On Wednesday we moved resorts from BW to Saratoga Springs - we love this resort for it's proximity to Downtown Disney and quietness.
We pack up the car but before we leave we head for breakfast in the Captains Grill in the Yacht Club. We quite often eat here once per trip, we've done dinner in the past which was nice but we think it's a hidden gem for breakfast as it quite uniquely offers a all you can eat buffet and a full ala carte menu. Perfect for people of every sized appetite!
His royal highness opts for the buffet, this is obviously a slightly smaller sized buffet than the normal type but has a fab selection of all the basic items - cereals, fruit, pastries, bacon, egg, pancakes, Mickey waffles etc etc.
His first plate, he went back for seconds of the egg, bacon and sausage so guess they were good, hehe
He then picked up a plate of pastries to drink with his coffee
I opted for the fruit yoghurt parfait (listed as an appetiser, I probably should know better by now that their idea of something small to start you off isn't mine)
this was yummy and light, was a berry topping, a plain yoghurt with a little honey, some melon at the bottom over some granola. As I hinted though, it was way bigger than I expected for a breakfast appetiser, I left some as I didn't want it to spoil my 'main'.
I then had The Captain's Omlette
which is an open faced cheese omlette with Lobster, potato and Chive cream. I expected it to be a hint of lobster but there was huge chunks - this was delicious and I gobbled the lot up though did leave some of the potato - while the parfait was tasty I was really regretting it when trying to hoover up my yummy omlette!
At the end our server brought us out a small cupcake and a Happy Anniversary floaty balloon! She was so excited that we were celebrating 20 years too, what a sweetie. Shame we were both so stuffed from the breakfast we could barely manage to eat any of the cake
We zipped over to SSR to check in. I'd already called the resort before we left our BW room - as we'd done online check in it meant I was able to find out if our room was ready as it had already been allocated. It had so we knew we'd be able to get all our luggage in the room - we were completely unpacked, laundry running (yay for 1 bedrooms) and back out the room by about 1:30pm.
We also got our request for Congress Park and bizarre of bizarre events we are either in the exact same room, or same room and a floor higher than we were in last year (I need to check which floor we were on when I get home to know which) - freaky!
Our balcony views
View left, over the quiet pool (kinda, lots of trees!)
middle-ish - that's the top of Fultons there.
To the right, Planet Hollywood - that path is the waterfront path you follow to DTD.
As you can see, while cloudy it's very far from a tropical storm! I sure ain't complaining though
As this was our disrupted day I'd also planned for us to go shopping (it also suited as everyone was expecting TS Nicole to hit (it didn't though!)) so no pictures from the day as it was just spent plodding around Prime Outlets
We couldn't be back at SSR and not go to DTD for the evening so we trotted down the path which is quite a scenic route (well I think).
This fountain is on the junction of the DTD path and quiet pool I mentioned previously.
The DTD balloon - the weather meant it wasn't flying however it was still looking pretty at night across the lake as we pottered down the path.
Fultons is also all lit up - we love this little walk!
As breakfast was late and we'd both been little piggies, we still weren't really that hungry so rather than go for a sit down dinner, we decided to try out the Earl of Sandwich for the first time ever as I know a lot of people on the boards love this place but we'd never been!
The other half went for the Earls Club (basically a turkey club sandwich)
and I opt for the Hawaiin (Ham and Pineapple with a smokey bbq sauce)
Verdict - tasty! I'm not sure I'm quite in the league of 'omg our trip isn't complete unless we go here' but it's definitely on my short list of good places to go back to for some decent counterservice options.
After a little wander around the shops we stroll back and crash in the room. Energy needs to be saved for the next day (Thursday, I've been slacking so behind schedule with my updates!) - him indoors birthday and Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party.
Hopefully if I'm not too stuffed and tired later tonight after Sanaa I'll have time to sort out more pictures and catch up a little bit