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So glad you had a great meal at Citrico's. Our last visit was not good. We have been reluctant to try it again, though I must say ours was the service instead of the meal. Our server could hardly be bothered for some reason, they never fired Dave's fish, but mine was done, so they 'rushed' his and it was raw in the middle. Mine was the one they had cooked and they left it under the lights where it had already sat for some time and sat some more while they fired Dave's and when I said something he told me I was mistaken, they had refired mine. My pasta was congealed. It sat. It took 10 minutes to get our server's attention to request the check. We paid the check, (yes we got a check) and when we went out to the front podium, we asked to speak to the manager. We were told he would be out to see us. Then we were studiously ignored. We sat for 15 minutes and then left. We probably should have pushed, but that's just not us.
But the photos of your meal makes us think we might could try again...that crème brulee looked absolutely scrumptious!
Great pictures in MK....love the photopass photos in Fantasyland!~
I love your Photopass pics. You guys always look genuinely happy
Thank you so much! So many people say that and I can honestly say it's because we really are genuinely happy, both whenever we're on vacation and when we're at home.
Flowers make everything look better. I just wish I was good at keeping them alive.
I take it you don't have green fingers then? Or as you guys say green thumb?
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Your photos are so good! I'm really thinking of adding memory maker to our summer trip. It's been years since we've done the pre-purchase thing...... now that it includes ride photos and some of the character meals, I think it's worth it!
I would definitely do it - when we priced it up, it was the same price as regular PhotoPass, so it was a no-brainer to get the Memory Maker.
So glad you had a great meal at Citrico's. Our last visit was not good. We have been reluctant to try it again, though I must say ours was the service instead of the meal. Our server could hardly be bothered for some reason, they never fired Dave's fish, but mine was done, so they 'rushed' his and it was raw in the middle. Mine was the one they had cooked and they left it under the lights where it had already sat for some time and sat some more while they fired Dave's and when I said something he told me I was mistaken, they had refired mine. My pasta was congealed. It sat. It took 10 minutes to get our server's attention to request the check. We paid the check, (yes we got a check) and when we went out to the front podium, we asked to speak to the manager. We were told he would be out to see us. Then we were studiously ignored. We sat for 15 minutes and then left. We probably should have pushed, but that's just not us.
But the photos of your meal makes us think we might could try again...that crème brulee looked absolutely scrumptious!
Oh please do, because we had a similar lousy experience to you all those years ago and it put us off Citrico's for so many years, but we really did have the most amazing meal, so I'd encourage anyone to go back and give it another try and hopefully it won't disappoint again.
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Looks like you're having a great time at MK! Glad you got to enjoy the Mine Train. You got some great shots of the coaster in operation! It will be cool to compare all your construction photos to the finished product. I have some great pictures when they were doing construction on Expedition Everest and it was cool to go back and look at all the progress up until it was complete.
Looks like you're having a great time at MK! Glad you got to enjoy the Mine Train. You got some great shots of the coaster in operation! It will be cool to compare all your construction photos to the finished product. I have some great pictures when they were doing construction on Expedition Everest and it was cool to go back and look at all the progress up until it was complete.
Now there's a great idea - that hadn't occurred to me at all....
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We have been reluctant to try it again, though I must say ours was the service instead of the meal. Our server could hardly be bothered for some reason, they never fired Dave's fish, but mine was done, so they 'rushed' his and it was raw in the middle. Mine was the one they had cooked and they left it under the lights where it had already sat for some time and sat some more while they fired Dave's and when I said something he told me I was mistaken, they had refired mine. My pasta was congealed. It sat. It took 10 minutes to get our server's attention to request the check. We paid the check, (yes we got a check) and when we went out to the front podium, we asked to speak to the manager. We were told he would be out to see us. Then we were studiously ignored. We sat for 15 minutes and then left. We probably should have pushed, but that's just not us. 
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So many people say that and I can honestly say it's because we really are genuinely happy, both whenever we're on vacation and when we're at home. 
It's criminal to still be having snow this late in the year... 
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