Dining Hawaiian style!



Magical Memory

Mondays

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Hi everyone!  It's another cold and snowy day here in WV, making me yearn for the warmth and sunshine of Florida, or maybe even...Hawaii!  So, we're going to back up about a year and a half for this week's Magical Memory Monday, and revisit my family's dinner at Ohana's at Walt Disney World's Polynesian Resort.  Sarah and Allison LOVE the idea of visiting Hawaii, so I figured Ohana's would be a lot of fun for them.  Remember, though, they (and their Dad) are just a little bit picky about what they eat, so my only concern was that they would hate all of the food...but, we had FREE DINING, so, if they didn't eat, it was OK! 

When we got there, they were excited to get "lei'd" as we waited our turn for dinner!





Can you tell I'm excited?!?



I love my leis!



We got seated soon after this, and our adventure in eating began...

The one-bite rule is the norm in our house, and there are no exceptions when we go to Disney World.  This was going to be interesting!  The girls (and Alan) did try a little bit of everything and got their fill at dinner (kind of).  They enjoyed seeing the servers walking around with the meat on skewers, even if they didn't eat a whole lot of it. 

Midway through dinner, though, the festivities began...coconut races, parades, singing, watching the man at the table behind us dance in a hula skirt and coconut bra (sorry, no pics of that!  It was quite a sight, though!), and the Daddy-Daughter dance.  I tried and tried to get Sarah up to dance, but being the stubborn, easily-embarrassed Aspie almost-teenager that she was, it just wasn't going to happen.  No problems...Allison LOVED having her Daddy to herself to dance!



Don't they make a sweet couple?

Sarah did end up having a lot of fun, especially once the guy at the other table donned his skirt and coconut bra!  She really got into the spirit of things, as you can see:





Hang loose, Hawaii!



We ended the evening with a great family shot of all of us at the table, courtesy of our server!

Sadly, we couldn't get a reservation for dinner here on our last trip.  It's at the top of my list for our next Disney vacation, though, so keep your fingers crossed!