The "Where are we eating Today" Thread w/ pics COMPLETED

[ash&abby'smom]

We just returned from our stay 1/31-2/6. We ate at a few new places and some oldies. Most places I have pictures for with a couple of exceptions. I can't tell you how many times I heard and what are we eating today and where. Hopefully these will help others make their decisions as I often found seeing pictures of food help make our decisions.

Let me start with the cast.
Me: likes most things and will try new things.
DH: likes his meat and potatoes but will sometimes try something new.
DD7: likes your basic kids foods, but enjoys a good salad, brocoli and loves her some desert.
dd4: definately the picky one, better have chicken or else.
dmom: Likes most foods
dDad: likes everything pretty much

The places I will be reviewing are:
Table Services:
Chef Mickey's dinner post 11
Princess Storybook Breakfast post 18
Crystal Palace dinner post 36
Boma's dinnerpost 53
1900 Park Fare dinnerpost 56
Cape May breakfastpost 54
Crystal Palace breakfastpost 57

Counter Service:
Roaring Forks post 2
Toy Story Pizza post 37
Electric Umbrellapost 31
Flame Tree Barbque post 38
Columbia Harbor Housepost 32

Ratings will be:
*what were we thinking
** Okay
*** Good
****Very Good


So, hang on tight and I will start the reviews.

 

[TigerKat]

I'm on board.......

 

[ash&abby'smom]

First up: Roaring Forks
After being up since 5:00am to catch our flight, when we finally get to our resort it is 3:00. We are all starving so we decided to grab something to eat to share as we have dinner ressies at CM for 6:20.

For my family, we get two pepperoni pizza meals with a mickey rice krispie treat, chocolate chip cookie and a coke and diet coke.

Parents got a pepperoni pizza meal with a chocolate muffin and soda.

The pizza's here are rectangular in shape and are cut into 4 pieces. The dough is a thin crust, not like the pizza at Toy story. They were very filling and easy to share. dd's ate the cookie and rice krispie treat. Unfortunately I forgot to take pics of these because we were so hungry, but we all felt they were good. Here is pics of dd's enjoying desert though.

Ratings:
Food: ***
2 CS
Cost would have been: $22.41
Next up: Chef Mickey's dinner

 

[Melisa1]

Great so far!!!!!!!!!!! Waiting for more!!!!!!!

 

[angelmav]

Oooh I am so looking forward to this!

 

[mpmluvstigger]

 

[HeatherinVT]

Cant wait for the rest!!

 

[ChrisMouse]

Subscribing, keep them coming! We are eating at a lot of these same places in May.

Thanks for reviewing!

 

[TruBlu]

Great so far!

 

[BabyPiglet]

Great reviews so far! Can't wait for the updates!

 

[ash&abby'smom]

Chef Mickey's Dinner
Now, let me start this by saying we have eating here before and loved it. Last time we came to WDW, we didn't get to go here, so we knew this was a must do for us this time around.

We had a 6:20pm adr, we arrived at 6:10pm and were given a pager. We sat at the outer rim and ordered a drink. I had a Mango Margarita. If you like Mango, you will love this drink because that's all you could taste. I didn't care for it. DH had an apple martini and liked it. Sorry no pics. I know bad. Our pager goes off and we are off to our table. We are seated in the first section, which seems like you are out of the way of everything. Oh, we skipped the photo op this time. Now on to the food:

I go and help dd's fix their plates: dd7 got an apple, cantelope, honeydew, cucumbers, cheese, muffin and mickey mac&cheese.

dd4 had pizza and cantelope
My Plate:

which was cheese tortellini, parmesan mashed potatoes, oven roasted turkey breast, Tamarind Glazed Salmon, chicken, Mickey Cheese Ravioli and Marinara Sauce, potatoes au gratin
DH plate: which consisted of mashed potatoes with gravy, prime rib,salmon, rice and potates au gratin.

DD's didn't eat much, I thought the turkey was dry, but the tortellin and mashed potatoes were really good. The marinara sauce was to tart for me, I like a more sweet red sauce, so I didn't care for it. Nothing else stands out for me either. DH said his was okay, but nothing great. The parents said theirs were okay, but again nothing special.

Deserts were:

cheesecake, carrot cake, key lime pie, brownie, and chocolate mouse mickey on oreo cookie. DD and I split these. They were good for desert, I enjoyed the cheesecake, the chocolate mouse was to bitter. DD4 had vanilla ice cream from the sundae bar, but she was almost done before I could get a pic.

Characters were: Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy & Pluto. They each came to our table, but didn't spend much time and were not as playful as they have been other places.

Overall: The food was okay, nothing special. I remember the food being much better here before. The character interaction was just average. Even the dd's were not impressed with this meal. We will probably skip this next time or maybe try breakfast. Cost would have been: $186.00(tip was $27.00 18%) Used 6 TS credits

Food: **
Characters: **

Next: Princess Storybook Breakfast

 

[my3disneygirls]

Can't wait for more.

 

[mindyd]

Great start can't wait for more!

 

[teacherme]

I can't wait to hear more.

 

[SmallWorld71]

Thanks for the reviews so far. We were at CM's back in August and the food was fine but nothing special as you say, However, the characters were very good that night. Makes all the difference in the world. Looking forward to more.

 

[poohluvrs]

subbing
great so far!
We're doing CM our 1st night & the PSB breakfast! Thanks for posting!

 

[libinatorsmom]

Love it - you ate at a lot of places we are planing on - cant wait to see and hear more

 

[ash&abby'smom]

Thanks for all the comments.
Now onto PSB:
For this meal it is just me, my two dd's and my mom. DH & dad ate at WCC for breakfast and skipped the princesses experience. How could they?

Our ADR was 9:05 and we were seated at 9:10. We were greeted by Belle in her yellow gown for photos, which they come around for you to purchase. I know this is changing soon. Our waitress comes by and brings out juice and coffee and explains the cold bar and she will bring out the hot plate. So off we go to the cold bar.
On the cold bar there is fruit, salmon, danishes, cheese etc. Here's my plate

I had cantelope and honeydew which I ate before I remembered to take a pic and a danish with some jam and cream cheese (yummy), pineapple and strawberries. DD's both had some fruit and a cinnamon roll.
Next the hot plate:

Those potatoes are the best. I could eat those any day. The eggs were good, not wet, not dry and the sausage and bacon was good. Did I mention those potatoes? They were that good.

Ariel, Aurora, Mulan and Snow White all came around. Ariel was so funny, she talked so fast and was so entertaining. And we were so excited to see her with legs. Although, she was going swimming with flounder later that day. Mulan didn't have much of a personality, but maybe that's just how she is. But who we really came here to see was Snow White for dd4, who adores her. Snow White was really sweet and tried to hold her hand, but that wasn't going to happen. DD is very shy.

Total for Meal: 89.59 (tip 18% 12.95)
Food: ****
Characters: ****

We have done CRT twice and PSB twice. I have to say for the price, I definately prefer this one over CRT, even though Cinderella is not here. This was our best breakfast of the trip. We will definately return here.

Next: Electric Umbrella

 

[TigerKat]

Those potatoes look amazing.

 

[tink too]

Great reviews so far - thanks. Patiently waiting to find out what you thought about 1900 Park Fare.