Give Me Liberty (Tree Tavern) or (I'll Starve to) Death...
9/18/07 - Magic Kingdom -
Liberty Tree Tavern "Liberate Your Appetite Character Dinner."
[Whew! That's a LONG name. LOL]
Sorry it's taken so long to get back to this report!
Anyhow...When we last left the hungry hicks, they had taken a trip to the future, the future of food, at Cosmic Ray's.
We had eaten an early lunch in anticipation of our 4:30 pm ressie for dinner at LTT.
When planning this trip, I had read many differing opinions about this restaurant.
Some labeled it their best meal ever, must do every trip, favorite character meal.
Some called it a glorified tv dinner.
Most agreed it was quieter than, say, Chef Mickey's,
and that the character interaction is good.
I wanted some variety in our meals,
as well as some that were not buffets,
and needed one that was located in MK.
So I decided to give LTT a chance.
We reported a few minutes early for our ADR, and were told to take a seat in the waiting area.
This area is decorated in wood, in colonial style, with a big fireplace.
There was not enough seating for us all, but we made do by utilizing the floor.
At LTT they seat you by announcing "The Hick family from Michigan."
It's pretty cool, but wasn't as great as it could have been,
since I only gave them one last name, not all three.
The rest of our group didn't seem to mind, but I kind of wish I would have asked them to call all three last names.
We were seated at two large round tables next to each other,
right next to the waiting area, with windows facing the street.
It was a great spot.
Not too far from the kitchen, not too far from the exit, not too far from the bathroom (which will be important later.)
The hostess informed us that the chef would be right out to talk to us about our special dietary needs (allergies) and then they would begin serving us.
Our waitress showed up immediately after to take drink orders,
served in lovely LTT glass mugs,
followed quickly by the chef.
I was absolutely delighted at the attention they gave my two allergic kids.
We were informed that they could bring GF rolls for them, as well as separately plated platters of the GF foods.
(I believe it was the meats, potatoes, and veggies, NO stuffing.)
They also would also bring them each a gravy boat of GF gravy.
The meal started out with yummy rolls, w/, I believe, honey butter,
and a strawberry vinagrette salad.
The allergic kids got SEVERAL tasty looking GF rolls each.
The characters were quick to follow the food.
In attendance that night were Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, and Chip and Dale, all in Colonial garb.
Princess K w/ Minnie - whose dress was fabulous!
The character interaction was fantastic and we saw each character several times.
Stitch Jr. and Poch Jr. w/ Goofy
Princess K w/ Chip (check out the chocolate chip nose!)
Danger Boy, the Inquisitor, and Dale (He has a red nose)
Our hot food arrived, and Bitsy, one of our allergic kids,
got a platter of food almost as big as the one for the rest of the table.
Dangerboy, at the other table, did also.
It was SHOCKING how much food there was.
I'm drooling just thinking about it.
This is the one meal I have been craving ever since. Mmmmm...
There was turkey, flank steak, and smoked roast pork,
which I have seen referred to as ham, but it really wasn't.
But it was GOOD!
There was also mashed potatoes, stouffer's mac and cheese, green beans, and stuffing.
Did I mention it was DELICIOUS!
If this is tv dinner food, then give me more tv dinners.
Maybe I have been buying bad tv dinners?
During our meal there were many trips to the bathroom by the smaller kids.
This is my only complaints:
1) That my kids have a compulsive need to use the bathroom in every restaurant we visit.
2) That the bathroom at LTT is up TWO flights of stairs, and is the size of a utility closet.
Other than that, our meal went smoothly.
For dessert there was a hot apple crumble, served with vanilla ice cream.
The two allergy kids had plain ice cream, as did Stitch Jr.,
who doesn't like most food.
The waitstaff was happy to accomdate us and did not bat an eye at the request for plain ice cream.
All in all this was an excellent meal, and not only do I recommend it,
I probably will be back next trip.
I would also like to try their lunch menu,
which is not a character meal and has several menu choices,
one of which is the Thanksgiving type feast we had had,
only in individual servings.
This meal also provided us with two of our most memorable photos:
Mom's new close personal friend
And...
Bitsy
And those two photos sum up WHY we go to WDW!
So give Liberty Tree Tavern a try!
It's Hick Recommended!
Next up:
Sing with me: "We're going on a trip, in a great big rocket ship, Hollywood and Vine, Little Einsteins!"
Cheese too. Cheese and chocolate cover a multitude of sins. 
I'm looking forward to reading more about your food adventures!
Please keep the reviews and pictures coming when you have time!
