That IS another room with a view! - part 3

Once everyone had gotten off we walked over to Citrico’s, where we were greeted by a manager, who talked about the history of the hotel and the restaurant and then we were divided into groups.

One group was sat in the wine room, one got a table right by the entrance and Tom and I ended up with a young couple and a single lady, who later told us that her husband had been called back to their Autistic son before the event had even started, but he had made sure that she was going to enjoy the event. 

After we were seated we all introduced ourselves and this was when the lady explained while she was on her own, the young couple told us that they were from the southeast of England, close to where some of our relatives live, and on their honeymoon. 

We were served some bread and butter and our wine glasses were filled

 and very soon after our tasting portions arrived. 

There  was a piece of lightly seared Halibut, served on spinach and (again) a purple potato puree and Red Wine Braised Beef Shortribs, served over Mashed Potatoes on some Red Wine Jus. 

Like the last time the small piece of Halibut was a bit on the dry side and I can say that the purple potatoes do nothing for me, but the shortribs and mash were really good, hot and tasty. 

We sat for quite some time and chatted, introducing the young couple to DVC and giving them tips on how to make the most of their holiday/honeymoon, when the waiter came and let us know that the rest of our group had already left. 

Now since we knew where to go we grabbed our things and followed them down to the Garden View Lounge, where the server was pretty surprised that there were still guests to come. Fortunately tables here were set up for each individual group and we had soon found ours. 

There were two glasses of 

Fairytale Sparkling wine on the table and a 

Cheese and Charcuterie plate, which consisted of Humboldt Fog – Goat Milk Cheese, Fourme D’amert – Blue Cheese from France, Napoli San Giovese Salami, Prosciutto di Parma, Pork Coppa Salami and Sopressata Salami and some whole grain mustard, some Cornichons and honeycomb. There was also some 

toasted whole grain bread, which unfortunately was rather stale and rock hard. We started nibbling and the meats and cheese were really nice and at room temperature, but unfortunately when I tried the Fairy Tale Sparking Wine it was room temperature as well. 

Not like I like my sparkling wine, so I went over to the server and asked nicely if we could have some ice-cubes to cool down our drink. 

First she looked a bit perplexed, but then quickly returned with a small bowl of ice-cubes. It looked like we were not the only ones who would have enjoyed a colder drink, as the server vanished and returned with several small bowls of ice-cubes. 

Apart from this we really enjoyed the meats, which we know from our regular visits to Italy, and the cheeses and the accompaniments. This time we were not forgotten, they announced that we needed to be up by the Monorail in five minutes and so we grabbed our stuff again and took the grand staircase up to the Monorail. 

We had to wait a bit, but then we were able to get into the reserved compartment and off we went again, passing the Magic Kingdom and finally stopping at the Contemporary. 

They had reserved the balcony on the floor where Chef Mickey’s is and there were tables with desserts and coffee and tea 

and there was a mad rush to get the front seats. 

Neither Tom, nor I wanted some desserts so we decided to leave the party early and head over to Bay Lake Tower and the Top of the World Lounge. When we said our goodbyes to our Citrico’s tablemates, the young couple expressed their interest in Top of the World and we asked them, if they wanted to come with us. 

They happily agreed. 

We told the hosts where we were heading and they both took a plate of desserts with them. 

A few minutes later we boarded the elevator up to the viewing platform with them. The fireworks started soon after and were as impressive as they had always been. 

We offered to invite our young guests to a drink to the lounge, but they needed to leave and get back to their resort as they had early morning reservations. So we all took the elevator down again, walked over to the Contemporary and said our goodbyes to our new friends and then asked the valet to call us a taxi. 

Needless to say that one was waiting just across from the entrance and within a minute or so we sat in the car and were on our way. 

Back at the Boardwalk we grabbed a drink and admired our night view and the hustle and bustle that was still going on at the Boardwalk before we finally went to bed.