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I am trying to decide between the two. I think we'd really like the theming of 50's PT but we really like the menu at Mama Melrose. We also like the fact that it is part of the Fantasmic! dinner package. So, I have a few questions...
I read the Mama Melrose menu and noticed it is a Price Fix Menu. Does that mean we can't pick from any entree on the menu if we get the Fantasmic! package? We ate at Chefs de France last summer and it was a price fix for the dining plan and I couldn't get what I wanted to order off the menu unless I paid seperately.
Is the Fantasmic! reserved seating worth it? We don't mind that the seats might not be the best; we are just sick of the long wait to get in!! Is there still a long wait to get to these seats? Is it possible they will get full and we can't get to them even if we had the dinner package?
Hmmm... that's interesting about the prix fixe at Chefs de France -- I was under the impression that you *could* order the prix fixe if you were on the DDP, but you didn't *have* to. We just ate there in December and I had the prix fixe, but my dining companions didn't and we were all on the DDP.
As for the Fantasmic dinner package at Mama Melrose's, it is a fixed menu, but I thought there were still several options to choose from.
Hopefully, someone will have more information for you.
Eileen
We ate Mama Rosa's a trip before last. I liked it, my husband wasn't impressed. I don't know about Primetime, we has reservations there last trip and we cancelled for an O'Hona Breakfast. I would eat at Mama's again if I could get preferred seating at Fantasmic. My husband won't though. He just thought the food was "so so".
There is no wait to get the reserved seats when you are on the dinner package. You will receive a voucher that you present to a CM near the gas station at the front of the park, and you'll enter Fantasmic theater from behind the gas station, totally separate from other guests' entrance. It is a big section with plenty of good seats. It will not fill up; you'll definitely be seated with no waiting.
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I haven't done the Fantasmic package, so I can't help you there, but as far as the meals go, we much preferred MM. 50's was not bad, it was just kind of boring in our view, regarding the food. Also, we didn't have much of a server, so that could also be why we have a lackluster opinion of 50's. We were impressed with MM's food and ambience, but then, I am a sucker for Italian food.
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We always love the food at 50's PT!! We've had great servers and not so great servers...but the ambiance is awesome and the comfort food is so so good! Never been to MM though.
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the Prix Fixe didn't matter for us at Chefs de France last year, or the year before on the DDP, we ordered anything we wanted on the menu. Although, we were on the DxDDP, so I don't know if that matters.
If I had to choose of those two, and neither are my favorites at DHS, I would choose 50's PT, as Mama Melroses is not "true" Italian food. You'll get MUCH better at Tutto ITalia.
Thanks for the responses! My ADR date is coming up on Feb. 16th so I have some time to think about it. But, we may go with MM simply because of the Fantasmic! package. We love that show and always get there very early and spend a lot of time waiting. The thought of not waiting is very appealing. We may spend another 1/2 day at DS so maybe we could do 50s PT for lunch and get both!!!
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I'm not a big Mama Melrose fan. I wasn't very impressed with my meal when we went there. However, I love 50's Prime Time; the food is good and the service is fun. You can't get the Fantasmic package at 50's, though.
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