A Birthday Fit for a Princess
Ariel’s Grotto
For
my granddaughter’s 5th birthday, the whole family gathered at the
Plaza Inn in Disneyland for an afternoon of fun and excitement with Pat E Cake
and the main mouse himself, Mickey. This year however, for Moya’s 6th
birthday it was decided that she needed something fitting of any true Disney
Princess so it was off to Ariel’s Grotto located in Disney California Adventure
Park. Ariel’s Grotto is a Character Dining experience at its best-especially if
you happen to have a 6 year old princess. It combines fabulous food befitting
of any royalty along with laughter, music and all the excitement that
accompanies meeting all of your favorite Disney Princesses.
Located
in the back of the Park the magic starts as soon as you enter the
restaurant. As you walk down the spiral
staircase who should be at the bottom but Ariel herself who not only greets you
but poses for pictures with you. From
the royal décor, to the views of Paradise Pier, you immediately become immersed
in the beauty of the sea. Whether you
are a 6-year-old princess, or royalty of a grown up nature, it is hard not to be
caught up in the magic as each of the Disney Princesses come to greet you and
visit with you at your table during “Ariel’s Disney Princess Celebration”. 
If
meeting your favorite Princess wasn’t reason enough to visit Ariel’s Grotto,
the food is truly fit for any King or Queen. We dined on a three-course meal selected
from a fixed price menu. Our appetizer
course was a beautiful fruit and cheese plate with lobster and crab salad with
salad greens. Our main course choices ranged from Mafalde Pasta to slow roasted
tri tip, to Herb Crusted Chicken Breast to several seafood options. For the young royals in your party, there was
spaghetti and sugar cane chicken on skewers.
For those of you that are regular readers, you know that we are in need
of a Vegan option when we eat out and the chefs did not disappoint. This was one of the most amazing Vegan meals we had ever had, Vegan or not. It consisted of bok choy, rice noodles, sund-dried tomotes, potabella mushrooms in a slightly spicy sesame seed sauce.
As fabulous as the
main meal was, dessert was even better.
Our servers brought out a tray with the most delectable arrays of
cupcakes, chocolate cookies, chocolate cake, and a white chocolate conch shell.
The real icing on the cake however was that my wonderful daughter in law wanted to make
this day extra special for our birthday girl and she had preordered the Disney
Princess Jewelry Box and personal cake from (714) 781-DINE
ahead of time. There just are no words to express the joy on my granddaughter’s
face when the Disney Princesses all gathered around her to sing “Happy Birthday”
to her. And in the end, isn’t that what it’s all about-the joy in the eyes of a
child? Happy 6th Birthday
Moya-Grammy loves you!
Gayle is a Disney Gal that loves
churros for breakfast, still gets giddy with delight at the first sight of the
“Disneyland next exit sign”, loves the overwhelming emotions and memories that
come with each and every return to the Happiest Place on Earth and dreams of
one day being the Captain of the Jungle Boat. To learn more about Gayle,
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Sounds like a wonderful time Gayle! And how cool to have all the princesses sing Happy Birthday! That would be such a thrill for this princess to:-)
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MapleMouseMama
How great that you get to do birthdays at Disneyland!!! That dessert tray is reason enough for me :) what a great experience!
ReplyDeleteSo glad everything works out well here!! Good article Gayle!! We love you!
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