Taste of Disney

November 2018 Trip Review

For those unfamiliar with the Belle Vue Lounge, it is located on the 2nd floor (same floor as the lobby) of the Boardwalk Resort, on the “Inn” side of the resort rather than the “Villas” side.  If you have been a guest of the Boardwalk Inn, you’ve probably walked by the Belle Vue either on your way to the elevators to go up to your room, on your way out to the Boardwalk via the indoor staircase or on your way to the lobby/bus stop.  And if you did this between the hours of 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or Midnight – 6:30 a.m. there wasn’t much to see there.  It looks like just a quiet sitting room…

But starting at 6:30 a.m. it becomes a very convenient place to get your coffee and continental-style breakfast.  Since I’ve often stayed at the Boardwalk Inn, this is my go-to place for coffee most every morning plus a light breakfast at least once during my stay…this time it was twice.

Though they have fruit (bananas and apples I believe) and cereal (individual boxes of dry cereal), I usually get one of their breakfast pastries.  These pastries come from the Boardwalk Bakery and are the same price here as what is charged for them at the bakery.  So if you are staying at the Boardwalk and only want a breakfast pastry and cup of coffee in the morning then I highly recommend the Belle Vue to save yourself some time (shorter lines) and steps.

Ok, now on to my choices.  There were many of the same breakfast pastry options as what I found at the bakery during my visit there earlier in the week, including muffins, danish, croissants, cinnamon rolls, sticky buns, bagels, and scones.  So on Thursday morning I chose…

Cheese Danish – $3.99

And from a different angle…

 

Earlier in the week I had taken a photo of the Cheese Danish in the Boardwalk Bakery’s display case…

 

As you can see there was much more icing on those than the one I got at the Belle Vue, so if lots of icing on your danish is your thing than you might want to head on down to the bakery.   But I was content with the smaller amount of icing on my danish.  It was really good…as the cheese danish at Disney World always are.  Moist, fresh, delicious!

Two mornings later, on my last morning at the Boardwalk, I again wanted a light breakfast that I could eat in my room, as I was busy packing up.  So this time I went with…

Blueberry Muffin – $3.49

Some more photos, this time with the wrapper off…

And then a look inside…

 

 

As you can see, it had a good amount of blueberries.  Also there was a small amount of crumbly streusel on top.  The muffin was good, but would have been even better heated for a few seconds in a microwave.  Sadly though, I was staying on the Inn side and not the Villa side so no microwave in my room.

While both my danish and muffin were good, if I had to choose just one it would definitely be the Cheese Danish.  Yum!

Oh, and by the way, I was able to use my refillable mug (which I got at the beginning of my trip when I was on the Dining Plan) here for coffee in the morning.  Also they accept Dining Plan snack credits at the Belle Vue during breakfast.

One more thing of note, the cast member  who works here most every morning (and has for many years) is super nice and always serves you with a smile.  I wish I could remember her name to give her a shout out for years of great service but sadly it escapes me.

As for evenings, starting at 5:30 p.m. (until midnight) the Belle Vue transforms into a cocktail lounge. Sadly no food is served at night so I’ve never taken the time to stop in for just a cocktail.  Maybe someday.

So that just leaves the ratings.  Yelp, Trip Advisor reviewers and I all give the Belle Vue Lounge a rating of 4 1/2 stars.

 

 

October 2015 Trip Review

After photographing the decorated pumpkins on display in the Boardwalk’s lobby, I stopped by the Belle Vue Lounge for some breakfast to take back to our room. For those of you not familiar with the lounge, it’s located down the hallway from the lobby, just before the elevators on the Inn side of the resort. By night it functions as a typical bar-type lounge, except I don’t believe they serve food like many of the other Disney resort lounges. I’ve actually never stopped by in the evening for a drink, but it is something that is on my Disney bucket list to do sometime.

As for now though, I’m going to tell you a little bit about the mornings at the Belle Vue Lounge. Many times over the years that I’ve stayed at the Boardwalk Resort, I’ve not felt like walking down to the bakery on the boardwalk. Instead I would stop in at the lounge, which always has some of the breakfast pastries from the Boardwalk Bakery available for purchase. On this morning, in addition to two cups of coffee I also chose a raspberry cheese danish for me…

And for my husband I got a cinnamon roll…

I took these up to our room where my husband and I enjoyed our quiet breakfast. The coffee was again great (I wish I could remember the special blend that they had at the lounge, as it was different than what was served at the bakery) but the pastries were just okay. Unfortunately we didn’t have a microwave (since we were staying on the Inn side instead of the Villas this time), as I think they would have benefited immensely from being warmed. Next time I will probably stick to getting a muffin at the lounge. While the muffins are even better warm, they are usually pretty good at room temperature too.

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