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What is your hidden gem restaurant at Disney?

Would have said GF Cafe about 10 years ago until they went to that brunch menu that has almost nothing we each like. Had a yukky dinner there last trip. Too bad. We have glowing memories of the lobster Thermidor burger years ago, topped with a whole claw’s meat. Ohhhh, my! Not like that will return. < sniffle! > We enj

ROFR Report 04/04/26 - 04/10/26

Actually, we’re kinda grateful to ROFR Monster for gobbling up an OKW contract we bid on several years ago, figuring we’d mostly use the points for sleeping around. (That’s trying other DVC resorts for you newbies who may not know the term.) After the monster munched it up, we realized OKW wasn’t for us anyway. Whew!

Grand Floridian to All-Star Music (LOL)

Seconding Amy that the area in front of Gaspy’s is excellent if you get there earlier than early. It’s a very popular site because you have a straight on view of the castle. Just stunning. Lots of people suggest timing dinner at Narcoosees to include fireworks—the catch being that people pack the deck to the point that

Best steak on property?

Yachtsman used to do a very good steak, now passable to nearly there, imo. (Roasted garlic for the bread—YOWZA!) I’m heavily biased, I confess. I grew up on beef from a relative’s small family feedlot. Very few steaks or burgers equal how deelish the meat we got from them was.

Villas at Grand Floridian Owners Thread

Staying in a VGF 1br is a well-documented cause of addonitis. Our first contract was 100 pts. Our eyes lit like the Osborne Lights when we realized what those double points at direct buy-in can do. Yup, spent a blissful week in a 1br. And then, a mere 2 years later, point costs did the usual thing, leaving us studio-bo

Favorite Restaurant and Why?

DVCDad mentions: One caveat is that my family is vegan, so I am selecting very specifically for a narrow set of plant-based options. Are you a fan of Princess and the Bear’s YT restaurant reviews? They do a good job detailing likes/dislikes, imo. Princess is vegan and explains well which dishes can be modified at each

Bay Lake Tower Owners Thread

We’ve a week at BLT starting THIS weekend. I need me some Disney in a serious way. Cannot wait to be home again. Have stayed in the Contemporary and eaten there various times but not even dropped in to BLT. Hints and tips requested, please, for those little known hidey holes and other BLT secrets—the things that make B

BoardWalk Villas Owners Thread

808Mouse says: Boardwalk is simply vibrant & electrifying. Precisely why we found it too much of a muchness and escaped to BCV. Yes, BWV is lovely since the refurb, and we did stay briefly in a cozy 1br. It surely does have a boardwalk atmosphere that many enjoy immensely. (I actually LIKE those infamous nanny chairs.)

Beach Club Villas Owners Thread

H’lo back atcha, DVCDad. We’re VGF/BCV owners, too. We did nothing beyond walking through the building and across the BCV courtyard to conclude we definitely wanted to buy there. Just our vibe, classy and peaceful. Still haven’t stayed at either BC or BCV. We tend to do that—buy, then stay. Which most everybody will te

Welcome to DVC Fan Forums!

heeee hee hee Oh, yeah, Sweetie, I’m already ahead of you in post count. You know me on Disney forums—insatiable. So, yeah, the photo up there <points upward> is from one of our holiday season trips. Yes, trips-plural. This wonderful guy takes me to Disney almost every year to celebrate my and my twin Mickey’s birthday

Villas at Grand Floridian Owners Thread

The Grand has been our home since 2010, resort side, until we finally did the forehead slap, “What have we been thinking? We NEED to get into DVC!” That we did in 2017, buying direct when it was off-sale. We did NOT care. We knew we wanted The Grand and only that resort forever—or 10,000 miles etc. That first contract

Favorite Restaurant and Why?

I’m the contrarian to Ryan C. Mine is an easy-peasy choice—Victoria and Albert’s. Some background on me and hubby, first. We don’t do bars (don’t drink) and aren’t paint-the-town people. Instead, we eat out once or twice a week and otherwise save our bucks for WDW and a magnificent dinner at “Vicki & Al’s.” We Disney l

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