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28 Mar 17, 10:10 PM |
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The Unexpected Easter QSDP Extravaganza food report LIVE!
Welcome to my QSDP food report. This will be our third time on the QSDP and we've also had the ddp twice. This year's trip was an unexpected one and only booked as I found good flight prices and it would have been rude not to As budget was paramount, we're booked to stay at CBR with the QSDP. Despite the belief that the QSDP is just burgers and hot dogs, it really isn't. In 4 on-site trips, I haven't eaten either. I know a lot of people worry about variety and if there will be enough food, so thought I'd have a go at writing a food report to hopefully help people out a bit.
I'm going to attempt to do it live and write up each day as it happens. We'll see how successful I am! I'm doing it all on my phone, including the photos, so please excuse auto corrects/typos. So, we have: 14 nights of QSDP with 2 snacks per day and the plan is to use some of those at the Garden Festival food booths. 4 TS meals planned which we will pay for oop: Rainforest Café and Yak and Yeti for which we have 2 Landry's cards with $50 on each, brunch at Raglan Road and our first ever offsite meal which will be out Outback steakhouse near the Vineland Premium Outlets. Our party consists of: Me - wedding decorator, (Disney) holiday planner and fan of free dining. DH, Andy - fellow wedding decorator, lover of all things Lego and Marvel and the big kid of the family. DD15, Isabelle - funny girl and budding photographer, lover of all things Disney and the Walking Dead. DS13, Brodie - a really sweet boy and budding baker, lover of all things Disney and YouTube fan. I can see an expanding business for us if they follow their current paths of photography and baking A group photo from my brother's wedding a couple of weeks ago: You can download a PDF of the whole report here: drive.google/file/d/13Ra...ew?ts=5a5e6e31 Thanks to fellow dibber Lazzareo for producing it for me. Here's an index to make finding each day a bit easier: Pre travel day - below index Travel day - Premier Inn Breakfast: https://DIBB.in/12396868, Virgin plane food: https://DIBB.in/12399317 Day 1 - Be Our Guest & Wolfgang Puck Express - https://DIBB.in/12403871 Day 2 - Hollywood Studios and CBR - https://DIBB.in/12404230 Day 3 - CBR, Outback Steakhouse and Sunshine Seasons - https://DIBB.in/12406960 Day 4 - Epcot, CBR, Disney Springs and Animal Kingdom - https://DIBB.in/12409721 Day 5 - Hollywood Studios, CBR and maybe Rainforest Café - https://DIBB.in/12412159 Day 6 - Snacking around Epcot and Outta Control Comedy Magic show at Wonderworks - https://DIBB.in/12415308 Day 7 - CBR, Disney Springs and Magic Kingdom - https://DIBB.in/12417369 Day 8 - CBR, Blizzard Beach and Animal Kingdom - https://DIBB.in/12421035 Day 9 - CBR, Hollywood Studios and snacking around Epcot - https://DIBB.in/12423694 Day 10 - Magic' Kingdom and Rainforest Café - https://DIBB.in/12426297 Day 11 - CBR and Epcot - https://DIBB.in/12428941 Day 12 - Animal Kingdom, CBR and Disney Springs - https://DIBB.in/12431739 Day 13 - CBR, POR and Magic Kingdom - https://DIBB.in/12434926 Day 14 - travel home day - https://DIBB.in/12436843 and https://DIBB.in/12439562 Back home - snacks and final thoughts - https://DIBB.in/12444999 Pre-travel day: Tuesday 28th March 2017 We're staying over at the Premier Inn South at Manchester Airport for the night. Normally we'd just eat at the Premier Inn and use their meal deal, but with 2 teens, the meal has started to get quite pricey - especially as DD has a penchant for steak! However, as this is a budget trip we decided to have dinner at The Romper, which is just around the corner, courtesy of Tesco Club card vouchers. I changed up Ł90 worth of vouchers, but it used Ł70 in the end as we were too stuffed for desserts. Starters: DD and DS - garlic ciabatta DH - chicken and chorizo skewers on a bed of roasted vegetables, cucumber ribbons, cheery tomatoes, pomegranate jewels, mixed seeds and a balsamic reduction, with garlic and rosemary mayo Me - Baked camembert with red onion chutney and a selection of breads So, in my first food report fail, I completely forgot to take photos until DH and the kids had finished and I'd tucked in to mine. However, mine was so big, that there was plenty left for a photo. In fact, when I ordered the waitress asked how many people were sharing it and I had to admit it was just for me Add 4 more slices of bread for a full picture: Mains: Me - Chefs garden bowl: roasted baby potatoes, butternut squash, red pepper and red onion with asparagus and tender stem broccoli, topped with chicken breast and a basil pesto dressing (one for Poot Gopherlass ). My photo really doesn't do this justice as it looks quite drab, but was delicious. DH - Seafood grill: cod loin, salmon and sea bass fillets with garlic and coriander glazed Patagonian king prawns, chips, pesto roasted red onion and red peppers and smoked hollandaise sauce DD - 9oz rump cooked medium rare (and it was cooked to perfection!) With Patagonian king prawns, chips, button mushrooms, onion rings, grilled tomato and iceberg lettuce wedge drizzled with honey and mustard dressing DS - Atlantic cod and chips, but without the chips as he doesn't eat them! So, he had it with coleslaw, garden peas and soft white crusty bloomer bread with butter It was all delicious and we'd definitely return there in the future. The bill came to Ł87.42 including drinks, and our Clubcard vouchers took care of Ł70 Tomorrow - travel day with breakfast at the Premier Inn, Virgin plane food (with a back up of sandwiches from Boots) and whatever we might fancy once we arrive at CBR.
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POFQ: Our 'once in a lifetime' trip, 31.10 - 14.11.12 SSR: 40th birthday trip, 02 - 16.01.14 SSR 2 bed villa: my mums first trip, 07 - 21.02.15 POR: An unexpected Easter break, 02 - 15.04.16 CBR: Another unexpected Easter trip, 29.03 - 12.04.17 CBR: 18th birthday surprise trip, 21.10 - 4.11.19 CBR & CBBR 3 week WDW & US, 05 - 27.09.22 Easter QSDP food report April 17 2nd Easter QSDP food report, Oct 19 Edited at 04:48 PM. |
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28 Mar 17, 10:15 PM |
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VIP Dibber
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I'll be following along! Have a great trip!
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28 Mar 17, 10:17 PM |
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Have a wonderful holiday! I'm looking forward to following along
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28 Mar 17, 10:20 PM |
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Getting Excited
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I'll be following this Vickie - have already got lots of helpful tips from you about QSDP, so very excited to see your experiences this time. Have a wonderful trip.
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28 Mar 17, 10:20 PM |
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Have a great trip... we live near the romper but didn't realise you could use tesco vouchers... will be investigating as your food looks delicious!
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28 Mar 17, 10:31 PM |
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Subscribing - it will be interesting to see what snacks you use ( as well as everything else ). Have a fab holiday too.
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28 Mar 17, 10:33 PM |
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Excited about Disney
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Following 😃 Have a great holiday
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28 Mar 17, 10:36 PM |
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VIP Dibber
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Following along...have a great flight.
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28 Mar 17, 10:42 PM |
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Following. I'm looking forward to a QS food report especially without burgers and hotdogs 😀
Kat
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28 Mar 17, 10:45 PM |
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Have a safe flight and a wonderful holiday. x
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