Yzerbear19
I'm beautifully tragic - Elphaba (Wicked)
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2006
This is going to be my very first dining review!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
We arrived about 9:40ish and after getting the car, we left the airport after 10:00 am checked into POP first. Then we headed over to International Dr. to go to the Titanic Experience. Before we went to Titanic we went to the Olive Garden. I haven't been to the Olive Garden in a while, so it sounded good to me. We didn't have long to wait, though there was quite a few people eating at that time. Our server was really great. Very friendly and attentive. The food was good.
My sister ordered Chicken Parmigiana with spaghetti
I ordered the five cheese stuffed rigatoni with chicken.
We forgot to take the pictures of dessert until we had ate most of it! Oops!
My sister ordered Torta di Chocolate, which his described as "a warm double chocolate cake served with vanilla cream sauce and fresh strawberries." She said the strawberries were very, very good.
I ordered the Lemon Creme Cake, which as always was very good.
Overall, everything was really good.
That night for dinner we ate at Everything Pop. My sister had a hot dog and I had a single cheeseburger, each came with fries. The cheeseburger was good. I liked how they gave you the toppings to put on yourself. We had left the camera in the room, so we didn't get any pictures.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
This was our first day at the parks! Yeah! For breakfast we ate at Everything Pop, but again, had left the camera in the car. We both had a mini banana nut bread and shared a bowl of melon and grapes. It was all good. I liked the banana bread I think better than my sister. After that quick breakfast it was off to the Magic Kingdom!
For lunch we had decided on eating at Pinocchio Village Haus. While waiting in line to order, we discovered the people ahead of us in line were also from Michigan. We chatted with them while we were waiting for our food.
I ordered the Turkey Bacon Paninni, minus red peppers. It was good, but I thought they put a bit too much basil in it.
My sister orderd the chicken fingers and fries:
We enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. We picked the right time to eat because as we were eating a large tour group came in. So it was perfect timing.
After riding some more rides we went back to Pop to freshen up before dinner. We had 6:30 pm reservations at Liberty Tree Tavern. We arrived about 10-15 minutes ahead of our reservation. Since this was our first experience with an ADR we thought it better to be early than late. It was pretty busy that night. There were lots of people waiting. Time is ticking by and one by one everyone is getting seated. 6:30 comes around and we are still waiting. Another 10 minutes pass. Still waiting. At this point there is at least one two person table open that we can see. So far everyone who has gotten a table is a table of four or more. Another 10 minutes. We're getting a bit annoyed by this point since its 20 minutes past our reservation time and almost no two person tables have been seated, though there is a table sitting open and ready adn has been for the last 15 or so minutes. They finally called our name and lead us to the table that had been open. :\ Its almost 7:00 pm and we are really quite hungry. Our waiter was OK, but MIA for a good portion of the meal. It was quite busy and it seemed the waiters were bussing their own tables. The characters were great though! Pluto was the first character to stop by our table and he just erased all the annoyance we felt. Goofy, Chip, and Dale were also great! Minnie was the best though!
She loved my sisters' shirt that had Minnie on it. She was also pleased when I complimented her home and its decor. Oh, yeah, dining review. Sorry to get off track. The food was good.
The first part of the meal was a salad of mixed greens with a strawberry vinigrate (sp?) dressing and some rolls. Both were good. I liked the strawberry vinigrate. Different than what I would normally eat, but very tasty.
Salad:
Rolls:
The main course of the meal. I apoligize for these pictures. I used my brother's camera for them and am not as familiar with his camera and didn't realize that his flash is a lot brighter than mine.
Macoroni and Cheese! Yum!
Green Beans and Carrots:
Potatoes and Gravy:
Pork Loin and Stuffing:
We had already ate the Turkey and roast beef when we remembered to take the pictures. We also didn't get a picture of the apple cobbler desert with ice cream, which was really good. Probably my favorite part of the meal.
The turkey and roast beef were good, but not great. I enjoyed the macaroni and cheese. The potatoes and gravy were also good, but I wouldn't say great. Overall it was a good meal, but we weren't very impressed with the service there. The characters were great though! I don't think we would eat there for dinner again though.
Friday, January 12, 2007
We ate breakfast at Everything Pop, but no camera again. I had one of the Pop Waffles, which was good. I think my sister had the french toast, but I can't really remember right now.
We went to Animal Kingdom in the morning. For lunch we ate at the Flame Tree BBQ.
I had read on the board here a while ago that there was a funky smell near there and would have to agree. You could smell it when you were waiting in the line, but you couldn't smell it by the eating area.
My sister and I both ordered the half roasted chicken. I had wanted coleslaw with mine instead of beans. They gave me beans and coleslaw. My sister didn't want her corn, so I gave her my beans for her corn. The chicken was very, very good. Almost as good as the BBQ place I love near my home. The coleslaw was OK. The corn was good. My sister didn't like the beans, but agreed that chicken was really good.
After Animal Kingdom we headed over to Epcot. We had 6:30 dinner reservations at the Biergarten. We ended up checking in for our reservation about 5 minutes early and only had to wait about 10 minutes. Much happier with the service there already! I thought I had pictures of the food, but I can't find any. We did take some pictures of the show though.
The chicken was so moist and delicious! We both loved the carrots! I didn't care for the roasted potatoes. There was so much to choose from. My sister and I are pretty picky and simple eaters, if you can't tell. We don't like a lot of exotic stuff. And we were able to find a lot of food at the Biergarten that we liked. I think it helps that it was similar to what we eat at home. I knew while we were there that my parents would have loved it. I didn't care for the Black Forest Cake, but did enjoy the Cheesecake! Yum!
OK, that is all for this post!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
We arrived about 9:40ish and after getting the car, we left the airport after 10:00 am checked into POP first. Then we headed over to International Dr. to go to the Titanic Experience. Before we went to Titanic we went to the Olive Garden. I haven't been to the Olive Garden in a while, so it sounded good to me. We didn't have long to wait, though there was quite a few people eating at that time. Our server was really great. Very friendly and attentive. The food was good.
My sister ordered Chicken Parmigiana with spaghetti
I ordered the five cheese stuffed rigatoni with chicken.
We forgot to take the pictures of dessert until we had ate most of it! Oops!
My sister ordered Torta di Chocolate, which his described as "a warm double chocolate cake served with vanilla cream sauce and fresh strawberries." She said the strawberries were very, very good.
I ordered the Lemon Creme Cake, which as always was very good.
Overall, everything was really good.
That night for dinner we ate at Everything Pop. My sister had a hot dog and I had a single cheeseburger, each came with fries. The cheeseburger was good. I liked how they gave you the toppings to put on yourself. We had left the camera in the room, so we didn't get any pictures.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
This was our first day at the parks! Yeah! For breakfast we ate at Everything Pop, but again, had left the camera in the car.
We both had a mini banana nut bread and shared a bowl of melon and grapes. It was all good. I liked the banana bread I think better than my sister. After that quick breakfast it was off to the Magic Kingdom! For lunch we had decided on eating at Pinocchio Village Haus. While waiting in line to order, we discovered the people ahead of us in line were also from Michigan. We chatted with them while we were waiting for our food.
I ordered the Turkey Bacon Paninni, minus red peppers. It was good, but I thought they put a bit too much basil in it.
My sister orderd the chicken fingers and fries:
We enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. We picked the right time to eat because as we were eating a large tour group came in. So it was perfect timing.
After riding some more rides we went back to Pop to freshen up before dinner. We had 6:30 pm reservations at Liberty Tree Tavern. We arrived about 10-15 minutes ahead of our reservation. Since this was our first experience with an ADR we thought it better to be early than late. It was pretty busy that night. There were lots of people waiting. Time is ticking by and one by one everyone is getting seated. 6:30 comes around and we are still waiting. Another 10 minutes pass. Still waiting. At this point there is at least one two person table open that we can see. So far everyone who has gotten a table is a table of four or more. Another 10 minutes. We're getting a bit annoyed by this point since its 20 minutes past our reservation time and almost no two person tables have been seated, though there is a table sitting open and ready adn has been for the last 15 or so minutes. They finally called our name and lead us to the table that had been open. :\ Its almost 7:00 pm and we are really quite hungry. Our waiter was OK, but MIA for a good portion of the meal. It was quite busy and it seemed the waiters were bussing their own tables. The characters were great though! Pluto was the first character to stop by our table and he just erased all the annoyance we felt. Goofy, Chip, and Dale were also great! Minnie was the best though!
She loved my sisters' shirt that had Minnie on it. She was also pleased when I complimented her home and its decor. Oh, yeah, dining review. Sorry to get off track. The food was good. The first part of the meal was a salad of mixed greens with a strawberry vinigrate (sp?) dressing and some rolls. Both were good. I liked the strawberry vinigrate. Different than what I would normally eat, but very tasty.
Salad:
Rolls:
The main course of the meal. I apoligize for these pictures. I used my brother's camera for them and am not as familiar with his camera and didn't realize that his flash is a lot brighter than mine.
Macoroni and Cheese! Yum!
Green Beans and Carrots:
Potatoes and Gravy:
Pork Loin and Stuffing:
We had already ate the Turkey and roast beef when we remembered to take the pictures. We also didn't get a picture of the apple cobbler desert with ice cream, which was really good. Probably my favorite part of the meal.
The turkey and roast beef were good, but not great. I enjoyed the macaroni and cheese. The potatoes and gravy were also good, but I wouldn't say great. Overall it was a good meal, but we weren't very impressed with the service there. The characters were great though! I don't think we would eat there for dinner again though.
Friday, January 12, 2007
We ate breakfast at Everything Pop, but no camera again.
I had one of the Pop Waffles, which was good. I think my sister had the french toast, but I can't really remember right now. We went to Animal Kingdom in the morning. For lunch we ate at the Flame Tree BBQ.
I had read on the board here a while ago that there was a funky smell near there and would have to agree. You could smell it when you were waiting in the line, but you couldn't smell it by the eating area.
My sister and I both ordered the half roasted chicken. I had wanted coleslaw with mine instead of beans. They gave me beans and coleslaw. My sister didn't want her corn, so I gave her my beans for her corn. The chicken was very, very good. Almost as good as the BBQ place I love near my home. The coleslaw was OK. The corn was good. My sister didn't like the beans, but agreed that chicken was really good.
After Animal Kingdom we headed over to Epcot. We had 6:30 dinner reservations at the Biergarten. We ended up checking in for our reservation about 5 minutes early and only had to wait about 10 minutes. Much happier with the service there already! I thought I had pictures of the food, but I can't find any. We did take some pictures of the show though.
The chicken was so moist and delicious! We both loved the carrots! I didn't care for the roasted potatoes. There was so much to choose from. My sister and I are pretty picky and simple eaters, if you can't tell. We don't like a lot of exotic stuff. And we were able to find a lot of food at the Biergarten that we liked. I think it helps that it was similar to what we eat at home. I knew while we were there that my parents would have loved it. I didn't care for the Black Forest Cake, but did enjoy the Cheesecake! Yum!
OK, that is all for this post!
The ride on the monorail was longer than we thought and we were almost late for our reservation. While on the monorail my sister overhead another passenger make a snide comment about our t-shirts and celebrating her birthday at Disney. This kind of upset her, but the breakfast at Chef Mickey's erased that. When we got there I remembered to tell them at the podium that it was her birthday. We didn't have to wait long for a table and they brought her the signed placemat. Once we ordered our drinks it was time to go up to the buffet! Pancakes, Waffles, Bacon, oh my! There was so much food I didn't know where to start!!! Everything looked soooooooo good. 
