A DREAM is a WISH your HEART makes ..... 18 days of Free Disney Dining! (with pix)

[mickeysgirl17]

Great update!

 

[tink too]

Please tell us the name of Patrick's brother - your other great server. Hope they are still there in April as I am definately trying Le Cellier on our next trip! My DD7 would love that Chocolate "Moose" Mousse.

You were also very lucky to have such a wonderfully creative mousekeeper. What a cute doll she made you!

 

[DisneyMom5]

We LOVE Le Cellier also, and feel that most of what people complain about IS poor service. The wait staff absolutely make or break it.

I do indeed want to know your waiter's name.

 

[curlz2tite]

great reviews!! Some we have been to, some we are going back to & some I wish we were going to. yum, yum , yum,

 

[TPCShauna]

I, too, would love to know Patrick's brother's name so I can potentially get one of these wonderful servers at our ressie in 6 short weeks!

Great reviews! Sorry Mary Ellen got sick. Nothing worse than that at Disney.

 

[dizneeat]

Excellent update!! How lovely to get such excellent waiters twice in Le Cellier!

Thank you! We have been terribly lucky with Le Cellier, we always had great servers there, but those two brothers are the icing on the cake when it comes to servers.

great photos at le cellier - and the fireworks!

Thank you!

Great update!

Thank you!

great reviews!! Some we have been to, some we are going back to & some I wish we were going to. yum, yum , yum,

OMG love your reviews and we love Patrick also he is our favorite of all time waiter. We got him on two different trips. What is his brothers name so we can look out for him also

Isn't Patrick one heck of a server? We didn't think there was someone who would be as fun as he was!

Please tell us the name of Patrick's brother - your other great server. Hope they are still there in April as I am definately trying Le Cellier on our next trip! My DD7 would love that Chocolate "Moose" Mousse.

You were also very lucky to have such a wonderfully creative mousekeeper. What a cute doll she made you!

I am quite sure they will be there in April. They are NOT on the exchange programme (manager told us that). They both live in Orlando and have been working for Disney for some time now.

Our Mousekeeper was such a nice lady! She left fun little touches every day, but the doll was just out of this world.

We LOVE Le Cellier also, and feel that most of what people complain about IS poor service. The wait staff absolutely make or break it.

I do indeed want to know your waiter's name.

I couldn't agree with you more - service can make or break your experience.

I, too, would love to know Patrick's brother's name so I can potentially get one of these wonderful servers at our ressie in 6 short weeks!

Great reviews! Sorry Mary Ellen got sick. Nothing worse than that at Disney.

Thank god, Mary Ellen recovered after that day!

And to all of you who wanted to know the name of Patrick's younger, but taller brother ............. I thought I could keep that for myself but I guess IF I can share it, than it is with you, my dis-friends!

His name is Brendan!

 

[mom2my3kids]

A server and manager loves to hear praise with a job well done. Thank you for letting the manager know what good service you had..

 

[dizneeat]

Sept 3 - Columbia Harbour House, Main Street Bakery and Maya Grill

We were up early today. We had booked a Mickey's Magical Milestones Tour as a surprise for Mary Ellen and Joe and we didn't even know if she was feeling well enough to come along.
Well, to cut a long story short, she was feeling much better and had some tea and cookies in the room before we headed over to the MK. We arrived a little early for the tour, used the breakfast/tour entrance and were stunned! We had the MK nearly all to ourselves. Very few people were on Main Street, so it was the perfect time to take a few photos.

We then signed in for the tour, picked up some water and waited outside. There were only 7 people on the tour including us. Our guide was Scott and he was very knowledgeable and fun to be with. The tour takes about 2 - 2 1/2 hours and starts outside the train station, then you ride the train to toon town were everyone was allowed to ride the barnstormer without even getting off, LOL! We did NOT allow Mary Ellen to ride - she might have gotten sick again, LOL! Next was our photopass time with Mickey and Minnie,

before we headed towards Fantasyland, where Scott pointed out more Hidden Mickeys and we all watched Mickey's Philharmagic together. Then it was time to say goodbye, but only after we were awarded our ears!

This is a real fun tour. It might not be the most informative tour if you are somewhat interested in Disney, but it is fun and shares a lot of little secrets and points out a lot of fun things in the parks.

After the tour we were hungry. So we went over to Columbia Harbour House to have some lunch.
We all had the Chicken Breast Nuggets and Fish - Served with French Fries. Your regular Theme Park Food, but we love the combo of fish and chicken nuggets.

Again we all chose the same dessert, the Apple Crisp. It's one of our favourites.

We stayed at the Magic Kingdom for quite some more time to do some more rides and have some more photopass photos taken.

Before we left around 3.30 we had to spend one more snack credit. We went to the Main Street Bakery and had another Ice-cream cookie sandwich.

To be continued ............
Next up - Maya Grill for dinner

 

[dizneeat]

A server and manager loves to hear praise with a job well done. Thank you for letting the manager know what good service you had..

Thank you! I know, people easily complain, but they very seldom praise! Brendan added so much to the magical experience we just NEEDED to let the manager know. And he seemed quite pleased to hear ALL about it!

 

[dizneeat]

Sept 3 - Maya Grill for dinner

We had a longer break at the resort before we headed over to the Animal Kingdom for the Extra Magic Hours. We arrived there at around 6pm and the EMHs were already in full swing. We picked up our wristbands and walked around a bit exploring more of the shops. Mary Ellen was a bit disappointed, she had wanted to do the safari but that was already closed. So they decided to do "It's tough to be a bug" while Tom and I headed over to Expedition Everest to ride it a few more times before it was time to say goodbye to it. We managed to ride it 4 times until Mary Ellen and Joe came to watch us ride. They missed us coming down the big drop so we "had to" ride again. Well, 5 times isn't bad, is it? We then slowly walked towards the exit and said goodbye to the AK for another year. Our next stop was the Coronado Springs resort, where we had an ADR at the Maya Grill for dinner. Mary Ellen and Joe hadn't been to the resort before, so we walked around a bit before we signed in for our ADR. They told the people ahead of us that there would be at least a 40 minute wait, but we were seated immediately. Our table was towards the back of the restaurant, so we were able to have a good look around. Silly me forgot to take photos of the restaurant. We ordered our drinks, diet cokes, lemonade and unsweetened ice-tea and started to study the menus.
Our server than brought over a variety of breads and some oil with herbs in it. The oil was very tasty and had a light hint of garlic.

Mary Ellen, Joe and I chose Maya's Filet Mignon - with a baked potato with sour cream and butter and mixed vegetables. The filet was very nicely spiced and cooked exactly to our liking. The meat was tender and melt in your mouth. The vegetables were nice but nothing special, the baked potato was very good though.

I guess Tom hit the jackpot!! He ordered the Mixed Grill - filet mignon, fresh catch and St. Louis Style ribs, also with a baked potato with sour cream and butter and mixed vegetables. Not only was it a HUGE potion, but the fish (I THINK it was tilapia) was cooked wonderfully, really moist and the ribs were spicy and tender. SO GOOD!!!!

We were STUFFED after our main courses, but we were tempted by dessert. Joe was the only one who asked if he could substitute coffee for dessert and it was okay with the server. Mary Ellen and I chose the Chambord Chocolate Cake. Mary Ellen didn't like it very much, she said it tasted too much of dark chocolate. I on the other hand LOVE and ADORE dark chocolate and I LOVED the cake. The blueberry were a bit mushy but the cake was divine!

Tom had the Spiced Churros, which he loved. They were just so yummy and sweet! Wonderful!

We settled our bill and went back to our resort. We sat together for some time in our room before we called it a night and I started packing. We were to go home in 2 days time. Why does time always fly when you are having fun???

To be continued ..........
Next up - Sunshine Seasons and another dinner at the California Grill

 

[MickeyNicki]

Man I am kicking myself over the Maya Grill.....when we arrived Oct 17th I really wanted to eat there but DH had other ideas and preferred the Pepper Market, you know he always gets his way!

Your dinners looked to die for!

 

[Mickeyistheman]

Thank you so much for such a nice review of everything!

I am hungry now!

 

[dizneeat]

Man I am kicking myself over the Maya Grill.....when we arrived Oct 17th I really wanted to eat there but DH had other ideas and preferred the Pepper Market, you know he always gets his way!

Your dinners looked to die for!

Oh MickeyNicky, just treat it as another reason you have to go back But honestly the food was wonderful, just don't try the coffee, I don't think it's Nescrape, but it is its evil twin. Joe had some and it was very weak and disgusting, LOL.

Thank you so much for such a nice review of everything!

I am hungry now!

I am glad you like the reviews!

 

[kid-at-heart]

Well you have done it now. We all want to go on vacation with you . Thanks for all the great reviews!

 

[DisneyJo]

How lovely of you to praise your waiters to the manager, glad you had a lovely meal too!

The tour sounds great and that ice cream sandwich I keep forgetting to get one

 

[dizneeat]

Sept 4 - Sunshine Seasons and dinner at the California Grill

This was our last day together. We had a light breakfast at our rooms, before we headed over to Epcot. The crowds were very light, so we got on Spaceship Earth right away. I just love how you can now "create" your own future. One more stroll through Mousegear and riding Test Track before we went over to Sunshine Seasons to have some lunch. Before we ordered our food we picked up Fastpasses for Soarin. Then it was time to decide how to spend s few of those leftover counter service credits.
Mary Ellen wanted to try Turkey and Muenster Cheese on Foccacia with Chipotle Mayonnaise. It was huge and she liked it very much.

Joe had the Half Rotisserie Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and rice. There was NOTHING left on the plate, so it must have been good!

Tom and I chose the Asian offerings. We got one plate with Sweet and Sour Chicken, Mongolian Ginger Beef, rice and broccoli. Very yummy!

The other plate had Sweet and Sour Chicken, Spicy Thai Chicken, Garlic Udon Noodles and Stirfry vegetables. The taste was good, very spicy, unfortunately things got cold very quickly. It's a shame I am such a slow eater.

There are lots of desserts to chose from at Sunshine Seasons and these were our choices.
Joe had the Cinnamon Roll. HUGE!!

Mary Ellen had the "Butterfinger" cheesecake (I think - I can't quite remember the correct name). She loves cheesecake and it was gone fast!

Tom had this brownie, which I can't remember the proper name of - so if you do, please help me out!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CAN remember what I had - I had the Key Lime Pie. Not the best Key Lime Pie I ever had, but surprisingly good for a counter service. Very light and fluffy.

After we had finished our lunch we went on the Living With The Land ride. Very nice and relaxing and I love the greenhouse part of it. How creative they are, when it comes to new planting ideas.
After that it was actually time to use our Soarin Fastpass. Once we had gotten to the last line down to where they assign your seats our line stopped and it didn't move for QUITE some time. We could see the other line moving, just ours was "stuck". Well, this is why!

THE DREAM TEAM WAS THERE and handed out Dream-ears! Even though you shouldn't wear these "beauties" on Soarin, our whole glider was allowed to ride WITH our Dream-ears on! We wore them very proudly walking out and past people in line, hehe !
We then went to check out the countries, rode the Mexico boat ride and Maelstrom. We checked out the store in China and I showed Mary Ellen all the products the "Germans" have borrowed from us Austrians, to sell as their own - I DO NOT like this!! Joe tried his first Espresso in Italy and we had a short break in "America". After that the men decided to recreate a bit of US history

Joe and Mary Ellen wanted to see the Hall of Presidents and listen to Off Kilter again, while Tom and I decided to ride Mission Space and Test Track again, before heading back to the resort to do some more packing and change for dinner.

To be continued ...............
Next up - dinner at the California Grill

 

[dizneeat]

Well you have done it now. We all want to go on vacation with you . Thanks for all the great reviews!

You are very welcome to join us in 09!!

How lovely of you to praise your waiters to the manager, glad you had a lovely meal too!

The tour sounds great and that ice cream sandwich I keep forgetting to get one

Brendan was just too good to be true and he added so much to our magical experience there that we HAD TO let the manager know
As for the ice-cream sandwich - you need to get one - they are just so good and HUGE!!

 

[DisneyMom5]

Another great update.

I think that brownie was the Butter finger brownie. Looks good!

 

[Sarilas]

We checked out the store in China and I showed Mary Ellen all the products the "Germans" have borrowed from us Austrians, to sell as their own - I DO NOT like this!!

Oooh! I want to know what was borrowed so I can look for the Austrian products in January!

 

[jedijill]

Guten Morgen!

I love your review. I had to cancel my October trip so I am living vicariously though you.

I'm with you on the the stuff that the Germans are "borrowing" from Austria....the first time I saw the Mozart balls for sale it really took me back! (But they are very good!)

Jill in CO