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16 Feb 20, 01:45 PM |
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GEORGE
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So pleased I remembered you had a review of Morimoto We are really thinking of this for lunch. It looks amazing
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23 Mar 20, 03:58 PM |
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VIP Dibber
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I've been meaning to read this for such a long time - so glad I'm finally getting around to it!
Good start at F & B's. I must admit I quite like it there and your food all looks good. There's a lot of it though! Gosh, what a stress over the lost purse. I blame travel day nerves entirely... I've done the same myself and I'm sure it's the stress of travel day that makes my brain not function properly! Anyway, onto the food... Breakfast at Sonoma looks really nice, although it seems there were a few small issues with it, the picture certainly looks good! Ah, more travel day stress with the aeroplane problems. Glad you got there safely, if uncomfortably in the end. Average plane food, and a bit stingy on the drinks. Not going to comment on your car journey other than to say... been there, done that... nightmare! Kona- shame you were disappointed in your pumpkin pancakes, especially after making a last minute change to your original choice. Nik's omelette looks good, and I'm a big fan of home-fried potatoes from anywhere. Geyser Point - the brisket dish looks delicious, and a large portion for a starter. How disappointing that the bison burger wasn't as good as you expected, it looks good as do the waffle fries. Oh dear, this is turning into a trip of lost things... I hope the phone incident (x2 ) was the last one on this trip. Boma - I like the look of your adult plate here, although I do like my meat well done so not sure I would have the sirloin. I will admit to also liking the look of Nik's plate, I would happily eat everything on there except the corn dog. Looks like there's lots of choice, something for everyone. The desserts look divine Well done on visiting 11 resorts in one day.. that's an impressive total. I'm glad you like Coronado Springs. You'll know I've never stayed onsite, but we were hoping to book a big family holiday with DDP for next year and our resort of choice was CSR after visiting it on our last trip. The holiday is unlikely to happen now as I can't see anyone wanting to put deposits down in April given all the uncertainly, but hopefully some day we'll make it there. We were impressed with the Gran Destino Tower too, it's really beautiful inside. High prise indeed for the burger at Yak & Yeti... it does look lovely. Bit of a shame the fries let the whole meal down a bit. Maya Grill - I have to admit to not being a huge fan of Mexican food, but everything you had here looks really nice. Massive portions - I'm not surprised you couldn't finish it all. Breakfast in the castle is certainly expensive. I agree Nik's breakfast looks a small portion, but the pastries look nice to fill up on. I've heard lots of good things about the cinnamon rolls from Gaston's - a must try for us next time I think. Such a shame you were disappointed in BOG again. We've only eaten dinner there and I have to admit we all loved it. I'd really like to try the breakfast particularly, although your lunch looks good as well. The French dip sandwich sounds right up our street, I'm a bit sad you don't rate it. Yachtsman - Can you choose how your steak is cooked at the Disney steakhouses like in any other steakhouse or does it always come out med rare? I just can't eat my meat like that and it would put me off booking any of them if I can't have it well done The sides all look good, and the truffle mac & cheese especially yummy. It's a good idea to have them all in separate dishes for sharing. The desserts are beautifully presented, and your caramel apple mousse particularly sounds like something I would enjoy very much. Trattoria al forno - Again, the pastries look delicious - a great way to start the day IMO! Nik's breakfast looks nice, and a decent portion. Shame the bacon wasn't quite crispy enough for him - I always find the American breakfast places overcook the breakfast for my taste, but you seem to be finding the opposite! Bit disappointing that your steak was tough and not well enough seasoned. HBD - Another nice lunch. I have to say I prefer Nik's choices to yours. The chicken sandwich sounds and looks lovely, and does the chocolate mousse cake. Your burger does seem to have a lot going on, and I'm also not sure about eggs on burgers - very messy when the yolk breaks I imagine! Disappointing all round at Sunshine Seasons apart from the mac & cheese and your strawberry dessert. Like you said, at least you've tried it now. The Ghirardelli drinking chocolate looks so thick and dark, like a chocolate sauce rather than a drink! The Mickey pretzel with cheese sauce looks good though. Overall, very mixed reviews of your F & W festival offerings. It's a bucket list item for me to "eat around the world" so I'm always interested to see what people choose from the booths there. Le Cellier - a triumph for the puddings here - both look amazing. Crème brulee is my absolute favourite dessert and teamed with maple flavour sounds like heaven. Really enjoying reading your report Colette, going to start a new reply for the rest as this one is getting a bit long!
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28 Mar 20, 05:23 PM |
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I'm back to read the next few instalments!
Crystal Palace always seems a firm favourite on here, but like you I have to say I'm not impressed by the almost empty dishes. And those scrambled eggs... way overdone and just look awful. We're not big buffet fans anyway, but this really puts me off. Much better experience at Rix... all of your choices look good, especially the French Dip and wings. Decent value too for that amount of food. I don't feel qualified at all to comment on your food at Narcoosees's except perhaps Nik's steak which look fab. I don't eat seafood at all, and there was loads of it here! It's a shame you didn't enjoy your main after deciding to upgrade. What an exciting day with a clandestine solo adventure then an amazing lunch at STK. All of the food at STK looks so good, both the mac & cheese and loaded fries sides look delicious and huge. It's always nice to stumble across somewhere that's so much better than you expected. Your chicken at the food court really does look past its best. Glad you enjoyed your alternative offering though and Nik's pizza looks nice. Oh dear, what a disappointment at Raglan Road. We have eaten here once on an evening and it was honestly outstanding. We loved it. However, that's 2 bad experiences you've had there now, so of course you won't go back. Both of your desserts from Hollywood Scoops look lovely, so hopefully that made up for your bad lunchtime experience. Good value at Morimoto Asia, and your starters look particularly good. Like you, I'm not a massive Asian food fan, but this looks worth a try. Some good and some not so good offerings from around the world. It's interesting to see the different options, so much to choose from. Disney Springs seems to be coming up trumps for you this trip, with the exception of Raglan Road. Another nice meal there, at Wolfgang Puck. I'm glad you enjoyed your steak here, as they have been a bit hit or miss this trip. Disappointing result for Via Napoli - I love Italian food! Maybe a pasta dish would have been the better option? Your pizza does look a little too cheesy for me, with it dripping all over the edges. Good save with the puddings though. I think we would enjoy Boatwrights - nice menu choices. The chef's platter looks right up my street, as does the French onion soup. It all looks very nice. Signing off again for now, but I'll be back soon to finish off reading your report. Enjoying reading about all of the options I'll have when I finally stay onsite
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30 Mar 20, 03:16 PM |
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Can I ask what the difference is
DxDP Daily Cost: $232.50 Actual Daily Spend: $321.50 is the daily cost what was spent on the dining plan and the daily spend includes the tips? sorry for being dense, but never done the DDP packages and looking at it for a treat next year so am looking for nearest possible costs I have spent ALL day today reading this lol Thank you for your time, patience and detail, it really is appreciated by all of us xx |
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30 Mar 20, 04:05 PM |
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Sorry for the delays in replying everyone, I have had a bit of a Dibb break.
They are building a new Cheesecake Factory much closer to Disney but I imagine it will be very busy! Thank you for reading! Thank you for reading! How did your diet go? I am very worried about the size I am going to be after isolation is over! Thank you so much for reading and coming out of lurkdom to comment. Keeping everything crossed that your June trip goes ahead. It makes me so, so sad to think of everyone effected. I highly recommend Moriomoto, I'd like to go back for lunch and take my mum as I know she'd enjoy it. Thank you for reading! It must have taken you ages to catch up on all my waffling! I really hate travel day, I find it so stressful and I don't even like reading about other people's travel days as I am so worried something will go wrong. I think it may have all come about after we had a flight to NYC have to turn back after take off a few years ago, I'm always waiting for disaster now. Glad to know I am not the only one who has had a nightmare car journey. I really recommend Boma, there is loads of choice and I think it's high up on my list of favourites. Looking back 11 resorts in one day is so many, especially one Day 1, I was disappointed at the time though. I hope you will make it onsite sometime, I think CSR is a sound choice, the refurbed rooms really are a huge plus point over the other moderates. Great selection of restaurants and we hope to get back to try out Three Bridges and Toledo in the future. Rix is a particular bonus for us for the 'normal' food. I'm sad that we don't rate Be Our Guest too, as it always looked delicious. Yes, Disney will cook steak to your liking in all the restaurants. Even the buffets with carved meats have slices well done. 100% not a fan of eggs on burgers, I'm not a big fan of eggs anyway, but I do like to try things 'as they come' in Disney, at home I'd be much less adventurous! The Ghiradelli drinking chocolate really was like a sauce rather than a drink, so horrible. I can't see us rushing back to Crystal Palace, if we are on DxDP in future and in the park early then maybe, but there's far better buffet options in the MK area. I can't wait to see where you choose to eat if you end up with DDP, after so much research it will be difficult to narrow it down! Thank you so much for reading, that is dedication to get through it all in one day! The DxDP Daily Cost is what it would cost us to pay for the DxDP in full for both of us, the Actual Spend shows how much we would have spent on food without it. I wanted to show everyone the value of the plan. Does that make sense? I listed the tips separately as for everyone they'll be different. I'm a huge fan of the Dining Plan so hope you have fun planning your trip with it. |
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25 Apr 20, 05:16 PM |
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Apprentice Imagineer
Join Date: May 16
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There, I'm finally caught up.
Is it possible that you used your current address when booking the GF DVC room, so the address on the booking matched the address on your "real" account? We also went the dummy account route with our DVC stay at the Poly to avoid issues with our CSR QSDP. I added the dummies to my main account as friends and family managed by me, without giving them their proper login. The idea was to have all plans visible on the app on one account and have full control. In reality, I couldn't access any of the details of the dummy accounts from my profile while at the Poly. Nothing showed up: no dining, no charges, no hotel details. In fact, our DxDP didn't even work with the dummy MBs. We went straight to Cali Grill after checking in at the Poly and had to suffer through an hour of embaressment, as they told us we didn't have a dining plan linked to our MBs and we hadn't brought anything else to pay with. It took over an hour for them to get confirmation from the Poly that we did, in fact, have the DxDP. The room charge for the tip wouldn't go through, either, so they had to do that manually as well. I was expecting the dummy thing to work this way but it's back to the drawing board for the next one. It's quite strange how experiences can vary, even for the same thing. We had the filet twice and it was great the first time, but meh at best the second time. We also got the popcorn and enjoyed it as a quick nibble in the room throughout our stay. If anything, we felt the souvenir container made it a great snack credit, as I wouldn't put it past them to charge $13.99 for it sittting empty in a F&W souvenir booth. Not that we'd ever pay for it, but it's a cute keepsake. I might keep my MBs in there. Shake Shack was already open then! We ate there before our flight to Orlando. The seating was extremely limited but it was yummy as always. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to share your experiences with all of us. I'd only read part of the report before we left but your posts certainly inspired us to try things we hadn't thought of before, such as the Tangled eclair and Morimoto (which we had to cancel, unfortunately). My hat off to you for getting through all of those credits. I was skeptical when you said you wanted to use a gift card for F&W but wow, you actually ran out of snacks with 4 days to go. Impressive! What happened to everything in the fridge btw? Did it all go to dessert heaven? Did you book your ADRs for the next one? Looking at your countdown it should've been this week. Edited at 03:46 PM. |
3 May 20, 03:41 PM |
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Back for what should be my final instalment! Sorry, it's taken a while...
1900 Park Fare - What a fantastic choice of breakfast goodies. It all looks fresh. Some interesting ones as well - strawberry soup? Not sure about that but I'd definitely give it a try. Liberty Tree Tavern - bit disappointing on the starters and mains but it sounds like the pudding definitely made up for it. It does look lovely. Poor service at the GF - I would have expected better of them considering their status. Citricos - Again, the puddings looked like the star of the show to me, although Nik's steak looks excellent as well. Creme brulee is my all time favourite dessert and this one looks fab. Skippers Canteen - So glad you finally got to eat here after all of your misses. And of course, that you enjoyed it all. I have to say I would eat any of your choices here except the lamb and it all looks outstanding. Nik's pudding sounds like heaven to me with chocolate, banana and caramel - a delicious combination. California Grill - it's a shame you felt let down by CG - I think it all looks nice. I'm glad you enjoyed the goats cheese ravioli after taking a punt on it. The mac & cheese looks so good, and yet again for me the puddings have it. Chefs de France - This is one restaurant that I MUST do when I get my onsite stay. I honestly haven't heard one bad review of it. Your waiter sounds lovely, it's a shame he was getting a hard time of it from the other table. Again, all of your food looks good, and nicely presented. I imagine F & W gets very expensive very quickly when paying OOP. Monsieur Paul - Beautiful presentation of everything here. The oxtail broth that's full of steak pieces sounds absolutely amazing. I love that the chocolate sphere is served perfectly then when the sauce is poured over it melts away. Oh, and that it tastes like a big Ferrero Rocher! Win, win Cheesecake Factory - I'm a bit sad you were beaten (kind of) by the DxDP (and the weather) but soooo excited that you at at Cheesecake Factory. We haven't been there for ages - we really need to go back. The menu is indeed a novel, it's so hard to choose but it sounds like you made solid choices. I did think you were a little mad to order a third main course to share because the portions are so huge. I'm not a cheesecake fan either, but I do enjoy theirs. I so happy you enjoyed it all. Sonama - Nice to finish off where you started. You know, we always end up at Heathrow rather than Gatwick so not sure if we'd ever get to try here. It looks a good choice though. And I'm done! I've really enjoyed reading about your DxDP choices and look forward to reading about your road trip/Disney offerings later this year.
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