On day 7 of our Disney World trip we were supposed to have breakfast with Mickey and friends and the Contemporary hotel. It turns out it takes way longer to get from one hotel to another than to get from a hotel to a park. It took us so long to get there that we ended up missing our reservation altogether. Thankfully they had recently added a lunch character meal so we were able to have lunch with Mickey instead.
As at the Pooh meal, the main character didn't stop very long to visit with us. In fact, I don't think we even got a worthwhile picture with Mickey at all. The chipmunks, however, were more personable to Benji. The best character was at the very end, and he was great. Pluto didn't visit the tables (we think his feet were too big to climb the steps or navigate the aisles) so you had to visit with him on your way out. When Benji came up Pluto was sitting on the ground and Benji crawled very excitedly to Pluto's outstretched arms. Then Benji got very interested in Pluto's nose, as he did with every character. Eventually Benji crawled away and Pluto crawled after him. It was so sweet and funny to watch the giant dog and Benji have their own crawling race across the restaurant!
Later that evening we had dinner over in Epcot once more (have I mentioned how Epcot has the best food in Disney World?) at Chefs de France. I think Matthew was expecting a quiet French bistro. Instead it was a bustling and noisy French cafe. It actually did remind me of the dinner I had in Paris in that it was noisy and the waitstaff wasn't the most attentive (it seemed like they had too many tables for each waiter here). I loved my appetizer here! I had escargot in garlic and butter and it was excellent! Matthew had quite the entree with a $23 burger, although Benjamin was completely unimpressed by it. One of our desserts was creme brulee, which was the third time Matthew had creme brulee on the trip. I think he said the first one (at the Coral Reef) was the best of the three. I keep thinking we need to scan in all the receipts and write reviewlets of the restaurants for future reference. I think I had more $100+ meals that week than I had had cumulatively in the many years before.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
