moondoggie
Growing Older But Not Up
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2005
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- 48
Two fifty-somethings, my DS and I enjoyed four days at WDW last week--no kids, no husbands! I had made ADRs for Ohana and the Phantasmic dinner package at H & V. As suggested, we requested the main dining room for Ohana upon arrival, and waited to get it. We were seated right on the main aisleway--big mistake for many reasons. Miss 'Shaka Maraca', or whatever her name was, the ukelele/guitar games entertainer, made us crazy--nonstop loud patter--we heaved a sigh of relief when she took a break. Second craziest thing, was that each parent crowded around our table to take photos/video of their kids during Miss Shaka Maraca's entertainment--we felt it would be impolite to eat when these people were right there in our faces/spaces--I even took a photo of the parents taking photos--it was nuts! But the worst thing was that all of our food was delivered at one time--and the hot foods were cold after about two minutes. We both felt that the skewered meats were of very poor quality.
On the other hand, our cafeteria/buffet experience was terrific at H&V--and the hot food was hot!
A few other tips--if you want to eat at Earl of Sandwich in DTD, do not wait till 6:00 pm--go earlier, or you will be in line forever. HOB was great, and the noise factor was much less than in other places.
Mama Melrose's dinner was also good--expensive, but good. We decided that if parents with small children were on a budget, one Character Breakfast was all that was required--food and drink is extremely expensive in WDW. We ate a simple breakfast in our rooms, and tried several places outside the world for the rest of the week--and saved a bundle. Most of the kids we saw had little interest in meals--and small appetites. We would recommend bringing along 'grazing' foods, i.e. quartered PB & J sandwiches, crackers, mini carrots, nutrigrain bars, etc. We did not drink soda, but got free cups of ice periodically--which melted in the heat as they day went on--it was great. Since we do not drink caffeine, this was healthy and did not break the bank.
Just some thoughts we wanted to share with future visitors!
On the other hand, our cafeteria/buffet experience was terrific at H&V--and the hot food was hot!
A few other tips--if you want to eat at Earl of Sandwich in DTD, do not wait till 6:00 pm--go earlier, or you will be in line forever. HOB was great, and the noise factor was much less than in other places.
Mama Melrose's dinner was also good--expensive, but good. We decided that if parents with small children were on a budget, one Character Breakfast was all that was required--food and drink is extremely expensive in WDW. We ate a simple breakfast in our rooms, and tried several places outside the world for the rest of the week--and saved a bundle. Most of the kids we saw had little interest in meals--and small appetites. We would recommend bringing along 'grazing' foods, i.e. quartered PB & J sandwiches, crackers, mini carrots, nutrigrain bars, etc. We did not drink soda, but got free cups of ice periodically--which melted in the heat as they day went on--it was great. Since we do not drink caffeine, this was healthy and did not break the bank.
Just some thoughts we wanted to share with future visitors!
