11.30: Magic Kingdom, Liberty Tree Tavern & Mickey's Magical Christmas Party

It's Mickey's Magical Christmas Party, bitch!!! During the Christmas party you can walk on almost anything. We ended up going on the Haunted Mansion, It's A Small World, Mickey's Philharmagic, the bathroom, Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid, the bathroom, the bathroom again, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, the bathroom, fireworks, the bathroom and then home. As you may have been able to tell from the repeated bathroom stops, something we ate at Liberty Tree did not agree
with mom and me. I'm told Minnie's firework spectacular that I heard from the bathroom was amazing.

It's a Small World

At the 2016 inauguration of Mr. T____, former President George W Bush, seated on the dais, was heard to say: "That's some weird shit." This ride is some weird shit. It's the same as it always has been, a long river ride in the dark while creepy dolls shriek at you. Highly recommended.

Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin

Katie cheated and got a higher score than the two other of us put together. I don't know how she cheated, but I'm going to find out. This is like the opening of a crime show where we see the crime (Katie cheating somehow), and now it's up to the handsome detective and his scrappy partner to figure out how she cheated. Here's the evidence that she cheated:

C H EA T E D

If you take Katie's score of 128400, add the word "CHEATER," and subtract 128400, what do you get?? The word "CHEATER", which I think we can all agree means that Katie is GUILTY. Case closed.

Liberty Tree Tavern

Like the last time we were here, this is now a pre-fixe place where you get "all you care to enjoy" of two choices. Mom got the Patriot Plate, which is a "declaration salad" with honey shallot dressing, then the main course of Roast Turkey Breast, Pennsylvania Pot Roast, and Oven-roasted Pork with Mashed Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetables, Herb Stuffing, and House-made Macaroni & Cheese, finished off with Johnny Appleseed's Warm Apple Cake with Caramel and Whipped Topping. 

Mom's Thoughts: I thought the salad was the best part. It was okay but not great. I'm disappointed there wasn't more on the menu and you had to just take it or leave it. The dessert was disappointing as well.

Katie and I got the America-Hater Special, which is the same declaration salad, followed by Impossible™ Plant-based Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes, Mushroom Gravy, and Seasonal Vegetables finished off with Ooey Gooey Vanilla Toffee Cake, Chocolate Sauce, and Vanilla Ice Cream. 

Nick: Like last time, I'm amazed at how the Impossible™ Plant-based Meatloaf really smells, feels, and tastes exactly like real meat. That being said, I feel like the novelty may have worn off a little bit on this and revealed the fact that I don't really love meatloaf. It's fine, but 100% accurate plant meatloaf that's just like something I'm not a super huge fan of is at the end of the day something I'm not a huge fan of. The ooey gooey toffee cake was delicious, but even with a lactaid I'm looking askance at it wondering if this is what poisoned me. We have another reservation here next Monday, but I think we're going to cancel it; this is a fun place to go to have something different, but I don't feel the need to really go more than once a year.

Katie: I found I liked mixing a bit of the Impossi-loaf with the macaroni and cheese our server kindly procured for us and a little dab of mashed potatoes was very tasty. However, I agree with Nick in that the novelty has worn off and I miss the more varied menu. This restaurant has gone from a must-do with multiple visits a trip to a spot I want to give a few years before swinging by again. 

Despite two of us getting tummy aches, from what we're still not sure (possibly being too cool, powerful and attractive), we did a bunch of cool rides and had fun and went home and stayed up until 2 am watching old Simpsons episodes before going to sleep. Tomorrow's a rest day!