January 8, 2015
It was a COOOOOOOOLD day! Ofcourse the only really cold day of of vacation would be the day we had been invited to participate in a test program for Disney’s Be Our Guest restaurant’s new Fast Pass lunch trial. Since it was so cold we were worried I’d get sick if I was out so Mom made a solo trip while Feav & I spent the morning in our room.
You can tell by the pictures I wasn’t the only one who decided to stay indoors. The park was soooooo empty that Mom was able to get some great pictures.
The new 7 Dwarfs Mine rollercoaster was in full swing despite the chilly weather. Those are some brave people!
Empty walkways at Disney are so rare! Even in offseason these parks are usually hopping. Today though it was unusually quiet. The good thing about no crowds is it meant 1 thing…
No ride lines! Mom couldn’t resist walking on the Little Mermaid with no wait. That’s some pixie dust!
No lines at characters either! Poor Alice was feeling the cold too and had broke out the winter attire. It was almost time to head to the lunch reservations so Mom headed to Beast’s Castle.
I think she found where the people had been hiding! Between the test program & people just trying to get a table for lunch, there was a crowd. The test program was also having issues. We were asked to test a Fast Pass lunch of sorts. We picked our reservation time and what we wanted to eat off the menu. I think it’s a little silly to know exactly what you want months in advance, but I give Disney a pass since each restaurant ends up with a “must try” item. Since the restaurant was new we weren’t sure what that was yet, so he just picked what sounded good 3 months in advance as Disney wished.
Reservation time was here! Where’s the food? You guessed it! They lost the order. Well we were guinea pigs so you can’t get mad. Mom reordered a lunch for Feav & herself and asked for it to go since she was bringing it back to our resort.
Unfortunately the waitress didn’t understand what “to go” meant apparently. Mom said again she needed it to go. She was told to talk to the lady near the drinks for to go boxes. So Mom had to either leave the food unattended or balance 4 plates (we had desert too!) and find the drink lady. Be Our Guest lost our future lunch business. We didn’t blame them for losing the order since it was a test program but the service wasn’t Disney quality and the food wasn’t spectacular either.
Mom caught the parade on the way back to the resort. Lunch may have been less than typical Disney quality but any day in the Magic Kingdom is… well, magical!
You never know who you’ll run into! Oh the perks of a cold day! The crowds may have avoided the weather but the characters were out and loving photos with guests! One last picture with Minnie, then resort time!
The sandwiches were just ok but at least we had The Grey Stuff! It really was delicious! It was still cold so we changed our plans some. Our original dinner reservations were at the Magic Kingdom at Tony’s. If it was any other park we probably would’ve kept reservations but the walk to Magic Kingdom from the parking lot is long. It also includes a ferry or monorail ride. So we canceled Tony’s and headed somewhere different! Late reservations at…
Chef Mickey’s at the Contemporary resort! The Disney Dining Plan is definitely worth it if you want to do multiple Table Service restaurants. This isn’t somewhere we could typically afford but thanks to Stay, Play and Dine we could.
Chef Mickey’s is an all you can eat buffet where the characters come visit you at your table one by one. We had the most AMAZING server. No, not Goofy! She had the Chef make me a huge thing of chicken broth and even brought me ice to mix in so I didn’t have to wait for it to cool.
She was even nice enough to make a family photo with Mom’s birthday cupcake. She made our meal better. Now THAT’S the Disney I know!
She also loaded us up with goodies as we were leaving. The restaurant was closing so she sent us back to the resort with the rest of my broth, in special cups with lightup straws no less, and deserts like this. Raspberry cheesecake. I could’ve eaten 50 of these! They were amazing!
We took our goodies and headed to the our resort. Tomorrow: More Epcot!
