MomofLogan&Evan
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- Nov 6, 2008
We are back from a fabulous trip 9/24-10/1, so I thought I would take a few minutes to give a report on the restaurants we picked. I will try and keep it simple and short! Because I have three children under the age of 8, I had little time to take pictures because of cutting up food, so there are no pics. I could barely eat my own food! Ill rate the restaurants on: atmosphere, service, and food. 1 * is the worst 5 ***** is the best. We were on the deluxe dining plan so there was A LOT of food! We have used the DDP in the past and always had left over snacks or meals. This year however, WE USED THEM ALL! Granted, the baby was not included in the meal count, so we used some of them for him when the meal wasn't a buffet.
9/24/11
QS at Captain Cooks Nothing special here. It was nice to be able to grab something quick though.
Atmosphere: **
Service***
Food ***
Chef Mickeys My dhs favorite restaurant for both atmosphere and food. I thought the characters were great but it was my dhs birthday and besides the cake that I had pre-ordered, there wasnt really anything special done for him. Not even a signed birthday card. Our waitress was slow and didnt come back for drink refills. I am not really a fan of the food here but keep coming back to it as our 1st night must do.
Atmosphere: ****
Service**
Food *** (me) ***** (dh)
9/25/11
Tusker House Breakfast we had a 9:00 ADR and were seated at our table around 9:30-9:45. I expected longer because of past experiences, but it was not too bad. Our server was sooo good! He was attentive, fast, and had a great personality. The characters were also fun though I kept getting annoyed because people kept grabbing the characters when they were not at their table for autographs or pictures. Not sure if they were just in a hurry and didnt want to wait for them or if they had forgotten. I LOVE the food here! I think the selection is great and my children can always find something they like. This is a must do every time we go to AK. We really liked getting to the park early too and walking in without any crowds.
Atmosphere: *****
Service*****
Food *****
Yak & Yeti lunch skipped. (We werent hungry and had an early dinner ADR) We had snacks instead!
OHana Dinner we had a 5:15 ADR. I stood in line to check in and after 10-15 minutes I realized that the line wasnt moving because it was the no reservations line! I think there needs to be a little more clarification there! Once I got in the right line, we were seated right away. The service was good we had two people serving. I also love the smell of this restaurant! This is another one of my husbands favorites. He wanted to eat here every night! One of my boys really liked the pot stickers and wings and the baby liked the noodles. My oldest was being very difficult and refused to eat anything so we got him a kids meal instead. This caused some tension between my dh and him, so it was not the most enjoyable meal. In fact, I wished we could have had a re-do! But the food was great. My dh and I are not big alcoholic drinkers, but we wanted to try something here. I got one drink that I didn't like. He got 2 Island Sunsets and then let me try it! It was so yummy! We had more and more of these throughout the week! If anyone has the recipe, please PM me!
Atmosphere: ***
Service****
Food ****
9/26/11
This was our IOA day. We grabbed a quick croissant and banana from Captain Cooks and waited for our 7:30 shuttle.
Narcossees Dinner SKIPPED!
When we were leaving IOA, it started to downpour. By the time we got to our hotel it was 6:15 and we had an ADR for 7pm. We decided to skip it and order room service instead. We were all pretty tired because the past 3 mornings were early days. So we all took baths, got in our PJs and I set up a table with seating for the kids. My dh and I ate in bed. Let me tell you, the kids LOVED it!!! We have never done it before, so it was new to them. Two of my kids got pasta and the other got chicken. My only complaint was the only dessert option was fruit or pudding and they didnt want either. It would have been nice to have other choices. My dh had the steak and I had the asian pan noodles. I thought it tasted good, but had way too many veggies in it for me. The chocolate cake was great! I also asked if they could bring us some Island Sunset drinks. I expected a "no" but was excited when they brought them in all packed with ice!! I think we will do this every trip now!
Service****
Food ****
More to come .
9/24/11
QS at Captain Cooks Nothing special here. It was nice to be able to grab something quick though.
Atmosphere: **
Service***
Food ***
Chef Mickeys My dhs favorite restaurant for both atmosphere and food. I thought the characters were great but it was my dhs birthday and besides the cake that I had pre-ordered, there wasnt really anything special done for him. Not even a signed birthday card. Our waitress was slow and didnt come back for drink refills. I am not really a fan of the food here but keep coming back to it as our 1st night must do.
Atmosphere: ****
Service**
Food *** (me) ***** (dh)
9/25/11
Tusker House Breakfast we had a 9:00 ADR and were seated at our table around 9:30-9:45. I expected longer because of past experiences, but it was not too bad. Our server was sooo good! He was attentive, fast, and had a great personality. The characters were also fun though I kept getting annoyed because people kept grabbing the characters when they were not at their table for autographs or pictures. Not sure if they were just in a hurry and didnt want to wait for them or if they had forgotten. I LOVE the food here! I think the selection is great and my children can always find something they like. This is a must do every time we go to AK. We really liked getting to the park early too and walking in without any crowds.
Atmosphere: *****
Service*****
Food *****
Yak & Yeti lunch skipped. (We werent hungry and had an early dinner ADR) We had snacks instead!
OHana Dinner we had a 5:15 ADR. I stood in line to check in and after 10-15 minutes I realized that the line wasnt moving because it was the no reservations line! I think there needs to be a little more clarification there! Once I got in the right line, we were seated right away. The service was good we had two people serving. I also love the smell of this restaurant! This is another one of my husbands favorites. He wanted to eat here every night! One of my boys really liked the pot stickers and wings and the baby liked the noodles. My oldest was being very difficult and refused to eat anything so we got him a kids meal instead. This caused some tension between my dh and him, so it was not the most enjoyable meal. In fact, I wished we could have had a re-do! But the food was great. My dh and I are not big alcoholic drinkers, but we wanted to try something here. I got one drink that I didn't like. He got 2 Island Sunsets and then let me try it! It was so yummy! We had more and more of these throughout the week! If anyone has the recipe, please PM me!
Atmosphere: ***
Service****
Food ****
9/26/11
This was our IOA day. We grabbed a quick croissant and banana from Captain Cooks and waited for our 7:30 shuttle.
Narcossees Dinner SKIPPED!
When we were leaving IOA, it started to downpour. By the time we got to our hotel it was 6:15 and we had an ADR for 7pm. We decided to skip it and order room service instead. We were all pretty tired because the past 3 mornings were early days. So we all took baths, got in our PJs and I set up a table with seating for the kids. My dh and I ate in bed. Let me tell you, the kids LOVED it!!! We have never done it before, so it was new to them. Two of my kids got pasta and the other got chicken. My only complaint was the only dessert option was fruit or pudding and they didnt want either. It would have been nice to have other choices. My dh had the steak and I had the asian pan noodles. I thought it tasted good, but had way too many veggies in it for me. The chocolate cake was great! I also asked if they could bring us some Island Sunset drinks. I expected a "no" but was excited when they brought them in all packed with ice!! I think we will do this every trip now!
Service****
Food ****
More to come .