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15 March 2010
My Reservations for September!
Finally made up my mind on where to eat at 11 pm CST last night and had to log in at 5 am CST to make them online.
So here we go....
Teppan Edo
Yachtsman's Steakhouse
Tusker House
Biergarten - have been before and are going to have dinner with Jeff Davis from DW:60 & The SRN TOP 10 on Sorcerer Radio
Hollywood Brown Derby - been before and loved it
Plaza Restaurant
Flying Fish - one of my favorite restaurants anywhere
Now the last two I can not share as they are surprises for my husband.
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So here we go....
Teppan Edo
Yachtsman's Steakhouse
Tusker House
Biergarten - have been before and are going to have dinner with Jeff Davis from DW:60 & The SRN TOP 10 on Sorcerer Radio
Hollywood Brown Derby - been before and loved it
Plaza Restaurant
Flying Fish - one of my favorite restaurants anywhere
Now the last two I can not share as they are surprises for my husband.
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13 March 2010
Disney Gets A NEW Annual Pass - Premier Passport
those of you who are Disney Level 5ers, you live between the East and
West Coast or you travel to both parks this is the pass for you. It was
announced a couple of days ago that Disney has developed an Annual Pass
that lets you visit ALL domestic parks, the Premier Passport.
This
new pass wil not come cheap. It has a $700 price tag but gets you
access to all US parks in addition to the Blizzard Beach, Typhoon
Lagoon, Disney Quest, ESPN Wide World of Sports and Disney's Oak Trail
Golf Course.
Here
is the breakdown as it stands with the cost of APs at each of these
locations. At Walt Disney World the Premium Annual Pass is $619 and
Disneyland Premium Annual pass is $439 and totals $1058 + tax. So I
guess if you are planning to do both parks this is a great discount for
you. It might be even something to price if you are looking to travel
to both parks in one year.
For
those of you that are already a passholder to both Walt Disney World
and Disneyland you will be sent new annual passes in the mail.
I
have to say that I'm curious to see what kinds of perks and benefits
are connected to these passes. Will it just be a combination of what
each one already offers or will they add in a little something extra?
Currently they say that the benefits are invitations to member only
discounts and special events.
Also,
I'm wondering if they are going to let those who have APs at either of
the parks upgrade to them now and if so how will they figure the
difference in price.
Thank you Bob Iger for giving those ultimate Disney fans what they've been wanting.
For more information visit Disney Parks official site.
*Photo from Disney Parks website
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10 March 2010
Help Me Decided Where To Eat!!!
is your chance to voice your opinion on your favorite table service
restaurants in Walt Disney World. They can be at a park, downtown or at
a resort. I'm looking to try something new and I'd love to hear what
you enjoy and why. What makes this restaurant a must try? Is there a
particular dish that you find to be spectacular?
My
husband and I are taking our annual anniversary trip this September. I
have 5 days to make my mind up on where I want to eat because starting
at 7 am I will be online trying to get my ADRs. We'll be there for 9
days. I do know that one of them we'll be having dinner at Biergarten
with our dear friend Jeff Davis, host of DW:60 & The SRN Top 10 on Sorcerer Radio.
Here is a list of restaurants that we've already dined at:
Boma
Beaches & Cream
Flying Fish
California Grill
Chef Mickey's
Maya Grill
1900 Park Fare
Citricos
Narcoossee's
Ohana's
Kona Cafe
Artist Point
Kimonos
Cinderella's Royal Table
Crystal Palace
Liberty Tree Tavern
Tony's Town Square
Akershus
Biergarten
Le Chefs de France
Coral Reef
Le Cellier
Nine Dragons
Restaurant Marrakesh
Rose & Crown Dining Room
San Angel Inn
Tokyo Dining
Tutto Italia
50's Prime Time
Mama Melrose
Sci-Fi Dine-In
Hollywood Brown Derby
Yak & Yeti
Rainforest Cafe
Planet Hollywood
Raglan Road
Bongo's Cuban Cafe
House of Blues
Wolfgang Puck Dining Room
There
are a couple that I'm curious about - Victoria & Albert's, Bistro
de Paris, Tusker House, Portobello, Todd English's bluezoo and Spirit
of Aloha Dinner. Has anyone tried these? What did you think?
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09 March 2010
Travel Day to Roma, Italia - Day 1
My
trip to Italy started on Friday 12th with a flight at 10:30 am CST. We
had a plane change in Washington DC before landing at JFK in New York.
There we had a layover for a few hours. Since my father traveled to
South America for work so many times that he accumulated more than 2
million miles, just with American Airlines, he's now permanently
Platinum and therefore we could spend the layover in the Admirals Club.
It was a nice quiet place to have to wait for our flight to Rome.
Normally
I fly with Southwest because I typically travel domestically. After my
flight win Finnair last year I was expecting something similar from my
flight - entertainment built into the headrest (music, movies, TV
shows, games, etc.), edible food and good customer service. On Finnair
they come by with hot towels, regularly bring you drinks (including
alcohol for free), good food considering it's on a plane and provide
nice pillows and blankets. This is not true of AA. We went at least 3
hours without seeing anyone who we could even ask for a drink from.
Needless to say I was ready for this 8+ hour flight to land in Rome.
Once
we landed in Rome we grabbed our checked luggage and looked for the
Trafalgar sign since that's who we were doing the tour with and they
provided transportation to the hotel. We located the transportation
guide and waited for others who were also arriving. Meanwhile, we meet
a very nice family from California who had a daughter Sammy, whom my
sister became good friends with over the course of the trip.
We arrived at Hotel Diana Roma
sometime around 11 - 11:30 am and had some free time before our welcome
drink, where we'd meet our tour director, Maria and the rest of our
traveling companions for the week. We decided to do a little bit of
unpacking before taking a walk and checking out parts of the city.
We
first headed to the Hard Rock Cafe. I collect the pins and my mother
collects the Hurricane glasses. Since we were there already we decided
to grab a snack to eat and shared one of the large sampler appetizers.
Our server, Steven wasn't Italian, he was actually Belgium which I
thought was interesting since this was one of our first encounters in
Italy. From there we continued to walk around the city for about
another hour or so before heading back to the hotel for the
get-together.
At
the get-together we received important information about the tour,
optional excursions, name tags, receivers so we could hear the local
guides and met everyone that we'd be spending the next 13 days with,
all while having some wine.
Afterwards
we decided to grab dinner at the restaurant that was right across the
street from our hotel. We order the antipasti which was cheese and meat
and two pizzas, the first a four fromaggio and the other salami and
ham. The four cheese pizza was delicious!
From
there we headed back to the hotel and called it a day since tomorrow
we'd be heading out early and starting our sightseeing with the local
guide.
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trip to Italy started on Friday 12th with a flight at 10:30 am CST. We
had a plane change in Washington DC before landing at JFK in New York.
There we had a layover for a few hours. Since my father traveled to
South America for work so many times that he accumulated more than 2
million miles, just with American Airlines, he's now permanently
Platinum and therefore we could spend the layover in the Admirals Club.
It was a nice quiet place to have to wait for our flight to Rome.
Normally
I fly with Southwest because I typically travel domestically. After my
flight win Finnair last year I was expecting something similar from my
flight - entertainment built into the headrest (music, movies, TV
shows, games, etc.), edible food and good customer service. On Finnair
they come by with hot towels, regularly bring you drinks (including
alcohol for free), good food considering it's on a plane and provide
nice pillows and blankets. This is not true of AA. We went at least 3
hours without seeing anyone who we could even ask for a drink from.
Needless to say I was ready for this 8+ hour flight to land in Rome.
Once
we landed in Rome we grabbed our checked luggage and looked for the
Trafalgar sign since that's who we were doing the tour with and they
provided transportation to the hotel. We located the transportation
guide and waited for others who were also arriving. Meanwhile, we meet
a very nice family from California who had a daughter Sammy, whom my
sister became good friends with over the course of the trip.
sometime around 11 - 11:30 am and had some free time before our welcome
drink, where we'd meet our tour director, Maria and the rest of our
traveling companions for the week. We decided to do a little bit of
unpacking before taking a walk and checking out parts of the city.
We
first headed to the Hard Rock Cafe. I collect the pins and my mother
collects the Hurricane glasses. Since we were there already we decided
to grab a snack to eat and shared one of the large sampler appetizers.
Our server, Steven wasn't Italian, he was actually Belgium which I
thought was interesting since this was one of our first encounters in
Italy. From there we continued to walk around the city for about
another hour or so before heading back to the hotel for the
get-together.
At
the get-together we received important information about the tour,
optional excursions, name tags, receivers so we could hear the local
guides and met everyone that we'd be spending the next 13 days with,
all while having some wine.
Afterwards
we decided to grab dinner at the restaurant that was right across the
street from our hotel. We order the antipasti which was cheese and meat
and two pizzas, the first a four fromaggio and the other salami and
ham. The four cheese pizza was delicious!
From
there we headed back to the hotel and called it a day since tomorrow
we'd be heading out early and starting our sightseeing with the local
guide.
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28 February 2010
La mia visita a Italian
So I visited Italy for two weeks and just returned. This week I'll be writing my trip report about all of the places that I visited: Rome, Pompei, Sorrento, Isle of Capri, Assisi, Venice, Burano, Verona, Lugano, Varese, Milan, Pisa, Florence and Siena. I'll be writing about my trip, the food I ate, about Italian eating habits and a couple of interest things that pertain to Disney. Twitter.com/Cookin_w_Mickey
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26 February 2010
Restaurant Review: Goof's Kitchen at Disneyland Hotel
Goofy’s
Kitchen, located inside the Disneyland Resort is character dining that
serves brunch and dinner. I had heard nothing but great things about
this character dining experience so I decided to book it for brunch
($35.96 - tip included). We arrived on time for our 10:30 am Priority
Seating and checked in. We waited about 10 minutes before we were
called for our photo op with Pluto. Then we waited about 5 minutes or
so before being called for our table. I had expected this place to be
crazy and packed with people considering the wait time. However I was
surprised to find it only slightly busy, nothing like a character
dining restaurant in the World.
Kitchen, located inside the Disneyland Resort is character dining that
serves brunch and dinner. I had heard nothing but great things about
this character dining experience so I decided to book it for brunch
($35.96 - tip included). We arrived on time for our 10:30 am Priority
Seating and checked in. We waited about 10 minutes before we were
called for our photo op with Pluto. Then we waited about 5 minutes or
so before being called for our table. I had expected this place to be
crazy and packed with people considering the wait time. However I was
surprised to find it only slightly busy, nothing like a character
dining restaurant in the World.
Our
server took our drink order of OJ and coffee. We headed off to the
buffet, which had a very large selection of food choices. There was a
hot item counter with food such as scrambled eggs, breakfast meats,
potatoes, enchiladas, even a create-your-own omelet station and more.
Then there was the cold items; salad bar, meat and cheese platter,
fresh fruit, yogurt and more. They also had an area with pizzas (like
Goofy’s house special peanut butter and jelly pizza) and dessert items.
server took our drink order of OJ and coffee. We headed off to the
buffet, which had a very large selection of food choices. There was a
hot item counter with food such as scrambled eggs, breakfast meats,
potatoes, enchiladas, even a create-your-own omelet station and more.
Then there was the cold items; salad bar, meat and cheese platter,
fresh fruit, yogurt and more. They also had an area with pizzas (like
Goofy’s house special peanut butter and jelly pizza) and dessert items.
I
started off with the more traditional breakfast item. Bagel with cream
cheese, smoked salmon and onion, biscuits and gravy, breakfast
potatoes, sausage, bacon and fresh fruit. Then it was on to the brunch
type items; meat and cheese, olives, macarroni salad, refried beans and
an open faced enchilada. Everything was very good. The only thing that
wouldn’t get again was the open faced enchilada - it was very bland and
the base was very chewy. Now it was time to get dessert. I went with
the banana crepes, rice crispy tower, bread pudding and peanut butter
and jelly pizza. My favorite was the peanut butter and jelly pizza that
Alice had recommended. She said it was Goofy specialty. If I wasn’t so
full I would have had another piece.
started off with the more traditional breakfast item. Bagel with cream
cheese, smoked salmon and onion, biscuits and gravy, breakfast
potatoes, sausage, bacon and fresh fruit. Then it was on to the brunch
type items; meat and cheese, olives, macarroni salad, refried beans and
an open faced enchilada. Everything was very good. The only thing that
wouldn’t get again was the open faced enchilada - it was very bland and
the base was very chewy. Now it was time to get dessert. I went with
the banana crepes, rice crispy tower, bread pudding and peanut butter
and jelly pizza. My favorite was the peanut butter and jelly pizza that
Alice had recommended. She said it was Goofy specialty. If I wasn’t so
full I would have had another piece.
During
our meal we were greeted by Dale, Balloo, Alice, Chef Goofy, Princess
Jasmine and lastly Chip, which all posed for pictures with each of us
since there was no one to take our picture. Dale, Chip and Jasmine all
carried Sharpies and as they came by the tables signed their name on
the white table clothes. All of the characters took time at each table
and were absolutely wonderful. In addition, every hour Goofy goes to
the brunch area and get the kids to get up and dance with him. It
looked like a lot of fun and I might have joined in if I was a little
hungry. Before the end of the meal the photographer comes by with the
photos of you and Goofy. They come with an 8 X 10 of you with Pluto, an
8 X 10 of you holding Tink and (2) 4 x 6 of the Tink picture.
our meal we were greeted by Dale, Balloo, Alice, Chef Goofy, Princess
Jasmine and lastly Chip, which all posed for pictures with each of us
since there was no one to take our picture. Dale, Chip and Jasmine all
carried Sharpies and as they came by the tables signed their name on
the white table clothes. All of the characters took time at each table
and were absolutely wonderful. In addition, every hour Goofy goes to
the brunch area and get the kids to get up and dance with him. It
looked like a lot of fun and I might have joined in if I was a little
hungry. Before the end of the meal the photographer comes by with the
photos of you and Goofy. They come with an 8 X 10 of you with Pluto, an
8 X 10 of you holding Tink and (2) 4 x 6 of the Tink picture.
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