Magic Kingdom
We headed out to MK around 2 PM and after arriving decided to head to Fantasyland before the 3 PM parade began. First up was Under the Sea (with a posted 30-minute wait.) Found some shade throughout the queue but it was hot! Having time to kill we headed over to Mickey's Philharmonic. Great way to cool off on a hot afternoon and then off to our FP for SDMT...what a fun ride! Thinking we would beat the crowd we headed over to Buzz Lightyear...Over 70 minute wait, no WAY!
So what are two girls to do but sample a delicious pretzel never had before....the Cream Cheese Pretzel from Launching Pad! We bought this on our way to People Mover to cool off and take a break...and it was unbelievably delicious!
Our dinner plans brought us to Tony's Restaurant. We booked this as we didn't want to have to leave the park for dinner and nothing else was available during times we wanted. I had been looking every day for weeks for a BOG opening to no avail.
After waiting, 20 minutes past our reservation time, we were seated in the glass-enclosed area and our bread service was brought right over to us.
This was some sort of focaccia...maybe rosemary with olive oil. Whatever it was, we didn't care for it!
For appetizers, I had the House Salad...Mixed Greens, Salami, Olives, Peppers, Shaved Romano, and Italian Vinaigrette while DD passed on ordering anything.
This was actually quite yummy! Just the right amount of dressing and loved the salty salami and olives...
For our entrees, my DD ordered the Chicken Parmigiana...Lightly-breaded Chicken Breast with Melted Mozzarella and Tony's Marinara Sauce over Spaghetti (Sorry no photo
) While I had the with Baked Rigatoni...Ricotta and Bolognese filling topped with Melted Mozzarella.
This was floating with sauce on the top, in fact, this photo is after I scraped a good deal of it off! In general, my daughter and I agreed that this was probably our least favorite meal of the trip! Think mediocre pizzeria style food...Not terrible, but certainly not on my list to try again! We passed on desserts thinking we would get something while watching the new fireworks show, Happily Ever After. Sadly that didn't happen...this was our view a half hour before the show...
Within fifteen minutes of taking that photo, a fierce lighting and rain storm struck! We tried to stick it out under cover by the Tommorowland Terrace but after waiting until 10 PM with no signs of the rain and lightning letting up we headed back to our resort. I later found out the show finally started at 10:40 PM...so no fireworks or dessert for us! We snacked on chips back at the room!