Most Recent Reviews
Review of Be Our Guest - Counter Service Breakfast
Reviewed by Rockerchick15 Review Date: 01/26/2018
Rating: (9) Recommended
I had the open-faced bacon and egg sandwich. I was really impressed with it! I also loved the chocolate chip pastry that came on the complimentary pastry platter.
Because of how busy it was, it was hard to track down a waiter for extra butter, but that wasn't anyone's fault.
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Not the easiest to flag down waitersReview of Teppan Edo - Japan
Reviewed by Rockerchick15 Review Date: 01/29/2018
Rating: (9) Recommended
Food was good, and the chef was friendly and talented.
However, back home at our local teppanyaki restaurant-we learned that the more you interact with the chef, the more extra food you are likely to get (usually only rice or shrimp, but hey, we'll take it!)
I'm sure it's due to Disney regulations, but we definitely did not get that here. It is definitely a nice place to get off your feet for awhile though!
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Tasty Food, Friendly StaffCons:
Smaller portions of food than most teppanyaki restaurantsReview of Sci-Fi Dine-in Theatre Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by Rockerchick15 Review Date: 01/29/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
I love the idea of this experience! It's like you are transported back in time to an old drive-in theater. You even get to sit at tables that look like you are in an old 50's style convertible car! You watch old sci-fi trailers on the movie screen while you ate. It was hilarious seeing the terrible special effects and bad acting used in the old movies.
I ordered the new-york strip steak with mac & cheese and green beans. It was fantastic!
Hubby got the Beef & Bleu burger & loved it.
For dessert, we got the donuts and the hot fudge sundae. Way too much food, but very good!
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noneReview of T-Rex
Reviewed by Rockerchick15 Review Date: 01/29/2018
Rating: (9) Recommended
Atmosphere was neat...basically a Rainforest Cafe, but with dinosaurs. The bruschetta appetizer was delicious! Hubby ordered the doublesaurus burger. It was huge! He could barely fit it in his mouth to take a bite! He said it was very good, though.
I ordered off the newly-introduced Caribbean menu, and got the Caribbean Shrimp Platter, which included:
coconut shrimp, Jamaican jerk shrimp scampi, seared shrimp with mango salsa, Caribbean vegetables and coconut ginger rice. I was not a fan of the mango salsa or the coconut rice. The rest was delicious, though.
I don't think I would go here if we weren't on the dining plan, however.
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Food was goodCons:
Pricey for what you getReview of Tangierine Cafe
Reviewed by Rockerchick15 Review Date: 01/29/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
I loved this place! I got the Chicken and Lamb Shawarma platter. I never knew I liked tabbouleh until then! Everything was delicious!
I also had the Moroccan red wine, which was delicious! I normally like dry red wines, and this definitely had the flavor of those, but didn't leave my mouth feeling as dry as others do. I was pleasantly surprised! I also lucked out and ordered it when they were near the end of the bottle, so I actually got a half of a pour in a second cup, as well--free of charge! I will definitely hope to make a trip back here when we return!
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—Review of Kringla Bakeri og Cafe
Reviewed by Rockerchick15 Review Date: 01/29/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
Everything here was delicious! We actually visited here twice during our stay in January this year! We got the School Bread & I also tried the chocolate mousse viking cake. The Aass beer was also very good. I highly recommend making a visit here!
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NoneReview of All Star Movies Resort (Value Resort)
Reviewed by lchilders Review Date: 01/30/2018
Rating: (4) Not Recommended
I traveled solo from 1/15/18 to 1/19/18. I requested a preferred room and was in the Fantasia section. I've stayed in all levels of resorts - from All Stars and Pop to Port Orleans Riverside and Caribbean Beach to the Grand Floridian and Yacht Club.
Check in wasn't horrible but a bit slower than I thought it would be. I did not do online check-in as I wanted to ensure a King room on the first floor. I was given a 3rd floor King room and they were able to accommodate the change to the 1st floor when I checked in.
The room was close to the food court and transportation. This resort is in need of updating - and soon! While the room was clean it was outdated and felt more like a Disneyfied Motel 6. The room was a perfect size for me and I was provided with a King size bed which gave the appearance of a larger room.
The few cast members that I interacted with were pleasant enough. The food court was good for breakfast and a quick treat at the end of the day. I did not eat lunch or dinner there during my stay.
I also did not use the pool as it was pretty chilly during my visit.
I would stay at Movies again once they have updated the rooms. The price was perfect for what I needed it for.
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Needs updatingReview of Whispering Canyon Cafe Breakfast
Reviewed by Pizza123458888 Review Date: 01/30/2018
Rating: (2) Not Recommended
The food was okay, but the guy who was serving us was super slow. I believe this is what they do. We all got skillets we got one serving and after we ate the first one we were ready for the next but buy the time the second one came we were all stuffed..
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Okay food.Cons:
Extremely Slow Service.Review of Yorkshire County Fish Shop
Reviewed by Rockerchick15 Review Date: 01/29/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
My husband went here for the Fish & Chips, and begged to go back! I will definitely make it a "must-do" place on our next trip!
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noneReview of Boardwalk Inn (Deluxe Resort)
Reviewed by gilesmt Review Date: 01/30/2018
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
I am very torn with this hotel, we loved some aspects and hated other aspects. This was to be a split stay between Beach Club and Yatch Club, then two days before we left we switched to Boardwalk Inn and then while there we decided to just stay. The things we liked we really liked, but the things we did not like made for unpleasant trip and a bad taste.
We loved our room, 1290, it was huge, with a huge covered patio that easily could have sat 16 people in chairs. We loved to sit out and drink coffee in the morning and watch the garden grow. We were hidden and even when people walked about, we could see them but most could not see us. There was never any noise outside, or children running, it was just peaceful bliss.
We had a large foyer, and an extra large closet, you had a lot or room between the beds and the couch. This room was a lot bigger than the normal standard room, yet it was just a standard garden view room, hidden next to a stair case outdoor stair case, on the bottom floor, near the elevators.
It was an easy walk to the quiet pool, up one flight to Bella Rue lounge to fill your cup.
That said it was awful by the fifth day, because you had to go up to the second floor from one set of elevators, and then down a different set to get to boardwalk. And you kept getting confused and second guessing yourself, am I going, up or down, or out, can I get here for there, or over there. The first few days was great, but it got to be a hassle.
Next you had to make that decision to get food or to the bus, or to the lobby, or to the boardwalk and ferries. No way to just move from first floor to anywhere without going up a flight and then back down a flight.
The second thing was the main Inn was not where anything was, so you had to cross over to the villa side to do anything, the main pool was on that side, the community hall was on that side, the lobby was on that side. The front door was on that side, the boardwalk was both sides. The fire pit was on the villa side. So for the first time, I felt like I was an outcast in the resort, most of the time the DVC have to walk to the resort to get things done, in this resort, you have to walk to the villa side to do anything.
Mycomplaints start with the food, you have little to no options, so for a day or two you are fine, but then forget it. For breakfast especially there is no food court, so you have a choice of powdered eggs in a sandwich or on your plate from the bakery and that is it, or a quick grab of a bagel from the lounge. So after two days you are sick of all food options for breakfast. For lunch if you eat late you have more options but not much more and nothing opens until after 12 or after 6. Pizza, hamburg and subs that’s about all you have to choice from. You can get a boat to yatch and beach club but they have very little options also, we choose to do contemporary, French quarters, animal kingdom and wilderness all with much better options for both lunch and dinner. But what a pain when you want to hit the park early, because you have to go out of Epcot to get good food.
Second, don’t think of maid service the same as any other Disney resort. We got maid service twice during our trip without calling and asking for it, the first day and the day we were suppose to leave and go to yatch club. We called them 5 times after 5 to come and give us clean towels. When we complained we got no results.
And that leads to the next complaint, front desk, they were useless. No matter what you asked they could not tell you. Asked about my bill, 5 times got not answer, asked for a supervisor got no answer, spent 4 hours on the phone with different people and finally called my bank and told them until Disney can explain to me why my bill says paid in full before I got there, and nothing changed, than I refuse to pay the $125 charge that no one can explain to me. I asked about maid service and why they refuse to clean my room, they refused to answer me. I asked why my bands no longer work on the door, the answer was they fixed the door, well if they fixed the door will you fix the bands to work on the door, three days later they finally did.
We loved the valet, and we loved Mitch the bell hop. They were all so great. The community hall people were great with movies on rainy days, but again house keeping and DVC in rooms forget it, took four hours or more to get a DVC that had a remote that worked.
So again torn how to rate this hotel, if I wanted into Epcot for a night or two and could get the room we got I would rate it a 10, but if staying on vacation, and wanted housekeeping, front desk staff, got transportation to and from parks, and food options, this would be just a smedge above beach club that we rate a 1.
We have stayed here as DVC on that side of the resort and we loved it, again because you take out a lot of the problems, we had dining plan then so we went out to eat in better places more often, we could eat a fast breakfast in room since we had a kitchen, we walked out the door to the main pool and to refill drinks. So totally different experience and we rated it up in the 9 then.
