Today we woke up at the Poly and took a monorail over for our early morning event:
Taste of the Magic Kingdom VIP Tour!
We had talked about doing this, but weren't sure about accessibility and where to fit it into our plans.
When we arrived at Tony's we were given lanyards and were greeted with a spread of coffee, and Mickey Cinnamon rolls! These aren't the Main St. Bakery ones, they are more like danish and were flakier, but still really good to start off the tour on a sweet note!
Those definitely look like the Kusafiri cinnamon rolls. I like the doughier ones better. At the beginning of all this, Fran sent me the recipe for the Main Street Cinnamon rolls. They're a lot of work and time consuming, with the rising and all. But I still want to find time to make them.
We were given a history and some tidbits about the design of the space. We were offered our first official tasting: Buffalo Chicken spring rolls and a small cup of the Schweitzer Slush: Frozen Apple Juice and Passion Fruit topped with Bursting Green Apple Boba Balls
I'd eat a Buffalo chicken spring roll, but I'm not a big fan of mixing up the egg roll flavors. Other food are fine, but for some reason when I bite into an egg roll I want to taste what I'm expecting. I know I'm weird like that.
And now I want an egg roll.
I couldn't find an egg roll emoji so I had to settle for a potsticker.
Look at these parrot lights!
Cute! I'd like to eat here, but Fran has deemed it "weird". I think she saw the shrimp dish they had when they opened. She doesn't like head on shrimp. Or maybe I'm confusing it with Tiffins.
Our next stop was over at the Aloha Isle where we had...yes you guessed it, Dole Whip!
Well of course!
At Torguga Tavern we had a taste of Turkey Leg. If you've never had one I think it tastes like smoked ham.
You know thats actually a perfect portion. I'll never order one because a) the leg is my least favorite part of the turkey. I give that meat to the cats. b) Its a huge portion and there is no way I could eat that much.
As we continued walking, someone came by to give us popcorn! Yay! Very excited as it's pretty obvious that I love Disney popcorn!
These portions are just perfect! I cant eat that much, so these little tastes are fun!
After our backstage treat we were given the #1 treat at Be Our Guest...the Grey Stuff!
Yummy!
Out final official treat was this Under the Sea Mermaid Doughnut which was featured at that cart next to Under the Sea with Ariel.
Thats very cute.
Everyone got their own doughnut but I did not need a whole one, I would have been happy sharing with Steve. It was too much sweet for me, especially after the Grey Stuff!
We would probably eat one and put the other in Fran's basket for later.
Just note that this is a walking tour so wear comfy shoes and it lasts for about 3 hours rain or shine.
Did you notice if everywhere you went was
scooter accessible? A lot of areas backstage at DL are not, but since MK was built after the ADA Act was passed it might be.
We ended our time at MK with a ride on 7DMT!
Nice way to finish the tour!