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Love the photos around GF and the Poly! Brunch at Narcoossee's looked delish! Seeing MK all decked out for Christmas is the best! I was glad we got to see a bit of it on our last day.
Looks like a good start to the day with a tour of the Poly and GF with many good photos! Your brunch looks very good but the Cali really knows how to do it and as you said a better value!
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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 got all caught up with your TR Tara and it sure sounds like everything has been perfect so far!!! So glad you had such a great flight on Southwest (we'll be taking it in January for the first time on our return flight). I enjoyed hearing about your Discovery Cove experience and I think we stayed at the same Spring Hill Suites about three years ago. I'd like to do the California Grill brunch one day so I'm glad you rated it over Narcoossee's ! We loved seeing the MK all decorated for Christmas last week!
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All caught up. How cool that you did the Amphicar tour! I was looking at them from the Hangar bar last time I was in Disney Springs. I imagine it's a lot of fun. A margarita with ants?! No thank you lol, but I admire your guts on trying it!
The brunch looked delicious and good to know about the difference in value. We're staying at Bay Lake Tower in February and I was debating on a brunch. I'll have to see if Cali has availability. I'm so glad Megan loved Mickey. It's so amazing how they've got him talking, it's definitely a trip highlight for us when we see him!
Love the photos around GF and the Poly! Brunch at Narcoossee's looked delish! Seeing MK all decked out for Christmas is the best! I was glad we got to see a bit of it on our last day.
Thanks, Donna!! Brunch was very tasty!! I am glad you got to see a bit of Christmas! It wasn’t all up for us either but it was lovely to see it coming to life each day!
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Looks like a good start to the day with a tour of the Poly and GF with many good photos! Your brunch looks very good but the Cali really knows how to do it and as you said a better value!
Thanks, Dave!. Very true about the brunches but it really was delicious!!
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Just got all caught up with your TR Tara and it sure sounds like everything has been perfect so far!!! So glad you had such a great flight on Southwest (we'll be taking it in January for the first time on our return flight). I enjoyed hearing about your Discovery Cove experience and I think we stayed at the same Spring Hill Suites about three years ago. I'd like to do the California Grill brunch one day so I'm glad you rated it over Narcoossee's ! We loved seeing the MK all decorated for Christmas last week!
We really were having a ball!! There is nothing like Christmas at MK! I highly recommend the CG brunch!!
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All caught up. How cool that you did the Amphicar tour! I was looking at them from the Hangar bar last time I was in Disney Springs. I imagine it's a lot of fun. A margarita with ants?! No thank you lol, but I admire your guts on trying it!
The brunch looked delicious and good to know about the difference in value. We're staying at Bay Lake Tower in February and I was debating on a brunch. I'll have to see if Cali has availability. I'm so glad Megan loved Mickey. It's so amazing how they've got him talking, it's definitely a trip highlight for us when we see him!
The brunch was delicious and our meeting talking Mickey was a highlight for sure!!
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Can you believe we still haven’t seen talking Mickey!?
Fun morning, and good start to your Park day!
We didn’t see him either until a couple of trips ago! You should put it on your list! He is too cool!! It was an awesome day at MK!!
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Great photos around the Grand Floridian! Very nice brunch, too!
We walked over to Cinderella’s Castle to meet Katie and found her right away. Thank goodness because by this time, the MK was packed!
Then we all headed over to the Haunted Mansion thinking that the line wouldn’t be bad. Boy were we wrong!!!
The wait time posted was 70 minutes and I have never seen the line this far back:
The line for the Haunted Mansion
But our other two FP’s were not until later because we thought that Katie would not be joining us so soon so we decided to brave it. In actuality, it was a good 40 minutes before we got to Gracey Manor and we honestly didn’t mind as we chatted away about what to do next.
After once again shaking off the hitchhiking ghosts, we decided to ride the wildest ride in the wilderness!! . This also posted a 60 minute wait but it was honestly more like 40.
Next, we headed back towards Tomorrowland and did the Carousel of Progress and then we walked over to Fantasyland and watched Mickey’s Philharmagic.
It was time for dinner next and we were all really excited about eating at CRT. Our excitement dimmed just a bit when we first entered because the PP photographer was not very nice, but truly everyone else was and that castle is magical!!
We were escorted upstairs and seated and given menus. Our waiter told us about the daily catch, which was salmon and then we ordered a bottle of Rosa Regale to split for Meg’s birthday.
The appetizer we all ordered was an antipasti platter and it was very good:
Katie ordered the filet mignonette, I got the salmon and Megan got shrimp. Since we would be heading to the dessert party later on, we declined dessert. I know that a lot of you think that this meal is overpriced and the food is just okay but we really enjoyed our meal here and the view was spectacular!!
Filet mignonette
Salmon
Shrimp
Then the princesses came around and were very gracious hostesses! . They chatted with us and signed our autograph books and were so much fun!!
Megan got a birthday cupcake:
After dinner, we saw that the line for the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was not bad, so we hopped in that. We strolled around Fantasyland for a bit and then made our way over to the Tomorrowland Terrace for our dessert party.
I cannot say enough great things about this party!! The desserts were really good, the views are amazing and we all loved Happily Ever After!!! Wow! Just wow!! This was worth every penny we paid for it and I would absolutely do it again!!
They do kick you out promptly after the fireworks but not before giving you a lovely parting gift of a nice bag of Ghirardelli chocolates. We all hot the restroom and then went to Fantasyland for our next FP on 7DMT. The girls loved this ride and thought it was especially cool at night!! Then we went on Peter Pan which we all enjoyed!!
We were starting to fade fast but not before grabbing a few photos on the way out. I think that all of the Disney Parks are beautiful at night but I especially love MK at night.
I know this is starting to sound like a broken record but we truly had a magical day!!!
Steps taken: 22,405
Tomorrow: EPCOT!
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It’s so nice that your days are all magical, that’s what Disney is all about. The filet looks delicious and those desserts yummy. We saw happily ever after in Oct and I loved it, the displays on the castle are so well done.
Sounds like a truly magical day. I've never eaten in CRT in all my Disney trips because I've always heard mediocre reviews for the price but I'm so glad you enjoyed your meals.
Another great day for you girls!
Your meal at CRT looked yummy! The dessert party looked great as well!
Some day I hope to talk jeff into doing that again. We did it once, a few years ago but since then the price has gone up substantially, and it's hard to justify paying that much for desserts...3/4 of which I can't eat. BUT, i know the view can't be beat, so one of these days I'm going to insist that we do it! Maybe next year for my 60th birthday! Sounds like a plan, doesn't it?
Looks like an amazing time in the MK. I can't believe the line to HM and never seen it that long. Glad you had a good meal at CRT. I've never ate here as I felt it's overpriced and heard mixed reviews about the food here. The dessert party looked like fun with a great view for HEA.
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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!
It does sound like a magical day, even with those long waits for a couple of things, but it sounds as if you made the best of it.
Ok, so there are macarons at the Happily Ever After dessert party? Oh my goodness, how did I not know that? I suspect it's all sold out now for our dates in January, but I may just have to have a look now...
It’s so nice that your days are all magical, that’s what Disney is all about. The filet looks delicious and those desserts yummy. We saw happily ever after in Oct and I loved it, the displays on the castle are so well done.
Thank you!! We were honestly having an unbelievable time!! All three of us loved Happily Ever After as well!!
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I agree, you did have a magical day! The dessert party looks awesome! I also love MK at night. My favorite is riding BTMRR.
That’s so funny because that’s what the girls both said too!! They loved BTMRR in the dark!!
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Sounds like a truly magical day. I've never eaten in CRT in all my Disney trips because I've always heard mediocre reviews for the price but I'm so glad you enjoyed your meals.
All I can tell you is we had a terrific meal with awesome views of the MK!!
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Glad you had a good meal at CRT. I've never ate here as I felt it's overpriced and heard mixed reviews about the food here. The dessert party looked like fun with a great view for HEA. 
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I suspect it's all sold out now for our dates in January, but I may just have to have a look now... 
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