Our 10 day road to getting plumper -> Disney Style! *Updated & Completed*

[KatGarcia]

Hello! I just finished my very first Trip Report and since I know i'm an avid reader of Dining Reports as well, here I am! We spent 10 glorious days at The World. It was DH & Myself. It was our 2nd trip together and our celebrating our 2nd anniversary trip. It is def NOT our last! We stayed at Pop Century and Coronado Springs.

Here's the link to the TR... (c'mon u know u wanna read it...)

Our 10 day Holiday Adventures.

There is dining in it, but I plan to make this one a little more detailed.

So happy reading.... Reviews are a' comin'!

 

[KatGarcia]

The ADR list….

(While at Pop Century)
12/27-Ohana (Dinner) 8:45pm
12/28-Biergarten (we have been here before & LOVED it) 5:15pm
12/29-Chef Mickey’s (Breakfast) 11:10am *OOP*
Boma (Dinner) 6:30pm
12/30-Wolfgang Puck Café 8:15pm
12/31-Ohana (Breakfast) 10:00am *OOP*
Marrakesh 8:30pm

(While at CSR)
01/2-Raglan Road 8:00pm
01/3-Maya Grill (Breakfast) 10:00am *OOP*
LeCellier 6:40pm
01/4-Coral Reef 5:40pm
01/5-1900 Park Fare 10:00am


Almost everything here stayed the same except for one we cancelled, Maya Grill. It wasn’t that we didn’t wanna eat there but once we got that far into the week we just weren’t hungry enough to eat there and pay OOP so we used a CS for breakfast that day instead.

OK away we go….we were on the DDP. I have all my receipts but the ones with the actual dollar amounts are scarce so I’ll do my best to compare against the plan vs. regular prices as we go.

Ohana.

We made it by the skin of our teeth! We ended up landing late and we just took a cab to the Poly so we wouldn’t miss our ressie. We were seated at the time of our ressie and we checked in a few minutes before. I requested a window seat and we got a GREAT seat across from the castle with an awesome view of Holiday Wishes.

I am a food porn rookie so we totally forgot to take pics of the food. This was an inadvertent pic from that night.

Here’s KC eating the shrimp…YUMMY!

We loved everything on this menu. The wontons were a little soggy for me but still tasty. The sauces were insanely good and we used them for our whole meal, dipping nearly every meat in them seeing what combos worked. I esp. liked the peanut sauce. I loved the dressing on the salad, even DH liked it and he’s not really a salad guy. The shrimp were yummy too, and I LOVE seafood. DH peeled a bunch at a time to make it easier for us, but they were worth the peel. I could have eaten a tray of the wings myself they were so good! As for the skewered meats there wasn’t one we didn’t like! Everything was juicy and tasty and mouth watering! Our favs were the steak and the sausage. This is definitely a place I plan to return to. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the food and the view. It was a perfect way to start our vacation.


Price: $25.99 each person ($51.98 before tax)
USED: 2 TS

 

[KAC2005]

Great start can't wait to read more!

 

[Laurafoster]

Great Reviews!!

 

[TigerKat]

Great review - can't wait for more!

 

[kelleigh1]

More! More! I want more.

 

[2BusyPlanning]

Great start! Can't wait to hear all about it. We have several of your picks on our list, so we'll see!

 

[peightonmom]

Can't wait to read more!

 

[Amps]

Keep it comming! I like where this is going.

It's so true about the wings at Ohana's too, absolutely amazing! We ate so many our first time there that we were too stuffed for the skewers

 

[KatGarcia]

We decided to try out Everything Pop and share a breakfast of some sort. Again, I forgot to take pics for the first few days but later on we took tons! We shared an Adult Breakfast Platter.

Here’s another inadvertent pic of the food. We shared it so what you can actually see on the plate it only half.

It was yummy, standard breakfast food court food but good. It was plenty of food for us to split.

We also tried our first Dole Whip Float. YUMMMMM! I can see what the hype is all about, but then again I am a pineapple lover. We shared a float because the CM said it was the better deal for the credit. It was a nice refreshing snack in the cold noon day sun.

After some rides we decided to go to Sleepy Hollow for a Funnel Cake. We had been here before and I love them! We shared a sugar funnel cake and had a cup of water with it.

We had an ADR @ Biergarten that night but stopped in Norway for a School Bread for the road. I was dying to try one. We ate it later than night in the room, OMG it was sooo good. We even ended up getting another one later in the trip.

Everyone get a good giggle as I’m holding the school bread in my hand in the pic! PS I hate this pic of us lol

Then it was of to Biergarten. This was the only place we had made an ADR for that we’d eaten at before. We went here on the last day of our honeymoon and we talked about it for weeks! We had a great time! The food did not disappoint. We each tried a bit of everything. I esp. liked the spetzle and the bratwurst. The cheesecake was sooo creamy! We stuffer ourselves silly while chatting with the nice couple who we were seated with. We enjoyed the show and the atmosphere. I def recommend this place to anyone because there is more choice than you would think, even if u are a picky eater.

Adult Breakfast Platter $5.99
Dole Whip $3.99
Funnel Cake $3.29
School Bread $2.49
Biergarten Buffet $23.99 X2 - $47.98

The Days Totals: $63.74
SSP Credits Used – 2TS, 3 Snack

 

[Daisy14]

Great review, waiting for more!!!

 

[KatGarcia]

On our way to CR we decided we had enough time to stop for something gingerbread at The GF. When we got there (this being 5 days after x-mas) they had virtually nothing to choose from. I didn’t want to come out empty handed since they didn’t have a shingle, which is what I really wanted. So we got one gingerbread people cookie. We paid 4 bucks for it. I thought it was too sugary. We actually didn’t even open it until we got home and it was crushed by then. The gingerbread part was OK but there was too much sugar sprinkles on it. I love me some sugar so this is really saying something when I tell you it was too sweet. Oh well.

We got to Chef Mickey’s at about 10:30am for our 11:10am ADR. We relaxed for a bit but for too hungry to wait and checked in about 10:40am. We got our pics taken…

and were seated by 10:45. I was kinda annoyed we came out a little to the side and the photographer didn’t say anything but whatever, Tinkerbell filled in the gap!

We got our “Special Day” Anniv place mats!

And got our special cupcake.

The food was really good, a step up for breakfast buffet in my opinion. I tried a little of everything and was happy with all I tried. There is a breakfast lasagna thingie that was so good DH waited for another to come out for about 10 minutes! I am glad you can choose from the kids menu stuff too because I need mickey waffles in my life!
The character interaction was great as well. They are always so orderly that it makes having breakfast with characters so easy and fun.

We got tired around mid day and took a well needed break. For some insane reason I was hungry so we went to Everything Pop to get a small something. We had rented a fridge from the wonderful people in the fridge swap, on the budget boards, so if I didn’t finish it I figured I could save it for later. I ended up getting a Chicken Mediterranean Wrap with an apple juice and a Twinkie Tiramisu. The wrap was made as I ordered it and took a short while to be made but I knew it was fresh. I had to hunt out a Tiramisu but that was one dessert I wasn’t missing out on!

The wrap was really yummy. We brought back ½ the wrap and the juice and dessert for later. When I did finally eat the tiramisu it was delish! I enjoyed it a lot, it was a neat twist on an already yummy dessert. Def try it!

We had a 6:30pm ADR @ Boma. I was real excited about this one; I had heard really good things about it. We got there about 6:15pm and were seated within a few minutes.

The only thing specifically I can remember from this plate was the hummus and chips which are at 6oclock on the plate. The rest were salads, as that was my 2nd plate!

Seafood Soup (All the soups were yummy!), watermelon rind salad (I loved this but DH didn’t) and some salad with apple vinaigrette (I think) on it.

Desert! The famed Zebra Domes (yum-o), banana canoli and bread pudding.

We also were in love with the Butternut Squash soup! It was like desert itself! Also calamari salad, prime rib that melted in your mouth, fru-fru & bootie w/cornbread. I don’t think there was much I tried that I didn’t like! There is a TON to choose from so be really hungry when you go here!

I really learned a lesson in planning over the first few days. Even tho I did my research I didn’t realize I’d given us so many buffets in such a small span…so take it from me SPACE OUT BUFFETS!


(Please note:Some prices are approx!!!)
Gingerbread cookie OOP $4.00
Chef Mickey’s Buffet total OOP $45.45 (with tax & tip)
Chicken med. Wrap 7.19
Juice $2.99
Tiramisu $3.99
Boma Buffet $25.99 X2 - $51.98
Today’s Totals: $66.15
OOP Total: $49.45
DDP Credits Used: 2TS, 1 CS

 

[kelleigh1]

We haven't eaten at Biergarten, but decided to pass since we've actually been to Germany and eaten German food there. (My sister lived there for 3 years and our wedding gift from her was plane tickets so we could visit. Not bad since we also got to hit Disneyland Paris while we were in Europe.) I'm just not a big fan of German food, so I don't know that we'll ever go there.

Glad to hear your report on Chef Mickey's. We're planning on that as our big breakfast during our upcoming trip. And since it's just hubby and I, I always like to hear how other couples only experienced it. And I'm with you on the Mickey Waffles.

 

[REL1203]

Great Reviews.... Keep them up

 

[natalielongstaff]

great reviews...i love that pop breakfast platter

 

[D&R love Disney]

Great reviews! Can't wait to read more.

 

[joiev98]

Great Reviews! Can't wait to read more!

 

[DisneyJo]

Great reviews, I love seeing photo's of the food!

 

[KatGarcia]

We actually got a nice early start today and were in the MK at 9am. I avoid EMH in the mornings so it was a regular opening day there. We stopped in the Main Street Bakery. I love this place. I just have to have a little something from here every trip. I wanted to try the French toast loaf but the line, as usual, was longer than I wanted to wait for. They set up a separate line for pastry items so I jumped on it and had a chocolate croissant. It was yummy. This was also the morning I tried out something else new I learned from the DIS, what I have dubbed the “ghetto latte”. A Mix of Nescafe and Hot Chocolate. It’s NOT BAD, not great but decent. I was sipping mine the whole ride to MK so I had the rest with my breakfast.

Around 11:30am we got hungry since breakfast wasn’t much and DH hadn’t had anything. So I gave him the choice of the CS places and he decided he wanted to try Columbia Harbour House. I had heard great things about the tuna and DH is a tuna lover so off we went! We shared 2 sandwich combos. We had: Starboard Deck Sandwich (ham with tomatoes, broccoli slaw and cheese) & Anchors Aweigh Sandwich (white tuna with lettuce and tomato). Both with chips and an apple crisp and chocolate cake for dessert. The broccoli slaw was YUMMY and the tuna did not disappoint. It was a really tasty lunch. We couldn’t finish the desserts so we got a bag from one of the merchandise carts and brought it back to the room with us for later.


Tonight was Wolfgang Pucks Café. It was our first regular meal. Previously we only had buffets so we were ready for normal portions of food. Little did I know. We arrived early for our 8:15pm ADR but we were seated right away. Our server seemed less than thrilled that we were on the DDP and didn’t order an alcoholic drinks. Most of the service we received the whole trip was good but this night the server seemed to not care much about us. All I expect from a server is to check if we need a drink refill. DH is a fast drinker and ended up drinking my drink too so he wasn’t thirsty. The food more than made up for it tho!

I had the Crab Cakesfor an app. which were AWESOME! I love me some crab cakes and these were awesome! DH had the BBQ Chicken Quesadilla which we both loved as well. These were very filing for appetizers! Along side the plates is the Olive Oil that we dipped the awesome rosemary foccacia bread in! DH could have eaten a loaf by himself!

Sorry it’s a bit blurry… The back one is the meat loaf with garlic mashed potatoes and the front is the macadamia nut crusted chicken also with garlic mashed. The chicken was HUGE! It was 2 very large pieces of meat. I ate one and took the other with us since I knew there was still desert to come! It was so worth it!

This is the current Desert menu. Illy coffee is soooooo good but I was starting to feel under the weather that day so I knew I wouldn’t enjoy it as much as I’d have liked.

I had the crème brulee and DH had the flourless chocolate cake. Holy yummyness!!! Oh the first crack of a crème brulee! This starts what I call “the tour de crème brulee” around Disney. I had it everywhere I could get it! DH still teases me about it.

Aside from the server the restaurant itself was cool and fun. We had a great view of the water and it was a really nice time. I would def return because there was other yummy sounding stuff on the menu I would have tried!

Chocolate Croissant $2.99 (?)
Anchors Away Sandwich $6.89
Starboard Deck Sandwich $6.89
Chips X2 $1.89
Drinks X2 $2.39

Crab Cakes $14.95
BBQ Quesadilla $10.95
Macadamia Chicken $19.95
Meatloaf $16.95
Drinks X2 $2.39
Crème Brulee $7.50
Choc. Cake $7.50
Wolfgang Pucks Approx total: $107.34

Today’s Totals: 132.67
Credits Used: 2CS, 2TS & 1 Snack Credit

Next Up - New Years Eve @ Marrakesh

 

[REL1203]

Nice review of Wolfgang Pucks... I have an ADR for this in late July, and have been tempted to cancel it and go elsewhere, so I like hearing these positive reviews...