Trip Report September is the slow season, right? RIGHT?!?!?!

I don't usually do trip reports,mainly because I'm not a giant nerd. Ignore my 10k posts on a WDW message board as you read that please.

I'm pretty excited about this trip though. Finally going to get to see the boy who lived! Plus we are spending a couple days at those dumpster fires Disney calls theme parks. Can't win em all I guess.

Who: Me and the Missus(sp?)

When: Sept 11-15th

Where: Bay Lake Tower

Plans: Two days at WDW one at USO.

On to the deets, as the kids say. Kids say deets, right?

 

[senor_jorge]

I'll get there. Chronologically I'm still 24 hours away from it.

<DWIGHT>Un-shun</DWIGHT>

 

[draybook]

Glowing reviews. Grabbed an 8pm reservation for the 14th...

Here's the problem. I just remembered we have Boathouse reservations for the 12th. I'm not sure I can bully Mrs. Dan into two steakhouses in 3 days.

Soooo. Which reservation gets the boot?

My vote goes towards Mrs. Dan getting the boot! Great TR so far, bud!

 

[xdan0920]

Doing this update on my phone, so excuse any typos.

So, after we finished our drinks at ESPN we headed to the front of the Boardwalk to grab another Uber. The idea of walking all the way through Epcot to catch a monorail to TTC then transfer to the resort beam, no thanks. I'll pay the 6 bucks for a private driver.

So we quickly changed into our swim suits, no pictures, don't want y'all to see my sick abs and feel bad about yourselves. You're welcome.

Anyway, we grabbed drinks at the Cove bar before we went swimming, and whoa, some kinda beer list for a pool bar. @jakeman

I went Goose Island 312, and it was delicious.

BLT pool is pretty nice. And the life guards train hard. This is a picture I took at 12:45 am.

Anyhoo. We hung by the pool and the pool bar for about an hour. I wanted to go down the slide, but little goober kids were hogging it. How many times in a row can you go down the same slide? Selfish.

Time to shower and get ready for dinner. Again, no pics, creepers.

Our initial plan was to head to Le Chefs. That fell through based on time constraints. We called to cancel, and the CM was kind enough to waive the fee. MAGICal.

We were gonna try walk up at Trattoria Al Forno, we could see literally dozens of open tables through the window. So we figured, no problemo. Boy were we wrong, despite tons of open tables at Forno, Flying Fish, and Big River, none would seat us. I sniffed my pits to make sure I wasn't being rejected based on odor, but I was all good. I guess they staff only to their reservations, and can't go beyond that. It was very frustrating.

So we just grabbed $4.25 slices of Pizza from the Boardwalk pizza window. Where we live, Bergen County NJ, we have outstanding pizza, for half that cost. The cost to value ratio here was all out of whack. But food is food. And we needed a good base for the night at JellyRolls.

Got to JellyRolls around 8:30 and we grabbed the last table on the floor. The place was packed by 9, and it turned into an awesome night. Ray and Scotty were on, and anyone who knows JellyRolls at all, knows those two are the A team. And they didn't disappoint.

Tomorrow we head over to USO to meet the boy who lived.

 

[Matt]

Looking forward to the rest!

 

[xdan0920]

Time to go to Hogwarts!

I've been looking forward to going to PotterLand for years. Every time we've been to Orlando in the past few years, I've wanted to head to USO for a day. The cost of a day at USO vs. adding one day to WDW is crazy though. So we kept putting it off, but with Diagon alley running now, we had to bite the bullet and pay up.

First bit of advice for those of you thinking of spending a day at Universal but are staying in WDW. Use Uber. The ride cost us $24. You literally can not beat that. Our driver on this run was a 40ish woman who looked like a real housewife. Makeup done, hair looking good, leather pants, high heels on, not ideal driving wear, but who am I to judge?

Anyhow, we got to the park right at opening. The ticket agent tried a hard sell on us regarding their fast pass. We declined since we were mainly there for Potter, and you can't use it there. As a quick aside, if Disney put in a program like this, these boards would implode. They hard sell the pass at the gate, then they sell them at all the headliner attractions. You see a long wait? Give Uni MORE $$$ and you don't need to wait with the poor people. Disney would get massacred for this. Anyways....

We started on the Hogsmead side. Which in retrospect is backwards. You should start in the muggle world and head to Diagon Alley then to Kings cross first! Oh well.

I was staggered by how beautiful these two lands are. The level of detail is overwhelming. The shops are gorgeous, Three Broomsticks and the Leaky Cauldron are gorgeous. The queues are gorgeous. It's all simply awesome.

Forbidden Journey is my new favorite ride in Orlando. Love the ride system, love the queue, love the sets, even the screens are well integrated. We only waited about 15 minutes as well. That may be impacting my review, but it is what it is.

Hogwarts Express. Ok, I'm conflicted here. On the one hand it is so awesome to actually ride the Hogwarts Express. The train stations are both super cool. The train itself is literally amazing. Riding in a cabin to Hogwarts?!?!? Im not a nerd but, oh man I was geeking out. But now, the conflict. I was underwhelmed by the story once inside. I felt it was mostly just boring, but not in a Peter Pans flight relaxing way. It was just "oh that's it." Maybe that's on me, does anyone else feel that way?

Escape from Gringotts. I'm struggling to describe this attraction. The interior portion of the queue is fantastic. The exterior is a slog. I love that they didn't baby the ride though, it has some genuine thrills, and is exciting as heck. Yes it's a little heavy on screens, but they are well done, and strike a good balance with physical sets. Overall I'd put Gringotts in my top 8 Orlando attractions. Somewhere between ToT and Spider-Man.

Dueling Dragons is a fun coaster but overall it's silly to call it part of Potterworld. It's barely even re-themed. We didn't bother with Flight of the Hippograph, so I have nothing on that.

Butter beer. We went with the frozen version. It was pretty good. Not sure I would go out of my way for it, and it's certainly no Citrus Swirl.

Last thing, the prices on souvenirs/treats in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley make WDW look reasonable. $14 for Jellybeans? $13 for chocolate frogs? $129 for a robe? Good god people.

By the time we finished up Harry Potter world, it was around 1:30 and the wait times in the rest of the park were 30-60 minutes. So we had a decision to make. FP or no FP.

In our next installment, find out if Uni extorted more money out of the Dan clan!

 

[jakeman]

There's something wrong with your shirt in the picture. Nats is spelled wrong...

 

[jakeman]

They had Rekorderlig on the cruise.

It's basically a wine cooler. There's a ton of different flavors.

 

[fractal]

or not, as I am a pretty poor righter.

Intentional or not, that is pretty funny!

Day 1.

We arrived at MCO at 9:45. We were booked on DME, but we decided to grab our own bags, as it was nearly 10pm, and we didn't want to wait for Disney to deliver. The baggage carousel was quite fast though, and we were on the bus in what felt like no time flat. Sweet!!! The bus however, was pretty full, and as we pulled away from MCO the driver gave us the order of stops, and wouldn't you know it, we were 4th of 4. So we settled in for the long ride. And long it was, it took about 75 minutes from leaving the airport to drop off at Bay Lake Tower.

I did online check-in, so we didn't have to stop at the front desk, we headed right to our room on the 11th floor. #8123. The view was great, but the finishes in the room left A LOT to be desired. The closet doors were busted up. The shower faucet didn't work properly. The shower curtain was using hooks that didn't fit around the curtain rod, so that was a constant nuisance. And the noise, wow, the noise. This hotel must have the thinnest walls in WDW outside of the All-Star resorts. I could hear everything from everywhere. The positives of the room were pretty limited, and aside from the location, I can't think of any reason to reccommend BLT.

Anyway, here's the view.

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We just went to bed on night one.The first real day of vacation was coming fast.

That s*cks!

Doing this update on my phone, so excuse any typos.

So, after we finished our drinks at ESPN we headed to the front of the Boardwalk to grab another Uber. The idea of walking all the way through Epcot to catch a monorail to TTC then transfer to the resort beam, no thanks. I'll pay the 6 bucks for a private driver.

So we quickly changed into our swim suits, no pictures, don't want y'all to see my sick abs and feel bad about yourselves. You're welcome.

Anyway, we grabbed drinks at the Cove bar before we went swimming, and whoa, some kinda beer list for a pool bar. @jakeman

Hilarious! we need better emojis for a comment like this!

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I went Goose Island 312, and it was delicious.

BLT pool is pretty nice. And the life guards train hard. This is a picture I took at 12:45 am. View attachment 111377

Anyhoo. We hung by the pool and the pool bar for about an hour. I wanted to go down the slide, but little goober kids were hogging it. How many times in a row can you go down the same slide? Selfish.

Time to shower and get ready for dinner. Again, no pics, creepers.

Our initial plan was to head to Le Chefs. That fell through based on time constraints. We called to cancel, and the CM was kind enough to waive the fee. MAGICal.

We were gonna try walk up at Trattoria Al Forno, we could see literally dozens of open tables through the window. So we figured, no problemo. Boy were we wrong, despite tons of open tables at Forno, Flying Fish, and Big River, none would seat us. I sniffed my pits to make sure I wasn't being rejected based on odor, but I was all good. I guess they staff only to their reservations, and can't go beyond that. It was very frustrating.

So we just grabbed $4.25 slices of Pizza from the Boardwalk pizza window. Where we live, Bergen County NJ, we have outstanding pizza, for half that cost. The cost to value ratio here was all out of whack. But food is food. And we needed a good base for the night at JellyRolls.

Got to JellyRolls around 8:30 and we grabbed the last table on the floor. The place was packed by 9, and it turned into an awesome night. Ray and Scotty were on, and anyone who knows JellyRolls at all, knows those two are the A team. And they didn't disappoint.

Tomorrow we head over to USO to meet the boy who lived.

You're killing me - Great report!

 

[fractal]

There's something wrong with your shirt in the picture. Nats is spelled wrong...

Not that. Just have to replace the "E" with a "U".

 

[xdan0920]

There's something wrong with your shirt in the picture. Nats is spelled wrong...

#LGM

They had Rekorderlig on the cruise.

It's basically a wine cooler. There's a ton of different flavors.

Is it actually German? Or is it a trick to fool people?

Aside from that though, that's a really nice list for a pool bar, no?

Not that. Just have to replace the "E" with a "U".

#LGM

 

[xdan0920]

Soooo

Yes, the answer is yes. Uni managed to extort an extra $125 from us. Here's why....

So we finished up our Harry Potter adventure in Hogsmeade, then headed over to Springfield...

I want to preface this by saying I'm a huge Simpsons fan and was really looking forward to this area. I wanted to have a Krusty Burger and a Duff beer, and generally hang out in Springfield. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I was tremendously disappointed. The Simpsons ride is as funny as ever, but oh man is it beat up. The only WDW ride I can compare it to on poor upkeep is Buzz, and that's saying something. Next we went for lunch, I got a Krusty Burger. It was without a doubt, the worst thing I've ever eaten in a theme park. The bun sucked, the "meat" sucked, the "cheese" sucked. It all sucked. So by this point I am thoroughly disappointed in Springfield. And now it's about 2pm. We haven't hit Minions(80 min), Transformers(60), Spider-Man(20), JP(30) and we have BoatHouse reservations for the night. Sooooo, Express Pass here we come.

We raced through MIB, plus all of the above, in about 2 hours. We also grabbed a couple Duffs, the regular duff is ok, and the lite is sorta ok. Another mild disappointment from Springfield. We started the 47 mile trek back to the taxi pick up area where our Uber was waiting. There was a moment, around Bubba Gump when I thought we may have to set up camp for the night, but we persevered, and made it to the uber with no breaks. Might be a record.

Overall, Uni is going to be a skip for us for the next few years. The value just isn't there for us. We are DVC, and the cost of spending a single day at Uni just doesn't offer us more value then an extra Disney Day. Also, Disney Springs is already pulling ahead of City Walk when it comes to food and drink, so that's one less reason to head to Uni. I sorta bought into the Uni is killing WDW hype on these boards, but the truth is, that didn't pass the eye test. I'll take a 4th or 5th day at WDW over a single day at Uni for the most part.

Now, @senor_jorge on to the BoatHouse...

 

[xdan0920]

I lied. The BoatHouse is on double deck. First up, Lava Lounge at the RainForest Cafe.

This is a new bar area around the back of RFC. It's right up against the water and has maybe 30 high top tables and about 15/20 bar stools. There are two TVs showing sports too.

We each had a drink here. I had a Kona Longboard, Megan had Sangria. The sun was setting, the weather was cooling, and it was so great to have a drink on the water. Speaking of which...

The new Margarita Bar in DTD is AWESOME. Here, let me show you, first a WDWMAGIC stock photo since I didn't get any of the whole place.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/dock...pr2015-dockside-margaritas-overview/23920.htm

Behind the building is a lake side counter top, and to the right are lots of couches and lounge type seating. Click the link for more great WDWMAGIC pics.

Anyways, we sat facing the lake.

This was our view.

These are our drinks with the view.

Megan got a Rum Runner and loved it. I had an Orange Blossom Pilsner. First taste I didn't love it, but after a few I really started to enjoy it. I even changed my rating from 3 stars to 4 on untpped. This little bar was one of the major highlights of our trip. There was live music, but it wasn't too loud. It was busy enough to feel dynamic, but not crowded. This is now a must do for us.

Now that we are good and lubricated, on to the Boathouse!

 

[John Puccio]

Time to go to Hogwarts!

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I've been looking forward to going to PotterLand for years. Every time we've been to Orlando in the past few years, I've wanted to head to USO for a day. The cost of a day at USO vs. adding one day to WDW is crazy though. So we kept putting it off, but with Diagon alley running now, we had to bite the bullet and pay up.

First bit of advice for those of you thinking of spending a day at Universal but are staying in WDW. Use Uber. The ride cost us $24. You literally can not beat that. Our driver on this run was a 40ish woman who looked like a real housewife. Makeup done, hair looking good, leather pants, high heels on, not ideal driving wear, but who am I to judge?

Anyhow, we got to the park right at opening. The ticket agent tried a hard sell on us regarding their fast pass. We declined since we were mainly there for Potter, and you can't use it there. As a quick aside, if Disney put in a program like this, these boards would implode. They hard sell the pass at the gate, then they sell them at all the headliner attractions. You see a long wait? Give Uni MORE $$$ and you don't need to wait with the poor people. Disney would get massacred for this. Anyways....

We started on the Hogsmead side. Which in retrospect is backwards. You should start in the muggle world and head to Diagon Alley then to Kings cross first! Oh well.

I was staggered by how beautiful these two lands are. The level of detail is overwhelming. The shops are gorgeous, Three Broomsticks and the Leaky Cauldron are gorgeous. The queues are gorgeous. It's all simply awesome.

Forbidden Journey is my new favorite ride in Orlando. Love the ride system, love the queue, love the sets, even the screens are well integrated. We only waited about 15 minutes as well. That may be impacting my review, but it is what it is.

Hogwarts Express. Ok, I'm conflicted here. On the one hand it is so awesome to actually ride the Hogwarts Express. The train stations are both super cool. The train itself is literally amazing. Riding in a cabin to Hogwarts?!?!? Im not a nerd but, oh man I was geeking out. But now, the conflict. I was underwhelmed by the story once inside. I felt it was mostly just boring, but not in a Peter Pans flight relaxing way. It was just "oh that's it." Maybe that's on me, does anyone else feel that way?

Escape from Gringotts. I'm struggling to describe this attraction. The interior portion of the queue is fantastic. The exterior is a slog. I love that they didn't baby the ride though, it has some genuine thrills, and is exciting as heck. Yes it's a little heavy on screens, but they are well done, and strike a good balance with physical sets. Overall I'd put Gringotts in my top 8 Orlando attractions. Somewhere between ToT and Spider-Man.

View attachment 111558

Dueling Dragons is a fun coaster but overall it's silly to call it part of Potterworld. It's barely even re-themed. We didn't bother with Flight of the Hippograph, so I have nothing on that.

Butter beer. We went with the frozen version. It was pretty good. Not sure I would go out of my way for it, and it's certainly no Citrus Swirl.

Last thing, the prices on souvenirs/treats in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley make WDW look reasonable. $14 for Jellybeans? $13 for chocolate frogs? $129 for a robe? Good god people.

By the time we finished up Harry Potter world, it was around 1:30 and the wait times in the rest of the park were 30-60 minutes. So we had a decision to make. FP or no FP.

In our next installment, find out if Uni extorted more money out of the Dan clan!

The new fast pass system stinks! It rewards people who want to lay around in their room or do it from home instead of getting up early making the most of the day. We used to be able to get up get to the park early fast pass toy story mania and ride it and then why did the third time during the day now we're lucky to get on once. I'm standing in the Tower of terror fast pass line so far for 20 minutes and the standby line is moving just as fast. This is ridiculous and totally not worth my money

 

[draybook]

Time to go to Hogwarts!

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I've been looking forward to going to PotterLand for years. Every time we've been to Orlando in the past few years, I've wanted to head to USO for a day. The cost of a day at USO vs. adding one day to WDW is crazy though. So we kept putting it off, but with Diagon alley running now, we had to bite the bullet and pay up.

First bit of advice for those of you thinking of spending a day at Universal but are staying in WDW. Use Uber. The ride cost us $24. You literally can not beat that. Our driver on this run was a 40ish woman who looked like a real housewife. Makeup done, hair looking good, leather pants, high heels on, not ideal driving wear, but who am I to judge?

Anyhow, we got to the park right at opening. The ticket agent tried a hard sell on us regarding their fast pass. We declined since we were mainly there for Potter, and you can't use it there. As a quick aside, if Disney put in a program like this, these boards would implode. They hard sell the pass at the gate, then they sell them at all the headliner attractions. You see a long wait? Give Uni MORE $$$ and you don't need to wait with the poor people. Disney would get massacred for this. Anyways....

We started on the Hogsmead side. Which in retrospect is backwards. You should start in the muggle world and head to Diagon Alley then to Kings cross first! Oh well.

I was staggered by how beautiful these two lands are. The level of detail is overwhelming. The shops are gorgeous, Three Broomsticks and the Leaky Cauldron are gorgeous. The queues are gorgeous. It's all simply awesome.

Forbidden Journey is my new favorite ride in Orlando. Love the ride system, love the queue, love the sets, even the screens are well integrated. We only waited about 15 minutes as well. That may be impacting my review, but it is what it is.

Hogwarts Express. Ok, I'm conflicted here. On the one hand it is so awesome to actually ride the Hogwarts Express. The train stations are both super cool. The train itself is literally amazing. Riding in a cabin to Hogwarts?!?!? Im not a nerd but, oh man I was geeking out. But now, the conflict. I was underwhelmed by the story once inside. I felt it was mostly just boring, but not in a Peter Pans flight relaxing way. It was just "oh that's it." Maybe that's on me, does anyone else feel that way?

Escape from Gringotts. I'm struggling to describe this attraction. The interior portion of the queue is fantastic. The exterior is a slog. I love that they didn't baby the ride though, it has some genuine thrills, and is exciting as heck. Yes it's a little heavy on screens, but they are well done, and strike a good balance with physical sets. Overall I'd put Gringotts in my top 8 Orlando attractions. Somewhere between ToT and Spider-Man.

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Dueling Dragons is a fun coaster but overall it's silly to call it part of Potterworld. It's barely even re-themed. We didn't bother with Flight of the Hippograph, so I have nothing on that.

Butter beer. We went with the frozen version. It was pretty good. Not sure I would go out of my way for it, and it's certainly no Citrus Swirl.

Last thing, the prices on souvenirs/treats in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley make WDW look reasonable. $14 for Jellybeans? $13 for chocolate frogs? $129 for a robe? Good god people.

By the time we finished up Harry Potter world, it was around 1:30 and the wait times in the rest of the park were 30-60 minutes. So we had a decision to make. FP or no FP.

In our next installment, find out if Uni extorted more money out of the Dan clan!

If you guys ever get the chance, I suggest staying on site for the free Express Passes. The prices on the rooms are better than Disney deluxes and just as nice. I'll post a pic of our room at the Royal Pacific Resort in my TR later.

 

[jakeman]

Is it actually German? Or is it a trick to fool people?

Aside from that though, that's a really nice list for a pool bar, no?

Swedish and yeah that's a pretty extensive list for a pool bar. Pretty impressive. Nothing unique, but more than enough standards to satisfy most palates.

I had an Orange Blossom Pilsner. First taste I didn't love it, but after a few I really started to enjoy it. I even changed my rating from 3 stars to 4 on untpped.

Yeah that's a weird one. It gets better as it warms. The cloying dies down a bit.

Still waiting on that Cloudy Lemonade you had.

 

[jakeman]

The new fast pass system stinks! It rewards people who want to lay around in their room or do it from home instead of getting up early making the most of the day.

Yep...that's why I like it.

 

[xdan0920]

If you guys ever get the chance, I suggest staying on site for the free Express Passes. The prices on the rooms are better than Disney deluxes and just as nice. I'll post a pic of our room at the Royal Pacific Resort in my TR later.

We own DVC. Again, it's one of those cost to value things.

Swedish and yeah that's a pretty extensive list for a pool bar. Pretty impressive. Nothing unique, but more than enough standards to satisfy most palates.
Yeah that's a weird one. It gets better as it warms. The cloying dies down a bit.

Still waiting on that Cloudy Lemonade you had.

Epcot, day 3. Spoiler, my wife liked it more then me.

 

[xdan0920]

The Boathouse

I decided to give this its own post, since it's new and popular, and fantastic.

So, we had a 9pm reservation. I know a guy who knows a guy who has a connection.

Around 8:40 we check in with the hostess, and she informs us we can be seated. I was actually a little disappointed because I wanted to check out the Dock Bar.

 

[xdan0920]

Oops, posted incomplete review....website being a little buggy.

So, we get seated early....

This being a fancy meal, we fold our napkins and place them on our laps. That's step 1 to fine dining. I learned it in the real France when I was 19 months old.

Our server, let's call him Jacques because I don't remember his actual name made his way over to us after about 5 minutes of me getting annoyed by the delay. That would be the only negative aspect to our meal. Once Jacques got there, everything else was fantastic.

We were seated in the front most room. Right next to the Boat booth. There was live music in this room, which I would have preferred went away, but Megan enjoyed it, and that's what's really important, right? Right!

One other note before I get to the food. There was a lot of kids here. Like, way more then I expected, especially at that late hour. What's up with that?

Anyways...

We ordered a bottle of wine. Whatever the cheapest Pinot Grigio was. I think it was like $45. It was good though, maybe not $45 good, but good. Plus I was already a few beers in sooooo

For an app we got the Local Cedar Key Middleneck Clams.

Oh. My. ****ing. God.

This was maybe the best thing I've ever eaten. Clams were fresh, the Garlic Crustini made me want to punch my grandma in the face, and the Garlic butter sauce pretty much put me into a coma. I'm legit salivating right now remembering it.

Along with the clams we had bread service.

Gskitdnjksrjndyiogd!!!!!!!!!!

Best bread service evah!!!!!! Warm, chewy, slightly sweet, room temp butter. The meal could have ended here and that would have been a-ok.

Main Courses...

NY Strip. Welp, that did it for me. This place is far and away the best food on Disney Property. The steak was PERFECT. Cooked medium rare, grill marks instead of charred. Oh man, I'm drooling down my shirt right now.

Jumbo Crab cake. Megan was basically in love with this. I tried a little bite then proceeded to try and bargain my way into a swap. My clean dish for her crab cake. No deal though. Selfish woman.

For dessert we went with the Whiskey Caramel Cornbread Cake.

Perfect ending to a perfect meal. This was outrageous. The flavors married wonderfully, and it's just different enough to be special.

On a scale of 1-5 stars. The Boathoise was 5 stars +. It's at the very top of our must do list going forward.

 

[senor_jorge]

Oops, posted incomplete review....website being a little buggy.

So, we get seated early....

This being a fancy meal, we fold our napkins and place them on our laps. That's step 1 to fine dining. I learned it in the real France when I was 19 months old.

Our server, let's call him Jacques because I don't remember his actual name made his way over to us after about 5 minutes of me getting annoyed by the delay. That would be the only negative aspect to our meal. Once Jacques got there, everything else was fantastic.

We were seated in the front most room. Right next to the Boat booth. There was live music in this room, which I would have preferred went away, but Megan enjoyed it, and that's what's really important, right? Right!

One other note before I get to the food. There was a lot of kids here. Like, way more then I expected, especially at that late hour. What's up with that?

Anyways...

We ordered a bottle of wine. Whatever the cheapest Pinot Grigio was. I think it was like $45. It was good though, maybe not $45 good, but good. Plus I was already a few beers in sooooo

For an app we got the Local Cedar Key Middleneck Clams.
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Oh. My. ****ing. God.

This was maybe the best thing I've ever eaten. Clams were fresh, the Garlic Crustini made me want to punch my grandma in the face, and the Garlic butter sauce pretty much put me into a coma. I'm legit salivating right now remembering it.

Along with the clams we had bread service.
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Gskitdnjksrjndyiogd!!!!!!!!!!

Best bread service evah!!!!!! Warm, chewy, slightly sweet, room temp butter. The meal could have ended here and that would have been a-ok.

Main Courses...

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NY Strip. Welp, that did it for me. This place is far and away the best food on Disney Property. The steak was PERFECT. Cooked medium rare, grill marks instead of charred. Oh man, I'm drooling down my shirt right now.
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Jumbo Crab cake. Megan was basically in love with this. I tried a little bite then proceeded to try and bargain my way into a swap. My clean dish for her crab cake. No deal though. Selfish woman.

For dessert we went with the Whiskey Caramel Cornbread Cake.

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Perfect ending to a perfect meal. This was outrageous. The flavors married wonderfully, and it's just different enough to be special.

On a scale of 1-5 stars. The Boathoise was 5 stars +. It's at the very top of our must do list going forward.

You didn't raise expectations at all with that report! Looking forward to it!