{"id":921,"date":"2010-12-30T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desoren.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:41:53","slug":"one-taste-of-africa-two-cob-salads-tron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desoren.com\/?p=921","title":{"rendered":"One Taste of Africa, Two Cob Salads & TRON"},"content":{"rendered":"

We woke the next day to a freezing 32 degrees and full sun. After\u00a0going through the morning bathing and dressing rituals we jumped\u00a0back into the Kia and drove over to the Animal Kingdom Resort. The\u00a0high temperature for the day was suppose to be 71. Silly weather channel.. Still we held on to our\u00a0heavy coats and jeans.<\/span><\/h4>\n

We had 9:00am breakfast reservations at\u00a0Boma. We got a little lost on the way to the Resort as the road wasn’t clearly marked, so we arrived a\u00a0bit late, but they took us right in. Boma is a buffet, they take\u00a0you to your seat, take your drink order then send you off to the\u00a0buffet. We kinda were expecting something more African and food\u00a0weird. But everything was pretty american normal.The most daring\u00a0menu item was a corn beef hash furtada. Oh that and jungle\u00a0juice…. the waitress came by while we where eating and asked us\u00a0if we would like some jungle juice. Weird images from our youth\u00a0came quickly to mind of teenage parties where jungle juice was a\u00a0weird mixture of strawberry flavored boones and cheap beer. So we\u00a0asked what is it, the guy sitting at the next table to us chimed\u00a0it, “Oh it’s great! You’ll love it!” The waitress said, “It’s\u00a0passionfruit, orange & guava.” We both yelled out a\u00a0bit relived “Oh it’s POG!” Only to get sour faces back. Both the\u00a0waitress and other diner clearly preferred to call it jungle juice\u00a0and looked a bit miffed.<\/span><\/h4>\n

After breakfast we headed over to Animal\u00a0Kingdom theme park. Now this park in the past visits has been our least\u00a0favorite, so we had no intention of staying to long. Plan was to\u00a0hit Expedition Everest a few times, have lunch and then go take a\u00a0long nap. Turns out as we left the park later that afternoon, we\u00a0found ourselves reflecting on a nice day. We skipped the\u00a0Kilimanjaro speedway Safari and the water rapids ride (too cold to\u00a0be wet). Got two good rides in on Expedition Everest and were happy\u00a0that some age on the tracks has help make the ride feel a bit more\u00a0like a runway train rather then the super smooth ride it was\u00a0before. On our last visit we didn’t make it up to the train ride to\u00a0the conservation center, so it was our 2nd attraction on the list.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The short train ride takes you semi-backstage to see some animal\u00a0pens and allows you walk around and peek in to the vet treatment\u00a0rooms and watch procedures being performed. This was nothing new\u00a0for Joshua since we works for Banfield. So we moved pretty fast\u00a0though this area, but it would be very cool for a kido who is into\u00a0animals. Lunch was at the Tusker House, which turns out was another\u00a0Buffet. We didn’t stuff ourselves on breakfast so we had some room\u00a0for lunch. The buffet selections were good. Again nothing weird or\u00a0adventurous. After lunch we wandered down and out of the park and\u00a0headed home for a long nap.<\/span><\/h4>\n

After our nap we decided to cancel our\u00a0dinning reservation we had back at the Animal Kingdom villas and\u00a0try to do a walk up at EPCOT. We had skipped illuminations the night\u00a0before to the weather, so the new plan was to find some dinner and some fireworks. We got to EPCOT\u00a0about 6:00pm and after a ride on spaceship earth we walked up via\u00a0mexico to Italy to see if we could get a seat at one of the new\u00a0italian restaurants. Turned out to be a big no, so we started\u00a0walked down towards England and walked right into a lady standing\u00a0in the street in Morocco. Turned out this is a good thing as she\u00a0was promoting the Moroccan restaurant. She wrote down a little note\u00a0in Arabic and gave us directions on were to go. A few minutes\u00a0later were sitting at our table.<\/span><\/h4>\n

After another americanized meal we\u00a0found a great spot down in England and watched the illuminations\u00a0fireworks and the special holiday fireworks ending.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Friday Morning\u00a0we got our first long sleep in. We had lunch reservations at\u00a011:50am at the 50’s Prime Time cafe and nothing on the books for\u00a0breakfast so we slept in and took our time getting over to\u00a0Hollywood Studios. With a high of 77 we finally broke out the\u00a0shorts!
\nWe got to Hollywood Studios with\u00a0plenty of time to spare for lunch so we made a beeline for Pixar\u00a0Place to get fast passes for Midway Mania. We got the passes\u00a0but for 6:45pm, tonight was our 7:00pm showing of TRON. So we\u00a0decided with a small tear that we didn’t like that ride (complete lie..) anyway\u00a0and jumped on the Great Movie Ride.<\/span>Lunch was at the 50′ Prime Time\u00a0Cafe. Which is a cute restaurant that has 50’s TV’s playing video\u00a0clips. All of the staff pretend that MOM is cooking and make sure\u00a0everyone follows moms house rules. No elbows on the table, no games\u00a0at the table… ect. Anthony had lunch here back in the 90’s and\u00a0wanted to share the cool place with Joshua. WOW was that a mistake.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The first hiccup came when our name was called. Half way to our\u00a0table (in the good area) the server realizes that our table already\u00a0has guest at it. So back we all go to the waiting room to wait. A\u00a0moment later we get taken to what can only be an after thought\u00a0room. The server pulls apart a 4 top table and converts it to two 2\u00a0tops with a 3 inch gap between the two tables. The room is bare,\u00a0white. One TV in corner that we can’t really see. No cool theming\u00a0like the main restaurant. So we were a bit bummed but played\u00a0along, not everyone can sit in the cool area and at least we are\u00a0not in the bathroom like our dinner at the Blue Bayou. We as we\u00a0looked at our menu the server came out again and seated two more\u00a0people at our table, or rather the table that is 3 inches from our\u00a0table. SO begins the uncomfortable non-verbal lunch by both tables.<\/span><\/h4>\n

What food we did get was not worth any hype. Joshua ordered the\u00a0chicken pot pie and Anthony the Fried Chicken. Instead of the wonderful lunch Joshua was expecting he got the\u00a0meatloaf. Our waitress was also a walking mess as she seemed a little perturbed.. Lunch took over anhour and 45mins of that was us waiting for her. This was the only\u00a0restaurant for our whole vacation were we left ZERO tip. This\u00a0was the worst dinning experience we had for the whole trip! So now\u00a0came the hard part of the day and the main reason that Hollywood\u00a0Studios is now our least favorite park. After lunch there was\u00a0nothing to do…. Well almost nothing. Joshua did Tower of Terror\u00a0once. But the lines for Midway were over 90mins and so we the\u00a0Aerosmith roller coster. Even star tours was closed.<\/span><\/h4>\n

So we did the\u00a0short backlot tour and checked out the animators area and\u00a0demonstrations. The real highlight of our day we Dinner at the\u00a0Brown Derby, a restaurant we LOVE. Problem was killing time between\u00a0lunch and dinner. We ended up doing a lot of walking and\u00a0pre-shopping. For dinner at the Brown Derby we had a mission… Cob\u00a0Salad.<\/span><\/h4>\n

We love the Brown Derby’s Cobb salad. And joy of joy it is no\u00a0longer served as a 2 person appetizer. Which really would not have\u00a0matter too much as we both wanted it. Problem was the single\u00a0serving is still the double serving portion. So we ending up with 2 HUGE\u00a0bowels of salad! It was so funny as both of us tried to eat as much\u00a0as we could, just like two little kids, as we loved it so much. So\u00a0you know what they say don’t fill up on bread you will spoil your
\ndinner. Well we kinda did. When our main course came we both kinda\u00a0poked at them, they were good but the salad was SO much\u00a0better. Josh had the double bean vanilla creme br\u00fbl\u00e9e for dessert and was in seventh heaven.. Next visit we are going to get the Cobb Salad as our\u00a0main course and split one order between the two of us!<\/span><\/h4>\n

So after dinner\u00a0at the Brown Derby we headed over to \u00a0the Osborn Lights. They were very very\u00a0pretty! Over 3 million LCD lights! The streets were packed and just
\nas we got to the middle it dawned on us that we only had 40mins to\u00a0get to our movie! <\/span>We speed walked all the way to the furthest parking\u00a0lot in 10 mins! We burned off most of dinner\u00a0LOL!<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"\"TRON legacy was\u00a0showing at the Downtown Disney AMC theater, which was about a 10min drive from Hollywood Studios. We both are Sci-Fi geeks and\u00a0Anthony LOVED the original TRON movie as a child. So seeing\u00a0TRON legacy on Disney Property on opening night was like a little\u00a0kids dream come true.We have a large screen TV in our\u00a0home and rarely go see movies in a theater. We find it too noisy and\u00a0hate the high cost. But we where really impressed with this\u00a0theater. Super comfy seats and the picture quality and sound was\u00a0amazing. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Disney… “The AMC Entertainment\u00a0upgraded auditorium one to be the first Enhanced Theater Experience\u00a0(ETX\u2122) in the United States. The ETX auditorium includes a 20\u00a0percent larger, floor-to-ceiling screen, 3D technology, 12 channel\u00a0audio and digital projection that delivers higher resolution than\u00a0HD.”<\/strong><\/em> The extra tech really was\u00a0noticeable! We LOVED the movie,\u00a0for once the hype matched the movie. Fingers crossed for a\u00a0third film!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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