ashw100
DIS Veteran
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- Jan 2, 2014
It’s supposed to be ooey gooey, I feel lied to
After Haunted Mansion, it was time for a new to us dining experience. First though the boys had to be put in the stocks, for disliking some classic MK attractions that morning.
Our ADR was at Liberty Tree Tavern.
We were seated right away, which was a blessing, we were all starving. The boys had fun coloring.
I contemplated getting the feast, but opted for the turkey instead.
This was AMAZING! I have never had turkey so moist before. Joe got the pot roast.
This was so tender and flavorful. We had each given the other a slice of meat so we could try both. Each of us loved our own the best though. We had a truly enjoyable experience here, I think it has to go on the list for a revisit. For dessert we got the ooey gooey toffee cake.
Joe loved it, he said it was up there with Ohana’s bread pudding, which coming from Joe is a high honor. I on the other had was disappointed. I found it neither ooey or gooey. The cake itself was crumbly and dry. The flavor was good, but I just went in expecting something different and was let down. Overall though, I would definitely come back here, we all left happy and full.
The original plan had been to head out for the day, but it a sin for our family to come to MK and not ride the peoplemover, so we trekked across the park. We came across Mickey’s Friendship Faire and stopped for a minute to watch.
Then we were back on our way to Tomorrowland.
Once we get on the Peoplemover, we feel like we’re home.
It had been a perfect morning, but now it was time to head back to the hotel to relax. We got an old bus and N wanted to sit on the weird two-seat front facing row.
When we got back to the room we had this waiting on the bed.
The offer for the DVC tour was only three free FPs, which I’m sorry but if I’m gonna take hours out of my vacation you better at least give FP that are worth something. You can’t even use these on any rides that have opened 2014 later, no thanks.
We got changed into our swimsuits and headed to the pool. This time we hung out in the main pool area. We all went down the slide a few times. It was cold getting out and weird to walk out with people coming to and from Epcot, but we had fun. Then the boys played trivia in the big pool, while Joe and I just relaxed.
Thoroughly rested and pooled out, we get ready for our evening in Animal Kingdom. I loved the garland at the AK bus stop.
Each evening we would go into the parks bagless. It was so nice to be unencumbered and free. Joe had been videoing the Animal Kingdom tree as we walked through the entrance. Since there were so few people going through the bagless line, I guess we stood out and a security guard pulled us aside. She asked Joe what he had videoed, and he said the tree. She went on to explain that videoing is not allowed until you are in the park, which I have never heard before. If they are going to harass innocent families, they should probably post that to avoid such awkward encounters. She then asked to view Joe’s video, because she didn’t believe that he was videoing the tree. He obliged and she told him to delete it. It was honestly not a super pleasant experience. My kids were worried we were in some kind of trouble, and we assured them we weren’t. I do understand why they don’t want their security filmed, but as Joe pointed out, once we were behind them we could video all we wanted and they wouldn’t know because their backs were turned to us. I just feel like stopping a family just wanting to have fun in the parks was a little over the top. If we really had nefarious intentions there’s about a hundred ways we could get a record of Disney’s security proceedings, and secretly filming them while pretending to video a tree wouldn’t be one of them.
Quickly trying to move past our less then friendly welcome to Animal Kingdom, we stopped for a picture in front of the tree.
One of my favorite pictures from the whole trip.
When we got to Discovery Island the Merry Menagerie was out, so we stopped to check it out.
N was intimidated by the bigger puppets, but he loved the ones that were his size.
For months the boys, particularly J had been bugging me about Dinosaur. They wanted to ride it as many times as possible, so the priority for the night, was to get on it. I couldn’t get a fourth FP for it, so standby it would be. On the way over, Kevin was out. C stopped to say hello.
Sadly, there was a sign out that said Dinoland USA would be closing at 6. It was a little frustrating, because other than the signs this was not publicly posted anywhere. I had planned on seeing it all lit up at night, and J wanted to spend a lot of time here. We basically had to get in, get that dino, and get out.
After Haunted Mansion, it was time for a new to us dining experience. First though the boys had to be put in the stocks, for disliking some classic MK attractions that morning.
Our ADR was at Liberty Tree Tavern.
We were seated right away, which was a blessing, we were all starving. The boys had fun coloring.
I contemplated getting the feast, but opted for the turkey instead.
This was AMAZING! I have never had turkey so moist before. Joe got the pot roast.
This was so tender and flavorful. We had each given the other a slice of meat so we could try both. Each of us loved our own the best though. We had a truly enjoyable experience here, I think it has to go on the list for a revisit. For dessert we got the ooey gooey toffee cake.
Joe loved it, he said it was up there with Ohana’s bread pudding, which coming from Joe is a high honor. I on the other had was disappointed. I found it neither ooey or gooey. The cake itself was crumbly and dry. The flavor was good, but I just went in expecting something different and was let down. Overall though, I would definitely come back here, we all left happy and full.
The original plan had been to head out for the day, but it a sin for our family to come to MK and not ride the peoplemover, so we trekked across the park. We came across Mickey’s Friendship Faire and stopped for a minute to watch.
Then we were back on our way to Tomorrowland.
Once we get on the Peoplemover, we feel like we’re home.
It had been a perfect morning, but now it was time to head back to the hotel to relax. We got an old bus and N wanted to sit on the weird two-seat front facing row.
When we got back to the room we had this waiting on the bed.
The offer for the DVC tour was only three free FPs, which I’m sorry but if I’m gonna take hours out of my vacation you better at least give FP that are worth something. You can’t even use these on any rides that have opened 2014 later, no thanks.
We got changed into our swimsuits and headed to the pool. This time we hung out in the main pool area. We all went down the slide a few times. It was cold getting out and weird to walk out with people coming to and from Epcot, but we had fun. Then the boys played trivia in the big pool, while Joe and I just relaxed.
Thoroughly rested and pooled out, we get ready for our evening in Animal Kingdom. I loved the garland at the AK bus stop.
Each evening we would go into the parks bagless. It was so nice to be unencumbered and free. Joe had been videoing the Animal Kingdom tree as we walked through the entrance. Since there were so few people going through the bagless line, I guess we stood out and a security guard pulled us aside. She asked Joe what he had videoed, and he said the tree. She went on to explain that videoing is not allowed until you are in the park, which I have never heard before. If they are going to harass innocent families, they should probably post that to avoid such awkward encounters. She then asked to view Joe’s video, because she didn’t believe that he was videoing the tree. He obliged and she told him to delete it. It was honestly not a super pleasant experience. My kids were worried we were in some kind of trouble, and we assured them we weren’t. I do understand why they don’t want their security filmed, but as Joe pointed out, once we were behind them we could video all we wanted and they wouldn’t know because their backs were turned to us. I just feel like stopping a family just wanting to have fun in the parks was a little over the top. If we really had nefarious intentions there’s about a hundred ways we could get a record of Disney’s security proceedings, and secretly filming them while pretending to video a tree wouldn’t be one of them.
Quickly trying to move past our less then friendly welcome to Animal Kingdom, we stopped for a picture in front of the tree.
One of my favorite pictures from the whole trip.
When we got to Discovery Island the Merry Menagerie was out, so we stopped to check it out.
N was intimidated by the bigger puppets, but he loved the ones that were his size.
For months the boys, particularly J had been bugging me about Dinosaur. They wanted to ride it as many times as possible, so the priority for the night, was to get on it. I couldn’t get a fourth FP for it, so standby it would be. On the way over, Kevin was out. C stopped to say hello.
Sadly, there was a sign out that said Dinoland USA would be closing at 6. It was a little frustrating, because other than the signs this was not publicly posted anywhere. I had planned on seeing it all lit up at night, and J wanted to spend a lot of time here. We basically had to get in, get that dino, and get out.
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I've heard the Disney security is mostly security theater. I still appreciate the security, but this felt completely overboard.
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