What did WE celebrate? .. 30 days of Disney fun and food! Update 04/02

[mlaw]

Count me in! I LOVE long reviews. This should be a great one!

 

[englishrose47]

I'm in for this review!!!!!

 

[DaveInTN]

I'm here too, Karin.

 

[dizneeat]

Sound's great, im ready

Glad to have you here!

woohooo
Ive missed your reviews. cant wait to hear about all the yummy meals you ate.
Thank you in advance, I know this is going to be good.xx

back!!! I am so happy to see you here again for one of my reviews. I just hope I can live up to your expectations!

Oh my goodness! 21 days at Disney World! Color me just a tad envious! I can't wait to read your reviews!

Yes, we really LOVE Disney World and its food! ... and it makes so much more sense to stay a bit longer with our long flights halfway around the world.

WOW!!! You are my hero!!! I can't even imagine. Looking forward to all of your reviews!!!!!

Thank you! I hope you won't be disappointed. English is not my first language, but I'll try my best!

Poor me! .......... did we really eat at ALL those places?

Yes, we did! And I didn't even have to "make you eat"!

Can't wait to hear all about it!

I'll post my first review real soon - I did not expect so many posts in such a short time - but it is definitely a good start!

 

[dizneyrules]

I have a feeling I am going to be hungry after reading your reviews... but count me in anyway!

 

[dizneeat]

Oh wow 30 days - looking forward to your reviews again

Glad to have you on board again to revisit our 30 days of Disney food feasts.

YAY!!!
Can't wait to read your review again!!!

Glad to have you here! First review coming up real soon.

I'm in! For some reason I can't see your pictures on my work computer so I have to remember to check this one out when I get home!

Nice to have you here! Hope you can see the photos from your home computers - lots of food porn coming your way!

I'm in, looking forward to this set of reviews. I love our 21 night trips to WDW and would absolutely love to stay for a nearly a whole month!

Happy to see you here! I have always loved reading your reviews! Hope I can live up to them!

I'm in! Can't wait to read your reviews!

So nice to have you here! Reviews are bound to start real soon!

I'm in! Can't wait to hear about this WONDERful trip.

Jill in CO

BTW, love Austria! Spent a wonderful weekend in Vienna and Salzburg back in 1998 when I lived in Germany.

WONDERful to have you on board! Great to hear that you love Austria and guess what, we live right in the middle between Vienna and Salzburg! Linz is a beautiful city too!

 

[mimi'sgirl]

I'm in too! So jealous...our longest trip was 2wks. Last year our kids asked if we could move into the castle and just live at Disney! Love your past reports also.

 

[dizneeat]

Hey, Karin! It's me (Tina from Tag....). I registered over here specifically to read your awesome report!

Subscribing and very excited, my friend!!!!

Tina! I feel real flattered that you registered here to read my reviews! There's lots of fantastic information here on the DIS and LOADS of good friends, just like on Tag!
Come over and join my trip report too if you like - lots of fun there too! The link is in my signature!

Karin or Tom...would one of you adopt me please. I've been waiting for this report all summer.

Hm, we might think about an adotion! Send your application!
Lots of yummy food on the way real soon!

Woohoo I am in!!!!

So happy to have you here!

I'm so excited! I can't wait for you to start your reviews!

Glad you found my review! The more the merrier and the reviews are going to start real soon!

Subscribing with admiration and envy

It's an honour to have you here!

 

[dizneeat]

WOW...we dream of 30 days! We have been able to make 2 weeks and we are up to 15 nights for next year but WOW...30!

Can't wait to read about all the food!!!

Glad to have you on board! I know, 30 days sound like a long time, but they were over in a flash! I am stuck with my school holidays so the summer is the only time we can travel for a longer period of time and we really enjoy WDW and the Disney Wonder so much!

Sooo joining in popcorn:

Stefy! You are just the best. You are only hours away from your trip to WDW and spend your time with me!
I hope you have only good meals while you are at our happy place!

Count me in! I LOVE long reviews. This should be a great one!

I am real happy to have you here for this epic of a dining review! Guess it is going to take me a while to post ALL the food we ate!

I'm in for this review!!!!!

Hi Rosie! I am so happy you jumped over here from my trip report! We are going to have so much fun!

I'm here too, Karin.

Dave! It's wonderful to have you here too! I love to have all my friends joining in on my reviews!

I have a feeling I am going to be hungry after reading your reviews... but count me in anyway!

Glad to have you here! I guess you are right - I had a few complaints of readers about being hungry after reading my reviews! So sorry about that - well, I am NOT!!!

I'm in too! So jealous...our longest trip was 2wks. Last year our kids asked if we could move into the castle and just live at Disney! Love your past reports also.

back! It's so nice to have you on board again! If you find a way to move into the castle, just let me know - Tom and I will move in there with you!

 

[ilovepete]

Excited to read all of these!

 

[athenna]

I wouldn't miss this trip report for anything, you are one of the best

 

[dizneeat]

I guess it is time I get this party started! ​

Intro:

We devided our summer holiday into 3 parts this summer.

Aug 14 - 26 we stayed at Old Key West (with a generous discount thanks to Disney Travel Company UK) and Free Dining (Basic DDP)

Aug 26 - Sept 2 we sailed back to back on the Disney Wonder

and

Sept 2 - 11 we returned to Old Key West, again with the UK discount and Free Dining, this time updated to Deluxe Dining

So, this is where we start:

August 14, travel day

Breakfast at home and airplane food

Our flight out of Linz was at 11am, so we had time for a nice breakfast at home, consisting of tea and coffee, some juice

fresh and slightly warm Austrian rolls, baked to perfection by the famous Brandl bakery. These are light and airy on the inside with a crispy crust - yummy, and some

perfectly fresh and still warm pumpkin seed rolls. These are made from wholegrain flour, but still soft and airy, but they have that slight nutty taste from the pumpkin seeds. These are soooooooo good and what I miss most while on vacation.

Tom had soft boiled the last of our eggs and we had some butter, ham and cheese with them.

We were definitely ready for our long journey to Orlando, to reunite with Mickey again!

The first flight to Frankfurt is only 55 minutes long, so once they arrive at cruising altitude, they start handing out snacks and drinks.

We both got this snack pack of two vanilla and chocolate cakes. For a pre packaged cake these are quite good, a little dense but still moist and not too sweet.

I had water with it and I think Tom had some coffee, but it could have been Coke - I don't have a photo, sorry!

During our stopover we finished off the lunch we had packed ourselves.

Some of the breakfast rolls filled with ham and pickles. Tom had some beer with it, while I stuck to the Diet Coke.

At 2pm our flight to Orlando left Frankfurt airport and we were served our first drinks, more water for me and more beer for Tom

they handed out some pretzels. They are softer than the American variety and are slightly salted. About 2 hours later we were served lunch.
Lunch is a main meal here, so it is always a very nice meal.

The food on Lufthansa flights TO a destination is always real nice - their catering is very good.

We started our meal with

a small salad with Balsamic dressing and a herbed shrimp skewer! The salad was crisp and fresh and the shrimps were moist and well seasoned. We were really amazed.

Tom had the the sweet and sour chicken, which was surprisingly moist and flavourful. The rice was slightly underseasoned, but still went well with the sauce.

I had the trofi-pasta with two kinds of pesto. The pasta cooked perfectly al dente, don’t know how they do that with pre-packaged food and was served in a creamy white sauce, and the pesto went so well with it. I really enjoyed it.

For dessert we got this variation of Key Lime Pie. Even though it was not particularely bad it had a bit of an artificial taste. But who am I kidding, this is not haute cuisine, this is airplane food in tourist class and for that it was really okay.

After our lunch we were served digestives and coffee and tea and then Tom and I took some sleeping aid and tried to sleep through at least a part of our flight.

By late afternoon we were served a small dinner.

The main dish was Sicilian pasta with olives, baked pasta with a similar pesto mix as I had had for lunch, which a sprinkling of cheese and a generous helping of olive slices. Again, very nice for airplane food.
The roll that came with it would have been nicer had it been warmed up a bit, but we were still on a plane and getting closer to our destination!

For dessert we were served fruit yoghurt. Now, I don't really like that particular brand, as it is very thick and does not have bigger junks of fruit in it. I was not impressed with the strawberry one, but the cherry one, which actually had a few small pieces of fruit was quite nice.

After we had had tea we were ready for landing and our adventure to start.

So after we had cleared customs we headed to the Rental Car desk and were presented with a car upgrade!

Yip, they had run out of convertibles and gave us a Camaro instead. Needless to say we were delighted. (and if you want to read the full story, just click on my trip report!)

A few minutes later we were on the way to .........

To be continued VERY soon!

 

[dizneeat]

Excited to read all of these!

Glad you are here! Hope I can live up to your expectations!

I wouldn't miss this trip report for anything, you are one of the best

Thank you so much for your praise, I am delighted to have you here to read my review!

 

[mamaboogie]

Hurray! Hurray! You've started!

I looked out for you both at OKW but I never saw you!

Can't wait to read all about those lovely meals!

(Your aeroplane food looks a lot better than the stuff we had!)

 

[Symans3honeybees]

Can't wait for your next installment!!

 

[sophie832]

Wow! 30 days of Disney! I am jealous...and intrigued! The airplane food does look a lot better than what I've seen in the past. Of course, most flights I take these days are considered too short to have a meal anyway. Looking forward to the rest of your report!

 

[dizneeat]

Hurray! Hurray! You've started!

I looked out for you both at OKW but I never saw you!

Can't wait to read all about those lovely meals!

(Your aeroplane food looks a lot better than the stuff we had!)

Hi Shari!

Where did you stay while you were at OKW? We were in building 32 for the first part of our trip. It was SUCH a quiet corner and we had a lovely view of a pond and fountains.
There were lots of British visitors where we were and I always wore our DIS tags!

Maybe we can work something out next time!

Can't wait for your next installment!!

Glad you are here and I'll hurry with an update, I promise, but it is past 10pm here already and I need to get up early tomorrow.

 

[MickeyNicki]

I am in for the duration but please finish it by the time I leave on Nov 12 so I know what to eat and drink and what to stay away from

Just kidding my friend! Give Tom a hug for me and our friends Kathy and Mark are on their way back home...I am so sad

If you ever get away during the Fall we will meet you up there

 

[dizneeat]

Wow! 30 days of Disney! I am jealous...and intrigued! The airplane food does look a lot better than what I've seen in the past. Of course, most flights I take these days are considered too short to have a meal anyway. Looking forward to the rest of your report!

So happy to have another reader!

With the long distance flight it really pays off to stay for a longer period of time and the summer is the easiest time for Tom to get 4 weeks off.
I can't agree with you more on the airplane food - we are real lucky to be able to choose Lufthansa, as their catering is still tip notch, even in tourist class.

 

[dizneeat]

I am in for the duration but please finish it by the time I leave on Nov 12 so I know what to eat and drink and what to stay away from

Just kidding my friend! Give Tom a hug for me and our friends Kathy and Mark are on their way back home...I am so sad

If you ever get away during the Fall we will meet you up there

Hi Nicki! SOOOOOOOOO happy to have the DIS food queen here!

And yes, I will finish AN update by November 12 - definitely won't be finished with the whole thing by then

I can't believe Kathy and Mark are already on their way home! Time has just flown by ...... it seems like they just left a few days ago!

Unfortunately mid September is the latest we can go to WDW. My school schedule doesn't allow for anything later, but we have been discussing driving over to the Gulf coast for a day or two maybe next summer - if only I knew someone in the Naples area .............