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I'll probably watch it, then immediately watch it again on the DVR!
Not addicted to Disney at all, are ya? Me neither.
Edit to add review: Ex-English teacher picky, but the family are the Mauros plural, so the title should be The Mauros' Magical Disney Vacation. Yes, I know, no one else likely cares, so on with it...
Maybe my reaction is colored by the fact that neither of us is fond of Jeff Mauro, so bearing that in mind is likely wise.
The show didn't seem to know what it wanted to do--showcase the family's activities or show Disney restaurants and food. Less about the AKL pool, the women's spa treatment, the Safari tour, etc. and more about food, please. As in FOOD Network?
And just table service? Maybe mostly upscale TS is the Mauros' "Disney Side," a dumb-sounding phrase. Well, okay....except Jeff Mauro IS the Sandwich King, and he was shown having a sandwich for dinner at Be Our Guest. Wouldn't you think the guy known as the Sandwich King would go to...oh, I dunno...Earl of SANDWICH maybe?
Ooookay, so what did the show intend? One would think it would show a few counter service places to give an idea of the range of eateries at WDW. As we're aware, there are some CS that are a definite rank above grabbing a burger at McDonald's or Burger King, right? And since this guy is the Sandwich King, where were ANY great sandwich places other than BOG featured? Not on this TS-only show (unless I just wasn't paying attention), and what kind of sense did that make? Not much that I can see.
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Well I never heard of the guy before as I'm more into HGTV than Food Network but I loved the show although I thought they put a little too much make up on the guy. I was on the internet while watching the show and I think we are adding an ADR to our trip after seeing them eat at Coral Reef.
They make naan at the food court in Art of Animation as well.
I hated several things about it: the implication that you can pool-hop. The emphasis on spending your dollars on the spa. Ten minutes spent cooking a dish I will never try at home (no good octopus here in Indiana...). And to top it all off, her dress for dinner at the Chef's Table at V&A looked like a night shirt. And they just happened to have an opening tonight! - aren't we lucky? It's not like we had to plan this six months in advance...
...but I am, after all, a Disney junkie. So I loved it.
If you look closely as the show moves along, I'd bet that all of the "meals" were staged in the daytime. Sunlight was blazing through the windows with no other customers in Cali Grill when Jeff and Dad were there. And that open kitchen looked very unrushed with cooks trying to appear like they were busy.
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Well I never heard of the guy before as I'm more into HGTV than Food Network but I loved the show although I thought they put a little too much make up on the guy.
Jeff Mauro has on way too much makeup on his own show, too. DH refers to him as "that sandwich guy who wears too much [colored] lip gloss."
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Don't forget the way he was dressed - I mean SHORTS at Cali Grill?!? That is just not ok. DH had the octopus cold app at V&A'S when we were there in December and loved it! But thank heaven sandwich guy wasn't in the kitchen for it - LOL.
I have to agree with everyone. I watched again and the guy was wearing way too much makeup. I thought the program was too rehearsed, did not like that at all. Guy Fieri's program at DL was much better. But in the end, I much prefer Samantha Brown.
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the guy was wearing way too much makeup. I thought the program was too rehearsed, did not like that at all. Guy Fieri's program at DL was much better. But in the end, I much prefer Samantha Brown.
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