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Wow! Incredible meal! What always held me back from even thinking about trying Remy are the fish dishes. I am allergic to shellfish, and have had bad reactions to a few others. Plainly said, I do not eat fish...and neither does my husband. After reading this, I think I am understanding if you do not want the fish entree then you can swap that out for a second of the meat course...is that correct?
Indeed you can! Don't forget, this is Disney and one of the things that Disney does best is cater to anyone with allergies. I'm allergic to tree fruit (apple, pears, plums, peaches, cherries etc.) and they have been so good with me, it's been amazing. If you have any issues like that, I'd let them know, but you can pick what you want from the menu.
WOW!!! What a fantastic evening and meal!!! Not only does it sound delish - but it also sounds as though you were really able to just relax and enjoy it!!! Which that in itself makes that price all worth it!!!
I would have DIED for that cheese sampling!!!!!!!!!! YUMMY!!!!!!!!
But the way............that photo of you was GREAT!!!!
Thank you! It was very relaxing, more than I thought it would be. Honestly, it's not a stuffy experience at all and the servers are excellent at helping you to relax and really enjoy it.
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Looks like you really enjoyed your meal...but I have to admit, I have now read several reviews of it, and al lrave about it, like you did, but I think it all looks not so good. (in nice words) I'm not into french upscale food, I guess, so it just does not appeal to me at all. I keep hoping one review wil lblow me away, but so far the food descriptions just don't appeal to me...I guess It will save us some money then!
It is an acquired taste and I can fully understand that, for some people, it's not their thing. However, if it is your thing, then do not miss!
Been away for a couple of days but all caught up now. Whoa, what a fabulous meal at Remy!!! I really want to book the cruise to the NE and Canada for next year but maybe the Dream or Fantasy could be in 2013???
Well Barb, how about the Fantasy on 15 December 2012 - you could join us for my 40th...
I am not a foodie person, but WOW! You made Remy sounds so wonderful that I may just have to convince my fiancee to book a Disney cruise just for that meal! I am so glad to hear you thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience! I am wondering, in all of your travels, have you had any other food experiences that compare to Remy?
I would say that Victoria and Albert's at WDW compares to it and we had a meal at the Bellagio (I want to say Le Cirque, but I'm not 100% sure on that...) that I would say was the same standard as well.
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Now that dinner looks FANTASTIC! I recently had a similar dinning experience at Le Bec Fin in Philly and it was quite an experience. We too were too full at the end of the meal to have the cheese and dessert course, AND they did send us home with some chocolates. I think that price you paid is great too. Is that the flat price? Wow,
The drink they served you in the begining, was it a Campari drink? We had a fancy dinner and brunch in Cannes before and they both started us with a Campari drink.
I noticed you had that late evening spa tratment, is the spa opened later that that, or was that the last appt for the day? They would work great for us.
Thank you so much for sharing this is such great detail
The flat price is $75 per person. The extra $27 was for two glasses of wine, then there was the tip on top of that.
I'm not sure if the drink was Campari or not - I don't remember now if they told us what it was or not..
I honestly don't know about the spa. I know that they offered me a couple of times for that treatment and that was the one that worked best for me. I'm guessing they must close around 10pm?
What an amazing meal, everything from the moment you walked in to the moment you left sounds just amazing, and the food....it looked delicious, and I agree that when you look at it, the meal is a really good value when you think of two adults and wine.
Remy is so on my list, for that matter so is a cruise on the Dream / Fantasy....
I should be getting commission from Disney on all these people that I'm persuading to take a cruise on the Dream or Fantasy...
Saturday 16 April – part one: you’re going to run in this heat?
We woke up just after 7.20am and could feel that we must be moving into Castaway Cay. I quickly got up and headed out to take some photos of our arrival. Unlike yesterday, I wasn’t alone. The ship was much busier this morning.
We quickly got up and got going and headed off to Cabanas for breakfast. There’s a very good choice up here, but it took us a while to find everything and we didn’t like all the drink supplies until we had already been up once and walked to the far end of the dining room. I was pretty surprised to see asparagus on the menu, so that was a nice treat for breakfast.
Once we were done, we headed back to the room, so that I could lather up on sunscreen. I remember only too well what happened the last time we were at Castaway Cay when I burnt wearing factor 50 suntan lotion and I was going to do my best to make sure that didn’t happen again.
All ready to go, we headed out and my goodness, already at 8.45am, it was warm outside. Leaving early was definitely a good plan. We got an official photo done by the Dream, although sadly it turned out to be no good. We got lots of photos of our own, as we walked along to the tram stop.
We seemed to sit there for ages, waiting for people and got chatting to the woman on there with us. The mad fool was going to run the Castaway Cay 5k. I cannot believe that this is now a regular thing out here. It was far too warm, for our liking, just to walk around, never mind running that far. Still, there was quite a big group assembled when we got to the start line. Rather them than me.
I'm a little confused about the pricing? I thought the $75 per person was the tip as these servers are not in the regular dinning rotation? You paid more tip money on top of the $150 ?
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Haha--my DH did the 5k last time we were at CC. He also runs in snowstorms.
Looks like you're going to have a beautiful day at CC--hope you don't get burned!
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It was very relaxing, more than I thought it would be. Honestly, it's not a stuffy experience at all and the servers are excellent at helping you to relax and really enjoy it. 
We got lots of photos of our own, as we walked along to the tram stop. 
I cannot believe that this is now a regular thing out here. It was far too warm, for our liking, just to walk around, never mind running that far. 
He also runs in snowstorms. 
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