Bossy22
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2012
Just got back with my family from 5 days in the parks!!! It was a great time, definitely my happy place!!!
The first meh. We drove for about 23 hours (driving time, not counting stops) from Canada down. The drive is fairly pretty but boys is it long. The good, our kids travel great! Lots of activities, games and movies!!!
Hotel: Our hotel was definitely a good, maybe even a great!!! We stayed at Desert Inn and Suites and love the hotel!!! The proximity to the park can't be beat, the price is amazing (especially if you book early) and the hotel and management were all great as well. The only meh was having to wait right till 3 for check in but that was all. The pool was refreshingly cold, hot tub nice and warm, beds were very comfy, room was pretty quiet. Not much could of been better. The breakfast was great too. Kids had toast and cereal every morning which was great, Adults had bagels, toast, hard boiled eggs and everyone had fresh apples and oranges which tasted great!!!
Next, park food. I'll start with the meh.
Hungry Bear: The chilicheese burgers were the worst food we had in the parks. My wife and mil said the salad and wraps were quite good though.
Carnation Cafe: The BLT sandwich with chips was amazing!!! Was worried about the avocado mayo but it was supurb. Everyone enjoyed their meal!
Plaza Inn: Fried chicken dinner, one of my favorite meals every time was great again!!! Had carrot cake for desert! Great meal and good value as we split!!!
Cafe Orleans: We all ordered pomme frites and gumbo!!! AAAAAMMMMMaaaazzzzing!!!! The only thing we would have done different would be to order less pomme frits as they are huge and we definitely could not finish one each as well as our bowl of gumbo!!!
Joe's Crab Shack!!! Although not at DL this was my favorite meal and on Sundays kids eat free so it was even cheaper than most of our family DL meals. Had the ragin Cajun steam pot and it was amazing!!!
Pizza Press: Great deal for amazing pizza, ate here twice. My daughter (a somewhat picky eater) said it was the best pizza in the universe!!!
McDonalds: sometimes cheap is good but boys is it busy. Any Canadians notice that the big macs taste different?
Overall, the food was amazing. Also loved the dole whip while we watched tiki show, and I can't go to disneyland without a chocolate covered pineapple spear!!! My girls loved the popcorn as well!!!
Rides: Our kids were older this time (6, 5 and a 1.5) so the rides were different. We still did the dumbo, etc but we did the fast rides a tonne. Using fast passes and child swap we got to ride and tonne and the kids got to ride even more. On one day we probably rode Big Thunder 6 times, splash mountain 3 times, space mountain twice, as well as a tonne of smaller rides as well. I still personally love grizzly river run and buzz, my kids loved space and big thunder and splash, my littlest love small world!!! Rides were great and we fit tonnes in!!!
Shows: My kids as well as myself really enjoyed the Frozen Spectacular and Mickey and the Magic Map. We also did Turtle talk, animation academy, and a few others.
Any questions, feel free to ask!!!
The first meh. We drove for about 23 hours (driving time, not counting stops) from Canada down. The drive is fairly pretty but boys is it long. The good, our kids travel great! Lots of activities, games and movies!!!
Hotel: Our hotel was definitely a good, maybe even a great!!! We stayed at Desert Inn and Suites and love the hotel!!! The proximity to the park can't be beat, the price is amazing (especially if you book early) and the hotel and management were all great as well. The only meh was having to wait right till 3 for check in but that was all. The pool was refreshingly cold, hot tub nice and warm, beds were very comfy, room was pretty quiet. Not much could of been better. The breakfast was great too. Kids had toast and cereal every morning which was great, Adults had bagels, toast, hard boiled eggs and everyone had fresh apples and oranges which tasted great!!!
Next, park food. I'll start with the meh.
Hungry Bear: The chilicheese burgers were the worst food we had in the parks. My wife and mil said the salad and wraps were quite good though.
Carnation Cafe: The BLT sandwich with chips was amazing!!! Was worried about the avocado mayo but it was supurb. Everyone enjoyed their meal!
Plaza Inn: Fried chicken dinner, one of my favorite meals every time was great again!!! Had carrot cake for desert! Great meal and good value as we split!!!
Cafe Orleans: We all ordered pomme frites and gumbo!!! AAAAAMMMMMaaaazzzzing!!!! The only thing we would have done different would be to order less pomme frits as they are huge and we definitely could not finish one each as well as our bowl of gumbo!!!
Joe's Crab Shack!!! Although not at DL this was my favorite meal and on Sundays kids eat free so it was even cheaper than most of our family DL meals. Had the ragin Cajun steam pot and it was amazing!!!
Pizza Press: Great deal for amazing pizza, ate here twice. My daughter (a somewhat picky eater) said it was the best pizza in the universe!!!
McDonalds: sometimes cheap is good but boys is it busy. Any Canadians notice that the big macs taste different?
Overall, the food was amazing. Also loved the dole whip while we watched tiki show, and I can't go to disneyland without a chocolate covered pineapple spear!!! My girls loved the popcorn as well!!!
Rides: Our kids were older this time (6, 5 and a 1.5) so the rides were different. We still did the dumbo, etc but we did the fast rides a tonne. Using fast passes and child swap we got to ride and tonne and the kids got to ride even more. On one day we probably rode Big Thunder 6 times, splash mountain 3 times, space mountain twice, as well as a tonne of smaller rides as well. I still personally love grizzly river run and buzz, my kids loved space and big thunder and splash, my littlest love small world!!! Rides were great and we fit tonnes in!!!
Shows: My kids as well as myself really enjoyed the Frozen Spectacular and Mickey and the Magic Map. We also did Turtle talk, animation academy, and a few others.
Any questions, feel free to ask!!!
