I can imagine the crowds during the first week of F&W! Nice that you managed to get in for your FP. I have been late myself but never quite managed a "blue Mickey". I always wondered if the CM would take pity. I guess it depends on the situation and the CM of course.Luckily, the CM took pity on us. She did admonish us to take greater care in getting to our FP's on time, but she let us through. ***Thank you, FEA CM lady! I totally know you had the power to shut us down, and you had mercy on us instead. We did not take this lightly!***
I thought the Coco display was a nice addition.They have some really cool stuff in there, and we enjoyed the Coco windows in the entry.
I have never eaten at San Angel Inn. I love the atmosphere in there, but I have read too many disappointing reviews of the food.Unfortunately, that's really all I have nice to say about San Angel Inn. Gosh, do you want me to really tell you about the food? It makes me feel kind of terrible to say. It wasn't good, y'all. It wasn't good. The chips that came out with the salsa were stale. Then, when our main courses came out, the beans and rice were room temperature. Now, the meat was good and hot. But it was vastly overshadowed by the mediocre sides.
I had considered booking this, but didn't. I regret it now. Oh well, something for next trip, maybe.We swam for a while, then it was time to get ready for our Bon Voyage Breakfast at Trattoria Al Forno. I was so excited for this breakfast, and I'll just put you out of your misery now -- it so lived up to the hype. Easily the BEST meal of the trip.
Hmm...kind of weird. I wonder if they had problems with people taking those skewers home? Must be something like that.I stared a second, very confused. What on earth was she talking about? Take a picture of what?! I looked at my food, saw the skewer, and kind of shrugged. "OK." So I took a picture. As you can see, it didn't turn out too well. She took the skewer and away she went. We thought the whole thing was pretty funny.
I have this breakfast booked for our next trip it looks like so much fun and I love the way the waitress was all like go ahead and take your picture
We have the bon voyage breakfast booked for our non park day. I can't wait to try it.
Following along. I love the pic of Miles and Ariel, so sweet
Yay for a yummy breakfast! We're planning this too. I'm ordering this one as well. It's totally normal to decide what you're eating in five months, right?
That is too funny about your King Triton's breakfast! I wonder if anyone ever just says no to the photo haha Im glad you enjoyed Bon Voyage, that's one of my favorite character meals to date!
I swear, I feel like my husband and I are the only two people in existence who LOVE San Angel Inn! We have gone on every trip but one since 2007 (6 times total) and have never had a bad experience. It makes me so sad that so many other people find it so disappointing! We always have great service and great food, and as a matter of fact, in 2012 we went with a total of 8 people in our party (all adults) and everyone loved it. On the other hand, everyone raves about La Hacienda and we pretty much hated it. Probably the worst dining experience we've ever had in WDW. I'm so sorry you guys didn't have a better time at SAI! ETA: La Hacienda is the second worst. Tony's was definitely, hands down, the absolute worst ever!
And yes, those F & W crowds can be atrocious! A few years ago, I made the mistake of booking dinner at Rose & Crown on a Saturday. The walkway around WS was elbow to elbow. It was awful. I had read all of the warnings to NOT go to Epcot on a Saturday during F & W, because the locals go, as well as the people there on vacation, and it's super crowded. But it never even occurred to me when I made the ADR. To this day, I still can't believe I did something so dumb!
We have yet to ride FEA! Just never really had that much of an interest in fighting for a FP for it. I was hoping to do the Frozen Dessert Party next year when we go back, which comes with a free ride on FEA, but the Dessert Party is going away at the end of this season (if it hasn't already) so I'm sure that the ride won't be included in whatever they change it to.
Bon Voyage breakfast sounds great! I was thinking of making an ADR for it for next year but we're staying at OKW and I know us well enough to be fairly confident that we'll never make it all the way over to the BW in time lol Eh...maybe I'll stick it on the schedule and see what happens lol
I can imagine the crowds during the first week of F&W! Nice that you managed to get in for your FP. I have been late myself but never quite managed a "blue Mickey". I always wondered if the CM would take pity. I guess it depends on the situation and the CM of course.
I thought the Coco display was a nice addition.
I have never eaten at San Angel Inn. I love the atmosphere in there, but I have read too many disappointing reviews of the food.
I had considered booking this, but didn't. I regret it now. Oh well, something for next trip, maybe.
Hmm...kind of weird. I wonder if they had problems with people taking those skewers home? Must be something like that.
We all got up and got ready for church
Just curious...where did y'all go to church? Is there someplace on property?
We all got up and got ready for church
Just curious...where did y'all go to church? Is there someplace on property?
Great TR so far! We LOVED Bon Voyage too!!!
My family gets Memory Maker every trip, and I agree it's worth every penny. This last trip we got over 450 pictures.As an aside, I was SO happy with getting Memory Maker this trip, and I'll probably do it for all future trips. We had it on our very first trip, but that was because it was a Make A Wish trip, so it was free. I'm a pretty cheap person, and I don't like paying for stuff that doesn't seem "necessary", but this was worth every penny. Plus, my sister and I split the cost so it was a great deal.
In the meantime, we also got a picture at the photo booth on the BW. The coolest part of this booth was that it was connected to photopass, so we scanned our MB and it saved to our photopass account!