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What a fun and relaxing day! I'm sorry your dinner was cold, but it sure sounds like you all enjoyed it anyway! I Downtown Disney! Muffin-not so much. I am trying to work it in when Logan and I have a couple of days on our own!
I can't wait to hear about your date night!
Tara
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to your DD getting housing for next fall! Breakfast at Olivia's is very nice! Congrats to you on TSMM. We have an ADR at Paradiso 37 in May, and I really hope our food does not come out cold.
Hi everyone! I'm feeling a little sheepish coming back to this TR after such a long hiatus. Please forgive me. Life has been crazy busy.
Anyway, back to it.
We had our date night at Boma. We got to the resort a little early and had fun exploring. It is so beautiful. DH would really like to stay there someday. Dinner was ok. There didn't seem to be as many selections as we enjoyed the last time we ate there. DH was really hoping for some spicy food, but everything was pretty bland. We still enjoyed ourselves and were very full when we left.
The kids went to 50's primetime for a solo dinner and enjoyed themselves as well.
We actually got back before they did so I took advantage of the time to do a couple of loads of laundry.
Now I am going to go back and review what I already wrote and try to pick up from there...lol...
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Glad you are back to posting, but I totally understand life getting busy. Luke has mentioned that the selections at Boma are no longer as spicy as he remembers them. Can't wait for more.
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Don't worry - we understand that sometimes things get in the way of the important Disney stuff... Sounds like a great date night!
Thanks It was good to get him to see AKL...someday
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Glad you are back to posting, but I totally understand life getting busy. Luke has mentioned that the selections at Boma are no longer as spicy as he remembers them. Can't wait for more.
DH does enjoy spicy food. Maybe next time we'll try Sanaa...I hear good things
Love your new profile pic!
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Yay!! You're back!! Your date night sounds fun!! That's a little disappointing about Boma, though. We love that place!!
Tara
We had a great time, just wanted to heat things up a bit...it was date night after all. Lol
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Sorry Boma wasn't spicy enough for you!
There were zebra domes though so...I really can't complain
Thursday was our full DHS day. I' afraid I really don't remember much about what we did. I know we got a snack at some point, because it caused some trouble at lunch. We had reservations for lunch at Beaches and Cream. I was really looking forward to it after reading such good things about it here. We drove over and took advantage of the free valet parking with our TiW card. We asked for directions, but they weren't very good as we ended taking a quite round about way to get there. It gave us a chance to see alot of the Beach and Yacht Clubs and Stormalong Bay. I now have my own bucket list of where I would like to stay. It is just so beautiful! Very much my style, so DH and I might have to arm wrestle to decide if it will be there or AKL..lol.
We finally checked in and took a seat outside to wait. We had to wait about 20 minutes, during which time the kids complained that they weren't really that hungry since I had "made" them eat a snack at DHS. (sidebar: I heard this several times on this trip due to our group arriving at the parks at different times. On this day, I think DS and I went to the park early and DH and DD joined us later. They didn't really eat much breakfast so were hungry early. I suggest a snack, even though I know we will be eating lunch in a couple of hours. That's what snacks are for, right?
Then at meal time, nobody is really hungry. Annoying to the one who made the reservations and is excited to try new places...me)
Anyway, we finally get called in and the place is so tiny. They seat the four of us at a table in the middle (row of booths along the wall, row of tiny tables down the middle, then the counter. Maybe 5 booths plus 4-5 tables? Very small). The table itself was very tiny, so we were immediately uncomfortable. I ordered some onion rings to start while we looked at the menu. The waitress seemed pretty uninterested in us, which is unusual at Disney, but whatever...Peyton just ordered a side salad, Cannon got a grilled chicken sandwich, but didn't like it because it had brie on it (remember, he was being adventurous, so thought he would try it), I don't remember what DH ordered, and I got a turkey sandwich that was supposed to have some kind of cranberry/jalapeno jelly on it. It sounded great, but was disappointing as there was (again) no spice to be found. Sheesh, why so bland? Anyway, another less than impressive lunch and everyone was too full to want ice cream. Well, that's another one I won't be trying again...unless it's just for ice cream
After we dropped the kids off at the room to chill, DH and I headed out to find the elusive Disney Outlet Store. The outlets were of course crowded, but I was able to pick up a few things for some friends back home. We were only gone about an hour and a half. WE decided to go back to DTD and grab a bite and then go see a movie. Cannon and I took the boat over with DD and DH coming to join us later. WE had thought about going back to EoS again, but the line was crazy long. We went next door to Wolfgang Puck Express instead. DH, DD,and I shared a caesar salad and a cheese pizza, I got Cannon a meatball sub. Then we went and watched Fast and Furious 7. It was a pretty nice evening
I had a bout of stomach trouble that kept me up most of the night, but did it slow me down on my last park day? Stay tuned to find out...
Bummer that B&C didn't live up to what I know it can be. We have always enjoyed our meals here. But maybe it would be the perfect ice cream place for you all. Your evening sounded very pleasant.
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