To Err is Human,To Arr is Pirate,To Gorge Free Dining! Updated 7/8

[John's Mom]

Great reviews and pics!

 

[lucytootsie]

Great reviews and pics. I do have a question. Do they have Dr.Pepper at Disney World. I really need t know b/c this definetly affects my packing. Can not do without my DR.P for a week.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Great reviews and pics. I do have a question. Do they have Dr.Pepper at Disney World. I really need t know b/c this definetly affects my packing. Can not do without my DR.P for a week.

I'm a dr Pepper Junkie.. no they don't have it nor its cheap version mr Pibb. When i got to the airport i ran for dr pepper in fact i have one right now...so packkkkk dr pepper!

Everyone else thanks for the nice comments im posting Raglan Road after American Literature and 18th Century Literature

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

I'm enjoying your reviews - thanks for writing them.

My niece is also named Arden, so counting you, that makes 2 of you that I've ever heard of!

Arden is stellar for a name! Im named after the enchanting forest in Shakespeare's as you like it (it was his mum's maiden name) its different and i find it amusing there is a store called Arden B's in the state and my last initial is B I should get a copyright haha

 

[lucytootsie]

I'm a dr Pepper Junkie.. no they don't have it nor its cheap version mr Pibb. When i got to the airport i ran for dr pepper in fact i have one right now...so packkkkk dr pepper!

Everyone else thanks for the nice comments im posting Raglan Road after American Literature and 18th Century Literature

Oh my goodness. I have been planning this trip for years and just now found this out. You have majorly saved my family from melt down central. We all thank you so much.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Oh my goodness. I have been planning this trip for years and just now found this out. You have majorly saved my family from melt down central. We all thank you so much.

No problem its coke products and pepsi owns dr pepper. I lived on cherry coke myself

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well our first full day in Disney World ended with a 9:30pm est reservation at Raglan Road. We chose a late time due to tea being at 3:20pm est and wanted to make sure the full atmosphere was there. We love loud atmospheres which I know is not for everyone. And it was loud but a fun loud cheering and singing and clapping. We got there and received a buzzer

While we waited it was about 15 minutes we looked in the gift shop and DBF bought a keychain for her BF who has an Irish last name so that was fun and it was a nice keychain for $6.00. We also walked into Pleasure Island a bit and it was so cool, we really liked the lit up the side walk it was pretty

While by the Adventurers Club the pager went off and we were on our way to Raglan Road. I being a little loony skipped probably delerious from hunger singing "Follow the Raglan brick road! Follow the Raglan brick road follow follow follow follow the Raglan Brick road!" Yes hunger does odd things to a person mixed in with Florida heat when you are used to your cool little igloo back in Canada.

We all started with water

Then after perusing the menu

We decided on two root beers, a diet coke, and a cherry coke for me

After listening to the singers and watching the dancer though I might add we had to stand up as we were near the bar it was still fun.
Note: I was asking if we could be in the main dining room but my mom cut me off and said any seat was fine. Sometimes mother knows best but I think daughter knew best this time, it was still fun but it would have been more fun in the other room and not felt so secluded for a group that loves grandeur and loud.

Here's a picture of our little corner

Well out came the food not too long after we ordered. Now the picture of my dish had dissapeared. But I had Keen Eye for the Shepherds Pie. Ive never had Shepherds pie before, but the lamb mixed in wasn't my thing but as long as I could eat the meat with mashed potatoes it was okay. But once the mashed potatoes ended I was done with the meal. But not to ruin anyone's else experience I said I loved it but it wasn't my thing. However thats my fault for not picking something I was more familiar with.

Mom had some dish that I cant find on allearsnet ... it had the most amazing tasting meatballs and I definetley would have ordered this dish if I return. Oh Edit: Its called Meatball a la tiffy luv

DBFM had the fish and chips and was impressed by the cone it came in. I didn't get a picture pre cone as they dumped it for her but she said it was really good. I don't eat fish but my mum also said it was great.

DBF got the Jus Chicken minus the sauce I said she was picky and she was in the mood for potatoes and carrots.

She was hoping for more carrots and potatoes than she got the potatoe amount was good but the carrot amount well here is how many carrots she had

She said it was good so far mum's dish got 5/5 as did DBFM DBF got a 4/5 and mine i'd give 3.5/5. Now a side note the tea I had at afternoon tea was a cleansing tea and woah did it cleanse right before dessert so my tummy was iffy and with the tye dye cheesecake i had as a snack earlier well multicolours eeesh! Too graphic uh disregard this note but its just a warning

So out came dessert. Now they were out of three of the desserts including the triple your pleasure which made chocaholic DBF sad. So she instead got the
Dunbrody's Kiss (all dessert descriptions from allears)

She LOVED it i had abite but for a vanilla girl it wasn't that great well it was good don't get me wrong but I tend to think a chocolate chip cookie has too much chocolate. Though sometimes a chocolate milkshake is all I want.

Mum had Bailey's Creme Brulee Tart

DBFM had Dundon's Delight - Strawberry Pavlova with Vanilla Pod Ice Cream. Served on a Strawberry and Champagne Consume

and I had ... the holy grail even the waitress only said excellent choice to me... Ger's Bread Pudding

The sauces combined it was heavenly.. actually my first few bites to make the little hole to pour syrups into were good mmm!!!!!!! I highly recommend it my tummy let up long enough to enjoy it ... it later turned on me and well yes no details here but pukey pukey. Note : It turns out I got food poisoning from the McDonalds in detroit I felt so sick the first few days afterwards felt better when it was out of the system. But yeah Raglan Road was excellent I highly recommend it even the bar side. Drinks were refreshing, food good the only downside was my own problem as abad choice.

But Raglan Road is excellent I switched it the last minute well last minute was 2 months to Raglan Road from breakfast at Cape May Cafe, and I do not regret it! Stay tuned my next post is about Cinderella's Royal Table breakfast!

 

[SorcererDonald16]

Great review! I'm really enjoying reading it.

We went to the Afternoon Tea in May. That day, the swan was filled with mango mousse filling. Oh, it was good! But I couldn't bare to make myself eat the swan's head and neck, so I wrapped it in a tissue and "rescued" it.

800 miles and a little superglue later (the neck broke in half on the way home), and it's a fun "souvenir" of my tea.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Great review! I'm really enjoying reading it.

We went to the Afternoon Tea in May. That day, the swan was filled with mango mousse filling. Oh, it was good! But I couldn't bare to make myself eat the swan's head and neck, so I wrapped it in a tissue and "rescued" it.

800 miles and a little superglue later (the neck broke in half on the way home), and it's a fun "souvenir" of my tea.

Yeah! It can be sad to eat them, but once I had the omg its amazing bite i had to kill swanny. At least you aren't as carniverous as me

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well it was our first early morning reservation. So since it was the first of a series of around 4 in a row we were excited. It was extra magic hours morning at Magic Kingdom, and we got there in time to watch rope drop which was alot of fun!

We hit Winnie the Pooh (walk on) and Snow white (walk on) and ran and got Buzz Light Year Fast passes and then our journey started to Cinderellla's Royal Table. Mum and I as we had been to Disney 3 times and always have been in awe of the castle were beyond excited DBF and her mum they didn't understand the excitement of we're eating in the castle. DBFM eventually did and it was fun to have her in the jumpy cheery excited mode with us!

We got our pictures taken with Cindy as it is included and walked up the stairs. I was excited shaking excited and when we got in we were seated to the right on the upper level looking down into the dining area which some would say it wasn't great but we could see out the windows on to fantasy land and all the action and always see where the characters were located. We asked our waitress who was sweet and from Manchester and called DBF and I princess and the mothers M'Lady or Queen and gave us two wands , two swords and later on this nice and hot I may add guy at the door gave us all wishing stars. I'll start with some interior shots before I review the food.

We all started with orange juice, and tea. DBF does NOT drink orange juice so we brought on her usual of chocolate milk. Our "goblets" never remained empty our waitress was very attentive at keeping them filled and asking us if we want more food and explaining everything going on. She earned her 20% which later I'll post some pictures of some of my receipts. They clearly stated this was suggested not required they even had a little note explaining that they calculated it for you as assistance and if we felt the service wasn't worth it then dont leave it. None of the waitresses or waiters the entire trip mentioned the tip. Infact the nice waitress Joan at 1900 Park Fare explained that if we felt funny her knowing the tip amount till after we left we could leave cash and on the tip line just write "Cash" its what we did the entire trip.

So here is a goblet of orange juice.

Out next came this

The fruit was really fresh there was mango, melon(canteloupe watermelonand honeydew), grapes, cherries, and strawberries. Note: I have an allergy to all berries and mushrooms so during the entire trip I lived on benadryl and such so I could enjoy everything! Though the mushrooms I can't have at all but berries if I take a pill I don't break out in hives. DBF ate a muffin from the pastry basket, I have a honey croissant, mum had a danish and DBFM had a muffin as well.

Soon after we finished our croissants and muffins outcome breakfast.

Each person gets a plate that looks like that.
Sausage: Was really spicy, DBF opted out of eating them and DBFM ate it. Mum and I found it alright as we like sausage but I definetley couldn't eat more than plated due to the spice.
Bacon: Crispy but not scary crispy. It was really good and everyone ordered seconds.
Eggs: They were the fine line between soft and dry and were excellent DBF and I ordered seconds of the eggs.
French Toast: It had blueberries on it and a cream in the middle it was sooo good. DBFM and Mum ordered seconds of it. I didn't want to overdue my berry threshold but mum did give me another bite of hers.
Potatoe Casserole: you know what this stuff was so amazing describing it does not do it justice. We spoke about how this the entire trip. We kept hoping other restaurants would have it but they didnt. We all ordered seconds on it. Thirds were contemplated but we got distracted by the princesses and realized we were full, but I was sad I didn't eat more

The princesses in attendance were the classic ones :Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Snow White and Jasmine. Cinderella of course was downstairs. Snow White did the voice which was adorable. Sleeping Beauty though sweet was very socially awkward. Jasmine I'd KILL for her abs and she was hilarious, and Belle could tell DBF was a true fan and spoke to her and was very nice.

Side Note(again sorry!) All the characters seemed obsessed with our hair. I dyed my hair pink in June and had it rehanced for Disney so DBF, DBFM and Mum decided we'd all put pink. However DBF and I had far more pronounced pink. So Jasmine offered to take us on the magic carpet to show her where we got our hair done. My favourite response was from Pocohantas at the AK when she asked if thats what we do in our village, and my all time favourite noticing of the hair was during spectro magic Ariel pulled at her hair and gave me the thumbs up at my hair. I felt so special (yes 20 years old and getting noticed from a character makes me excited) I think she also liked my hair as I"m a natural redhead so we had the connection and Ariel is my favourite because we're both redheads.

Cinderella's Royal Table was an excellent experience and without Free Dining we would have never done it. Is it worth 2 TS the first time yes after that no. Would I do it again , yes if free dining was involved. The only down side was that it meant we had to pay for a meal out of pocket so we late paid for Sci Fi Diner out of pocket which wasn't too expensive. Even the bathrooms which I spare you all from the picture of the bathroom was very pretty.

The food was amazing and I'd go back for french toast and potatoe casserole alone. I suggest everyone do this at least once!

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

forgot to mention up next is Auntie Gravity and 1900 Park Fare

 

[John's Mom]

Great review and pics! Thanks for sharing!

When my DD was 20, she decided to dye her hair purple--her favorite color.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well after Cinderella's Royal Table and riding some rides we were thirsty. Well mum wanted to waste snack credits on some cokes or waters. Tut tut tut, we were near Space Mountain so I took us to Auntie Gravity. We all chose smoothies except DBF who to be different chose Vanilla Chocolate swirl ice cream which I don't have a picture of.

Ice Cream: DBF said it was your standard run of the mill soft serve ice cream, smooth creamy and yummy but nothing special. It meleted quickly so made for a messy event.

Smoothies: DBFM, Mum and I got Strawberry Banana smoothies. They were heavenly and worth the hives. The hives shows they actually use chunks of strawberries but I only get them on my stomach and upper arms which were well hidden by clothing. They were amazing smoothies didn't melt too quick filling and worth a snack credit. In fact so heavenly we just started drinking them so quick we got a picture at this point(sorry its half - eaten)

***HALF EATEN ALERT**** there that makes it safe

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Day 2 of the waking up early Marathon!

We hopped on a full bus to Magic Kingdom, from POP then hopped on the monorail as the boat didn't start till 9am which we found interesting.
After getting off the monorail despite already visiting the GF for tea we enjoyed the lobby and checked in.

Now we found it confusing, we checked in then went to sit on the benches to wait to be called however you had to go up to the seaters to say you wanted to be seated. Well if I didn't want to be seated I wouldn't check in silly billies. Now we were seated 20 minutes before our reservation time which also happened at Chef Mickey, Donald's Safari Breakfast, and Sci Fi for lunch just to give people an idea of waittimes and reservations.

We were seated not far from the buffet at the other end of the first room. Here are some decor pictures.

One of the ceiling lamps

Looking to the left of my seat

My camel friend I named Joe I figure he's brothers with Joesphine the pink camel on it's a small world.

And here is a hidden mickey when I looked up towards the entrance.

I only took pictures of my plate as everyone else was like "Oh Food eat" and with the characters you had to time buffet visits well. Hardly anyone was there we got loads of character time Pooh and Tigger visited twice as did Mary Poppins. And Alice and the Madhatter were lively and funny as ever unsure of the pink hair. They figured the Cheshire cat had nested on my head (that made me giggle and think of a dirty innappropriate response oops! I restrained)

DBF's Favourite Items: Cheesey Scrambled Eggs, and Breakfast Pizza from kid's buffet and ice cream.
DBFM's Favourite Item: Danishes and Doughnuts and create your own Omlette
DM's Favourite Item: Pastries, Breakfast Pizza and Bacon.
Mine: I concur with DBF

I felt a bit whoozy from lack of sleep so had less food than I normally would.

Plate 1
Sausage:Too spicy
Ham: Soft and juicey and very good
Bacon: Great taste and crispy!
Cheesey Scrambled Eggs: Really good real cheddar used mmm!
Breakfast Pizza: Bacon Crumble, Cheddar, Eggs, Sausage Gravy on a pizza crust very good

More ham and breakfast pizza

Vanilla soft serve with smarties and gummies bears, maybe M&Ms actually but it was good. Gave me a quick sugar fix.

Our waitress Joan kept the chocolate milk and orange juice a coming and was attentive. She explained that for tip if we leave cash for a tip to just write CASH, it was helpful. We opted not to have charging of tips on our card which annoyed some waitresses later on.

Mum and I had done 1900 Park Fare before when it was mega hectic and oddly were beside the table we were at last time. We had a great table that everyone easily could stand up unlike some booth seats. The food was standard but started my love for breakfast Pizza!

Breakfasts at Pop everyday we didnt have breakfast at a TS:
Im grouping this quickly together as we all got the same thing each day.

Mum and DBFM: Adult Breakfast platter: Sausage Patty, Bacon , Eggs biscuit. Mum got Cranberry Juice and water, DBFM orange juice and iced tea.
DBF: POP waffles with bacon , and Apple Juice and Chocolate Milk.
Me: Breakfast Pizza with Orange juice and watter.

Breakfast pizza I loved but once we got down at 10 and breakfast pizza place was closed so I got a breakfast wrap of cheese, eggs, and bacon crumble that was yummy and I enjoyed it. Mum DBFM and DBF enjoyed their items but they were nothing special. DBF started getting breakfast pizza and was on the dark side. She loved it. Everything pop we loved for breakfast and it made for an easy start.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Two days in a row we had dinner at Everything Pop and got the same things so I'll post one review its standard counter service meals nothing special but good.

Pepperoni Pizza and a brownie...Brownie was excellent and for a hungry person the pizza was welcome and enjoyed DBF enjoyed it!

Chicken Penne Alfredo with a breadstick. The breadstrick was soft and warm and yummy, and the alfredo could have been more plentiful on the penne. The chicken was also good. DBFM liked it Dessert was chocolate cake which was good

DM and I got bacon double cheeseburgers filling and greasy and yummy. The fries were crispy. For reference they give the burger plain you dress it.

Bottom right hand corner is the vegetable condiments. Mum and I both got fruit cups for dessert for much wanted vitamins.

Below are pictures of everything pop grab and go section and a menu poster the list of snacks and how things are marked.

Note: CM at Everything Pop said if its under $4.00 its a snack in the cafeteria. In all the parks snacks had a square that was white and purple to show its a snack beside it.

Hopefully those help someone staying at pop who want a good idea of what pop has. They have microwaves if you were curious about the micro popcorn.

 

[butiflfeet]

Yum! Those pictures look great. Keep 'em coming!

 

[HonnyDipp]

I loved the pics of the dessert/snack options. They looked good!

 

[Condorman]

Thank you so much for those pictures of POP! We're staying there shortly and that just visually answered several of my questions. I firmly believe everyone should take photos of every square inch of WDW, particularly every dish at every restaurant, and every menu at every F&B setup there is. And we shall establish a website for it and we shall call it Google Food (beta).

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Thank you so much for those pictures of POP! We're staying there shortly and that just visually answered several of my questions. I firmly believe everyone should take photos of every square inch of WDW, particularly every dish at every restaurant, and every menu at every F&B setup there is. And we shall establish a website for it and we shall call it Google Food (beta).

Thats fabulous! I just figured snacks and desserts and stuff needed to be thoroughly covered earlier in the review i had a picture of all the drinks and such too make sure you check them out I was concerned they wouldn't be clearly marked so since I had the concern i figure 50 other new dissers might so have fun at POP it was great we had 50's 2nd floor facing the lake and could see fireworks at epcot and magic kingdom each night it made it more magical without the heat (in the room with ac mmm!) and no crowds

 

[Lynn5700]

Pop food court rocks!!!