Originally Posted By JenniBarra Dining: Breakfast – breakfast on balcony Lunch – Columbia Harbor House, Magic Kingdom Dinner – Boma, Animal Kingdom Lodge Entertainment – Wishes fireworks, Magic Kingdom Comments: Over the last couple of days of the trip, we have been on the hunt for a specific size and color of a polo shirt. While at least one cast member had suggested World of Disney, I had intentionally avoiding going as DH has repeatedly said prior to (and during) the trip to please “be reasonable” in regard to souvenirs. As much as I still want to check out the new T-Rex restaurant, I thought Downtown Disney would be just too much of a temptation! DH kindly offered to head to Downtown Disney while I headed off to Magic Kingdom to see if he could finally procure the shirt. Alas, the shirt was not there, either, but he did bring back a cute pull-over hoodie for me. Meanwhile, some hometown friends had arrived in Florida the day before and they, too, planned to be in the Magic Kingdom that day. We caught up with them around lunchtime and then enjoyed a few attractions together. (One of those attractions was Splash Mountain. I *don’t* enjoy the drop on this one so the deal was if my husband, a Stitch hater, was going to make me ride, he would have to do Stitch’s Great Escape! I even warned him that Stitch likes chili dogs and is in Experiment 626 mode, but that did not deter him.) They left to take a break mid-afternoon, but we continued to enjoy our afternoon in the park. Soon it was evening time. We checked out the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse and had a terrific view of the park all lit up. We capped our evening in the park with fireworks close to the hub. On the bus ride back to the hotel, we had talked about picking up some dinner from the Mara. DH decided that he really, really wanted to see if we could do a walk-up for Boma. It ends up that other guests were either still at Magic Kingdom or watching the Super Bowl because we got seated easily. It was quiet aside from once in a while hearing excited shouts from the bar nearby. ::sigh:: It was our last night already…
Originally Posted By JenniBarra Boma deserves to be loved. <g> I can't categorize like he does, but DH would say Boma is his #2 favorite restaurant in WDW. (#1 being 'Ohana.) There is a huge variety on the buffet line - both in types of foods offered and the tastes you experience. As the CMs giving the culinary tour emphasized, it's not that the food is spicy as in "hot" but that it is spicy as in "flavorful." I will be honest in that we believe that experimenting with the food the first time we ever ate there (this was probably about seven years ago) actually encouraged us to try more cuisines once we got back home. That's something about WDW in general. Some people think that some guests will think they've seen enough of the world by visiting places like World Showcase and not ever feel compelled to visit the real places. I think WDW can inspire you to take adventures outside its gates. As for Splash, I actually don't like the drop at either Magic Kingdom or Disneyland! (Though I think WDW's Splash has one more drop *inside* the mountain than DL.) In a perfect world, there would be a Splash Mountain where I could more slowly go past all the interior scenes, get out of the boat before the vultures, and then rejoin the boat after the drop! : ) I'm not keen on big drops, going backward, and the like. My speed is stuff like the Matterhorn and Indy. Beyond that, it gets too intense for me.
Originally Posted By disney pete ah ha hence the dislike of tower of terror and rnr coaster i knew ther had to be a suitable explanation
