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I LOVE TH. I agree the character interactions are always on point! I have never been for dinner though, only breakfast. Looks like a good variety of options.
August???? Isn't in November? And where am I?Hello, and welcome to my August dining report!
Oh wait, I said that back IN August But now that I've reported on our Nov. trip I'm ready to get back to the summer and continue on with our family vacation!
Nope, that says it allSWEET, SWEET NUTS
need I say anything else?
Glad the boys loved it!!!! We saw a 4 hour line on one day there and the line extended back to FOTLK and then swung around and went back toward Pandora. It was insanity. No way I'd tackle that thing without a fast pass.We got to the park about 2:50 and our FOP FP started at 3, so we went right to Pandora. Steve and I had been on FOP during the AP previews in May but it was the first time for the boys and the both loved it, especially Ricky who wanted to go back on until he saw the 2+ hour line. I did attempt to score more FP's for the remainder of our stay but it didn't work, so that's my main goal for our March trip!
Oh these look so good. We tried to get something from here 3 or 4 times, but the line was always insane. Sadly no margarita with smooshberries for me
The Mo'ara Margarita which I'd had 2 or 3 times before:
Steve got the Hawkes' Grog Ale
Sauza Conmemorativo Añejo tequila with strawberry and blood orange flavor topped with strawberry boba balls
I can't believe how genuinely happy Ricky looks. Awesome!Now he's not my favorite character but since we don't do many meets anymore, I do get excited when I meet him:
Keeping it classy with the corn dogs. You never cease to amaze me
This was mine! Broccoli and cheese soup, veggie samosa, corn dog nuggets to satisfy the classiness in me, a rice I no longer remember the name of and some type of African chicken I no longer remember the name of.
White rice, mac n cheese, a chicken drumstick, melon and a pickle. Pretty generic but hey, he's eating! I know he didn't like the drumstick but he doesn't usually eat them and he also thought the mac n cheese was fantastic.
I was going to comment that Chris' plate was the whitest food I'd ever seen all together and then Ricky's plate had to show him up. You almost can't even see the food on the plate
Similar to Chris with the seasoned steak fries added. Ricky is a mac n cheese connesieur and he felt TH really hit it out of the park with this particular recipe. He ate more of the chicken than Chris, also.
Great picture. Are you sure these are your kids?
As soon as Ricky stood up to meet her, she started jumping up and down and then gave him a hug. Again, such a good sport! I will say as reported here often, the character interaction was really, really good.
Finally Goofy made his way over:
Yum! These look delicious. Glad to hear TH was a win all the way around. We've only ever done breakfast, but dinner is looking pretty awesome
My plate: strawberry cake with white chocolate, pecan chocolate tart, and mini turtle brownie. I LOVED the strawberry cake and therefore, had another. But I'm partial to Betty Crocker strawberry cake mix anyway so that wasn't surprising. Actually all 3 desserts were delicious and it was hard to decide between a 2nd strawberry cake or a 2nd pecan tart, but I was too full for both believe it or not. So dessert was a hit! Again, I wouldn't tell anyone not to go here because the food was fine, just not as out of this world as we thought it was a few years ago. But overall a nice dinner with 2 kids who indulged mom by meeting characters and having fun doing it.
Believe it or not, mine is the plate with the fruit on it - to balance out the chocolate chip muffins of perfection that I think I ate a tray of over the course of the trip.
Steve said the cinnamon roll was nothing like Gaston's and I was like, no sh*%!
We weren't there long before Steve and I needed a snack; what better snack to get than
SWEET, SWEET NUTS
We were eating at Tusker House for the first time in ages. A small part of me booked this because I love the characters in their safari gear, but I booked it mostly because all of our past experiences here have been really good. So get ready for lots of food and character pics!
a rice I no longer remember the name of and some type of African chicken I no longer remember the name of. This folks is the danger of not taking good notes and trying to report on your buffet meal over 4 months after it occurred!
Steve was too full for dessert and Ricky's stomach was acting up again, but Chris and I were willing to give it a try
Oooh, I must also be super classy then!corn dog nuggets to satisfy the classiness in me
I was gonna say... two selections is WEAK in my book! I like a full plate of desserts, personallyThis isn't full enough for my plate so must be Chris's
Hmm... I didn't know there was such a thing as too much chocolate?!Chris thought the cheesecake had too much chocolate (WHAT)
Good Plan! I am dreaming of getting another one of those!When we got out of FOP we visited Pongu Pongu for these:
I love samosas! There are usually a bunch of spices in them, so, if you don't like th auspice mixture, I can see why you wouldn't like them. And they usually have peas in them!This was my 2nd time trying a veggie samosa and as with the first time, I didn't really like it. I don't think it was bad I just don't think it's my thing.
The salmon looks really moist!
This is seriously the best pic! Yearbook worthy?
I could eat that whole pan of samosas!
I kind of agree. Our Tusker House meal is next up for my trip report. But I will say, that we totally agree with your overall review. I want to try breakfast sometime. Have you done breakfast here?That last picture is of some of the cold salads. Overall we didn't think the food was bad, but we didn't think it was as good as the last time we ate there which admittedly was 2 or 3 years ago. I don't know when we'll go back but I don't hesitate sending clients there because the food is still good and the character interaction great!
Taking one for the team. Someone has to do it!Steve was too full for dessert and Ricky's stomach was acting up again, but Chris and I were willing to give it a try
SWEET, SWEET NUTS
That pecan chocolate tart kind of looks like a magic cookie bar!!! Yum!strawberry cake with white chocolate, pecan chocolate tart, and mini turtle brownie
are we sure he is yours?Chris thought the cheesecake had too much chocolate (WHAT)
At least you had the decency to leave these somewhat clothed!!! These are so good though. I will never forget the time R begged/negotiated/pixie dusted his way into early nuts from a CM at the nut stand by the Africa bridge... what can I say, the aroma of her nuts was too much to withstand!
It is a good thing that they have plenty of plain food for the kids to eat. I'm surprised at how many different things they serve. There is a lot more variety than they have at Boma.I wouldn't tell anyone not to go here because the food was fine, just not as out of this world as we thought it was a few years ago. But overall a nice dinner with 2 kids who indulged mom by meeting characters and having fun doing it.
They had patiently waited for us doing this while Steve did this and I did this in our Lyft car but all was good now and I was finally able to drink too!
I'm a super cool boy mom and I would have been the BEST girl mom!
Looks delicious!Oak-grilled Beef Filet: Potato Puree, Asparagus, Cipollini Jam, Bordelaise
I don't know if this happened during or after dinner, but for those of you not familiar with Citricos you can indeed see HEA from there:
I believe only Jason and I got dessert because we're the only normal ones.
Florida Key Lime Pie: Baked in a Graham Cracker Tart Shell served with fresh Strawberries and a Quenelle of Sweet Mandarin Sorbet
but not before checking out the gingerbread house that was going up:
Oh wait, I said that back IN August But now that I've reported on our Nov. trip I'm ready to get back to the summer and continue on with our family vacation!
Steve said the cinnamon roll was nothing like Gaston's and I was like, no sh*%!
Now he's not my favorite character but since we don't do many meets anymore, I do get excited when I meet him:
Steve and Chris's pic is better:
As we were eating our first plates, Daisy came around!
But overall a nice dinner with 2 kids who indulged mom by meeting characters and having fun doing it.
They were as good as I remembered them being!I LOVE TH. I agree the character interactions are always on point!
I wish! I did consider it. But, since I still have two days to go on this and my current TR, I figure I won't get that PTR started until like a week before we go and I'll never finish it! But I'm definitely do a TR for the trip and maybe a dining report, tooAre you doing a PTR for your March trip?
Yeah, I think it's going to be a pretty long time until we see reasonable SB waits for FOP, like maybe not till SW Land opens. That might take some of the fascination away for a bit. In the meantime I'll just keep stressing whenever I need to get FOP for clients (or myself!)!Glad the boys loved it!!!! We saw a 4 hour line on one day there and the line extended back to FOTLK and then swung around and went back toward Pandora. It was insanity. No way I'd tackle that thing without a fast pass.
That's me! I'm like a mullet: class in the front, bottom of the barrel in the backKeeping it classy with the corn dogs. You never cease to amaze me
I'm so glad I made you laugh!A smattering of things that made me giggle...
Oh you definitely areOooh, I must also be super classy then!
Um technically there's not; there's just something wrong with my kid lolHmm... I didn't know there was such a thing as too much chocolate?!
That's one of the main reasons I wanted to eat there again; I love the costumes!I haven't done Tusker House yet... but the characters do look super cute in their safari gear
It could have been the peas I do like lots of spices so I don't know exactly what it was; they seemed dry to me. But I've always wanted to try them so at least I did!I love samosas! There are usually a bunch of spices in them, so, if you don't like th auspice mixture, I can see why you wouldn't like them. And they usually have peas in them!
lol, well I recently put those magnet signs on my car advertising my business and when I pulled up to school to pick up Ricky and two of his friends they all had a s*^t because it's apparently SO embarrasing, so I have a feeling if I slipped that in the yearbook he'd leave and never come back!This is seriously the best pic! Yearbook worthy?
Breakfast was actually the first meal we ever did there and we did it twice, but the last time was about 5 years ago. We loved it both times!I want to try breakfast sometime. Have you done breakfast here?
The boys are so cute in their pictures.
I think they were my favorite partYour deserts at TH look amazing
I try keeping my reports PG-13, though sometimes I fail (on purpose)At least you had the decency to leave these somewhat clothed!!!
I will never forget the time R begged/negotiated/pixie dusted his way into early nuts from a CM at the nut stand by the Africa bridge... what can I say, the aroma of her nuts was too much to withstand!
It does, and it kind of tasted like it! Although I'd take my WL Magic Bar anydayThat pecan chocolate tart kind of looks like a magic cookie bar!!! Yum!
Actually I'm not; think I'll hold all his Christmas presents for awhile until he reconsiders the idea of "too much chocolate"are we sure he is yours?
At first, as in years ago, I wasn't. But it's grown on me and I seriously appreciate it now.I've always been a fan of the more exotic fare available at AK and AKL
Ugh, yes! It's very hard for me now to be in AK and not eat at Tiffins! I totally planned to eat there with the whole family in March but the boys were a hard NO, and I'm not happy about it. I'm planning instead to go to Nomad Lounge so it's close enough, and I'm hoping to talk my travel buddy for my Feb. trip into eating there.I know I am preaching to the choir but sometimes it's hard to choose TH over Tiffins or Yak & Yeti. It's a great complaint to have TOO many good options to choose from!!
I hope it calms down for you, not just so I see you around here more often but so you have more time for wedding plansWork has gotten really busy this fall/winter and I haven't had much time to breathe, much less go through the 25 steps of getting my reports updated! I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel though... please!!!
It took us a couple trips there to realize you could; it was a nice surpriseI did not know you could see fireworks from Citricos so that's a nice surprise.
Glad you liked it! I see constant reports of great character interaction, I think it's one of the best if not THE best meal on property as far as the characters go.We tried Tusker house for the first time on our last trip and fell in love. the food was great and the characters weren't in a rush. I'm glad you had a good time!
That sounds so awesome! I need to get over and actually comment on your report I've been following! And liking your posts,but I seem to always have to go before I have time to comment. But I'm still there!I think Tusker House was my favorite dinner during our trip! It provided a great opportunity to have some things more themed, but also cater to my plain jane tastes! And our character interactions were great-we had dinner at 4:30 so the dining room was almost empty and we could spend as much time as we wanted with them! Goofy even tried to steal my chair when I was getting desserts and Donald was taking too much time with the next table (I'll post photos when I eventually get to that part in my TR)!
That's something I loved, they characters really interacted quite a bit with me and even Steve - the one time he got upWe have had good experiences at Tusker House when we've gone there for breakfast. I think the adults in our group had more fun with the characters than the kids did.
Very true! Steve and I do love Boma and I'm considering taking the kids there in March, but thinking back to the last time Steve and I ate there I know there's more for the boys at TH.There is a lot more variety than they have at Boma.
We had an exceptionally enjoyable nightIt looks like the family had fun, including the boys.
I've been wanting to do H&V! Not because I want to eat the food there lol, we did eat lunch there once in 2007 and it was just ok. But all the costumes they wear all year round are so adorable!The way you described TH was similar to our experience at H&V we did the Minnie’s Seasonal dine. The food was good but having Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Donald and Santa Goody all in the holiday attire made the meal.
It's one of my new favorite desserts ever since Rony "accidentally" brought it to me!I Key Lime Pie!
Pineapple Margarita from La Cava Del Taquila: 100% Agave Tequila Reposado, ginger Liqueur, caramelized pineapple nectar, fresh lime and agave nectar served on the rocks
Ok, so I was all about it after the menu description but now I’m not sure.Anyhoo, the margarita wasn't quite what I expected but it wasn't bad. I thought it would be on the sweet side; not WCC watermelon moonshine sweet, but pineapple sweet. It was kind of half bitter half sweet.
I totally need to do this for dinner one trip!Soon we were at our destination and ready to chow down at Cape May Cafe!
Shrimp! BBQ shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp n grits, sauteed shrimp, shrimp cocktail.......(guess what movie has been on TV lately):
This is making me so hungry!Me: cornbread, caesar salad, chicken marsala, a pesto pasta, and a piece of focaccia bread
I absolutely love crab legs but it is a lot of work!He liked them but getting the meat out was way too much work for him and he stated that you are NOT supposed to have to work for your food.
Um...yum!Some dessert buffet pics:
I so love Chris and his antics! So hilariously entertaining!After dessert came what I believe to be Chris's favorite part of this meal. I also think as he gets older, he will either seek out restaurants that offer this or possibly even open a restaurant himself, simply to be able to give others the experience that is....
The After Dinner Hot Towel
Oh I love cobbler.Cobbler Kari @kastoney had warned me about this, but I'm not a good listener so I went ahead and tried some despite still being full of PB blondies. It was delicious!