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Great food photos! I love Sanaa. It's such a beautifully designed restaurant in addition to the great food and service. I've ordered just the bread service and tomato paneer soup for lunch. It's still too much food for one person, but I take the left-over naan back to the room with me.
The tomato paneer soup sounds good, too! Clearly I need many more meals there!
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I'm so glad you enjoyed Sanaa so much!
We both really loved it, and think it will be a must do now for us.
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We loved our room at the POFQ and I have to follow suite with chatty CM's. Happy to hear the positive review of Sanaa. It's on our list for our next visit to the world. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on F&WF. :-)
It's funny, while the CM was really so nice, and so friendly - everything you want a CM to be, there was part of me saying 'enough, just give me my key so I can start this vacation!'
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Yum! The mango margarita is my favorite drink at WDW! And we love Sanaa and the bread service too.
That mango margarita was so good! I was tempted to order a second, but decided I needed to pace myself on calories for the F&WF!
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Great start! I absolutely LOVE Sanaa...............and that bread!!!
I have thought about that bread service so many times, and wished there was someplace near me that had something similar.....sigh...
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Count me in with the others who are glad you are writing again even though I missed the official restart last night. Great looking room. You all squeezed a nice bit of fun into your time at DHS. So glad you two enjoyed Sanaa, and that bread service is sooooo good! Can't wait to hear about your F&WF tastings.
We weren't at DHS long, but we were both happy with what we were able to do, and didn't feel badly that we wouldn't be back that trip. The only thing we missed was the FP we had for the Frozen Sing-along. When I made the FP, I knew it was unlikely we'd be in the park yet, and of course, we weren't.
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Sanaa is the best I can't wait to go back
I think Sanaa must be a favorite with many PP'rs at least!
A nice start to the trip at Studios. Glad you were able to get a lot done there! You meal at Sanaa looked so good and it's one of my faves as well!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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I've never even heard of Sanaa, so looks like me and DW might have something to try next trip.
Looks like you're a bit out of the loop, not knowing of Sanaa! It's a real gem at WDW and you will enjoy it!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Just catching on to this TR! Sounds like a full and fun trip awaiting for us to read about! I hope you got to spend a lot of time at the F&W Festival - so yummy and alot to take in. Can't wait for more!
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A nice start to the trip at Studios. Glad you were able to get a lot done there! You meal at Sanaa looked so good and it's one of my faves as well!
DHS has never been a park where we feel we need a full day, so that's why we were OK going there on our short day.
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What a great first day! Glad you enjoyed Sanaa!
Loved it! And now with all this talk of it, wishing we had plans to go back soon!
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I've never even heard of Sanaa, so looks like me and DW might have something to try next trip.
Definitely recommend adding Sanaa to your list!
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Just catching on to this TR! Sounds like a full and fun trip awaiting for us to read about! I hope you got to spend a lot of time at the F&W Festival - so yummy and alot to take in. Can't wait for more!
We were up bright and early the next morning, ready for some eating!!
We had FP for Soarin' to start the day, and enjoyed that as always. While I do believe it needs so refurbishment, and I'd love to have another version, I still love this ride. For the longest time, the music was the ringtone on my phone.
After Soarin' we took a ride on the Land. I have thousands of pictures from this ride, so I mostly sat back to just enjoy it. But I did get a shot of the harvest decorations, since those were a first for me.
We had a bit more time before the food booths opened so we decided to check out our future at Spaceship Earth. Looks like we're going to have some fun!
Then, finally, it was time to eat! Now, you may be bored, because all I have is a lot of food porn.
First up was Scotland, where we had the potato pancake with smoked Scottish salmon, and the seared sea scallop with spinach-cheddar gratin:
I'm not a huge salmon fan, so I only tried the potato pancake and left the rest for DH. I loved the scallop, and could've happily had a bowl of the gratin.
Next, Hawaii, and one of my favorite items of the festival - the Kalua pork slider:
I also tried the pineapple wine, and didn't really care for it. Now, I don't recall if it was too sweet, too dry, or something else? Sorry!
In Puerto Rico we tried the carne guisada, I believe at Tracy's (elbodans) recommendation. And DH had the San Juan breeze without alcohol, while I tried the San Juan Breeze with Don Q limon. Both were good (but I especially loved that drink!!!)
Ireland was next on our route
There we sampled the lobster and seafood fisherman's pie, and the warm chocolate pudding with Kerrygold Irish cream custard.
And I may have had to try the chilled Irish coffee.
Oh, did I mention that I'd also purchased some new ears?!
I think I'll end here for tonight, as I assume I've made everyone hungry enough by now!!
You've made me wish we were going back for the F&WF this October. I loved the Seared Sea Scallops at Scotland and the Kalua Park Slider at Hawaii. Luke tried the pineapple wine and felt it was, in his words, "Just not right." your new ears.
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Can't wait to hear about your F&WF tastings. 
It's a real gem at WDW and you will enjoy it! 
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