The Big Fat Plan! Let’s eat for “free”

[disneyAndi14]

The Big Fat Plan! Let’s eat for “free”

Hi Everyone

My name is Caroline! You can usually find me on the trip reports thread on the Dis! I love traveling to Disney and Universal Studios.

This trip was with my friend @Steppesister We met on the Dis boards and have traveled together several times to Disney!

I have met so many wonderful people on this forum!

This trip included the free dining plan. The DDP is something I have not used in many years.

We had 5 nights at AKL and we were upgraded to a savanna view room. The room was beautiful with zebras and giraffes outside of our room.

Our DDP included 5 TS meals, 5 QS meals, and 5 snacks. Each meal came with an alcoholic drink or a nonalcoholic drink and a refillable mug to use at the resort.

I flew in the evening so my first night was at All Stars movies.

Here is my first drink in the Delta lounge.

A vodka and cranberry cocktail.

This was free so it was pretty good.

My first meal was a Mickey’s Waffle Kid’s meal.

I payed out of pocket for this.

It had 2 waffles, tots, and bacon with a small Diet Coke.

This was very good. The waffles were fluffy, tots crispy, and the bacon was tasty. 4 out of 5 stars ️ for a kid’s meal.

I headed out to Universal Studios for the day. I just snacked while there.

I had the Shrek pretzel with the house made green cheese and a pink lemonade soft serve ice cream cone with sprinkles. The pretzel was a 3 ️

and the ice cream cone was a 5 ️

The ice cream was very tasty and the sprinkles really added to the experience yummy!

The first evening we went to the new Beak and Barrel lounge in MK. This was an out of pocket expense.

I had the Salty Seas MARRRgarita. This was good but honestly it is like getting robbed by pirates! The cost was $20, crazy in my opinion! I give the drink 3️

The drink was Lalo Blanco Tequila, Cointreau Liqueur, Ube, and Lime ‍

I also tried one food item,

Cook’s Corn Griddle Cakes with Chipotle-braised Chicken

Warm Corn Cakes stuffed with Melted Cheese, Lime Sour Cream, Chili Peppers, and Cotija. $14 I’m not sure why it says cakes because you get one not two!
This was pretty good, could have been warmer with the cheese melted in which it wasn’t. Mutiny on deck, haha
3.5️


Stay tuned for more food porn and ratings on the Big FatPlan!

 

[Steppesister]

It was so fun to travel with you again! I really enjoyed my time with you, as always!

The Shrek pretzel looks yummy! I ended up at the Howl-o-scream over at SeaWorld and our pretzel was absolute garbage.

I was shocked that the “ melted cheese” was literally just a slice of cheese that they hoped would melt before it got to the table. I was not impressed. I will admit it was pretty tasty though, in the end, and I ate almost all of mine. I think they’re counting the fact that they slice it in half as “2”, and I agree that is sort of a joke. But to be fair, it was plenty of food, and the drinks are strong. I left yo-ho’ing.

Here is what I got in case anyone anyone’s interested:




Hibiscus Rum Punch Royale: Rum-based drink topped with prosecco. The bubbly effervescence combined with hibiscus, demerara, and citrus will make you feel like you’re charting the Atlantic. $19



The folks next to me, talked me into:

Barrels Ablaze: It features Jack Daniel’s Bonded Bourbon, a hint of honey, and a dash of spice. $19

I figured I would make my home state of Kentucky proud if I at least tried a bourbon drink. I mean, you gotta. and I really enjoyed it too. It wasn’t very bourbon forward.

Shockingly, and sadly, I did not get a picture of this. And not so shockingly, I dropped a crap ton of money at this place. But it was worth it once. I think for me it was a one and done, kind of like Oga’s. There were a ton of hidden Easter egg goodies to find in this place and I’ll post more of those when I get my laptop that I ordered since Disney broke and busted the one I had taken for my conference. There’s even a pretty cool hat tip to Marc Davis on a map in there. Definitely a cool place!

 

[hardcorestitch]

Nothing beats a Mickey pretzel… NOT EVEN SHREK!

 

[DLo]

Following along . Looking forward to reading more .

 

[PolyRob]

The Big Fat Plan! Let’s eat for “free”

Hi Everyone

My name is Caroline! You can usually find me on the trip reports thread on the Dis! I love traveling to Disney and Universal Studios.

This trip was with my friend @Steppesister We met on the Dis boards and have traveled together several times to Disney!

I have met so many wonderful people on this forum!

This trip included the free dining plan. The DDP is something I have not used in many years.

We had 5 nights at AKL and we were upgraded to a savanna view room. The room was beautiful with zebras and giraffes outside of our room.

Our DDP included 5 TS meals, 5 QS meals, and 5 snacks. Each meal came with an alcoholic drink or a nonalcoholic drink and a refillable mug to use at the resort.

I flew in the evening so my first night was at All Stars movies.

Here is my first drink in the Delta lounge.

A vodka and cranberry cocktail.
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This was free so it was pretty good.

My first meal was a Mickey’s Waffle Kid’s meal.

I payed out of pocket for this.

It had 2 waffles, tots, and bacon with a small Diet Coke.
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This was very good. The waffles were fluffy, tots crispy, and the bacon was tasty. 4 out of 5 stars ️ for a kid’s meal.

I headed out to Universal Studios for the day. I just snacked while there.
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I had the Shrek pretzel with the house made green cheese and a pink lemonade soft serve ice cream cone with sprinkles. The pretzel was a 3 ️
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and the ice cream cone was a 5 ️
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The ice cream was very tasty and the sprinkles really added to the experience yummy!

The first evening we went to the new Beak and Barrel lounge in MK. This was an out of pocket expense.
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I had the Salty Seas MARRRgarita. This was good but honestly it is like getting robbed by pirates! The cost was $20, crazy in my opinion! I give the drink 3️
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The drink was Lalo Blanco Tequila, Cointreau Liqueur, Ube, and Lime ‍

I also tried one food item,
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Cook’s Corn Griddle Cakes with Chipotle-braised Chicken

Warm Corn Cakes stuffed with Melted Cheese, Lime Sour Cream, Chili Peppers, and Cotija. $14 I’m not sure why it says cakes because you get one not two!
This was pretty good, could have been warmer with the cheese melted in which it wasn’t. Mutiny on deck, haha
3.5️
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Stay tuned for more food porn and ratings on the Big FatPlan!
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I’ve been enjoying your wonderful trip reports for years, and I can’t believe I never commented before. Your posts always brought back such fond memories of traveling to WDW with my mom and sister. Our trips evolved in similar ways over time, with the growing crowds at paid ticketed events, changes to park hours and Extra Magic Hours, and that familiar feeling of never having enough time to do it all.

I was a little sad to see you were done writing trip reports, but I’m so glad you’re still sharing your food adventures!