Clare tried the 'Classic Chips from Poutine. These were large chips (fries for the Americans reading this) covered in gravy and with cheese curds. She really liked them. I had one (wasn't sure if they had gluten in or not) and they were - indeed - very good. I wanted to head for the allergy friendly Erin McKenna's Bakery. This is an absolute must for those with gluten or dairy and many other intolerances as they serve baked treats that would usually be off limits. The Beach Club shop has donuts and cookies from there, so I was keen to see what other flavours they stocked. I opted for a cookies and cream donut with a decaf coffee. The donut was terrific - the coffee could use some work - but a great experience and really pleased to see this in Disney Springs. Matthew opted for a hot dog from one of the stands and it was good.
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| Erin McKenna Bakery - New York, LA and Disney Springs! |
After a bit of shopping we headed back to the hotel. Clare and I headed to 'Brazil' (in EPCOT) to get some Cheese Bread (GF of course) from the stand and it was delicious. We then had a lazy afternoon before boarding the monorail to head to the Grand Floridian hotel for a wander round and dinner. It is a very large complex, and very upmarket. A few people were wandering round too and you could hear comments like 'I'd never be able to save up enough to afford this place'. It is pretty pricey - even for Disney. Still, we didn't need to worry about that. We had reservations in the Grand Floridian Cafe. Sounds like it might have just been a plain old cafe, but it was very nicely done with polite service and a good menu. Matthew opted for an adult portion from the kids menu of chicken nuggets (didn't know they could so that, so a good tip), Clare went for Lobster Burger (like a surf and turf) and I went for a turkey, ham and bacon open sandwich. Desserts were sorbets all round. Very good indeed. Great good, nice atmosphere, good service. We're likely to be back again.
We then took the resort boat to the Magic Kingdom to Clare and Matthew could do Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Thunder Mountain at night. It was busy in there, but didn't have the slightly rowdy, drunken atmosphere EPCOT has. Much more pleasant, and I'll put that down to the absence of alcohol available. Much more family friendly, and actually, more friendly in general. For example, I've stopped wearing my New England Patriots cap into EPCOT because I've had a couple of idiots shout abuse at me for it. Ridiculous, but there you go...
Anyway, we came back out of the park and took a boat to catch the Electrical Water Pageant - where boats float past the resort with lights and music. Clare had been keen to see this. We couldn't get on the first boat as it was full, and when the next boat arrived we were a little tight for time. We wanted to watch from the Ohana resort, and it turned out even better as we watched from the boat!. People pay a lot of money to rent a boat to do that and we got it for free! So that was pretty fun.
We then got a Minnie Van (Jen was great fun and had a great chat with Matthew about their favourite rides) back to the resort and that was that!
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