We took the kids to WDW! - All done, Now Bonus features! Festival of Holidays 2/23

[Steppesister]

1. What do we have for breakfast the next morning?

Bacon and eggs, toast and/or cereal. In the bungalow.

2. Fran and I take a Disney bus. Where do we go?

Disney Springs; I don't think you'd been there yet and have some more shopping to do.

3. Where do we eat lunch? Bonus points if you can tell us what we had.

WGPE. Some sort of pizza/flatbread or pasta (Italian anyway)

4. We have three FP+’s at MK Do I use all of mine? (10 points for the right answer) what are they? (7 points for each correct FP guess)

No. 7DMT, PP, and PoTC

5. Where do we have dinner?

Plaza

6. What time do I get back to the room?

10:15

 

[dolphingirl47]

it's called BiergartenLA and it is a German/Korean fusion restaurant. We'll see how good their sausages are!

That sounds like an unusual combination.

I'm hoping we like it.

I am kind of leaning towards trying Trattoria Al Forna the evening we arrive at Walt Disney World. I think we will drop the car off at Swan and Dolphin so this would make this very easy.

Corinna

 

[IowaTater]

$10 surcharge & outrageous prices?? Uh, no thanks. You definitely made the right choice on that one. We're planning on ordering a bunch of stuff from a travel website we use & shipping it down ahead of time. Although, I'm definitely shipping it earlier on this trip.

If I ever end up taking a solo trip, I'm signing up for some of the special events. That Mediterranean one sounds so good!

Your must do list looks very similar to mine. It's making me hungry just thinking about it.

 

[Malia78]

How long is your trip? Ours is 9 days, but I'm steering clear of the kiosks in Epcot on the Friday - Sunday of our trip.

The WDW portion of our trip is Oct 2 through Oct 13. I'm actually arriving Sept 26 with my friend and her daughter to go to Universal Studios for 4 nights (9/28-10/1). The first two nights are at WDW because I was able to secure reservations for the DVC Safari Bash at AK on the 27th but since they won't have park tickets, the rest of the time will be roaming different areas of the property that aren't in a park. I've sprinkled Epcot time over the course of the trip and I did reserve a couple F&W events. My mom will be a good sport and I'm sure I can convince her to share some of the eating with me

 

[Malia78]

we will be there the 4th and 5th of March to ease the let down of getting off our cruise on the Fantasy.

Reading the latest posts, I realized that we will be repeating a pattern with the Fantasy next spring kind of like we did with Alaska this year--I will be on the 4/22 Fantasy sailing and staying for a few post cruise days at WDW. Is your cruise Eastern or Western Caribbean itinerary?

 

[Steppesister]

I think that cancelling the ressie will be a prudent choice. Whenever I've got together with DIS friends, there is never enough time and we always end up having a great time and wanting more, we should be good hitting up some kiosks for snacks and then pounding the margaritas. However, we definitely want to eat before going inside. The food menu doesn't really offer more than chips and dips, so if we're going to be enjoying margaritas we might want a bit more in our tummies before sitting down to some beverages.

I"m going to keep it for a bit longer... just in case. I tried today to change it to a 5:00 seating and NOTHING is available. But you're right, in all my DISMeets, I've always hoped for more time to get hang out casually with no agenda but to just get to know each other better and laugh together. I agree, the kiosks will be nearby if we need to fill up before we hit up the Ditch. It seriously is one of the best little places to hang out on property IMHO. I love it in there. I would LOVE to do the table-service guac!

 

[Steppesister]

she was on hold for an hour waiting to talk to someone and the day we were looking for sold out before she could book it.

Well, doesn't that just bite!

although I'm not sure about the escargot croissant.

And oddly, this is one I'm really looking forward to.

where I'm sad to see that the savory waffle was replaced with Gouda mashed potatoes,

But, but... it's mashed potatoes AND cheese. How can this be a bad thing?!

New England Lobster Roll

Come to Mama...

Berbere-style Beef Tenderloin Tips with Onions, Jalapeños, Tomato and Pap

And THIS! Oh yes, this!

 

[dgbg100106]

ok that grocery business sucks, why the surcharge? That is crazy.

All you F&W plans sound busy, but I can tell it is a calm plan compared to years past.
All of that darn food is making me hungry at 6:28AM, not good!

One of these days I will get back there.

Oh when you were listing the Germany booth food, it made me think that I had not heard about you and Fran going to the German Festival in awhile? Do you still go?

 

[dhorner233]

Technically this March is really not a trip to WDW, we will be there the 4th and 5th of March to ease the let down of getting off our cruise on the Fantasy.

Daphne and I are planning to be there Feb 25 - March 4. But haven't booked anything yet.

 

[pkondz]

Every time we've seen the show, it has been by chance. I've never actually set out with it as a plan.

When I'm there... I can't see it because I'm underneath it.

They said that it sticks to the blister and rather than helping it to heal, it adheres to the blister and pulls it right off.

Ah. Makes sense.
I think you're supposed to put them on before you get the blister.
I think it's "put on when you feel a hot spot" kind of thing.

I had the same fortune to be stuck in the same spot, but on DL's ride when the NBC overlay was in effect. I was able to get it without a flash.

Not bad!

I have very sparse plans and far less ADRs than previous trips.

Ditto.

Tuesday – dinner and crash
Wednesday – Epcot & meets
Thursday – Epcot
Friday – F&W lunch in Epcot, relax
Saturday – DHS morning, resort and eat
Sunday – AK & Disney Springs
Monday – Strawberry Soup & MK
Tuesday – Epcot, V&A’s
Wednesday – F&W lunch in Epcot
Thursday - ????, Fly home

I noticed the Strawberry soup right away!

Normally at 180 days I have a ton of ADRs. This trip? Not so many. I have only made a handful of ADRs.

I have.... two.
And I may cancel one.

the next night we'll be back to V&A's for a birthday celebration.

Oh! Nice.

By cutting the trip one night short, we save 40,000 miles on airfare (which is almost a round trip ticket, it's 25K each way for the "plan ahead" 1st class seats).

Not an insignificant saving!

We were hoping to attend a French Family Traditions lunch with Jedijill and she got up at the crack of dawn on registration day to book it. But as the craziness of registering for Disney is, she was on hold for an hour waiting to talk to someone and the day we were looking for sold out before she could book it.

Ugh. That really bites.

I try to avoid the kiosks at Epcot from Friday through Sunday during Food and Wine.

Oh, crap. I plan on being there Saturday night.
Oh, well...

I've had escargot before and they were OK.

Did you try it at the Keg? Sooooo good.

which I see is now a Venison Loin, that sounds worth trying!

Desserts and Champagne – well because desserts and champagne!

Of course!

Loaded Mac ‘n’ Cheese with Nueske’s® Pepper Bacon, Cheddar Cheese, Peppers and Green Onions

Good Lord!

Germany – Because I love Bratwurst, Schinkennudeln, and Strudel!

And I copied your entire must dos/might dos list and then the entire menu into my To Do list!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Sounds like you have a well organized trip like you do every time. It would have been nice if I pushed my trip back to cross between yours but I am glad to get to go again this year.

I am always interested in grocery delivery to the resort and I understand why you do it.

You have a good selection on the kiosks you want to do at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival. Mine and your selections are close except for the desserts which I barely do. But I will have to get a Dole Whip at Epcot this time.

Hope you are able to get your FP+ you want for your trip which should be coming up shortly.

 

[DnA2010]

Wow that's a heck of a storm!

Selfies with every flower arrangement - too funny!

Excellent food pictures of the buffet as always- those pecan sticky buns - it's 10:30pm and I feel like I could kill for one right now!

We did the dash to PP in DL at our Oct trip- having ridden the MK one in May, I would say I prefer the DL one also.

Stitch!! My DD actually was trying to get me to put Stitch down!! She is going to love that she was right!!

Nice fireworks shots- great shot of the star! the castle looks very pretty!

Some day I will try O'Hana :sigh:


1. What do we have for breakfast the next morning?
Eat bacon and eggs, yogurt, v8 at bungalow
2. Fran and I take a Disney bus. Where do we go?
DS/DTD
3. Where do we eat lunch? Bonus points if you can tell us what we had.
WPE- pizza and maybe the bacon meatloaf?
4. We have three FP+’s at MK Do I use all of mine? (10 points for the right answer) what are they? (7 points for each correct FP guess)
Yes- 7DMT, Splash, jungle cruise
5. Where do we have dinner?
Be Our Guest
6. What time do I get back to the room?
10:05pm

 

[juniorbugman]

I apparently was reading correctly when I picked my dinner choice.

5. Where do we have dinner?
O'Hana

I need to change this answer - I think you have dinner at Be Our Guest

 

[Leshaface]

Oh. My. Gosh.

Appliances. I know. I’m the only one who gets excited about these totally high end appliances!

Yes! And also, let's talk about that backsplash for a sec please

The Water Pageant on the pull out!?

Dying.

DEAD!

UGH, the bathroom is GORGEOUS! Hope you got time to check out that tub!

Aw such a sweet helper.

Seriously, I hate you.

Was it really this close or was this zoomed in?

when I woke up there was a huge thunderstorm going on

Good call indeed!

It was a bad choice as I got some of the sauce on my shirt, and that was before 8AM!

We always give my mom a hard time for this, every time it seems she gets something on her shirt and/or pants!

Love how goofy you're being!

This was technically the kids area, but what I want to know is why do the kids get dibs on the Mickey Waffles, Bacon and Tater Tots?

Right?!

where we encountered the Rainy Day Parade..

Even though the Rainy Day Parade is not what people are waiting for, at least Disney does something for those that actually wait around an hour or so for the parade.

Cute!

I love this one!

For a second I was like, they make caged in chairs for kids?! SIGN ME UP! Then I looked closer and got disappointed.

Oh yum!

Amazing shots!

I can't get over how gorgeous that bungalow is. In your opinion, worth the points? I mean, it's A LOT of points!

1. What do we have for breakfast the next morning?

Eggs and Toast

2. Fran and I take a Disney bus. Where do we go?

DS

3. Where do we eat lunch? Bonus points if you can tell us what we had.

.....

4. We have three FP+’s at MK Do I use all of mine? (10 points for the right answer) what are they? (7 points for each correct FP guess)

No. BTMRR and Space

5. Where do we have dinner?

Cali Grill?

6. What time do I get back to the room?

8:20pm

 

[Pinkocto]

Oh my goodness, I think every other picture was about food, and then you start talking about food. I haven't eaten all day, this job is killing me.

That nitro chocolate truffle is to die for delicious! Can't wait to have one again!!!

I'm so glad we were able to get together, that was so nice

That was a really rainy day, wow.

I can just imagine the stress of already being late and the boys stopping for tons of pictures

Breakfast, as always, looks scrumptious. I'm going to have to get there one day.

For October, I just found out my one friend won't be able to come down, I still have the 23rd-28th off. Hopefully we can do something?

I love the picture of you driving to Stitch, you look like a kid in a candy shop

 

[rentayenta]

I'm going to be in Epcot at least part of the days on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday for deminars and F&W kiosks. We are already on for dinner Tuesday night! Hopefully we can sync up a bit more while we are both there.

We do need to make some plans! Next year, I have a tentative cruise booked for February although I could be persuaded to save that week of vacation for something else. I've committed to a 2 week trip to Yellowstone and Glacier NP with my folks in July. Otherwise I have no plans past that either.

Jill in CO

Keep me posted on what you ladies plan and hopefully I can tag along.



I can't believe, or maybe I can believe, that I got so far behind. Your F&W plans, although somewhat tentative, sound fabulous.

Holy rain. Started off So Cal but definitely ended up Florida-like.

That Poly looks amazing!

Love Fran's smile with her Dole Whip.

 

[franandaj]

I am really enjoying your trip report. I wish I was going anytime soon but not in the plans right now.
Okay let me try this again. I am getting a little better with my answers.

Thanks! I'm sad that I don't have plans to go back after my two nights in March, but we REALLY need to get our old place cleaned out and rented!!!!

1)What do we have for breakfast the next morning?
since you have food delivered to the room I think you made eggs, bacon, bagels for breakfast.

2. Fran and I take a Disney bus. Where do we go?
Disney Springs

3. Where do we eat lunch? Bonus points if you can tell us what we had.
Rainforest cafe - some seafood dish.

4. We have three FP+’s at MK Do I use all of mine? (10 points for the right answer) what are they? (7 points for each correct FP guess)
Yes. Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Splash Mountain

5. Where do we have dinner?
O'Hana

6. What time do I get back to the room?
10:20

Recorded.

Bit of a long weekend, will get caught up and reply in the am

Okey dokey!

The liquid nitro truffle is really good! We made it last year

When you say "we made it last year" I'm guessing you mean at work. I'm looking forward to trying it!

 

[DnA2010]

Ok what the heck!! I wrote a reply last night?! Where is it!!

 

[DnA2010]

All good

 

[DnA2010]

Update is actually just above!