Gran Fiesta
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I know it might be an unpopular opinion, but I really miss Electric Umbrella. I think it's more nostalgic reasons than for the food though![Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl: 🤣](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/7.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png)
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Y’all can pry the corn dog nugget combo with cheese sauce at Casey’s from my cold dead hands.
That said I’ve noticed smaller portion sizes and not as good food at the QS places. Although I actually enjoy the pizza at some places.
Can’t speak for table service as I rarely do it. Literally only twice in my life.
We find TS hit or miss, I’d say we still get pretty good quality TS at most Epcot restaurants, at Liberty tree at MK, at PrimeTime at HS, etc but we have noticed a pretty big decline at a lot of the others. We don’t even bother with dinner at AK anymore, we always go to DS for dinner on AK night.
The problem is most QS has seen a decline also, the burgers aren’t as good, the chicken sandwiches aren’t as good, the breakfasts aren’t as good… the food at the hotel has seen an even larger decline. We used to love the food at POFQ and now it’s often disappointing.
I can see where the risk of disappointment is less with a $20 QS meal than a $50 TS meal but for the price neither should be disappointing.
The last time I was there we ate dinner at Disney Springs almost every night. We had one dinner at Flying Fish and one at California Grill, but that was it. It almost feels silly to eat at TS (unless it's somewhere legitimately good like Flying Fish) when QS options at Disney Springs like Polite Pig and Pizza Ponte are better than the majority of TS meals at parks/resorts.
An idea is to stay at the Hilton across the street from Disney Springs. Hilton has transport to parks also. Benihana at the Hilton is delish.Springs certainly has solid options. It’s just so far away from many of the resorts.
Springs certainly has solid options. It’s just so far away from many of the resorts.
Y’all can pry the corn dog nugget combo with cheese sauce at Casey’s from my cold dead hands.
That said I’ve noticed smaller portion sizes and not as good food at the QS places. Although I actually enjoy the pizza at some places.
Can’t speak for table service as I rarely do it. Literally only twice in my life.
Just got back from a trip at the Ritz Carlton in Lake Oconee (yes I know it was going to be expensiveThis is how we feel about the spring rolls, nearly $10 for 2 (seemingly smaller) rolls is getting pretty insane though.
We still bought them our last trip but we shared an order instead of getting 2 orders, that’s something we do more and more often at the parks now, we share a soda at lunch instead of getting 2, we share a snack instead of getting 2... it’s the new Disney way.
An idea is to stay at the Hilton across the street from Disney Springs. Hilton has transport to parks also. Benihana at the Hilton is delish.
Just got back from a trip at the Ritz Carlton in Lake Oconee (yes I know it was going to be expensive) using Marriott points and wow was that some sticker shock! Not saying Disney is a bargain but compared to those prices, it sure seemed like it.
Examples:
Salad with Salmon (extremely small portion) - $39
2 Small Tacos with handful of chips - $24
8oz Filet - $70 with no sides
Admittedly the tacos were really good but otherwise not so much. Luckily it was a "free" stay but I just can't comprehend paying full rate for some of these places.
Thats on my list! Lake Oconee was 1hr and half from the house and we used points so it was worth it for our stay but not at full freight.The Ritz there is nice but it’s not worth what they charge IMO. Next time you want a nice vacation in GA check out Sea Island. The Cloister or Lodge will blow you away if you liked the Ritz at Lake Oconee.
WOW that's just crazy.8oz Filet - $70 with no sides
Thats on my list! Lake Oconee was 1hr and half from the house and we used points so it was worth it for our stay but not at full freight.
Will do!Sea Island is 100% worth the cost. We are headed there in a few weeks for our 10th anniversary. When you get ready to go hit me up and I’ll send you some tips and tricks. It’s an absolutely amazing resort and the only place I’ve ever felt every dollar I spent was worth it.
Ritz is about an hour from us so we must not live too far apart!
We went last November for the first time since COVID. I think the only meals that we felt were worthwhile that were Disney owned were Sebastian's (probably our best meal overall), Whispering Canyon (it's honestly pretty average BBQ, but atmosphere and all you can eat made it worthwhile), and Topolino's (overpriced, but better Character meal than Chef Mickey's IMO). Anything else we did was just ok at best (Cape May especially was a disgrace compared to years ago. Only Oreo Bon Bons are worthwhile). Be Our Guest especially was such a huge letdown compared to when it first opened and the pricing is disgusting. I'm at a point where I'm ready to eat only offsite or in non-Disney places at the Springs.We had Captain Cooks very early on in the Covid era. After a few months the burgers now taste comparable to school lunchroom quality, whereas they were relatively decent before
They've taken some things away, but up until recently they've heavily invested in the parks over the last few years. CAPEx has been kind of stable.
They are currently building or starting to build new lands in all of their international parks. We're just angry they aren't building them in Florida.
Never had a bad steak at Texas road house and pices are very reasonable -------see Disney it can be done
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