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    • Rodeo Roundup Barbecue

      Posted at 11:42 am by taryngirl, on September 22, 2023

      9/13/23

      Part of my trip with my travel agent friends celebrating our agency’s 10th birthday!

      I was soooooo excited to find a reservation for Roundup Rodeo BBQ in Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This is the newest restaurant at this theme park, and I couldn’t wait to try it!

      Roundup Rodeo BBQ is a western-themed restaurant where you can see the world through the eyes of Andy’s toys. It is SO COOL!

      We had a reservation for 2:15 p.m., and when we checked in, they were running about a half hour behind.

      Here is the view of them walking us to our table:

      The meal here is served family style.

      Each table is given the biscuits, all 3 salads, a platter of the smoked meats, and then a choice of 4 of the sides. For desserts you can choose one per guest. Certain beverages also come along with the meal. Alcoholic drinks were extra.

      These BBQ sauces are on the table.

      The biscuits were yummy! They reminded me of the Red Lobster ones slightly. The sweet pepper jelly was very good.

      The salads were:

      Rootin’ Tootin Tomato Salad–cucumbers, pickled red onion, white balsamic vinaigrette

      Rex’s Romaine and Kale Salad–apples, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, green goddess dressing

      Wheezy’s Watermelon Salad–fresh torn mint

      All three of the salads were very good. The kale was my least favorite, but I don’t love cranberries, so the combo was weird to me. They will bring refills of any of these that you would like!

      The meats were:

      Evil Dr. Smoked Ribs

      Buttercup’s Beef Brisket

      There’s a Sausage in my Boot-Fire Grilled Pork Sausage

      BBQ Chicken

      The chicken was very good. I also had the ribs which were good, and a piece of the sausage which was also good! I’m funny about meat, and these were all tasty.

      They bring you any extra meats that you would like.

      The sides we could choose from were:

      Mean Old Potato Salad–homestyle red-skinned potatoes

      The Married Spuds–loaded potato barrels

      The Claw! Veggie Slaw

      Force Field Fried Pickles

      Campfire Roasted Vegetables

      Slinky Dooooooooooooooog’s Mac & Cheese

      Buckin’ Baked Beans

      Cowpoke Corn on the Cob

      With our group we had a hard time narrowing it down to four. Our waitress explained that we should order four, and then refills could be ANY of the menu items so we could try the others. You didn’t have to get refills for just that one item that you already had. Whew!

      My reviews of the sides above:

      Corn–eh. Wasn’t my favorite and I probably would not get it again.

      Potato Barrels–Surprisingly liked these! Normally I don’t really liked “loaded” anything because it’s just too much. But these were good!

      Baked Beans–I had one bite of these. I’m not a bean lover. But these were also good!

      Mac & Cheese–This was really good!

      I had to try the Potato Salad because I love it! It was okay. Nothing beats my mother-in-law’s though and it didn’t compare!

      The Roasted Vegetables were very good and I would get these over the corn next time.

      We were all stuffed to the max, but we still had to eat dessert!

      Our dessert choices were:

      Bo’s Lemon and Blueberry Cheesecake

      Billy’s Chocolate Silk Pie

      Goat’s Apple Pie

      Gruff’s Peach-Strawberry Pie

      Cupcake a la Forky

      Somehow we each ordered a different one!

      I had the Chocolate Silk Pie and it was DELICIOUS!

      I also tasted the Lemon and Blueberry Cheesecake and that was also very good.

      Here are some pics from inside the restaurant:

      I also checked out the bathroom and it was super cute!

      Overall I LOVED this dining experience! The restaurant itself was so cute, and the food was very good in my opinion. I will defnitely be back!

      Posted in Dining Review, Hollywood Studios, Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged Dining Review, Hollywood Studios, Roundup Rodeo BBQ, Table Service, Toy Story Land
    • Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Toy Story Land!

      Posted at 10:51 am by taryngirl, on November 18, 2018

      The day was finally here!  Toy Story Land!  (I’ll be combining the pictures from our morning and afternoon visit!)

      The posted hours were 7 a.m.-10:30 p.m.  Our plan was to “rope drop” so we could ride Slinky Dog, beat a lot of people, and ride things multiple times if able.  So this meant…be on the bus by 6 a.m. at the latest, which meant wake up at 5:15 a.m.  (I am not a morning person and this is way too early for me!  But I spring out of bed in Disney!). It was 0-dark thirty:

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      The walk to the bus stop was so quiet!  There were only a few handfuls of people on our bus.  It was so strange walking into the park and it was still semi-dark!

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      Even arriving as early as we did, there was still a small crowd of people ahead of us.

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      Tips:  Stay to the right and get as far to the front as possible.  Do not stop and shop or to get a coffee from the longggggg Starbucks line!  You can do all of that after you hit the three rides in TSL.

      Our morning touring PLAN:

      • Ride Slinky Dog
      • Ride Alien Swirling Saucers
      • Ride Toy Story Midway Mania
      • Eat breakfast
      • Ride Rock N Roller Coaster with FP+
      • Ride Star Tours with FP+
      • Eat lunch.
      • Afternoon break.

      From the second you enter the Land, the details are amazing!

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      We headed directly to Slinky Dog to get in the stand by line.  We had FP+ for later, but for sure wanted to ride it more than once!  It is crucial that you get here at rope drop if you want to do this!  Minimize time standing in line, and maximize touring time.

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      We waited in line maybe 20 minutes at the most?  This ride is SO MUCH FUN!  I loved it.  In my opinion, it’s 10 times better than Mine Train.  I couldn’t wait to ride it again!

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      From there, Kinsey and I went to Toy Story Midway Mania and walked right on.  Alex and her family got in line to meet Woody /Jessie I think!  The line for the characters was longer than TSMM.  They were just getting their picture taken as we were walking off the ride.  There was still no line for Midway Mania, so we rode it again with Alex’s crew.

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      (My goal is always 200,000!  And to beat my husband.  But alas, he was not on this trip!). Another fun wall as you are walking out of Midway Mania.

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      This is following the exit from Midway Mania.

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      The Popsicle Stick Wall!

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      The fun bathrooms!

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      It was about this point that I was getting hungry.  And Alex wanted Starbucks.  So Kinsey and I headed to the Joffrey’s stand just outside of Toy Story Land so I could get a DONUT! One of those huge, frosted, sprinkled DONUTS!

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      It was heavenly.  Everything I dreamed of and more!  After this quick breakfast break we headed to Alien Swirling Saucers.  From here you could see the construction going on for the new Star Wars area.

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      We did the standby line for this and the wait was about 20ish minutes.

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      This was a fun little ride, but nothing I would stand in line longer than 20 minutes for.

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      Of course we had to try the Lunch Box Tarts from Woody’s Lunch Box (the quick service location in Toy Story Land).

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      We shared this amongst us.  They were bigger than I thought they would be!  And they were delicious.  Definitely a good, sweet snack option.

      As we were heading out to our Rock N Roller coaster FP+ (which was 8:40-9:40 a.m.), tons of people were just pouring in.  We were so glad we hit it right at official park opening time!

      Up next…the rest of Hollywood Studios Touring

       

      Posted in Disney, Hollywood Studios, Touring Plan, Toy Story Land, Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged Disney, Hollywood Studios, Touring Plan, Toy Story Land
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