Friday, March 8, 2013
We always like to get in a mini golf game or two when we are in Florida (or just about anywhere). It was nearing the end of our vacation, we didn't have anything planned that night, and I got a good discount with my annual pass, so we decided to head to Fantasia Gardens Mini Golf. We played the Gardens Course (the easier of the two there). Surprisingly it wasn't very busy. There were a few groups infront of us and we had to wait a few times, but not for very long. Any groups that came in behind us were well behind us and didn't come close to having to wait for us. In fact, there were a couple of holes we played more than once while we were waiting for the young boys infront of us to finish. When we finished the Gardens Course, we were debating about playing the Fairways Course, but there were a couple big groups of people coming in that were going to play it so we decided not to play and head on out (over to Winter Summerland, in fact.)
The Gardens Course is a nice course. Everything is always kept clean and up to date. The holes are average difficulty. Not really too easy, but most of them weren't super hard either. We usually end up mini golfing in the early evening rather than the daytime for some reason. Definately something I would recommend people to do, especially on an off day from the parks. I think it might be around $12.00 for adults, probably a little less for kids. I didn't really pay too much attention to the price. We knew we wanted to do it and I got a 50% discount, making it affordable. We have mini golfed off Disney grounds, and Disney is not that much more expensive than the other places.
Adventures in Travelling
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney (Florida 2013)
Saturday, March 9, 2013
We had a late night supper at Rainforest Cafe. Very late. Let me start at the beginning. We spent the day at Typhoon Lagoon water park. When we went to leave, our bag had been stolen (containing our wallets, cell phones, clothes, van keys, cameras, hotel key). After filling out all the paperwork for Disney and the police, getting a new cell phone, getting our spare keys from the hotel, and driving around looking for out stuff, we needed to get something to eat and do some shopping. I had left most of my shopping until the very end so it wouldn't be in the way. Coincidently, my shopping list for the most part was in the form of pictures on my cell phone (long gone by now).
It was probably close to 11pm when we got to Rainforest Cafe. I had a headache the size of Canada, I had just lost my cool and finally broke down crying, but knew we needed to eat. They were able to take us in right away. Neither one of us wanted to spend much time there (we still had to pack to leave the next day), so we explained our situation to the waitress, who was very accomodating.
We decided to order the Rainforest burger wih red skin garlic mashed potatoes.
Rainforest Burger - burger piled high with a fried onion ring, served on a toasted bun with tomato, lettuce, onion, and your choice of cheese $13.99
Overall, the burger wasn't bad and the mashed potatoes were good. This isn't a restaurant we usually visit due to their pricing being kind of high. It wasn't bad, but it won't be on the top of my list to return to. We have quite a few other favorites we like to visit if we decide to splurge. This was in the right place and the right time. I also feel that because there are other locations across the country, we could visit them instead of using our time and money at Disney towards this.
We had a late night supper at Rainforest Cafe. Very late. Let me start at the beginning. We spent the day at Typhoon Lagoon water park. When we went to leave, our bag had been stolen (containing our wallets, cell phones, clothes, van keys, cameras, hotel key). After filling out all the paperwork for Disney and the police, getting a new cell phone, getting our spare keys from the hotel, and driving around looking for out stuff, we needed to get something to eat and do some shopping. I had left most of my shopping until the very end so it wouldn't be in the way. Coincidently, my shopping list for the most part was in the form of pictures on my cell phone (long gone by now).
It was probably close to 11pm when we got to Rainforest Cafe. I had a headache the size of Canada, I had just lost my cool and finally broke down crying, but knew we needed to eat. They were able to take us in right away. Neither one of us wanted to spend much time there (we still had to pack to leave the next day), so we explained our situation to the waitress, who was very accomodating.
We decided to order the Rainforest burger wih red skin garlic mashed potatoes.
Rainforest Burger - burger piled high with a fried onion ring, served on a toasted bun with tomato, lettuce, onion, and your choice of cheese $13.99
Overall, the burger wasn't bad and the mashed potatoes were good. This isn't a restaurant we usually visit due to their pricing being kind of high. It wasn't bad, but it won't be on the top of my list to return to. We have quite a few other favorites we like to visit if we decide to splurge. This was in the right place and the right time. I also feel that because there are other locations across the country, we could visit them instead of using our time and money at Disney towards this.
Florida 2013 Summary
February 17-March 11, 2013
A quick summary of our trip. Individual reviews will be in following posts. Here are the main things we did on the vacation.
-Downtown Disney
-Detroit Tigers Spring Training
-Parkesdale Farm Market
-Outlet Mall
-Divers Direct Store
-Fantasy of Flight
-Splitsville Bowling Alley at Downtown Disney
-Tupperware Brand World Headquarters
-Magic Kingdom
-Epcot
-Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival
-Miller's Ale House
-Detroit Tigers a Philidelphia Phillies Grapefruit League game in Clearwater
-Stayed at Golden Link Motel in Kissimmee
-Stayed at Holiday Inn Express in Crystal River
-Scuba diving/manatee snorkelling
-Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park
-Cirque Du Soleil La Nouba
-Earl of Sandwich at Downtown Disney
-Pirates Island Mini Golf
-Ripley's Believe It or Not
-Detroit Tigers at Atlanta Braves Grapefruit League game at ESPN Wide World of Sports
-Be Our Guest restaurant at Magic Kingdom
-Kona Cafe at Polynesian resort
-Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers Grapefruit League game in Lakeland
-Characters in Flight balloon ride
-Typhoon Lagoon
-Winter Summerland mini golf
-Fantasia Gardens mini golf
-Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney
A quick summary of our trip. Individual reviews will be in following posts. Here are the main things we did on the vacation.
-Downtown Disney
-Detroit Tigers Spring Training
-Parkesdale Farm Market
-Outlet Mall
-Divers Direct Store
-Fantasy of Flight
-Splitsville Bowling Alley at Downtown Disney
-Tupperware Brand World Headquarters
-Magic Kingdom
-Epcot
-Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival
-Miller's Ale House
-Detroit Tigers a Philidelphia Phillies Grapefruit League game in Clearwater
-Stayed at Golden Link Motel in Kissimmee
-Stayed at Holiday Inn Express in Crystal River
-Scuba diving/manatee snorkelling
-Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park
-Cirque Du Soleil La Nouba
-Earl of Sandwich at Downtown Disney
-Pirates Island Mini Golf
-Ripley's Believe It or Not
-Detroit Tigers at Atlanta Braves Grapefruit League game at ESPN Wide World of Sports
-Be Our Guest restaurant at Magic Kingdom
-Kona Cafe at Polynesian resort
-Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers Grapefruit League game in Lakeland
-Characters in Flight balloon ride
-Typhoon Lagoon
-Winter Summerland mini golf
-Fantasia Gardens mini golf
-Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney
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