We got back from vacation yesterday - Disney was a lot of fun (except for the rain) and a fairly successful vacation (except I met none of my goals for the break). Good food, good family time, and quite relaxing...until that whole craziness that happens anytime you get back from a long vacation -- like a hundred loads of laundry!
The biggest problem was the rain. The storms. Rain, rain, and more rain. Rain nearly every afternoon - and a complete washout the day we were supposed to play at the hotel all day.
Before I left, I was in the last week of a build phase:
Sunday 5/26 - 7.78 mile run
Monday 5/27 - 2 hour 54 minute bike (41.36 miles)
Tuesday 5/28 - 45 minute swim, 2.7 mile run
Wednesday 5/29 - 1 hour 6 minute bike (16.82), 2 mile run (BRICK)
Thursday 5/30 - 45 minute swim, 2.72 mile run
Friday 5/31 - 30 minute swim, travel day #1
Saturday 6/1 - travel day #2, arrive at Disney
Then I took an entire week off my training plan (by design - I moved everything around it). So instead of telling you how I trained, I'll use my platform to give you a short restaurant run-down...because I can. And because you know I love to eat.
- Saturday 6/1
- Lunch @ Sanaa (Animal Kingdom)
- Bread service (naan, chutneys, raita) - excellent
- Lamb kefta sandwich - very good
- Dinner @ Cape May Cafe (Epcot resorts)
- WORST. DISNEY. DINING. EXPERIENCE. EVER.
- Nasty seafood buffet. Lousy service. Low quality food. The list could go on.
- Sunday 6/2
- Breakfast @ Cinderella's Royal Table (Magic Kingdom)
- Princess breakfast
- The food choices have gotten infinitely better here than 3 years ago
- Steak & eggs (chipotle frittata, roasted potatoes), pastries, good coffee
- Lunch @ Liberty Tavern (Magic Kingdom)
- Shared the Thanksgiving feast w/ elder daughter - not bad
- Dinner @ Artists Point (Wilderness Lodge)
- Shared the buffalo strip steak with elder daughter, along with a flight of pinot from the Pacific northwest, and dessert with the husband. Yum - but not the best steak I had at Disney.
- Monday 6/3
- Breakfast (in our room for the remainder of the week - bagels, trail mix, crackers, etc.)
- Lunch @ Hollywood Brown Derby (Phantasmic Prix Fixe) (Hollywood Studios)
- Appetizer - crab spring rolls (good)
- Entree - char-grilled filet of beef w/ white truffle oil mashed potatoes, haricot verts, & golden beets...ZOMG
- Dessert - banana white chocolate toffee tower (kinda like bananas foster on steroids)
- Delightful. Way too much food - but it was prix fixe.
- Dinner @ Hollywood & Vine (Hollywood Studios)
- Standard buffet food...not my favorite, but we were trying to hit different restaurants than before, and we hadn't hit any buffets last time.
- Tuesday 6/4
- Lunch @ Yak & Yeti (Animal Kingdom)
- Shared spring rolls with the table and tempura shrimp with elder daughter - OK, not great
- Dinner @ Boma (Animal Kingdom lodge)
- This could have been very cool - an African-inspired buffet. But the food was weird, it was way too crowded and noisy, and just a generally unpleasant experience. I much prefer Sanaa and Jiko to get my African food on.
- Wednesday 6/5
- Lunch @ Tappan Edo (Epcot)
- I've had better hibachi at home. For cheaper. Both the entertainment and the food were seriously lacking. I mean seriously.
- Dinner @ Kouzzina by Kat Kora (Epcot resorts)
- Bread with 2 types of olive oil - yummo
- Greek tasting trio - also yummo, especially the pastichio (Greek lasagna) - DELISH
- Thursday 6/6
- Lunch @ House of Blues (Downtown Disney)
- Got a spicy burger and sweet potato fries - nothing special, but I didn't expect much
- On the other hand, the menu was created by Aaron Sanchez (regular judge on Chopped), so maybe I should have expected a bit more
- Dinner @ Aloha Luau (Polynesian Resort)
- This is more for the entertainment than for the food, but the food wasn't awful
- A variety of salads, ribs, chicken, pulled pork, dessert, and nasty beer
- Despite the nasty beer, they did keep bringing it (and we got two servings of dessert -- pineapple bread pudding w/ caramel sauce), so that was OK
- Friday 6/7
- Lunch @ Via Napoli (Epcot)
- Excellent brick oven pizza (Naples-style) along with a pitcher of good beer (Birra Moretti La Rosa)
- Dinner @ Monsieur Paul (Epcot)
- The upscale French restaurant...NOM NOM NOM
- Bread service - amazing
- Entree - no surprise, I chose the filet - yep, amazing
- Dessert - warm chocolate & almond cake with a lava center, praline ice cream...holey cow!
- Saturday 6/8
- Lunch @ Crystal Palace (Magic Kingdom)
- Another day, another buffet - probably the best one we experienced food-wise and otherwise
- Plus we got to see the characters from Winnie-the-Pooh
- Dinner@ Narcoosees (Magic Kingdom resorts)
- Possibly the best meal of all...
- Nice bottle of wine
- Bread service - sourdough with Hawaiian sea salt butter, yummy
- Entree - well, duh - the filet...Best Seasoning EVER.
Anyway, so now we're back to reality. I seem to have gained about 5 pounds, but I'm certain some of that will melt off when I start eating properly again. And we got back in time for me to start training last night...of course, the storms cut an early end to Masters swim. :( Plus the crappy weather all along the east coast has the river running around flood stage nearly all the time - don't know when I'll get in the open water again. And I sure as heck don't know when it will not be a crazy current! Enough for now.
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