The Wandering Disciple

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: From the creators of the popular Rainforest Café, a new dining attraction has come to Downtown Disney. Ripped right out of the Crustaceous Period, T-Rex Café combines great food with life-sized animatronics dinosaurs to create a one of a kind experience. Construction began in 2007 and the restaurant opened to the public in fall 2008. It features dinosaur themes with animatronics dinosaurs that come to life every twenty minutes during a meteor shower. There is even a large dinosaur gift shop which houses a Build-A-Dino Workshop. The menu features American dishes such as: Burgers Country Fried Steak Rotissare Chicken Steak Seafood Salads The restaurant can become quite crowded during peak hours; you can make reservation through Walt Disney Dining. T-Rex Café is located in Downtown Disney, nestled between the Marketplace and Pleasure Island near parking lot E.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: Downtown Disney is the entertainment complex of the Walt Disney World resort and features a collection of shopping, dining and nightlife to help enhance the theme park experience. One thing that continues to draw visitors to Downtown Disney is its large collections of restaurants. Downtown Disney features a diverse selection of dining options. From quick snacks to formal meals, there is something for everyone in the family. Many of the restaurants located here feature excellent food combined with great theming, making them attractions themselves. The restaurants can be broken down into two categories; counter service and full service. Counter service is where you order your food and seat yourself, similar to a fast food restaurant. Full service is a traditional style restaurant where a waiter or waitress serves your party. You will find the following counter service restaurants at Downtown Disney: Candy Cauldron: snacks and candy. Cooke’s of Dublin: fish and...

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: Tucked away in the dense forest of Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the rustic camp that is home to many of the famous Disney characters. Camp Minnie-Mickey is the best place in the park to meet your favorite character or to catch the high flying action of the Lion King. This portion of the park was originally planned to be the Beastly Kingdom part of Animal Kingdom. Beastly Kingdom was to be the home of mythical animals and creatures such as unicorns, dragons and more. There were plenty of thrill rides planned for this expansion, however budget problems kept the vision from becoming reality and Camp Minnie-Mickey was opened in its place. Although Camp Minnie-Mickey does not have any major ride attractions, it is home to the park’s longest running attraction and one of its most popular shows, Festival of the Lion King. The Broadway style musical features a musical score produced by Elton John and combines acrobatics to produce a one of a kind performance. The show...

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: Sunday morning marked the final day of our weekend trip to Disney. We began the morning by packing the car and getting it ready for our departure this afternoon. The park on today's agenda was Animal Kingdom. My parents and sister joined us for breakfast this morning at the Whispering Canyon. I learned from yesterday's experience and did not order soda, this time I chose a glass of OJ. My mom and sister did order a Coke but they were not surprised with a large glass like I was yesterday. I was looking forward to seeing their reaction. My wife chose the omelet again and this time I went with the Breakfast Skillet. The all-you-can-eat skillet contains eggs, waffles, bacon, sausage, potatoes and biscuits with gravy. Great choice and with all the food, one time through was enough for me. After breakfast, we hit the park. We got to the park an hour after opening and it was starting to get crowded. We headed straight to Kilimanjaro Safari. The animals did ...

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: The Whispering Canyon Café is a table service restaurant located in the lobby of the Wilderness Lodge Resort at Walt Disney World. The café is known for its rowdy atmosphere, obnoxiously funny wait staff and more than you can eat skillets. The café serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is famous for it’s skillets, an all-you-can-eat family style meal served in a cast iron skillet. The breakfast skillet contains scrambled eggs, potatoes, biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage and waffles. The lunch and dinner skillet contains ribs, pulled pork, chicken, mashed potatoes, baked beans, corn on the cob, coleslaw and mixed greens. In addition to the skillets, the café also has a full menu that includes: Eggs Benedict (breakfast) Belgian Waffle (breakfast) Pancakes (breakfast) Omelets (breakfast) Bacon Cheeseburger (lunch) Pulled Pork Sandwich (lunch) Chicken Sandwich (lunch) Turkey Sandwich (lunch) Rib-eye Steak (dinner) Meatloaf (dinner) Ribs (dinner) Trout (dinner)...

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: The Tangierine Café is a quick service restaurant located in the Morocco pavilion of Epcot’s World Showcase. It highlights traditional Moroccan cuisine for lunch and dinner. It is located near the entrance to the Morocco pavilion in a reproduction of a Moroccan market café. Shawarma Sandwiches Wraps Meatball Platter Mediterranean Sliders Tabouleh Couscous Salad Desserts The Tangierine Café participates in the Disney Dining Plan and as a quick service credit.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida: Across the World Showcase Lagoon lies a quaint neighborhood filled with fountains and French shops. Although it might feel like a busy Paris neighborhood, it is actually the France Pavilion at Epcot’s World Showcase. Opened in 1982 with the grand opening of World Showcase, the France pavilion is a authentic replica of a Paris neighborhood. There are luxurious French boutiques, bistros and the Eiffel Tower in the background. The staff of the pavilion even have a French influence, helping to authenticate the experience, it doesn’t take long to forget you are in Central Florida. The only attraction of the pavilion is the film Impressions de France. The 18 minute film takes you on a tour of France from the major cities to the country with all the major attraction in between. The film features close to fifty French landmarks. Since the main goal of World Showcase is to allow you to experience the culture of other countries, it is only fitting that the pavilion be...