490 - The Disney Dream Girls

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast - show number 490 for Sunday 18th February 2024.

Coming up on this week's show, we discuss the food available at Walt Disney World as part of Black History Month and discuss the re-opening of the Disneyland Hotel in Paris. 

As part of the the Disney Black Heritage and Culture Souful Celebration, there are a range of food offerings available until 28th February 2024 unless stated otherwise. Here are a few we mention on the podcast. 

Woody's Lunch Box

Sweet potato lunch box tart

Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Beers and Babeque

Tiana bread pudding - until 31st March 2024

Aunty Gravity's Galactic Goodies

Bananas Foster Shake

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On this week's show, Michelle talks about some of the ways she was able to keep her food budget to a minimum and on the way - share top tips that you could use on your next Walt Disney World trip. 

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414 - The Disney Dream Girls

Welcome to this week's Disney Dream Girls Podcast - show number 414 for 12th June 2022. If you want to listen right now - click on the audio player below.Or you can always subscribe via youtube, Apple Podcasts or most other podcast catching places. 

On this week's show, we discuss some recent news and then hop over to Disneyland to help a listener with an accommodation dilemma. 

Where to stay in Disneyland?

Best Western Stovalls Inn is AAA rated and our opinion, great value. There are some deals that include breakfast. It is close to the theme parks too, where you can enter the parks via the Downtown Disney area.

Tropicana Inn and Suites has been open for over 60 years and is on South Harbor Boulevard - just opposite to the entrance to the parks.

Anaheim Marriott is a 4-star hotel that is convenient for the Anaheim Convention Centre and has upscale accommodation. However, it is also within a twenty minutes walk of the park.

Grand Californian is the most luxurious out of all of these options and offers many Disney perks including direct theme park access. However, this comes at a price! For the dates we compared, the Grand Californian cost four times as much as the others!

Where would you go?

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296 - Steakhouse 55 Afternoon Tea Experience

Should you invest your time and money on afternoon tea at Steakhouse 55? My answer is a big resounding yes! If you want to hear us review the experience (as part of our weekly podcast), click the link below to hear it right now or find us in your usual podcast listening device by searching - The Disney Dream Girls.
Firstly, you will need a reservation as these advanced dining reservations vanish quickly. They can be made up to 60 days in advance by telephoning or signing up and making a reservation via their website/app.

You can find the restaurant next door to Goofy's Kitchen, inside the Disneyland Hotel. Ensure you add extra time onto your visit to explore the lobby - it is certainly worth it!

There are hints of Walt Disney all around you in this restaurant - along with all sorts of Hollywood stars of bygone years. Inside, it is very elegant and seating is either in an open booth (like the one we had) or on more central tables.

Once seated, we were given the menu and a choice of which tea to order.  The prices are standard at $55 or premium at $70. Yes, you can say - ouch but by the end of this blog, you hopefully will agree that there is value and we all felt the $70 premium tea was the way to go. Annual pass discounts apply but there are taxes and gratuity on top of the quoted price. The price also includes three-hours of valet parking at the Disneyland hotel - a very handy add on. 

We began by choosing our teas from the very extensive menu and having a fresh bottle of sparkling wine opened tableside for us. The wine was very good - not too sweet nor dry. We all chose different teas and were impressed by the selection and the taste. I had the nutty chocolate and found it to be a very refreshing drink that complimented our meal. Our server offered recommendations and was available to help demystify the types of tea available to match our palate. 

Then onto the food and we began with a delightfully flavoursome salad. The dressing was sublime and each mouthful had something zingy and tasty in it. The blue cheese was perfect and I really liked the pomegranate.

Then our waiter explained the main event to us - the cakes and the sandwiches - so here he is!

The desserts were delicious however, I did feel the sandwiches were the weaker element of the meal. They were pretty but not very satisfying; we found the bread to taste and feel a little dry and also I prefer sandwiches with a base and lid (it's the English gal in me!). My favourite was the chocolate covered strawberry but the scones were also very good.

We did not eat everything that was served to us so they kindly packaged our leftovers up for us. At the end of our meal, we received a duo of truffles - a nice touch, which is only part of the premium tea.

Would we go again? Yes! I heartedly recommend paying extra for the premium tea also as we all felt the wine, salad, and truffles were well worth the additional $15.  

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Disney Dream Girls 179 - A Tale of Two Disneyland Races

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for show number 179 for Sunday 1st October 2017. If you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, all you have to do is click on the audio player below. Alternatively, our podcast can be found in most places that host podcasts such as iTunes (click here to subscribe) and Stitcher Radio.
 
This show has two very special guests, the first is Deborah Wolfe and she is from Ottawa, Canada and has competed in Run Disney events in Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris. She joins us to talk through her race experience as well as staying at both the Disneyland Hotel and the Grand Californian.

Secondly, we are joined by Katie Mason from England. Together with her awesome family, she has just returned from competing in the Disneyland Paris race weekend.

Deborah's experience was very different to that of Katie's. For example the races at times were put under heat warnings. Additionally, the races in the USA are much more established and all the kinks have been ironed out. However, both ladies are fans of the Run Disney community and have made an array of friends through the races. They also enjoy the fun of dressing up in costumes.

Past race Disney bounding as Dopey

An Incredible Family! Katie pictured with her sister and brother in law

An additional enticement is the array of Disney characters that you can meet as they cheer you on along the route. If you saw our Facebook page for the DLP race weekend I spotted over 35 different characters and some of them were quite rare finds!

Shared with kind permission from @FabulousMagique

It all looks great fun and they share their experiences - the good and they bad - with us on the podcast. 

So what do you think? Are you keen to start training? Have you competed? We would love to hear your stories!
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Disney Dream Girls 113 - Disneyland Being Pineapple Whipped and a DLP Trip Review

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 113 for Sunday 26th June 2016. Coming up in this weeks show, Michelle shares details of her weekend trip to Disneyland Paris. To listen, whilst you read these notes - click play on the audio player below!

 
Literally, Michelle spent less than 12 hours in the park during this trip... What on earth did she get up to? Well she shares the main detals on:

• Sprinkling Disney magic at the Inventions Brunch, inside the Disneyland Hotel. 
• Creating your own fun by re-enacting the story of Snow White literally by the side of the attraction. 
•  Does the Pineapple Whip taste as good as a Dole Whip? 
• A review of the new Frozen themed elements inside DLP

 They say a picture says a thousand words... well here are some of Michelle's personal favourites from her trip.

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