Day 5 April 21st
So this was my V&A day, and once again I opted for lounging by the pool and waiting until dinner time. This time I decided to get some actual food before dinner so I wouldnt starve. I got a kids mac n cheese with grapes and applesauce, and a piece of carrot cake (counts as a vegetable, right?) and another chocolate covered brownie.
At 10:30 am the food court at POR was jammed packed with people and was total chaos. I did know that the resort was full, but still. There were way too many people there. I would hate to see it early in the morning! Everyone I talked to said that the parks were super crowded, so I was glad that I had stuck with my evening EMH plans.
At any rate, I was at the main pool by 11:00, still nursing my sunburn. Somehow I had neglected to apply sunscreen the day before at TL, and now resembled a lobster. I decided not to wear red or pink for a few days
I found a good spot in the shade and read my book until someone said Snake! So I looked around and was surprised to find out that the snake about 2 feet long was slithering under my chair. It headed to the bushes and I decided at that point to leave. The pool was too cold anyway....
I ended up at the Gift shop for a while and learned that: To ship from POR leave your box open and have all of your receipts together. They will scan each item and close the boxes themselves. Good info to have in case I need to use it.
I also found a tote bag that I liked and needed like a hole in the head.
Then in the room I did some measuring. The in-room safe is small, but large enough for an iPad. So was the safe at Sports.
Some observations:
There is a full length mirror on the bathroom door.
The lounge chairs at PORs main pool are nice mesh ones. They beat the heck out of the cheap beat up chairs at the TL premium section.
Wildlife- several gray squirrels, an Armadillo, a large black snake at the main pool a large stork a large blue heron and a small alligator. The armadillo and the snake freaked me out. Do armadillos have poison barb tails? And are black snakes poisonous?
I took a short nap, then got ready for V&As.
Victoria and Alberts
Now V&As was an experience. I called for a cab, and was dropped off in front of GF. I asked a CM in front how to get to V&As, and he took me right to the door. Impressive!
I was greeted by name, and shown to my table where I had a good view of the harpist.
All of the seating is arraigned so that none of the diners are directly facing each other.
Its very opulent in there. The wall paper is washed silk.
Then I was given my menu by Allen, who told me that Sharon and Frankie would also be my servers that evening.
I chose water to drink since I dont drink alcohol, and I felt a soft drink would ruin the taste of the foods.
After going over the menu, I chose the Duck three ways, the Diver scallops, the Wild Buffalo, the Niman Ranch Lamb, the cheese selection, and the Kona Soufflé for dessert.
Of course the meal started with an Amuse-Bouche, which was a tribute to lobster including a poached lobster tail with Manchurian caviar on top, and lobster bisque. I dont recall what the other two were. It was all delicious though.
Then came the first bread course, and it was a simple baguette with salt free butter. Very plain.
Next was my Wild Buffalo dish. Its usually served Waldorf style, but since I have a tree nut allergy, this was the nut free version of it. It was, of course, delicious.
Next was my Diver Scallop course. Again, it was prepared perfectly, and was a very tasty treat.
After that came the star bread of the evening IMO. It was a brioche, with black truffles, and black truffle butter.
Then came the Duck course. I had duck breast, duck sausage, and a rolled duck something or other
Ill have to look up the exact description of this one. I dont really remember, the evening was a bit of a blur at this point.
I was smiling so broadly, and was so content that I must have looked like a lunatic. A happy lunatic, but a lunatic nonetheless.
Next came the last bread, multigrain bread, unsalted, with double salted butter. Very very good.
And then the entrée was presented. All this time I was served from the right, with the breads served from the left, which is proper.
The main entree, the Lamb, was served from a covered dish. The flourish was perfect for this wonderful dish. I actually cried while eating it it was that good. The potatoes were small Yukon Gold potatoes that had been steamed just right, then rolled in an equal mixture of salt and sugar. They alone were to die for.
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The Lamb was rolled in a mixture of spices, including mint, and it was absolutely out of this world perfect.
I ate this last course very slowly to make it last longer, and joked with my server about staying on and stealing every bit of lamb off of everyones plates. He told me that twice in the last year they had couples on two separate occasions who ordered every single item off of the menu and stayed through both seatings. I can see why! I was tempted myself.
There were no salt or pepper shakers on the table, since they were not needed at all.
Oh well, all good things must come to an end, so I ordered coffee and had my Kona Soufflé dessert. I decided that next time I go; Ill have the assorted sorbets instead. The Soufflé was too heavy after that meal.
I received my rose, left a hefty tip, munched on my finisher of jellied chili and a perfect chocolate covered caramel, and left for POR. I called a cab again to go back; I didnt feel like bussing it in my finery.
The finisher that comes with the check.
Since I was checking out the next morning I scoured the Lobby and the Store for a Princess to give my rose away to.
I finally found one, wearing a Princess hat in the store.
Well I asked her mother if she could have the rose, and the little Princess said What Princess? Wheres the Princess at?
I had to explain that she was the Princess, since she was wearing the hat, and after some convincing she finally took the "Magical Princess rose" from me. Her mother was very pleased, and said it was a lovely thing to do. And I felt very happy for doing it. She was a lovely little Princess.
And then I toddled off to my room to get ready for check out day the next morning.
The high that day was 91 degrees. 
That makes five trips over three years that I've tried to find him, but can't. Jeez, I just want to thank the guy in person! 
The chairs are old and cheap though. The chairs at the quiet pool at POR were better, and the chairs at the main pool at POR were those nice cloth like loungers. But you do get an umbrella, a table, two loungers and two kid chairs there. 
Thank you - it did attack me! That was unpleasant, to say the least. 
So I took a picture of it and a picture of the bar code in case I had to try to order it when I got home. 
. Are you sure when you were sucked under you didn't see them? 
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. They should have given out fastpasses.
VB bags. All of them. And the luggage too. 
I get a lot of mine on eBay on auction, so they don't cost me a lot. One set I had I sold back on an auction for more than I had paid for them in the first place. 
That's a very big deal! 
Had my Starbucks Via and a shower then called bell services for my stuff at 6:00 am. I had packed everything up the night before so I was ready for them.
So I was very very happy. 
