We had a DHS day planned today and got up early to get there for at least some of EMH. We had the last of the mini muffins for breakfast.
For some reason I haven’t made any notes about second breakfast but I’ve found a photo of the brisket potato barrels from Woody’s Lunch Box so presumably that’s what we had!
We had booked Sharks Underwater Grill in SeaWorld for dinner as part of Orlando Magical Dining month. In order to take advantage of the time in the park afterwards that comes as part of the package we had booked 3pm so didn’t want to have a big lunch. In the end we didn’t have lunch at all.
Mid-morning we got a blue milk each in Batuu. This is definitely nicer than the green and this time we sat and enjoyed them. One thing for Batuu is that there are plenty of seating options.
Before we left the park I got another Num Num cookie for later.
We stopped off at Café Rix when back at the resort and got cinnamon rolls for the next days breakfast. Marie also got one of these massive Boston cream eclairs. We had a cup of tea in the room with the cookie and éclair. Marie was disappointed to find it wasn’t fresh cream. I could’ve told her that and in hindsight maybe should have said before she bought it.
We chilled for a wee while then headed to SeaWorld around 2.15pm. Last year we’d left it late and misjudged how long it would take us so were quite late. I wanted to avoid that this year but stupidly chose to go via I4 again and it took us 50 minutes to get to SeaWorld due to an accident. We then waited 25 minutes for someone to check us in and take us to the restaurant. Because you don’t need park entry you need to be escorted to the restaurant by a staff member so we had no choice but to wait. It was really hot and I hadn’t brought much water so we were getting really irritated with the wait. Eventually someone turned up and was so nice I couldn’t complain.
We were walked to Sharks Underwater Grill and checked in there. We had a little wait for a table but not long. Last year we had been sat in a booth facing the tank but this time we were at a table side on. You could still see it but it wasn’t as good a view and the seats weren’t as comfortable.
The menu is a set menu and three courses for $35 although drinks are extra. Sorry for the flash reflection.
I ordered the Lobster Bisque (now number 4). I thought Marie would too but she went for the Coconut Chicken Tenders.
Mine was lovely although I think on a par with the one from Les Halles.
The chicken tenders were weird. The coconut and the banana sauce didn’t really go together and it just felt like an odd combination. The chicken was nice but the whole thing didn’t work for either of us.
For mains we both ordered the filet mignon well done. It arrived medium well which I can cope with but it annoys me. I prefer not to have any pink. We couldn’t be bothered with sending it back and it was a nice steak but not as good as The Yachtsman and would have been better cooked the way we’d asked.
Dessert for me was the chocolate cake and Marie got the key lime pie. Just as last year we didn’t really enjoy these. Mine was partly because I was full.
This came to $96 including soft drinks and tip. I think compared to the meal we’d paid double that for at The Yachtsman it was clearly a better deal but not as nice. Not sure The Yachtsman was $90 worth of nicer though!
We didn’t have any more food that day as we were very full from dinner.
Credits used – 2 QS, 6 snacks (2 for tomorrow)
OOP - $96