Once you get the lay if the land, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort becomes an ideal environment for running. It was a beautiful 59 degrees F when I stepped outside this morning – you really can’t beat the temperature and the scenery for more perfect running conditions.
I love the colors of the new striped hot air balloon in Downtown Disney. I want to climb aboard and end up in Oz!
It’s a brisk, sunny morning in Walt Disney World, and I’m about to get my browse on. Lets go see what we can see here in Downtown Disney, soon to be renamed "Disney Springs".
Found my friends, found my food !
It rained in great, monsoon-like waves and. Noww it’s delightfully cool. Busy week ahead of me – gotta get a good night’s sleep. See ya real soon!
This is the SIXTH in a series of “do-over” posts that are being created to make up for the mobile blogging errors that occurred during my last trip to Orlando.
It is a well-established fact amongst those who know me that I have excellent parking mojo. At least, they’ve heard me declare it often enough to believe it might be true 😉 Parking mojo tends to be somewhat less potent in the parks, as the parking attendant CMs are empowered with mojo over-ride. But outside of the parks, my parking mojo pretty much prevails. Therefore, it was no surprise to me that when Joy, Al, and I proceeded from Disney’s Animal Kingdom to Downtown Disney, we found a spot very close to Planet Hollywood without too much searching, and proceeded to Pleasure Island without further delay.
Our chosen venue for the evening: Raglan Road, an Irish pub and restaurant located on Pleasure Island. The place boasts Irish cuisine, music, dancing and beer; indeed, there are four bars! I was soon to discover that the beer makes more than just the obvious appearance on the menu. It’s used to make a glaze for some of the dishes which is incredibly sweet and addictive.
The toe-tapping entertainment began pretty much without delay. Irish step dancers graced the center platform as well as the small stage where a group of acoustic musicians knocked it out of the park with every number. One of the dancers even engaged a small child from the audience, coaching her on the sidelines ahead of time and then bringing her up to the stage to have a go at entertaining the crowd. Of course, the crowd ate it up along with their dinner 🙂
Here’s some of that Guinness glaze I was talking about – well, had I not just about licked the bones clean, you might be able to see it better! The three of us decided to split the Appetiser D’Lirrah for Two. Knowing that restaurants over-serve everything, we figured it would be more than adequate for the three of us and we weren’t wrong. In addition to the ribs, there were also sausages, scallops and “Drunk Chicken”, made with whiskey. I actually could have added a salad to all of that and called it a night, but there was more food coming!.
Ah, dinner – and the only disappointment of the evening. I decided to try something new – colcannon. It’s basically mashed potatoes with cabbage in it, but what I didn’t expect was half an ocean’s worth of salt. I can’t believe how much salt they put in it. I think there were little bits of bacon as well, which only exacerbated the problem. The fish, however, was delightful – Atlantic salmon, baked with a maple glaze. Wonderful!
Here’s the band at Raglan Road. I believe their name is “Creel”. After a short break, they were at it again, full tilt. Although the language frustrates me – could it be any further from English? – I love, love, love Irish music, and the way you can trace a lot of American folk music directly back to its Irish roots. We had a lively discussion at the table concerning the origins of the banjo; I believed I remembered that it was based upon an African instrument and crossed the pond in a sort of reverse commute from America back to Ireland, but Al thought it was the other way around. Fortunately, the world has smartphones with data plans, and I was able to fire up Wikipedia to bolster my cause. Follow this link if you want to know who won that debate 😉
We soon found ourselves waddling out of Raglan Road completely stuffed and following the sound of a classical guitar as though we were rats tuning in to the Pied Piper. We found this fellow, an “international artist of the gypsy guitar”, tossing his instrument in the air like it was a pizza and not missing a note in the process. We were enthralled, wandering away with stars in our eyes when he took a break. Food coma + music coma = bliss 🙂
We tried to get tickets for Characters In Flight after this, but the line was impossibly long and not moving at all, so we decided to call it a night. I drove Joy and Al back to their hotel and bid them goodbye; they flew back to Long Island aka Da Loverly Isle of Long, the very next morning.
NEXT TIME: A blue sky Disney day at EPCOT
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Excellent Spanish guitarist by the margarita stand on Pleasure Island. He threw his guitar in the air like it was a pizza!
These guys are excellent – fulll of brogue and energy!
The beef stew came in a cauldron!
Her name is Danielle, and we think she might be making it up as she goes along 😉
Let the insanity begin!
We’re looking forward to the music and the dancing. Oh and the foo LOL 😉
I am getting the holiday turkey sandwich – and one for the freezer 🙂
Curry chicken salad FTW! Got my sweatshirt now, no longer frozen.
Frequent guests to the World might recognize this iconic gas station signage. What’s the price where you live?
You can see the weather we’re up against – intermittent and sometimes even simultaneous rain and sunshine. Now that I’ve stuffed myself, I need to walk around a bit before getting in the car for a three-hour drive. A good browse through World of Disney should do the trick!
I usually get the Hawaiian BBQ but I decided to branch out. It’s really good! I wonder how many miles on the treadmill this is gonna cost me? LOL!
Need to fuel both self and car before heading home. It’s raininf so it’s crowded inside.
Mickey Head In The Fence
Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida
February 21st, 2008
The Spitting Stitch, on top of the entrance to the World of Disney Store
Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida
The Big Lego Dragon, Downtown Disney
Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
To the left, you can see part of Fulton’s, a restaurant that specializes in seafood. In the background across the lake is Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort.
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The Spitting Stitch, on top of the entrance to the World of Disney Store
