS" close to booking the Dream for October 2012. We just have to work out the details as we all live in different states! This growing up and getting old and moving away from your Disney friends is no picnic! Can't wait to hear about the Animator's Palate dinner! That was my fave restaurant on the Wonder.

If you book...don't forget about me! I am now a Disney TA!

 

[20thingamabobs]

I have to admit that Royal Palace was my least favorite meal on the cruise. It wasn't that it was bad by any means but just my least favorite. The strawberry shortcake was very good though! I can't wait to hear about your experience at Animator's Palate!

p.s. my mom's sweatshirt came in the mail yesterday. Thank you again so much for picking it up for her! She is so excited and says thank you as well!

 

[Tinkermom76]

Yes. There were many options. Here is a link to the Royal Palaces menu.

http://allears.net/cruise/ships/dream/dining/menus/royalpalace.htm

There was alway a steak on the menu too. I think chicken too.



I can't wait to relive it all!



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Thanks for the link I am gonna go check out all the food now

 

[jenseib]

I have to admit that Royal Palace was my least favorite meal on the cruise. It wasn't that it was bad by any means but just my least favorite. The strawberry shortcake was very good though! I can't wait to hear about your experience at Animator's Palate!

p.s. my mom's sweatshirt came in the mail yesterday. Thank you again so much for picking it up for her! She is so excited and says thank you as well!

Yay. I'm so glad you got it. I love that aweatshirt too.
I really liked Royal Palace. What did you get to eat there. I think we liked all the places pretty equally.

Thanks for the link I am gonna go check out all the food now

Be aware you will get hungry!

 

[Woth2982]

If you book...don't forget about me! I am now a Disney TA!

As in a Disney Travel Agent? Do I book through you?

 

[zebsterama]

Great report thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Zebsterama

 

[MEK]

Better late than never! Subbing now! Can't wait to read all about it!

 

[jenseib]

Great report thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Zebsterama

Better late than never! Subbing now! Can't wait to read all about it!

Thanks and welcome!!!

 

[Caretames1]

Mmmm dessert. Looks goods! I really hate how some parents just let their kids do WHATEVER.

 

[jenseib]

Mmmm dessert. Looks goods! I really hate how some parents just let their kids do WHATEVER.

He was old enough to know better, I think, but the parents should've kind kept an eye out on him. He wasn't that old to be gone away from them for that long.

 

[Wicket's Mom]

I love cruises for the food. The food looked so tasty! I will have to start thinking about a Disney cruise one of these times. When I took a cruise many moons ago, I was so active, I lost 7 pounds.

I did eat quite a bit, all of it good!

Your food porn is most excellent.

 

[ChrystalUnicorn]

Great trip report, thanks for taking us along.

 

[jenseib]

I love cruises for the food. The food looked so tasty! I will have to start thinking about a Disney cruise one of these times. When I took a cruise many moons ago, I was so active, I lost 7 pounds.

I did eat quite a bit, all of it good!

Your food porn is most excellent.

I think I lost too. I didn't weigh myself but my jeans were a bit loser comong home.

Your last sentence with "most excellent" makes me think of Bill and Teds Excellent adventure. I always loved that movie!

Great trip report, thanks for taking us along.

Thanks for coming along

 

[jenseib]

Dinner this night was at Animators Palate.

This time our table was actually way in the back of the restaurant. I could tell that the CM walking us back really didn’t have a clue where though. We saw our guys and they led us the rest of the way!

Isn’t everything on this table so cute.

The Menu

The Wall

Shortly after we were seated Crush came out. Claire was in awe!!!

Claire had decided she would go to the kids club tonight after she was done eating, as long as we would come to get her as soon as we were done. That went out the window when she saw Crush. She didn’t want to miss a minute of him!

The bread was brought and we gobbled it up before I took a picture of it.
The Bread was Herb Foccacia and Ciabatta Bread With a Roasted Garlic Dip. I think this might’ve been my favorite bread of the trip.

Mom ordered her favorite wine, Claire a sprite and I got another Princess Delight. I REALLY liked this drink.

For an appetizer mom and I both ordered the Black Truffle Pasta Purseittes - pasta purse filled with trufflec scented cheese and coated with a delicate champagne sauce.

VERY good!

I also ordered the Wild Mushroom Risotto and Porcini Twist - served with Parmigiano-Reggiano. This was very good as well, but the little bread thing with it wasn’t to my taste.

Claire got the Chicken Noodle Soup.

Claire loves chicken noodle soup. It’s one of her favorite foods (up there with hot dogs). I don’t remember if she liked it or not. It looks like in the picture that she was digging right in, so I assume she did. I do know if it has carrots or celery in it, I have to dig those out, and I don’t remember doing that, but if they are small enough she will eat them.

Claire’s main course was Filet Steak Medallions on a rich Tomato Sauce….minus the tomato sauce.

Mom and I then also got the Baked Potato and Cheddar Cheese Soup with bacon bits and chives. This was good too. Not terrific, blow your mind away good, but still good and I would get it again. The other 2 appetizers were better though.

I had thought about getting the Marinated Angus Beef Tenderloin, but I had had steak every night and knew I would be having steak at least 2 more times at WDW.
Brent suggested the Lemon-Thyme Marinated Organic Chicken Breast with sour cream mashed potatoes, roasted root vegetables and grain mustard jus. Mom and I both decided to get that.

I enjoyed this as well and it was a nice change.

Claire had decided for dessert to have ice cream. I think she chose strawberry.

Mom and I got for dessert Cookies and Cream Sundae - vanilla ice cream, chocolate wafer cookies, and whipped cream. And this was heavenly good. I think it had those wonderful chocolate chip cookies in it.

We asked Srdjan and Brent to pose for us, and they were all too happy too.

At the end of the dinner, Crush came back out and led a little chant/song type thing and then acknowledged the celebrations. Back when we had booked the CM asked if we were celebrating anything. I had said that basically all our birthdays. We originally planned to go over Claire’s birthday, but that had changed when Skip had his hip replacement replaced. This was a birthday gift for me, and We also were celebrating Skip’s 50th a few months early. Obviously Skip didn’t come, so it took it down to two celebrations. If I had thought of it when I changed my mom over to the reservation we could’ve added her b-day. Hers is just a few days after Skip.
Anyways…..While this celebration was going on the servers brought out little chocolate mousse cakes to those celebrating, and we got one at our table for Claire and I. We also each got a Birthday button. I took a picture of this, BUT later I was clearing out pictures on my card and accidentally deleted it, along with about 3 others from Animators Palate.
Take my word that it was good. It had a little chocolate birthday banner across the top and I think Claire might’ve snatched that pretty quickly. The mousse cake was really good, but I was so full at that point that we could only each take a bite or too and that was it.
This night I was really uncomfortably full. I think all the food was catching up to me.

Here is the child’s menu from Animators Palate.

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Thanks for the wonderful updates, I do LOVE escargot...yummy
Thanks for sharing your food review...I'm enjoying following along.

 

[jenseib]

Thanks for the wonderful updates, I do LOVE escargot...yummy
Thanks for sharing your food review...I'm enjoying following along.

I like it too. Most people think Ick when they see or hear about it, but it really is very good.

 

[jenseib]

I have started my Trip Report. It is going to be a bit slow going right now.

A Hop, NO Skip, and Many Mishaps to a Disney Dream

 

[jenseib]

A couple of snacks from that day, that I DO not have pictures of.

1. I bought Claire a strawberry/Raspberry non-alcoholic Daiquiri in a souvenir glass before our show. I also got mom and I a Mango daiquiris in the souvenir glasses. A pink one for mom and Claire and a blue one for myself. They were all very good, but hefty in price. I think after I left a few more dollars for an extra tip (the guy was very helpful), it was close to $40 for the 3 drinks.
2. Chocolate covered Strawberries. I found these late in the evening when I had run down to guest services. I can’t remember the exact location now, but they were in the District area somewhere. I grabbed 6 for the 3 of us. I ate one when I got back to the room and they were not so good. I don’t know if they were old, or had been sitting out too long, but the actual strawberry part was mushy. My family grew strawberries…for a living…not just a garden thing…and I know what a strawberry is supposed to taste like…and these weren’t even close.
I ate another in the morning to see if that one was any better and it wasn’t. We ended up throwing the rest.

 

[basketkat]

Everything in Animator's Palate looks SO cute!!!!!