Best food and service, by far, of our last trip was Topolinos if you're looking.

Is there a good hamburger in Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios?

My wife and I have had a great time just looking at the food options for the trip. We are going after school starts back up, bringing 3 kids (5,8,10), and meeting the grandparents there. The only restaraunt we have down 100% is the TREX place at Disney Springs. I'm sure it will cost me $200 to buy everyone chicken nuggets, but it's the decorations. We are hoping the character breakfasts are back open by the time we go. We went once about 4 years ago and meeting the characters with your food instead of waiting in line all day was awesome. The only sitdown service you could get last minute was from the places in Liberty Square at magic Kingdom but so worth if. "American Fare" AKA Thanksgiving Dinner.

Another site I hang out on solved this by creating a "Fight Club" forum. It's a hidden forum that you have to go into your profile and specifically "opt in" to be able to see/post. There are no restrictions on topics, so there is everything from threads about "why does god exist" to "trump vs biden" to "the gay cooking megathread". You can't discuss Fight Club elsewhere, and the "be nice" rule still applies, but otherwise anything goes. If you're a problem you just get kicked out. If it's a problem for you, you just opt out. It works great and it's a lot of fun and keeps all the trash off the rest of the site because mods can just PM people and say "look if you really want to keep talking about this go do it in Fight Club".

I don't think there is a truly good burger spot in MK or HS. They are all pretty much cafeteria quality burgers.

Appreciate it, thanks.

It’s very rare to have a good hamburger from a quick service in Disney unless you like your burgers cooked well. I prefer medium rare or medium. My wife actually likes hers well done, so she has enjoyed a few. Pecos Bill at Magic Kingdom and the Backlot at Hollywood studios would be the best bet. Some of the sit down places have pretty good ones. Liberty Tree in Magic Kingdom at lunch used to have a good burger, not sure if that’s still on the menu or if they are all family Buffett’s right now. Deluxe Burger in Disney Springs is pretty good.
Disney has really upped their food game everywhere with different options, instead of just burgers chicken tenders and frys everywhere. Last summer on our 18 day trip I don’t think I even had a single burger and enjoyed my food pretty much everyday. We like to just eat one meal a day, usually around 3 or 4 while it’s thunder storming, and have fun snacks before or after

Glad you were there too. It was cool to see Rush pinball at Wondercon, along with Mandalorian and Godzilla on free play. Hope Stern goes to more comic book shows in the future.

Wondercon and Disneyland is such a good spring break combo.
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Making mojo from the x men seem even more plausable in the future….

I am fairly handicapped with only a cane, but I don’t get hassled by anyone at the parks.

I clearly do not have normal balance.

I do actively advocate for all handicapped services with management directly if needed. but I am a knotts guy. I have a nice grasp there.
It is also because knotts reminds me of cedar point. My childhood park. I plan on getting a Disney pass when I get a windfall. This year I hope.

The level of detail at Disney is so very impressive. Just the Main Street itself amazes me every time.

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I always liked Pecos Bill's burgers when they had the "burger bar" where you could add all sorts of good toppings but don't think that parts open yet. I wouldn't call it a great burger but it's better than most that are offered quick service.

I have to disagree. The Wagyu burger at the Brown Derby in HS is really amazing ... and expensive. We ate there as a family and the kids are begging to go back to that restaurant just for the burger. It was really good ... one of the best I have ever had. (The pic is not mine, but is from Brown Derby and is what I remember.)
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One of only a handful of places on property we have not eaten at. We had reservations once and had to change them, can’t remember why. We will have to look into that for this summer

That did make me remember that I had a really good burger at the Sci Fi drive in, one of our favorite places to go. Great theming and good food. I like to get the fried pickles and the milkshake there.

Yeah, I'll have to go into the Covid threads for the Stock Market thread to remind myself how Pinside leans conservative.

I do agree that the Mods have a difficult job keeping peace here.

Once Fantasmic is back, they do a dinner package at BD that includes priority seating for the show.

All this talk about Disney and those of you that went to Wondercon and nobody mentioned that Orange County Pinballs was at Wondercon:
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Everything at the brown derby is great! The best prime rib I’ve ever had was there.

It's not on the menu anymore. I was going to recommend it but checked before posting and realized it is no longer offered. I don't want to send someone there only to find out they don't have it.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/hollywood-studios/hollywood-brown-derby/menus/

I haven't personally had it, but random people on the internet are calling the stack burger at Steakhouse 71 at the Contemporary the best burger on property. Walking distance from Magic Kingdom, with the added bonus that you won't feel as bad about consuming a gigantic burger after doing said extra walking.

True story!

Yeah, not a fan of animal kingdom either.

did he want double what everybody else was asking on his prices?

did he want double what everybody else was asking?

I saw them. Always busy, too. I loved that the pins were there for exposure, but I cannot stomach the modern Sterns. Personal preference.

Ouch! I am glad you caught that. That means there is one less thing to entice us there.

I'm sure they replaced it with something equally delicious. I love that place.

Not True.

Moldarama! They're still around, here is a map to check near you? https://mold-a-rama.com/?page_id=1203
The best memory is how it smells after coming out hot. I got the Uboat from chicago and a christmas tree from the Ford museum the past year.

Love those things! They had some at the zoo in Madison and that was a real highlight for my brother and me when we visited in the late 80s (I think I remember a gorilla and a polar bear). My boys got the brontosaurus from the Field Museum in Chicago last year. They thought it was cool but I was probably more into it than them!

GOTG Passholder Preview!!!

I missed the notice, but my amazing wife was on top of it and got us in. Anyone else going? Event is full now.

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Oh hell yes - I got my uboat and a few others from the Chicago Field Museum, Zoo, etc. in the 70s. Those mold-o-rama machines were magic to a kid.

I got the email but we can’t make it down. We are looking forward to riding this summer! Have fun!

We did the passholder Magic Kingdom night a few years ago, that was really fun.
Being in Michigan we pretty much only get to do passholder stuff if it aligns with our pre scheduled vacation. We missed the Star Wars one by maybe 3 days if I remember right.

I'm DVC but didn't get any notice.

They heard you were dogging them in this thread and are retaliating. The Mouse has big ears ...

If that's true I'm going to steal a lot more soap and towels next trip.

Better bring your security screw driver so you can unbolt it from the shower wall

Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas has 2 of them. (One of them works)

I guess these aren't exactly the same thing because they're wax, but Universal has these at Halloween Horror Nights. I got a Frankenstein head and a jack-o-lantern last October.

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I played rush.

The pros just pump it out into another container. Leave 1/4 in there so it’s not suspicious. They will refill next day usually.

They also still deliver the individual bottles/tubes if you request them. My son "collects" them.

No thats the same. I didn't know they made a pumpkin!
Bright Sun films I follow on youtube is releasing these miniature collectibles of Disney's park like epcot entrance and Horizons. If your open minded that Disney has made good and bad dicisions over the years you can watch the abandoned series. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLejUkwZ-XJX_C5yHiQPKL-rkS5r8lF9lu

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Here's Frankie.

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Anyone spending Easter in Disney?

I’m here now. It’s busy but not as busy as I was expecting

I’m here too. Not terribly packed, but no pass holder discounts

Just curious, once your kids are grown, will you continue to visit?
I still enjoy the hotels, especially Boardwalk, but walking through the parks and waiting on the lines is brutal.

I’d stay off Disney and rent a car so I could do sea world and universal too.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

I’m drinking at the beach club if anyone wants to meet up tomorrow

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My girlfriend is 44. She hadn’t been to Disney since she was 7 or 8. She ended up going with me in January to support me for Dopey races and a couple weeks ago for springtime surprise races. She’s set to go with me in November for wine and dine races, then January where she is going to run in the 5k, 10k and half marathon. She’s already mentioning we get dressed up for the races.