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Oh man Carrie, you guys were busy. My DH and I went to the F&W festival last year on our trip to the world but, I'm not sure we ate all the way around the world . Prolly would have made me totally sick. You look like you had alot of fun though. Aren't those Hallowishes fireworks good?? My favorite! Now you are just teasing us...I can't wait to hear about the 2 HM in one day!! I'm so ready . Cant wait to hear more.
I can't believe you got so much of the food in one day. I guess it pays to go on day one huh? Anxiously awaiting to see if you made 2 HM (on different coasts) in one day.
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Mofongo (plantain mash with shrimp)
I actually threw this away. I love plantains and I love shrimp, but it just tasted like bad....
As I was reading your post I was anxiously waiting for you to try MY FOOD (yes, I'm from Puerto Rico). So sorry you didn't like it. I took one look at that picture and I said " that's doesn't look like the mofongo we do over here". At first glance it looks like a salad. We do it differently over here. I tell you that it's one of the most delicious foods, but I think your's was lacking that real puertorrican flavor.
Great culinary trip around the world.
Now I know why people love the Food & Wine Festival so much!
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What a great day! Boy, that was a lot of food!!! Great pictures!!
Thanks! And, yeah, too much food....
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Whew.....I am simply exhausted....you guys have just an abundance of energy....Glad WDW is the perfect outlet!
Two Haunted Mansions in One Day??? Bring it on!
Bringing!!!
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I had always wanted to stay at GF, that was my Pipe Dream resort, but after seeing the Poly pics I am a changed woman .
I would definitely take the Poly over the Grand any day - it's just way more atmospheric!
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Not on the menu...
Can't this Lizard( or Geko, what ever the little guy is) the big old warning "POISON DO NOT TOUCH" I hope he's OK
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I thought the same thing about the poor lizard!! Great TR! Keep them coming!
Oh my gosh - I'd never noticed that! That is HIGH-larious! He needs lil' lizard reading glasses...
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Great update! The F&wF looks fun, even if not all the menu items were up to par.
I guess I shouldn't expect everything to be fabulous - but I woulda been smart to not eat all of the subpar stuff cuz then I would have had more tummy room!
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Oh man Carrie, you guys were busy. My DH and I went to the F&W festival last year on our trip to the world but, I'm not sure we ate all the way around the world .
It definitely would have been nice to have a few more days so we could spread everything out.
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Great update! Love all the food pictures.
Me too - especially when I'm hungry.
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I can't believe you got so much of the food in one day. I guess it pays to go on day one huh?
Yes, it pays in TUMMYACHES!
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As I was reading your post I was anxiously waiting for you to try MY FOOD (yes, I'm from Puerto Rico). So sorry you didn't like it. I took one look at that picture and I said " that's doesn't look like the mofongo we do over here". At first glance it looks like a salad. We do it differently over here. I tell you that it's one of the most delicious foods, but I think your's was lacking that real puertorrican flavor.
Definitely - I would love to try real mofongo - it sounds fabulous! I think Disney must've dumbed down the recipe.
Okay...caught up on your last 2 days. Quite busy. My DH and I will be there for the BBVD concert this year. We're running the EE5K in Sept.
I am drooling over the food pics...and I think I like your idea and will try to eat a little something all over the world.
I have to say I think my 2 fav pics were of the track on EE and the umbrella you blogged under in Epcot. And what a beautiful sky in most of your pics. Lucky weather.
I'm caught up on your dine around the lagoon day. DH and I were there in late October. We spent three afternoon/evenings munching and still didn't try it all. I adored the bread pudding from NOLA. I was ready to lick the sauce container. That and the bobotie from Africa were tops on my list.
Interesting observations about Ohana's. Sometime you need to listen the DisUnplugged podcast where they discuss Ohana's. Absolutely hysterical! Let me know if you want to know which episode to download.
Love the fireworks from the Poly beach. My favorite place to watch them. The Pina Colada may factor into the equation.
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What a great update!!! Boy you tried a lot of different foods! I would always be afraid of not liking half the stuff I bought, besides I had no clue what some of the stuff was you ate!! Oh well - very basic eater here!
Can I just say I am truly dying to hear the report of the last day? I am in total suspense.
I was once flying from Tokyo to Nashville after an all-too brief 6 hours at DisneySea and I had a layover in LA. (When you fly from Japan to LA you arrive in LA BEFORE you left Japan on the same day... freaky!)
I was ohhhh-so tempted to make an LA friend come pick me up and whisk me to Dland just so I could ride ToT and say that I'd ridden two ToTs in one day, but chickened out due to lack of time and not wanting to pay $70 just to ride ToT
PLUS, it would've been a HUGE let down to ride that ToT just hours after experiencing Tokyo's.
Just catching up! How awesome to be able to take a peek into the control room at EE! And, all that food! OMG! My stomach is growling and there is nothing here that would even compare to any of that! Looking forward to more
Love all the F&WF pics - I think you hit most of the stuff that we passed by. I didn't recognize hardly anything that I ate (except the Cheese soup!
Oh man, I can't get enough of that soup! Le Cellier should have a soup window the was Spoodles has a pizza window. You could just walk up and buy soup any old time....
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Okay...caught up on your last 2 days. Quite busy. My DH and I will be there for the BBVD concert this year. We're running the EE5K in Sept.
I am drooling over the food pics...and I think I like your idea and will try to eat a little something all over the world.
I have to say I think my 2 fav pics were of the track on EE and the umbrella you blogged under in Epcot. And what a beautiful sky in most of your pics. Lucky weather.
Yes - we totally lucked out with that weather. I hope you get to try a little something around the world - and come back and post pictures!
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Interesting observations about Ohana's. Sometime you need to listen the DisUnplugged podcast where they discuss Ohana's. Absolutely hysterical! Let me know if you want to know which episode to download.
Yes, please - I'd love to know which one to download!
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What a great update!!! Boy you tried a lot of different foods! I would always be afraid of not liking half the stuff I bought, besides I had no clue what some of the stuff was you ate!! Oh well - very basic eater here!
That's the cool thing about free dining - you can use your snack credits for those Food & Wine tastes, so if you don't like something, you're not out any money!
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Can I just say I am truly dying to hear the report of the last day? I am in total suspense.
I was once flying from Tokyo to Nashville after an all-too brief 6 hours at DisneySea and I had a layover in LA. (When you fly from Japan to LA you arrive in LA BEFORE you left Japan on the same day... freaky!)
I was ohhhh-so tempted to make an LA friend come pick me up and whisk me to Dland just so I could ride ToT and say that I'd ridden two ToTs in one day, but chickened out due to lack of time and not wanting to pay $70 just to ride ToT
PLUS, it would've been a HUGE let down to ride that ToT just hours after experiencing Tokyo's.
Good point! I can't wait to see Tokyo DisneySea..... and now you've given me an idea about replicating your TOT idea....
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And, all that food! OMG! My stomach is growling and there is nothing here that would even compare to any of that!
I hear ya - we don't have any of those things at my house, so it's hard to look at the pictures....
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I just found your TR's and have read them from the wedding to now! Love, love your wedding pics! Can't wait to read about the rest of your trip!
Thank you so much! Here comes the next installment.
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. Prolly would have made me totally sick. You look like you had alot of fun though. Aren't those Hallowishes fireworks good?? My favorite! Now you are just teasing us...I can't wait to hear about the 2 HM in one day!! I'm so ready 
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the big old warning "POISON DO NOT TOUCH" I hope he's OK 
That and the bobotie from Africa were tops on my list.
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