After an American Idol filled evening, as soon as the finale show ended (a side note, I'll talk about this in my trip report but wow...we were SO impressed with the quality of the singing! WOW!) we headed over to 50's PTC. Thankfully it was right there as our jackets were in the locker and it had cooled down quite a bit.
The place was hopping! Time after time after time I heard the check in desk tell people they were sold out. I remembered being the sad, large, hungry family who couldn't get in anywhere from previous trips (and in this case several looked cold) and was so grateful for our ADR's and DIS that we were no longer in their shoes. It was 8pm and the park was now closed except for EMH but they were booked all the way until 11! Of course it was President's Day! Yikes. Given our experiences earlier in the week I would NOT let anyone go farther than the bathroom until we were seated. From check in, to the CM who walked us to our table, we had a great vibe from the place. While I had given a general overview of what they do at PTC, apparently all but Scrooge had forgotten.
Upon seating we witnessed, almost immediately a table over being given a hard time by the CM. One of the children not eating their veggies, the "plane" feeding by the CM to the guest and then yes...the famous bean song! We were all cracking up and wondering what we'd get.
Here is our server, a truly wonderful CM.
He started right out on Tink. You can tell she didn't exactly hate it by the picture! She was cracking up. And 12 is a sensitive age for this kind of things so I was really glad. And continued picking on Tink for the entire meal. First question up...."did you wash your hands?". Yes. He asked Steven the same question. Then..."What color was the soap?". Did she get it right? NOPE! He played it for the rest of the evening, just an absolute riot. Loved him! Steven was less sold on the whole "style" but warmed up once he realized it was part of the act. We ordered drinks and Scrooge headed out to grab the jackets. This ended up being a bad thing but it doesn't really have anything to do with dinner!.
I ordered one of these. Mom's Picnic Punch. Basically a kind of electric lemonade. It was pretty good, not too sweet although I didn't love it enough to have another. The glow cube was fun though!
Scrooge got another Yuengling. Upon drink arrival we ordered our meals and then Scrooge and Steven took off again, this time to grab FP's. Everytime they left, we got picked on. It was pretty funny and this time it seemed like they were gone FOREVER. Which they were. First their tried TSM (didn't reset) then went to RnR and then ToT (Wall-E was jonesing for ToT and no one else wanted to go on it...guess which FP I got!).
Lots of joking during this time, first he's kidding me that they got lost in the bathroom and then...they aren't in the bathroom...they are never coming back...I hope you're hungry...all the time really giving Tink a hard time (in a nice way).
The view from our table. The kids loved watching the tv's and asking me about the shows, not a single one of which they recognized.
Kids appetizers and drinks. Salad for Goofy, Soup for Wall-E. As before we let them get our adult drinks so another berries go mega smoothie for Goofy and Wall-E went for the rootbeer float, both of which you can see in the picture.
Our entrees arrived before Scrooge and Steven got back! Then we REALLY got a hard time! I was texting like mad lol. Service was consistently fast and good. Almost too fast on the food but I think that's just b/c I was worried the guys weren't back yet.
Scrooge and I had the tuna noodle casserole
As you can see it is a full 8oz piece of grilled tuna served on top of the casserole. This was unbelievable good. This is a classic creamy casserole with egg noodles, peppers, mushrooms, onions, carrots, and celery topped with grilled tuna steak and crunchy bread crumbs. The best part for me was no peas! The peppers just made the dish and the cream sauce was very light, heavy at all which was perfect. It never would have occurred to me to set a grilled tuna steak on top and it just really elevated the dish to an entirely different level. The best tuna noodle casserole I've ever had. I intend to try and replicate this at home.
Steven got the pot roast
For some reason Steven was very confused. He somehow thought pot roast was actually a stew. He was expecting what sounded like beef stew in a bread bowl and was taken aback by what appeared. How he could think that when the menu says "Slow cooked 'til fork tender, served with mashed potatoes, carrots, celery and onions" I am not sure but...he is a teenager. LOL. He wasn't thrilled with the sauteed veggies on top but loved the pot roast itself.
Tink went for the Salmon. She really wanted the fried chicken but knew we were having it the next night at Hoop De Doo and didn't want it 2 nights in a row. I want to go back just to try the fried chicken. We saw it going out all around us and it looked amazing.
The salmon was poached in olive oil, served with sweet peas, brown rice pilaf, and a dill cream sauce. I was proud of Tink on this one. Granted, she loves peas but she really cleared her plate here and she is by far the pickiest eater.
By the time it came for dessert we really weren't all that interested but of course, got a couple of things.
You can check out the dessert menu on the view finder. None of the kids knew what a view finder was. What is up with that?
We had:
Bread Pudding, Angel Food Cake with fresh berries, Apple Cobbler ala mode and the Brownie Sundae. I thought I took pictures of these but apparently not. The bread pudding was just ok. I LOVE bread pudding and while I was stuffed, I'd have eaten more if I loved it but it was just ok. I had another bread pudding on the trip later and sadly, a similar experience although that one was slightly better (or perhaps I was less full).
The Apple Cobbler was really good but again, I was full and it was filling! Wall-E ate the ice cream off the top and I snagged a few of the apples and cobbler filling.
Goofy ate all the berries on the angel food cake but Scrooge ate the cake. Tink of course managed to polish off the entire Brownie Sundae.
All in all a really really wonderful meal, incredible service, incredible "show" and I would eat here again in a heartbeat as would the entire gang. My second favorite entree of the trip. Apparently I was on a tuna kick!
Next...A "lazy" day at FW and WL. Roaring Forks, MK snack carts, finding espresso in Fantasy Land, and the Hoop De Doo Review!
Your reviews are fabby...can't wait to hear about HDDR as DH has been hankering after this show for a few years now and hopefully we'll be going there during our trip in August
