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Good thinking to take a cab to dinner. It's easy to forget about this option, but it does save so much time and effore going from resort to resort. Dinner looks like a success and you again covered a lot of ground. Hard to believe this is the same day as the one where you started out planning on a water park!
It does feel like it was a different day, doesn't it? You know, during our trip I felt that our days were pretty relaxed instead of go, go, go. Looking back at it now to write this, I can't believe how much we got accomplished each day without completely exhausting ourselves!
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I so wish we had taken the cab from POR to BC!!! We also really enjoyed the CMC for dinner!! Living in New England where we can get great seafood whenever we want - we had never given it a second thought - but it was DELISH!!!
Love the photo-bombing Duffy is Chris' pic with his GG slush!!!
hmmmm..............I am thinking there is going to be a Soarin' rehab in the near future - that happened while we were there too - and the screen really is starting to look pretty rough
Ha! I was wondering if someone was going to notice that Duffy photo bomb
I'm thinking a rehab is in order for Soarin soon, too. I won't be surprised if that ones put on the list for next winter!
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Same as Lisa here. I live on Cape Cod, MA and we can get some awesome seafood here. In fact Dana asked why I was booking that meal considering where I am from. We were glad we did though. We really enjoyed our meal here, there truly was something for everyone sea or land lover. I thought it was a great price considering all the seafood there was and all you can eat to boot!
Looks like you got lots of stuff done and got some cute pics too.
I think it says a lot that two people from NE enjoyed the CMC We definitely enjoyed it, and I didn't think the price was too bad considering it was all you could eat. The guy next to us definitely took advantage of that! He came back to the table with two or three plates just overflowing with crab, sat down and told his family not to bother him for the next 20 - 30 minutes They listened, and he sat there chowing down!
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Glad you all enjoyed your dinner at CMC! Nice evening at Epcot, too!
Thanks, Cam! It was another great night
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Cape May looks wonderful. We're eating there in June! I love how we're eating at so many of the same places. It just helps me get more excited about our trip. If that's even possible. What a great night at Epcot!
I'm glad that we ate at a lot of the same places you'll be in June! You'll enjoy the CMC, just pace yourselves so you don't get too full to soon
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Great evening at Epcot. So glad you enjoyed your dinner at the Cape May Café. I have to admit we haven't had much luck there in recent years, so it's good to hear a positive review.
We really did enjoy CMC, and I was so glad after reading some poor reviews about it before our trip! We had excellent service as well, from both our server and the chef. The chef was excited that she could prepare a delicious dessert for Kaeli from treats they got from Babycakes. I think they were donuts that she crumbled up and made into a huge parfait with whipped cream and chocolate sauce I love it when the chefs go out of their way to make Kaeli feel special, rather than she's missing out because of her allergy
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Looks you had a great evening. Glad to hear about Cape May Cafe as we are going there too on our trip!!
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All caught up! I love exploring Riverside since it has so many cool little things to do around it. I've never done the fishing hole, but it sounds like I wouldn't have caught anything anyway.
You dinner looked delicious! And I've seen people getting those extra shots in their GG slush before, but what's already in it is plenty good for me.
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Good tip about CMC. Good thing we're not in a hurry! It sounds like something we'll really enjoy. My youngest is allergic to shellfish, but at least there are a lot of options. He's only mildly allergic though, so it's not the end of the world if he eats a little.
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All caught up! I love exploring Riverside since it has so many cool little things to do around it. I've never done the fishing hole, but it sounds like I wouldn't have caught anything anyway.
You dinner looked delicious! And I've seen people getting those extra shots in their GG slush before, but what's already in it is plenty good for me.
It was a fun thing to do, but you're right, you probably won't catch anything at the fishing hole. I seriously wonder if there are any actual fish in that river, we never once saw anything down in that water!
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what a nice night at Epcot. You covered a lot of ground in there. I always like doing FW at night as the crowds seem lighter to me.
I agree, FW does seem less crowded at night. Even more so this time, most of the people were back in the WS for the F&WF.
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Sounds like a great dinner at CMC! And a good night in Epcot. Love your photopass pictures!
Thanks!!
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Glad you had a great time at CMC! What a fun night at Epcot! Great pics!
Thank you!
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Good tip about CMC. Good thing we're not in a hurry! It sounds like something we'll really enjoy. My youngest is allergic to shellfish, but at least there are a lot of options. He's only mildly allergic though, so it's not the end of the world if he eats a little.
Oh, there will be plenty for him to eat! And, if he's not happy with the choices on the buffet, I'm sure the chef could whip him up something special, they were very accommodating.
The original plan for today was to head to DHS before meeting up with our friends for dinner at Epcot that evening. Well, we decided to scratch DHS in hopes of getting to BB today, since it was closed yesterday. Sadly, the weather was about the same as it was on Wed, so they were closed again today. We decided to just head to DTD and Disney Quest instead, we wanted to at least get some use out of the WP&M option we had added on to our tickets.
So, we had another slow morning in our room, finally heading out to the boat dock around 10:30 am.
Abby had to rest in the hammock along the way, and of course the Duffys did too
There was a decent amount of people waiting for the boat, but we didn’t have to wait too long at all. Within a few minutes a boat pulled up and we started to load. In case you don’t know, even though there is room for many more, the boats only load 24 people from each stop, making sure that they will have room to pick up more guests at the rest of the stops along the way. Well, after we boarded, there was a family of 7 behind us, but only room for 5 more guests on board. They were rather upset , because looking at the boat it appears that there is much more room available. They argued with the captain for a bit, saying that they were now going to be late for lunch and that the two children in their party shouldn’t count, that they really were only a party of 5. The captain was going to let them board if anyone on the boat now was going to get off at POFQ instead of continuing on to DTD, but nobody was. I felt really bad for the captain, he was just following the rules and because of it had to hear and earful from this family. We left them behind, sulking on the dock, and were off to DTD. I love the boat ride, it’s a nice and peaceful ride along the river, and we even got to see the Treehouse Villas which were very cool. I’d love to stay in them one day!
We got to DTD and found it quite empty , and we took our time browsing and strolling through.
We started to get a little hungry , so we decided to stop in at the Cookes of Dublin for some lunch. Kaeli was grumbling a bit that she didn’t want to eat here, there was no pizza on the menu. There were plenty of options for her, and she had been eating pizza most of the week, so we didn’t give in to the mini tantrum she was throwing and go somewhere else instead. She ended up getting the chicken and chips meal, loving it and devouring the whole thing! Chris and I both got fish and chips and an order of onion rings to share, while Abby went with the mac and cheese.
Look what we found! Three onion rings fried together in a hidden Mickey
After lunch, we continued on towards the West Side, stopping along the way for some photo ops.
Finally making it to our destination
We headed inside and up the elevators to where you start out on the 3rd floor. We took a look at the map to try and decide where to go first, but it’s a little overwhelming with 5 floors of video games and activities to choose from! We decided to start out on floor 3, and then moving up to 4 and 5 before heading back down to finish up on floors 1 and 2. We found a little section of games dedicated to Wreck It Ralph, they had a bunch of Fix It Felix games to play which was fun!
I think it was also on this floor that they had a bunch of retro games like Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Space Inavaders, etc, all of the games that Chris and I grew up with. We were having a blast playing them all, but the girls just declared them old and boring.
We had a lot of fun at DQ, we probably spent a good couple of hours in there. In the end, it worked out that BB was closed, because we most likely would not have tried DQ had we gone to the water park like planned.
After we had our fill of video games we decided to head over to Epcot early, so we could fit in a few things before meeting our friends for dinner at the Garden Grill. We started to make our way towards the bus stop, but then I remembered that there isn’t bus service to the parks from DTD. I didn’t feel like wasting the time heading over to a resort, only to have to wait again for another bus, so we decided to just cab it. We got to the cab stand in the West Side’s parking lot, but there were no cabs there. Chris called the number that was on the sign and asked for a cab to Epcot, the guy who answered told him that there is a cab waiting at the stand for us. Um, nope, we’re here, but the cabs aren’t! A couple of minutes later, a cab pulled up and 10 minutes and $15 later we were being dropped off at Epcot.
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Thank you, thank you Jenn for posting pictures of DQ and explaining it better. I think it's going on the list for next trip. We've never been, but it looks really cool!
Sounds like a good day, and I think it was a great idea to catch a cab. We always have cab money ready for when we need it. It's just so easier some times.
Can't wait to hear about your meal with your friends. Sounds like fun!
I always forget about DQ, but it was a great choice for you to get some use of the option on your tickets. I've never been inside, but it looks like there's something for everyone there. I love the hammock photos--Abby looks so tiny!
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We definitely enjoyed it, and I didn't think the price was too bad considering it was all you could eat. The guy next to us definitely took advantage of that! He came back to the table with two or three plates just overflowing with crab, sat down and told his family not to bother him for the next 20 - 30 minutes 
They listened, and he sat there chowing down!
So glad you enjoyed your dinner at the Cape May Café. I have to admit we haven't had much luck there in recent years, so it's good to hear a positive review.
I love it when the chefs go out of their way to make Kaeli feel special, rather than she's missing out because of her allergy 
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I seriously wonder if there are any actual fish in that river, we never once saw anything down in that water!
, because looking at the boat it appears that there is much more room available. They argued with the captain for a bit, saying that they were now going to be late for lunch and that the two children in their party shouldn’t count, that they really were only a party of 5. The captain was going to let them board if anyone on the boat now was going to get off at POFQ instead of continuing on to DTD, but nobody was. I felt really bad for the captain, he was just following the rules and because of it had to hear and earful from this family. We left them behind, sulking on the dock, and were off to DTD. I love the boat ride, it’s a nice and peaceful ride along the river, and we even got to see the Treehouse Villas which were very cool. I’d love to stay in them one day! 
, so we decided to stop in at the Cookes of Dublin for some lunch. Kaeli was grumbling a bit that she didn’t want to eat here, there was no pizza on the menu. 
She ended up getting the chicken and chips meal, loving it and devouring the whole thing! 
We decided to start out on floor 3, and then moving up to 4 and 5 before heading back down to finish up on floors 1 and 2. We found a little section of games dedicated to Wreck It Ralph, they had a bunch of Fix It Felix games to play which was fun!
I didn’t feel like wasting the time heading over to a resort, only to have to wait again for another bus, so we decided to just cab it. We got to the cab stand in the West Side’s parking lot, but there were no cabs there. Chris called the number that was on the sign and asked for a cab to Epcot, the guy who answered told him that there is a cab waiting at the stand for us. 
Um, nope, we’re here, but the cabs aren’t! A couple of minutes later, a cab pulled up and 10 minutes and $15 later we were being dropped off at Epcot. 
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