August 2018 DDP - Is it time for a snack yet? - Updated 31/8 travel home COMPLETED

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So it’s time for another dining report, for those who haven’t read my last one from 2016 it’s linked in my signature.

We are off for two weeks staying at the Clarion Lake Beuna Vista, we we’re originally going to be staying with my parents and brother in Old Key West but decided to stay elsewhere, as we had our tickets added onto the room we have the dining plan. We love the dining plan, it means we don’t have to worry about the price of our meal and choose the cheaper options, everything is paid for in advance (or free dining in this case) and we can try new things without worrying too much. This will be my 7th trip with the dining plan and I couldn’t imagine not having it.

Quick Introduction

Me - 27, love all things Disney Parks, takes me ages to decide what I want to eat even though I’ve been looking at the menus for months and I can be a bit fussy. Dad likes to say I order a cheeseburger without the cheese and bun and swap the burger for chicken. I don’t think I am quite that bad however I do always apologise to servers before ordering. I also have a weird thing about cold food, I don’t do sandwiches unless they have hot fillings or are toasted, and I should apologise to my parents as packed lunches for me as a child must have been an ordeal

Favourites:
Quick Service - Blaze
Snack - All American Sundae from the Plaza in Magic Kingdom
Table Service - Raglan Road

DF - 28, a convert to liking the Disney Parks, well loving as he has just corrected me. Having a meal with him is not the best experience, I like to have a conversation and he likes to inhale his food and then moan at me for eating like a normal person (he claims I’m a slow eater) He hates cheese, well all cheese except mozzarella, you’ll see a lot of his orders are usually followed with no cheese like mine

Favourites:
Quick Service - Blaze
Snack - Croissant doughnut
Table Service - Ohana

My parents and brother will also feature in this as we will be meeting up during the trip.

After realising we are terrible creatures of habit on the dining plan we have decided to throw some new restaurants into the mix. New to us this year is Teppen Edo, Chefs De France, Yatchsman Steakhouse, Tusker House and The Wave (only booked this to scope it out for our wedding next year and will cancel if we don’t fancy the private room).

We will try to keep a running total of how much food would have cost us but I can’t promise it will happen for everything, whilst I’m at it I should probably apologise for the half eaten/missing photos I know are inevitable.

I’ll probably throw in some non food related details as I know if somethings gone wrong then it can affect how I feel about something so you know when to take what I say with a pinch of salt and blame me being a moody so and so.



Plans
Travel Day - 1 - Premier Inn Heathrow
Travel Day 2 - Grab something in Heathrow, Grab something in JFK, maybe QS in Old Key West
Day 1 - Rainforest Cafe (D)
Day 2 - Teppan Edo
Day 3 - Be Our Guest (L)
Day 4 - Homecomin (D)
Day 5 - Tusker House (B), Ohana (D)
Day 6 - Coral Reef (D)
Day 7 - Crystal Palace (B)
Day 8 - Garden Grill (B)
Day 9 - Boma (B)
Day 10 - Chefs De France (D)
Day 11 - No Plans- MNSSHP
Day 12 - Raglan Road
Day 13 - Yatchsman Steakhouse