16 Days of Free Dining Trip Report, Big Toe Nails Included!

If you are offended by sarcasm, vulgar comments, and people dressed in thongs, speedos, or sweaters when its 90 degrees then please stop here. Oh if you hate people with long toe nails...stop reading as well. I am not going to post my food pictures in this thread. I am going to create a TR for our meals because its just too much! I have WAY too many pictures of food and stuff and I'd rather post park pictures here and get everyone all hot and bothered with food in another thread of it's own. Actually the real reason is that you can only do 10 pics per post. For those wanting to read the food report the link is here http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=635197 Enjoy!




Day Number 1


Well this day started out LONG before it ever began. I woke up the previous day at 9:30am. I had a hockey game at 10:50pm that same night. Once I got home from hockey I was all wound up and COULD NOT sleep at all. Normally after I play I have a hard time sleeping...add in the fact we leave for the airport now in a few hours and I am pretty much screwed. Colleen could not sleep either. She slept like an hour an a half. That is it.

So our flight is at 9:15am on Monday (Labor Day) So we left for the airport at like 6:30am. Our airport is like 25 mins from our house and it is weird but Pittsburgh International Airport is 25 minutes outside of Pittsburgh, yeah it is not even IN Pittsburgh. Oh well. We left super early because we had NO idea what to expect at the airport being that it was Monday. Well we were the ONLY car on the road. It was very weird. We get to the airport and it was the same thing. We walked right to baggage check in, then we walked right through TSA no waits or anything. Ironically a lot of our trip was going to be like this but more on that later. We now have a bit of a while to kill at the airport.

Me I like to people watch, and wonder if I will see someone I know on my flight or anything goofy like that. Well it is time to board and I do not know anyone. We had a great flight. No bumps, or anything. Here are some pictures from the flight...

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So we land get off the plane and with no mistakes, wrong turns or anything we get straight to the Magical Express!

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Oh yeah and we can't forget the awesome people checking in for their flight in their PJ's...

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Yeah, pretty classy. Anyways...it is time to head to Walt F'ing Disney World.

We get to the entrance or so we thought was the entrance to Pop Century!

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I say we thought it was the entrance because even though it is, it seems like you have another 33 miles to drive once you turn in here. After getting through online check in very easily with no wait it was off to our room in the 90's building!

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We finally got to the room. First floor room about 50 yards from the pool...

So we get settled in and relax for a while, gather up everything we need and a whole 5 minutes later we are out the door and on our way to Epcot for lunch at Season's Grill. We both had the salmon and mashed potatoes. I had the strawberry shortcake, and she had the chocolate mousse cake. Although still pretty good for a CS meal Sunshine was a let down. They changed EVERYTHING. The salmon, the potatoes, the pork-jus sauce...Aside from going back for dessert this was the only time we ate here, and we planned on eating here a bunch. Oh well let's go get on the Monorail and head to MK shall we?

We get to the TTC and decide to catch the boat over. We never did it before and thought it would be fun. It was cool...got some sweet pictures on the way over...

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First thing we did was head over to Space Mountain. We had a 5 minute wait. After space we went over to Buzz and shot some targets! We then went and got Fast Passes for Peter Pan, then went on The Haunted Mansion. Outside of The Mansion was our friend Nick. We met Nick last September through Tom and Sarah. That is probably the only good thing that came out of meeting Tom, so I guess thanks? Anyways we rode Pirates, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. After BTM it was time for California Grill. First time eating here for both of us so we were pretty excited. It was a beatiful day out as you could see from the ealier pictures so we hoped we would get a nice window seat. We did.

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There it is. In the time it took to get off of the Monorail and get up to our table 10 mins? It poured...and did not stop. Oh well. On to our dinner...I had the Filet, and Colleen had the Sushi Platter. We both had Chocolate Creme...The meal was good but it is NOT worth the price, or 2 dining credits at all. Our server was great. I am not mad or upset we went there...but we will probably not go back again.

After we ate Colleen had a headache and I was BEAT. We both decided we should just go back and get sleep and go full stride tomorrow. When we got back to Pop I decided I'd go get us some drinks and when I got to the cafe they were doing the "Mom's Night Out Dinners" I got the fried chicken dinner. It was pretty bad. My cornbread tasted like fish and Colleen agreed. She did not want to eat at all being we JUST ate but this was the only chance I'd get at this meal so I got it anyway. She agreed to the fishy taste of it. Oh well. F a duck like I always say...

After that I walked to the nearest trash can and pitched it all and we went to sleep.
 

MagicMegan

Active Member
I plan on doing lots of food pics... we're doing the deluxe dining plan and have a ridiculous amount of ADRs... all at different places. But I kow that if I at least remember my camera, I'll try to take pictures of the "specials".
 

blackthidot

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Original Poster
In the Parks
Yes
I plan on doing lots of food pics... we're doing the deluxe dining plan and have a ridiculous amount of ADRs... all at different places. But I kow that if I at least remember my camera, I'll try to take pictures of the "specials".


Man the deluxe plan...that is a LOT!!! Hahaha the days we had 2 ADR's scheduled we struggled by the end...
 

MagicMegan

Active Member
My family is getting to Disney on Oct 25, I'm not getting there till Oct 27 (due to being in school full time).

Oct 25 - Cinderella's Royal Table 7pm

Oct 26 - Tusker House 10am
Kona Kafe 7pm

Oct 27 - Hoolywood & Vine 12pm
Teppan Edo 6pm

Oct 28 - Ohana 930am
California Grill 6pm

Oct 29 - Yak & Yeti 11am
Narcossess 630pm

Oct 30 - Captain's Grille 1pm
Hoopdedoo Revue 7pm

Oct 31 - Chef Mickeys 1030am
then MNSSHP

Nov 1 - Kouzzina 8am (I will NOT be awake for this!)
Coral Reef 230pm
Via Napoli 745pm

Nov 2 - Cape May Character breakfat 8am
Big River Grille 2pm
 

blackthidot

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
In the Parks
Yes
lol @ Narcizzys

And I was planning on it. :animwink: One of the reasons I picked this place. I made MOST of our meal choices.


Good job! If you havent seen them check out the pics of Narcoossee's in my Food Report!!! It is not complete but Narcoossee's is up!
 

MillerPoppins

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I have to tell you Black, I was cracking up reading your report. Like Tom said, you said all the things that people usually just think when they are at the parks. I loved all the photos and commentary! Great job and glad you guys had such a good time!
 

Dads 2 Boys

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I wish you could give out "Leave" Card to idiots you see. No joke next year I might make up a bunch of cards to hand out to people, and hang on their doors at the hotels for doing rude stuff, or just being ugly in general. Haha what would you think if a stranger walked up to you in MK and handed you a small envelope and walked away. You'd be so excited to get it and open it and then it says inside "You're ugly, please go home"?

Wow I am gonna start working on them now.

LMAO :ROFLOL: My fiancee Meagan has mentioned this for our trip next year as well. Heck, my oldest son who was 10 when he was there in 2007 said one time to me while in DHS...."Dad......what is wrong with some of these people? They look like freaks."

You TR was fantastic....honest, to the point with great pics. You and I have very much the same sense of humor so it makes it enjoyable to laugh along. Perhaps not when I was at work reading some of it yesterday and people were starting but like Doc Brown says in Back to the Future ...."what the hell".

Your observations about the routes from POP are right on. We experienced that last Dec....odd to say the least.

Glad you guys had a great trip.
 

blackthidot

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Original Poster
In the Parks
Yes
Your observations about the routes from POP are right on. We experienced that last Dec....odd to say the least.


Yeah I don't know what was going on with that. The only places we went that were the same drive were MK and DHS. Anything else was a crap shoot.
 

harveyt0206

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I wish you could give out "Leave" Card to idiots you see. No joke next year I might make up a bunch of cards to hand out to people, and hang on their doors at the hotels for doing rude stuff, or just being ugly in general. Haha what would you think if a stranger walked up to you in MK and handed you a small envelope and walked away. You'd be so excited to get it and open it and then it says inside "You're ugly, please go home"?

Wow I am gonna start working on them now.


Awesome idea. "Your back hair is icking me out. Please go home". or, "see that trash can sitting three inches from where your trash just landed?? If you can't hit the mark, please go home".

Brilliant! (wait, what happens if someone hands me a go home card?? Shoot, I better think about this some more. lol)
 

blackthidot

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
In the Parks
Yes
Awesome idea. "Your back hair is icking me out. Please go home". or, "see that trash can sitting three inches from where your trash just landed?? If you can't hit the mark, please go home".

Brilliant! (wait, what happens if someone hands me a go home card?? Shoot, I better think about this some more. lol)


Everyone just gotta be on top of his/her game when they go to WDW now...Comment Cards are gonna start going around...:lookaroun
 

Monty

Brilliant...and Canadian
In the Parks
No
I'm starting to feel like it is YOUR timing and not mine!

How were crowds when you were there Mont?
Not quite as good as yours seem to have been, but not bad at all.

We had a number of walk-on or short lines for rides.
 

diddy_mouse

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First off...I can't get over the wait times you had! Those are awesome! Walk on to Soarin'? Say whaaaaat? Space Mtn walk on? Say what? The last time I walked onto Space Mtn was back in 2004, with my fiance (now husband.) It was great for him since he had never been before. Heh, but I told him it doesn't happen too often.

Secondly...I loved your videos at Typhoon Lagoon. It's not very often you see water parks related reports and I find it refreshing you included one. Being in the wave pool in the rain must have been fun.

Lastly...You guys managed to do so much including swim at the resort pool. For me, I can never seem to find time to do that. Also you had some great pictures from all over The World, my favorite being twilight on Main Street. :D

Oh, and I laughed so hard at your description of the abandoned ECVs and such on Main Street. I too found myself asking "Yeah, where did they all go?" :lol:

Glad you had a great time!
 

blackthidot

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
In the Parks
Yes
First off...I can't get over the wait times you had! Those are awesome! Walk on to Soarin'? Say whaaaaat? Space Mtn walk on? Say what? The last time I walked onto Space Mtn was back in 2004, with my fiance (now husband.) It was great for him since he had never been before. Heh, but I told him it doesn't happen too often.

Secondly...I loved your videos at Typhoon Lagoon. It's not very often you see water parks related reports and I find it refreshing you included one. Being in the wave pool in the rain must have been fun.

Lastly...You guys managed to do so much including swim at the resort pool. For me, I can never seem to find time to do that. Also you had some great pictures from all over The World, my favorite being twilight on Main Street. :D

Oh, and I laughed so hard at your description of the abandoned ECVs and such on Main Street. I too found myself asking "Yeah, where did they all go?" :lol:

Glad you had a great time!

Walking onto rides is VERY awesome. It's just a great surprise when its major rides.

Water parks are a HUGE part of our trips. I wanted a water proof camera or case. Takemethere81 gave me a recommendation on an awesome case and it worked PERFECTLY!
 

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