We Smelled It...It Had to be Eaten, Part II ... Ding, Dong, Done!!!

[AlohaPolynesian]

I just found you and caught up - you're hilarious!! The reviews are awesome and we'll be trying the Drinks Around the World using the same rule you did. And, thanks to you, won't be trying that awful "tea" from China!!

 

[ChelleinNC]

All caught up now DS's birthday was yesterday, so I've been busy getting ready for that

I've really been wanting to go for Tea, I hope your experience was just a fluke. Is it just me, or was the presentation of the cake a little underwhelming? An all white cake, on a white plate? JMHO but I think that could've been done a whole lot better

Looking forward to the Bluezoo review! DH and I haven't decided yet on where to go for our anniversary dinner this summer, so I'm sure your review will give us one more thing to consider

 

[WDW Fan]

I can't believe your server wouldn't bring you the milk you requested!!! I would have had to speak with the manager over that one! I've done the afternoon tea several times at the Grand Floridian and the server does make or break your experience there. Do they not serve any of the teas in teapots anymore? I thought it was just the herbal teas that were brought out in the presses. They sure did look kind of dirty in the pictures. I noticed it right away I usually feel quite full by the time we walk out of there. Great review Brenda

 

[Robert P]

I asked our server-lady for some milk for my tea. I always add milk and sugar to my tea ... that's just how I like it. And do you know what she said to me?

"We've been told not to give milk to guests ... it will curdle when they add it to their hot tea."

After a moment of stunned silence, I replied, "I'm willing to take the chance on chunky tea. May I please have a small pitcher of milk?"

"No."

And she walked away.

Okay Brenda, if you are going to lob the ball up over the net......

Maybe your waitress was just in a bad moooooooooood?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[ibouncetoo]

Blue Zoo! Blue Zoo! Blue Zoo!

I'm really ready to hear about it!

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[oybolshoi]

I believe I would have taken a little walk to the manager and asked again for my milk. I would have mentioned my server's rudeness in not giving me what I asked for. But then I am a mean old lady. (and proud of it)

I probably should have ... honestly I don't know why I was being so passive this time. I'm usually a mean old lady, too!

FUN FUN.
but what is with that pressed pot o' tea!??? and the diabolical milk refusal!??? Very questionable tea practices for sure..but I do love a "proper tea" and have yet to try the one at the GF so i might try and sneak it in during out honeymoon in OCtober...perhaps the elusive pate' will reappear!
Great reviews as always Brenda..really looking forward to BlueZoo.that place looks amazing!

You should definitely go to afternoon tea for your honeymoon trip - that's the perfect excuse to drag your man if he's being a little reluctant. It really is a lovely experience ... I wouldn't want our milk-free afternoon to deter anyone from going.

Blue Zoo was AMAZING!!! I can't wait to share it with everyone!

I just found you and caught up - you're hilarious!! The reviews are awesome and we'll be trying the Drinks Around the World using the same rule you did. And, thanks to you, won't be trying that awful "tea" from China!!

Hi there and welcome aboard! I'm so glad you're enjoying our food tales - that makes me happy. Be sure to report back here about your Drink Around the World-a-thon ... I wish you success and avoid the tea at all costs!! Thanks for reading!

All caught up now DS's birthday was yesterday, so I've been busy getting ready for that

I've really been wanting to go for Tea, I hope your experience was just a fluke. Is it just me, or was the presentation of the cake a little underwhelming? An all white cake, on a white plate? JMHO but I think that could've been done a whole lot better

Looking forward to the Bluezoo review! DH and I haven't decided yet on where to go for our anniversary dinner this summer, so I'm sure your review will give us one more thing to consider

Happy birthday to your DS ... be sure to let him know that the two food freaks in the middle of the country wish him all the best!

We've had afternoon tea many many times at the GF and this was the first time we had poor service, so I do think it was a fluke. And yes, the cake is usually presented on a decorated plate and it's all OOOOOOH and AAHHHHHHH but this time it fell a little flat. Still tasted great, though!

And I just have to say ... Blue Zoo was AMAZING!!! I think I already said it but it blew us away. We went in with sort of medioce expectations and it was so darn good that we are determined to go back again this fall.

I can't believe your server wouldn't bring you the milk you requested!!! I would have had to speak with the manager over that one! I've done the afternoon tea several times at the Grand Floridian and the server does make or break your experience there. Do they not serve any of the teas in teapots anymore? I thought it was just the herbal teas that were brought out in the presses. They sure did look kind of dirty in the pictures. I noticed it right away I usually feel quite full by the time we walk out of there. Great review Brenda

Thanks for getting mad on our behalf ... I know I should have said something and I didn't - my bad.

We saw very few porcelain teapots while we were there - we were told it was just the herbal teas that were being served in the press pots so I don't know what would happen if you ordered a black tea.

Thanks for reading - it's good to hear from you!

Okay Brenda, if you are going to lob the ball up over the net......

Maybe your waitress was just in a bad moooooooooood?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Mr Scorpio ... any post from you is always welcome ... even when it's a truly awful joke!

Lemme guess ... you're gonna milk this one for all it's worth, right?

Blue Zoo! Blue Zoo! Blue Zoo!

I'm really ready to hear about it!

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Later this week, I promise! My work schedule is screwed up through Thursday thanks to meetings and people on vacation. But let me assure you ... Blue Zoo was AMAZING!!!

 

[disneegrl4eva]

yay I found a new food TR from you last year when you went I read yours and you had me in stitches so I was really looking forward to another one...glad I found you and Im enjoying it immensly...keep up the good work and dont make us wait so long in between updates

 

[rentayenta]

She wouldn't give you











milk? And about the hard water spots: ew, ick, gross. I hesitate to use my own stuff if I see nary a spot. I say you go back, barf up the goods, and get your money back!

 

[oybolshoi]

yay I found a new food TR from you last year when you went I read yours and you had me in stitches so I was really looking forward to another one...glad I found you and Im enjoying it immensly...keep up the good work and dont make us wait so long in between updates

Hi there and welcome to the newest batch of insanity! I hope to update with Blue Zoo this weekend - this was a bad week at work (we had someone quit at the end of February and another employee is on vacation this week and I was stuck in a meeting last night until 7PM). Still, for me I'm doing pretty good with updates - there are only a handful left and there's still half the month to go!

Thanks for reading!

She wouldn't give you











milk? And about the hard water spots: ew, ick, gross. I hesitate to use my own stuff if I see nary a spot. I say you go back, barf up the goods, and get your money back!

The water spots were nasty, weren't they? I'm embarrassed if I use something here at home with spots like that ... and I immediately wag a finger at the dishwasher and give it a good cleaning.

I like your idea ... if it weren't so far after the actual event. I'll remember it for the next time although I don't know when that will be. We're not planning on afternoon tea this fall and we aren't headed to WDW in 2010 so it may be a while.

As I mentioned earlier ... look for Blue Zoo sometime this weeked but not before Saturday for sure.

Thanks!

 

[Tink rules]

Bendy...

Sounds like you need some sushi... and a drinky...

 

[oybolshoi]

Bendy...

Sounds like you need some sushi... and a drinky...

Thanks. I would love both of those but I can't because I'm trying to lose weight and after two weeks of jazzercise (six 1-hour workouts that have left me sweating like a pig at a pork rendering plant) my weight hasn't budged.




It looks like I'm going to have to move up to five workouts a week, which isn't a bad thing but it eats into the little bit of free time I have in the evenings. I think some of my medications are messing with my metabolism (and I ain't getting any younger ... ) but what's a girl supposed to do? Go to the bathroom 30+ times a day or pop a pill that keeps it under control and helps you sleep?

Oh well ... once the weather warms up I can start walking outdoors again and that will help too (it better). Otherwise I'm not eating anything in October and that's gonna make for a really dull dining review. Not how I pictured my swansong here on the restaurant boards.

 

[Tink rules]

Well... what you don't eat... we will... (just make sure you send Jay with the camera...)

(btw... the little green guy says Hi... he's celebrating the fact that Jumpin Jacks opens for the season in 2 weeks... Viva La Jack Burger!!! )

 

[Tatania]

The mired-in-the-midst-of-an-economic-depression price actually hasn't changed, but my sources tell me that Disney is now substituting stewed tobacco for tea, churned up bits of golf course clippings for watercress sandwedges, and berries formed from straw. Those intrepid diners who dare to complain have coolly been informed that all changes were in response to guest feedback.

I'm sorry for not posting more on all your threads but I just don't know where the time goes everyday. However, I still head here whenever possible to catch up - esp. because I can ALWAYS count on knee- slappers like the one above. How do you come up with such funny stuff??

Now see, that doesn't even make sense, because they give you a little strainer for your cup anyway.

I actually make my coffee at home in a french press, and even though it's a really good french press (stainless steel, heavy duty, much tighter seal than those glass ones), I still like to strain the coffee on its way into the cup, because a few grounds always do seem to slip past. All of that to say, I think it's silly for them to put the herbal teas in a press rather than a pot, because you're going to get some floaties no matter what you do!

I have the same problem with coffee grounds when I use the French press. It never occured to me to use it with tea. BTW, I would have told the server that traditionally, English tea is ALWAYS served in a teapot with milk and sugar. British guests would have set her straight in a real hurry.

 

[oybolshoi]

I'm sorry for not posting more on all your threads but I just don't know where the time goes everyday. However, I still head here whenever possible to catch up - esp. because I can ALWAYS count on knee- slappers like the one above. How do you come up with such funny stuff??

Don't apologize ... we're all busy. But I can't deny that I love to hear from everyone - it provides me inspiration!

How do I come up with this stuff? Hmmmm, well first of all I'm never sure that anyone but me ever finds it funny, so thanks for laughing. And secondly, I write most of these as I go ... sometimes I have a draft that I tweak for a day or two, but usually I just sit down with the pictures and my vacation notes and wait for my fingers to have a brainwave. In this case I'd been reading a lot about all the cutbacks and streamling and whatnot at the Mousetrap and thought it might be amusing to tie it in with the missing pate' on the tea plate and poke fun at the whole situation. So I sat here for a couple of minutes and thought about it and my fingers typed it and my brain said, "that's not bad, fingers; keep going."

Oh, and coffee. Coffee helps, too!

I have the same problem with coffee grounds when I use the French press. It never occured to me to use it with tea. BTW, I would have told the server that traditionally, English tea is ALWAYS served in a teapot with milk and sugar. British guests would have set her straight in a real hurry.

Yes, we've noticed that with our French Press, too. There are always random coffee grounds that slip through. Had I been more British and less American mutt I might have done just that - but it didn't even occur to me.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to post - I appreciate it!

 

[jakenjess]

Brenda! I can't believe she wouldn't bring you milk!! That's just beyond bizarre! The tea is something I keep saying we'll do on the next trip, and it just hasn't happened yet. I admit I would be disappointed to get the press pot (with all the icky water spots, eww) instead of the cute little teapots. What's a nice, formal tea without a teapot?

Looking forward to hearing about Blue Zoo!

 

[ChelleinNC]

I hope to update with Blue Zoo this weekend - this was a bad week at work (we had someone quit at the end of February and another employee is on vacation this week and I was stuck in a meeting last night until 7PM). Still, for me I'm doing pretty good with updates - there are only a handful left and there's still half the month to go!



As I mentioned earlier ... look for Blue Zoo sometime this weeked but not before Saturday for sure.

Thanks!

Sorry it was such a bad week Bummer that you won't have the review up sooner, I'm really looking forward to it

Have a great weekend honey!

 

[irongirlof12]

can't believe you were refused 'cow juice', what difference did it make to her?

the only solution is to take your own cow and milk it along side the table

 

[IAMaGR8DISMOM]

I drink my tea every morning with milk. This would be a big issue for me.

This no milk thing must be recent. Last time I was there getting milk was not a problem.

Crazy

 

[oybolshoi]

Brenda! I can't believe she wouldn't bring you milk!! That's just beyond bizarre! The tea is something I keep saying we'll do on the next trip, and it just hasn't happened yet. I admit I would be disappointed to get the press pot (with all the icky water spots, eww) instead of the cute little teapots. What's a nice, formal tea without a teapot?

Looking forward to hearing about Blue Zoo!

Hi Lori! I hope you and yours are doing well.

I don't get the milk refusal either unless the Grand Floridian cow went missing while we were there and the milk source dried up. And I totally agree about the teapots ... it just not the same without them.

Sorry it was such a bad week Bummer that you won't have the review up sooner, I'm really looking forward to it

Have a great weekend honey!

Thanks, dearie! It could have been a worse week so I don't mean to complain ... just didn't have much free time. I'm working on blue zoo now so hopefully it will be posted later this evening or early tomorrow.

can't believe you were refused 'cow juice', what difference did it make to her?

the only solution is to take your own cow and milk it along side the table

Next time I may just try to find my own cow! It's nice to see you here, by the way!

I drink my tea every morning with milk. This would be a big issue for me.

This no milk thing must be recent. Last time I was there getting milk was not a problem.

Crazy

I think the milk refusal was just something that our waitress was having issues with because other people had milk ... I saw them with pitchers on their tables. And if I'd been less passive I would have made an issue over it but I was too lazy.

Thanks for reading everyone!

Also ... I have good news / bad news. The good news is that last weekend I had the foresight to upload the rest of our October vacation pictures to photobucket but the bad news is that our primary computer gifted us with the blue screen of death today. I'm using my laptop from work right now but that's not going to be a viable option for long. Anyhoo ... we're in the midst of figuring out what we can do to salvage the hard drive which Jay can't even access right now. And if it's gone we've lost years of genealogical work on Jay's part and years of writing on mine ...

So if it's taking longer than usual between updates (and be fair ... this time I've actually been pretty good about updating weekly) you know that we have technical difficulties ... please stand by.

 

[Me&3]

GOOD LUCK WITH THE COMPUTER We will be here waiting to hear from you