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Your experience on the Great Movie Ride had me smiling so big. Stefanie loves this one, except for the Alien section where she buries her head in my side. She can almost cue each movie right before we come to it. Hope you made it back to BC without difficulty.
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I loved reading your PTR and am very happy to have found your TR! Your first day sounds pretty magical despite the rain and frustration getting to DHS. Looking forward to more!
I am so glad that you were able to ride TSMM before it closed down for refirbishment, I know you were all dissappointed you missed it last year. Glad that you were able to ride it twice....it is such a fun ride but it does make your arms sore
(Sorry for the slow updates..We have had a crisis in the house...no one is hurt...but I have been cleaning for days...enough said and on with the TR...)
It was now a bit before 6:00. We wanted to get into dry clothes before our 7:15 ADR at Cape May, so we headed out (to the boats, this time). We had spent about 2 hours at DHS and experienced 2 things. We call this a success! The boat ride was long and slow (painfully slow, but sheltered from the rain), but gave the littlest another chance to catch a quick nap before.
Before leaving our room earlier, we had left a note and $5 tip for the person delivering our luggage. We were pleased to find that bell services had left a note in reply, signing his name as “Mike” and telling us to contact him if we needed anything else. So sweet!
We were also surprised to find a welcome note from Dana (the CM I had talked with before the trip and whose name I dropped at the front desk) and a white chocolate Mickey sculpture and some cute Mickey dipped strawberries. We were blown away!!!
This was beyond the expected Disney Magic! DD (6) pointed out that the plate only included 4 strawberries—they left one of us out!! (Or did they? Could they have known that a chocolate dipped strawberry was poison to the littlest member of the family? Hmmm??)
We made our way to the lobby to check in at Cape May for our dinner ADR. We were about 20 minutes early, but they were very busy and we waited about 40 minutes to be seated. Just outside the entrance to the restaurant was a television playing old Disney movies and a number of child-sized chairs. It was a nice touch. I think there were many children appreciating the time to “veg out.”
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By the time we got seated, we were STARVING. We had not had a “real” meal since leaving home that morning. This may have made the food taste even better!
I also had to wait for the chef to come talk to me about food selections for Delaney (because of her dairy allergy). It was nice to have the restaurant experiences from the last trip to put my mind at ease about her meals. The Chef we talked with very incredibly sweet and accommodating. She made Delaney a plate of plain pasta and some meats and veggies to try. She also walked me around the buffet to identify anything that she could eat. This “Clam Bake” buffet offered many great choices for everyone. (I am right now thinking of Cam and her trip report...She said she always intended to take food pictures, but was always so hungry that it never occurred to her until the food was almost gone. We were better with food pics for the non-buffet restaurants, so if you are mostly interested in food reviews, stick with me a while longer and I will have more pictures).
Ben is allergic to seafood, but filled up on pizza, chicken legs and numerous returns to the dessert table. DD (5) was in heaven--she had about 4 plates of crab legs! Unfortunately, her inability to crack them herself meant that DH did more crab cracking for her than for himself.
They offered a great salad bar, the clam chowder was wonderful, and there were many fish selections. My favorites were the seafood pasta and the fish offerings. (I enjoyed the crab legs, but I was too hungry at the start of our meal to deal with it! So I went back for more pasta!). Ross loved the key lime pie offered as dessert--he had seconds and even grabbed a few on the way out of the restaurant.
I was looking forward to ordering an adult beverage here after the day of travel, but the cold I was fighting before our trip seemed to have escalated from the pressure changes from the plane. I was horribly stuffed up and had an excruciating headache. Beer would not have helped L
Overall; we REALLY enjoyed our meal here! However, when the check came, I was taken aback by the cost--it was over $150 for our family of 5. Not sure I would have been as excited about this meal if we were not on the DDP and I had a direct connection to how much was really paying for it! That said, it would be a must-do if we are ever on the DDP again!
We got back to our room about 9:30 and promptly got ready for bed. I think we were all sleeping by 10:30. The next day we would go to Epcot.
The clam bake sounds wonderful. They are a staple here on Cape. Love me some clams!!!
Nice to hear there was something for everyone to eat and enjoy! Sounds like a great meal, though I am sorry about your cold and resulting headache.
Hope tomorrow is better!
More please!
WOW...what a great surprise waiting in your room!!! So glad you liked your meal at CMC! As you know, it's one of our (or should I say Peter's) favorites!! Sorry you had to wait so long though. Great TR!!!
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Stefanie loves this one, except for the Alien section where she buries her head in my side. She can almost cue each movie right before we come to it. Hope you made it back to BC without difficulty.
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What a great Mickey surprise in the room as well! 
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