*NOW LIVE* Sept 2024 Liveish Food Report - turning 40 in Disney

[Sparksy72]

You have managed so much on your first day! The queue was huge at the Character Warehouse when we were there, how fab to have a short wait and to also pick up some bargains. Lunch looked hearty but those food courts are noisy! A shame about the rain but dinner was worth the effort, the steaks look lovely and you can’t beat a good salad! 😋 xx

[sha9]

Wow you did so much your first day! We did AK with multi-pass yesterday and got load done so good luck!

[ClaireNJ]

Originally Posted by 4holibobs

Good evening! Welcome to part 2 of day 1.

After getting back from Magic Kingdom and showering to go out, we sat in the room and then again in the lobby whilst the rain eased off enough that we wouldn’t get completely soaked even wearing ponchos.

We headed to Vineland outlets and straight to the character warehouse. It was busy but we got straight in.

I picked up some ears for $7.99 and a tshirt for $7.99 as well as a couple of gifts. There were no loungefly sadly which I was hoping to see.

We headed to the food court and Asian Chao for lunch. They were giving out small samples of some chicken.

You could have two mains and a side for $12.99.

DH chose firecracker chicken and veg as his mains and noodles for his sides.

He said the chicken wasn’t very ‘fire cracker’ but it was tasty and he enjoyed it.

I chose double orange chicken and noodles. It wasn’t very tangy or as nice as I remembered, but we were hungry and it filled a hole.

We sat next to a Mexican family of 3. The daughter was around 3 and drinking a bottle of milk, but she cried the whole time we were there. It didn’t really make for a relaxing lunch 🤣

We ordered 2 x spring rolls and a medium Minute Maid lemonade. Medium size was huge, it served us both with some left to take with us.

The total came to $35.12.

Next we headed to TJ Maxx and Ross where we picked up a couple of items family had asked for as well as a couple of gifts.

We ended up at Target where we picked up a 24 pack of desani water, a peach hand soap for the room and some crest teeth whitening strips.

Total came to $28.17. The crest were $19.99 before tax just to give you an idea of the cost of the items. I can’t find to receipt unfortunately.

We came back to the resort (ponchos back on) and had an hours Power Nap.

We could possibly have slept for longer had the alarm not gone off, but knowing we needed to eat and would feel rough if we kept sleeping we showered and caught an Uber to Texas Roadhouse.

It took around 15 minutes for our table to be ready and we sat outside chatting about our day.

Once seated we were given a booth for two opposite the bar.

Here’s the menu -

And the drinks menu -

DH had a Blue Moon and had a second during our meal. I had a strawberry lemonade and thanks to our attentive server, I had three during the course of the meal as well as one to go.

The strawberry lemonade was so good. It wasn’t fizzy, it was really refreshing and quite light.

We were given warm bread rolls when we sat down which were so delicious. DH said he thought they tasted like hot cross buns. They were very moreish. We could have ordered more if we wanted.

We both ordered 12oz rib eye, DH had corn and fries with bacon and cheese with his and I had Caesar salad and a baked potato.

We waited around 15/20 minutes for our food. When it came out the plates were hot and so was the food.

The steaks were absolutely delicious, really juicy, tender and flavoursome.

The salad and jacket felt healthy accompanied by the steak. I was pleased with my choice.

We both really enjoyed our meals. We were given a voucher for a free appetiser if we return, so we’ll see how we get on during the course of the trip.

Total came to $74.51 and we left 20% tip making our bill $89.41.

We caught a Lyft back to the resort. Uber was cheaper on the way out, Lyft on the way back. There was around $10 difference between the two both trips.

DH popped back to the room for our resort mugs and I popped into the shop and picked up the POFQ pin.

Overall a really great first day. We got a lot done at Magic Kingdom and got to try a couple of items on my list.

We also ‘ticked off’ the orange chicken and Texas from our lists too.

Tomorrow we have Animal Kingdom and our first time using both LLMP and standby skipper so I’m interested to see how many LL we can do.

We plan to eat in Yak and Yeti and have a free evening tomorrow with DLuxe burger pencilled in.

Credit remaining - $1153.65

Step count - 18,096

Thanks for reading 👋

Sorry for any typos… it’s 10.57pm which I think for day 1 is good going but I’m now too tired to proof read it!

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Well that lunch did look yummy even if there was a crying kid 🙈
At least on our plane we only had a handful of children
Enjoy AK today fingers crossed for the weather 🙏🏻😭

[GezzasGem]

Lovely looking steak meals there, makes my lunch very unappetising 😂 hope you get a decent sleep and are raring to go for your day ahead 👍

[orlandoamber]

Ooo, your steak meals look delicious - I like the look of the loaded fries! I love a strawberry lemonade too, yum.

Well done on staying up so late. You'll have really adjusted to the time zone now and hopefully be able to enjoy long, fun days!

[4holibobs]

We woke up intermittently throughout the night and finally got out of bed at 7.15am to get ready for Animal Kingdom.

We had bought LLMP and Standby Skipper and planned on using both today.

We had LL for Safari, Navi River and Dinosaur and an individual pass for FOP.

We headed for Safari via the shops as I wanted some leopard print ears. They don’t sell the ‘classic’ ones anymore, but had a deal on some Loungefly ones, buy anything in the shop and get the ears for $15! There was a bakery attached to the shop so we picked up the most delicious chocolate chip cookie and I was the proud owner of my first pair of loungefly ears.

Total for the ears and the cookie $21.29. A total steel (the ears alone were $40) and the cookie was absolutely amazing!

So amazing in fact I went back and bought our dog sitter the same pair of ears and got the same cookie again!

After a great safari we stopped at Starbucks for breakfast.

We ordered medium strawberry acai and caramel frappe, a croissant for me and a sausage, cheese and egg muffin for DH.

Total came to $22.22.

My strawberry acai wasn’t as nice as the one I had in Magic Kingdom yesterday for some reason. I got a large one there wonder if that’s the difference?

We both enjoyed our breakfast and headed on around to Pandora after where we rode Navi river and FOP.

After FOP I picked up a night blossom from Pongu Pongu for $7.23.

This was just as good as I remembered it. I drank most of it sitting near the stall but took the last little bit towards Its tough to be a bug where we got chatting to a lady who had English heritage and had a service dog called Max with her. She complimented my backpack and we got talking from there. She was in the parks on her own and I think she just wanted to speak to someone for a while. She lived in Orlando and visited the parks regularly.

Anyway, after it’s tough to be a bug we rode Dinosaur (maybe for the last time &#129394 and then headed to Yak and Yeti for lunch.

We had our Landry card and was told the table would be around 10-15 minutes, everyone else was told 35 minutes at check in.

We were seated after 15 minutes upstairs next to the staircase.

This is the menu -

And the specials -

I ordered my first cocktail of the trip a strawberry daiquiri plus a passion fruit Shanghai lemonade. DH went for the 22oz safari ale.

The daiquiri wasn’t very alcoholic at all, in fact I could taste no alcohol in it. The Shanghai lemonade was lovely, quite sweet but refreshing.

The waitress brought over the wrong drink for DH (she realised before she put it down) so took it away and got the one he ordered.
He enjoyed it and it was a good size for him not needing two pints.

To eat we ordered the pot stickers to start with, I went for the Korean beef with chicken fried rice and DH went for the firecracker shrimp from the starters and added the garlic noodles to it.

The pot stickers actually came out a few minutes before our drinks. They weren’t piping hot so we started them. They had a good flavour to them.

We both really loved our respective mains. By the time I got to the end of mine my mouth was on fire. DH loved his shrimp too and with the slaw with it, he said it was really tasty.

The total came to $77.69 with $25 birthday reward discount taken off. We had purchased $100 gift card so used that to pay for the meal and we left $20 cash tip.

We headed out of the park via the shops where I picked up a spirit jersey and a sweater using our credit.

We got to the bus station and there was a POFQ bus just loading - great timing! On the drive back the bus stopped in the middle of the road as did the car next to us because there was a turtle in the road. The woman in the car next to us got out and moved it out of the road 🩷

Back at the resort we decided it was time to try the goulish beignets.

Total came to $10.11 for 3 beignets.

They were warm and delicious and the topping and frosting wasn’t overly sweet. Would definitely recommend them!

We got back to our room and mousekeeping had been in and created this…

I’m not sure how I feel when they move your stuff around, but it was cute. They were probably very pleased with the tip we left them.

During the course of the day as we scanned in for our LLMP, I had Standby Skipper search for Remy’s, Frozen and Soarin at Epcot as we decided after having a large lunch we would snack around the world for tea.

Our first LLP is Soarin from 6.30pm to 7.30pm the Remy’s and Frozen follow.

We’re back in the room right now, DH is snoring away next to me. I’m going to try to have an hour then have a shower before heading to Epcot tonight.

Thanks for reading everyone!

Credit remaining - $927.76.

[4holibobs]

Originally Posted by OB1LukeLucas

What a great start to your trip you have had quite a busy first day. Love the leftover pizza for breakfast! I still dream about that creme brûlée croissant it was so good 💛 I was a bit disappointed everyone else thought so too as I didn’t get to eat as much as I wanted 😆
A lovely day at MK, shopping and a great meal at Texas Roadhouse. I hope it doesn’t rain as much tomorrow!

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Thank you! We haven’t seen any rain so far today… Hope it doesn’t come tonight as I know Claire is going MNSSHP.

Originally Posted by Sparksy72

You have managed so much on your first day! The queue was huge at the Character Warehouse when we were there, how fab to have a short wait and to also pick up some bargains. Lunch looked hearty but those food courts are noisy! A shame about the rain but dinner was worth the effort, the steaks look lovely and you can’t beat a good salad! 😋 xx

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Yes I couldn’t believe we walked straight in! There was a queue when we came out. I heard someone on the plane saying the re-stocked Wednesday morning so we may visit after breakfast tomorrow. The steak and salad were delicious!

Originally Posted by sha9

Wow you did so much your first day! We did AK with multi-pass yesterday and got load done so good luck!

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We got loads done today too and have stacked some LLMP for tonight at Epcot. I always read people not recommending LLMP at AK but we bypassed some pretty long waits today.

Originally Posted by ClaireNJ

Well that lunch did look yummy even if there was a crying kid 🙈
At least on our plane we only had a handful of children
Enjoy AK today fingers crossed for the weather 🙏🏻😭

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Weather has been good to us all day; I’m hoping it’s dry for you tonight. Hope you have a fab time!

Originally Posted by GezzasGem

Lovely looking steak meals there, makes my lunch very unappetising 😂 hope you get a decent sleep and are raring to go for your day ahead 👍

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Had another busy day and about to have a nap to feel re- energised for tonight. The steak was honestly delicious.

Originally Posted by orlandoamber

Ooo, your steak meals look delicious - I like the look of the loaded fries! I love a strawberry lemonade too, yum.

Well done on staying up so late. You'll have really adjusted to the time zone now and hopefully be able to enjoy long, fun days!

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The strawberry lemonade was honestly so good! DH said his loaded fries were too. I can’t believe how fast yesterday went we didn’t get a minute to stop really. The days are flying by, nearly our third evening here already!

[LemonSpritz]

A great day. I love your new ears. Yak and yeti looked so tasty. Love a daiquiri and the margarita shakers look great - I’d have to stop myself from buying one.

[Mexy02]

Loving your ears , proper bargain 😁 great report , loving it 💞

[sha9]

Originally Posted by 4holibobs

We woke up intermittently throughout the night and finally got out of bed at 7.15am to get ready for Animal Kingdom.

We had bought LLMP and Standby Skipper and planned on using both today.

We had LL for Safari, Navi River and Dinosaur and an individual pass for FOP.

We headed for Safari via the shops as I wanted some leopard print ears. They don’t sell the ‘classic’ ones anymore, but had a deal on some Loungefly ones, buy anything in the shop and get the ears for $15! There was a bakery attached to the shop so we picked up the most delicious chocolate chip cookie and I was the proud owner of my first pair of loungefly ears.

Total for the ears and the cookie $21.29. A total steel (the ears alone were $40) and the cookie was absolutely amazing!

So amazing in fact I went back and bought our dog sitter the same pair of ears and got the same cookie again!

After a great safari we stopped at Starbucks for breakfast.

We ordered medium strawberry acai and caramel frappe, a croissant for me and a sausage, cheese and egg muffin for DH.

Total came to $22.22.

My strawberry acai wasn’t as nice as the one I had in Magic Kingdom yesterday for some reason. I got a large one there wonder if that’s the difference?

We both enjoyed our breakfast and headed on around to Pandora after where we rode Navi river and FOP.

After FOP I picked up a night blossom from Pongu Pongu for $7.23.

This was just as good as I remembered it. I drank most of it sitting near the stall but took the last little bit towards Its tough to be a bug where we got chatting to a lady who had English heritage and had a service dog called Max with her. She complimented my backpack and we got talking from there. She was in the parks on her own and I think she just wanted to speak to someone for a while. She lived in Orlando and visited the parks regularly.

Anyway, after it’s tough to be a bug we rode Dinosaur (maybe for the last time &#129394 and then headed to Yak and Yeti for lunch.

We had our Landry card and was told the table would be around 10-15 minutes, everyone else was told 35 minutes at check in.

We were seated after 15 minutes upstairs next to the staircase.

This is the menu -

And the specials -

I ordered my first cocktail of the trip a strawberry daiquiri plus a passion fruit Shanghai lemonade. DH went for the 22oz safari ale.

The daiquiri wasn’t very alcoholic at all, in fact I could taste no alcohol in it. The Shanghai lemonade was lovely, quite sweet but refreshing.

The waitress brought over the wrong drink for DH (she realised before she put it down) so took it away and got the one he ordered.
He enjoyed it and it was a good size for him not needing two pints.

To eat we ordered the pot stickers to start with, I went for the Korean beef with chicken fried rice and DH went for the firecracker shrimp from the starters and added the garlic noodles to it.

The pot stickers actually came out a few minutes before our drinks. They weren’t piping hot so we started them. They had a good flavour to them.

We both really loved our respective mains. By the time I got to the end of mine my mouth was on fire. DH loved his shrimp too and with the slaw with it, he said it was really tasty.

The total came to $77.69 with $25 birthday reward discount taken off. We had purchased $100 gift card so used that to pay for the meal and we left $20 cash tip.

We headed out of the park via the shops where I picked up a spirit jersey and a sweater using our credit.

We got to the bus station and there was a POFQ bus just loading - great timing! On the drive back the bus stopped in the middle of the road as did the car next to us because there was a turtle in the road. The woman in the car next to us got out and moved it out of the road 🩷

Back at the resort we decided it was time to try the goulish beignets.

Total came to $10.11 for 3 beignets.

They were warm and delicious and the topping and frosting wasn’t overly sweet. Would definitely recommend them!

We got back to our room and mousekeeping had been in and created this…

I’m not sure how I feel when they move your stuff around, but it was cute. They were probably very pleased with the tip we left them.

During the course of the day as we scanned in for our LLMP, I had Standby Skipper search for Remy’s, Frozen and Soarin at Epcot as we decided after having a large lunch we would snack around the world for tea.

Our first LLP is Soarin from 6.30pm to 7.30pm the Remy’s and Frozen follow.

We’re back in the room right now, DH is snoring away next to me. I’m going to try to have an hour then have a shower before heading to Epcot tonight.

Thanks for reading everyone!

Credit remaining - $927.76.

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What a bargain those ears were!

Housekeeping did something similar with Marie’s ears but only one pair so nothing like your display 😂.