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Sorry for the delay ! I have been busy with school readings, plus I'm going to California on Friday and we have definetley slotted a trip to Disneyland, my boyfriend was highly reluctant but I pulled out the puppy dog eyes and we're going!
Okay so on to Pinnochios. We were all kind if peckish. DBF and I had been splitting breakfast in the morning so we had spare CS so we decided we catch up a bit on the CS DBF and I got the 10 piece chicken nuggets with fries, a chocolate cake and a HUGE sprite zero. Mum and DBFM got two figaro fries. With DBF and my snack credits we got some water and another sprite as it was so hot we needed to stay hydrated.
Now the chicken nuggets and fries were great standard chicken nuggets, though I found the batter on the outside tastes like cornflakes, but I may be losing it. The chocolate cake was chocolatey and gooey so we were happy with it.
The Fiagaro fries we thought used to be with sauce bacon cheese and vegetables, we were surprised it was just bacon and cheese sauce on the fries but they were still pretty good just not what we expected.
The decor inside was really nice with all the clocks, the CM's were fast and friendly. THe cm on cash was really good she made sure she punched it in right and didnt take away any snacks of CS when she shouldn't have as the way I dictated the order was beyond confusing even I was confused but she was sweet! It was nice air conditioned and pretty busy but we were in a not so busy area so we were happy.
And of course the food ...
Figaro Fries (the new editted version I guess)
Chicken Nuggets
The next morning we continued the marathon of getting up early. It was so nice to walk through Animal Kingdom basically empty. We walked to the back where tusker house was and they have a nice waiting area and efficient method to check people in and such. The cm's were sweet and like most Cm's commented on the pink hair (it was a huge hit!) When you first get called in you get in line for a picture , here is a photo done with my camera DBFM bought the photo but I wasn't too chuffed on it.
Well we got seated right near the buffet in the first room and were the 4th table to get the characters. The characters were great there was Donald first who was playful, then daisy who was my favourite the cm playing daisy d id a great job and was sweet and blushy. Mickey liked my hair and kept pointing and asking if we'd do his which we offered. Goofy was the last to visit DBFM is in love with Goofy and was like a little kid all excited.
At this Tusker House they do a character parade with maraccas it was fun DBF and I definetley got into Daisy's Conga line and had a lot of fun!
On to the food, well I was soooo tired I didn't take any pictures but these two not so great ones.
On here is sausage, remnants of biscuits and gravy, bacon , eggs and homefries.
Sausage: Best sausage of the trip so good especially with the sausage gravy on it.
Biscuits: Soo soft and yummy again the gravy made it even better
Sausage Gravy: I'd never had that, in Canada gravy is really popular you always have the option to add Beef or Chicken gravy to your fries or make it poutine so this gravy was totally different but soo good. Side note: I made sausage gravy the other day and it wasn't like disney's i followed the recipe to a tee. If anyone has the disney recipe or a good one I'd appreciate it.
Bacon: Crispy and standard it got the job done.
Eggs: Too hard for my liking I like them between hard and soft I'm weird.
Homefries: They were good a bit spicy.
Items the others had:
Danish: DBFM liked this and enjoyed it
Doughnuts: DM had a sour cream glazed one and thought it was great. DBF had a sprinkle one and really liked it.
Toast: It's toast what more can be said about toast.. it was toasty I guess?
I just couldn't wake up this morning the waitress we had was sweet and kept bringing on the Safari juice which I believe is guava, passion fruit, and orange not 100% sure but it was great and the waitress says whats in it right away MMmm!
I also got a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar that was really good and woke me up.
If you love the safari ride it is soo close by midway through breakfast I left and got us all fast passes so by the time we were done we walked onto the safari it was a great time! We also did the Jungle Trek to see the Gorillas they were asleep sucking on their thumbs aww. This was a great meal!
I guess I'll do as many updates as I feel up to so Next Crystal Palace!
Well Crystal Palace we were 5 minutes late for no problem they gave us a buzzer
We took a seat on the benches right outside and enjoyed the views and sights. We realized there is a great photo op with the castle by crystal palace so took advantage of the unobstructed view.
After maybe 5 - 10 minutes of sitting we were buzzed and were sat to the right. We had JUST missed Eeyore ( I was sad I love eeyore!) so we had to wait 30 minutes before he came back but we did get tigger and pooh right away who were full of energy and wonderful and then piglet
Piglet made us look more sunburnt than we were in the photo but we love him.
For food there was lots of salads (which I didn't partake in), Nice rolls and breads, Fruit Salad, Carving Stations, Mashed Potatoes, Lots of seafood dishes that I didnt go near with a 39 and a half foot pole, needless to say we basically all ate off the kids buffet aside from the cornbread dish. We just were all thirsty, hot and not adventerous. I ate some yummy ice cream and a peanut butter cake, as well as a tiramisu which was excellent.
All of our plates basically looked like this.
Pizza: It was good , just plain cheese and I love meat so that detracted from it
Chicken nuggets: the cornflake kind that I mentioned earlier they were good and warm !
Bun: Was a standard bun but we hadn't had any with dinner lately so we enjoyed them
Mac and Cheese: Later I'll mention our love for Disney mac and cheese but we all loved it and had thirds I believe.
Corn Bread Dish: Tasted kind of like stove top stuffing we like it was a bit oniony though.
Parmesean Mashed Potatoes: They were good DBF and I are mashed potatoe fiends so we enjoyed them, they needed gravy though!
We enjoyed Crystal Palace mum and I had always wanted to go and we weren't dissapointed. Our waiter had us new drinks when ours were half full and he left both on the table and would take the empty one as soon as we finished it. The anticipation was excellent! He cleared dishes right away we loved him left him 20 % unlike the ones we mostly left 18%. Its such a beautiful restaurant and the view of the castle is lovely. We highly recommend it. THe washrooms need to be a bit bigger the line was lonnnggg!
Okay so on to Pinnochios. We were all kind if peckish. DBF and I had been splitting breakfast in the morning so we had spare CS so we decided we catch up a bit on the CS DBF and I got the 10 piece chicken nuggets with fries, a chocolate cake and a HUGE sprite zero. Mum and DBFM got two figaro fries. With DBF and my snack credits we got some water and another sprite as it was so hot we needed to stay hydrated.
Now the chicken nuggets and fries were great standard chicken nuggets, though I found the batter on the outside tastes like cornflakes, but I may be losing it. The chocolate cake was chocolatey and gooey so we were happy with it.
The Fiagaro fries we thought used to be with sauce bacon cheese and vegetables, we were surprised it was just bacon and cheese sauce on the fries but they were still pretty good just not what we expected.
The decor inside was really nice with all the clocks, the CM's were fast and friendly. THe cm on cash was really good she made sure she punched it in right and didnt take away any snacks of CS when she shouldn't have as the way I dictated the order was beyond confusing even I was confused but she was sweet! It was nice air conditioned and pretty busy but we were in a not so busy area so we were happy.
And of course the food ...
Figaro Fries (the new editted version I guess)
Chicken Nuggets
The next morning we continued the marathon of getting up early. It was so nice to walk through Animal Kingdom basically empty. We walked to the back where tusker house was and they have a nice waiting area and efficient method to check people in and such. The cm's were sweet and like most Cm's commented on the pink hair (it was a huge hit!) When you first get called in you get in line for a picture , here is a photo done with my camera DBFM bought the photo but I wasn't too chuffed on it.
Well we got seated right near the buffet in the first room and were the 4th table to get the characters. The characters were great there was Donald first who was playful, then daisy who was my favourite the cm playing daisy d id a great job and was sweet and blushy. Mickey liked my hair and kept pointing and asking if we'd do his which we offered. Goofy was the last to visit DBFM is in love with Goofy and was like a little kid all excited.
At this Tusker House they do a character parade with maraccas it was fun DBF and I definetley got into Daisy's Conga line and had a lot of fun!
On to the food, well I was soooo tired I didn't take any pictures but these two not so great ones.
On here is sausage, remnants of biscuits and gravy, bacon , eggs and homefries.
Sausage: Best sausage of the trip so good especially with the sausage gravy on it.
Biscuits: Soo soft and yummy again the gravy made it even better
Sausage Gravy: I'd never had that, in Canada gravy is really popular you always have the option to add Beef or Chicken gravy to your fries or make it poutine so this gravy was totally different but soo good. Side note: I made sausage gravy the other day and it wasn't like disney's i followed the recipe to a tee. If anyone has the disney recipe or a good one I'd appreciate it.
Bacon: Crispy and standard it got the job done.
Eggs: Too hard for my liking I like them between hard and soft I'm weird.
Homefries: They were good a bit spicy.
Items the others had:
Danish: DBFM liked this and enjoyed it
Doughnuts: DM had a sour cream glazed one and thought it was great. DBF had a sprinkle one and really liked it.
Toast: It's toast what more can be said about toast.. it was toasty I guess?
I just couldn't wake up this morning the waitress we had was sweet and kept bringing on the Safari juice which I believe is guava, passion fruit, and orange not 100% sure but it was great and the waitress says whats in it right away MMmm!
I also got a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar that was really good and woke me up.
If you love the safari ride it is soo close by midway through breakfast I left and got us all fast passes so by the time we were done we walked onto the safari it was a great time! We also did the Jungle Trek to see the Gorillas they were asleep sucking on their thumbs aww. This was a great meal!
I guess I'll do as many updates as I feel up to so Next Crystal Palace!
Well Crystal Palace we were 5 minutes late for no problem they gave us a buzzer
We took a seat on the benches right outside and enjoyed the views and sights. We realized there is a great photo op with the castle by crystal palace so took advantage of the unobstructed view.
After maybe 5 - 10 minutes of sitting we were buzzed and were sat to the right. We had JUST missed Eeyore ( I was sad I love eeyore!) so we had to wait 30 minutes before he came back but we did get tigger and pooh right away who were full of energy and wonderful and then piglet
Piglet made us look more sunburnt than we were in the photo but we love him.
For food there was lots of salads (which I didn't partake in), Nice rolls and breads, Fruit Salad, Carving Stations, Mashed Potatoes, Lots of seafood dishes that I didnt go near with a 39 and a half foot pole, needless to say we basically all ate off the kids buffet aside from the cornbread dish. We just were all thirsty, hot and not adventerous. I ate some yummy ice cream and a peanut butter cake, as well as a tiramisu which was excellent.
All of our plates basically looked like this.
Pizza: It was good , just plain cheese and I love meat so that detracted from it
Chicken nuggets: the cornflake kind that I mentioned earlier they were good and warm !
Bun: Was a standard bun but we hadn't had any with dinner lately so we enjoyed them
Mac and Cheese: Later I'll mention our love for Disney mac and cheese but we all loved it and had thirds I believe.
Corn Bread Dish: Tasted kind of like stove top stuffing we like it was a bit oniony though.
Parmesean Mashed Potatoes: They were good DBF and I are mashed potatoe fiends so we enjoyed them, they needed gravy though!
We enjoyed Crystal Palace mum and I had always wanted to go and we weren't dissapointed. Our waiter had us new drinks when ours were half full and he left both on the table and would take the empty one as soon as we finished it. The anticipation was excellent! He cleared dishes right away we loved him left him 20 % unlike the ones we mostly left 18%. Its such a beautiful restaurant and the view of the castle is lovely. We highly recommend it. THe washrooms need to be a bit bigger the line was lonnnggg!
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We paid for this one out of pocket. I was so excited about Sci Fi! We chose to do lunch as I knew I wanted a burger. We chose 3:50 so we were just under the wire for the lunch menu but still late enough that it felt like dinner. We were seated by a nice CM on roller skates who was informative and funny. At the podium they ask you if you want a proper car or a car with a regular table. We said we'd wait for a proper car we were happy to be out of the heat! When we first walked into the big hall it was impressive and all we could do was stand there in awe it was amazing.
Our waitress was Britney from England she was sooo sweet and attentive. She kept my drink and everyone else's water filled up. She also laughed sweetly when DBF asked for Gravy on her fries and explained in the US gravy isn't a big tradition.
For Drinks DM,DBFM and Mum ordered milkshakes. an oreo, a chocolate and a strawberry,
It's hard to take pictures in Sci Fi as I didn't f eel right turning on my flash and ruining the experience for everyone. We all loved the clips, we enjoyed zoning out staring at them and having some quiet time. The movies are loud but not too loud so you couldn't hear the person in the front of beside you talking. Most people in the restaurant were quiet even the people directly beside us we could barely hear.
I had a cherry coke and it was so yummy and Britney kept them coming!
I had this photo already but here's us in the car
We all ordered burgers. DBF got just cheese and bacon, DBFM got mushrooms and bacon, Mum got mushrooms, onions and bacon, I got Cheese , bacon and onions on the side. Ive newly come to semi enjoy onions so I like them in small doses and chopped finely so I ordered them on the side so i could tell if they were finely diced enough, which they were.
We give them all 100% on tastyness. We all got fries except mum who got the salad she said it was refreshing!
I was the only one who got dessert, I got the cheesecake with treats it was soo good, the big thing that makes it good is the marscapone cheese. I loved this dessert soo much mum shared with me because it was too good not to share with the world.
Mum and I loved this one the most we just enjoyed being together and enjoying disney so it was great.
Pop Century
Well on our third last day from the down p our of rain from the tusker house day and getting soaked mum started getting sick so she needed a night out so we got her the big bowl of chicken noodle soup and a cranberry juice with our other spare CS meal.
It wasn't normal chicken noodle soup but she ate it then hopped in bed.
Now since tonight was mother daughter night DBF and DBFM were to go to Prime Time and Mum and I to Biergarten. Well I went down to Concierge services and cancelled Biergarten and tried to get added to Prime Time he said he couldn't add me but told me to just show up they'd adjust it , well when in the system and clicking through he changed our time I think because I doubled and tripled and had our TA check the time and it was 630 well we get to Prime Time and a very rude CM said we werent there and the one time I forgot the Number with all the kerfluffle of mum being sick. So we go to HS guest services and a lovely cm really sweet girl finds our reservation and says it was the wrong time and tries in vein to get us one for Prime Time but its full. So I had planned this trip to a tee and I was upset and embarassed I had dropped the ball. So calmly I take DBFM and DBF down to the HS boats to the resorts and beyond quick think of Beaches and Cream and we go to the beach club. Now I do not like Prime Time from a bad experience so I was really excited about Beaches and Cream we get to the podium and they say we can wait for a table or get in now and sit at the counter. We chose the counter we were hungry and we like counters.
We had a lovely waitress who had worked at Disney for awhile and used to work at the Prime Time and said we'd love this better. We talked with all the staff being right behind where they make the sundaes we became on first name basis with all of them especially the lovely sundae boy who was great eye candy
This was directly infront of me
We all ordered pop I got cherry coke of course, they got rootbeer.
There is a picture of the menu on the counter.
Here are some pictures of the border and a the photo to the left of us
One sweet in training waitress noticed I was taking photos of everything and asked if I was a disser I thought it was adorable she took my camera from me and went right up to where a kitchen sink was being m ade and took a photo of it. So sweet of her!
It was fun yelling "A WHOLE CAN!!!!" as 4 parties had them during our stay. Though one party didnt want whipped cream so we yelled "USUALLY A WHOLE CAN?!" it was fun
DBFM and I ordered burgers as I said they have amazing ones and DBF the chicken sandwich. DBFM got fries I went for fruit for something lighter and different.
We all loved the sandwiches the buns were good and we ended up more happy at this meal then I think we would have at Prime Time but we'll never know. This was alot of fun.
For dessert DBFM got a carmel sundae, DBF a banana split, and I being the knowledgeable knew that the best bang for my Free DDP bucks was a No Way Jose
here they are being made
Us with the Sundae our waitress took it for us to make sure I got shots of the food
Now the best part of Beaches and Cream, since mum was too sick to come out we would have a spare TS meal. So I spoke to our waitress about it and next think I know she asks me if mum would eat a burger and some extra fruit to replace her dessert that we couldn't take with us it would melt. It was so sweet and she got us a diet coke to go. It was so nice I ended up tipping her 35% because that sweet gesture meant alot to me. I care alot about my mum and anyone who does something sweet for her makes me melt.
A Side Story: When we went to Tusker House when I ran for our fast passes a guy at the store near the safaris I smiled waved at him because he looked lonely as no one was in the store yet. Well we went into the store later and mum got pink leopard print ears, well he appreciated me smiling at him earlier and could tell I love my mother as I made a point of pointing out the ears to her knowing she'd love them. So he gave her one of the tinker bell pins , man I wanted to hug that guy.
Welll back to my review!
Our waitress was excellent, and I did a good number on Jose as well
We left Beaches and Cream Full and were looking for a washroom the one by Beaches and Cream was being cleaned so we waddle and I mean waddle over to the Yacht Club and we ended up in this really fancy schnazzy rest room near the Steakhouse the bathroom was soo fancy and being me snapped a photo they had a swivel mirror and towels instead of paper towel remarkable!
We also poured mum's pop into a Dasani bottle for easier travel. We took the boat back to Epcot and walked through rode some no line rides as everyone was setting up for Illuminations then did the marathon to the Pop bus stop, and we actually saw illuminations from the bus it was lovely.
Mum felt better when we got back she watched illuminations from the room and was appreciative of the burger and thought it was great but felt bad that she had to cancel our Biergarten reservation that I was looking forward to. It was a great trip to Beaches and Cream and for the great magic I'd go back again!
Our waitress was Britney from England she was sooo sweet and attentive. She kept my drink and everyone else's water filled up. She also laughed sweetly when DBF asked for Gravy on her fries and explained in the US gravy isn't a big tradition.
For Drinks DM,DBFM and Mum ordered milkshakes. an oreo, a chocolate and a strawberry,
It's hard to take pictures in Sci Fi as I didn't f eel right turning on my flash and ruining the experience for everyone. We all loved the clips, we enjoyed zoning out staring at them and having some quiet time. The movies are loud but not too loud so you couldn't hear the person in the front of beside you talking. Most people in the restaurant were quiet even the people directly beside us we could barely hear.
I had a cherry coke and it was so yummy and Britney kept them coming!
I had this photo already but here's us in the car
We all ordered burgers. DBF got just cheese and bacon, DBFM got mushrooms and bacon, Mum got mushrooms, onions and bacon, I got Cheese , bacon and onions on the side. Ive newly come to semi enjoy onions so I like them in small doses and chopped finely so I ordered them on the side so i could tell if they were finely diced enough, which they were.
We give them all 100% on tastyness. We all got fries except mum who got the salad she said it was refreshing!
I was the only one who got dessert, I got the cheesecake with treats it was soo good, the big thing that makes it good is the marscapone cheese. I loved this dessert soo much mum shared with me because it was too good not to share with the world.
Mum and I loved this one the most we just enjoyed being together and enjoying disney so it was great.
Pop Century
Well on our third last day from the down p our of rain from the tusker house day and getting soaked mum started getting sick so she needed a night out so we got her the big bowl of chicken noodle soup and a cranberry juice with our other spare CS meal.
It wasn't normal chicken noodle soup but she ate it then hopped in bed.
Now since tonight was mother daughter night DBF and DBFM were to go to Prime Time and Mum and I to Biergarten. Well I went down to Concierge services and cancelled Biergarten and tried to get added to Prime Time he said he couldn't add me but told me to just show up they'd adjust it , well when in the system and clicking through he changed our time I think because I doubled and tripled and had our TA check the time and it was 630 well we get to Prime Time and a very rude CM said we werent there and the one time I forgot the Number with all the kerfluffle of mum being sick. So we go to HS guest services and a lovely cm really sweet girl finds our reservation and says it was the wrong time and tries in vein to get us one for Prime Time but its full. So I had planned this trip to a tee and I was upset and embarassed I had dropped the ball. So calmly I take DBFM and DBF down to the HS boats to the resorts and beyond quick think of Beaches and Cream and we go to the beach club. Now I do not like Prime Time from a bad experience so I was really excited about Beaches and Cream we get to the podium and they say we can wait for a table or get in now and sit at the counter. We chose the counter we were hungry and we like counters.
We had a lovely waitress who had worked at Disney for awhile and used to work at the Prime Time and said we'd love this better. We talked with all the staff being right behind where they make the sundaes we became on first name basis with all of them especially the lovely sundae boy who was great eye candy
This was directly infront of me
We all ordered pop I got cherry coke of course, they got rootbeer.
There is a picture of the menu on the counter.
Here are some pictures of the border and a the photo to the left of us
One sweet in training waitress noticed I was taking photos of everything and asked if I was a disser I thought it was adorable she took my camera from me and went right up to where a kitchen sink was being m ade and took a photo of it. So sweet of her!
It was fun yelling "A WHOLE CAN!!!!" as 4 parties had them during our stay. Though one party didnt want whipped cream so we yelled "USUALLY A WHOLE CAN?!" it was fun
DBFM and I ordered burgers as I said they have amazing ones and DBF the chicken sandwich. DBFM got fries I went for fruit for something lighter and different.
We all loved the sandwiches the buns were good and we ended up more happy at this meal then I think we would have at Prime Time but we'll never know. This was alot of fun.
For dessert DBFM got a carmel sundae, DBF a banana split, and I being the knowledgeable knew that the best bang for my Free DDP bucks was a No Way Jose
here they are being made
Us with the Sundae our waitress took it for us to make sure I got shots of the food
Now the best part of Beaches and Cream, since mum was too sick to come out we would have a spare TS meal. So I spoke to our waitress about it and next think I know she asks me if mum would eat a burger and some extra fruit to replace her dessert that we couldn't take with us it would melt. It was so sweet and she got us a diet coke to go. It was so nice I ended up tipping her 35% because that sweet gesture meant alot to me. I care alot about my mum and anyone who does something sweet for her makes me melt.
A Side Story: When we went to Tusker House when I ran for our fast passes a guy at the store near the safaris I smiled waved at him because he looked lonely as no one was in the store yet. Well we went into the store later and mum got pink leopard print ears, well he appreciated me smiling at him earlier and could tell I love my mother as I made a point of pointing out the ears to her knowing she'd love them. So he gave her one of the tinker bell pins , man I wanted to hug that guy.
Welll back to my review!
Our waitress was excellent, and I did a good number on Jose as well
We left Beaches and Cream Full and were looking for a washroom the one by Beaches and Cream was being cleaned so we waddle and I mean waddle over to the Yacht Club and we ended up in this really fancy schnazzy rest room near the Steakhouse the bathroom was soo fancy and being me snapped a photo they had a swivel mirror and towels instead of paper towel remarkable!
We also poured mum's pop into a Dasani bottle for easier travel. We took the boat back to Epcot and walked through rode some no line rides as everyone was setting up for Illuminations then did the marathon to the Pop bus stop, and we actually saw illuminations from the bus it was lovely.
Mum felt better when we got back she watched illuminations from the room and was appreciative of the burger and thought it was great but felt bad that she had to cancel our Biergarten reservation that I was looking forward to. It was a great trip to Beaches and Cream and for the great magic I'd go back again!
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Oooohhh, I can't wait to eat, I mean read, more more more!
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It's now clear that I must simply go to the Grand Floridian Afternoon Tea. You have made it look so wonderful! I love your pink hair, by the way. I miss mine! 
This has been a very fun review.
This has been a very fun review.
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Wow! I totally forgot to finish this.. I was looking at my photobucket account and it reminded me to finish this!
As well for the past few months I thought I had no disney plans, then I was told I could get funding for a grad trip as a university graduation present, and then my boyfriend became my fiance and decided that we'd get married at disney. His idea not mine (I think I chose a good one, he has not even been to disney but says my obsession is infectious)
Oh I am still excited about my ring so I am going to post it! It is really simple, I don't like big diamonds, and he says I have dainty hands (more like catcher's mits) so wanted to get me a dainty and feminine ring since im so girly. So it looks like two little flowers and is white gold... simple and he got it on sale (I love discounts!) and I am in loveeeeeeeee with it
Okay enough off topic.. but I thought I'd say why the delay.. and I promise I'll finish by the end of the night!
So Captain Cooks... we were at Epcot this day and it was our final day/night in the parks. So we hopped the monorail over to the Magic Kindgom.. first we wanted a quick break from the heat and maybe a little snack so we decided to go to the Polynesian. I am in love with the Polynesian and Moderate and Deluxe our out of our price range (except I am staying at the poly for my grad trip and am psyched!!!) Anyways we decided to get a couple drinks (pink lemonade HiC poppin' pink) and three of us got Pineapple soft serve. The ice cream was really refreshing as was the lemonade. I had never been at captain cooks but for the little bit of time we were there.. it was nice and cozy and empty. I could see it could get cramped when it was busier. But it was lovely and the dolewhip was great. As well we got lei's and enjoyed seeing the lush Polynesian
As well for the past few months I thought I had no disney plans, then I was told I could get funding for a grad trip as a university graduation present, and then my boyfriend became my fiance and decided that we'd get married at disney. His idea not mine (I think I chose a good one, he has not even been to disney but says my obsession is infectious)
Oh I am still excited about my ring so I am going to post it! It is really simple, I don't like big diamonds, and he says I have dainty hands (more like catcher's mits) so wanted to get me a dainty and feminine ring since im so girly. So it looks like two little flowers and is white gold... simple and he got it on sale (I love discounts!) and I am in loveeeeeeeee with it
Okay enough off topic.. but I thought I'd say why the delay.. and I promise I'll finish by the end of the night!
So Captain Cooks... we were at Epcot this day and it was our final day/night in the parks. So we hopped the monorail over to the Magic Kindgom.. first we wanted a quick break from the heat and maybe a little snack so we decided to go to the Polynesian. I am in love with the Polynesian and Moderate and Deluxe our out of our price range (except I am staying at the poly for my grad trip and am psyched!!!) Anyways we decided to get a couple drinks (pink lemonade HiC poppin' pink) and three of us got Pineapple soft serve. The ice cream was really refreshing as was the lemonade. I had never been at captain cooks but for the little bit of time we were there.. it was nice and cozy and empty. I could see it could get cramped when it was busier. But it was lovely and the dolewhip was great. As well we got lei's and enjoyed seeing the lush Polynesian
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Well it was our last night, and we decided an all you can eat without walking to a buffet as we are EXHAUSTED meal was in order. Plus my best friend's mother loves Goofy...so another Goofy adventure was in order.
I checked us in and got this
We waited for about 10 minutes (which isnt bad!)
Here is the waiting area
Be forewarned... the bathrooms are upstairs.. so if youre tired going to the bathroom becomes an extra chore
We were then announced by my last name they said Barnsley family of 4 from Ottawa or something like that.. nice touch.
We walked through a few rooms to our seat
Here is some stuff on our table.. for some reason I took a picture of salt and splenda.... I don't like splenda.. but salt and I.. well.. I think I love salt.. the idea of piling on salt mm! Actually im too addicted I had to switch to half salt.. oh well!
Oh and you can see our photo pass... we got one at Typhoon lagoon its pretty nifty as it had the wrist elastic... i sugget switching pictures to that one we found it more convenient and that is what we did!!
First our server who was friendly and efficient took our drink orders.. Diet Coke, Coffee, and two chocolate milks. I was just sick of soda and such at this point so decided to go for chocolate milk which was heavenly yet reallly filling. Then he brough us rolls! The butter is honey butter, and it tastes really good on the warm rolls
And here is a roll opened up... just incase you wanted to see what the rolls looked like open!
We were also brough salad with the rolls. I do not really like salad, but everyone else in the party had a plate and really enjoyed it, and said the vingerette on it was really yummy
Then the food came!
There was turkey, pork (basically ham), and beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, mac and cheese, stuffing and green beans. All the food was great
I checked us in and got this
We waited for about 10 minutes (which isnt bad!)
Here is the waiting area
Be forewarned... the bathrooms are upstairs.. so if youre tired going to the bathroom becomes an extra chore
We were then announced by my last name they said Barnsley family of 4 from Ottawa or something like that.. nice touch.
We walked through a few rooms to our seat
Here is some stuff on our table.. for some reason I took a picture of salt and splenda.... I don't like splenda.. but salt and I.. well.. I think I love salt.. the idea of piling on salt mm! Actually im too addicted I had to switch to half salt.. oh well!
Oh and you can see our photo pass... we got one at Typhoon lagoon its pretty nifty as it had the wrist elastic... i sugget switching pictures to that one we found it more convenient and that is what we did!!
First our server who was friendly and efficient took our drink orders.. Diet Coke, Coffee, and two chocolate milks. I was just sick of soda and such at this point so decided to go for chocolate milk which was heavenly yet reallly filling. Then he brough us rolls! The butter is honey butter, and it tastes really good on the warm rolls
And here is a roll opened up... just incase you wanted to see what the rolls looked like open!
We were also brough salad with the rolls. I do not really like salad, but everyone else in the party had a plate and really enjoyed it, and said the vingerette on it was really yummy
Then the food came!
There was turkey, pork (basically ham), and beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, mac and cheese, stuffing and green beans. All the food was great
PixieDustandEeyore
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I met my threshold I guess so continued here.
This is the mac and cheese we had already dug in and it was good.. it didn't taste as icky as most of the mac and cheese in disney, infact it was warm and cheesey and we all had more!
The mashed potatoes were very yummy especially with the excellent gravy
Here is my plate
The green beans were really buttery, and really good.
The ham and beef both were hot and tender and very good tasting.
The ham has a glaze on it, but I got one with less glase, but it was really sweet.
The stuffing was OK, I think my grandmother makes better on thanksgiving
I had gravy on almost everything. In canada we put gravy on everything.. especially fries.. so coming to the states is always weird not having gravy on my fries.
My fiance lives in California and I am visiting him now and not having gravy on my fries is driving me crazy! Or something called poutine... which is fries gravy and cheese.. and is sooo good!
Here is a picture of poutine
Now.. dessert was apple cobbler and vanilla ice cream. We were all so full but some how managed to each have some of this warm cobbler. It was really good and the ice cream melted on it was yummy. My mother hates cooked apples and didnt have any but everyone else loved it!
We loved Liberty Tree and the characters! We saw Chip N Dale, Goofy, Minnie, Mickey and Goofy and they spent loads of time with us considering we had no kids!
Its sad they have gotten rid of the characters but the food was good and hearty so I'd go back!
This is the mac and cheese we had already dug in and it was good.. it didn't taste as icky as most of the mac and cheese in disney, infact it was warm and cheesey and we all had more!
The mashed potatoes were very yummy especially with the excellent gravy
Here is my plate
The green beans were really buttery, and really good.
The ham and beef both were hot and tender and very good tasting.
The ham has a glaze on it, but I got one with less glase, but it was really sweet.
The stuffing was OK, I think my grandmother makes better on thanksgiving
I had gravy on almost everything. In canada we put gravy on everything.. especially fries.. so coming to the states is always weird not having gravy on my fries.
My fiance lives in California and I am visiting him now and not having gravy on my fries is driving me crazy! Or something called poutine... which is fries gravy and cheese.. and is sooo good!
Here is a picture of poutine
Now.. dessert was apple cobbler and vanilla ice cream. We were all so full but some how managed to each have some of this warm cobbler. It was really good and the ice cream melted on it was yummy. My mother hates cooked apples and didnt have any but everyone else loved it!
We loved Liberty Tree and the characters! We saw Chip N Dale, Goofy, Minnie, Mickey and Goofy and they spent loads of time with us considering we had no kids!
Its sad they have gotten rid of the characters but the food was good and hearty so I'd go back!
PixieDustandEeyore
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Our last morning
It is tradition with my mummy and I to eat here the last morning.
It was standard fare. I partaked in eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, breakfast pizza, biscuits and fruit.
I dont have any pictures of anything but my mother's doughnut and my fruit.. we were eating quickly so we could run to our last minute parks and enjoy!
Mum and I went to Magic Kingdom and went to the Monster's Inc Laugh floor for the first time it was hilarious! Then our favourite ride Carousel of Progress sat in an empty theatre upfront and sang our hearts out on the song.. i know people don't like it or sleep through it.. but its our favourite and feels so disney to us!
So though we had the same kind of food all week it was nice.. but it was more crowded than the last time we went.. and it felt just too crowded. We were in a room up a few steps from the buffet. I don't know I think we need a new last day breakfast place it just wasn't as great as last time.
I preferred 1900 Park Faire and Tusker House for breakfast
It is tradition with my mummy and I to eat here the last morning.
It was standard fare. I partaked in eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, breakfast pizza, biscuits and fruit.
I dont have any pictures of anything but my mother's doughnut and my fruit.. we were eating quickly so we could run to our last minute parks and enjoy!
Mum and I went to Magic Kingdom and went to the Monster's Inc Laugh floor for the first time it was hilarious! Then our favourite ride Carousel of Progress sat in an empty theatre upfront and sang our hearts out on the song.. i know people don't like it or sleep through it.. but its our favourite and feels so disney to us!
So though we had the same kind of food all week it was nice.. but it was more crowded than the last time we went.. and it felt just too crowded. We were in a room up a few steps from the buffet. I don't know I think we need a new last day breakfast place it just wasn't as great as last time.
I preferred 1900 Park Faire and Tusker House for breakfast
PixieDustandEeyore
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Well now we had to wait around for Magical Express.. and didn't feel like doing too much or missing our flight. So we sat on the far side of Everything Pop under the tvs in the long booths and enjoyed watching Phineas and Ferb and using up our left over counter service meals and our snacks ... we had four snacks left so got four chocolate milkshakes (Mmm!)
We just got a hot dog and french fries and split our last counter service meal as we weren't very hungry. But for four tired women it went fairly quickly. We were just so wiped and sad we were leaving sitting at the resort seemed fine.
We LOVED the Pop Century. Never did we have too long of bus waits...we were in the 50s looking over the lake towards the Legendary years and would often watch the fireworks from our room at epcot (the high enough ones anyways) and at Magic Kingdom. It was magical. We also ate at the resort almost everyday... I LOVED the breakfast pizza, and the hamburgers and hot dogs and fries were great. The Best were the huge sundaes. For one credit you got a huge sundae with any flavor of ice cream and all the toppings you wanted (for me just whipped cream, a cherry and nuts!)
We then got on the Magic Express... got on our NWA flight connecting in Detroit and arrived back in Ottawa
Next trip Im doing 10 days at the Polynesian with my fiance and other best friend and my mother.. we cannot wait!
We just got a hot dog and french fries and split our last counter service meal as we weren't very hungry. But for four tired women it went fairly quickly. We were just so wiped and sad we were leaving sitting at the resort seemed fine.
We LOVED the Pop Century. Never did we have too long of bus waits...we were in the 50s looking over the lake towards the Legendary years and would often watch the fireworks from our room at epcot (the high enough ones anyways) and at Magic Kingdom. It was magical. We also ate at the resort almost everyday... I LOVED the breakfast pizza, and the hamburgers and hot dogs and fries were great. The Best were the huge sundaes. For one credit you got a huge sundae with any flavor of ice cream and all the toppings you wanted (for me just whipped cream, a cherry and nuts!)
We then got on the Magic Express... got on our NWA flight connecting in Detroit and arrived back in Ottawa
Next trip Im doing 10 days at the Polynesian with my fiance and other best friend and my mother.. we cannot wait!
PixieDustandEeyore
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I found a few photos i forgot to upload
First of all my Keen Eye for the Shepherd's Pie
Then there is vanilla ice cream and pineapple ice cream from captain cooks
Just wanted to make sure I was thorough and not gypinng you from three photos..though only one is decent quality...
So in october im doing deluxe dining and such so hopefully you'll read that dining report too
First of all my Keen Eye for the Shepherd's Pie
Then there is vanilla ice cream and pineapple ice cream from captain cooks
Just wanted to make sure I was thorough and not gypinng you from three photos..though only one is decent quality...
So in october im doing deluxe dining and such so hopefully you'll read that dining report too
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