Monday, March 9, 2015

Restaurants


The wonderful thing about WDW is you can any and every kind of cuisine imaginable! And most restaurants are covered under the Disney Dining Plan. Tip: Before making a reservation, always check the latest Disney Dining Plan guide to make sure the restaurant you have chosen is covered under the Dining Plan. Also, reservations can be made 180 days in advance.

The other beauty of having such variety of cuisine and a Disney Dining Plan is that you can eat at restaurants that you may not have thought of.

Any themed restaurant has the décor and uniforms that go with that theme.

Here are some quick descriptions/reviews of table service restaurants that I have dined at over the years. All of the restaurants I have dined at have been good.

Magic Kingdom:

·         Liberty Tree Tavern (Liberty Square) – Old Colonial food such as pot roast and turkey.

·         Crystal Palace – Character Dining with Winnie the Pooh and Friends. Buffet style

·         Cinderella’s Royal Table – Character Dining with Cinderella and the princesses (and occasionally a prince). Seated meal – you get a choice of about 4 options for your meal

EPCOT:

·         Coral Reef (Future World – Living Seas) – The atmosphere alone is worth it! As you sit in the dining room, you can gaze into the huge tank containing fish, turtles and rays. There is a card on the table to help you identify the different animals.

·         Le Cellier Steakhouse (Canada Pavillon) – Reservations are a must! I had a $65 steak, which was absolutely delicious!

·         Nine Dragons Restaurant (China Pavillon) – Upscale Chinese food.

Hollywood Studios:

·         50’s Prime Time Café – When you walk into this restaurant you feel like you are walking into your grandmother’s house! Everything is decorated in 50’s style and they have clips of old black & white 50’s sit coms playing on old TVs in each dining area. The waiter/waitress will make you set your place at the table, makes sure you washed your hands and makes you keep your elbows off the table!! And the dessert menu is on a View Finder!

·         Hollywood and Vine – Buffet with the Disney Jr characters. During Star Wars weekends, character dinner with Mickey as Luke Skywalker, Minnie as Princess Leia, Donald as a storm trooper and Goofy as Vader

·         Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano – Wonderful Italian food!

·         Sci-Fi Dine-In Theatre – You walk into the dining area and it is set up like an old school drive in. The tables are cars and are pointed towards a drive in screen playing scenes from cheesy Science Fiction movies. This is also where they have a Star Wars breakfast with Darth Vader and Boba Fett during Star Wars weekends in May and June

 Animal Kingdom:

·         Tusker House – Wonderful buffet that includes American classics as well as African inspired dishes. Both breakfast and lunch are character dining with Mickey and Friends

Downtown Disney:

·         Planet Hollywood – After you eat, you can enjoy walking around and viewing different movie props and costumes from different movies

·         Raglan Road Irish Pub and restaurant – Irish food and Irish beer. Occasionally they have live Irish music as well

·         Rainforest Café – Feel like you are eating in the jungle with animatronic animals in every section. Every 20 minutes there is a rain storm, but don’t worry, you won’t get wet. You will hear the thunder and see the lights flashing as if it were lightening

·         T-REX – Similar to Rainforest Café except with dinosaurs! If you are or you have a dinosaur lover, you must eat here!! Animatronic dinosaurs with cards that have a brief description of that dinosaur. Every 20 minutes there is a meteor shower (like Rainforest Café with their rain storm) Definitely make reservations! If not, the wait times are ridiculous!

 
Also, menus are always available online so you can see if the food options are something that you would like. If you go to https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/ and select a restaurant link, there is a link to the right that says "Show Menu". At the top of the menu page, you can select which meal menu you would like to view (breakfast, lunch or dinner)

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