Our 2013 Food & Wine Festival Trip!

Quite right Mandy!

Yes the grouper was delicious. I get the grouper a lot in Disney, that and Ahi Tuna. Brown Derby has had a killer grouper dish for the the past 10 years or so.

After dinner we roamed the grounds of The Grand Floridian,

And looked on to the Poly, so close.............

we strolled back towards our room, wanting to be there to watch the fireworks from our balcony.

We got back to our room to find a surprise:

Turn down service and chocolates!

Then Fireworks!

It was much different view of "Wishes".

It was a wonderful way to end our first night and our first stay at the Grand Floridian.

Sunday we awoke to a cloudy ,humid sunrise.

We had a visitor on our balcony doors over night.

The foyer of our building:

It was so humid my camera kept fogging up

We started our day with breakfast at the Grand Floridian Cafe'

Eggs Benedict with Lobster

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OH YES! It was delicious!

After breakfast headed back to our room, packed up, call bell services and they sent a cart for us and our luggage. We were headed to the Poly!

Well, you all know its not a far drive at all, but I got excited. The Grand was nice, but it's not the Poly. When you pull into the Polynesian, things change. Its exotic, its tropical & its 'Ohana! We get through the guard shack and pull up to Valet. Antonio meet us and opens my door, remembers us from past trips and welcomes with an "Aloha and Welcome home".

Yes JoAnn they were. Scrappy loved them to.

Continuing,

We got checked in and our room was ready. We were granted our requests and got 3rd floor in Tuvalu. This is our favorite building.

Our view!

The refurbed rooms

Well we got unpacked and headed to the MK! Stopped and got a Frozen Cappuccino at Starbuck's, then headed to our Fastpasses. First was Splash Mt, then Big Thunder Mt. Then we headed for Buzz Lightyear.

On our way we ran into "Push". Seem to be running into him a lot lately. Can't find the video at the minute, I'll get back to him.

Anyway, we did a loop around the park, hitting what we wanted to, the crowds were not to bad but the heat was up there. It was close around 3 and we had a 5:50 ADR at California Grill so we headed back to the room to freshen up and change. Grabbed a Mai Tai at the Barefoot Bar on the way to the room.

Message light was blinking on the phone when we got back to the room, this is what we heard when we played it.

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The Cali Grill looked fantastic!

I started with the Dragon Roll

Scrappy had the Fresh Heirloom Tomato Salad

Of course Scrappy had the Filet

and I had the Diver Scallops

We picked desserts:

Then of course they brought out a complimentary Creme Brulee.

Yes Kris, they still have the Spicy Kazan Roll is still on the menu.

Where was I , oh yes. Well after that spectacular meal we were quite full and just strolled around the Contemporary then head back to the Poly so we could catch the Fireworks from our room. I wanted to make sure the camera was still going, but I had to make a stop at Captain Cooks for a Dole Whip. No matter how full you are, you can still eat a Dole Whip!.

I had to start eating before we got back to the room it was melting so fast.

Well the fireworks were awesome, like always. Heres the live stream I did, sorry the sound is not better, but you get jest of it.

That was the end to a perfect day!

We awoke Monday to a beautiful day!

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Breakfast was at Kona Cafe.

I had the Samoan which I love, and Scrappy had the Fruit Bowl which is pretty darn good too! Big enough for two also.

Here is the "New" Kona Island". It's no longer a Sushi Bar, which was great when it was. Now its just Coffee in the morning now and seating to eat from the Kona Cafe. The Kona Island is first come, first serve and you can also order to go stuff there. The sushi bar was moved into Kona Cafe, but you can no longer sit and watch the Sushi Chefs.

Got a few photo's of the water falls since they may be gone by the time we get back, and then they may not. All depends on what work gets done with the construction.

Today was EPCOT day & F&WF.

We did SSE, Soarin, Test Track & Figment

We just did a nice laid back pace and didn't even take a whole lot of pictures. It was still hot as a bugger!. We started around the WSC and headed towards Mexico, stopping to much along the way.

The crowds were not bad at all, but it was early and not a weekend.

There was a lot of presence of security noticeable.