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Welcome Back! Can't wait to hear all about it.
Thank you very much for this info! We were going to try finding it but when we looked it up, we realized it only happens right at noon apparently - and we were reading that at 11:58 on the opposite side of the park lol. I guess I'll have to go for his birthday again!Do you know about the rare hidden Mickey? It's in the Journey Under the Sea ride queue, holes in the rock make a Mickey shape when the sun is setting (or rising - I can't remember which) but it only happens on his birthday, apparently.
Got the buttons again That was pretty much it this year too except for a special birthday cake shaped rice krispie treat they were selling. Still cool to be there for it!We were at AK on Mickey's birthday in 2016 and they were giving out birthday buttons, but that was about it.
We did that a few years ago, were just going to do Universal but after an evening in Downtown Disney had to add a MK day Not sure I'll get my Thanksgiving report started before you go but try to catch the Christmas parade in Universal, it was awesome!We weren't going to be planning a trip for a while and were planning a few days at Universal over Christmas instead, but I couldn't be this close to Disney and not go, so we tacked on 2 days at the end for Disney!
Um, I wish there had been some left over pixie dust too lol but thank you!Have fun! I hope there's a little left over pixie dust from your last trip to spread around over Thanksgiving.
I wish we'd run in to each other! We were seated right at 3 and were done at like 3:50 No way could I get the boys to hang around, but I hope you had a wonderful trip too and can't wait to hear about it if you do a TRI hope you have a fabulous Thanksgiving trip! And also hope we run into you at Boma!
No! And I meant to buy us a Hidden Mickey book before we left and of course forgot. Definitely doing it next time we go.did you notice the hidden Mickey on the lower shelf of the trolley?
Well you'll have to wait a bit longer because, not surprisingly, the pixie dust wasn't topped Nor did I really expect it to be although it would have been nice, right?? Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!I think today is your day…have an AMAZING trip! Can't wait to see how they top your Pixie Dust from this trip!!
Well you'll have to wait a bit longer because, not surprisingly, the pixie dust wasn't topped
Darn, I guess I had the time wrong too. Oh well, yes you'll just have to go on his birthday again!Thank you very much for this info! We were going to try finding it but when we looked it up, we realized it only happens right at noon apparently - and we were reading that at 11:58 on the opposite side of the park lol. I guess I'll have to go for his birthday again!
Ok that's very true!!Well, THEY didn't top it, but Steve sure did!!
yum!but we WERE feeling FOP and since the FP was anytime, I was feeling this first:
Mo'Ara Margarita: Sauza Conmemorativo Añejo Tequila, strawberry, blood orange, and strawberry boba balls
Well, at least you got a Margarita!The ride was down Ugh! All the way over here for nothing!
So without further ado I give you, The Roy Disney Suite, Bedroom #2
and eventually made our way to FOP. The line was ridiculously long but we didn't think much of it since it's always long - until we got real close and noticed there was no SB time posted. The ride was down
It is really nice when you can catch the orchestra or piano player. I would think that it would be a nice perk of staying in the RPC.so we listened for a bit before going outside to wait for our Minnie Van because even though we were at a monorail resort, Steve's patience for monorail-transfer-monorail-arrive at Epcot which is where we were headed back to was non-existent. And honestly, given the amount of times he just calls up a Minnie Van, I think he's in love with them..........
And the soaps from the bathroom, right?!Again, huge! This room was so wasted lol, other than initially looking in to it we really only went in when I took the nightly chocolates off the pillows!
Seriously, is there anything cuter than a little elephant butt?!
right behind the smooth and greeny Avocado Margarita over in Epcot!
My thoughts exactlyAgain, huge! This room was so wasted lol, other than initially looking in to it we really only went in when I took the nightly chocolates off the pillows!
Love this pic
I love listening to the band and the piano player so relaxing
I've yet to share pics of the 2nd bedroom! So without further ado I give you, The Roy Disney Suite, Bedroom #2
Check out this article that was released today about the concept of the new Artist Point character meal.I'm glad you all enjoyed the few pictures of the Roy Disney suite I took!
Yeah, like those are the only ones I have Like I said there are PLENTY more where those came from and I'll be posting them all, but before I do so I'm going to move on to our first TS meal of the trip.
Good-Bye My Shroomy Friend
Arrival Day, Part 4
We could NOT get over this suite. We were in shock, and in love, and full of excitement and gratitude. Steve doesn't do the DIS but I tell him when I read about people who get the upgrades and all the pixie dust FP's so of course we both wonder why it's never us - don't we all?? And now it was
As much as we both wanted to enjoy our surroundings, we were starving and we did have other Disney things we wanted to do! One was saying good-bye to a friend we'd made in March, dinner at Artist Point. By now you all know that come December it will no longer be a signature restaurant but a character meal. With pretty cool characters I admit, but I for one am mourning the loss of a signature we only discovered a few months ago and loved. I don't have high hopes for the food, although the menu does sound better than what I expected. I hadn't planned on AP for this trip, I was thinking more for Nov. with the kids because they both loved it in March, but when I heard it wouldn't be open in Nov. I quick booked it for Steve and I.
Once we were called in to the surprisingly (or not) packed Artist Point, we got right to ordering. But first, the bread:
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All my dinner pics are dark because the restaurant was dark, but the bread was a really good sourdough multigrain with Disney's wonderful sea salt butter. The fantastic bread combined with our ravenous appetites means we both had like 3 pieces.
We had our drinks already from TL and I knew exactly what I wanted for my app; the star of the restaurant, the main reason for our Last Supper:
Smoked Mushroom Bisque
Chicory Pistou, Sunflower Seed, Salsify
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Look. At. That. Bowl of amazingness. Friends, some of you may remember a dining report of mine from years ago where I stated that I don't like mushrooms, but that changed when I had this soup for the first time. This is the s**t! I always want to stick my face in here and lick every drop from the bowl but I refrain, begrudgingly. Our server told us that they were told the soup would still be available after the character meal began, so I'm hoping really really hard that it doesn't disappear from the Territory Lounge menu!
Steve got a salad:
Romaine Salad - Caesar Dressing, guanciale, cotija cheese, amaranth seed, cubeb pepper
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This wasn't what Steve was expecting but he loved it.
Now we move on to our entrees!
We both got the same thing:
Filet Mignon - choice of house side
(not sure why my computer won't let me make filet mignon pink)
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Yeah the onion looks weird but it didn't make the filet taste bad! This filet was like butter; butter a thousand times better than the Disney sea salt butter. Both were cooked perfectly and we both got mashed potatoes as our side which were smooooooth and creamy as could be:
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This dinner was delicious! I wanted dessert, they're famous cobbler, but I was beyond full; we both were. We chatted a bit with our server Mary about the new character meal:
-she said some new decor was coming to make the restaurant look more "foresty"
-as I mentioned, the staff were told that "favorites" from the menu would still be available elsewhere
-they were also told that the food would be "above" that of other character meals, but.......she wasn't that hopeful about that.
I'm so glad we ate here again, it was a great 1st night meal and a nice good-bye to a quiet, cute, solid out of the way restaurant.
We did a quick walk through in the gift shop and then called a Minnie Van to take us back to the GF and our suite
before retreating for the night, we realized that the loooong ride from one resort to the other emptied our stomachs, and we needed to see what goodies the lounge had to offer at night!
BUT
See those cups in the middle? That's red velvet cake! I didn't believe it until I tried it for myself the next day
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From 8-10 they have desserts and cordials and this was about 9:45, so we just caught the very end. There were quite a few people in the lounge though but no CM pouring wine, beer, etc. We did find out that all ya gotta do is ask for it; all ya gotta do is ask for anything at any time, which is exactly how it was when we stayed club level at WL.
Back with more pics shortly!
Well, THEY didn't top it, but Steve sure did!!
strawberry boba balls
Once done we checked FOP again and it was still down.
I will eventually get around to a dining report for our trip and possibly a TR; I'll decide by the time I finish this one
EPIC girls' trip
to the left was this:
Mo'Ara Margarita: Sauza Conmemorativo Añejo Tequila, strawberry, blood orange, and strawberry boba balls
The ride was down Ugh! All the way over here for nothing!
S-T-E-L-L-A!!!!!!!!!
20 minutes isn't bad at all given the stampede. We've only done rope drop stampede once (for TSMM too) and I'll never forget watching an amish couple try and cut in line in front of everyone.
We didn't get there until 8:40 for the 9:00 opening so we were FAR from the front of the pack, and let me tell you that RD stampede is crazy! #notfun, we haven't done a RD race like that since pre-FP + TSMM fun!
Yum! Nothing like some good English fish and chips.
Love chicken masala but I don' think I've had it with peas either (though I don't have the love/hate relationship with them that you do). Peas and curry does seem an odd combo. Funny aside, my Dad hates chicken, peas, and rice so this would be his worst nightmare. We always knew when my Mom was mad at him when we were kids because that is exactly what she would make for dinner
First, see that riata up there at 12:00? I could have eaten a huge soup bowl of that. This whole dish was amazing except for the peas that I find pretty disgusting (thanks for ruining those for me as a child, mom). The chicken was tender and the masala curry nice and spicy. The riata complimented this perfectly since it cooled you off after the chicken warmed you up. Really the riata, rice, and naan all balanced out the heat of the dish.
Man, pixie dust much?????? You must have needed an umbrella since it was raining down on you so muchWe ended up getting an anytime FP each remaining day of our trip and it would show up mid to late morning. Again, I don't know if this comes with the suite or it was just more !
Woohoo!!!!!!! Epic doesn't even describe it!Kind of sad now as at this point I'm not going back for 5.5 months, but that's our EPIC girls' trip and I need lots of time to prepare anyway
You and me both sister. Of course I more like just planning on the fly since i have little to change, but flexibility and living in the moment is where its at!I say this in pretty much every report, but I love changing up plans on the fly! So far no day of this trip had stayed the way I'd planned and we were fine with that
Man, pixie dust much?????? You must have needed an umbrella since it was raining down on you so much