DDG 282 A reMARKably Chatty Disney Show

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 282 for Sunday 20th October 2019.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us in iTunes, Libsyn, on Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app.
On this week's show, we chat through a range of topics before sharing an interview with our friend and long-time listener - Anthony Markham. 

Breakfast At Walt Disney World

Our friend and listener, Angie Mills asked us where should she consider for breakfast when she visits Walt Disney World. In answering, we considered the price, ADR availability, food options and any other perks that come with eating at such a location.  Below you will find a summary of our answer - to get greater details - listen to the podcast!

Non-Character Options
All of these prices include the sales tax but (unless stated) do not include the tip.  Depending on the service received, a tip could be anything between 15 and 20% of the overall meal cost.

Breakfast Skillet at Whispering Canyon

Whispering Canyon endless skillet $23.43
Ale & Compass breakfast buffet  $24.50 .
The Wave breakfast buffet $26.63
Trail's End breakfast buffet $28.76
Boma breakfast buffet $30.89
California Grill Brunch $101.18

Entrees At The California Grill Brunch

Character-Based Options
Each eatery tends to have a theme and where some may have the fab five, their outfits will differ due to the theme. 

Offerings at Cape May Cafe

Cape May Cafe $43.67
Garden Grill $43.67
Hollywood & Vine $43.67
Crystal Palace $43.67
Ohana $43.67
1900 Park Fare $46.86
Chef Mickey's $55.38
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall $55.38
Cinderella's Royal Table $75.38 (tip included)

Interior at Cinderella's Round Table

Where would you be going? Listen in over the next few weeks to find out where Angie took her family!

Next on the show, we have our friend Anthony Markham and he shares details about a trio of trips that he has booked to go to Walt Disney World. 

As we were recording this (Sunday 11th October) he was about to set off on his travels so below, are some pictures that he kindly sent us during whilst on his trip!

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281 Disney for kids, for foodies and the wallet conscious

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 281 for Sunday 13th October 2019.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us in iTunes, Libsyn, on Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app. On this week's show, we chat through a range of topics before sharing an interview with Tiffany, Daniel and Abigail Morse. Then we end the show talking about Ohana.

Little Mermaid Takes Over The Coral Reef

When we heard the brief details sent out - i.e. just changing the names of food we were a tad disappointed so we decided to talk through how we envisage this! We would love Ursula to meet and greet with a set backdrop and perhaps Prince Eric and Ariel could wander around. May be even a Sebastian being brough out under a cloche! What do you think? What other restaurants would you like to have turned over to this style of dinner event?

Halloween Disney Delights to Tantalise and Terrorise

Next, we share some top treats to try whilst in the parks during the Halloween season. What do you want to try?

The Morse Family
We welcome back to the show, Tiffany and her children Daniel and Abigail and what a delightful chat we had! Abigail and Daniel presented a list of their top eateries and these were places that they highly recommend for kids.

Then Tiffany shares details about her visit to Walt Disney World and how she found Galaxy's Edge on Opening Day.
Ohana This August, Michelle (together with her husband Tom and Tommy and Lena) ate dinner at Ohana.

The price for Ohana is $55 (approximately including tax but not tip) or one dining credit. It is one of those reservations you have to make at the round about 180 day pre-trip mark.

The meal starts with pineapple bread, then salad, stir-fry vegetables, pork dumplings, chicken wings and noodles.

Then, the endless supply skewers - sirloin steak, chicken and shrimp.

To close the meal is their famous bread pudding with banana and caramel sauce.  

The meal was delicious and if you have a big appetite then you will definately get value for money.  However, for people like myself, with smaller appetites, it is a lot of money. So... how about visiting the Tambu Lounge - which is next door - then ordering from their menu. You are able to get a single serve skewer (it comes with a trio of the protein offerings) for $13, the bread, noodles and the dessert. This would be my top tip and also - no reservation is needed!

Another consideration, is that we felt the service was incredibly rushed - in and out in 70 minutes. Have you eaten here? Is it a must do?

Well that's just about it for this week, as usual, you can contact us via Email: info@disneydreamgirls.com Follow our posts on Twitter @DisDreamGirls and Instagram @disdreamgirls. Plus don't forget our Facebook page by searching Disney Dream Girls.

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280 - Angie Mills Talks Disney

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 280 for Sunday 6th October 2019.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us in iTunes, Libsyn, on Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app.
On this week's show, Michelle and Jayne start off by chatting through some Disney news. Then they share an interview with Angie Mills, who talks about how her WDW plans were nearly scuppered by the collapse of Thomas Cook and then Angie reviews Villages Nature in Disneyland Paris. 

Jayne Attends Feel The Force Event in Peterborough

Jayne looks amazing as Governor Pryce!

Price Increases
Snack prices have increased at the Magic Kingdom... can you believe that a Mickey bar is now $6!!

Princess Leia Bun-Inspired Ears

Do we usually love all of the Her Universe merchandise - especially Jayne but we both totally agreed these were not for us as they reminded us of a UK breakfast favourite!  

Angie Mills - The Discussion

Angie and her family booked a trip to Walt Disney World - with Disney. However, the flights she got were with UK tour operator - Thomas Cook. Sadly, the company collapsed leaving travellers in a confused state. After many calls back and forth, Disney (via a great cast member Sadie) were able to offer the family indirect flights so that here October dream trip could go ahead. 

Moving on from that, she discusses some of the things that she is looking forward to such as seeing Pandora for the first time and attending Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.

Then, she moved on to reviewing her trip to Villages Nature in Disneyland Paris.  This was the first time she and her family had stayed there and the resort had plus and negative elements. 

Then what she enjoyed doing in the parks. One of these things is taking park photographs. These will be used at a later date as part of her upholstery business and she can be contacted via @ajmills9

Well thats just about it for this week, as usual, you can contact us via Email: info@disneydreamgirls.com Follow our posts on Twitter @DisDreamGirls and Instagram @disdreamgirls. Plus don't forget our Facebook page by searching Disney Dream Girls.

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279 What Becky Did at Walt Disney World

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 279 for Sunday 29th September 2019.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us in iTunes, Libsyn, on Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app.

On this week's show, Michelle is joined by travel blogger (and friend of the show) Becky Manion. Together they discuss some items of news before chatting through a few highlights from Becky's recent trip to Walt Disney World.

News
Becky was  very excited to bring forward the topic of the Skyliner and she can not wait to report back on them!

We also chatted through the announcement about Walt 
Disney World creating and making available around 400 menu items that were plant based and we hear from a Disney chef to explain about some of the offerings. 

Staying Concierge
So firstly, Becky and her family did not book this level, in fact when they arrived at check-in it came as a complete surprise!

So on the show, she goes into detail about what the lounge looked like and what was available.

Becky explained that is was definately something that she would seek out to add to a booking again because between the snacks and alcoholic beverages she felt it was worth the upcharge cost.

Gardens of the World Tour

Frequent listeners/readers of ours will know that Becky loves to do a new tour on each and every trip. So being at EPCOT during Flower and Garden Festival she could not resist doing this one!

With a pair of horticulturists as her guide, she explored World Showcase with a slant on the planting and the efforts Disney does to ensure everything looks in pristine condition. 

At the end of the tour, she received a really cute pin too! Despite being the youngest on the tour, Becky found it very interesting and would highly recommend it others - particularly if you have a gardening interest. 

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278 - Storybook Dining Review

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 278 for Sunday 22nd September 2019.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us in iTunes, Libsyn, on Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app.

On this week's show, Michelle and Jayne chat about some news items that caught their eye and then they review Michelle's experience at Storybook Dining at Artist's Point restaurant at The Wilderness Lodge. 

Firstly the entrance. There is a really cute display that the staff put out during opening hours; I thought that this was a nice touch.

On our arrival we checked in and we were escorted to our table. The restaurant had a woodland theme and there were lights twinkling on the tree, which changed colour. To one side, was a Disney backdrop for the Evil Queen - this is where you got to meet her (when invited). 

Our table had a cute card apple with character autographs wrapped around a red napkin. There was also a mini tree display stand (which we later found out was for displaying our appetisers and desserts).

As we opened our leather-bound menus, the story began...

We turned to the drinks selection and there was plenty of choice from alcoholic to non-alcoholic. Seeing these delivered to other tables was really fun as there were smoking drinks and colour changing 'potions'. We choose not to try one because we were driving. 

On to our meal. The appetisers are a trio of themed morsels. 

As my husband has a shellfish allergy, we had to see the chef and his choice was changed to a vegetable wrap (away from the prawn option). The choices were tasty and I would rank them from the soup, the cocktail and my least favourite was the terrine - I just did not like the texture.

 Moving on to the entrees. I was very pleased at the wide selection of options offered. My husband Tom chose the pork shank and I opted for the prime rib. Both were tasty and had a generous amount of meat. 

Being a Yorkshire girl, I was not impressed at the Yorkshire pudding (very doughy) but in my eyes, only my Mum (or myself) can make a good Yorkie!

Our desserts were served as a trio again. We did have an allergy warning marker on the plate so I was impressed that Disney took Tom's allergy very seriously and ensured that there was no cross-contaimination. Sadly, for me, I felt that the trio were too sweet to the point where neither of us could eat them. Very pretty - but just not for us.  We would have prefered something without as much sweetness. 

As a finale a treasure chest was presented to us and inside (once the smoke had cleared) we were served chocolate ganache hearts and caramel popcorn.

In between the eating, we had visits from Snow White, Grumpy and Dopey. I felt a little disappointed that the interaction with Snow was very brief and there was not another opportunity to meet her. However, the dwarves were a lot of fun and made up for the lack of fun we had with her. 

Our bill came to $117 so with tip it was $140. We paid and was invited to line up and meet the Evil Queen. There was a short line and by the time we reached the front, our former table had been cleared, cleaned and two new guests were drinking their speciality beverages!

The Queen was excellent. I had taken my poison apple handbag, I was wearing Snow White ears and a Snow White skirt. As I put the bag on a chair, she quipped, "You have removed the best part of the outfit!" Definately a great bit of interaction was had and there was a photopass photographer to capture those special moments.

Would I say it was value for money? Absolutely when considering Disney prices (especially when I compare it to say the fixed price dinner offering at Be Our Guest). For me, I would improve the desserts they just were far too sweet (and I am a girl who loves sweet things!).   

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