Most Recent Reviews
Review of Riverside Mill Breakfast
Reviewed by disneybride Review Date: 03/28/2015
Rating: (7) Recommended
My Aunt and I ate breakfast here twice in March and it was pretty good. The first day we only had a chocolate crossiant because we had Lunch ADR for Be Our Guest. But they were yummy.
The second day we both had pancakes and bacon. I chose the fruit topping because it was bananas with caramel sauce. Usually i am not a banana fan, but these were so good. We both really liked the pancakes and bacon.
As with any WDW Food Court it's very busy (but you have to go in knowing that )and the second morning they ran out of Maple Syrup and it was a good 10 min before it was replaced.
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Food, options for breakfastCons:
crowdedReview of Raglan Road
Reviewed by disneybride Review Date: 03/28/2015
Rating: (10) Recommended
My Aunt and I ate here for dinner on Friday March 6, 2015. It was my first time eating here, and was dying to so after being in Ireland in 2013. This was hands down one of the best meals I have ever had both on Disney Property and anywhere else. We split the Garlic Shrimp which our server offered to have the kitchen make a little milder for us. It was delicious! My Aunt had the braised beef which was soo amazing. Fall apart tender and so much flavor. I had their take on Shepherd's Pie and that too was delicious. So good! The music and dancers are fun! The service was excellent, everyone is very sweet. Will definitely be back in December.
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FOOD!, music, dancers serviceCons:
loudReview of Caribbean Beach Resort (Moderate Resort)
Reviewed by mcmouse Review Date: 03/31/2015
Rating: (10) Recommended
Stayed here for a repeat visit for 10 nights in mid March. We requested Martinique Village and received it. Rooms were recently refurbished and they are very nice. Green tones are replaced with nice browns and tans. Still has that nice Caribbean feel. Our room did not have a murphy bed but we didn't need that extra bed anyway. The new queen beds were very comfy. Loved the new double doors to pull shut when one person is getting ready in the a.m. We would have liked larger drawers to put our clothes in. The new ones are very boxy. The curtains close completely now, as there were always gaps in the old ones. Mousekeeping did a great job as usual. No towel animals this time, but that's not a deal breaker by any means. We always had plenty of towels and shower stuff. Our check-in was the new direct to room option as we did online check-in before our arrival. We were sent a text and went straight to our room after our magical express arrival. Very easy and convenient. All you need to do to get that is make sure you have pre-ordered and received your magic bands and have a credit card attached to your reservation. Great idea. The grounds at this resort are always beautiful and well kept. The pools were very clean. They were redoing the laundry room at Martinique while we were there. We were told to use the Barbados laundry. That one was in pretty rough shape. I lost $2.00 in one of the dryers and the change machine was out of order. I think that facility was the next one to be refurbed. I also walked up to Trinidad North to use that laundry. That one had already been redone and it was great, new larger washers etc. But the price on the machines was raised to $2.50 there because of the new larger machines I would imagine.
We have visited Caribbean Beach several times now and still keep coming back. It's our favorite for it's central location, but most of all for it's friendly and helpful cast members. They always make us feel at home.
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great caribbean feelCons:
noneReview of Trattoria al forno - Dinner
Reviewed by Ron S Review Date: 03/29/2015
Rating: (10) Recommended
We dined there this past Friday March 27 and had the best meal of our trip. The food and service were excellent. My wife had Semolina Tagliatelle alla Carbonara - with Guanciale while I had Sauteed Shrimp - with lemon, caper and anchovy butter with polenta. We both loved our entrees. This was a vast improvement of Cat Cora's Kouzzina.
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Great Food & ServiceCons:
NoneReview of Disney Dining Plan
Reviewed by mcmouse Review Date: 03/31/2015
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
First off let me say that this is the first time in all our years visiting WDW that we haven't purchased a dining plan of some sort. We did like the convenience of not having to worry about how much money we were spending as the plan is pre-paid. You get plenty of good food to eat, but many times we said to ourselves "We never eat this much food at home. We could probably split some of these meals and at times skip a meal altogether." There were 2 of us traveling this year. Well we decided to not purchase a dining plan for this visit and see how we made out. We saved every receipt and did the math. We did eat at several sit down restaurants and on those days we ate lightly for our other meals. We never felt hungry or like we had eaten too much either...just right. We purchased 2 refillable mugs for length of stay at our resort. That cost us $35.98. We will rethink that on our next trip. Those mugs were figured in on our tally with the food we purchased. We found that we SAVED $478.00 by buying our own food instead of purchasing the dining plan. We stayed at WDW for 10 nights. We would have had to pay $1212.80 to purchase the dining plan. (2 people) No brainer for us. Had the dining plan been free we would have considered it, but we were offered the choice of a free dining plan or a percentage off our resort stay so we chose the percentage off. Glad we did. That's the route we'll take again if possible. When we started buying the dining plan years ago it was like $32.00. The cost has gotten way out of control and not possible for families with children who are planning a longer stay. Do your math before you buy it.
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lots of foodCons:
priceReview of Walt Disney World's Magical Express
Reviewed by mcmouse Review Date: 03/31/2015
Rating: (7) Recommended
We love magical express and the convenience it brings to our WDW vacations. This year we had a late arriving flight. Since we weren't sure it would be on time, we chose not to use the yellow tags, and pick up our own luggage instead of risking it not arriving to our resort room on the evening we arrived. It was really no hassle going to the luggage belt and retrieving our own bags. When we arrived to Magical Express area, we just used our Magic Bands to go right to our resort line to board the bus. It was quite dead at 9:30 PM, so we thought we would get right on the bus and leave for our resort in good time. We waited about 10 min. before they put us on our bus. Then we waited and waited. No one else was riding our bus as there were hardly any other people arriving at that time...kind of surprising. I'm sure they didn't want to send a bus out with just 2 passengers so we waited and waited and waited. After over 1/2 an hour they finally decided to send us on our way. Not very magical for 2 people who were dying to get to their resort and start their magical vacation. This is the first problem we have ever had with the Express....been coming to WDW for over 10 years.
Our return trip to the airport went without any glitches. Got our boarding passes at the resort and our bus was right on time to take us back.
Both drivers were courteous and friendly. Of course we'll use this service again, but hopefully we won't have to travel in the evening again.
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not having to rent a carCons:
—Review of Theme Park Photo Pass
Reviewed by DisneyDucksNoVa Review Date: 04/01/2015
Rating: (8) Recommended
We bought the Memory Maker package for our trip the first week of March 2015. It was our first trip bringing our 1 year old daughter and we wanted an easy way to get all three of us in the shot. Based on prior reviews about missing photos, I looked at the Photo Pass site each evening or next morning during the trip to make sure we had all the photos, but we didn't have any missing. Hopefully the newer Magic Bands are solving that issue.
The downloaded images are larger resolutions so they are suitable for larger prints. I have a large format inkjet printer (up to 11 x 17) so I'm able to print 11 x 14 pictures and the image is still very sharp. Downloading with the package also allows for us to use the photos however we want to as long as personal use so we are not restricted to only viewing on their website or buying their prints for the limited time.
From looking at our photos, we could tell there were some photographers that were experienced, but I believe many are not very experienced. They are using fairly expensive DSLR cameras, but many photos just seem to have been taken on full auto mode, which produced similar quality photos as our smartphones that we handed to the photographer. However, some photographers took very good pictures that were much better than what a smartphone or a point-and-shoot camera could do and the photos are good enough for hanging in our house as a larger print. We were able to get good quality photos without lugging around our DSLR all through the parks all the time.
The package price only comes two ways: regular price and advanced purchase discount. The package is then good for 14 consecutive days, but we were at the resorts for only 5 days. It would be nice if they had a less expensive one week option. With the current pricing, the longer you stay the more value you get. I would get this product again, but only if we are staying at least a full week.
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Getting everyone in the shot; easily linked by Magic BandCons:
Inexperienced photographers; one price regardless the length of visitReview of Trattoria al forno - Dinner
Reviewed by mcmouse Review Date: 03/31/2015
Rating: (10) Recommended
We had a dinner reservation here on March 17th. We were pleasantly surprised. The service was excellent. Our server stopped back to our table numerous times to refill and check on us. Both hubby and I ordered the lasagna and it was great. It was just the right size serving. It came with arugala and was very tasty. We both had a glass of wine that our server suggested and it paired nicely with our dinners. There was no room for dessert. We felt the prices were very reasonable and the atmosphere was lovely. We'll definitely return on our next trip.
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delicious foodCons:
noneReviewed by tomalawn Review Date: 03/31/2015
Rating: (10) Recommended
Please tell me it's an omission. Where's the duck ?
I've eaten here every trip (sometimes twice) and duck is/was a must. The. Lo mein is the best you'll find anywhere:
But it's not the duck 😢
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—Review of Trail's End Restaurant
Reviewed by mcmouse Review Date: 04/01/2015
Rating: (4) Not Recommended
We were really looking forward to dining here as my hubby enjoys walking around at the resort and enjoying the many things to do here. We had heard mixed reviews but decided to try it anyway. The buffet price was reasonable, but the food quality wasn't very good. The carved meats were tasty, but the food on the buffet line was awful. The hot food was luke warm and dried out. Neither of us are picky eaters but we both agreed that this was not a very good meal. We don't often encounter meals at Disney that we are unhappy with, but this one was a waste of time and money. The dessert was alright. We had a nice choice of baked goods and ice cream with toppings to choose from. I can't comment on the baked goods. We figured we'd better stick with the ice cream. Can't mess that up. Our server refilled our drinks almost at the end of our meal, and spent most of his time chatting with the people working behind the bar. Glad we tried it, but won't be back. Hopefully they'll improve the quality of food before they lose more customers.
