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[Cheriemek]

Great updates Cheryl and Wendy. Thanks for the pictures of Boardwalk. I am going by myself in October and staying there, and so am excited to see the rooms (although your pictures of the concierge will be as close as I get!)

[chezp]

Friday 1 May – part two: that’s not very Disney princess like!

Then it was into Fantasyland to ride Winnie the Pooh, which we walked on to. It was deserted there. We did look at Peter Pan’s Flight, but that already had a 10 minute wait and it looked longer, so we grabbed Fastpasses instead and went on Snow White’s Adventures, which was another walk on. By now, it was time to check in for Cinderella’s Royal Table.



We didn’t have long to wait before we were ushered in for our photo with Cinderella. They have got a pretty good system going here. They bring you in and then you get the photo done and then it’s straight upstairs and you are seated straight away. It works pretty well and much better than the last time I was here, which was a few years ago. Cinderella was very nice and the photo we got with her was pretty good. I really must find it and scan it in – I think it ended up in my scrapbook pile during our weekend clear up. Wendy – I will find it and post it and send you a copy... in due course!





Then it was upstairs….



…. and, within minutes of being seated, I think we had seen all the princesses. We had Aurora, Mulan, Snow White and Belle.







Oh my goodness, Wendy had fun with Snow White. I think she’s taking over from Mark’s role of being mean to the characters. Snow White asked if she wanted to get up for a photo, but she hadn’t so far for the other princesses who’d been round, so she said “why don’t you come over here?” For a second, Snow White lost her princess demeanour and just stared at Wendy, before coming to sit next to her.




Then, to add insult to injury, Wendy happily got up to pose with Belle a moment later. As she said, “well, she asked so nicely!” Too funny.



It was even better when Snow White passed by our table again. The look she gave Wendy was an absolute classic, it really had the potential to kill!

Our server left a bit to be desired, shall we say. He was a bit slow in coming to see us and didn’t really ask what we wanted. While we were waiting, we played with the wands we’d been given:



It probably took about three visits from him before I could finally tell him that I was a vegetarian. Sadly, the message didn’t get through and I did get the meat version first, which was a bit of a shock.

The quality of the food has improved an awful lot since I last ate here and Wendy said the same. They also gave us so much food. First we had a fruit salad to share, then pastries and then our hot meal. Mine came with potatoes, French toast, which was a nice surprise, and I demolished those. I was surprised not to see eggs on there and asked for those on the side. When I finally got them, at the second time of asking (I told you the service wasn’t that good), they were excellent and I really did pig out while there.


Wendy’s breakfast

My veggie breakfast, which arrived eventually

Wendy shows off the Piglet on her plate!

I’m really glad that I got to try this again and it was certainly a lot better than last time, but it was still expensive and it’s not good value for money if you’re paying for it. I’m not sure that it’s great value on the Dining Plans either.

Cinderella’s Royal Table:

Food 8
Service 6
Atmosphere 9
Value for money 5

Average score: 7.00

When we came of there, our Fastpsses were ripe, so we headed for Peter Pan’s Flight. Let’s just say that there was a very boisterous group setting off on the ride, yelling “we do believe in fairies”. Oh boy. I was glad that we weren’t behind them and fortunately they shut up when the ride started.

When we came out, we found my friend Joy (Grumpygal, although she’s not on the boards much these days ) who I had been texting over the last hour or so. We did think about going on It’s A Small World, but it was showing a 10 minute wait and we decided that we only wanted to do this if it was a walk-up.

Instead, we headed into Liberty Square and went on the Haunted Mansion, which was showing a 10 minute wait, but were on in about five minutes. During this, the ride shut down for about five minutes in the Madame Leota scene, so I was about to get some neat photos of that. I still love the upgrades that they did to this. They really add to it.



Next: what do you mean it’s not ready yet?

[mattnkatsmum]

Great update. I really do want to try out CRT but the megabucks puts me off each time.

Sounds like you had a good laugh, though.

[Desurae]

Great update! I am still trying to decide between CRT and Akershus for our trip. Looks like you've got another vote for CRT having bad service.

[DrDolphin]

Great update Chez!! Your quiet morning at BW sounded heavenly - and CRT is fun but very $$ - too $$ in my opinion.

[Wendyismyname]

Oh poor Snow White. She was so OVER THE TOP and I instantly didn't care for her! Oh but to have had a picture of her face when I asked her to sit with me! I did ask nicely. Why do they have to cram the tables so close together and really, that woman next to me looked like she would have clocked me if I'd dared to move!!

The service was so lacking though and we weren't off to the best start for meals were we? At least it was tasty, although really, that picture of my plate looks very obscene Chez.

Loved meeting Joy!! She's a sweetie and we were starting off so great with meeting fellow PassPorters---which was the reason for the trip!! So glad we didn't get stuck behind the cheerleaders. And I always love Peter Pan for some reason. Loved Haunted Mansion. That was my first time on it since it was refurbed.

[skateycat]

it is so great reading all these! continue on, girls!

[Mauimouse]

Very fun morning so far. I agree with everyone too about Cindy's. It's way to much $$. We had a nice lunch there 2 years ago on the DDP but I don't think that it was worth 2 credits.

[Kenny]

Great updates! Too funny about Snow White! She must have had to deal with Grumpy too much that morning!
Poor Piglet!.. He does look delicious, though!

[Colexis Mom]

Great update and pictures from CRT!! More please!!

[amandal]

Great update, Chez (and Wendy!!). I have always wanted to try CRT, but just never wanted to subject Danny to all that girly-ness. Now that we're having a daughter, I have the perfect excuse!! Thanks for sharing the pictures!!

[Starla4436]

The food looks better than I expected at Cindys Royal table...especially the vegetarian plate yum.

[mickeycrazy]

Great updates! When I went to Cindy's, I had a blast with the character's but I totally agree on the price for what you get. Glad you're having such a good time!

[OhToodles!]

Wow! 2300 photos! What do you do with all of them when you get home? Do you print all those or just your favorites?
We're doing CRT for breakfast in June and I hope we get better service than you. Too funny about Snow White though.

[PoohBearFreak32]

Awesome update! I respect everyone on these boards who can write trip reports. I can write novels but the basics of a trip report escapes me lol :-) Can't wait for more!