Columbia Harbour House

Columbia Harbour House is a colonial-style counter service restaurant located mainly in Liberty Square at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Walt Disney World. I say mainly because there are two floors to the Columbia Harbour House restaurant. Part of the second floor actually acts as an archway between Liberty Square and Fantasyland. We have eaten up there a couple of times while visiting Walt Disney World. You can watch other guests from the windows of the archway walk under you while you pig out.

A few of their menu choices include a fried fish basket, chicken nuggets, tuna and hummus sandwiches. Most entrees are served with fries, chips, apple slices or carrots. Columbia Harbour House also serves soups like New England clam chowder or vegetarian chili and desserts like apple crisp or chocolate cake. Yum. Now I'm hungry while blogging about this. The prices are also more reasonable compared to the other theme park restaurants.

I recommend Columbia Harbour House highly. It's a great place to sit down with your family for about a half an hour or more to eat, drink, talk, avoid the hustle and bustle of the crowds, and just get out of the heat for awhile (if you're visiting in the hottest times to be at Walt Disney World). I love the style of the Columbia Harbour House from the wooden floors to the relaxing atmosphere. I remember when me and my little brother were in our younger days getting up from the table and doing a little dance to the sailor-type music that was playing. That same music still plays today although I couldn't hear the music as well upstairs where we sat. I loved this place then and yet I still love it today.

Rainforest Cafe

Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney in Lake Buena Vista, FL is not your ordinary everyday eat in restaurant. From an enormous gift shop to audio-animatronic wildlife. This place has something for everyone. We absolutely loved it. On the outside, you can see this huge volcano and waterfalls. There was a crocodile also which moved and snapped in the water every minute or so. We went inside through a huge gift shop, all rainforest specific. There was a snake hanging from a tree opening and closing his mouth, a leopard sitting up above some clothing area wagging his tail, moving his head and roaring once in awhile and a couple of tall fish aquariums with lots of tropical fish swimming about. After about a twenty minute wait for our table, we walked down a path of gorilla footprints, passed a bar with animal shaped stools listening to the sounds of the rainforest and the animals, saw elephants, gorillas and many other creatures and were seated in a far corner of the restaurant where we could see it all.
I shared a meal with my father, I suggest sharing meals because their portion size is so big. We ordered the Chicken Fried Chicken, breaded chicken breast fried golden brown and served with country gravy. This entree came with red skinned garlic mashed potatoes and Napa vegetables. The menu also included appetizers, soup and salads, seafood, ribs, pizza and burgers. And to top it all off, we ordered the mega dessert called the Sparkling Volcano! which took five of us to finish it all. After that, we all had to walk off this food because our stomachs were about to explode.

It's a very remarkable themed restaurant so if you're visiting Disney World in Florida, I highly recommend that you check it out. If you skip Downtown Disney, you can find another Rainforest Cafe inside the Animal Kingdom park. I give it two thumbs up.