Mickey Waffles Recipe & Review...

We were in the mood for Mickey Waffles Sunday morning so I googled a quick new recipe to try. I ended up trying a fellow Disney Blog Friend's recipe. :) Check out:http://www.thedisneychef.com/ 
for great recipes & easy instructions. She has a great blog & FB page. Since Disney recipes are her specialty here is a link to the exact recipe I used. Her webpage/recipes are VERY easy to follow & she answers any questions you might have about anything in a recipe!;) http://www.thedisneychef.com/2012/06/mickey-waffles.html

 I will also copy & paste her exact recipe & instructions:

°o°  4 eggs, separated
°o°  1 - 2 tablespoons sugar

°o°  1 cup milk

°o°  1/4 cup (half a stick) of butter or margarine, melted, cooled to room temp

°o°  1 teaspoon vanilla

°o°  2 cups flour

°o°  2 teaspoons baking powder

°o°  1/2 teaspoon salt

Beat egg yolks in a large bowl until the sugar is thoroughly mixed and the yolks are thick and sunny colored.  Add the milk, cooled melted butter, and vanilla extract and stir until combined.  Then add all at once flour, baking powder, and salt.  Mix well, but be sure not to overmix (overmixed batter will be frothy with lots of bubbles).  If the mixture is too thick, add more milk until the mixture resembles that of thick pudding.

In a separate bowl, using a mixer, beat egg whites until stiff.  Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the egg whites into the batter.  DO NOT MIX.

Bake, following the instructions of your waffle maker until golden brown.  Please note, these waffles rise and expand considerably so use the least amount of batter needed for desired results.  For those using a lock-lid waffle maker, this is especially important.  For results that most resemble Mickey waffles as served at Disney World, use a Belgian waffle maker.

Look at how fluffy these came out guys!!!

Serve with a variety of toppings, including butter, powdered sugar, syrup, chocolate sauce, chocolate chips, whipped cream, strawberries or other fruits, even ice cream and sprinkles.  

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Her recipe was SO easy to follow. This is the 3rd waffle WDW recipe I've tried & this is the best I've tried so far. It was VERY easy to whip up in 10 minutes. This recipe made 8 or 9 Mickey waffles for us. 

My hubby's fave way to eat 

This is how I LOVE to make mine :)

Our dog BEGGED us all morning for one so we gave in......She was so patient LOL

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Disney's Sci-Fi Drive In Mac & Cheese Recipe & Review....

I have made this recipe two times. This is a very time consuming sauce that you MUST pay attention to. You have to constantly whisk in cheese until all is melted without burning. I will probably not make this again. It is way too labor intensive. I wasn't crazy about the mac & cheese but my hubby LOVED it! He was mad I was going to just throw it away. LOL. To each his own? It isn't my kinda mac & cheese that I love I guess? I LOVED YSH Mac & cheese Personally. ;)

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I ripped the cheese slices up so it was easier to melt into the sauce.

Before Broil

After Broil

Indiana Jones @ WDW ...

My husband is a HUGE Indiana Jones fan. He was so excited to actually go to the Stunt Show this past trip at DHS. We didn't get to go to it last time. It was a good show overall. They always "plant" a few stuntmen in the crowd with very loud touristy looking shirts. HAHA but it is always a good show.

To the entrance of the IJ Stunt Show on the left you will see this rope & well. If you pull the rope the well will talk to you. We did it a few times last trip & it was fun. :)

My hubby is such a huge IJ fan that he dressed up as him a few years ago for Halloween while I dressed up in a Kimono that I got at Epcot as a Geisha. :)

I let my husband pick out our entrance music to our wedding & guess what he chose? The Indiana Jones Music! HAH I might also add the we got married on Halloween as well. :)

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Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival Review 2013 ...

On our way home from SC my husband begged me to stop at Busch Gardens,VA for the Festival. It was their first one ever that BG had. We were there the second to last weekend it was open. Compared to SC humidity the weather was a dream in low 80's! We didn't pre-pay for tickets so just bought them at an electronic kiosk at entrance of park.It was SO easy! I had our tickets in less than one minute. I don't understand why other people were standing in a HUGE line to buy tickets from a person? Hubby forgot something in the car so he went back to get it while I looked at the map & took pictures. A friendly "Team Member" came over to explain to me their awesome new app on the iphone. It has a feature on it where it knows the EXACT GPS of your car in their parking lot! We used it & thought it was really cool. It also showed footsteps inside park showing you how to get to certain attractions. The Hershey park App SUCKS so this was a huge exciting thing to see!The tram was WAY smaller than the WDW ones. The " Team Member" was very helpful & friendly with explaining everything though!

We then went into the Food & Wine tent. My husband wanted to sign us up for the Wine Boat Cruise. I will write a separate review with pictures on that as well. He then purchased a wristband for any & all purchases inside the park. They put a $50 minimum on your card but you can spend any amount all day. We checked at the end of the day on how much our balance was & it came to $150. Not bad for all the drinks & food we had!

Our first stop was Italy! I saw Salted Caramel Gelato stand so decided to get that along w/ some free ice water. My hubby got us a cheese plate from the F&W Kiosk along w/ some wine in Italy. We sat in a nice cool shaded area for a bit to relax. The only other time I've had gelato was at Tony's in MK. This gelato at BG was far superior! The cheese plate was great! We were fighting over everything. The strawberry compote was amazing. It was $12 for the cheese plate & $7.99 for his wine. My gelato was around $4.50

The first items in the booklet that I saw that I had to have was at the Canada kiosk. It was a hot day but I still wanted to taste the soup. It was VERY good & I could've eaten a huge bowl of it! I didn't really care for the brulee. I didn't think the maple crunch went with the pumpkin personally. The Pear beer was the best beer I've ever had!

We then decided to share a flight of beer in Germany. They had two different ones to choose from. I really liked 2 of the beers but the other 2 were just too bitter for my taste. I love a lager personally. You do get HUGE portions compared to WDW for a flight.We ate at the Germany "show" for lunch. They only have a traditional German show at dinner. The lunch show was more aimed towards children with the Grimm's fairy Tales characters. They did cover songs like "Material Girl" & other Madonna & Michael Jackson songs & Cyndi Lauper.... They had acrobats & some people dangling on ropes. Nothing as great as the Lion King Show at DAK though. NEEDS to be updated for sure. It was VERY dark when we were taking our seats. My hubby bumped his knee into a bench & when we were leaving his leg was covered in blood. We went to First aid & they were very sweet & helpful.
You sit in Picnic benches just like Biergarten but not as nice.Think Cafeteria Style. There is a pizza line,sub line & traditional German line. Although I got the Traditional Sampler which included ribs,chicken,brats, & german potatoes. We both shared a HUGE pickle which was amazing! If was way too dark to take any pictures though. :( When we were in line they had these cast iron kinda shelves on the line. When a team member was putting up some more samplers for guests to take the WHOLE cast iron shelf FELL less than 1 inch from my feet! I was wearing sandals & if I wasn't quick enough I would've been SERIOUSLY injured!  A manager immediately came over to see if we were okay. My tray fell when this happened along with my husbands. He had to go back in line to get us another pickle & our carrot cake. The guests in line were nice & let him get the new things we needed. The manager quickly picked up the mess on the floor & apologized. We were not offered any coupons or free lunch. I think if that happened at Disney we would've had a free lunch! Our lunch was $45 for the both of us.

I made him do it :) 

Cake in line at German Show Buffet

 My favorite kiosk from the festival was the crepes! We shared a hazlenut & banana crepe. I've had a crepe at Epcot before & it was NOT good. We were fighting over this one! I wish I had my own. They made all of them fresh to order & brought them out to you. 

Marsh liked the cherry wine he sampled. He gave me a taste but I found it way too tart & terrible. HA I hate wine though.... We went to the Irish Dance show & it was wonderful! I highly recommend you go see it. The singing & Dancing was excellent & up to Disney Standards. They allowed no photography so I didn't get any pictures. :(
My husband LOST his hat in the water at the log flume ride & was quite upset for a few hours LOL We filled out a report @ Lost & Found. She said they only clean out that water once a week..... We haven't heard from them yet but I did go ahead & buy him the same exact hat last night online as a surprise. :) He NEVER reads my blog so I am safe posting it :) I was mean & took a picture of his hat in the water .:) He even bought our picture on the Log Flume to see if his hat was on his head in the picture. Did you you know it is only $5 for a ride picture at BG?!
They had a knock off Soarin ride that we went on. It does not lift you it is just in a theatre & was kinda weak.....
All in all the "team members" all day were very helpful & friendly. It surprised me because at Universal & Hershey Park it is quite the opposite. I say give this park a shot! The scenery is very woodsy & pretty too!
(My husband did drink a lot more than showed but that would be too many pics to post ;))

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Cherry wine

His poor hat....... LOL ;)

Fake Soarin 

Best 5 Disney Snacks Under $5...

These are my picks for best snacks under $5 at Disney.

#1 Carrot Cake Cookie $3.99

You can only get this delightful treat at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Writer's Stop or the Candy Store near Tower of Terror. I couldn't find the name of the store online. This was by far our FAVORITE snack we had the entire trip. We will get another for sure. I heard recently they started adding these to the Dessert parties Disney offers.....

#2 Milk Chocolate Salted Caramel $3.99

You can find this amazing piece of candy at Karamell-Kuche in Germany at Epcot. The aroma in this store is pure bliss! There is always a line here & now I know why! My last trip I had a regular caramel & wasn't impressed so this time I tried the salted chocolate one & it was heavenly. My husband & I were fighting over it. I was shocked because he rarely loves sweets. You can easily get 5 bites out of this huge piece of candy. I might get my own next time...... ;)

#3 Apple Crisp $3.79

We ate here last trip with some friends who were on the Disney Dining Plan. One of them didn't want the dessert so gave it to my husband as he's a huge fan of apple crisps. He said it was one of the best ones he's ever had. Sadly I forgot to take a picture so had to borrow someone else's. You can find these in Magic Kingdom at Columbia Harbor House which is in between Fantasyland & Frontierland.

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#4 Onion Rings $ 3.79 

These are on my to do list for next trip. Who doesn't love a good helping of crispy wonderful onion rings?! I have not heard one bad thing about these bad boys. You can find them at Animal Kingdom at Flaming Tree BBQ. 

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#5 Corn Dog Nuggets $4.49 

I'm a big corn dog fan so these are definitely on my list too! You can find these in the Magic Kingdom at Casey's Corner. I am dying to try! Looking at this picture makes my mouth water! 

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Blue Sky Engineering: Attractions that Never Were Lego Sets by Jeff

Jeff won ALL of these medals on his last Disney Cruise for winning the Disney Trivia Contests!!! Go Jeff!!!!

My dear friend Jeff will write for my blog from time to time. It is his dream to be an Imagineer someday. This is what Jeff came up with today!!!

While looking for Disney-themed Lego sets, I noticed that there are very few licensed ones out there.  There have been a couple Pixar-related items.
Toy Story: http://www.disneymovieslist.com/lego/toy-story-lego.asp
Cars: http://www.toysrus.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=11513180

A discontinued Mickey line:
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/lego/mickey-mouse-lego.asp

Some of the larger Duplo line includes some Disney princess-themed sets:
http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=disney%20lego&origkw=disney+lego&f=Taxonomy/TRUS/2254197&sr=1

The latest are part of the release of the Lone Ranger film.
http://www.disneystore.com/disney/store/DSISearch?Searchstr=lego&storeId=10051&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&pageCmdName=homeLandingPage&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=0&Nu=pProductID&Nr=pPublished%3A1&Ntk=All_Shopping&Ntt=lego&D=lego&Dr=pPublished%3A1

A brilliantly themed Lincoln Logs version of the Wilderness Lodge:
http://www.startedbyamouse.com/emporium/LincolnLogs.shtml
This is probably a better construction toy than are Lego bricks for this particular rendering.  It's more "in character."

The "My Own Creation" crowd have made reproductions of various Disney theme park attractions.
it's a small world: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1642405
Sleeping Beauty Castle, Main Street and Splash Mountain: http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2009/12/10/lego-disneyland.html
Disneyland's New Orleans Square, Splash Mountain, Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/disneylands-new-orleans-square-in-lego
WDW's Haunted Mansion done in "micro" style by using a minimum number of bricks (I often find these more impressive than the ones using thousands of bricks):  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4172537

But, there's an even greater possibility than re-creating existing attractions.  One could have Lego renderings of attractions that were planned but never built.  There's a handy website detailing many of them.
http://www.theneverlandfiles.com/tnf/
The never-built section includes some ideas that never got very far.  Others have enough to put together a model:
Edison Square: http://www.theneverlandfiles.com/tnf/disneyland/edisonsquare.php
The Western River Expedition: http://www.theneverlandfiles.com/tnf/disneyworld/westernriverexpedition.php
My personal favorite never-built is the futuristic castle:  http://www.theneverlandfiles.com/tnf/international/futuristictowercastle.php

The "Never-Built" Lego set series could be very long.  Disney routinely designs, redesigns, scraps, resurrects and reimagines attractions, rides, resorts and even entire areas.
Another line could be all the extinct attractions as featured here: http://yesterland.com/

I have no knowledge as to why there is such a limited number of licensed, co-branded Disney/Lego items.  The Lego Imagination Center sits inside the Downtown Disney area and was even expanded relatively recently.  http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/2011/05/06/downtown-disneys-lego-imagination-center-opens/
So, why not offer more sets?  Even an idea book with instructions to make a few theme-park items from standard parts could allow park visitors to re-create some magic upon their return home.

ºoº Jeff C. ºoº

Top 5 Ice Cream Options ( In My opinion :) )

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All of these are totally my opinion. :) It is a nice warm day today so I thought I'd talk about some of my favorites & some new things I'd love to try!

#1- StoryBook Treats Chocolate Fudge Sundae at Magic Kingdom $4.29-$4.99

They have a few different sundaes to pick from. I love soft serve sundaes myself. I always get the chocolate sundae with hot fudge EVERY trip! I always make time for this one! I am a huge chocoholic. The hot fudge is SOOOOOOOOO good! If you love chocolate you will love this place. They have a brownie sundae & Strawberry shortcake sundaes as well. I discovered this place when it used to be called Mrs. Potts when I worked in Fantasyland & it has been my favorite ever since.

#2 Ghirardelli Gold Rush Sundae at Downtown Disney $8.95

 I normally go for the banana split here but decided to change it up last trip & was SO glad I did! This sundae is great for any peanut butter fudge lover! Monika & I were both a fan of this sundae. I will go back to this one for sure! You order your sundae at the register & then they give you a number & they bring it out to you.

#3 Plaza Restaurant Banana Split at Magic Kingdom $7.99

I am a huge banana split fan & try to sample them if I can everywhere & anywhere. :) This sundae blows the Ghirardelli one out of the water! I'm hoping to get one on my next trip. I haven't had one in awhile but the awesomeness of the sundae is imprinted in my memory & I hope it still lives up to what it once was!

Photo courtesy of tripadvisor.com

#4 Aloha Isle Dole whip at Magic Kingdom $3.49

I know most people are obsessed with these babies but I'm more of a chocolate person. I do love these don't get me wrong!!! When we were on our honeymoon in Hawaii we went to the Dole Plantation & I was so excited to find a dole whip! :) If you aren't much of a chocolate fan you will absolutely love these! They also have a citrus swirl which I'm dying to try next trip.

Monika & I enjoying our Dole Whips.

#5 La Glace France Ice Cream at Epcot $3.99 and up

As soon as I saw this on the Disney Blog I knew it would go on my next to try list. I am VERY interested in the Salted Caramel version at this shop. You can get assorted liquors on our ice cream if that is your thing but it will cost more. Has anyone tried it yet? Opinion please?! :) 

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What is your favorite ice cream at WDW?? 

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