Day 7 part 9 - Best Night Ever cont'd : Delicious Food
August 17th, 2011
Before we even left for the trip, Ron had gotten it into his head that we were going to walk up to a restaurant at some point in the trip. I'm not sure exactly
why he wanted to do this so much, but there was no making him budge. Well, tonight was the night. I didn't mind much as really, there are not any particularly good CS in DHS.
It was already 8:30pm by then, so we figured we had a decent chance of getting in somewhere. What restaurant had Ron selected for this walking-up thingy you might ask? The Brown Derby. (I don't think anybody got it right on the quiz, though I would have to go back and check for sure).
The picture was obviously taken at a different time, but I figured we needed one. We got a little worried as we first approached the restaurant as there were quite a few people just outside of it. Our fears were unfounded, as we entered into a completely empty lobby. There were two employees standing being the check-in podium. One was the host, but the other one seemed to be a bit higher up. We ask if by any chance they have some availability. They check and quickly say yes. The higher up guy leaves to I guess get our table ready, while the host takes our information. He asked if we are celebrating anything and when we say "our honeymoon" he said he's even more happy that they are able to find us a seat. The host told us it would be about 5 minutes before we get seated, so we sat down on one of the couches. I took out my camera and started taking pictures of the lobby.
This is the only one I was able to take as they were already calling us! It literally only took 30 seconds to be seated!! Wow, things were off to a good start. We were led to a quaint little table for two overlooking the lower part of the restaurant. Here's our view.
We placed our order, then I went the the restroom. I startled a girl just by walking in.
When I came back we tried taking a picture of ourselves using the timer.
A couple at a table nearby offered to take one for us, so here's the result.
We spent a few minutes chatting with that couple. They were pretending to have a romantic "adult" meal, complete with wine and fancy food, while their 2 children were sitting next to them, busy playing with their video games (they had already eaten). It seems their plan worked, as we did not hear the children at all during the meal.
Ron ordered the Filet Mignon. He switched the side to sweet mashed potatoes, which apparently means he gets no other sides at all, not even vegetables. Maybe they thought he wanted to switch
everything?
He liked it, but not as much as his steak at Kona or meal at Fulton's.
I got the citrus herb marinated chicken with orzo pasta.
It was DELICIOUS!!!!!! Honestly the best chicken I have ever eaten. The mix of flavors was quite unusual, but so good. I would love to have it again, and have never been able to find anything remotely close ever since.
At the end of the meal we got surprised with two mini glasses of champagne and a chocolate mousse with Mickey head sprinkles. How nice!!
I mentioned celebrating our honeymoon on all my ADRs online, yet it's at the one place we walked up to last minute that we got something special. All in all, it was a great meal and I hope we get to go back one day. Even though it's suppose to be a signature meal, it ended up not being any more expensive than Kona or Via Napoli (coming later).
As had become usual, we got lots of "congratulations" all day, and so did we as we made our way out of the park. We stopped for one last photopass in front of the hat.
Somehow our timing was so that we exited and took a bus along with everyone else leaving the first Fantasmic showing. We had to stand on the bus, but it doesn't really matter because it left quickly and the ride back to POP was only 5 minutes.
It was such an AMAZING day, and especially evening. I was charged up with adrenaline! So much so that we started possibly coming back a third time at the end of our trip, instead of going to Magic Kingdom 3 times. Will we do it? You'll just have to wait and see...
The bus ride calmed me down a little, but I still had enough energy to skip down the hallway towards our room, to the tune of "Be Our Guest".
CHARACTERS TODAY:
Mike Wazowski
Sully
Evil Queen
Captain Hook
Up Next, Epcot (sorry, nothing catchy here)
The Animation Studio is great for all the characters you can meet and the drawing class. It's one of the things I'm looking forward to most next month 
I think on the next trip that just Miguel and I take, we're going to try stay at DHS all day - shocking for us! But, as I was putting our itinerary together for this trip, I found so many things that I couldn't fit in because of trying to get us back to the hotel for a break by 3. I don't think I realized just how much there is to do there. So, your TR has inspired me to see more of DHS! 
) that I have over 30,000 thousand views on thsi TR?! 
WOW!!! It's really awesome as I never thought the TR would be this popular! 
so let me take this moment to thank all of the lurkers and readers. 
and thank you! Of course I don't mind you subbing. The more readers the better. 
I have a feeling it's going to go much better than the one I had done at the hospital. plus, I'll get to see my baby in 3D, which I'm sure will be ultra cool. My brother thinks 3D ultrasounds are creepy and doesn't want to see it. 
I spent that whole class "unsewing" the mess I had made. I cannot sew a straight life to save my life, which is why I pay 10$ to get the hem of every single pair of pants I buy done. 
