After the show, I slowly wandered back towards Main Street and ultimately towards the exit. I took a few more photos along the way. When I came up to Town Square, I noticed a Photopass photographer by the Fire House doing some fun poses. I decided that I would not mind a few more photos either and headed over there. We did a bunch of fun poses and then I got another magic shot. By the time we were finished, I was all theme parked out for one day. I stopped by the entrance for a few more photos and then I headed over to the bus stops.
For once, my ideal little world actually worked. Just as I walked up to my bus stop, the bus pulled in and it was reasonably empty. I headed back to our room. I had arranged with Graham that if I was not back to the room by 17:30, I would meet him outside Olivia's Cafe. I was back about 45 minutes before that time, but there was no sign of Graham. I stretched out on the bed for a bit and checked in online and at 17:30, I got my refillable mug and made the move toward Hospitality House. When I got there, Graham was just walking up to it as well and we went to check in at Olivia's Cafe.
This was one of the first reservations I had made at a time I was really struggling to get excited about this trip. As soon as I knew that we would be in Florida for Thanksgiving, I also knew that I would want to have Thanksgiving dinner at our home away from home. We had eaten at Olivia's Cafe a number of times on previous trips and always enjoyed it. We also had never needed a reservation before, but I figured that this day would be busy. I was right. They were serving both the a la carte menu and a special Thanksgiving menu that was served family style. We got Oven-roasted Turkey served with Stuffing, Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Yams, Giblet Gravy, and Cranberry Sauce. I passed on the Yams and the Cranberry Sauce. I was quite surprised by the portion size as this was just the perfect amount of food for two people. After having had huge portions all trip, this was nice. Once we had finished our food, our server wanted to bring out more, but we declined. For dessert, we had a choice between a slice of Pecan, Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie. Graham went with the Apple Pie and I tried the Pecan Pie. Service that night left something to be desired. It definitely showed that they are not used to being this busy. Our order was taken quickly and some water and our food came out quickly. In fact the food had arrived before the Coke that I had ordered did. I knew that they were busy, so I was not too worried. At some stage I was asked if I wanted a refill, but that never materialised. The real issue arose so when it came time to pay. We had been asked at the podium if we were using the
Disney Dining Plan, which I had confirmed. It also stated very prominently on our Key to the World cards that we were on the Disney Dining Plan. So I was decidedly less than impressed when I realised that she had charged the cash amount for the meal to our room rather than deducting the dining plan credits. I flagged her down and this was refunded and the dining plan credits were deducted. For some reason though the slip we had to sign did not contain the usual space to leave a tip. We waited if she would come back so that we could put this right as neither of us had any cash on us, but after nearly 20 minutes we gave up. I figured that I would be able to sort this out at the podium, but by that time people were queuing out of the door so I gave up on this, too.
Once we left the restaurant, I quickly stopped by their counter service restaurant to fill up my mug with the Coke I never got in the restaurant and then we slowly walked back to the room. It was a beautiful evening. When we got back to the room, I had my Coke and my Chocolate-covered Strawberry and then we settled down in front of the TV. I noticed that the message light was blinking and it was a message from Mickey. We chilled out for about an hour and then we got ready for bed.