squad51
06-20-2011, 02:26 PM
So we just got back from a week at POFQ. The group consisted of me, wife, 3 sons, g-ma & g-pa, and nephew. Some of the trip was hurt by weather and some by over the top expectations. I hope this trip report can provide the good and the not so good points.
Sunday - We drove down from Milwaukee, WI. We actually left on Friday and drove for three days. After sitting on the Florida Turnpike for an hour and a half and moving only 2 miles we came across the reason for the traffic jam, a fatal roll over car crash. Needless to say no matter how bad you think your day is, it could always be worse. We got to the world and checked in to POFQ without complications. We decided to go swimming before our 430 ADR at 1900 park fare. This is when my wife's swimsuit decided to give way and tore in half. So 7 of us decided to swim. We stayed in the pool a little to long to rely on Disney Transport to go to GF so we drove over. This is when I noted tat at the GF if you do not use valet parking you will be treated like a second class citizen. We were told to park in a lot across the street that looked like a factory employee lot. Bad enough guests pay through the nose to stay here but if you do not pay more the magic is lost. At 1900 the dinner was not as good as it was the last time I had a meal there. Granted that was in 2000. The quality of the food was very good and tasty. The carved pork and the chicken and mushroom dish were top notch, we just felt that 5 adults and 3 kids paying $320 for dinner should have had more selection. There is more food selection at Golden Corral than at 1900 Park Fare. After dinner mom and wife went out to find a new swimsuit and the rest of us went for a monorail ride. After which we called it a night and retired to bed to prepare for our first park day.
Sunday - We drove down from Milwaukee, WI. We actually left on Friday and drove for three days. After sitting on the Florida Turnpike for an hour and a half and moving only 2 miles we came across the reason for the traffic jam, a fatal roll over car crash. Needless to say no matter how bad you think your day is, it could always be worse. We got to the world and checked in to POFQ without complications. We decided to go swimming before our 430 ADR at 1900 park fare. This is when my wife's swimsuit decided to give way and tore in half. So 7 of us decided to swim. We stayed in the pool a little to long to rely on Disney Transport to go to GF so we drove over. This is when I noted tat at the GF if you do not use valet parking you will be treated like a second class citizen. We were told to park in a lot across the street that looked like a factory employee lot. Bad enough guests pay through the nose to stay here but if you do not pay more the magic is lost. At 1900 the dinner was not as good as it was the last time I had a meal there. Granted that was in 2000. The quality of the food was very good and tasty. The carved pork and the chicken and mushroom dish were top notch, we just felt that 5 adults and 3 kids paying $320 for dinner should have had more selection. There is more food selection at Golden Corral than at 1900 Park Fare. After dinner mom and wife went out to find a new swimsuit and the rest of us went for a monorail ride. After which we called it a night and retired to bed to prepare for our first park day.