I like those pictures. Now where were we?
Oh yeah - we arrive a few mintes early for our Royal Table ADRs, and it's not long until we get in. I guess the drill is that you (or your kids) meet Cindy first downstairs, then you get called upstairs where you are seated. As we're waiting for the opening pics, the "Buckingham family" is called up, which makes me laugh. This may also make you laugh if you read last year's TRs. And even if it doesn't make you laugh, you should understand why I would laugh. Anyway.
The inside it pretty neat:
They even had Gus and Jaq up on the wall. Very cool! Emily gets the shot now:
If you're wondering why neither are looking at the camera, it's because the Photopass CM is taking a picture at the same time. Much to MEK's dismay, I must tell you that we have not ordered our Photopass CD yet, so I'll be a bit slow on those pictures early on here. I blame Kristin.
Anyway, it's upstairs now, and the inside it also cool:
Our camera's a bit shaky with interior lighting, but we try our best. The waitress takes our order. Emily got chicken fingers, as did Dylan. And NOW we get to title of this Trip Report...
Dylan is a decent-sized kid. Certainly not big, but not the skinniest I've seen, either. Pretty thick legs, which he certainly did not get from me. But how? Doesn't that kind of thing require, you know, food?
The boy DOES NOT EAT. We feel awful forcing him to eat (not physically...yet), but he just does not. My theory is he is insanely picky and will not compromise. If he's eating something he doesn't like, he'll chew it forever. He once chewed a green bean for 40 minutes. Now there's will power.
He has just recently discovered putting lots of mayo on cheeseburgers, so he's getting better. However, we know that not every restaurant in Disney offers burgers, so we're concerned about those. Starting with this one.
To help him out, Kristin orders a side of mayo for him. Meanwhile, our app came:
The Rock Shrimp Cocktail was great. I love shrimp; it's possibly my favorite seafood, and this was very good. For our meals, we both got the Roasted Beef Tenderloin:
Also very good. I was surprised, because we had heard bad things about the food here. I was impressed. Not Le Cellier impressed, but still impressed.
Over in the middle of the room, a guy is proposing to his girlfriend. Now I really feel like a chump for not proposing to Kristin here.
But can I really dwell on that? Especially when Dylan IS NOT EATING? C'mon! Dip the chicken strip in the mayo! All you'll taste is the mayo.
"I'm not really that hungry."
This bothers us. because he's gotten colds or stomach bugs that we swear he could avoid if his body had any food in it. Also, with how much he's going to be walking these next 10 days, he's going to need some fuel. But he's not hungry, apparently.
We manage to get him to eat on of the strips, but didn't have a lot of fun in the process. But wait - it's time for everyone to do stuff!
The kids each get either a wand or a plastic sword upon entry, and they get to do some sort of magic to make the stars of our show appear. And out they come:
Emily loved it, but it all seemed a bit rushed. The place is big, and a lot of people want in, so there's not a whole lot of interaction with the Princesses. I have heard this is known as the "Love and Shove" on the inside. Dessert comes soon after. I got some sort of cheesecake, which AllEars won't admit is actually on the menu:
Now that I look at it, I don't think it's a cheesecake afterall. But I don't know what it is. If you haven't noticed, this is not the TR to read if you're expecting an experienced food critic.
Kristin got the chocolate mousse:
Both were great. We grab a few more pics and head out:
So what was our assessment?
The food was good, but didn't really stand out for either of us. We liked the Princess interaction better at Askershus, since the place is smaller and the Princesses have more time to interact. I would recommend it to anyone to do at least once, if you've got a Princess lover in your family, but with the 2-meal price, we'll do Norway instead next year. I wouldn't call it a disappointment, since Emily loved it, but she'll be fine with the other one.
as usual. Great updates. Space Mountain is one of my worst favorite rides too. 
. Snake!!?? 
oh boy... I would have had a heart attack.
