Hey, everyone.
Chrissa here!
And if you're looking
for a wonderful place to have dinner in the Animal Kingdom,
I'm going to go over all of the details of what it's like at the Tusker House.
So let's get into it.
The Tusker house in the Animal
Kingdom is a Harambe Market Place themed restaurant that serves
family style, African inspired meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The Tusker House is located in the front of the land of Africa
after passing through the gates and over the bridge.
We visited on a Friday night for dinner and was able to snag
the very last reservation of the night at 7:55pm
just before the park closed for the evening.
I wasn't quite sure how this work because the park actually closed at 8 p.m.,
but they seated us right away
and we ended up being the very last guests to arrive for the evening.
The Tusker House is a table service restaurant in the Animal Kingdom.
And in order to eat at any of the table
service restaurants, you do need a confirmed dining reservation
for the total number of guests, regardless of the age
plus park reservation and valid admission for the same park
on the same day of your dining reservation.
When walking into the Tusker House, it makes you feel like
you just walked into a Harambe market.
I love the main dining room with a building facades and the
all the little details that makes it feel like it's a lived in market place.
We were seated and one of the smaller dining areas just off the main
dining room, and I just loved the theming throughout the entire restaurant.
The Tusker House is a family style restaurant,
so there is only one set price for every member of your party.
The cost to eat dinner at the Tusker House is currently $55
for adults and $36 for kids.
But they do offer breakfast and lunch as well.
Which is actually why I invited my friend Sammie to join me in this video
to give us some insight on what it's like to have breakfast at the Tusker House.
I'll let her tell you a little bit more about herself later.
The biggest draw for the Tusker House is that it's character dining,
and while you dine, you get the opportunity to snap a photo
and cheer on as Donald, Daisy, Mickey and Goofy
travel throughout the dining room celebrating their latest expedition.
When we arrived, we were immediately greeted by our server, who got our drink
orders and brought out our first course, which was an assortment of housemade
breads served with hummus, as well as a couple of different chutneys.
This one is cilantro, and the other one is mango,
along with the bread and chutneys we also got this delicious African
inspired salad that came with Kachumbari and Arcadian green
salad with citrus vinaigrette dressing that was refreshing.
And while you're enjoying your meal, you'll get unexpected visits by...Oh!
Hi Donald!
Yeah, those are
some pretty awesome dance moves.
Once you're done with your appetizers, your entrees will come out.
And these African inspired entrees include Moroccan spiced beef, split
roasted herb chicken, Cape Malay green curry shrimp, and sides
that include green beans, carrots and corn, jasmine rice,
roasted potatoes, and housemade macaroni and cheese, which was delicious.
Oh, and did I forget to mention that every 20 minutes
or so there's also a celebration that parades throughout the restaurant?
Yep. Every 20 minutes you'll hear music start to rise as Mickey, Goofy,
Donald and Daisy will come through and celebrate their latest expedition.
This is in addition to those photo op opportunity sessions that I told you
about earlier, where the characters walk around and greet the guests at the table.
They also do
these fun celebration walkthroughs where you'll get to dance with them, too.
When you feel like you can't eat anything more
then you'll have to make some more room for some
dessert.
For dessert you'll get these three
different animal inspired desserts that are so cute.
I can't quite remember the flavor of this Bumblebee one.
So if you know, let me know in the comments below.
But my favorite was definitely the vanilla cupcake here.
Closely followed up by the 50th anniversary brownie.
If you're not looking to end your day with dinner at the Animal Kingdom,
then the Tusker House also is very known for their delicious breakfast.
And this is where Sammie comes in.
My dear friend from Scotland visited the Tusker House for breakfast
to give us a view of what the food and experience is like.
We have some fresh fruit and yogurt.
We've got some bread, Nutella, butter, can't remember that?
What that was I'm so bad at this!
Some cornbread, zebra bread with
and multi croissant
and of course, we have the jungle juice.
And here is the hot food.
I asked for it without eggs and there's a chicken curry.
I asked for it without that because I'm not going to eat it.
But we have sausage, bacon,
waffles and potatoes.
So thanks so much, Sammie!
Why don't you tell everyone a little bit about yourself?
Hi, I'm Sammie.
I am SmilingSammie on YouTube.
I'm sure Chrissa will put all my links down below.
My Instagram is Samanthamc92.
I also have a YouTube SmilingSammie YT.
Yeah, definitely come and check me out.
So here are a few things to consider if you are thinking
about booking the Tusker House at the Animal Kingdom.
The Tusker House is one of the more popular restaurants
in Animal Kingdom and can it get pretty difficult to get reservations.
I would highly recommend
trying to get reservations as soon as your reservations open up.
And if you don't get them the first time around, try and try again
because you never know when a cancelation may pop up. So.
So I would check every morning until your trip to see if you might see one.
The restaurant is an all you can eat family style meal.
So there are not any additional food menus,
but there is an additional menu for alcoholic drinks.
The cost of the meal at the Tusker House is a bit more expensive.
But what you're really coming here is for those fun interactions
with your favorite characters throughout your meal.
I had a wonderful time and dinner at the Tusker House in Animal Kingdom,
and in addition to the delicious food, you had plenty of times
to be able to take photos and see your favorite characters throughout your meal.
If you're wondering what other restaurants there are to eat
at at the Animal Kingdom, then you'll have to check out my overview
on the Rainforest Cafe that just popped up on the screen.
Until next time, everyone!
I hope you have an amazing day and go out and enjoy some Florida sunshine!