Food on Our Resort-Only Disney Trip: Sanaa Breakfast, Port Orleans Beignets, and Grand Floridian Cafe

The parks have some of the best food and restaurants in the bubble, so how was it without them? It was delicious, actually!

Sunday Night: All Stars Resort Food Court

We arrived late and ate a late dinner at the All Stars Resort food court. My mom got a Greek salad with grilled chicken, and I got the Greek salad, no chicken. Man! This was amazing! Honestly, it was so good. It has chickpeas, olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, and the best lemony vinaigrette dressing ever. I would 100 percent get this again and again!

The grilled chicken on my mom’s Greek salad was dry and inedible. She just took it off. Total miss on Disney’s part. My daughter ordered the kids mac and cheese and liked it. It was just the regular Disney mac and cheese, a total staple on our trips.

Monday Breakfast: Sanaa at Animal Kingdom Lodge

We decided to try out Sanaa at Animal Kingdom. I kept reading that Sanaa was a quick service restaurant in the mornings only, but I could not find a menu or any information about it on the My Disney Experience App, so I was a bit nervous that we would show up and get laughed out of the building.

But no, that didn’t happen. They were indeed open for breakfast. It was kind of fun because you have to order at the bar! I’m not a drinker or a party girl, so I’ve never actually ordered something at a bar before. Haha, it was super fun. I even sat on a bar stool while we waited.

My daughter and I split the breakfast platter with eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes, and a little corn cake, and we split the banana bread French toast. My mom got the gluten-free Mickey Waffles with a side of sausage. Oh my, this was so worth the ride out to Animal Kingdom.

The breakfast potatoes were so perfectly seasoned. The banana bread French toast was super moist and all things perfect about banana bread. It had a raspberry sauce on the plate that was sooo tart and sweet and delicious!

Sanaa overlooks one of the savannas at Animal Kingdom. It has a whole wall of floor-to-ceiling windows with tables right next to them. Since it was morning and quick service, we got to choose what table we wanted and there were several right by the window. The table we chose happened to be right by where they put the food out for the animals! We were literally eating breakfast with the antelope and zebras.

It was true Disney magic. We also saw giraffes hanging out and walking the perimeter with a wildebeest buddy. That was adorable! I would 100% do this again. The food, service, and atmosphere were all over 100%.

We still had a whole afternoon and evening of eating ahead of us, beignets included. Part 2 lands Thursday, October 1.