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Le Cellier – January 8, 2018

We had split into two reservations for this meal, one under my name and one under Luke’s name. We arrived a bit late, but luckily my Dad was there on time so he was able to get them to hold our reservation.

I don’t know what everyone at Luke’s table ordered, and I don’t have pictures of anything, but I do know the chefs made Larissa a vegan dish that she loved.

At my table of eight, seven of us ordered the Le Cellier Signature Poutine – fresh-cut fries, Canadian Cheddar, truffles and red wine reduction, $10 (the current cost as of November 2021 is $14). I’ve had this before, and really enjoy it – but a few people complained that it was too salty. This is not like a traditional poutine we get as Canadians, it is definitely elevated with the truffles and red wine reduction (a bit of a step from the classic brown gravy typically used haha).

I also ordered a bowl of the Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup – made with Moosehead Pale Ale and Neuske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, $11 (current cost as of November 2021 is $13). Again, I’ve had this before and Luke has even made it at home – we’re fans.

I wasn’t in an alcohol drinking mood, and just had a Root Beer, $3.49

Other dishes ordered at my table included the Mac and Cheese – provolone, fontina, asiago, parmesan, Laura Chanel goat cheese, $10 (I took this description from the current menu but I feel like it might have been slightly different at the time, I don’t know if the person who had this would order something with goat cheese…), a Seasonal Poutine, $13 (no idea what it was, I didn’t take a picture of the menu that day, but I think it’s the one you can see in the background of my picture above), the Wedge Salad – marinated toy box tomatoes, edamame, applewood-smoked bacon, Artesian blue cheese, buttermilk ranch, crispy onions, $14, a Meat Appetizer – I only have a picture of my receipt with no description, but I think this was a pork belly, $15 and the Maple Glazed Brussel Sprouts, $9.

I love the bread service here – the pretzel bread is fantastic! I could probably make a meal just out of that!

I ended up not being able to finish my meal – my eyes were bigger than my stomach! I missed eating at the same table as Luke, as we typically would have shared the two dishes I had ordered. If I was thinking, I probably should have shared with my Mom instead of both of us ordering a poutine. Oh well!

We had the bill for our table of eight put onto one bill, and then used my Tables in Wonderland card for a discount. The total for our table (including the 18% gratuity) was $179.04. We all pitched in and left more cash on the table for a tip, since we had all just ordered appetizers and the server could have had tables ordering steaks.

I have no idea what Luke had, but I did write down in my notes that the total for his meal was $31.95. I’m guessing he also ordered the soup and poutine, and probably an alcoholic drink of some kind? He didn’t take any pictures, and he was sitting on the other side of the restaurant so I have no idea.

Tables in Wonderland original cost: $150 Break Even Point Before this meal: $0 Savings this Meal: $34.70 Total Saved: Full cost of card + $125.99


Predicted food budget: $2631.67 (does not include tip)                                        Estimated Cost of this meal: $83.08                                                                                  Actual Cost: $20.86 (Fallon) + $31.95 (Luke) = $52.81                                           Over/Under: Under by $30.27                                                                              Remaining: $1093.09

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January 8, 2018 – Part One

My Mom had to wake up really early this day – she still had no luggage so she took an Uber to a nearby Walmart just to buy some clothes/toiletries. She was back to OKW, dropped off her stuff, showered and changed into new clothes, and was still standing in our room before Luke and I were ready for the day haha.

Everyone actually had an early start today, and we all met up at Animal Kingdom. Luke and I had also bought custom t-shirts for everyone, and this was the day we asked them to wear them. Plus – Luke’s youngest sister Callie and her daughter, our five month old niece Isabella, had arrived in Disney that morning (they were living in Cancun, Mexico at the time). We were very excited to see them! Luke and I ended up spending very little time together on this day, so I’ll do my best to detail his day. We actually don’t have a single picture together from this entire day haha.

When we left our room, we had just missed the bus, we watched it drive past us. Luckily, Steph, Lauren and Ryan were on that bus – and the girls were wearing shirts that said “Bridesmaid” on them. They told the bus driver he had just drove past the Bride and Groom, so he actually stopped and let us on haha.

When we arrived at Animal Kingdom, Luke led everyone over through the second entrance at Rainforest Cafe, while I went with my Mom to get her Canadian resident park tickets activated. Once we were good to go, we entered my Mom’s first Disney park ever!

I was messaging a few people, and pretty much everyone was in Pandora – so that’s where Mom and I headed. It was looking as beautiful as ever!

We had set up Fastpasses at either Flight of Passage or Navi River Journey for everyone in our group – for some, this would be their only chance to see Animal Kingdom, so they had FOP. For the rest, we had another AK day planned for later in the week with FOP Fastpasses that day, so today was for Navi River (remember – this was back in Pandora’s early days, it wasn’t even a year old and you could only reserve a Fastpass for one or the other).

I was in the Navi River group on this day – and it was actually my first time riding it! It was…underwhelming. The Shaman animatronic is extremely impressive, and the ride itself is really pretty – but it feels short and lacking a “wow” factor like Flight of Passage has. I also can’t really remember who was on this with me – Mom for sure…maybe Ashley and Mike?

Luke had a FOP fastpass, but he actually ended up giving his MagicBand to his sister Callie so she could go on it – we hadn’t planned on her coming to AK after her super early morning flight (I think her flight left Cancun at 5am) and had booked some Epcot FP+ for her later in the day.

We all just hung around Pandora for a bit, taking pictures and enjoying the anticipation of the week ahead. Our entire group of invited guests (minus my cousin who lived in Florida) were now here, and it was only two more days until the wedding! We were also excited to see the baby – Luke and I had only met her once before this. She was so cute in her Minnie Mouse outfit <3

I took some pictures with my Sister-in-Law, Callie –

And also got a few with my Mom in the same spot –

We decided to leave Pandora, but we found a Photopass Photographer on our way out so of course we had to stop!

Of course I needed more pictures with my Momma –

I think this is actually the first time I’ve mentioned the custom buttons we had made for our wedding! You can see it pinned to Mom’s sweater in the picture above, but everyone received one. I had mine on my backpack most days. They were nothing fancy, but they were cute – and I ordered way too many and have an impressive stack of them at home to this day haha –

Now back to the Photopass Pictures – Luke got some with his family – from left to right, that’s his sister Callie, his sister Jill, Luke (of course), his mom Laura and his aunt Cathy –

Our plan was to meet up in Africa, we all had a Fastpass for the Safari together. We had told/messaged everyone a time to meet up, and pointed them in the general direction. Devin and Larissa, and Ashley and Mike stopped for Photopass pictures on the bridge leading into Africa , which is such a great spot for pictures!