DonaldDoleWhip
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Here's one photo I forgot to include with my Contempo review - since my breakfast was relatively late (at about 10:50, just before lunch started), CMs were already bringing out pastries for the day. You know what that means - cupcakes! I don't really like Disney cupcakes, but I still took pics of cupcakes that looked interesting. At Contempo Cafe, for example, there was a new strawberry lemonade cupcake: strawberry cake infused with a lemon-cream center and iced with strawberry buttercream.
After my stop at the TTC, I walked over to Poly and into Captain Cook's. It was an absolute madhouse on Friday - an enormous tour group had taken up nearly all the tables (and standing space) both inside and outside of the restaurant. In fact, it took me a while to get close enough to the bakery to see what the current cupcakes were. The current cupcakes are chocolate-macadamia and piña colada. Both look good, but I was hoping that they would still have their mango-passion fruit cupcake. These ones didn't sound like they'd be worth the calories, IMO
duck: correction - Disney food doesn't have calories).
While I didn't end up getting a cupcake, I definitely had room for a pineapple-vanilla swirl dole whip. Sadly, it took a while to find a table since the area around Captain Cook's was so crowded. By the time I found this table by the beach, my dole whip had started to melt.
It still tasted good, and I always like the combo of tart pineapple with sweet, creamy vanilla. However, I finished less than half of this since I wasn't loving the melty texture.
After a monorail ride to MK, my first stop was at the Main Street Confectionery. I was excited to try a new treat here - the Mickey ear hat brownie. They come in a variety of flavors, such as raspberry or mint. My choice was English toffee.
This snack also missed the mark for me. The brownie was dense and quite chocolatey, but there was very little of the buttery toffee flavor I was craving. I only finished about half of this as well. Maybe I'll try another flavor next time, such as mint.
After my second snack disappointment, I picked up a fastpass for Space Mountain, checked out Storybook Circus for the first time, and rode Dumbo. The new queue is interesting. It's basically a glorified play area for young kids, with benches on the side for adults to sit and check their iPhones.
At first, I was kind of underwhelmed. However, in retrospect, the queue seems pretty brilliant - adults get a break from standing in the heat, and kids can burn off some energy instead of wait in a generic switchback queue. It's a win-win for families. 
Once my Dumbo flight was over, I headed back to CR for my lunch at The Wave. Hopefully lunch would help me forget about the somewhat disappointing snacks...
After my stop at the TTC, I walked over to Poly and into Captain Cook's. It was an absolute madhouse on Friday - an enormous tour group had taken up nearly all the tables (and standing space) both inside and outside of the restaurant. In fact, it took me a while to get close enough to the bakery to see what the current cupcakes were. The current cupcakes are chocolate-macadamia and piña colada. Both look good, but I was hoping that they would still have their mango-passion fruit cupcake. These ones didn't sound like they'd be worth the calories, IMO
duck: correction - Disney food doesn't have calories).
While I didn't end up getting a cupcake, I definitely had room for a pineapple-vanilla swirl dole whip. Sadly, it took a while to find a table since the area around Captain Cook's was so crowded. By the time I found this table by the beach, my dole whip had started to melt.
It still tasted good, and I always like the combo of tart pineapple with sweet, creamy vanilla. However, I finished less than half of this since I wasn't loving the melty texture.
After a monorail ride to MK, my first stop was at the Main Street Confectionery. I was excited to try a new treat here - the Mickey ear hat brownie. They come in a variety of flavors, such as raspberry or mint. My choice was English toffee.
This snack also missed the mark for me. The brownie was dense and quite chocolatey, but there was very little of the buttery toffee flavor I was craving. I only finished about half of this as well. Maybe I'll try another flavor next time, such as mint.
After my second snack disappointment, I picked up a fastpass for Space Mountain, checked out Storybook Circus for the first time, and rode Dumbo. The new queue is interesting. It's basically a glorified play area for young kids, with benches on the side for adults to sit and check their iPhones.
At first, I was kind of underwhelmed. However, in retrospect, the queue seems pretty brilliant - adults get a break from standing in the heat, and kids can burn off some energy instead of wait in a generic switchback queue. It's a win-win for families. Once my Dumbo flight was over, I headed back to CR for my lunch at The Wave. Hopefully lunch would help me forget about the somewhat disappointing snacks...
I'm always sooo tempted by the decadent looking Disney cupcakes, but every time I get one I'm always defeated by how incredibly sweet and rich they are. Hubby never has any problem polishing one off so I can't convince him we should share one, LOL. That strawberry lemonade cupcake looks absolutely divine, but I know I'd end up throwing more than half in the garbage. 
Hopefully things improve with your lunch at The Wave. And speaking of, I have never been to The Wave so I'm anxiously awaiting your review. 
Oh well - next time I'll scarf it down before the heat can take its toll. 
