Just off of Main Street in Disneyland, there is a little cart that sells corn dogs. But these are not just any corn dogs, these are dogs of corn that personify the Disney difference. Where another theme park might be content to boil up some prepackaged corn dogs, the corn dogs of this stand are battered and boiled in-cart. Although a typical corn dog isn’t nearly enough to fill up this unvegan, I was told these were some heavy dogs and took my chances on just one.

Coming in at $5.99, the dogs come with a choice of chips or apple slices. Having tackled a half-pound burger for lunch and just about do down a similarly-sized corn dog, I opted for the apple slices. Within moments, my corned dog was ready for eating. We headed into the restaurant nearby to escape from the freezing (50 degree) weather and sat down to chow on some dogs.

This was one hell of a huge hot dog. It was hard just to get my mouth around it, but when I did, I bit into something delicious. This was a corn dog done just perfectly. It was nice and crispy on the outside, warm and gooey on the inside and had that delicious tube steak in the middle to provide balance. To steal a line from There’s Something About Mary, “I don’t think there are enough meat on sticks” and a corn dog like this proves the point. Not only that, but you know how a hot dog or even a corn dog is seldom enough food for a whole meal? This corn dog was some heavy stuff, so full of fried Disney magic that I was pretty sure it would settle in my stomach for happily ever after. When I was done even the apple slices seemed like too much to eat.

For the size, price, taste and heaviness, the corn dog cart off of Main Street is a great place to grab a meal at Disneyland. It doesn’t seem like much, but the supposed snack is a true meal that packs a punch of meat and won’t keep you away from the rides for too long.

Apparently Henry’s Hat isn’t the only place that sends out half-price coupons. Luna Park, part of the same family with Henry’s Hat, also partakes in these amazing deals. So the last time Luna Park sent out an offer, we headed out to the Miracle Mile area to check out what Luna Park was all about.

The first thing I noticed on their menu was they had a beer called Skyscraper Bulldozer Honeyweizen. I was so excited to see this, since my favorite beer is Leinenkugel’s Honey Weiss, so I made sure to order this immediately. When I drank it, I was pretty happy. It’s a bit sweeter and thicker than Honey Weiss, but definitely a good choice since I can’t get that beer out here. Unfortunately, this is the only place I’ve ever seen that beer, so hopefully I’ll be able to find it again sometime.

Although my beer came fast, the good service ended pretty abruptly there. After about a year, we were able to put in our orders. I decided to take full advantage of the half off pricing and began with an appetizer of their “Carnival Dogs.” These were corn dogs made with chicken apple sausage and served with assorted mustards. And they were delicious. I’m not sure if they were handmade, but they sure tasted like it. The corn around these sausages were perfectly fried and uneven. Using chicken apple sausages instead of plain hot dogs was a great twist on the typical carnival treat.

For the main course, I ordered the “Tasty Burger.” This was made with a Niman Ranch patty, and came with fries. For an extra buck, I ordered it with some cheese. I asked if it came with lettuce and tomatoes and stuff and the waiter replied yes, so I asked for it without. Apparently the waiter took this literally. So he brought me onion and there was still a pickle on the plate. I didn’t realize I had to get so specific with him. The onion was easy to brush aside, but the juice from the pickle claimed the lives of a few good french fries. Luckily this juice didn’t make its way to the bun.

Although some juice would have been nice for the bun. It tasted like dehydrated cardboard and somehow any juices the burger may have had to moisten the burger were lost somewhere in this black hole of a bun, never to be seen again. I never thought so much about a bun can impact a burger, but I learned at Luna Park. The patty was great, which made things even worse. I knew I couldn’t enjoy this patty to its fullest.

My trip to Luna Park was like a roller coaster ride. It started out great with that discount and the Honeyweizen, but then the service died (which I assume was because using the discount tacked on an automatic 18% gratuity). My corn dogs were awesome, but the “Tasty Burger” was very disappointing. I can forgive bad service sometimes, especially because I’ve heard some great things from people’s past experiences at Luna Park, but putting that bun on that burger was unforgivable.