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I think your ADR's sound terrific!! I do think that it is cutting it tight for your lunch at Morocco but I plan on doing the same type of thing on one of my days as well, so I am no one to judge!
I'm happy with my ADRs with only disappointment being no V&A's but otherwise good! It is cutting it a bit close so I'll have to figure out my schedule and make sure I get to Spice Road Table on time. I may have to drop my 3rd FP+ but we'll see. Making it back to the Dolphin for my shuttle pickup should be fine as it will be around 2:30 pm.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I'm quite happy with these and hope I stick to the plan!
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Your plans sound great Dave! I like how you kept one day with an ADR so that you can just enjoy the F&W Festival.
I'm quite happy with everything and I think having a late dinner on one of the F&W Festival days will allow me to enjoy it. I probably won't do as much sampling as last year as I went all out on my first experience there and wanted to sample as much as I could. Enjoyed it so much!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I am suffering absolute paroxysms that you couldn't get either QVR or the MDR at V&A's. That has to have been a huge disappointment, as much as I know you enjoy dining there.
I wonder if not having the plus-10 advantage worked against you. We've found a couple times that the only date we could get V&A's was near the end of our stay. So, the plus-10ers might have snapped them up before you even had a chance.
Whatever the reason, that is just dreadful! Yes, Cali Grill is a nice restaurant, but absolutely nothing on property is an adequate substitute, I'm sure you'll agree.
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I'm quite happy with them! We will see if I do a Tara!
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Great dining choices, but I sorry that you won't be making V&A this trip.
I'm not happy about that as I've never had a hard time getting it. I arrive the day before Columbus Day and probably has something to do with it. Some of my ADRs were difficult to secure as well. My Universal resort, Royal Pacific seems to be sold out now for my dates with the holiday and HHN, which is quite popular. Last year I arrived on the 15th being a Saturday and after the holiday and may explain it. I hope I don;t regret this. I think you may have been here in WDW during this week before?
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I am suffering absolute paroxysms that you couldn't get either QVR or the MDR at V&A's. That has to have been a huge disappointment, as much as I know you enjoy dining there.
I wonder if not having the plus-10 advantage worked against you. We've found a couple times that the only date we could get V&A's was near the end of our stay. So, the plus-10ers might have snapped them up before you even had a chance.
Whatever the reason, that is just dreadful! Yes, Cali Grill is a nice restaurant, but absolutely nothing on property is an adequate substitute, I'm sure you'll agree.
I was not happy about this and as much as I love the Cali, nothing compares to V&A's and I've also been to some of the top rated eateries in NYC. One of them Daniel (Daniel Boulud) has an amazing restaurant and always in the top 5 in NYC and finished #1 a few times. I feel V&A's is DEFINITELY better! I've been going to V&A's since my second WDW trip in 2003 and that is 11 times! Most being the main dining room as QVR has only been available since about 2010 or maybe 2009. Most are QVR since.
I think you are right about the plus 10 and may have had a disadvantage with that as staying t the Dolphin. But I got QVR with no problem last year at the B Resort in DS. That was on day 4 last year. I did a lot of searching just checking what is available and has a BOG thing going with it. Through the end of the year, almost ADRs are gone for V&A's. Gotten quite popular I guess and even at the high price. Once thing to explain this is as they no longer have the second seating in the Main Dining room at 9 pm, which means fewer ADRs. Not sure when they got rid of that as perhaps not popular enough (at the time) but now making it nearly impossible for the earlier seating.
I keep checking and hoping for an ADR as a month away now! Do you think I should call the restaurant direct and mention how many times I've dined there and perhaps they can squeeze me in? I'm getting desperate but my trip will be missing something without this experience!
Also wondering, if they're keeping a certain amount of ADRs to be made by phone considering the type of restaurant they are known as and I think many make these ADRs by phone. I think it's for the personal service. I've made most of mine by phone and perhaps just the last two years online, while everything else on the site.
Sorry for for the ongoing essay on this but you understand my point!
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I truly don't know, Dave, if calling and playing your ELEVEN times card would work. Surely can't hurt anything to try. Too bad you haven't an illustrious surname like Vanderbilt or Astor, huh?
You might be right that their canceling the 9:00 seating has made the MDR all but impossible to get. Or perhaps FWF is drawing more people who want to dine at the better WDW restaurants.
I'd really like to try Keller's Per Se sometime, but I suspect we'll have to dwell upon our memories of the River Cafe. Drew's parents took us there once after his mom won a $100 gift card for it in a raffle. Enjoyable but also no V&A's.
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I will try and see what I can do. I know what you mean with the names but then again Astor went down with the Titanic! The F&W Festival may have something to do with it, but doing the one day at a time with ADRs there were other V&A's ressies available including QVR on other days as well. Just weird as looks so booked for the year and never seen this with this restaurant! I know Per Se in NYC as highly rated but seems way over priced, even though quite good. I think it's been around for about 10 years or so now. In the Time Warner Center I think in midtown? I'll look.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Per Se may well be overpriced these days for what it serves. It isn't the rowdy new kid on the block anymore for certain.
But, I'd still like to try it sometime because Keller revolutionized the "tasting menu" concept which then practically everybody else leapt upon.
Despite Chef Host Aimee's touting the Chef's Table's "bacon and eggs" by a young chef when we ate there, I thought it rather derivative of Keller's oysters and pearls, the much less prosaic original of quirky twists on commonplace dishes. If a diner knew nothing of Keller's work, they might have been impressed. It was visually appealing and tasted fine but had a discordant element or two. Keller's O&P is simply remarkable as a concept as well as a stunning combination of flavors, or so I've read.
But, not to derail the PTR train further as I'm sure you and I could rhapsodize endlessly about places where we'd love to eat someday.
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I do think that it is cutting it tight for your lunch at Morocco but I plan on doing the same type of thing on one of my days as well, so I am no one to judge!
It is cutting it a bit close so I'll have to figure out my schedule and make sure I get to Spice Road Table on time. I may have to drop my 3rd FP+ but we'll see. Making it back to the Dolphin for my shuttle pickup should be fine as it will be around 2:30 pm. 
I arrive the day before Columbus Day and probably has something to do with it. 
Some of my ADRs were difficult to secure as well. My Universal resort, Royal Pacific seems to be sold out now for my dates with the holiday and HHN, which is quite popular. 
Last year I arrived on the 15th being a Saturday and after the holiday and may explain it. I hope I don;t regret this. I think you may have been here in WDW during this week before? 
But I got QVR with no problem last year at the B Resort in DS. That was on day 4 last year. I did a lot of searching just checking what is available and has a BOG thing going with it. Through the end of the year, almost ADRs are gone for V&A's. Gotten quite popular I guess and even at the high price. Once thing to explain this is as they no longer have the second seating in the Main Dining room at 9 pm, which means fewer ADRs. 
I'm getting desperate but my trip will be missing something without this experience! 
The F&W Festival may have something to do with it, but doing the one day at a time with ADRs there were other V&A's ressies available including QVR on other days as well. Just weird as looks so booked for the year and never seen this with this restaurant! 
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