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Chef Mickey's

When it comes to buffets on the Deluxe Disney Dining Plan you are entitled to one full buffet (all you care to eat) and one non-alcoholic beverage (usually refillable) for one credit per person.

The buffet area at Chef Mickey's has two sides which has the same dishes, and meets in the middle. If one side is busy, chances are the other side isn't, so head over there! Because of the way the buffet is , lines tend to form so you can shuffle along a bit if lots of people are up there at the same time.

Most of the Disney breakfast buffets have the same staples - eggs, bacon, sausages, biscuits and gravy, as well as fruit, cereals, pastries etc. I have noticed that they all have some dishes which are unique to them, and these are the things we (Steve and I at least, Liam isn't so adventurous for breakfast!) tend to go for to break up the monotony of breakfast food! The turkey hash and the potato casserole are good here.


You can't go to Chef Mickey's and not have a Mickey waffle! There are also freshly made pancakes, blintzes (cream cheese filled pancakes) and so many sweet treats, you wonder if it is breakfast or dessert time!


Our server was quite slow to refill our drinks, but she was friendly which is more than can be said for the one we had at Cape May Café!

Chip 'n' Dale Snack Company

We also bought the first of our "take home as gifts" snacks - 3 packs of Chip 'n' Dales trail mixes. We bought one of each:

• Mountain Mix with peanuts, raisins, almonds, cashews and milk chocolate buttons
• Nature's Trail Mix with sunflower kernels, raisins, almonds, pumpkin kernels and cashews
• Spicy Mickey Mix with a hint of Cajun spice includes Mickey pretzels, peanuts and almonds

We have yet to eat them, so can't say if they're good or not, but they sound like great mixes of snacks and I think are a bargain for 1 snack credit as they would keep you going all day. What I don't understand about the snacks though, it says you redeem a snack credit for a single serving, these packs have six servings! Same with a few other items we bought on snack credits, but who am I to argue with Disney logic!

Some great updates. Really good report.

Frozen Banana

A snack break was in order, so Steve and I bought a frozen banana to share, and Liam just wanted a Powerade, so we used 2 snack credits for those. I remember reading about frozen bananas many, many years ago on a Disney website, and even before I had ever been to Orlando, I knew I'd have to get me one of those! They're ice cold, sweet and covered in a layer of chocolate and nuts. They don't melt as quickly as an ice cream does! We also bought a bottle of Sprite earlier in the day

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Loving this report, your photos are fab as well.

Flying Fish Café

We had a fairly late reservation at Flying Fish Café, and didn't have to wait too long for our table. I do like in signature restaurants, at least in our experience on this trip, is that you don't feel rushed - even more so when you're on a later sitting.

When it comes to the Disney Deluxe Dining Plan and signature dining, you are entitled to one appetizer, one entrée, one dessert and one non-alcoholic drink (usually refillable) for 2 credits per person.


Me: Chardonnay-steamed Seasonal Mussels - fennel, chillies, pesto crema, and ciabatta crostini ($18)

Him: Yellowfin Tuna Tartare and Crispy Tepura Tuna - vegetable sushi roll - Hijiki and wakame seaweed, yuzu tobiko, and wasabi foam with a sweet-and-spicy sauce ($18)

The Boy: Crispy Togarashi-scented Calamari and Florida Rock Shrimp - spiced green papaya, wakame, and vegetable julienne with an Asian-inspired dipping sauce ($15)

I don't like fennel, but I really fancied the mussels and asked the waiter if they cooked the sauce from scratch, which they do, and could they leave out the fennel, which they could. Mussels it was! The portion was huge, and the crostini was lovely and crunchy.


Steve's sushi was presented beautifully, although the light just wasn't working for me so it's not the best photo I'm afraid! A generous appetizer, with a spicy kick to it. It was my second choice if they hadn't been able to accommodate my "no fennel" request!


Liam getting more adventurous by the meal decided he would try the calamari and rock shrimp. None of us had a clue what rock shrimp are and couldn't work out what they were on the plate! I was surprised that he ate most of this, apart from the tentacles! The calamari was not rubbery, and the fried food was lovely and crisp.


Me: Signature Flying Fish Cafe Entree Duo: Char-Crusted Angus NY Strip Steak and Potato-Wrapped Red Snapper - steak with hericot vert, roasted fingerling potatoes, cippolini onions, and beech mushrooms with classic sauce foyot; red snapper over a rich leek fondue with a veal glace de viande, and red wine-cassis butter reduction($47)

Him: Chef's Special Thunder Fish - pan-roasted day-boat Caribbean corvina, butter-poached wild dungeness crab, herb-laced exotic wild rice, toasted pinenuts and a medley of crisp summer-crop vegetables with a Meyer lemon butter emulsion ($40)

The Boy: Char-crusted Angus New York Strip Steak - hericot vert, roasted fingerling potatoes, cippolini onions, and beech mushrooms with classic sauce foyot ($43)

When we dined at Kouzzina, our waitress told us about the red snapper at Flying Fish Café, and having had red snapper only once before when I went to Texas in 1994, I was keen to eat it again as I remembered it tasting very good! I wasn't disappointed. Snapper has a really meaty texture, almost like chicken! It's not too fishy either. My steak was very salty though, and I was disappointed with this portion of the duo - should have just had the snapper!


Steve's main course was very light and full of flavour. The fish was tasty, not too fishy and it made a change to have a different accompaniment than potatoes!


As adventurous as Liam was with his starter, he didn't want to venture to trying fish for his main, so went with a tried and trusted steak. He didn't seem to mind the saltiness of it, and instead of the sides which were listed in the menu, the waiter substituted them for fries instead, which came in a very cute fry basket.


Me: Signature Flying Fish Cafe Caramelized Banana Napoleon - crisp phyllo, banana mousse, crème caramel, exotic fruit coulis and bitter chocolate ($8)

Him: Classic Tahitian Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée - Breton French butter biscuits with blackberry and strawberry accentuations ($6)

The Boy: Seasonal House-Made Sorbets - with fresh Berries and a crisp tuile ($7)

I do love a banana dessert, and really enjoyed this. It looked very pretty on the plate and had lots of different textures and flavours.


Full on vanilla flavour in the crème caramel, and the biscuits we just the right amount of sweet to compliment the dessert.


Liam's always up for a dessert, so when he was in that kind of mood, we generally picked the lightest thing on the menu, which in this case was sorbet. Unfortunately, I forgot to jot down what the sorbet flavours were, but he did eat some of it, and left the rest to me and Steve!


We had a really enjoyable meal at the Flying Fish Café, the service was excellent, and our waiter was very knowledgeable, friendly and funny too. He kept ribbing Liam for checking out the girls out on the Boardwalk! Would definitely come back here in the future.

Fab updates, that sushi looks amazing

fab updates, you've reminded me how much I love that snapper dish at Flying Fish...was your waiter called Bob?