llqool
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
We just got back from a 5 day stay at POFQ. We checked in just before the free dining ended, so we were able to take advantage of that and also get to experience the first weekend of the Food and Wine Festival.
Appearing in this dining report....
My husband, who refers to my haunting the DIS boards as my Disney Fantasy Dining League and who would *not* let me take pictures of food
Myself, a diehard Disney fan who grew up in FL and has lost count of the number of times Ive visited the World.
Wild Child (aka our 4 yr old daughter), a Princess lover who is extremely temperamental. When we sprung the surprise that we were going to Disney as we were on I-95 almost at Daytona Beach, she cried hysterically because she had thought we were going to visit Grandma!
Wild Baby (our 18 month old daughter), a good-natured but strong-willed baby who knows about 5 words, 3 of them no.
Restaurants in this report...
Artist Point
Kona Cafe
California Grille
Restaurant Akershus (Princess Storybook Breakfast)
Counter Service Restaurants in this report...
POFQ Food Court
Wolfgang Puck Express (several times!)
Columbia Harbour House
Cantina de San Angel
Food and Wine Festival Booths
DAY 1 - September 28th
We checked in to our resort, POFQ, around 4 pm and unloaded all our junk in our room, a corner room on the first floor in building 6. We were all hungry, so we immediately drove to DTD, arriving at Wolfgang Puck Express just after 5 pm. We appeared to just beat the crowd, because right after we got there, ordered our food and sat down, a bunch of people appeared and there was a line out the door.
My husband ordered the Rosemary Chicken with Garlic Mashed Potatoes. He had a diet Coke and a brownie. I ordered the Linguini with Chicken Bolognese the mango iced tea and a chocolate cookie with white chocolate chunks. Wild Child got the macaroni and cheese kids meal with chocolate milk and a chocolate chip cookie. We used 3 CS credits, but the total would have been $36.00. I also ordered a bowl of the butternut squash soup which I paid for out of pocket ($2.82 with a 10% discount from the AAA Diamond Card).
Everything was good, but my husband and I agreed that our daughters mac and cheese was the best. (Meanwhile, she didnt really care for it! She prefers the boxed Kraft variety to the real thing!). She did eat some of the chicken, which was very moist and flavorful, and polished off her cookie. Our 18 month old Wild Baby devoured the linguini and also really liked the mashed potatoes. I loved the soup and finished off my daughters mac and cheese after she decided she didnt want it. As far as the desserts go, the cookies were OK, but the brownie was really good, and Im not usually a big brownie fan. We also had a choice of crème brulee, but neither my husband nor I like the consistency of that dessert, so it wasnt really an option. I didnt really want the mango iced tea, but you are not allowed to get bottled drinks at WPE and I dont drink soda, so the tea was the only real choice for me.
We really like this CS location. It may be our favorite CS location at Disney. The only downside was that the inside tables were pretty full so we ate outside. We expected it to be muggy and hot, but what we were unprepared for was the onslaught of lovebugs. I grew up in FL and have always been used to these bugs getting all over the windshield when traveling at certain times of the year, but I dont remember every being bugged (literally!) so much by the critters when just walking around outdoors. We quickly finished our meals and took the rest of the desserts back to our room. Im not eating outside again! my husband declared.
Appearing in this dining report....
My husband, who refers to my haunting the DIS boards as my Disney Fantasy Dining League and who would *not* let me take pictures of food
Myself, a diehard Disney fan who grew up in FL and has lost count of the number of times Ive visited the World.
Wild Child (aka our 4 yr old daughter), a Princess lover who is extremely temperamental. When we sprung the surprise that we were going to Disney as we were on I-95 almost at Daytona Beach, she cried hysterically because she had thought we were going to visit Grandma!
Wild Baby (our 18 month old daughter), a good-natured but strong-willed baby who knows about 5 words, 3 of them no.
Restaurants in this report...
Artist Point
Kona Cafe
California Grille
Restaurant Akershus (Princess Storybook Breakfast)
Counter Service Restaurants in this report...
POFQ Food Court
Wolfgang Puck Express (several times!)
Columbia Harbour House
Cantina de San Angel
Food and Wine Festival Booths
DAY 1 - September 28th
We checked in to our resort, POFQ, around 4 pm and unloaded all our junk in our room, a corner room on the first floor in building 6. We were all hungry, so we immediately drove to DTD, arriving at Wolfgang Puck Express just after 5 pm. We appeared to just beat the crowd, because right after we got there, ordered our food and sat down, a bunch of people appeared and there was a line out the door.
My husband ordered the Rosemary Chicken with Garlic Mashed Potatoes. He had a diet Coke and a brownie. I ordered the Linguini with Chicken Bolognese the mango iced tea and a chocolate cookie with white chocolate chunks. Wild Child got the macaroni and cheese kids meal with chocolate milk and a chocolate chip cookie. We used 3 CS credits, but the total would have been $36.00. I also ordered a bowl of the butternut squash soup which I paid for out of pocket ($2.82 with a 10% discount from the AAA Diamond Card).
Everything was good, but my husband and I agreed that our daughters mac and cheese was the best. (Meanwhile, she didnt really care for it! She prefers the boxed Kraft variety to the real thing!). She did eat some of the chicken, which was very moist and flavorful, and polished off her cookie. Our 18 month old Wild Baby devoured the linguini and also really liked the mashed potatoes. I loved the soup and finished off my daughters mac and cheese after she decided she didnt want it. As far as the desserts go, the cookies were OK, but the brownie was really good, and Im not usually a big brownie fan. We also had a choice of crème brulee, but neither my husband nor I like the consistency of that dessert, so it wasnt really an option. I didnt really want the mango iced tea, but you are not allowed to get bottled drinks at WPE and I dont drink soda, so the tea was the only real choice for me.
We really like this CS location. It may be our favorite CS location at Disney. The only downside was that the inside tables were pretty full so we ate outside. We expected it to be muggy and hot, but what we were unprepared for was the onslaught of lovebugs. I grew up in FL and have always been used to these bugs getting all over the windshield when traveling at certain times of the year, but I dont remember every being bugged (literally!) so much by the critters when just walking around outdoors. We quickly finished our meals and took the rest of the desserts back to our room. Im not eating outside again! my husband declared.