Girls Trip to Food and Wine 2017 Trip Report.

Day Four 9/16/17
We had plans to get up and do EMH at Animal Kingdom and try to get there even earlier to get on FOP but since we didn't get back to the Resort until 1:30 am. So we decided to sleep in a bit and go later. By the time we got to the park a little after 9 the FOP line was already really high. We did another Safari and a few other things. Then we walked back to Satu' Li Canteen for Lunch, OMG THIS IS THE BEST QUICK SERVICE ON PROPERTY HANDS DOWN!
Almost the entire menu is already GF so its really nice I didn't have to wait any extra time for it to be prepared. I got the grilled beef and the rice with the chimichuri sauce and I also got the blueberry mouse cheesecake thing, which isn't technically gluten free because it has a crust but I ate around that.
I wish the beef was a little more rare than was it was, but its so so flavorful and delicious that it didn't matter. The sauce was awesome and so was the rice! It was so good and you got a ton of food I couldn't even finish it all. Everything came on hard plates and there was real silverware too. The desert was really pretty and it was good, but not like crazy good where it would be something I would have to to have all the time.
Everything with my meal and dessert was a little over $22 which wasn't bad at all and like I said there was a ton! This is going to be a must do every time.
After we ate lunch we decided to head over to Magic Kingdom to try to do Space Mountain because we hadn't done it yet. But when we got there it was really crowded so we just ended up doing some shopping at the Emporium and Memento Mori instead. I got a new backpack there to replace the current one that I have had for nearly 20 years. The straps had finally had it and were starting to come apart.
The night before we had decided to make a reservation for California Grill. So after we did our shipping we got on the monorail and headed to the Contemporary. We got a good seat near the observation deck. As always the food was very good. We got the California Sushi, this was my first time ever having Sushi and it was pretty good, I am not a huge fish fan so it was a little on the fishy taste for me, it was really good with the wasabi though. We both got the Filet. Mom got hers with Polenta instead of the risotto. This risotto was a tomato risotto and I really preferred the red onion risotto from last year much better. This one had a lot of acid and almost had a sourish taste to it, if that makes sense. We got done there around 6:30 pm and ended up calling an Uber to get back to the resort. We were both pretty tired so we decided to call it a night and stay at the resort. When we got back it looks like they just had fed the animals and there was 6 zebras outside our balcony. That was pretty much the most animals we saw all week that was outside our balcony.
We watched them for a while and then headed to the pool to spend some time there. It was bit crowded but not too bad. Then we pretty much relaxed the rest of the night. I ended up eating my other cookie sandwich from Erin McKenna's it was still yummy!

Day Five 9/17/17 Last Day

This morning we had breakfast at the Bon Voyage breakfast at the boardwalk for 7:30am we got to the lobby over an hour before our breakfast started. Mom really wanted to use the Minnie Van service. So I started up the app. No Minnie Vans were around, it kept going looking for a driver and then stop and kick me back out again. After three attempts and 25 minutes later my mom went in to talk to the front desk. She called a few people who didn't know anything about it and told us there was no way for her to contact them. So I told my mom we would just get an Uber its cheaper anyways. The lady at the desk offered a mears and I said no Uber was cheaper. Meanwhile another family had come to the desk and they told her to keep trying, I don't know if she ever got one or not. We tried contacting the Minnie Can one more time, but still the same thing. I got an Uber and they were there within 8 minutes at that point it was 7:20! So it looked like we were going to be late. He got us there on time though and he was a super awesome guy really chatty for so early in the morning he was great.
The breakfast was ok. We were seated almost right away and there was no one in there but it filled up fast. We were seated towards the middle of the restaurant. The tables and chairs were really comfy and we had plenty of room where we were. The waitress got out order, I got orange juice and mom got a diet coke. She ordered the tower of pancakes and bacon. I ordered the allergy friendly mickey waffles and extra crispy bacon. Right after we ordered Flynn Ryder was the first to come out. We got our meals shortly after him coming out. By the time Rapunzel came out, we were halfway done with our breakfast. We were done and waiting and then Ariel finally come out and she ended up going pretty fast but we kept waiting and no Eric no Eric so we asked and then apparently his ship was late and he was going to be meeting people on the way out at Abracadabar. We were the first ones to see him. It was really cool meeting the hard to find Prince's but it took forever and my waffles had a really weird taste to them.
After that we headed to the Boardwalk bus stop to get a bus ride to Magic Kingdom. We got there about 10 minutes after 9 and headed right to Space Mountain so we could ride that. Then we saw Stitch doing meets right outside there. We decided to go see Minnie, Daisy, Donald and Goofy, and then to Gaston. After that we were a bit hungry so we decided to try to the Columbia Harbor house. Mom of course got the Lobster Roll. I got the kids GF chicken tenders and extra fries. The only thing about this is it takes a long time especially during noon lunch rush. After we left there we decided to head over to Animal Kingdom, we had our first fast pass at 2:45 for FOP!!
There was a HUGE line at the bus stop for AK and we thought it was really weird turns out the people at the beginning had been waiting over an hour for a bus! We finally saw someone and asked and about 5 minutes later a bus came for us. We waited about 20 minutes total. We had a bit of time before we had to use our fast pass so we met Minnie and Mickey, and Pocahontas. Who told me my spirit animal was a raccoon, which i think is pretty accurate.
We wandered over to Pandora and did a few photo spots. This land is so crazy unbelievable I just love it its so beautiful! We used out fast pass to get in and made out way though the waterfall in the que line is beautiful! The details are crazy. We pretty much got right on there ride there was very little people in the fast pass for it.
I don't want to give away the ride for those who haven't been on it yet, but its the best ride I have ever been on truly amazing I am not even a huge avatar movie fan, but I literally teared up like halfway though the right because it was so amazing.
After that ride we stopped at Pongu Pongu and mom got the Nigh Blossom drink, which was good but really sweet I would have to share it if I were to drink it. I got the strawberry margarita, it was delicious! We had dinner reservations at Tiffins for the ROL dining package so decided to check in early for that. This restaurant is really good. We both got the Filet and Brisket dish the brisket was so.... good. This package also came with an app and dessert per person. I got the apple and walnut salad which was super good, and mom got their Charcuterie (SP?) board, which she said was super good. For dessert I got some kind of mouse but it was way too sweet and was not my cup of tea, and she got the ginoche, which she said was really good.
We had a fast pass for the Safari right after dinner and went and did that. HOLY GIRAFFES! This was the most giraffes I have ever seen it was awesome, no elephants though. After that we went to Kali and rope the rapids again, and didn't get wet, then we saw King Lewey at his meet and greet. We walked around a bit and then decided to take our seat for Rivers of Light. I actually really enjoyed this show I thought it was very beautiful and the music was awesome. However it does not show well on cameras or filming. I tried to film as much as I could but it doesn't show well. Other than that I thought we had prime seating for it from the dinner package. When the show let out it was mass exodus yet again. We watched the tree of life show and I really wanted to see Pandora at night, but mom wanted to get back because we had an early morning the next day and she wanted to get right on a bus so we exited.

All in all it was a good trip five days goes by fast. It was fun with my mom, but I really missed my husband and his pace is much more matched to my own. I don't really like rushing and I need to take breaks and drink water or I get dizzy and sick, which happened a few times this trip because it was like trying to break and arm to get her to stop and take a break. Trying to plan a trip for next year and then we might take a little break to work on making the two of us the three of us and then we can share our Disney love with a new generation.
I am going to put some photos together to share from our trip too, and I will be working on editing video that will be posted on youtube.

If anyone is interested here is a few videos I have uploaded about our trip so far. Still working on editing the last couple of days. There is also some other disney videos on my channel if you want to check them out and give them a thumbs up or down lol.
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