Dining with Animals.
After dumping everything on the ground and changing out of Chicago winter dreary clothes. we looked around a bit. first things first. I needed to see our view.
We requested a certain area and was bummed to see we were no where close. We had what they call "water view"
which means even smallest view of blue is considered water view. we were on the 5th floor which is what I wanted and laughed because the water was about a droplet of what you can see.. Whatever it was gifted to us and I am NOT COMPLAINING.
We had Dinner reservations and Kathy and Haley knew Meg and I will be two terrible toddlers who just keep wandering off. so off we went.
After another 4 mile walk we finally made it to the elevators, which so happens to be names Rafiki - so of course i need to act like a terrible toddler jumping with my arms out yelling- Asante sana,
squash banana, wewe nugu, mimi hapana
While a family comes off the elevator....
Clearly we will never be invited back here.
or these people are DVC so they get it.. who knows..
off the elevator and a little to the right is -
we checked in but we had a bit of time so we wanted to check the outside animals!
Such an IMPRESSIVE and immersive resort. pictures are never going to do it justice. it's bigger then life. another highly recommend to take some time to visit..
The CM at the desk noticed I was taking the above picture and she said there was another hidden Mickey in the rock work.
So off we went in search of Mickey!
FOUND!
I am not telling you - you have to find it yourself! if you ever need help i would be willing!
I do love these guys..
FL looks good on her!
After a short time we were called in to our table and I was pleasantly surprised to be seated next to a window and by my new BFF
Meet Fred and Ginger
Peanut and i hadn't eaten anything yet so we were starving and excited for some noshing!
CM Jeff was our server extraordinaire
trying my best to do a selfie (spoiler- I am terrible at selfies!)
this is us-
Give me a camera and i will take prize winning shots~ give me a cell phone and ask me to turn the camera around. Forget it.
We ordered the bread service
We had a beggar-
I was NOT sharing this bread! Each bread was different
Traditional Naan, Garlic-Ginger Naan, Spiced Naan, Onion Kulcha, and Paneer Paratha
accompanied with sauces- Garlic Pickle, Coriander Chutney, Spicy Jalapeno-Lime Pickle, and Red Chile Sambal and Red Pepper Hummus, Tomato-Date Jam, Tamarind Chutney, Mango Chutney, and Cucumber Raita.
each one of these were so scrumptious i cannot even describe. each Naan paired with the different sauces were all in it's own category of YUM.
I don't know if they were able to smell all the smells wafting but we were starting to get quite the audience
Back inside Meg was telling a thrilling story--
Talk about a captive audience! I have no idea what it was about i was enthralled with the animals. I'm sure I heard whatever story a time or two??
Dinner!
I had to order the butter chicken that EVERYONE talks/raves about!
This guy approved
So I dumped the rice on the plate then the chicken swooshed it all together and took my first bite.
and
and
It was ok.
I would have taken another round of the Naan!!!
There were a couple of bad pieces of chicken the rice is rice and the butter sauce was ok. I know this is a favorite for a lot of people. But it was just OK - Meg on the other hand did love it.
Sanaa is not a must do for me- I would not go out of my way to make a ADR for it..
After full bellies we wanted to hit the pool! Yeah.. It was that warm out to be in a POOL IN JANUARY! Glorious!
our view from our balcony!
do you see that spot of blue???
Water view!
All i can think of every time i was out there - I was out there more then in the room- the ewok village
tell me I'm wrong..
The pool where Kathy and I just chilled. I had a twisted Ice tea the girls went and found the hot tub and we all just relaxed. perfect end to a perfect day! we set our alarms and off to SLEEP!
inserting peanut's photo's she just sent them to me today-
Next up is our FULL day of Disney!!!!!!!!!!!
FULL day at Disney
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