We checked in and had a seat and i went up to "get menus." Actually, i was really going up there to make sure it was cited on the reservation about the diver and the cake. And to get menus. While we waited we picked and chose what we wanted. I had already known I was just going to eat the Lobster Bisque and shrimp cocktail since World Showcase was after dinner and i knew i'd be
noshing on stuff there.
We got seated about 10 minutes later, closer to around 4:30 (which was great! the later the better! than it would be closer to dinnertime) We had a seat on the level above the floor, with a clear view of the fishtank, perfect! So far so good. Our waiter came over and introduced himself after we were seated for about 10 minutes, and by the time he came over we were raring to go!
In the 20 minutes from sitting in the hall to the point of my order, what i wanted changed 4 times
But my mom and I decided to share the NY Strip and we each got an appetizer. She got the Lobster Bisque, and i got the shrimp cocktail. Michael ordered the Prime Rib, Dad also ordered the Prime Rib, and David ordered the chicken. Now, on top of being a scaredy-cat. David is also an extremely picky eater. I mean, up until he was about 12, he was peeling hot dogs, and now he doesn't even touch them. He mainly eats chicken and he lives off of Hamburger Helper (but without the hamburger, he just eats the pasta.
I know, I know, but at least i've gotten passed it.) One day, he will be married, and his wife will go "eat it or starve." and he'll most likely eat it. Or he'll go make himself Ramen Noodles. (Which he also loves, so he's pretty much set for college) Anyway, in a surprising move, he ordered the chicken off the regular menu. And after a slight, typical "dining out with David" fight with my dad, he was upset. The argument was that David should never order off a main menu. (1) he never finishes it, and we were paying OOP here. and (2) 6 times out of 10 he doesn't like it. Or the meat is touching the potatoes. Or they put tomato on the bun of the hamburger. This is pretty ordinary. So here he is post argument:
Which reminds me i have to get rid of the red-eye.
By the time our food came it was about 5:00PM. No worries though, we weren't in a rush, and we wanted to eat closer to dinner time. So guess what happened with David's food? Just guess?
I bet you guessed it. He wasn't happy. First of all, for $21.99 they really ought to be ashamed, and the new yorker is gonna come out of me for this one. It's not like i've never fined dined, i know what the price of a Disney meal should be. But the piece of chicken looked about the size of a quail, and it was a top a plethora of pasta. This was slight problem number one with my dad, the penny-saver. But i'm willing to say he would have by-passed it if David didn't turn into, well, David. He won't eat Chicken breast. He won't eat it even if someone digs out the meat for him. His idea of chicken is either on a bun or flatly breaded cutlet-style. So being cranky, exhausted, and immature, he threw his fork down and rightly proclaimed "I can't eat this." My father, celebrating in his head that he was right, sternly replied "I knew it!" and David (because a Teenager NEVER loses a battle, especially with a parent.) stated his case saying "Well if i knew it was like THIS!"
Meanwhile, over on the normal side of the table. My mom and I were dancing in our seats over how delicious the NY strip was! Not an ounce of fat on this lean-cut beautiful piece of meat. And although i was glad I didn't order the lobster bisque (Apparently, you can adore lobster, and not like the soup - go figure.) I was enjoying my chilled shrimp cocktail, and a few spoons of the lobster bisque. My mom LOVED The bisque. It was the bisque to end all bisques, she said, so i guess if you're into it: order it. As for the shrimp cocktail? I'm a shrimp nut, but i've had better. (my mom called me a shrimp connoisseur lol) Michael loved his prime rib, (which he's never had before) and the right side of the table was doing mighty fine, doing good. Havin a party.
My dad got the attention of our passing waiter, and it was nice that he didn't make a face when my father explained the case of the nutty child to his left. David ordered the chicken off the kids menu (which he should have done from the start. But of course a 15 year old can't do that!) and all was right with the world when 10 minutes later, he recieved his mickey mouse plate! Damn, i really wanted that plate. My plate was so white and normal, i want the mouse plate!
Halfway into our meals, it was around 5:20PM and i looked up and noticed the diver. "Look everyone!" I said to my table. "A diver! I wonder what he wants??" (I'd like to thank the academy) Now, Mom was at the edge so it was easy for her to get out, but i practically pushed her and said "Lets go see what the sign says! Come on David!" David was in the inner part of the booth, but he managed to get out, because my Dad was in on it, and kind of pushed him while was like "What? So? I want to finish eating" The three of us ran down to the tank, ignoring the nearby eaters as we abruptly went against the glass. When they saw the sign, they were SO EXCITED! It was awesome! The diver waved, and they waved back, and he motioned for David to jump up on the lip to get a closer look, and I snapped this picture:
Again, red-eye. Man, i got lots of work to do!
They were definitely very excited and had no idea I was behind it. Mom kind of figured it out, so i let her in. David had no idea though.
Still, there was more to come from the Coral Reef! We finished our food, and the waiter came back and wished them a Happy Birthday. He asked if anyone wanted desserts, and he was like "Are you sure the birthday people don't want desserts?" (Stupid idiot: Look at the table notes! There's already a cake!) I'm not sure if he knew we had the cake at this point or not, but it sure didn't seem like he did. They said no, but he said he'd go "whip something up" and h e came back with the cake I had ordered, saying that "Someone at the table wanted you to feel very special." The cake was awesome! I only paid $10 (because of the DDE card discount) and it looked great! They really did a fantastic job! The waiter went "I'm not much of a singer, but you guys can sing if you'd like." Thanks, Moron. So like fools, we proceeded to sing as David and Mom blew out the candles.
The diver never came to give Mom and David the sign, but he could have been in an excursion because we saw a bunch of divers in the tank. Coral Reef's atmosphere was really nice, we loved going "look at the shark! look at the GIANT turtle!" The food was good (at least mine was) But the service was sort of lacking. But mom and david enjoyed their special night, and thats what matters!
After dinner it was around 6:15, and we had a long time until Illuminations so we decided to wait the 45 minutes Soarin' had posted. (Our first wait of the trip!) While waiting, my dad and i competed in Cell Phone Tetris. (He won
) And while the hidden mickey book didn't say anything about hidden mickeys in the queue, we did notice SOMETHING on the wall. Can you find it?
No? How about now:
How about now?
We were very proud. And so was the CM in the first pic!
So the Soarin' line only took more like 30 minutes. It was awesome as usual, and first time flyer Michael really enjoyed it. We walked towards the escalators, and noticed Livin' with the Land had a walk-on wait time, so we decided to go on it. I may have been on this as a little kid, but i don't remember it. It was a nice peaceful boat ride to take a nice relaxing break.
When we were done there it was around 7:50 so we started heading towards World Showcase for our illuminations spot. We stopped for a few photo ops:
Michael looks really unhappy in this picture, but he was smiling, he just had bad timing lol
I pleaded my case in an angry fashion that his idea was stupid and ridiculous, and he was stupid and ridiculous for mentioning it, and he yelled back that why do we have to follow your plans? Than mom interjected and said how wonderful the plans were so far because we hadn't waited, and then David yelled that we were yelling!
and decided to post my creation! I didn't want to make a main post about it (They're kind of amateur) But after I made one of these for 
Just PM me, it doesn't take much to make one! Anway, heres my newest creation:
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, which possibly comes back to haunt us later. 
Oh lord, help me with these two.
) so i shrugged and went "I don't know!" 
