When You Wish Upon An ADR...3 Adults Dine in Disney - UPDATED 26/6 - Kringla Og

[DisneyJo]

I can't wait to try SciFi now, it all sounde great, lovely photos with the gospel choir

 

[arieljasmine]

The Sci-Fi food sounds much improved since the last time we went there. I love going for the atmosphere though, I don't think it can be beaten on that.

Laur's

 

[SunnieRN]

Adoring your trip report and your pictures!! Looking forward to more!!

 

[Tink2312]

12/3/2007
CSR check in day!
We left Pop at around 10am, as we were so excited about checking in at our new resort! At the desk, we were told that we’d been allocated a room in the Casitas section - building 4. I’d requested Cabanas buildings 8A or 9A, for the reasons that they weren’t too far away from the food court, were close to the bus stop and the main pool, so I really wasn’t thrilled with the location. The guy on reception was great about it - a few keystrokes later and we’d been placed in Cabana building 8A and upgraded to a water view at no extra cost - RESULT!
As it was early, we headed to DTD to pick up a few souvenirs - a girl can never have too many pins (although my neck will begin to look like a wrestler's with all that weight!). When we returned to Coronado we decided to try the food court, before heading to the room and then off to EMH at MK.
Rix wasn’t open yet (it opened on the last day of our stay), so we headed to the Pepper Market.
I have to admit, I really preferred Pop’s food court. Yes, the noise level was lower and there was a more laid-back theme here, but it was all a bit confusing.

We were seated and our server explained the “stamp” situation. Is it just me, or does having to stamp your card not feel a little bit, second-class-citizen-ish? No, just me then.
Our server asked us what drinks we wanted and as we’d purchased the refillable mugs earlier that morning, we started ask if she could re-fill them. This did not please her - she got quite snotty and told us we should do them ourselves at the station across the room - ok fair enough, but a bit more politeness wouldn’t have hurt.
We mooched around the stations and finally decided to go for the sandwiches.

THE MEAL
I settled on the turkey breast sandwich with coleslaw, Dad had the soup of the day (which was chicken and veg) and the BBQ beef sandwich with chips (which once again we were dumb enough to think meant English chips (i.e. fries) ) How many times have we made that mistake?? And Mum had the soup and Ham and cheese sandwich with coleslaw.
The soups were MASSIVE - seriously! So much so that Mum didn’t even attempt her sandwich and took it back to the room with her. Even now my parents will still say when they see soup on a menu, “Do you think it will be Coronado sized?” or “Will it be as thick as the one in EPCOT?” *note little teaser for future dining review* . So, basically, they both loved the soup - very tasty and full of chicken and veg bits - and huge to boot.
My sandwich was just ok - it seemed fresh and it tasted nice, but there was nothing particularly wow about it (I know, I know, it’s a turkey sandwich, but the one at Sci-Fi just tasted so much more flavourful).
Dad’s BBQ beef sandwich was lovely though! How do I know this? Well, as he raved about how good it was today, the following day when we decided to get a quick takeout from the Pepper Market, I knew what I wanted!

12/4 - Pepper Market Lunch - take 2
The beef was plentiful and had a really thick and tangy BBQ coating - Yum! What do you think my parents ordered on our second jaunt to the Pepper Market? Yep, you’ve guessed it, the soup! This time it was tomato and basil, which the enjoyed just as much as the chicken and veg. They said it was really creamy and tangy.
The only one thing I’ve got to mention, is that as we got our food to go, we expected not to be charged the gratuity, but when we got back to the room, we realised we had been. As it was only a small amount and we wanted to head off that evening into the parks, we didn’t query it.

THE COST
12/3 - $37.75 (£19.86)

12/4 - $20.85 (£10.97)


RATING
Atmosphere: 2.5
Quality of food: 3.5
Value for money: 3
Overall: 3.5
Would I eat here again: Well, we did, but only because it was convenient - I certainly wouldn’t go out of my way.

Up next - is two desserts too much? Not at Kringla Bakeri Og

 

[KatMark]

12/3/2007
CSR check in day!
We left Pop at around 10am, as we were so excited about checking in at our new resort! At the desk, we were told that we’d been allocated a room in the Casitas section - building 4. I’d requested Cabanas buildings 8A or 9A, for the reasons that they weren’t too far away from the food court, were close to the bus stop and the main pool, so I really wasn’t thrilled with the location. The guy on reception was great about it - a few keystrokes later and we’d been placed in Cabana building 8A and upgraded to a water view at no extra cost - RESULT!
As it was early, we headed to DTD to pick up a few souvenirs - a girl can never have too many pins (although my neck will begin to look like a wrestler's with all that weight!). When we returned to Coronado we decided to try the food court, before heading to the room and then off to EMH at MK.
Rix wasn’t open yet (it opened on the last day of our stay), so we headed to the Pepper Market.
I have to admit, I really preferred Pop’s food court. Yes, the noise level was lower and there was a more laid-back theme here, but it was all a bit confusing.

We were seated and our server explained the “stamp” situation. Is it just me, or does having to stamp your card not feel a little bit, second-class-citizen-ish? No, just me then.
Our server asked us what drinks we wanted and as we’d purchased the refillable mugs earlier that morning, we started ask if she could re-fill them. This did not please her - she got quite snotty and told us we should do them ourselves at the station across the room - ok fair enough, but a bit more politeness wouldn’t have hurt.
We mooched around the stations and finally decided to go for the sandwiches.

THE MEAL
I settled on the turkey breast sandwich with coleslaw, Dad had the soup of the day (which was chicken and veg) and the BBQ beef sandwich with chips (which once again we were dumb enough to think meant English chips (i.e. fries) ) How many times have we made that mistake?? And Mum had the soup and Ham and cheese sandwich with coleslaw.
The soups were MASSIVE - seriously! So much so that Mum didn’t even attempt her sandwich and took it back to the room with her. Even now my parents will still say when they see soup on a menu, “Do you think it will be Coronado sized?” or “Will it be as thick as the one in EPCOT?” *note little teaser for future dining review* . So, basically, they both loved the soup - very tasty and full of chicken and veg bits - and huge to boot.
My sandwich was just ok - it seemed fresh and it tasted nice, but there was nothing particularly wow about it (I know, I know, it’s a turkey sandwich, but the one at Sci-Fi just tasted so much more flavourful).
Dad’s BBQ beef sandwich was lovely though! How do I know this? Well, as he raved about how good it was today, the following day when we decided to get a quick takeout from the Pepper Market, I knew what I wanted!

12/4 - Pepper Market Lunch - take 2
The beef was plentiful and had a really thick and tangy BBQ coating - Yum! What do you think my parents ordered on our second jaunt to the Pepper Market? Yep, you’ve guessed it, the soup! This time it was tomato and basil, which the enjoyed just as much as the chicken and veg. They said it was really creamy and tangy.
The only one thing I’ve got to mention, is that as we got our food to go, we expected not to be charged the gratuity, but when we got back to the room, we realised we had been. As it was only a small amount and we wanted to head off that evening into the parks, we didn’t query it.

THE COST
12/3 - $37.75 (£19.86)

12/4 - $20.85 (£10.97)


RATING
Atmosphere: 2.5
Quality of food: 3.5
Value for money: 3
Overall: 3.5
Would I eat here again: Well, we did, but only because it was convenient - I certainly wouldn’t go out of my way.

Up next - is two desserts too much? Not at Kringla Bakeri Og

Sorry you didn't enjoy your experience at the Pepper Market. It is our favorite counter service at any Disney resort (it helps that we stay at the CSR every trip). I do know what you mean about the server--most of them are not friendly at all. I tend to ignore them because I know they are NOT Disney employees. Pepper Market and Maya Grill are not-Disney owned restaurants.

 

[DisneyJo]

We found PM to be a bit confusing too, but more because we were on the DDP and different CM's would say different things were included Our server always filled our refillable mugs though At least you all liked the food, we had fajitas one night and it could have fed all 4 of us, we hardly made a dent in it

 

[Tink2312]

Sorry you didn't enjoy your experience at the Pepper Market. It is our favorite counter service at any Disney resort (it helps that we stay at the CSR every trip). I do know what you mean about the server--most of them are not friendly at all. I tend to ignore them because I know they are NOT Disney employees. Pepper Market and Maya Grill are not-Disney owned restaurants.

I think PM is definitely great for a TS type meal, but it's not one for a quick bite. It wouldn't put us off going to CSR again - we loved the resort - and now there's the new Rix cafe, there's more food options. It's just a shame it only opened on our last day
Yes, I heard that it wasn't Disney operated - do you know why in particular those two restaurants were outsourced?

We found PM to be a bit confusing too, but more because we were on the DDP and different CM's would say different things were included Our server always filled our refillable mugs though At least you all liked the food, we had fajitas one night and it could have fed all 4 of us, we hardly made a dent in it

The food was definitely good. I LOVE fajitas, but with having TS ADR's at other places, I really couldn't've faced them for lunch - definitely one for next time though
Perhaps we just were unlucky with the service on that occasion - it was just that for every other meal, we'd had fantastic service!

 

[Tink2312]

I can't wait to try SciFi now, it all sounde great, lovely photos with the gospel choir

Thank-you - it was a really lovely bonus to have a photo with them and it topped off a fantatic day!

The Sci-Fi food sounds much improved since the last time we went there. I love going for the atmosphere though, I don't think it can be beaten on that.

Laur's

Totally agree - the atmosphere is awesome.
Have a fantastic hol at DLP by the way - I'm so jealous

Adoring your trip report and your pictures!! Looking forward to more!!

Why thank-you - I do try

 

[arieljasmine]

Have a fantastic hol at DLP by the way - I'm so jealous

Thank you, we had a wonderful time

We had a similar experience of the PM, rude servers and confused by how everything worked. I didn't realise the restaurants at CS were outsourced, that figures. I wouldn't go back, too stressful!

Laur's

 

[Tink2312]

12/4/2007

This was the day that really went belly up for us. We’d booked to go to the MVMCP that night, but I hadn’t been feeling well all day. After having some lunch at PM, we were starting to get ready for the party when I began to feel really ill. I don’t want to gross you out (this is a food review after all), but put it this way, lunch wasn’t lunch for long!
It was really upsetting to think I wasn’t going to be able to manage the MVMCP , but luckily the really nice CM who’d checked us in a couple of days before allowed us to have refunds on our tickets, so at least we didn’t lose the money!
Later in the evening I was feeling quite a bit better and we decided to head to EPCOT. As a showing of CP was just starting we headed through to WS. Here we encountered another wonderful CM who, when she saw us invited us to have a seat in the theatre even though the show had started and there were plenty of other people queuing - I must have looked rough!
Honestly, we had better seats than when we booked the dinner package the previous year and we got to see Dennis Franz, the actor who plays one of Dad’s favourite characters - Sipowicz from NYPD: Blue!
After we decided to stop at Kringla Og on the way out to grab a bite to eat.

THE MEAL
We ordered 2 Chefs Specials between us, as I still wasn’t feeling like eating much. These each consisted of a Jarlsberg and leek cheese soup, a choice of beef or prawn sandwich and a rice cream (or a veiled maiden or chocolate mousse).
The portions for everything were pretty generous and the whole meal put together would definitely be a challenge for just one person.
Out of the meal, I had half the prawn sandwich and the rice cream, so I’ll review those first. The sandwich was gorgeous - lovely granary bread (which you don’t see much of in the US) with moist but not soggy salad and a good filling of lightly dressed prawns. I couldn’t believe I fancied cold rice pudding, but that was really what I felt like eating This was yum - lovely strawberry compote on the bottom topped with really creamy (but not sickly-sweet) rice pudding.
While I was nibbling on these my parents tucked into the soup, remaining sandwiches and rice cream. Mum said the soup was the most delicious and creamy she’d had on WDW property - soon to be corrected by Dad who question whether the PM offering was slightly better (and larger) - you can see what I have to put up with!
The sandwiches were a hit too. Dad devoured the beef while Mum ate the other half of the prawn. Both of them said they were delish - very tasty and filling.
Mum then went on to have the other rice cream, as Dad after taking a bite and realising it was cold, pulled a face rather like Goldilocks when she realises that porridge is too sweet (apparently he doesn’t like cold rice pudding).
We had a really good meal here and I’d definitely recommend it. The only criticism I’d make is that there’s very little in the way of seating, so I’d imagine it would be pretty impossible to get a table at peak times.
Oh, and just one more thing; on the way out we picked up a school bread (well, we couldn’t really not, could we?). This was eaten for supper (yes it appears I got over my bout of sickness pretty quick! ) It was absolutely gorgeous and I can see why everyone raves about it, in fact if we could’ve possibly fitted it in, the next day I would’ve gone back to EPCOT just to pick one up!

THE COST
$19.98
£10.52

RATING
Atmosphere: 3 (Reasonably themed but not much seating)
Quality of food: 4.5
Value for money: 4.5
Overall: 4
Would I eat here again: Absolutely!

Up next: the hidden gem of MK…

 

[arieljasmine]

So sorry to hear that you were poorly but glad you got over it quickly. Those meals sound like a good deal, I could just fancy a rice cream

Laur's

 

[DisneyJo]

So sorry you were ill, do you think it was something you ate?

I've never fancied eating at Kringla but it sounds delicious, well except dessert

 

[Tink2312]

So sorry you were ill, do you think it was something you ate?

No I don't think so - I felt pretty off as soon as I woke up that morning and I had a headache and general grogginess as well as the "other stuff" lmao: ).

Funnily enough, the only recent time I've been ill due to food was in Orlando a few years ago. We ate at Steak and Shake in LBV on the last morning of the hol and I was ill all the way home on the plane
I'm never stepping foot in S&S again!!

 

[SunnieRN]

So sorry you were not feeling well early in the day, but I am glad you had such a speedy recovery. Looking forward to more!!