Thank you all for the nice comments. I am glad people are enjoying my reviews.
Today's reviews will be from Saturday, October 29 - MY BIRTHDAY!
Well, it wasn't "really" my birthday. Let me explain. My birthday is actually in September. For my birthday gift from my family this year, I said all I wanted was one day of our trip to Disney to do whatever I wanted.
Now granted, I am the planner in the family so I do pick a lot of what we do already, but as other Mom's know, you typically plan out the days, ADR's, park experiences, etc. based a lot on what you know your family will love.
I wanted one day where I got to call the shots all day and no one would complain or argue.
So, Saturday of our trip was that day.
I wanted to sleep in and laze around all morning. DD19 did have some homework for college that she HAD to get done, so she stayed in the room with me and quietly did her homework all morning.
DH and DD15 headed off to Animal Kingdom. While there, they ate a CS breakfast at Pizzafari (2 bounty breakfasts) but didn't take any pictures!
They also got a root beer float and ice cream cone as snacks. Again - no pictures. Sorry!
Back at the room, after I felt I had enough relaxation time (uh, all morning), DD19 and I got ready and took the boat to Downtown Disney.
First stop was Wolfgang Puck Express for lunch.
DD19 ordered the meatloaf.
She really enjoyed it.
I had the chicken strips and fries.
DD15 and DH joined us at DTD while we were eating.
For dessert, we both got the frozen yogurt with cookies pieces. I thought I had pictures of this, but don't seem to see them. Again, sorry!
After lunch, we did a little shopping and wandering around DTD then headed back on the boat to POFQ. I wanted a relaxing late afternoon by the pool.
Unfortunately, it was not super hot outside and the pool at POFQ was pretty cold. So we did more relaxing at a table poolside than in the actual pool. Although, the hot tub was enjoyable.
The girls & DH did laundry in the laundry area near the pool while I relaxed - gotta love that!
Around 6pm, we took the bus to Magic Kingdom and rode a few rides to kill time before our ADR at Whispering Canyon Cafe at 9pm.
We did get a little snack in Adventureland (2 of them actually):
We also took in the newly revised (since the fire) Tiki Bird show. I liked the old, pre-fire one much better. This seemed to go way back to possibly the original Tiki Show and I thought it was really dumb. Actually several people walked out mid-show. I guess they agreed. We did stick it out through the whole thing, but I doubt I'd go back.
DD19 was starting to feel a little sick, but she was being a trooper. WCC is one of her all-time favorite places to eat, so she didn't want to miss it again! Remember we slept through our previous ADR there the other night.
So we enjoyed the beautiful boat ride from MK to Wilderness Lodge. I love that resort also! We spent some time walking around and enjoying the beauty of that resort and then checked in for our ADR.
After a short wait, we were seated. The hostess kept walking through the dining room and I was getting disappointed. YEP - they put us in that very far back room. She saw our disappointment and asked if we wanted to move. DD19 said she preferred it back there since she still wasn't feeling well, so we stayed and it wound up being kind of nice since it was late and a more quiet dinner seemed like a good option from the normally wild and loud WCC.
Us 3 girls ordered the all-you-can-drink bottomless milkshakes - 2 vanilla and 1 chocolate.
DH winked at Dalia, our wonderful server, and ordered a "LARGE" diet coke. Fortunately, Dalia was one smart server and knew exactly what he was looking for. So this is what he got:
Along with his enormous diet coke came their oh-so-yummy cornbread!
For entrees, we all ordered different things again. DH got the skillet, which came with salad:
DD15 got the Chicken Pasta:
DD19 got the meatloaf again (maybe that's what made her sick - 2 meatloaf meals in one day):
I got the steak:
Overall, DH loved the skillet. DD15 enjoyed her chicken pasta. My steak was really good, although I didn't like the potatoes it came with. DD19 basically picked at her meatloaf. By now, she was really feeling sick.
Actually after we finished our entrees, DD19 asked to go outside to get some fresh air. She was gone for awhile and we ordered our desserts to go after she left so we could get back to the room sooner.
DD15 went to check on DD19 and reported back that she had thrown up outside.
So Dalia proved to be one of the best servers ever. She packed up our desserts, ran our check quickly and brought a bag filled with ginger ale and saltines for DD19. That was thoughtful and very sweet!
Here are the desserts we got to go:
2 Cheesecakes - one plain, one with berries:
One apple caramel pie and one bread pudding:
One very sad fact is those extremely delicious looking desserts never did get eaten. As you know, when you have the
ddp, it often is just too much food. I think DD15 ate a little bit of her bread pudding the next morning, but everything else wound up being thrown out.
We went outside the entrance of Wilderness Lodge and they hailed a cab for us. With DD19 being so sick, we did not want to deal with the long boat or bus ride back to MK and then wait and ride yet another bus to our resort. The cab ride was worth every penny, especially to DD19!
So we hit the hay and hoped DD19 would be better for the next day's adventures!
I won't leave you in suspense, by morning, she was fine!
Sunday was spent at Hollywood Studios, DTD movie theater and Epcot. So you can look forward to the next installment including a lunch feast at 50's Prime Time and eating around the WS at Epcot for dinner.
All the food looks so yummy too! Thanks for the updates.
Lovely family and it looks like you had so much fun!
