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Hmmm...was that at Pi, reportedly the place Pres. Obama raved about? We tried it once and thought it okay but not all that wonderful. I dunno, maybe we just weren't in the mood then as we usually like Chicago-style.
I honestly don't remember - it was down some stairs and really divey from the outside cozy on the inside - but they had their own vineyard and the pizza was yummy! It wasn't too far from the Doubletree we stayed at either, we weren't quite downtown.
Great pictures, Drew! I especially like the Christmas tree.
Guess I'm strange, but I wasn't that thrilled with WL's lobby decorations even though WL often is suggested as a must-see when someone asks where the best resort Christmas decorations are.
There are some distinctive Northwest ornaments on the tree that aren't visible in our photo. Those were interesting to me.
All in all, I prefer the more ornate decorations at the GF.
Wish we could have gotten good photos of the huge Christmas train layout in YC's lobby. It had so many cute touches like miniature Disney characters here and there among the people of the little village. But, the morning sun on it produced such glare when we were there that we'd have needed a camera able to compensate instead of our very basic iPhone ones.
Honestly, I found that train more impressive than WL's decorations. I don't think I've ever seen it suggested as something to see, but I thought it would be worth the trek to YC.
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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 am confused! You both ate at Tutto and Via Napoli?
No, Drew ate solo at Via Napoli. That was the day I had tummy trouble.
We both lunched at Tutto Italia.
Tutto is upscale Italian, elegant settings and atmosphere. I like it LOTS for the food which is some of the best of any at WDW.
Drew will maybe give you the compare/contrast in more detail, but my understanding is that VN is more casual. More your neighborhood Italian-American pizza joint.
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We had hoped to see the train layout at YC back in November 2010 when we stayed at BC, but unfortunately, it wasn't up the week before Thanksgiving when we were there. Luke has his own train layout here at home, so it is still on our list of things to do.
Hmmmm, Cam, we saw it the Thursday before Thanksgiving. Maybe it had just gone up the night before, or you weren't in the YC lobby late in that week?
Actually we checked because we thought we had read it would be up, but there had been some sort of delay. I don't remember what yet. My conference meetings were at the convention center at YC, so I did check several times. We were staying at BC and during the night as they were working on the gingerbread carousel they set off the fire alarms. So that was a little delayed, too. CMs were trying to put a positive spin on all of it.
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I was somewhat disappointed we didn't get to see the GF's holiday decorations. The GB House didn't even open until the Friday before Thanksgiving last year, a week later than in '13.
A CM told me the decorations "never" go up there until so-called Black Friday. She looked at me as though I was delusional when I said they were up on the Friday BEFORE Thanksgiving when we stayed there in '13.
One of the WL club concierges said that they'd heard there might be lots of resorts undecorated until after Thanksgiving. Why, he didn't say.
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I was somewhat disappointed we didn't get to see the GF's holiday decorations. The GB House didn't even open until the Friday before Thanksgiving last year, a week later than in '13.
A CM told me the decorations "never" go up there until so-called Black Friday. She looked at me as though I was delusional when I said they were up on the Friday BEFORE Thanksgiving when we stayed there in '13.
One of the WL club concierges said that they'd heard there might be lots of resorts undecorated until after Thanksgiving. Why, he didn't say.
I know they were up before Thanksgiving in 2010 as well as we did get to see the gingerbread house and had several PP photos made in front of the tree.
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