queenmum2
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2006
Cast of Characters: Me - Tracie (39 forever); DH - Billy (42); DS - Tyler (9); DD - Sarah (6) - oh and of course, the DDP!
With 7 days/6 nights in the world, I have tons of reviews to share as well as my opinion (still forming) of the DDP.
First up, the first couple of days of CS restaurant meals: Backlot Express, Main Street Bakery, Pinocchio's Village Haus and Main Street Bakery (yes, again).
Rating scale: (icky) to (scrumptious)
First up, Backlot Express: This was our check-in day...we arrived at the WL early - around 9:00 am - to check in before our 10 am ressie at BOMA (I'll rate TS in another thread). Their computers were down, so they couldn't do anything about a room (which I was prepared for) but we were able to get keys to the world (as I wanted). We had an enormous breakfast at BOMA, so we didn't eat at MGM until dinnertime. I was aiming for the Flatbread Grill, but it closed early so Backlot it was. Now, it's a good thing I had read up on reviews beforehand and knew that GOOD CS existed -- because this was nothing like GOOD. DH had a burger & fries, I had chicken strips & fries and each kid had the chicken nuggets with carrots and grapes. Deserts were: Chocolate Cake or Strawberry parfait for the adults and sugar free jell-o (hereafter refered to as Nasty Gel Treat, or NGT for short) for the kids. We used 4 CS here.
DH's Burger was dry, not much flavor and toppings were a bit scant. Kids didn't have a problem with the chicken nuggets, but neither liked their "desert". Whoever thought sugar free "gel treats" were an exceptable substitute for desert should be fired. Especially since that is the only available kids desert at any CS we could find. Oh - and all of them are red (strawberry? cherry? couldn't tell ya). My chicken strips were the only bright spot in this dismal dinner. They were crisp and tasty. As mentioned, the kids didn't like the nasty gel treats, so I gave them my chocolate cake - I tasted it and it was a little too...um... mouth-filling/dense...for my taste.
Rating: -plus
Main Street Bakery - Again - the DIS came through. This place gets high marks and for good reason. The ONLY problem we had was decyphering the DDP as it applied to breakfast. We ended up using 3 CS and got: 2 ham, egg & cheese croissants, one PB&J "uncrustable" (DD was having a fit for it), 1 cherry turnover, 1 french toast loaf and after reaching the check-out and finding we "needed" one more item, 1 apple turnover. I had coffee, DH had OJ and the kids shared a chocolate milk (ugh! well, we're on vacation!). DS ended up being not very hungry, DD inhaled her uncrustable, leaving WAAAAY too much food for DH & Me. The kids did help with the pasteries. Everything was very tasty - we just had to toss some of it, though. Oh - and outside seating was very nice. Got to listen to the "trolly" bit as we ate.
Rating: (plus) (plus) out of
Pinocchio's Village Haus - Having learned our lesson at breakfast, we were wary of ordering too much food. I had planned on ordering two adult meals to split between the 4 of us, but both kids were clammoring for mac-n-cheese. So - using 3 CS - we ordered 1 Turkey Panini, 1 Italian sub and 1 kid's meal mac-n-cheese, which came with the ubitiquitous "nasty gel treat"...made nastier by the fact that it was partially frozen! Adult deserts were again "cake in a cup" - one chocolate and one...I don't remember, it MAY have been carrot cake. Somewhere we had carrot-cake in a cup and it was the most tolerable of the cup deserts. The kids ate up the mac-n-cheese (no surprise there) and shared the carrots and grapes. They passed on the NGT and shared the chocolate cake again. DH said his panini was OK - it was fairly large and had plenty of meat, but he didn't like whatever seeds were in the bread. My Italian Sub was fine - again, plenty of meat, but not much in the way of lettuce & tomato. The pepperoncini was good. The sandwich was served on a sub roll which promptly fell apart, making the sandwich tough to eat. The kids shared bites of our sandwiches and enjoyed them. All in all, it was a successful meal. Oh - and the kids enjoyed waving to the boats embarking on It's a SMall World.
Rating: (plus)
Main Street Bakery - we did this again the next morning. This time, we economized and used only 2 CS plus 1 snack (for a drink) to get: 2 Ham Egg & Cheese croissants, 1 cherry turnover and 1 chocolate chip muffin. This we all shared and had JUST the right amount of food. I had coffee, DH had OJ, I think, and the kids shared a water. We stalked for and got an outdoor table again.
Rating: (plus) (plus)
So for those keeping score, Main Street Bakery is the front-runner, followed by Pinocchio's and Backlot bringing up the rear....about 3/4 a lap back.
Next up: Cosmic Ray's
Tracie
With 7 days/6 nights in the world, I have tons of reviews to share as well as my opinion (still forming) of the DDP.
First up, the first couple of days of CS restaurant meals: Backlot Express, Main Street Bakery, Pinocchio's Village Haus and Main Street Bakery (yes, again).
Rating scale: (icky) to (scrumptious)
First up, Backlot Express: This was our check-in day...we arrived at the WL early - around 9:00 am - to check in before our 10 am ressie at BOMA (I'll rate TS in another thread). Their computers were down, so they couldn't do anything about a room (which I was prepared for) but we were able to get keys to the world (as I wanted). We had an enormous breakfast at BOMA, so we didn't eat at MGM until dinnertime. I was aiming for the Flatbread Grill, but it closed early so Backlot it was. Now, it's a good thing I had read up on reviews beforehand and knew that GOOD CS existed -- because this was nothing like GOOD. DH had a burger & fries, I had chicken strips & fries and each kid had the chicken nuggets with carrots and grapes. Deserts were: Chocolate Cake or Strawberry parfait for the adults and sugar free jell-o (hereafter refered to as Nasty Gel Treat, or NGT for short) for the kids. We used 4 CS here.
DH's Burger was dry, not much flavor and toppings were a bit scant. Kids didn't have a problem with the chicken nuggets, but neither liked their "desert". Whoever thought sugar free "gel treats" were an exceptable substitute for desert should be fired. Especially since that is the only available kids desert at any CS we could find. Oh - and all of them are red (strawberry? cherry? couldn't tell ya). My chicken strips were the only bright spot in this dismal dinner. They were crisp and tasty. As mentioned, the kids didn't like the nasty gel treats, so I gave them my chocolate cake - I tasted it and it was a little too...um... mouth-filling/dense...for my taste.
Rating: -plus
Main Street Bakery - Again - the DIS came through. This place gets high marks and for good reason. The ONLY problem we had was decyphering the DDP as it applied to breakfast. We ended up using 3 CS and got: 2 ham, egg & cheese croissants, one PB&J "uncrustable" (DD was having a fit for it), 1 cherry turnover, 1 french toast loaf and after reaching the check-out and finding we "needed" one more item, 1 apple turnover. I had coffee, DH had OJ and the kids shared a chocolate milk (ugh! well, we're on vacation!). DS ended up being not very hungry, DD inhaled her uncrustable, leaving WAAAAY too much food for DH & Me. The kids did help with the pasteries. Everything was very tasty - we just had to toss some of it, though. Oh - and outside seating was very nice. Got to listen to the "trolly" bit as we ate.
Rating: (plus) (plus) out of
Pinocchio's Village Haus - Having learned our lesson at breakfast, we were wary of ordering too much food. I had planned on ordering two adult meals to split between the 4 of us, but both kids were clammoring for mac-n-cheese. So - using 3 CS - we ordered 1 Turkey Panini, 1 Italian sub and 1 kid's meal mac-n-cheese, which came with the ubitiquitous "nasty gel treat"...made nastier by the fact that it was partially frozen! Adult deserts were again "cake in a cup" - one chocolate and one...I don't remember, it MAY have been carrot cake. Somewhere we had carrot-cake in a cup and it was the most tolerable of the cup deserts. The kids ate up the mac-n-cheese (no surprise there) and shared the carrots and grapes. They passed on the NGT and shared the chocolate cake again. DH said his panini was OK - it was fairly large and had plenty of meat, but he didn't like whatever seeds were in the bread. My Italian Sub was fine - again, plenty of meat, but not much in the way of lettuce & tomato. The pepperoncini was good. The sandwich was served on a sub roll which promptly fell apart, making the sandwich tough to eat. The kids shared bites of our sandwiches and enjoyed them. All in all, it was a successful meal. Oh - and the kids enjoyed waving to the boats embarking on It's a SMall World.
Rating: (plus)
Main Street Bakery - we did this again the next morning. This time, we economized and used only 2 CS plus 1 snack (for a drink) to get: 2 Ham Egg & Cheese croissants, 1 cherry turnover and 1 chocolate chip muffin. This we all shared and had JUST the right amount of food. I had coffee, DH had OJ, I think, and the kids shared a water. We stalked for and got an outdoor table again.
Rating: (plus) (plus)
So for those keeping score, Main Street Bakery is the front-runner, followed by Pinocchio's and Backlot bringing up the rear....about 3/4 a lap back.
Next up: Cosmic Ray's
Tracie