Sailormoon2
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Those Homecoming drinks sound riddiculously amazing!! I can not wait to try on our next trip!!
Rob and I both started with one of our favorites, The Bootlegger. RumShine and dark rum, blackberry jam, house-made grenadine, simple syrup, lime juice.
This drink is ridiculous! The perfect balance of sweet, tart and booze.
Then Rob switched to their Old Fashion and I switched to my absolute number one favorite, The Local. Rum Haven coconut water rum, lime, simple syrup, and fresh pineapple.
These are dangerous.
Then for good measure I got a side of their Mac and Cheese, which I was able to order at the bar with no problem.
Hands down the best mac and cheese I have ever had. It's too good.
After that we hit up our favorite hangout, the AMC Theater, for our first movie of the trip. We saw Passengers, which ended up being totally packed. They also have reserved seating here now, which a lot of people love, but I despise. It somehow makes everyone choose to sit all together in one area. It's a weird phenomenon. People don't choose seats off the little screen like they would actually walking into the theater. I hate it. We had a $5 Stubs reward from our last trip and I had $200 in gift cards for AMC and about 16 free small popcorn vouchers, so we had the Stubs discount, a $4 AP discount, a free popcorn and the rest went on the gist card. Working the deals!
Poor Rob was so exhausted from our long day that he fell asleep and missed about 40% of the movie. It was adorable.
After the movie we were right next to the bus stop, so we took the bus back to POFQ and we were in bed and asleep by 11:30. Not a bad first day!
Ooh! A report! This will help get me through the next few months before my trip! I follow you on IG so I'm looking forward to getting all the details here!
Excited for another dinning report!
Drinks look good! The Mac & Cheese also looks perfectly cheese!
Did you enjoy Passengers? The plot definitely changed from the original blacklist edition!
So excited for your new report, we tried Nine Dragons last August and we really liked it as well, your food looks really tasty there. We are going to try Homecomin' in August, can't wait. Looks like a great first day!
Exactly! That's why we went, too. It was kind of last minute and we only ended up with 2 full days but we hadn't been in almost a year so it was worth it. I'm just thinking it'll be easier to do one or two longer trips and really enjoy relaxing!
OMG, so cute! The Splash characters are some of my favorites.
Noted! This sounds delicious.
Looking forward to the rest of your report. Chick Fil A breakfast sandwich is our preflight breakfast at PHL . Really liked the photo of the temple in Alexandria. When we go to DC we try to stay at one of the hotels overlooking the temple (across the street from the Metro so convenient to get into DC)
Wow, great start! I am seriously going to have to get myself a to-go cocktail (or two...or three...) from Homecoming when I'm there with my youngest in September. The drinks look and sound awesome!
I saw a lot of your pics on Instagram, it looks like you guys had a really fun trip. Can't wait to hear more
Those Homecoming drinks sound riddiculously amazing!! I can not wait to try on our next trip!!
I'm jumping in too! Happy to hear a good Nine Dragons review and those dishes looked awesome!
When Jerseytinkerbell had a new dining review to read, I know it's going to be a good day!! Yeah!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE nine dragons! so underrated!
Oh and your reports are my favorite
Now I want to go back to Nine Dragons. It has been years. And Homecomin' - fried chicken and mac n cheese. We sat at the bar our last trip and had full meals, no problems.
I'm so happy you started your new DR, too, along with Kari! You'll both be getting me ready for a girls' trip I'm taking with my sister & my BFF in 49 short days!!!
The drinks look so inventive! The blackberry jam one sounds like my flavor but both look delightful!! Hopefully we can pop in there for some goodies. Fantastic job on workin' those AMC deals too! I do the same thing! More saved to spend elsewhere in WDW!
So exited....didn't realize you had a new report!
Following along...I LOVE your reports and I've recently read all of them...
I know Nine Dragons doesn't have the best rep, but I also had a quite good meal there back in the day! Looking forward to the rest of your reviews!
Following! Love your reports.
Following along. Can't wait to read more.
I thought this too! But we gave it a try on our last trip and really enjoyed the meal....We have never ever eaten here because I always thought, what's the point? I can get Chinese food at home. However, once I really looked at the menu and some Instagram pics I was swayed into giving it a try and so was Rob. We put our names in and our pager went off about 5 minutes later. Score!
We got these on our last trip. They were really good! I wish my local Chinese place made these.Rob and I both got appetizers to start. I got the General Tso's Chicken Buns. Steamed Chinese buns with battered fried chicken breast and General Tso's sauce.
OMG!!!! This is what we got as well. DH & I got 2 apps and split this. IT WAS SOOOO GOOD! So, different than what we would normally get. I would def go back for it specifically.
We were too full when we were done and I wanted to get dessert elsewhere in the world showcase. But that does look good!
The Buns were relish when we had them as well!I can't believe what a great meal you had at 9 Dragons. I've never heard anything bad about it per se, but never really heard anything about it period. Im a sucker for buns and dumplings so now I have to try those!!!!
I am following along! I enjoyed your last report and am glad I found this one before you got to far along!
I thought this too! But we gave it a try on our last trip and really enjoyed the meal....
We got these on our last trip. They were really good! I wish my local Chinese place made these.
OMG!!!! This is what we got as well. DH & I got 2 apps and split this. IT WAS SOOOO GOOD! So, different than what we would normally get. I would def go back for it specifically.
I did get a mixed drink from there, I couldn't tell you what it was but it was also just ok....
We were too full when we were done and I wanted to get dessert elsewhere in the world showcase. But that does look good!
The Buns were relish when we had them as well!
I really enjoyed reading your review. I just booked a totally last minute trip and start reading up on some of the reviews to get me going until we actually go!
Following along! LOVE your trip reports!
Yay! So glad I found your report on the early side. I'm buckling in for a long and awesome looking trip!
Nine Dragons actually looks pretty good! I haven't been for the same reasons you gave - we have chinese here at home and I'd rather get something unique at WDW. But I think I'm sold based on the soup dumplings. I'll be opening the menu here in another tab Of course Homecoming looks fabulous as always. I don't know if I'll ever be able to bring myself to drop the "g" on Homecomin(g). I am a bona fide southerner and that's not even how I would say the word... jeez.
Glad you got a great room location at POFQ and had no real trouble with the train on the way down. Can't wait to read more!