Most Recent Reviews
Review of Mama Melrose's Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by sandc Review Date: 03/09/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
We ate here last year and loved our meal. Everyone seemed to enjoy their meal this trip. The kids loved the bread w/ oil for dipping. The kids and adults also enjoyed the huge spaghetti and meatball cupcake!
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—Review of Yak and Yeti Restaurant
Reviewed by sandc Review Date: 03/09/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
We loved Yak & Yeti last year so we decided to eat there again on this trip. We are glad we did. Everyone loved their food, especially the green beans as an appetizer. Our waiter was very nice and did great with our large group. We will be back next year!
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—Review of T-Rex
Reviewed by Fitzboyzmom Review Date: 03/09/2013
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
We have been here several times and always enjoy it. This time was much different.
We ordered an appetizer and our meals. Our waiter brought plates out, but no napkins or silverware. Assumed it was coming, but not until we asked. He came over to sell us a discount card (thought that was weird), so had enough time to get us napkins and silverware.
Meals came out before the appetizer arrived. They said they would bring everything out fresh and new later. Our waiter came back and asked when we would like our meals (the appetizer arrived about 5 minutes before his visit). I asked for 10 more minutes. The meals arrived about 2 seconds after he left. The salad I ordered was gross. There was feta cheese in it that was the size of golf balls instead of small pieces...really strange. Ate hardly any of it.
It was my son's birthday, so it was a special one (his choice of restaurant). I think he still enjoyed his big drink and dinasour nuggets...but a very poor service experience and it was soooo expensive for what we got.
I hope not to return!
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—Review of Disney's Boardwalk Inn Concierge Level
Reviewed by redundo Review Date: 03/09/2013
Rating: (3) Recommended
Overall, our stay was a huge disappointment. We checked out of the club level at Wilderness Lodge (great experience), then arrived at Boardwalk Inn a little after 1:00 pm. We were NOT met at the entrance, but wandered around in the lobby until someone (not club level staff) asked if we needed help. He snagged a club level person passing by and asked him to escort us to the club level checkin. He didn't seem to be too happy about having to do this. Sigh...
Well, we spent the next 2 hours in the Innkeeper's Lounge because a room wasn't ready for us. THEN, although we had requested a Deluxe Room on the same level as the Club because of mobility disability, we were given a Deluxe Room on the 3rd floor. They insisted there was nothing else available. I can't begin to describe how exhausting this was when we wanted to visit the Innkeeper's Lounge. The room was very nice though. All I can say is...NEVER AGAIN!!
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—Reviewed by VAMouselover Review Date: 03/10/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
We (3 adults 1 child)stayed at the Polynesian Feb 26th-March 4th. We loved it! We stayed in the Aotearoa long house. The room was very spacious and the beds were comfortable. We had specifically requested a monorail view as we had a 2 year old that loves trains. Even though we could see the monorail it was still a peaceful and tranquil setting looking out our patio. The resort itself is absolutely beautiful and everyone was so eager to help with anything we needed. Mousekeeping was also very friendly and always talked to and said Aloha to us. The Great Ceremonial House is one of my favorite parts of the resort and we just sat in there and just listened to the waterfall. The pools were also very nice especially the little kiddie pool for our traveling 2 year old. It was not as packed full of kids like the volcano pool and it was very quiet and peaceful. At night the resort was very beautiful and beautifully lit with tiki torches. We even would walk to the TTC just to enjoy the scenery. This was our first time staying at a resort on the monorail line and I can honestly say we will probably never stay at another resort again. It was so easy and convenient and we never had to wait more than a few minutes for a monorail. The Kona Cafe in the Poly is also a great restaurant. We had breakfast there and the food was delicious! We didn't have reservations but that wasn't a big problem as they accept walk-ins and we only had to wait maybe 20 min but we didn't mind because there was plenty to look at and the furniture is so comfortable in the great ceremonial house that we didn't mind waiting. The only thing we didn't really prefer was Captain Cook's. There wasn't a wide variety of quick service choices and there was never enough seating during "rush" times. Other than that I would highly recommend anyone stay here if given the chance. We are actually coming back the week before Thanksgiving this year and have requested the same long house. It will definitely be hard to stay anywhere else from now on.
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Captain Cook'sReviewed by mschu2112 Review Date: 03/10/2013
Rating: (7) Recommended
We just returned from a February break 5 day stay at AKL and overall the resort was fine. The lobby is great and the pool and overlook areas were fine for the kids. Mara offered a good selection of food and the bus service was timely.
However, after staying at the Beach Club in August we felt the AKL was definitely lacking with respect to Beach Club. For one the rooms were much smaller so our family of 4 was very cramped. There were extra dressers at Beach Club as well as a desk and day bed. At AKL there was no desk, small dresser or day bed. The bathroom shower area was cramped and difficult to get in and close the door with any room. There was a lack of dresser space to unpack in and generally we felt cramped. Mousekeeping never left any animal towels which was a disappointment. Our room was a pool view on the bottom floow near the fitness center and was hard to find at first. The pool was nice but the deck was smaller and crowded. Mara was good but hours could be later. The gift shop was large and definitely better than Beach Club. The savanna overlooks were fine but we had expected bigger areas. I am glad we did not pay for a savanna view room as it would not have been worth it given the number of animals we saw.
Overall this is a nice hotel; however, I likely would not visit again as its off the beaten path and the Epcot area resorts are much closer to everything access wise. It was nice but again below what we expected room size wise. Beach Club area just can't be beat.
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Room size, mousekeepingReview of Sci-Fi Dine-in Theatre Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by mschu2112 Review Date: 03/10/2013
Rating: (10) Recommended
The atmosphere is why you eat here. Cheesy B - D movies on a large screen and the car tables. The kids love this play for that alone. Plus it gives you a chance to sit and relax for a while. My son loves the milk shakes for sure. While food is standard fare, its good and at a reasonable price. Nothing outlandish, so you can get a good meal with entertainment here for a reasonable price. We always stop by here when at the studios and now its basically a must eat location. One thing I ordered the cucumber salad as a choice for fries and was warned by our server about them. Take my advice pass on these. I did not want more fries so I took the chance. Besides that the hostess was great and we very much enjoyed it again.
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Cucumber saladReview of Teppan Edo - Japan
Reviewed by mschu2112 Review Date: 03/10/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
Overall the staff is great and the show is exceptional. We ate here for the first time over the summer and had to try again over February break. My kids are picky eaters but to our surprise they really like it here. Only negative this time is the portions were much smaller that over the summer and was noticable. For $30 you should get more than 3.5 scallops. While good was light on those and noodles.
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less food this time aroundReviewed by mschu2112 Review Date: 03/10/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
We took my son here as a birthday treat and had reservation. We arrived about 15 minutes prior and were asked to wait inside to be seated. The interior check in area is very chaotic and they could benefit from the electronic beepers here. After waiting 30 minutes and seeing people come in from standby after us and get seated we check again on our seating. Somehow they forgot about us and then we got seated. There were plenty of tables available so dont know what the issue was.
After being seated the service was painfully slow in terms of getting drink orders, bread etc. Overall the waiter was very friendly but service was very slow. The food overall was good, however, they did not meet the expectations of price. For what you pay here you should walk out wowed and this was not the case. A step above Red Lobster, but I have had much better in Florida at cheaper places.
It took over 2 hours for just a simple dinner service here. Way too much time!! Not sure if I would dine here again.
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prices, seating, long service, SLOWReview of T-Rex
Reviewed by mschu2112 Review Date: 03/10/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
Food is good, portions are large so you dont go away hungry. We were in the ice room so that was very fun. Can be hard to read menus with lighting but still no issue there. This place does get loud. We were surprised to get a reservation the day before we got there on Presidents day so that was nice we got one. Its a must see.
