We started with the appetizer sampler ($17), which our server said many people order as a meal unto itself. I could see that; it's got fried calamari and sauce, tri-colored tortilla chips with a succulent crap dip (and lots of it), southwest eggrolls, and even a couple chicken strips. It's a lot of food. We also started off with a yummy cookies and cream shake, with added chocolate. It was well-blended, and something you could actually drink.

The shrimp platter ($23) was outstanding. It comes with several of each of three kinds of shrimp: coconut-crusted fried shrimp, remarkably good with a special BBQ sauce, shrimp scampi, not too heavy on garlic and butter so it kept a light touch, and bacon-wrapped shrimp with crab meat, which was astounding and bursting with flavor, even if you tried it without the accompanying cream sauce. The rasta pasta ($19) was heavy on vegetable flavor, especially spinach and pesto, followed closely by cream and mozzarella cheese. It was a heavy dish on its own. The crab cake sandwich ($13) was better than average, but possibly not quite worth its price. The macademia-crusted snapper ($24) sounded the best on paper, but turned out to be the least successful dish. It tasted just like its component ingredients without any synergy. It was also dry. Several meals came with a brown rice with the odd black bean or pine nuts, and an unusual vegetable medly of cucumbers, carrots, jicama, raisins, red cabbage, red onions, and red peppers. The child's mini-cheeseburger meal ($7) was also expensive for what you get. 

We found the service impressively fast, despite it being the dinner hour and a steady stream of folks coming out of Animal Kingdom. Part of the reason is the enormous dining area - there are endless tables here, and they seem to have the waitstaff to handle it. Our refills came fast, and the only hiccup came in the form of the appetizer coming late (and the entrees coming so quickly right after).

As you might expect, what makes this meal memorable is the atmosphere. Every few minutes - and I mean two or five, not ten or twenty - the place erupts with noise, light, and robotic animation. Monkeys hoot, elephants trumpet, gorillas beat their chests. The fishtanks around the room are huge, hyper-clean, and impressive as heck. We left stuffed, but the meal had been expensive. We could have saved money by not ordering an appetizer, but then we might not have been quite full. Either way, the meal was overpriced a touch.