 Hey friends tonight. We are hanging out at Disney's Magic Kingdom the Crystal Palace one of my favorite restaurants Converted back to a full buffet restaurant And I got myself a reservation and I wanted to come out and see how much has changed with the menu But also I know a lot of the 50th anniversary statues are popping up throughout the park And I really haven't got a chance to look at those so I figured today would be a beautiful day any who's Let's go do this As soon as we walk in we can see one of the 50th anniversary statues right here Lady in the tramp and look at I love these statues. They're actually very beautiful And it's really conveniently placed right outside Tony's town square and I kind of like that I like how they have them in different areas of the park and it kind of makes sense So there's a reason why they're in the areas that they are Like I said before the Crystal Palace is one of my all-time favorite restaurants before the shutdown It was a character dining buffet and when it reopened it turned into All you care to enjoy per entree restaurant with no characters And now it's switching back to a buffet without characters and it's a completely different dining experience all new menu And I'm excited to see what they come up with like how's the new menu compared to the old buffet menu and yeah It's gonna be a great day And when I say beautiful day, I mean look at it. It is so beautiful out I feel like any day at the Magic Kingdom is beautiful But right now we just got done with a little rainstorm the sun is shining the skies are blue and I'm just loving being here. I Have been really trying hard to keep up with all the different restaurant changes as they happen So that I can make videos and show you guys This is gonna be the third buffet to reopen at Walt Disney World First was Boma then the beer garden and Epcot and now the Crystal Palace here at the Magic Kingdom And I've been able to cover everything since then so I come and I revisit whenever the menu does change or it switches back To the old ways of doing things and that's what kind of sparked my visit here to Magic Kingdom today After we get done with lunch at the Crystal Palace I think we'll might ride some rides and just enjoy the park a little bit But I'm already seeing a lot of the statues and I have to say I love them I'm looking at goofy right now and I'm like oh boy. I want to go over there and take a photo Look at this. We've got Pluto and the goof and I love the way. He is standing honestly goofy might be my favorite character I mean, he's just so funny. I love him. He cracks me up every time a statue right now is cracking me up Just looking at him because he's just so goofy And like I said, I like how they have the fab five right here in the central hub all Staring at Cinderella Castle surrounding the partner stature. I feel like that is a perfect placement for them And then over on this side We have Mickey and Minnie and they look fantastic like I wasn't all in on the statues I was just like oh no big deal, but these look so magnificent like they are really really awesome and I love right now you can see like the raindrops on Mickey's head there and Just the color scheming actually just makes it look majestic honestly There's a lot more statues throughout the park and we'll try to check them out after we get done eating But it's about time for a reservation. So we're gonna head right on into the crystal palace now How awesome is it that Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are right outside the crystal palace kind of like leading the tramp outside Tony's Town Square and that's where we're gonna be eating later on earlier I said that it used to be a character dining where you would meet Winnie the Pooh and friends And like I said, there's a reason they're placing them in certain spots and it just fits Also, let me know in the comments what your favorite statue is honestly I think I've already said Goofy is mine because I just really like the way he's standing there It's just perfectly goofy the way he is and I don't know I think it'd be fun to hear your feedback and what your favorite ones are Now it's time to check in and they updated the menu on the outside We invite you to indulge yourself in our bountiful buffet The room comes alive with sights and smells of the day's offerings being prepared in our live on-stage kitchen And it looks like they have creative area of salads pastas and baked the breads Roasted car beef seasonal fish peel and eat shrimp chicken Housemade sweets and soft-served ice cream. Wow look on the buffet for some of Walt's favorite dishes That is so awesome. That is really really cool that they're switching things up like this We are all checked in for our reservation The price is thirty nine dollars for adults and twenty three dollars for kids And I think it's actually a fairly decent price compared to the old character dining when they had the characters here was $55 a person. So you're paying just about $16 less for no characters and I don't know I think I would pay the additional $16 to hang out We need to prove I eat. I don't know. What about you? I mean, I think that's a really good deal. I Also love that it's the fall season and there's a bunch of pumpkins decorated all around the crystal palace Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year and I just love seeing pumpkins anywhere Ooh, that's me. Hey Just like at all the other buffets that we have been covering You need to wear your mask as you're actively walking around the restaurant and going up to the line and getting food And you can take it off whenever you're actively eating or drinking at your table and I'm just I'm very excited to be back here I was just here with my mom and sister not too long ago And I was telling them how great the buffet was and I'm sad that they're gonna miss out on it With the $39 price tag soft drinks are included But they do offer sangria wines and beer for an additional cost like Disney prices And I think today I'm just gonna stick with an Arnold Palmer a little half-and-half. I love them I don't know why recently. I've been really really loving Arnold Palmer's unsweet and lemonade I don't like sweet tea that much too much and yeah I think we're gonna head up to the buffet and get our first plate and check out everything that they're offering Here it is the buffet line Isn't it just so beautiful in here though and even though the characters aren't actually out meeting and greeting guests We do have some tigger and we need the putopia is right in the center here It's always nice to see them and piglet. Don't forget piglet I'm gonna start off and I'm gonna show you the kids meals and the salads and the entrees And we'll save the dessert for a last we'll come up and check the buffet later on for that But now I just want to get a feel of everything and show you all the offering and then we'll sit down and try some of the food The kids buffet is so far one of the most unique buffets. I think I've seen already They have little tiny miniature beef quesadillas little tiny miniature pizzas macaroni and cheese and crispy chicken breast strips I've never seen the mini pizzas and quesadillas like that before and honestly I'm excited to try them. Look at it. Honestly. I looked over and I was like wait a second Is that a pizza or is that like a egg because it kind of looks like an egg Looks like they got a nice bread service and they have pretzel rolls Parker rolls Whipped butter honey butter housemaid sweet hot mustard cheddar bacon cornbread I think most of the bread is the same bread. They're often before but now they got some pretzel rolls in there And that I like I do like the pretzel rolls Look at this shrimp and crab claw cocktail plate That's a little bit hard to say shrimp and crab claw cocktail plate Doesn't it look so so good? And then they've got a nice like kind of charcuterie set up here with some artisanal meat and cheese selections I mean this is all this all looks really really good And I'm not that big on crab, but I'm sure there's a lot of seafood eaters that would love this Country-fried chicken with black pepper gravy waltz mashed potatoes some of waltz favorite green beans with bacon and onions braised short rib herb butter corn Seared pork tenderloin roasted wild mushrooms cheesy broccolini wood-grilled mahi mahi Olive caperellis Rice with crispy shallots and then canned peas and winter squash ravioli. There is a lot. Holy moly I'm loving this. Oh, they also have bilgerone loaded tater bites and an oven roast pork belly This is this might be my new favorite place. I'm already in love with it. I haven't tried anything They have two different sides of the buffet and they both have the same thing on each side And then it all meets in the middle for the main event the carved roast beef or the carved prime rib Should I say and that that's a winner? Everything just ends up right here. Oh, man. Look at that prime rib That is so awesome, and you can see it just cooking back there. I love it. Oh, I'm just admiring it right now I got to get a plate. I'll be back. I'm definitely getting some of that Much too good. I Think what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna try little bits of pieces of each item because I really want to get the hang of what they Have to offer and what's good and what's not I think I did this last time Instead of getting all the things that I would normally eat I'm just gonna get little tiny things of the newer additions and that way if there is something I like I can go Up and make a plate later on and right now I'm starting out with the mini pizzas because those are really cool So we got a little bit of Walt's favorite mass potatoes. We got some mini pizzas mini quesadilla. We got the pepper Country-fried chicken the short rib and a little bit of the pork belly and the pork loin and then I guess one single tater Tot I think I had two but I already picked the one tater off already. I had to try it You know you can't resist grabbing like a french fry off the plate when you first get it And that's what I did with that little tater tot Like I said, I'm starting off with the pizza first and look at this. I'm telling you look at this little guy It's so like amazing It's a nice flatbread and I'm excited to try got a little bit of Walt's favorite mashed potatoes on there And of course we will get some prime rib I already know I love the prime rib and the fact that they have all you care to enjoy prime rib That makes it like such a valuable buffet. You know I mean any hoos. All right. Here we go It's pizza without the Walt's mashed potatoes The mini pizza is really really good. I love it. I'm a big kid too So I like the kids buffets a lot they used to like have corn dog nuggets on there And a lot of like good stuff before actually when it was the regular buffet They had chicken wings and jambalaya here. So I feel like they really stepped up their game and now we're gonna have to try the The country-fried chicken and look at oh wow That looks so so good, and I like that they have the little honey glaze on there I'm also interested to know if this is the same like chicken breading that they had when they had the entrees here Because I didn't like that too much. I mean I thought it was unique, but it tasted like a Bloomin onion like breading so we'll find out here a Plus chicken wow phenomenal, and I love the breading. It's definitely a different breading and now we're gonna try the short rib Short rib kind of just fell right apart there that that's a good sign Also, I don't know if you notice but they have plexiglass here on the divider So if you're sitting right next to a table, you're actually kind of protecting I think that's kind of nifty, but I don't know how it makes sense when they see you like in a booth You know what I mean next to each other, but the plexiglass here is nice. I keep talking sometimes I'm gonna try the braised short rib Everything has been a success so far now. I'm jumping to the pork belly right here And everything is cooked so good everything basically is nice and fall apart and the flavor is amazing I'm loving all the sauces. I'm a little bit worried about this sauce right here But we'll find out when we get there. This one is already looking pretty good I'll make sure to let you guys know what my favorite thing is at the end of the night And also let you know how I think this ranks with the other buffets that are on property right now Okay, pork belly was phenomenal I actually took the second bite right afterwards because it was that good and now I'm trying this right here at the Roasted pork and like I said, I'm not too sure what that sauce is and I don't know if I'm gonna like it Here goes The pork is good and I really can't taste any sauce on it There wasn't a lot anyway, and I don't think I would have liked the sauce anyhoo's so I'm just gonna eat the pork It's still very very good everything actually has been a home run And I love the fact that they have some of Walt's favorite recipes Included in the buffet like the mashed potatoes. Oh my lord They told me that a lot of these are Walt's actual recipes that he actually used to love like his family recipes And these are tweaked a little bit to more modern times, but the mashed potatoes Literally are so amazing probably the most home style tasting mashed potatoes I've had at Disney like you know, you know, you can have like those Mashed potatoes that kind of taste like I don't know fancier like you know spiced up a little bit But these literally just taste like potatoes butter milk and salt and I love that. I really really love that Now it's time for the prime rib and a couple of other favorites that I couldn't fit on the plate before Like I said, I'm just getting little bits of each item now the prime rib They're probably just gonna give me a whole lot cut because I can't be like hey Can I just get a you know bite-sized portion, but it's okay because I will eat all of that prime rib I'm not too sure if you can see each of the things that are marked Walt's favorites So Walt's favorite canned peas and then they have Walt's favorite seared or tenderloin And then over here they have Walt's favorite beef brie short ribs and corn and then the mashed potatoes and the green beans with Bacon and onions these are all Walt's classics Right now I'm about to put together a plate full of Walt's favorites So we got Walt's favorite corn green beans mashed potatoes, and then Walt's favorite fire roasted Prime rib and look at this Holy moly a little prime rib good sir Yeah, nice you can actually get it cooked more, huh? You can get it cooked more Yeah, oh, I want it that way, but that's really good to know that you can cook it up right there Oh, no, I'll take that one. Yeah, I love it rare Perfect Thank you And to go with the prime rib a little you huh? Look at that This is sir, honestly I can't wait to actually break this down and tell you everything that I love about this buffet because it's gonna be a lot Hold the phone. I was over here pouring a couple of Azure when I look to the left and I see Walt's favorite chili Walt's favorite beef chili, and that's the red wine Azure, but look at that chili I wish I would have known I would have gotten that to start off with and it comes with chives sour cream Bacon and cheese Holy moly. We're definitely gonna have to try some of that. I'm just gonna Put a little bit right in there Just a little bit. Yeah, cuz we need to know what Walt's famous chili is like, you know, I Can't believe I missed Walt's famous chili up there. So we're gonna start off with that. We owe it to that Walt's chili is where it is at not a spicy chili But just packed with flavor and I loved it seriously so so good I could probably eat a whole cup. I only put enough in there for just like a spoonful only because we have a lot to try But I plan on coming back here one day and just eating here and enjoying a nice meal of all my favorites But today it's all about exploration and I already know I'm gonna love the prime rib I think everyone already knows I'm gonna love the prime rib But if you haven't noticed on my plate, I ended up getting all new items except the mashed potatoes Because I need it a little mashed potatoes. I need a little waltz famous mashed potatoes first We're gonna take the prime rib. We're gonna put the prime rib dunk it in the azure Then we're gonna take our knife and we're gonna spread the mashed potatoes on the prime rib and have a little classic combination here I I'm gonna tell you guys right now This might be my new favorite restaurant of Walt Disney World Every single thing I have eaten was so right up my alley and amazing the green beans with bacon and onions is spectacular the mashed potatoes are Literally probably like I said there already they are my favorite mashed potatoes I've ever eaten and the prime rib just everything everything goes together so well, and now I'm gonna try the corn And look at that corn. Oh my lord. This looks so So so good so well seasoned too. I Ate that whole prime rib like I was just like it's that good the red wine Ajo and the mixture of the mashed potatoes It's it's literally just amazing and now we're gonna try the corn. I Think I need to hit up the dessert section because I'm starting to get full So I actually want to see what the different desserts they have before I call it quits And I see they have a French silk cupcake. That's a waltz favorite a butterscotch pudding another waltz favorite And look at this butterscotch pudding. I'm gonna grab them real quick to the back and it has a little caramel popcorn on it That is so awesome. And then a strawberry shortcake Which don't mind if I do Don't mind if I do and a s'mores cart back here I am a little upset that they got rid of the tigger Banana tart that was my favorite last time But there we go and then along with all these nifty desserts They've got a nice soft serve machine a soft short machine with chocolate vanilla and swirl and then a apple cobbler, which is waltz favorite and some fresh baked cookies So there's a lot to go. There's a lot to choose from very good offerings I've already eaten a lot of food So I didn't get one of everything on the desserts even though I really wanted to try it But the one thing I really really wanted to try was the butterscotch pudding because I think it looks so good It's one of waltz favorites. So I guess we're just gonna start off with that. Oh, wow This looks so so good I'm loving it I am really really loving it here Now for the s'mores tart and look at that Look at all of that in there S'mores tart is pretty good too. A lot of marshmallow in there and I like that The shortcake is really good too and I think that is Plant-based strawberry shortcake not a hundred percent sure but off the check out of all the desserts Well, the three desserts that I tried waltz butterscotch pudding all the way I mean you can't beat the combination between the butterscotch pudding and then the caramel drizzled caramel popcorn right on there This is like so amazing. I never even thought of putting popcorn and pudding popcorn pudding Popcorn pudding popcorn butterscotch pudding After the dessert I threw in the towel and let me tell you something that was amazing I eat so much food in there And now I got to come walk around Magic Kingdom and work it off because that was like I couldn't stop It was that good and I can honestly say this is my number one buffet now It's taking the top spot from Bulma. I would even say this is up there with my top favorite restaurants in general not just buffets and it's one of the few restaurants that change their menu and it actually is a change for good I mean I loved it before but now it's on a whole another level and I can't wait to actually come back I would highly recommend this to people again and Yeah, I guess maybe we will go ride a ride. I see the princesses are coming through right now I can hear the music always makes me feel like that you know I mean like royal like highness when you have that music playing to walk with it like Now I think I'll scoot on over to tomorrow land. I feel like that's a good spot to start I always love hanging out there, and I like how it's windy. Look at all the bubbles are flying at me This is a good day. Nice cool and breezy. I Got excited for a fun evening at the Magic Kingdom, but I just realized something. There's a boobash tonight So we can't stay all night long We have a little time we can hang out and do some rides But I should start looking I think I said that as a tip before if you plan on coming to Magic Kingdom During the Halloween season always checked because you never know if the park's gonna close earlier or not because of a Halloween event And tonight's one of those nights Maybe since we're over here in tomorrow land. We might go for a spin on the people mover You know, it's one of my favorite rides and also it is a perfect ride for people watching and digesting So I think that that's what we're gonna do I'll be honest That just kind of came out that way and it cracked me up the people mover the perfect ride for people watching and Digesting because it's a hundred percent true, and I think it's hysterical Look at all of those cones being transported by the people mover. Oh here comes another one It's also a good way to transport cones. So it is a cone mover I'm excited because we got the front car on the people mover And it is really awesome because there's nobody in front of the car in front of you So you kind of get that nice feel me You'll notice in a second this one I actually take off see there it goes and then we have nobody in front of us So you got a special little Riding experience right here. I don't think I get this this often. In fact, I don't think I ever get to see the track You see to me this stuff is interesting seeing how it works right here We're taking off now I love it those light years down there saying hi to everybody This is the way working off all of those calories Please contact mr. Johnson in the control tower to confirm your flight to the moon Isn't she a beautiful art The people mover is such a great ride Honestly, I could spend hours just going round and round tomorrow land and they used to let you do that In fact, not too long ago They let me actually go around three times without getting off that was during a rainstorm So I didn't get wet because nobody was hopping on and yeah, I love it So now I think we'll head back down to the hub area and maybe check out things along Main Street, USA I ran into some friends who are coming for the boob ash tonight, and what are you guys supposed to be? Well, we know some famous Stone it's paging this tomorrow and super in food so we dress up as them I love it fully equipped. You got the yellow shirt for Jackie the cow poke Oh, wow the badge the shirt the glasses the fedora you guys look fantastic. Thank you so much I love it. Have a great night Now that we're back over on Main Street I kind of thought of something I kind of want to show you and since the park is closing a little bit I think maybe we'll hop over to the Polynesian and I can show you all the construction is done at the Polynesian the monorail has opened up and I think the front for a area is actually all done I think it'd be a nice little adventure and I'm in the area. So might as well Looks like they're starting to convert back over to boob ash I love seeing all of the Halloween outfits for the cast members. They are so cool Like if I was working here, I would love to do like Mickey's not so scary Halloween party or boob ash Just so I can wear the cast member costume. I Decided to go pick up my car and just drive on over to the Polynesian and wow all of the front area It's completely done. This is my first time seeing it and it looks so beautiful Like this is the first time I'm seeing all of the panels exposed without a wall in front of it Here comes a monorail in this station. So now you can actually take the monorail It's actually servicing out of the Polynesian and you can make your way around the resort loop and look at it It's just so amazing. I can't wait to see the inside of the foyer. I Really believe it is a big big difference before they didn't have this nice covered here So like usually you would just pull up right here and that's where you'd go and they added so much like nice things I bet you this looks really pretty at night. You can see it's kind of glowing during the daytime But wow this is really really nice The Polynesian has slowly become one of my favorite resorts And I am noticing a couple of things that aren't here when it used to be here and things that actually start out to me But I'm also looking at it's more open and that's a good thing The ponds are a lot nicer and the little waterfalls over here But I do miss like the tiki statues over here like the one guy that was holding up I think it was a fire or flame. He's missing always looked like he was raising his hand and there's a couple of other things Oh, I like this bridge though. Oh, wow. Oh, and this is like a real real bridge. This is so pretty. Oh Wow, I do like it. I like this a lot I just wish they had some more tiki men out here But this is this is a much much better improvement Now that we're inside the poly might as well go up to the second floor and check out the monorail platform Oh, yeah, take a look at that the monorail is up and running So that means we can come back and do a monorail crawl like a full monorail crawl. It's been over a year I am super excited for that Now that we checked out the Polynesian monorail and the new lobby and speaking of monorail crawls Which we will definitely be back to do one I think maybe we'll grab a drink either outside at the tiki terrace or maybe try to get into Trader Sam Since we're here. I mean when you're at the poly might as well I believe I have some friends. I'm gonna meet up with who actually already have a table inside Trader Sam's Oh the door opened on its own Guess we're gonna head on in Now that we're at Trader Sam's I think I'm gonna end up getting the Pearl in hopes of getting the black pearl. I really really liked it last time and I do love Ramchata and Maybe we'll be on the lookout maybe a black pearl I was like Where's the black pearl No black pearl this time so I guess I'll have to keep bumping back and trying to get it Someone over there the novelist I think or is that a hippo monitor hippo part of my time No one did it With that I think we are done here what an epic little adventure we actually embarked on today first We start at the Magic Kingdom. We tried the new buffet at Crystal Palace checked out some of the 50th anniversary statues Then we rode the people mover hopped over here to the Polynesian checked out the all-new front entryway and Hung out with some friends at Trader Sam's can't ask for a better day So I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time Bye