midnight star
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My friend and I had an amazing time this morning at the new princess meal at Napa Rose. I'm going to give my most honest review of this meal. We did this as a joint birthday meal. My birthday was last Thursday and my friend’s is in a few weeks. We are both very girly and enjoy princesses. At first we were worried about the price, food, and just the overall experience. But we felt it was worth it.
Checking in
Our reservation was at 9:40. We checked in around 9:25am. They directed us to sit in the lounge area to wait. We got the autograph book, and were offered sparkling wine or cider. There are tic tac toe boards on the tables for kids to play while you wait. While waiting, a musician serenaded everyone with his guitar. He played popular songs from Disney Princess movies (i.e. A Whole New World, Under the Sea, At Last I see the Light). While we were waiting, we also met an Adventure Guide. They help guide your through the breakfast adventure. Also, during this time, we met Rapunzel.
Breakfast
This was the fun part! We met our server right away, and got our drink orders. A few minutes later, we met Tiana! She was so sweet! She told us about her beignets that would be coming on soon. First we got a mini appetizer with monkey bread, and other pastries.
Course 1: Very soon after, our server brought over a 3 tier tower, which was the 1st course. They were all themed to the princesses. I don’t remember all of the names, but I remember Tiana’s beignets, Lobster Roll (Ariel?), Tangled Sandwich (Rapunzel), Magic Carpet Parfait (Jasmine). They were all very delicious. There was another one with banana on it, which I didn’t like at all. I’m not a fan of bananas, but wanted to try it. One bite and I was over it lol. My friend does not eat pork due to religious reasons, so they brought her a side plate with the same items. I think this was done since they weren’t sure if she could eat food that touched pork or not. The only item on the tower with pork was the Tangled Sandwich, so they put avocado on, rather than ham.
Next to our table was a mother and daughter. She told us they were already getting full after the first course.
While eating our first course we met Jasmine! I was very excited because I have never met her in the park. Whenever I would try the line would be very long, or they had already closed the line off.
Course 2: Course 2 consisted of eggs, bacon, chicken and Mickey waffles, fruit, sausage, short ribs, mac and cheese, sliders, and seasoned French fries that they brought to the table. Although originally eating short ribs and mac and cheese in the morning sounded weird, it didn’t phase us much. My favorite was the short ribs. We went back twice for this course. We were stuffed after eating it, and were worried about how we were going to have more room for the 3rd course. The chef who was in charge of this was great! He had no problems answering questions. Wish I had gotten his name!
While eating the second course we met Aurora!
Course 3: Ok, by this time we were STUFFED! Do not underestimate the small portions they give you! The lady that was next to us was right! LOL! They fill you up so much!! I don’t think we touched our sliders or the fries because we wanted to make room for course 3 (dessert). These were also amazing. My favorite was the Mulan fireworks raspberry sorbet. It had cotton candy on top, and poprocks. So it sounded like fireworks in your mouth.
As we wrapped up the breakfast portion, an adventure guide let us know that the adventure would continue outside. So we finished up, paid, got our gift bags, and headed outside. After the breakfast portion, you do not return inside, so you bring your belongings with you.
Adventures outside
We briefly sat outside and waited to read with Belle. There were some refreshments out there as well. We wanted some, but were just too fun for anything.
Stories with Belle: They have small groups read with Belle, once the group before us finished, we got to go. There are chairs, and a little carpet area where kids can sit. After her story, we took pictures with her.
Pocahontas: When we first got outside, and I saw Pocahontas, I was very happy! I’ve never met her at the parks. I’m not even sure if she does meet and greets or roams. She taught us how to say “Wingapo”, and how to row down the river! Out of all of the princesses, I was happiest to meet her!!
Photopass with Ariel: Our last princess we met was Ariel. She had a photopass photographer with her. I am not sure if she will always have photo pass, or if they princess will switch out.
What we loved:
If you have any questions, just ask
Hope this helps some people decide if they want to do it or not.
Checking in
Our reservation was at 9:40. We checked in around 9:25am. They directed us to sit in the lounge area to wait. We got the autograph book, and were offered sparkling wine or cider. There are tic tac toe boards on the tables for kids to play while you wait. While waiting, a musician serenaded everyone with his guitar. He played popular songs from Disney Princess movies (i.e. A Whole New World, Under the Sea, At Last I see the Light). While we were waiting, we also met an Adventure Guide. They help guide your through the breakfast adventure. Also, during this time, we met Rapunzel.
Breakfast
This was the fun part! We met our server right away, and got our drink orders. A few minutes later, we met Tiana! She was so sweet! She told us about her beignets that would be coming on soon. First we got a mini appetizer with monkey bread, and other pastries.
Course 1: Very soon after, our server brought over a 3 tier tower, which was the 1st course. They were all themed to the princesses. I don’t remember all of the names, but I remember Tiana’s beignets, Lobster Roll (Ariel?), Tangled Sandwich (Rapunzel), Magic Carpet Parfait (Jasmine). They were all very delicious. There was another one with banana on it, which I didn’t like at all. I’m not a fan of bananas, but wanted to try it. One bite and I was over it lol. My friend does not eat pork due to religious reasons, so they brought her a side plate with the same items. I think this was done since they weren’t sure if she could eat food that touched pork or not. The only item on the tower with pork was the Tangled Sandwich, so they put avocado on, rather than ham.
Next to our table was a mother and daughter. She told us they were already getting full after the first course.
While eating our first course we met Jasmine! I was very excited because I have never met her in the park. Whenever I would try the line would be very long, or they had already closed the line off.
Course 2: Course 2 consisted of eggs, bacon, chicken and Mickey waffles, fruit, sausage, short ribs, mac and cheese, sliders, and seasoned French fries that they brought to the table. Although originally eating short ribs and mac and cheese in the morning sounded weird, it didn’t phase us much. My favorite was the short ribs. We went back twice for this course. We were stuffed after eating it, and were worried about how we were going to have more room for the 3rd course. The chef who was in charge of this was great! He had no problems answering questions. Wish I had gotten his name!
While eating the second course we met Aurora!
Course 3: Ok, by this time we were STUFFED! Do not underestimate the small portions they give you! The lady that was next to us was right! LOL! They fill you up so much!! I don’t think we touched our sliders or the fries because we wanted to make room for course 3 (dessert). These were also amazing. My favorite was the Mulan fireworks raspberry sorbet. It had cotton candy on top, and poprocks. So it sounded like fireworks in your mouth.
As we wrapped up the breakfast portion, an adventure guide let us know that the adventure would continue outside. So we finished up, paid, got our gift bags, and headed outside. After the breakfast portion, you do not return inside, so you bring your belongings with you.
Adventures outside
We briefly sat outside and waited to read with Belle. There were some refreshments out there as well. We wanted some, but were just too fun for anything.
Stories with Belle: They have small groups read with Belle, once the group before us finished, we got to go. There are chairs, and a little carpet area where kids can sit. After her story, we took pictures with her.
Pocahontas: When we first got outside, and I saw Pocahontas, I was very happy! I’ve never met her at the parks. I’m not even sure if she does meet and greets or roams. She taught us how to say “Wingapo”, and how to row down the river! Out of all of the princesses, I was happiest to meet her!!
Photopass with Ariel: Our last princess we met was Ariel. She had a photopass photographer with her. I am not sure if she will always have photo pass, or if they princess will switch out.
What we loved:
- Quality time with 7 princesses. The whole thing was over 2 hours long. We didn’t feel rushed, and each princess would hold conversations with you, and interact with you personally. I know you can meet princesses throughout the parks, but I always felt rushed, or would have a hard time meeting them. This was a perfect opportunity to talk 1:1 with them. Also, watching them interact with others, they did an amazing job with the kids and adults that were there.
- The setting was really nice. It wasn’t crowded or too loud. At the beginning when we checked in and were waiting in the lounge, it felt so cozy and relaxing.
- They ask about allergy and diet restrictions. Like I mentioned above, my friend does not eat pork. So during the first course, they gave her each of the items on a separate plate so they weren’t touching.
- The amount of food is amazing! When I saw bloggers posting the other day, the portions looked small, but they did mention they were very full. After today, I am never underestimating small portions food ever again! It’s almost 5 pm and I am still full. The food was very tasty too. So far, this was the best food I have had on the Disney property.
- Didn’t feel kiddy. Obviously there were a lot of families with children there, but thankfully my friend and I weren’t the only “adult only” parties. We saw quite a few! So it caters to everyone!
- It took us a while to be seated. Our reservation was at 9:40am, but weren’t seated until a little after 10. We were very hungry, and didn’t eat before since we knew we were having food here. I overheard another mom ask the mom next to us if they were seated on time. So, maybe they are working out some kinks? Today is the first day, so we gave them a little bit of slack.
- Beware adult-only parties: When we arrived, we saw the stack of autograph books and pens at the computer. The host didn’t offer us one. We asked an adventure guide, and he said they were only for kids, but they would get us each one anyway. This seemed odd to us, as when other adult-only parties came through the door, they had autograph books. So it was weird. If they do not offer one to you, if you ask nicely they may give one to you. Also, the description the meal said you get a gift. When they gave us ours, they only gave us ONE bag with chocolates. We asked our server about this, since we were each paying separately. They said it’s one bag for every 2 people, but would make an exception. So we each got a bag. The same goes with the necklace, they said it was only for kids. I mentioned that on the description of the meal, the gifts seemed as if they would be for each person who paid, so then they let us have a necklace. We felt kind of weird asking, but since we were paying a lot, and were told on the description of the meal we would get something, and then didn’t it, just didn’t sit well with us. We knew if we didn’t at least ask and bring it up, we would regret it. I just didn’t want to be “THAT” guest who asks for things. If you have kids in your party, it should be fine. But for those who are going with other adults, just beware, you may or may not get all the gifts that are offered. Updated info: I learned through the comments that technically the gifts for adults are the complimentary wine at the beginning and chocolates and bag. For kids it's the autograph book, bag and necklace. Going in, we read the initial description of the meal so it made it seem like the $125 would include all of those no matter the age since it doesn't specify.
If you have any questions, just ask
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