Your Guide to L.E.T.S. (Leisure, Entertainment, Travel, and Savings)
Is Disney hot in April, heck yes. So what are you to do. Stop at a number of ice cream shops that do the park and get something cool. A chocolate covered Mickey is always a treat.
Sunshine Tree Terrace is an example of those stops. We grabbed some soft serve while in the park to fight the heat.
As a reminder that although there are a lot of place that sell ice cream they do have differences. For example not so do soft serve.
After a fun day at Disney we decided to visit a restaurant at a nearby hotel. So to Todd English’s Bluezoo we tried.
We got a reservation and showed up a little early and stopped by the bar for a cocktail. The cockatiels were ok. The bar tender let the drinks set halfway through crafting to handle other customers which let the ice melt and water down the drinks. I normally take pictures of the drinks too share but the bar was too dark to take a good picture with out cameras. This brings up a point about the whole restaurant. The lights are turned down really low. It gives the impression that your eating in a cave or a restaurant that cannot pay their power bill.
For dinner we ordered an Angus steak and lobster pasta. Both were good but way over priced.
This is the $55 steak posts and mushrooms.
The food is good but the price to quality ratio is not here. Go somewhere else for food and drinks.
So to sum up Todd English’s Bluezoo, had good food but not worth the cost.
Just want to do a quick post on the room. It’s clean nice and comfortable. No complaints.
So got to the Yacht Club hotel and stopped in the Ale and Compass for dinner. It’s been a few years since we have been here but the magic needs some work. I guess like everywhere else the are having staffing issues because it took forever to get service.
We ordered some drinks and bread which did not show up before the entries. Yes that is correct we got the food b before the drinks. Not really acceptable.
I ordered the pasta with chicken
The chicken is was ok but the pasta itself was poorly cooked. It was clumped and stuck together. I wouldn’t buy this again. We also found out that the bread the waiter offered to bring which I didn’t take a picture of was $13 for five small roles.
The drinks that came were very good. I got a Purple Mariners the wife got a Manhattan. Both were excellent.
Overall I would eat dinner somewhere else.
We started our Disney trip by picking up our rental car, a Chevy Malibu. We then made the drive from NC to Disney. A eight to ten hour to ten hour trip. Well it ended up being nine hours since so many people keep having wrecks. Not the longest drive but it gave us plenty of time to wonder does anyone actually want to buy a Malibu? The handling was bad. The road noise was excessive, and the viability out of the car’s fit and finish was cheap. I think this car must only be made to be sold to car rental companies.
Any way we are now at Disney and are going the magic will start.
Just some last shots from the Luxor Hotel in Vegas. Really cool place that you should really visit.
Went to the Tournament of Kings at the Excalibur Casino
We have been to other similar show such as Medievel Times. This was definitely different. The inclusion of the King Author story and dancers added a great differentiator. If you have three time you should definitely go.
Stopped by Nacho Daddy’s for lunch. We had tried to go earlier but they were packed. We grabbed some lunch. The prices were high but the food was good. It’s nice to say you’ve been but not really worth the price despite the size. The wait staff was awesome.
After dinner at Planet Hollywood Cafe, we decided to hit Ben and Jerry’s. The staff was really nice and the ice cream rocked.
So after we left V we went to grad dinner or first stop was crowded with an hour wait. We decided to head to the Planet Hollywood Cafe instead. The menus is a paired down option from the old Planet Hollywood Restaurant. The food was fine but not great. I would say if possible go somewhere else. They do have an advantage of being open late so if you get hungry late at night go there.
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