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That was nice that you got seated before your ADR I hope the next update is that your food is steaming and not you.
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Wow. I just tried to get through your TR. I love how many pictures you have been able to add in. I cannot wait to read more of your trip. Amazing!
I got excited seeing the pictures of T-Rex. We were thinking about trying it for our next trip, but it was not fitting in easily. Now I am wondering how we may make it work. It looks AMAZING!
Thanks for sharing all the details in photos and text!
The room at the Hyatt looks really nice, I love how you can look out into the airport. Sorry for the long wait at the YS, hope that the rest of the meal makes up for it.
We were finally taken in and I was very happy with where we were seated, right by the window in the oval area that overlooks the walkway around the Yacht Club. I had always secretly wanted to sit here and now we were.
However, things didnt improve from the poor start here. We waited and waited for our server and waited a bit more. There was no sign of anyone coming to see us. By the time we had been sitting there for about 10 minutes and we had already decided what to have for appetiser and entree and were ready to order, I thought things were getting beyond a joke. I got up and saw a manager and very pleasantly explained what had happened and that I didnt think that it was acceptable.
Within a moment, we had a server, Brandon, who seemed very nice, but also a bit nervous, as he was stammering a bit, as he went through the menu. I got the impression that he wasnt usually like that. I guess the manager said something then.... We eventually came to the conclusion that perhaps he didnt know that he was meant to be waiting on us, as he seemed so nice and so attentive that we couldnt believe he had just walked by us twice on purpose.
For appetiser, I went for the jumbo shrimp cocktail with champagne-citrus aioli and lime cocktail sauce and that lived up to its name, although I had no idea when I ordered it that it would literally come out steaming. Apparently it was served on a bed of dry ice, which made for a really neat effect and boy, those shrimps were so good.
Mark went for the Caesar salad and he certainly got a huge lump of it on his plate. I had a taste and it was very good.
For entree, Mark decided to go with the prime New York strip steak, a 12-oz strip steak with peppercorn brandy sauce and potato gratin with diamond white cheddar, after seeing the size of the Porterhouse and realising that there was no way that he could do that justice, as it was 24-ozs. He even struggled with what he was given.
I went for the fish dish, the Faroe Islands ocean trout with eggplant tarte tatin, rainbow chard with cara-cara orange butter sauce. It was beautiful in its sauce, just divine. The sad thing was that they had paired it with some vegetables that just didnt work with it. The eggplant and chard were just far too heavy for the fish and wouldve been better with a meat dish. As a result, I was very glad that I had ordered creamed spinach as a side dish, as that went with the dish perfectly.
Mark also got some Brussels sprouts to go with his and he got a mountain of them. There were enough for about four people and he barely made a dent in his.
Mark passed on dessert, as he was just too full and I opted for the Artisan cheese platter, as I had enjoyed it so much last time I was here. Sadly, it wasnt to live up to the expectation again. The platter came with Humbolt fog, Beemster XO, Robiola and gorgonzola dolce. I couldnt even finish the gorgonzola dolce, as it was so sharp and the Robiola, I could only eat without the accompany onion jam, as to me, that just didnt go with it at all. The other two cheeses were great and the Humbolt fog went beautifully with the almond fig bark they provided. Its a shame that the others didnt work that well.
All in all, we did enjoy our meal here and Brendan did come through in the end and proved to be a very good and caring server, but the whole start to the night did leave a sour taste in our mouths and we came away, saying that we preferred our experience at the Flying Fish Cafe the night before.
Yachtsman Steakhouse:
Appetiser 9― 9―
Entree 9 9
Dessert 8 N/A
Service 9 9―
Atmosphere 8― 9
Value for money 9― 9―
Average score: 9.09
We finally rolled out of there and a word here about the Deluxe Dining Plan, as this was our last meal on it. We had again succeeded in spending every snack and table service credit, which I was very proud of. As far as savings went, they actually came out at a massive $298 over the five nights we were there, which I was amazed by. I know we can save a lot of money on the Dining Plan, but the amount we saved surprised even me.
We walked slowly out through the Beach Club, saying goodbye to our favourite resort and picked up the car from valet and headed back to the airport and our room at the Hyatt.
We dropped the car back at Avis and discovered that now you need to keep the car rental documents with you to hand back the car, something we have never done before. At least we know for next time....
We walked back into the terminal and headed for the hotel. We were surprised that all the shops were closed for the night. I guess there couldnt be many more flights in at this time of the night, which surprised me, as it was only 9.00 by now. I assumed that flights ran much later than that, but maybe not.
We got back to the hotel....
.... and headed back to the room, ordering a wake-up call for 5.30 and bell services for 6.30, who would help us with our luggage all the way to check-in, which we thought was worth doing.
Then it was off to bed. It had been a great Christmas Day.
The weather today was humid with some showers and a lot of cloud, with temperatures in the low 80s. The best thing today was my entree at Tutto Italia. The worst thing today was leaving Disney and the wait for the Yachtsman Steakhouse. Today we tried seeing the American Adventure And the result was its much better than we remembered it being. The most magical moment today was catching the Voices of Liberty perform.
Just so you're aware, the next installment will be posted in the Globetrotting trip reports forum, as we're off to stay with Sue and Steve in the Pocono mountains next.
I'll post a link here tomorrow, when I start that segment of the report.
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