Last year Disney made the decision a little easier for us by offering a 3 months free promotion (we LOVED that special offer). This year Disney offered a payment plan. While I'm sure many passholders appreciate a monthly payment plan, we'd rather just get it over with and forget about the large sum for another year. For us, it would take away a little bit of the magic to make a payment each month.
Disney tickets feature characters on them and the ticket agents are not able to specify characters. You simply get what you get. Sometimes it can be a little disappointing, but this year we have good news. When the tickets appeared out of the printer, my Disney ticket featured Minnie Mouse (my poor husband has had Minnie the last two years).
Viva la Mexico, at Epcot, that is. After getting our tickets, we headed straight to Mexico for a bite to eat. This was our first visit to the newly refurbished La Cantina de San Angel, a counter service dining option featuring an overhauled menu and new waterfront seating. Many of the food options looked good to us... which is surprising because I'm a picky eater.
We decided to share Empanadas de Queso - fried fresh corn masa filled with Chihuahua cheese topped with fresh green sauce served with corn tortilla chips. You'll notice we share food a lot. At Disney prices, it is the only way we can afford to eat at the parks throughout the year. With a soda, our total cost was over $13.00. At first, we both thought the wrong meal was placed in front of us (it looked like tacos). After a closer look, we saw that we had the little pockets of fried dough we were expecting. The meal included 3 cheese-filled empanadas and while very tasty, the filling was sparse and unevenly distributed. In fact, when I cut the last one in half, my side was a completely empty pocket - void of all filling. My very kind husband let me have the last bite of his cheese-filled side. The chips were fresh. We enjoyed both the mild and hot salsas available for dipping.
As we exited the restaurant, we spotted Donald Duck wearing a sombrero and serape. He's typically located between the Mexico pavilion and the Margarita stand - our favorite mini vacation place to share a frozen drink on a hot night.