I guess, I was a bit harsh but I was on vacation in Hawaii when I made the BOG reservations so I was online at midnight making reservations but the system was having issues and it took me until 3 am to get all my reservations for our Thanksgiving trip. So my expectations were super high. I'll have to try the cupcakes next time. I love the tea review. We have afternoon tea at home frequently as well at WDW. The only difference is at home it is a meal ;-)
Wow! That's some effort to get a reservation! The cupcakes will hopefully make any meal better there.
I like hot tea at the holiday time since I like a ginger spice blend otherwise I'm only an occasional tea drinker.
Do you have little sandwiches when you have tea at home? Oh, and scones. I wouldn't mind having those with lemon curd for dinner. (I had to fix my typo that said lemon crud. oops!)
I wish I would have thought to sub the salmon sandwich for pb&j!!!
It's good to know that you can really substitute any of their sandwiches. I think I heard about the ability to sub here on the dining boards. Wish I could recall who to give credit to.
Trying to catch up on threads today and I am sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your BOG dinner. I think I am about the only one who has really enjoyed their meal there. I had the, what was it, thyme pork chop. It was so juicy, tender and delicious that I would definitely go back. However, my DH had the scallop and shrimp dish and didn't like it at all. And I agree the ambience of the place is over the top. Like stepping right into the movie.
Now, back to catch up!
At least you had a great experience with your entrée. I'm trying lunch at BoG next time! I'm hoping for a great lunch. The desserts are always awesome so they get credit for that.
What in the world???? I was 100% sure that I had caught up on here yesterday in my Catch Up on Reports Frenzy. But apparently, I did not!
So here goes!!!
The Garden View Lounge tea time is one of those things that I just MUST do with my DD! I loved reading about your experience there. Everything looks tasty and oh-so-fun. I think DD would love this! The strawberries and cream!!! So beautiful - I want some right now
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No worries Roni!
I can picture you and Willow at tea. Oh, they also have the princess tea for which they give the girls a princess doll and I forget what else.
Happy counting down for your trip next week.
The tea looks so good! I love traditional English afternoon tea! It is definitely on my must do list for the future.
This was the first tea we'd done and I loved it enough to return on our December trip. I'm a fan for sure!
I have never had tea at GF but the lemon curd from Trader Joe's is pretty good. Have you had it?
Why I didn't know that! I need to find some good scones so it is worthy of the lemon curd. And I happen to have a TJ in my town. Thanks for the head up.
Haven't done tea at the Grand in probably 4-5 years. I remember disliking the pear & gorgonzola sandwich (for one reason - gorgonzola!).
Everything else was great, though. After seeing so many positive reviews of GF's afternoon tea over the past few months, I'd really like to repeat it sometime - the lemon curd sounds especially delicious.
Mr. DDW! Yeah..... I do recall the blue cheese aversion and such. You poor guy, you don't know what you're missing.
You'd have to sub another sandwich if you went. And yes, that lemon curd is amazingness in a dish.
I am so glad that you enjoyed your Afternoon Tea experience. This is something that I've been wanting to do with my eldest DD (almost 17) for some time. It appears to be a great mother/daughter activity and is at the top of my MUST DOs.
One of these days I'm hoping my youngest DD (16 months) will be able to do one of the little girl teas. I HOPE that she enjoys everything Disney as much as myself and my eldest DD or we are going to have a big problem!!...lol She slept through the majority of her very first trip to WDW so the jury is still out as to whether she likes it or not.
Your 16 yr old is the perfect age for tea with mom!! I highly recommend it.
I think you are grooming your little one well. If she's surrounded by love of Disney that should hopefully guarantee a princess in training.
I'm so glad that you and Em finally got to experience Afternoon Tea at the GVL and that you enjoyed it so much. I have such fond memories from the many mother/daughter teas which I've had there. Though I did make my DH have tea with me during our 25th Anniversary trip, it just wasn't quite the same. Maybe if he had been a "proper" gentleman like Hunter and kept his pinkie in the air, it would have been more fun.
Since I was seated at another table, I didn't get to see if he reenacted this during our December tea. Now I can't wait for our review to find out if it happened and if anyone caught it on film...uhh, I mean memory card or iPhone.
That's a great photo of Hunter! I have a similar one from December that I'm hanging onto for the appointed time.
You definitely influenced my choices for a few things including tea. I'm so glad that we tried it.
I can eat fries but only have about 5. LOL. Maybe we will share if we go.
I love the tea. The cucumber sandwich is really good. I couldnt eat any last time and they accommodated me so nicely. This is what they brought out to me when I said I could not have bread. It was delicious and I cannot say how nice the waiter and manager were to me.
The first pics of the lounge (after you ate) is where we sat last month.
Great update and pics.
Oh man, you would need to share fries since 5 is only a teaser!
Whoa! What? That's an amazing substitute for bread. And so pretty too.
I've wanted to sit at the little couches with the table. It looks very comfy.
How fun!! This looks so relaxing too, which sometimes you totally need on a wdw vacation. I love tea, so it just seems perfect. Add this one to my long list of places to visit! Thank you for sharing!
It really was Jennifer! Perhaps Richard will accompany you and lift a pinkie as well.
Loving the reviews! Keep them coming!
Thank you lizzyb! I have a couple more days of meals to post so you are in luck for the short term!
I think we're on the same page. However, you got my interest with the cheese plate. That sounds hard to mess up.
