Most Recent Reviews
Review of Backlot Express
Reviewed by brittos Review Date: 07/05/2013
Rating: (7) Recommended
Ate here on 6/12. Good quick service, but overly crowded due to the rain storm that came in. Everyone taking shelther and seats from people actually trying to eat. Good turkey sandwinch, and chicken nuggets just like all the others.
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quick serviceCons:
no table availabilityReview of Rainforest Cafe
Reviewed by brittos Review Date: 07/05/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
Ate here on 6/10. Food great as always. Not for familes who have small children afraid of lightening and loud noises, but we knew that going in.
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great food and serviceCons:
—Review of Flame Tree Barbecue
Reviewed by brittos Review Date: 07/05/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
Ate here on 6/10. Food was good. Drinks were over filled making it difficult to carry without spilling especially when juggling multiple trays with a stroller, and trusting your 6 year old with one of the drinks. Drinks should come with lids!
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food/drinks on more than 1 tray with no lids to drinksReview of Captain's Grille Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by dsnyak5 Review Date: 05/22/2013
Rating: (4) Recommended
My husband and I dined here twice during our recent stay May 9-14. We were staying at the Beach Club, so it was very convenient.
Lunch. Never again. Poor service, and the food was just awful. Husband got the burger and clam chowder. I got the tuna sandwich and clam chowder combo. I got my meal, and was half way through it before his meal came, and we had to flag down the waitress to ask for it. Let me warn you against the clam chowder. The worst we have ever experienced. We both regretted it all day and into the evening.
Breakfast. We both had the buffet. A wide assortment of choices, all seemed fresh, we made only a couple of disappointing choices. However, there were no plain bread/toast choices. No white, no wheat, no bagels, no English muffins. (The husband likes toast with his eggs). I would go back for breakfast, but for the money, I think I will skip the buffet and just order something from the menu.
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—Review of Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
Reviewed by dsnyak5 Review Date: 05/22/2013
Rating: (4) Recommended
My husband I dined here on May 13th. We were seated at a table for two, which was right next to a couple also at a table for two. We were so close we might as well have been dining with them. Husband had the calamari, we split the salad for two, and we both got individual pizzas. Everything was was good, not great, and highly over priced for what it was. Not a good value any way you looked at it. (no dining plan, oop)
Service was,just adequate, nothing more. Incredibly loud. You really can't carry on any sort of conversation. Would I go back? Yes,but only on the outdoor patio, maybe for a light salad lunch or an evening coffee and desert. Never for a full meal again.
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Great pizza and saladsCons:
Expensive, loud, and tables too close togetherReview of Disneyland Hotel
Reviewed by jandg4816 Review Date: 05/21/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel May 4 - May 8 2013. Our room was in the Fantasy Tower. The room was very nice, and we had a wonderful view of the fireworks. My five year old loved the fireworks headboard ,it really added that magical touch. The walk to the parks was quick, and going thru downtown Disney made it more enjoyable. We had breakfast twice at Tangaroa Terrace, once at Goofy's Kitchen, and once at Steakhouse 55. All three were great, my sons favorite was Goofy's and my husband loved Steakhouse 55, I liked all three. We would definitely stay here again!
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noneReview of Pop Century Resort (Value Resort)
Reviewed by Oneanne Review Date: 05/21/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
My May 11-17 trip was the second time in a row staying at POP... it is really starting to feel like home-away-from-home.
I arrived at 7am, having taken a red eye from the west coast. I was tired and had my fingers crossed a room would be available so I could take a power nap! No one else was in the lobby at that hour, so I walked right up to the counter to check in. I had booked a superior pool-view room and had made special requests for a king size bed and a room in the 60's building... it took around 5 minutes, but they were able to find me a room and to fulfill both special requests. My room was on the second floor facing the Hippy Dippy pool which was exactly what I was looking for. For this trip I was on my own and wanted to be right in the middle of the action: the happy noise coming from the pool was never an intrusion, and it was a super short walk to the dining hall and the bus stop.
As with the previous trip, bus karma was amazing! More often than not I was running for a bus already sitting at the bus stop - both at the hotel and the parks. The longest wait I ever had was about 10 minutes. Having only the one hotel bus stop is a huge plus, as is the central location of the hotel... when I went to Hollywood Studios it felt like we pulled out of the hotel drive way, went around a corner and pulled in to the park drive way.
Having just the king bed made the room feel much bigger - no hitting the side of the bed with the door. The room was in good shape and Mousekeeping did a great job, putting out wash cloth animals, even though it was evident an adult was staying in the room.
I was very happy with my stay and prepared to give POP a 10 rating - until I got to checking out. I did express check out and had the email notification of my room charges before I left the room: they had pre-printed my boarding passes and luggage tag and left them on the door knob, so up to this point everything was perfect. But I still had to check my bag in at the Bell station and pay the baggage fee, so I was still standing in line - a very long line. My Magic Express pick-up was at 11:55am, so I was at the Bell Station at 11am along with everyone else who was having to leave their rooms because it was check-out time, even though their pick-up times were much later in the afternoon. I felt like I might be doing something wrong, but couldn't get anyone's attention so I stood in line for over half an hour.... turns out I did need to be in that line, and I was done before the shuttle arrived so it all worked out. Bell services got a negative mark in my previous review and they do this time as well: seems like there has to be a better system - the 11am crush has to happen every day.
I am getting to love the POP and will stay there next trip as well.
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—Review of Tangierine Cafe
Reviewed by Bobdes Review Date: 05/20/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
Loves the shwarma platters. I had the lamb and chicken. The chicken had a bit of fat on it, but other than that, it was well seasoned. The lamb was great! Good filling meal and the atmosphere is a great athentic setting. We will be going back again! 😉
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Shwarma, no wait, great atmosphere!Cons:
chicken in shwarma had a bit of fat on it.Review of Le Cellier Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by Bobdes Review Date: 05/20/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
So, this was our annual visit to LeCellier for our anniversary. Al usual, the highlights were the pretzel bread, the filet mignon and my wife's martini sampler. The waitress also had some friendly fun facts about the area of Canada that she was from and where we were sitting.
On the negative, the wine sampler I ordered seemed to have less wine in the glasses than I remembered. I also told the reservationist that we were celebrating our 19trh anniversary. It sounded like she added it to the notes section. Then, when I checked in at the counter, I told the girl there and she just congratulated me. Meanwhile, right on the check-in desk was a stamp that said "celebrating" that they must use to stamp the paper they give the waitress. A few years ago, they gave us complimentary champagne and dessert becayse it was our anniversary. It's the small things that count, that is what makes Disney....DISNEY! 😉
Next time, I may be tempted to give another restaurant a chance. But the food here is great. 🙂
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Food and waitressCons:
lack of caring about celebrationReviewed by TheGrumpyDwarf Review Date: 05/20/2013
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
If I could give the buses in Disney a 0 rating it would still be too high.
complained about waits to/from parks to Wilderness lodge my entire stay, but got nothing but crickets in response.
1 hour was a common wait time for a bus to/return from a park.
spent over $200 getting around in cabs the service was so bad.
Repeated complaints were met with yawns as I guess this is not the first time someone has had issues with the bus service.
Actually would have been better not to have bus service at all. At least we would have known what to expect.
Disney has lost not only my family of 6 vacation dollars, but my son's and daughter will not be bringing our future grandkids to a Disney property.
Next time we'll skip Orlando....
