[dznygrl]

Oh my, that food at EoS looks so delicious! I still have yet to eat there...

I'm sorry you had such an awful experience at MBYBBQ. That is too bad!But I'm looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip!!

[lovemysons]

I am sorry you had a bad experience at the BBQ, but I am glad you posted about it. I think both my DH & DS would have had a sensory overload event if we were there. Crowds and excessive noise, no thank you.

At least you had a good meal at EOS!

[timkelmom]

Originally Posted by WishUponAStar

All that food looks YUMMY!

The EoS food was delicious, the MBYBBQ food looked good, but we never got a chance to try it.

[Dana]

I am so sorry to hear you had not just one, but two bad dining experiences in one day....hope the rest of the trip was positive.

[timkelmom]

OK, I left off with our decision to have Trail's End. We have been staying and eating at FW for about 5 years now. Trail's End was our go to place. It was busy, but there was never a wait. When we first started eating there they didn't even take ADR's, or if they did, you certainly didn't need one. It was a lot of really good food, great service, in a nice atmosphere that we really enjoyed.

We arrived a the podium to see about a table and were told in 35-45 mins. we could have one . We have never had to wait for a table before, OK maybe like 5 or 10 mins.

At this point my DH was ready to get in the car and leave, but I convinced him that it would be worth the wait, so we walked around a bit, checked out the Settlement Trading post, DH and DD played checkers, we sat in the rocking chairs for a bit, and the time actually went pretty quickly. Before we knew it our buzzer thingy was going off and it was time to eat.

We were seated and our server came promptly. The rest of the meal was great. All the shrimp and ribs you can eat, plus they have added a soft-serve ice cream machine. We ate until our bellies were full and decided a visit to the MK was in order.

The kids really wanted to ride BTMR and Splash, PoTC was on my to do list, and DH just goes with the flow. We encountered a problem we had not considered when we arrived. It was 9:00 by the time we reached the MK gate and it was a Spectro night. Can I just tell you how difficult it was to get to Frontierland during a parade? We had to go around the longest way possible through TL, FL, and Liberty Square and then down this pathway that runs along the water across from TS Island.

The good news is that once we got through the masses, there were hardly any people back by the mountains. The kids rode BTMR 2x in a row and SM with no wait at all. We made our way to AL and had time for PoC and still had time to go back to TL for a spin with Buzz.

After this we decided to go and try to beat some of the crowds exiting the park. Closing time was 11:00 and we had to get on the road tomorrow for a 9 hour drive back to ATL.

We went to the boat dock and waited 30 mins. for the boat. They only had one boat running to FW and we had to wait for it to go to FW and return to MK because of the fact that we had just missed the boat when we arrived.

We finally made it back to FW and had to wait for the bus to get us back to the parking lot, but we got there eventually and made our way home.

I have to say that this trip was less magical for me than others past, but I guess I should have expected more crowds in the Spring.

I look forward to our next trip in Sept. when I get to dine for free and show my mom the place I love. She has not been in 25 years and I look forward to sharing all the new stuff (for her that is almost everything) with her and I am hoping it will be magical for her.

Thanks for letting me vent a little and sharing my experiences with all of you.

[timkelmom]

Originally Posted by Dana

I am so sorry to hear you had not just one, but two bad dining experiences in one day....hope the rest of the trip was positive.

I have to expect that when you go often as we do there is a much better possibility that some of the experiences will not be great.

The food was good once we finally got to eat. We got to try EoS for the first time and I am just grateful that we got to go at all.

[nitaworm]

I like your short sweet trip. I wish I could sneak another short one in there.

[lovemysons]

I think you are right, the more often you visit, the greater the possibility of having a less than magical experience. But, you do need to share the good and the bad, to kind of keep things in check. We all have visions of perfect trips, of course, and sometimes that just doesn't happen. It makes us appreciate the trips that do go well.

[I AM]

Good TR! So the food at Trail's End was good?

[timkelmom]

Originally Posted by I AM

Good TR! So the food at Trail's End was good?

So good. It is one of our favorites. They always have ribs and peel-n-eat shrimp. Plus salad stuff, usually fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mac-n-cheese, veggies like cooked carrots, green beans, and corn. They also have a carving station where you can get roast beef or turkey or ham.

Plus they have several desserts as well like bread pudding, apple cobbler, chocolate chip cookies, rice krispie treats, pudding, soft-serve ice cream and brownies.

And if you don't like any of this, you can order a pizza.

[dixie]

really enjoyed your TR- sorry about the BBQ! but the trails end food sounds delicious and the photo of the EOS food just made me drool- my favourite place!

[MickeyMcFizzle]

Sorry about the bad experience at MBYBQ - but enjoying the TR!

[timkelmom]

Originally Posted by dixie

really enjoyed your TR- sorry about the BBQ! but the trails end food sounds delicious and the photo of the EOS food just made me drool- my favourite place!

Thanks for checking out the TR, and it's OK about the BBQ. Everything is not for everyone, that's why there are so many choices. I really loved EoS too.

[timkelmom]

Originally Posted by MickeyMcFizzle

Sorry about the bad experience at MBYBQ - but enjoying the TR!

Thanks for checking out the TR, and bad experiences are to be expected now and again. I guess I just hold WDW to such high standards that I was disappointed that it wasn't perfect.

[timkelmom]

I wanted to add this pic of my DS at the Lego Store. He loved Bionicles and found this statue particularly exciting.