kristie73
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- Aug 14, 2006
Our vacation or, let's just call it our trip...This was our 2nd time to Disney World and we choose Port Orleans Riverside in the Magnolia Mansions again. 4 years ago we did Disney World for 6 days during Spring Break. This trip was during our kid's Fall Break. And we also did one hopper day at Universal Studios in between. We had 9 days total for our vacation. Okay, it's a vacation from work, but it's not that relaxing, but my feet did a little better this time.
I'm Kristie and my DH is Kelly. Our sons are DS, the 13 year old and DS, the 9 year old. This is my first extensive trip report/dining review so I'm trying to figure this out. I forgot a few times to take pictures of food. My camera is not very good either, so sometimes I resorted to phone camera in hopes it would be better. So I apologize for not great quality pics. We did not purchase a dining plan, but I feel like we planned pretty well with ADRs, counter service meals, and sharing, etc.
ADRs, Counter Service, Etc
Day 1 T-Rex Café (dinner)
Day 2 Food and Wine Festival (lunch/snacks)
Day 2 La Hacienda de San Angel (dinner)
Day 3 Columbia Harbour House (lunch) and The Wave (dinner)
Day 4 Starring Rolls Café (lunch) and The Sci-Fi Café (dinner)
Day 5 Riverside Mill Food Court (breakfast)
Day 5 Raglan Road (lunch) and The Boatwright (dinner)
Day 6 Universal Studios (breakfast, lunch, snacks) and Maragarittaville (dinner)
Day 7 Food and Wine Festival (lunch/snacks)
Day 7 Via Napoli (dinner)
Day 8 Kona Café (breakfast)
Day 8 Pecos Bill (lunch) and Be Our Guest (dinner)
Day 9 Snacks, Restaurantasaurus (lunch) and Yak and Yeti (dinner)
Day 10 Riverside Mill Food Court (breakfast)
Day 1 – Arrival day. We flew on Frontier from Denver, CO and reached Orlando. We rode the Magical Express and arrived to Port Orleans Riverside at about 2:30pm. Our room was not ready for checkin yet, so we grabbed a light bite (lunch) at the food court. My husband and I split the meat flatbread pizza, but I think it got mixed up, because it was just pepperoni. My kids split the kids mac n cheese and the younger DS had some of our pizza. The mac n cheese serving was a bit larger than what is pictured below. I think I was still in a travel daze, so I forgot to take pictures of our meal. Here are pictures found on Google, similar to what we got. This satisfied us.
Then we hung out at the pool. We brought a carry on with our swim suits. Good tip from the boards here. We got our room about an hour later. I was happy with the room and location. Our bags weren’t there yet, but we freshened up for dinner and headed to the boat for our visit to Disney Springs.
4 years ago, we did the T-Rex café and the boys wanted to do that again. We had 6:30 reservations for the T-Rex café so went straight there. I went to the check in line even though I had a reservation and I had a Landry’s card. I was told later I could have cut the line and showed the card, but that feels rude. We waited about 15 minutes after our reservation before we were sat. They sat us in a similar location that we had before, in the red room? I ordered the Paleo Shrimp. It was blah. Not really any flavor. It says parmesan crusted shrimp, but it seems just like any ordinary fried shrimp. It also says Pomodoro cream sauce, but it just seemed like a tomato sauce.
My DH got the Guaca-saurus burger and that looked so good. I should have gotten that or just a burger.
My 13 year old DS ordered the kids cheeseburger and liked it. Sorry it's so blurry.
My 9 year old DS ordered the kids pizza and he said the pizza from POR food court was much better.
I also ordered the cotton-tini so I got a souvenir cup.
Even though our waitress knew we had a Landry’s card, I didn’t feel our service from her was good. She kept forgetting to bring us things. I had to flag down someone else for ketchup. She forgot to bring my husband his 2nd beer. But the kids got a kick out the dinosaurs. I hope we don’t have to do this restaurant again though. It’s too overpriced and not very good. I feel like it was a disappointing first ADR.
We shopped a bit then headed back on the boat to POR. Our groceries and luggage were delivered to our room when we got back.
Next up is our first park day at Epcot...
I'm Kristie and my DH is Kelly. Our sons are DS, the 13 year old and DS, the 9 year old. This is my first extensive trip report/dining review so I'm trying to figure this out. I forgot a few times to take pictures of food. My camera is not very good either, so sometimes I resorted to phone camera in hopes it would be better. So I apologize for not great quality pics. We did not purchase a dining plan, but I feel like we planned pretty well with ADRs, counter service meals, and sharing, etc.
ADRs, Counter Service, Etc
Day 1 T-Rex Café (dinner)
Day 2 Food and Wine Festival (lunch/snacks)
Day 2 La Hacienda de San Angel (dinner)
Day 3 Columbia Harbour House (lunch) and The Wave (dinner)
Day 4 Starring Rolls Café (lunch) and The Sci-Fi Café (dinner)
Day 5 Riverside Mill Food Court (breakfast)
Day 5 Raglan Road (lunch) and The Boatwright (dinner)
Day 6 Universal Studios (breakfast, lunch, snacks) and Maragarittaville (dinner)
Day 7 Food and Wine Festival (lunch/snacks)
Day 7 Via Napoli (dinner)
Day 8 Kona Café (breakfast)
Day 8 Pecos Bill (lunch) and Be Our Guest (dinner)
Day 9 Snacks, Restaurantasaurus (lunch) and Yak and Yeti (dinner)
Day 10 Riverside Mill Food Court (breakfast)
Day 1 – Arrival day. We flew on Frontier from Denver, CO and reached Orlando. We rode the Magical Express and arrived to Port Orleans Riverside at about 2:30pm. Our room was not ready for checkin yet, so we grabbed a light bite (lunch) at the food court. My husband and I split the meat flatbread pizza, but I think it got mixed up, because it was just pepperoni. My kids split the kids mac n cheese and the younger DS had some of our pizza. The mac n cheese serving was a bit larger than what is pictured below. I think I was still in a travel daze, so I forgot to take pictures of our meal. Here are pictures found on Google, similar to what we got. This satisfied us.
Then we hung out at the pool. We brought a carry on with our swim suits. Good tip from the boards here. We got our room about an hour later. I was happy with the room and location. Our bags weren’t there yet, but we freshened up for dinner and headed to the boat for our visit to Disney Springs.
4 years ago, we did the T-Rex café and the boys wanted to do that again. We had 6:30 reservations for the T-Rex café so went straight there. I went to the check in line even though I had a reservation and I had a Landry’s card. I was told later I could have cut the line and showed the card, but that feels rude. We waited about 15 minutes after our reservation before we were sat. They sat us in a similar location that we had before, in the red room? I ordered the Paleo Shrimp. It was blah. Not really any flavor. It says parmesan crusted shrimp, but it seems just like any ordinary fried shrimp. It also says Pomodoro cream sauce, but it just seemed like a tomato sauce.
My DH got the Guaca-saurus burger and that looked so good. I should have gotten that or just a burger.
My 13 year old DS ordered the kids cheeseburger and liked it. Sorry it's so blurry.
My 9 year old DS ordered the kids pizza and he said the pizza from POR food court was much better.
I also ordered the cotton-tini so I got a souvenir cup.
Even though our waitress knew we had a Landry’s card, I didn’t feel our service from her was good. She kept forgetting to bring us things. I had to flag down someone else for ketchup. She forgot to bring my husband his 2nd beer. But the kids got a kick out the dinosaurs. I hope we don’t have to do this restaurant again though. It’s too overpriced and not very good. I feel like it was a disappointing first ADR.
We shopped a bit then headed back on the boat to POR. Our groceries and luggage were delivered to our room when we got back.
Next up is our first park day at Epcot...
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