Watson's Very Merry 24 nighter TR. Day 18 Narcoossee's brunch

[RobynPrincess]

Day 18


We woke up at about 9am, we pottered around in the room and got dressed ready for Narcoossees brunch this morning.


We stopped downstairs in the lobby for a few pictures of us looking smart.


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We left the hotel at 10 and made our way over to the Grand Floridian where we valet parked, Richard stopped us on the way in to chat to us <3 he told me I looked really pretty, like a garden. Like a real lady <3 awwwww love him!


I grabbed a quick pic.


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And a quick selfie


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We then practically ran to Narcoossees as we were now late for our reservation - doh! We arrived 10 minutes late but it wasn't a problem. We waited around in the lobby for a few minutes before we were shown to a window table, yay!


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The place was more than half empty, maybe cause it was still very new or maybe it was the high cost price? Who knows.


Considering it was a posh restaurant with a dress code I was surprised to see people wearing sports tops and shorts. Most people were a little more dressed up though so we weren't out of place, it was just a bit weird...


Our server was Rita from Morocco. I dunno if I'm getting a theme from all of the signature places we've been to - yachtsmans, California grill and now Narcoossees - but all of the servers have been really disinterested. There's not really been anything wrong with them, and certainly nothing I would complain about but they've just been really standoffish and cold. If I was reading someone else saying this I would think that maybe they just aren't suited to signature dining hahaha (bad Robyn) but I don't think that's us in this case. We do visit some fine dining places outside of WDW so we have reasonable expectations I would say. Maybe we've just been really unlucky? There was nothing wrong with our service from Rita, but there were no pleasantries or chatting and if youve met us, you know we are natterers!


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The food was amazing though and even though it's pricey, it's something we will definitely do again (we did have it booked for May but then there was a DVC brunch advertised so we swapped to that as its a one off and we will try it again in November).


To begin we were given a basket of fresh baked pastries with butter and preserves.


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I went for a mimosa (Buck's Fizz for the British readers haha) and Sy got a glass of the sparkling wine. Sy actually drank most of mine as well as his as I'm not a huge wine drinker.


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Sy also got some fresh coffee


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To start I had the salad while Sy went for French onion soup. Both were yummy.


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Sy decided to go for the steak and eggs which came with the most amazing home made fries.


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When I ordered the French toast I asked if it was able to be made without the banana and when it arrived I actually had none of the topping, no caramelised apple which was a bummer it was just a bit of French toast and not much else. So I did something I never normally do and decided to ask Rita if I could swap it for something else a bit more exciting. I didn't actually have to ask as it turns out as she noticed me not eating it and asked if she could swap it for something else. I did say I didn't realise by asking for no banana I wasn't going to get any of it. I decided to have a croque Madame instead which was lovely.


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We then n got 3 desserts to share with a solid white chocolate Minnie Mouse.


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Valencia orange cake


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Lemon and black current cheesecake


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Chocolate layer cake


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We paid the eye watering bill lol and made our way back through the grounds towards the main building. It was a gorgeous day outside so it was nice to walk slowly this time taking in our surroundings after running on the way there.


We stopped in the lobby to have a look at the Gingerbread house again, as nice as the smell is I would be soooo sick of it if I worked there. It was really strong!


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We headed out front to pick up the car from valet. We grabbed a quick pic while we waited.


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We hopped in the car and headed back to our hotel. I was still knackered from the day before and full of food so I climbed into bed for a nap, I wasn't feeling great either so I knew sleep would help. I went to put the tv on but it wasn't working properly it had been playing up since we arrived but it had now become unwatchable so Sy called down to maintenance. The guy came up to try and fix it but nothing was working, instead he went and got a brand new one and installed it. That took a while but i managed to stay awake till he was finished and I then had a few hours sleep.


Woke up mid afternoon and got ready to go for an early dinner at Longhorns. Tonight we were meeting up with our friend Vicki who now lives out in Orlando (not jealous not jealous...) and her gorgeous kiddies. We chatted so much the waiter came about 3 times to see if we were ready to order, whoops!


Sy of course went for his usual outlaw ribeye. I was still feeling poorly so went with just a side of baked potato as I was scared to eat too much.


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We paid up and headed to Vicki's house for more chatting. A quick stop in publix on the way though to get the kids some bread for sandwiches to take to school, gotta be fresh bread as the long life stuff is rank (sorry Americans but seriously, what the heck is wrong with your bread?! Why does it need sugar in it?).


Vicki's house was gorgeous! We spent quite a while chatting - we probably outstayed our welcome seeing as she had to get up crazy early to get the kids ready for school. We headed back to the hotel at about 11:30 :O we finally got into bed at 1am.

 

[Chilly]

good idea just getting a side baked potato