I'm pretty sure MCO is both my favorite and least favorite airport in the world. At the start of a trip, it's my fav, at the end of a trip, it's my least fav!
Can't wait for pics of AoA!
Courtney
Hi Jessica! I'm Ali and I'm subbing!
joining! You had me at Food Porn ... and 28 ADRs!
That's amazing that you got free parking and free mimosas ... it's like Pixie Dust before you even got to Disney. Glad your room was ready and you got the requests you wanted - that is quite the view!
Strongbow and Asti...we could totally be friends!
Hi there!! Following along... my trip was in the middle of yours. The 23rd through the 27th!
LOVE the theming in your room. And that view!
Nice job with the Friends-esque chapter titles. Seems appropriate for a BFF trip!
For lunch on arrival day, we had been thinking of going to Wolfgang Puck Express. We were going to have a rental car this trip, but were picking it up on site. We were STARVING when we arrived around noon, and our rental pick up time was at 3:00 PM. We didn't really feel like taking the bus to Downtown Disney, so we opted for the next best thing...Landscape of flavors. We opted to split an entree and a snack credit here to save room for Fulton's later on.
For our entree, we had...
Surf and Surf Burger - Crab Cake topped with fried Popcorn shrimp, tomato, lettuce, and cajun remoulade on a brioche bun served with coleslaw or house-seasoned fries $10.99
We ordered this without the tomato and opted for fries instead of coleslaw. This was awesome! The crab cake was more crab than filler, and had good flavor and was crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. Ditto for the fried shrimp on top. The remoulade added some spice, but was not overpowering and the brioche was light and buttery. The only downside to this is that they would NOT cut this in half for us, so we had to do that ourselves with a regular knife, so it didn't look as pretty after we were done with it.
For our snack credit, we opted for something that popped up on the Disney Food Blog only a few days prior. Here's where things got a little complicated.
This is what we ordered...
This was the "snack" of naan bread and dipping sauces. The sauces were mango chutney, coriander (cilantro) chutney and Tandoori sauce. Here is where things got a little confusing. The "snack" of naan, is supposed to have two pieces of naan. I didn't realize until we sat down that we only got one. Really though, two wasn't enough anyway to soak up all that amazing sauce. So, I headed back to the food court, asked for two more pieces of naan, and went to check out. The total? $6!!! How can that be I asked, since the naan WITH dipping sauce was that much. The cashier insisted that if I wanted more naan, then I needed to pay $6. I was not about to fork over $6 nor burn a snack credit on it. I went back to the counter and asked if it was correct and was told it was not, it should be $1.19 each. Back to the cashier we went and it was all sorted out. Naan bread successfully retrieved, we finished enjoying our meal. I have to say, this was probably the single best use of a snack credit of the entire trip. The sauces were all soooo flavorful and just YUM!
We ended up with a little extra time between our lunch ADR and when we needed to go pick up our rental car, so we decided to spend it at The Drop Off Bar.
It was pretty dead when we got there, we were the only two seated at the bar, but several people did walk up while we were there.
They have a pretty extensive menu and I was pleased to find out that they make everything fresh to order.
Megan went with this...
It was not on the menu, but she ordered a Miami Vice. I am used to these being made with half pina colada and half strawberry daiquiri. This one was mostly pina colada with raspberry puree. No matter, it was still excellent.
I went with this...
Grand Margarita - Jose Cuervo gold tequila, grand marnier, lime juice and sweet and sour $9.50
It was excellent and was much stronger than I expected. It earned a bigfrom me.
All in all, a great stop!
I keep seeing that Surf and Surf burger on dining reviews and now I want one! Crazy about wanting to charge you $6 for extra naan.
Sorry , but I amat the idea of people with Goldilocks syndrome. I think I'm going to have to borrow that term.
Nope! Probably because I still watch it several times a week
I saw a pin set when I was there that had all of those shoes in it!! I came VERY close to buying it!!!
While it would probably be fun driving something different, I think renting the same type of car I already drive would make me feel better about the whole thing... but I hate driving, so just ignore my babbling
I really need to look into staying at AoA next time I go.
