Taste of Disney

On the first morning of my trip I broke Rule #1 and returned for breakfast at Be our Guest, even though I had just had breakfast there in May. I was able to get a pre-park opening 8:15 ADR, which for some reason I thought was a good idea when planning this trip. But when I had to get up that morning at about 6:00 a.m. after a long travel day the day before, I began to question my sanity. However, I bit the bullet and did it anyway and was at the Boardwalk bus stop waiting for a Magic Kingdom bus by 7:00.

I waited as one bus headed to Animal Kingdom came and went with no one boarding, then bus #2 for Animal Kingdom, followed shortly after by AK bus# 3!! There were only a few of us there at the bus stop…all waiting for the Magic Kingdom bus. When the 4th Animal Kingdom bus drove up I thought the head of the lady seated next to me was going to explode. I looked around for the hidden camera, thinking that we were surely being “Punk’d” by Ashton Kutcher.

Anyway, the angry lady loudly complained to the AK bus driver, who apologized and said the Magic Kingdom bus should arrive within 10 minutes. (I think he was a little afraid that we were going to hijack his bus, because he got out of there pretty quickly ) His promise though that a MK would soon be there was not particularly comforting since we had already been waiting for at least 20 minutes. But thankfully the MK bus arrived within 5 minutes. And it was a pleasant surprise when the bus headed straight to Magic Kingdom once we boarded. During my previous stays at the Boardwalk, Magic Kingdom buses were always shared with the Swan & Dolphin hotels (two more stops) so this was a definite improvement in their bus transportation system.

So anyway, by the time I arrived at Magic Kingdom and got my name checked off the Early Entry Breakfast list it was only a very short wait in line before we were allowed into the park at about 7:45. The park was looking quite nice in its Halloween attire…

Seeing the Halloween decorations made me regret not having purchased a ticket for the MNSSHP. At this point all four of the parties for the last week of October were sold out! Oh well, I did attend the party last year so not the end of the “world” I guess.

When I was last at Magic Kingdom in May there was a lot of construction work taking place in front of the castle. Now more than 5 months later, there was still construction work happening…

So much for trying to get an early morning castle photo, void of human beings.

They were routing people to the walkway that is just over the bridge (by Sleepy Hollow) to get to Fantasyland so I stopped for a side view photo of the castle…

Not as impressive as a front view, but still a pretty awesome sight.

Then it was on to my breakfast destination, in the Beastly Kingdom…

The one in Magic Kingdom, not Animal Kingdom.

I had already pre-ordered my breakfast but took a photo of the menu for my review. But first let’s take a look at the menu for this breakfast from when I was here with my kids on May 17th…

 

And then the October 24th menu…

They look identical except for one thing, the price had increased from $19.99 to $21.99 (or 10%) for adults and from $11.99 to $13.99 for kids. That’s almost a 17% increase on the kid’s price!

Moving on now from the sticker shock to the food. If you read my May dining report you may recall that the four of us all tried something different here. My daughter Allison ordered the Open-Faced Bacon & Egg Sandwich and only rated it a 2 (on our scale of 1 – 5, with 5 being the best)

My daughter Emily had much better luck with her choice of the Eggs Florentine and rated it a 5.

We all agreed though that my son got the pick of the “breakfast” litter here …

He had the Croque Madame and loved it!

As for me, I made an unwise choice by ordering the Croissant Doughnut…

While it was a perfectly good cronut, I just wasn’t feeling like something so sweet on that morning. Therefore I rated the cronut only a 3.

So what did I order this time? Well, I was very tempted to get the Croque Madame since it had been such a hit in May. However, I’d already broken my 1st rule by eating here again so I thought I should abide by Rule #4 and try something different (since technically I had tasted my son’s Croque Madame). So that left the Cured Meats & Cheeses, the Scrambled Egg Whites, or my choice…

Vegetable Quiche with Mushrooms, Zucchini, Bell Pepper, Onion, and Chives served with Fresh Fruit

And a close-up shot of the quiche…

This was actually what I had originally planned to order when we had breakfast here in May but changed my mind and went with the cronut when none of my kids ordered it. I liked the quiche better than the cronut and in comparison would rate it a 4. However, I would have to say that I prefer the quiche at Epcot’s French bakery (Boulangerie Patisserie), both the Quiche Lorraine (with meat) and the Quiche Florentine (without meat). So though the quiche was not a bad choice for breakfast here, I think both the Eggs Florentine and the Croque Madame are better choices.

Along with my quiche came a bowl of fresh fruit, which consisted of cantaloupe and honey dew melon topped with a strawberry (no grapes in the mix like last time)…

The strawberry was good, but the melon was not. It was not ripe so was pretty hard and flavorless.

I also received a tray of assorted breakfast pastries…

Which consisted of a plain croissant, a chocolate one, two mini muffins, and a danish…

When there were four of us dining here in May we received nearly the exact same size platter, with only a cinnamon roll added…

I noticed that the family of 4 seated next to me had the same platter as ours (with the cinnamon roll). So I guess when you dine there solo instead of as a party of 4 you get one less pastry. But regardless of whether there had been 1 pastry or the 5 I received, I did not eat them because they were served stone cold, straight from the refrigerator. Therefore I have to give credit to Sci-Fi for allowing their similar breakfast pastries to reach room temperature before serving them to their guests.

So overall, I left wishing I had skipped this breakfast and slept in on the first morning of my trip. I could have instead had lunch at Be our Guest and tried the same Vegetable Quiche with a salad instead of fruit at lunch for only $10.49, less than half the price. Of course, I wouldn’t have gotten those lovely cold pastries.

But I would have been able to get this at lunch…

Strawberry Cream Cheese Cupcake

Ok, really kicking myself now.

But on the bright side, though my ADR was at 8:15 I was actually seated and had my food by that time so I was done with breakfast before the park officially opened at 9:00. Therefore I was able to use my three FP+ for 7DMT, BTMR and Peter Pan plus ride Little Mermaid, It’s a Small World, and Haunted Mansion, see Mickey’s Philharmagic, take a nap at the Hall of Presidents , and for the very first time ever I took a cruise on the scenic Rivers of America aboard the Liberty Belle…

All of this before my 1:00 lunch reservation. So maybe it was worth getting up at 6:00 that morning after all.

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