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- Oct 20, 2016
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This was our longest trip in a long time. We went to Disney Friday 12/17 through Monday 12/20. Sadly we didn't go into any parks. I still have unactivated annual passes, but couldn't use them since they are now blocked out. This trip really made me miss Disney and we will definitely be going back soon and go into the parks. We used this trip to explore the resorts decorated for the holidays. I did not take pictures of all our food, I thought I did, but apparently I did not
Who we are:
Me - the author who is obsessed with Disney
DH - he likes Disney almost as much as me
Baby - Our 13 month old daughter
Meals:
Geyser Point Bar & Grill To Go Dinner
Chef Mickey's Breakfast
Roaring Forks Lunch
Story Book Dining at Artist Point with Snow White Dinner
The Boathouse Lunch
Gideon's Cookies
Kona Cafe Dinner
Cape May Cafe Breakfast
Geyser Point Bar & Grill
No pictures from this meal. We arrived at our resort Wilderness Lodge (hence all the quick services at this resort) around 7pm, which was much later than we had originally anticipated. We were staying in a One-Bedroom Villa at Copper Creek and our room had been ready since 3pm so we went straight there upon arrival. The room was amazing and a last minute decision. We had originally booked off property, but the last second switched to this room.
With our late arrival we didn't want to do anything fancy for dinner and had nothing booked. We decided to try out Geyser Point. We had tried the waitlist option and when we got there they said it would be over an hour wait for us so we opted for the to go side. We did mobile order and it said the food would be ready in 20 minutes.
The Good -
I liked the food. I got the crab cakes and they were delicious. DH got the bison burger which was also delicious
The Bad -
The estimated wait time was way off. We were originally sitting at nearby tables waiting for the food to be ready. We watched the Magic Kingdom fireworks through the trees which was nice. But after 30 minutes and the food still not being ready I took the baby back up to the room. the food ended up not being ready for over an hour later. Wish the estimated time on the app had been more accurate or we wouldn't have waited around for so long.
We ordered the children's hamburger for the baby to eat. It was disgusting like a piece of rubber and I don't think dogs would even eat it. Luckily we had brought some meals for her that we made in our kitchen and she had that instead.
The area would be a nice location to dine at I think and I liked that it had more unique options. We didn't go back here though for the rest of the trip.
Chef Mickey's Breakfast
We went over to the Contemporary Saturday morning for a 10:10am breakfast reservation. I was able to pick up this reservation a couple days before our trip. Before going, I had no idea that the boat from Wilderness Lodge was not running to the Contemporary, so that through a little wrench in our travel plans. We ended up taking the boat to the Magic Kingdom and then walking over to the Contemporary. So not too far out of the way, but did make me sad to be a foot away from my favorite park and not go inside. When planning this trip I figured we wouldn't go near the parks and we ended up outside Magic Kingdom like 8 times.
We did the check in on the app (something I've never done before) and I loved it! Our table ended up being ready early.
I've been to this breakfast before, but this was the first time since all the changes with covid. One, they are no longer doing a buffet. It is now an All You Can Eat family style platters. They also removed the area where you could take a picture with the Mickey statue and now use that space for more tables. This was where our table was located.
They told us they would bring us more of anything we'd like and our waitress was really attentive to bringing more food or drinks. Was probably the best meal we've had here and I hope they keep with this style over the buffet.
Fresh Fried Sweet Fritter with Vanilla-Cinnamon Sugar
Harvest Sweet Rolls with Honey Butter, Sea Salt and Cream Cheese Icing-Poured Tableside - this is from the website, not sure if the large balls above area what these are or not. Although nothing was poured tableside.
Fresh Fruit
The family platter: scrambled eggs, mickey waffles, bacon, sausage, chicken sausage, and beef brisket.
"Loaded" Potato-Cheese Casserole - This was my favorite item served. We ended up getting seconds of this.
"Celebration" Mickey Pancake
Banana Bread French Toast and yogurt parfait (sorry this looked prettier when it arrived but the baby wanted to try some and wasn't willing to wait for the picture to be taken)
Over all the food was tasty. The Mickey Waffles were a little too soft for my liking, but everything else was good.
The Characters were great even with the social distancing. They each spent time with the table to take pictures and interact. The baby loved them. This was her second character breakfast (first was at Topolinos when she was 10 months old) She was waiving to all of them it was very cute.
The baby loves to waive, it's her favorite thing to do right now and she will waive at everyone around her. One of the tables near us she kept waiving to and everyone would waive back to her. It was really adorable.
If you're new to my reviews, welcome. If you're not, welcome back.
This was our longest trip in a long time. We went to Disney Friday 12/17 through Monday 12/20. Sadly we didn't go into any parks. I still have unactivated annual passes, but couldn't use them since they are now blocked out. This trip really made me miss Disney and we will definitely be going back soon and go into the parks. We used this trip to explore the resorts decorated for the holidays. I did not take pictures of all our food, I thought I did, but apparently I did not
Who we are:
Me - the author who is obsessed with Disney
DH - he likes Disney almost as much as me
Baby - Our 13 month old daughter
Meals:
Geyser Point Bar & Grill To Go Dinner
Chef Mickey's Breakfast
Roaring Forks Lunch
Story Book Dining at Artist Point with Snow White Dinner
The Boathouse Lunch
Gideon's Cookies
Kona Cafe Dinner
Cape May Cafe Breakfast
Geyser Point Bar & Grill
No pictures from this meal. We arrived at our resort Wilderness Lodge (hence all the quick services at this resort) around 7pm, which was much later than we had originally anticipated. We were staying in a One-Bedroom Villa at Copper Creek and our room had been ready since 3pm so we went straight there upon arrival. The room was amazing and a last minute decision. We had originally booked off property, but the last second switched to this room.
With our late arrival we didn't want to do anything fancy for dinner and had nothing booked. We decided to try out Geyser Point. We had tried the waitlist option and when we got there they said it would be over an hour wait for us so we opted for the to go side. We did mobile order and it said the food would be ready in 20 minutes.
The Good -
I liked the food. I got the crab cakes and they were delicious. DH got the bison burger which was also delicious
The Bad -
The estimated wait time was way off. We were originally sitting at nearby tables waiting for the food to be ready. We watched the Magic Kingdom fireworks through the trees which was nice. But after 30 minutes and the food still not being ready I took the baby back up to the room. the food ended up not being ready for over an hour later. Wish the estimated time on the app had been more accurate or we wouldn't have waited around for so long.
We ordered the children's hamburger for the baby to eat. It was disgusting like a piece of rubber and I don't think dogs would even eat it. Luckily we had brought some meals for her that we made in our kitchen and she had that instead.
The area would be a nice location to dine at I think and I liked that it had more unique options. We didn't go back here though for the rest of the trip.
Chef Mickey's Breakfast
We went over to the Contemporary Saturday morning for a 10:10am breakfast reservation. I was able to pick up this reservation a couple days before our trip. Before going, I had no idea that the boat from Wilderness Lodge was not running to the Contemporary, so that through a little wrench in our travel plans. We ended up taking the boat to the Magic Kingdom and then walking over to the Contemporary. So not too far out of the way, but did make me sad to be a foot away from my favorite park and not go inside. When planning this trip I figured we wouldn't go near the parks and we ended up outside Magic Kingdom like 8 times.
We did the check in on the app (something I've never done before) and I loved it! Our table ended up being ready early.
I've been to this breakfast before, but this was the first time since all the changes with covid. One, they are no longer doing a buffet. It is now an All You Can Eat family style platters. They also removed the area where you could take a picture with the Mickey statue and now use that space for more tables. This was where our table was located.
They told us they would bring us more of anything we'd like and our waitress was really attentive to bringing more food or drinks. Was probably the best meal we've had here and I hope they keep with this style over the buffet.
Fresh Fried Sweet Fritter with Vanilla-Cinnamon Sugar
Harvest Sweet Rolls with Honey Butter, Sea Salt and Cream Cheese Icing-Poured Tableside - this is from the website, not sure if the large balls above area what these are or not. Although nothing was poured tableside.
Fresh Fruit
The family platter: scrambled eggs, mickey waffles, bacon, sausage, chicken sausage, and beef brisket.
"Loaded" Potato-Cheese Casserole - This was my favorite item served. We ended up getting seconds of this.
"Celebration" Mickey Pancake
Banana Bread French Toast and yogurt parfait (sorry this looked prettier when it arrived but the baby wanted to try some and wasn't willing to wait for the picture to be taken)
Over all the food was tasty. The Mickey Waffles were a little too soft for my liking, but everything else was good.
The Characters were great even with the social distancing. They each spent time with the table to take pictures and interact. The baby loved them. This was her second character breakfast (first was at Topolinos when she was 10 months old) She was waiving to all of them it was very cute.
The baby loves to waive, it's her favorite thing to do right now and she will waive at everyone around her. One of the tables near us she kept waiving to and everyone would waive back to her. It was really adorable.