khertz
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2008
Day 5 Continued: Monday March 26th
We went down to the specialty restaurants to see if we could get into Manfredi’s as a walk-up for that night instead of waiting until the night we had a shared table booked. But the hostess once again told us, “I’m sorry, it’s not possible.”
Viking 06-147 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
But it worked out better because we ran into a group of DISers at the bar so we went to hang out with them for a little while. Eventually, we all decided to go to dinner at The Restaurant together. Our group ended up as DH & I, Phil & Judi, Angela & Eva, and Jenn & Joe. This was another wonderful dinner with lots of laughs, stories, and Disney! During dinner Angela & Eva began telling us how they had met the performers for the nighttime show coming up that night, and how they had talked up the show a lot as a really fun rock opera. So we all decided that we would give it a try after our meal. But first, the food!
For the appetizers, I got some kind of fresh fruit mix that was pretty good. DH got a Caesar salad.
Viking 06-148 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-149 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
For entrees, I got the rib-eye with mushrooms and a side of mashed potatoes. DH got grilled swordfish.
Viking 06-150 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-152 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Since no one at the table thought food pictures was weird, Angela let DH take a photo of her peanut crusted chicken. Although it looked good, she wasn’t impressed.
Viking 06-151 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
And he got a photo of someone’s salmon. Joe’s maybe?
Viking 06-153 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DH and Eva had both gotten the swordfish, I believe, and everyone who tried it agreed it was DELICIOUS. I was having some serious food envy.
Finally came dessert. DH got a slice of strawberry cheesecake. I had some kind of apple tart with a scoop of gelato, but only the gelato was any good. Unfortunately, I made some pretty poor dessert choices most nights.
Viking 06-154 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-155 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Angela offered a photo of her cheese plate.
Viking 06-156 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Once we headed down to the theater for the nighttime show, the theater was packed! Somehow I missed the sign that the show had been changed from the rock opera that Angela and Eva had told us we were seeing. Instead we were treated to what I can only imagine is what Simon Cowell was talking about on American Idol when he told people they sounded like cruise line singers.
Viking 06-158 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-159 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
It was suuuuuuuuper cheesy & lame!! We bailed after a couple of songs because we couldn’t stop laughing. We headed up to the second level of the Explorers Lounge and spent a nice long time hanging out with a big group of DISers until we called it a night at 11:45 or so and headed down to our stateroom for bed. We had a chance to Facetime the kids before we got to bed a little after midnight.
UP NEXT: On to Crotone
We went down to the specialty restaurants to see if we could get into Manfredi’s as a walk-up for that night instead of waiting until the night we had a shared table booked. But the hostess once again told us, “I’m sorry, it’s not possible.”
Viking 06-147 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
But it worked out better because we ran into a group of DISers at the bar so we went to hang out with them for a little while. Eventually, we all decided to go to dinner at The Restaurant together. Our group ended up as DH & I, Phil & Judi, Angela & Eva, and Jenn & Joe. This was another wonderful dinner with lots of laughs, stories, and Disney! During dinner Angela & Eva began telling us how they had met the performers for the nighttime show coming up that night, and how they had talked up the show a lot as a really fun rock opera. So we all decided that we would give it a try after our meal. But first, the food!
For the appetizers, I got some kind of fresh fruit mix that was pretty good. DH got a Caesar salad.
Viking 06-148 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-149 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
For entrees, I got the rib-eye with mushrooms and a side of mashed potatoes. DH got grilled swordfish.
Viking 06-150 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-152 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Since no one at the table thought food pictures was weird, Angela let DH take a photo of her peanut crusted chicken. Although it looked good, she wasn’t impressed.
Viking 06-151 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
And he got a photo of someone’s salmon. Joe’s maybe?
Viking 06-153 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DH and Eva had both gotten the swordfish, I believe, and everyone who tried it agreed it was DELICIOUS. I was having some serious food envy.
Finally came dessert. DH got a slice of strawberry cheesecake. I had some kind of apple tart with a scoop of gelato, but only the gelato was any good. Unfortunately, I made some pretty poor dessert choices most nights.
Viking 06-154 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-155 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-156 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Once we headed down to the theater for the nighttime show, the theater was packed! Somehow I missed the sign that the show had been changed from the rock opera that Angela and Eva had told us we were seeing. Instead we were treated to what I can only imagine is what Simon Cowell was talking about on American Idol when he told people they sounded like cruise line singers.
Viking 06-158 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 06-159 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
It was suuuuuuuuper cheesy & lame!! We bailed after a couple of songs because we couldn’t stop laughing. We headed up to the second level of the Explorers Lounge and spent a nice long time hanging out with a big group of DISers until we called it a night at 11:45 or so and headed down to our stateroom for bed. We had a chance to Facetime the kids before we got to bed a little after midnight.
UP NEXT: On to Crotone