The Hollywood Brown Derby

Jonathan had training in Orlando all last week, so at the end of the week, the boys and I drove down and we all went to Disney. We had planned one evening at Hollywood Studios and one morning at Animal Kingdom. We were visiting the Studios specifically to eat at the Hollywood Brown Derby for a late dinner after Jonathan's final training day. The Brown Derby is a signature Disney dining experience, so that means it's kind of fancy so we needed the boys to be on their best behavior.

Well, that morning Sean woke us all up at 5 a.m. for some unknown reason and the day went downhill from there. Both boys, likely because they were tired, were little terrors all day long. We met Jonathan at the park and right after we walked through the entrance, it started raining. It quickly turned into a torrential downpour that went on and on. We sought shelter and couldn't really move for an hour. I tried to keep Eli placated with candy and toys, but Sean was not so patient. Eventually, we let him play in the rain (you can see Jonathan's picture on Facebook).

So when we showed up for our reservation, we were all damp from the rain. Sean was soaked, though I did have a change of clothes for him. Both boys were extremely tired and bored, and I was extremely frazzled from a very trying day. My hopes were not high for this going well.

I couldn't have been more wrong. It was a lovely meal and the boys were great for the whole nearly 2 hours. The food was fantastic. Jonathan had the onion soup and the Asian pan-seared grouper. I had the goat cheese and baby greens salad and the glazed salmon. We split a piece of their original grapefruit cake for dessert. It was all very good, but I think we both agreed that Jonathan's choices were tastier. Most importantly, their fries got the Sean seal of approval!