Dining with Jo in Downtown Disney:
Earl of Sandwich:
What we ordered:
Hot Sandwiches
Fresh Made to Order on our Artesian Baked Loaf
All Hot Sandwiches $5.99 each
The Earl's Club - roast turkey, smoked bacon, Swiss cheese, lettuce and roma tomato and sandwich sauce
Tuna Melt - albacore tuna salad and Swiss cheese
Soups $2.99
Chicken Noodle, Hearty Vegetable
JUST 4 KIDS' MENU $3.99
Pizza Sandwich
Grilled Cheese
Thoughts: We ate at this restaurant in 2008. It was at lunch time and we were sick with colds. I only got the chicken noodle soup. It was very good considering I felt like death. The line was indeed long- out the doorand we had to wait a few minutes for a table but we did get one. I definitely want to return at some point but have not made plans to do so this trip unless we are at DTD and need a quick bite. Rating: 4 out of 5, for the chicken noodle soup helping to clear my stuffy head.
Fultons:
What we ordered:
Pacific Rim Blue Crab Cake - super lump crab cake, cucumber salad and mustard sauce $14.95
House Salad - greens, tomatoes, endive, carrots, and cucumbers with dark balsamic vinaigrette $6.95
Classic Caesar Salad - Caesar dressing and house made garlic croutons $7.95
Alaska King Crab Claws - 1lb. served steamed with red skin potatoes $58.95
Rhode Island - Narragansett Lobster - over roased whole 1 1/4lb Maine lobster, stuff with tender gulf shrimp and bay scallops $44.95
(We also had sides of asparagus and potatoes and spinach as well as desserts but I dont remember what they were.)
Thoughts: I remember walking out of this restaurant thinking I was going to die I was so full. Yes we ordered a ton of stuff- we wanted to try it all.
We were lucky enough to be seated right at the front of the restaurant, looking out over the water, and timed it (unknowingly) just as the sun was setting. It was beautiful. Service was spectacular, the waiter always knew what we needed before we asked. I remember he got a big tip (somewhere in the 30% range
) because of it. The food was wonderful- Marks lobster hung over both sides of his plate.
That saidI have read that this place has cut back on portion size, yet kept the prices the same. Which would be fine for me- I dont eat a ton and struggled to eat what I had, but I do know that some people have not been happy with the size of food theyve been given recently. It is on the more expensive side and I dont think it is on the dining plan. We paid $200 + tip for the two if us for this meal, and while it was worth it, we have no plans to return this trip with the kids. It rates 4 out of 5.
Wolfgang Puck Café- (weve only dined here at lunch time, twice.)
What we ordered:
Crab Cake - Sauteed Maryland Style jumbo lump crab cake with marinated roma tomatos, fresh basil aioli, garnished with micro greens $15.95
Butternut Squash Soup - One of our signatures. Oven roasted butternut squash with roasted red pepper sauce and chives $7.95
Sushi--- California Roll - Cucumber, avocado and kanikama inside out $12.95
Spinach Salad - Spinach, radicchio, blue cheese, apples and caramelized pecans $11.95
Thoughts: I cant remember everything we orderedI think the menu has changed some. We dined here when we were sick in 2008. I got the butternut squash soup and it would have been wonderful if the cook had not stumped his toe while adding sugar to the recipe. It was bad. Mark liked the sushi. I ordered the spinach salad during an earlier trip in 2007- but back then it had salmon on it. It was very good. We would definitely return to this place. It rates 4 out of 5.
We have also dined at Capn Jacks and Planet Hollywood. I dont remember either of them being stand outs in my mind. I do know that I didnt care for Planet Hollywood- it was loud and the food was just eh. Cap'n Jacks I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich no longer on the menu. It was good in a fills you up sort of way, so it is not a place we have returned to since then. Both rate around 2.5 out of 5 for us.
And that's it with DTD dining for us. Not a ton of places- but enough to say that we do have some that we do like in that area.
Earl of Sandwich:
What we ordered:
Hot Sandwiches
Fresh Made to Order on our Artesian Baked Loaf
All Hot Sandwiches $5.99 each
The Earl's Club - roast turkey, smoked bacon, Swiss cheese, lettuce and roma tomato and sandwich sauce
Tuna Melt - albacore tuna salad and Swiss cheese
Soups $2.99
Chicken Noodle, Hearty Vegetable
JUST 4 KIDS' MENU $3.99
Pizza Sandwich
Grilled Cheese
Thoughts: We ate at this restaurant in 2008. It was at lunch time and we were sick with colds. I only got the chicken noodle soup. It was very good considering I felt like death. The line was indeed long- out the doorand we had to wait a few minutes for a table but we did get one. I definitely want to return at some point but have not made plans to do so this trip unless we are at DTD and need a quick bite. Rating: 4 out of 5, for the chicken noodle soup helping to clear my stuffy head.
Fultons:
What we ordered:
Pacific Rim Blue Crab Cake - super lump crab cake, cucumber salad and mustard sauce $14.95
House Salad - greens, tomatoes, endive, carrots, and cucumbers with dark balsamic vinaigrette $6.95
Classic Caesar Salad - Caesar dressing and house made garlic croutons $7.95
Alaska King Crab Claws - 1lb. served steamed with red skin potatoes $58.95
Rhode Island - Narragansett Lobster - over roased whole 1 1/4lb Maine lobster, stuff with tender gulf shrimp and bay scallops $44.95
(We also had sides of asparagus and potatoes and spinach as well as desserts but I dont remember what they were.)
Thoughts: I remember walking out of this restaurant thinking I was going to die I was so full. Yes we ordered a ton of stuff- we wanted to try it all.
We were lucky enough to be seated right at the front of the restaurant, looking out over the water, and timed it (unknowingly) just as the sun was setting. It was beautiful. Service was spectacular, the waiter always knew what we needed before we asked. I remember he got a big tip (somewhere in the 30% range
) because of it. The food was wonderful- Marks lobster hung over both sides of his plate. That saidI have read that this place has cut back on portion size, yet kept the prices the same. Which would be fine for me- I dont eat a ton and struggled to eat what I had, but I do know that some people have not been happy with the size of food theyve been given recently. It is on the more expensive side and I dont think it is on the dining plan. We paid $200 + tip for the two if us for this meal, and while it was worth it, we have no plans to return this trip with the kids. It rates 4 out of 5.
Wolfgang Puck Café- (weve only dined here at lunch time, twice.)
What we ordered:
Crab Cake - Sauteed Maryland Style jumbo lump crab cake with marinated roma tomatos, fresh basil aioli, garnished with micro greens $15.95
Butternut Squash Soup - One of our signatures. Oven roasted butternut squash with roasted red pepper sauce and chives $7.95
Sushi--- California Roll - Cucumber, avocado and kanikama inside out $12.95
Spinach Salad - Spinach, radicchio, blue cheese, apples and caramelized pecans $11.95
Thoughts: I cant remember everything we orderedI think the menu has changed some. We dined here when we were sick in 2008. I got the butternut squash soup and it would have been wonderful if the cook had not stumped his toe while adding sugar to the recipe. It was bad. Mark liked the sushi. I ordered the spinach salad during an earlier trip in 2007- but back then it had salmon on it. It was very good. We would definitely return to this place. It rates 4 out of 5.
We have also dined at Capn Jacks and Planet Hollywood. I dont remember either of them being stand outs in my mind. I do know that I didnt care for Planet Hollywood- it was loud and the food was just eh. Cap'n Jacks I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich no longer on the menu. It was good in a fills you up sort of way, so it is not a place we have returned to since then. Both rate around 2.5 out of 5 for us.
And that's it with DTD dining for us. Not a ton of places- but enough to say that we do have some that we do like in that area.
I think my kids are planning on each taking about $125. 
I never come out of there empty handed. 
Are you eating anywhere at DTD this time?
I had to take the kids to Game Stop so that they could sell some of their games and stuff for Disney. Belle got $29 for her stuff and Drew got $30. It was great for me--- they actually cleaned out something--- and great for them--- they never play those things anyway. So far the running tally for the kids spending $$ is-- Belle - $125 Drew $180 And MC----- I have no clue b/c she hoards every penny she's getting from being a nanny this summer.
IDK how much she will actually bring with her from her stockpiled savings. 
It was very very good. Very very expensive. And I was pretty sure I was dying afterwards.
You've got an Italian temper.
Maybe he'll be a little nicer now and stop trying to eat my carpet!!! 
comments and questions for y'all on packing...first, Shelly,..did you just roll everything? I may just do that with me & the kids' stuff this year and give Mike all the Packing cubes and envelopes. (Which I love love love, by the way!)...2nd...do you both get charged for every piece of checked luggage still? We do,...so we are for sure gonna do carry ons for me and dd this next trip.
Maybe though since I am able to get all my clothes into that one bag. And we don't need any pants, jeans, sweatshirts, or jackets....
I still don't know how it happened! The more things I walked past the more I found stuff we "needed"- batteries, cute Mickey wallies for my daycare, a book for me, ink for my printer... I think they play subliminal messages hidden in the music. 
Don't you love that! I will be doing that in a few months too. And make sure you use it when you cruise too because you get a $50 shipboard credit if you pay for your cruise that way! 
Then last year I had lunch planned there but we cancelled the trip, it is just not meant to be since we are on the DP this year so to pay OOP would be crazy
for free $$$
