Happy Friday!!!! Today we picked up my new car, finally getting rid of my beloved Dodge Durango after 11 years. Excited but sad because I LOVE that Durango.......got a Toyota 4Runner this time because the newer Durango's just aren't BIG enough for me lol. Tomorrow our grandson is coming to visit so looking forward to that also! And then Sunday will be one week until we leave for Disney
So let's continue with Thanksgiving!!!! Before our big dinner we were doing something we'd been missing for years from HS - the Animation Academy that they now had a version of at AOA. As we were waiting we were told the CM who was supposed to teach was out sick so the class would be run differently:
This really kind of sucked because it was just a video of a CM drawing Donald. Oh well, I did enjoy and it seemed the kids did even though Ricky complained a bit! It was the theme today sort of for him. Here's Steve's finished product!
And the AOA lobby Xmas tree, a little different than the one at WL:
It does fit the theme!
Next up was a tour of the Cars section where we'd never been - we stayed in a LM room when they first opened but the Cars section totally beats that and the LK section- and then it was a Minnie van to our Thanksgiving dinner at BOMA!
We'd all eaten here for dinner back in 2011 and weren't all that impressed but Steve and I had since had breakfast here a few times as well as dinner and really have become fans and we were pretty sure the boys would like all the options, plus they add the traditional T-day dishes for the holiday.
I wasn't able to get lost of buffet pics because even though our reservation was near the beginning of the dinner seatings it was, as expected, crowded! So here are a few plate pictures with various foods I don't quite remember because it was SO LONG AGO:
But wait, drinks! Chris tried the POG juice and guess who got a Mule?
I went for the wine, but a little different than what I usually get:
Jam Jar Sweet White - glass
Western Cape
And it was good!
Here we go:
This was mine and I started kind of traditional with the turkey, mashed potatoes, a roll and a cornbread muffin and then some other kind of potato like thing that I think was either Pap, chakalaka or bobotie. I don't feel like looking up pictures so if any of you know, let ME know! I have to tell you the turkey and gravy were out of this world as was everything else.
For a 2nd plate I went with a different meat from the carving station, the spice crusted beef sirloin along with horseradish and spicy mustard, and i decided to try the chicken corn chowder:
Meat was delicious; it's always there. What I really wanted was the Mulligatawny soup but unfortunately they did not have it;; I didn't really like this but oh well. So far the rest was great!
Another plate, one of Steve's, so you can see veggies:
And cranberry sauce! The food at about 1:00 I believe was a cold salmon on top of an African dish; sorry! Steve loved every single thing he ate so whatever it was was good.
For contrast here's one of the boys; dishes:
One of Chris's dishes with some mac n cheese, a drumstick and peel and eat shrimp for an idea of other things on the buffet.
Ricky was fine with some of the chicken and the turkey and mac n cheese but wasn't really "feeling" the meal so he was a little crabby. In the meantime I was on the lookout for a DISer who was supposed to have an ADR not long after us and right before we were ready for dessert I spied her! Dina @kittylady1972 and her extended family were seen to a big table almost directly across from us! They played musical chairs for awhile lol and once they settled down and had their drinks (yes I was like a stalker watching from the corner of my eye) I went over and said hello!
It was so nice to finally meet after following each others' reports here for so long and following each others' families on FB! We just talked for a few quick minutes as she still had to eat and we had to finish up and get to AK; I did mange to take a few dessert buffet pictures coming up in the next post!