A Magical 10 Night Trip, The 10th Month and The Orlando Trifecta- PTR - UPDATED 10/2 About This Page:

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by Her Dotness

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.

Keller is an amazing chef as I've seen many of his programs on TV and some of his creations are just how does he do this and have me drooling! May have to try one of his eateries one day!

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by jandsdennis

Hope something comes open for V&A's for you

So am I and may need some divine intervention my way!

Originally Posted by patclairesmom

Great dining choices! Sorry about V&A's.

Love my ADRS and hope I luck out with V & A's!

Originally Posted by chezp

Nice dining choices and glad I could help out in some small way with some ideas from my trip reports.

Glad you like them and your always a great source of inspiration and information for some of my plans!

[Cam22]

Originally Posted by SuperDave

I think you may have been here in WDW during this week before?

We have been, but I don't think we had any ADRs we wanted that would have been difficult.

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by Cam22

We have been, but I don't think we had any ADRs we wanted that would have been difficult.

It always is when planning out everything and trying to fit in things like meets!

[jandsdennis]

Gosh not sure if I should let the news slip.

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by jandsdennis

Gosh not sure if I should let the news slip.

I'm sure many know about it already as it's on a recent and active thread! I gave my okay on that for the person to reveal it.

[jandsdennis]

Happy though that you were able to get this and that it will be so much fun to share it with those that enjoy it as much as you!
Maybe at some point our paths will cross again at the F&WF

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by jandsdennis

Happy though that you were able to get this and that it will be so much fun to share it with those that enjoy it as much as you!
Maybe at some point our paths will cross again at the F&WF

It should be a great evening and love the Disney Magic! Hope we get to meet up once again and longer next time!

[SuperDave]

This is a Good Sign!



Tuesday, April 18th
I cancelled my Todd English’s BlueZoo reservation for Thursday, October 12th and replaced it with Yachtsman Steakhouse at 8:30 pm. I’m contemplating about this one and can’t completely decide which one I want to dine at as I can’t pick a preference. This may change once again. As I will be experiencing the F&W Festival earlier in the day, I don’t want to be too full for dinner, but with a late meal this should work out, as I complete my sampling at the booths by 4pm.

Saturday, June 17th
Quite a gap between the dates in my planning, but I have everything done up to this point that I can do!

I looked on the WDW site and the dates are now highlighted in October for the Rivers of Light dining packages. I tried booking one for Tuesday, October 10th, but it said there was no availability. Although, they are highlighted, they probably haven’t released these yet to be booked. I tried a variety of times and with both Tiffin’s and Tusker House and same result. I also called Disney with a thirty minute hold and same result and they couldn’t give me a definite answer about this. I will check back. My guess is Monday morning as the same thing happened, when I was waiting for the Star Wars Dessert Party bookings last year!

Sunday, June 18th
I made an online reservation with Mears for a luxury sedan pickup from the Royal Pacific Resort to the WDW Dolphin Resort on Sunday, October 8th at 9am. The regular rate is $47 but I got an online discount of 10% to bring the total down to $42.30, so a nice savings. It’s close to the regular taxi rates and a much better ride! I may also consider Uber or Lyft, so not 100% certain I will keep this. Arriving at the Dolphin in style will be nice!

I checked the WDW site and they are now displaying the show times and dates for the Rivers of Light show. I plan on attending on Tuesday, October 10th. There is one show time, which is at 8 pm. This is a good sign with the dates released for the show and packages now highlighted in the dining section!

Monday, June 19th
Went on the WDW site at 6:05 am to see if Rivers of Light dining packages were open to book for October and they were! I made a reservation at Tusker House for Tuesday, October 10th at 3:10 pm. I was hoping for a little later, so it would be closer to dinner time, but this was the best I could do. It states it’s for the first ROL show, but they only have one show scheduled for this day at 8 pm. They also released bookings for September as well, which has more ROL shows with two shows on many of the days.

I’m glad I was finally able to book this as I was checking daily for these to be released. But in the fine print of the ROL dining packages, they generally release these packages around 3 or 4 months ahead of time and not 180 days like your standard ADRs.

Later today, I received an email from Universal Studios and Daniel of V.I.P. tours. In the email it stated they are now accepting bookings for the Halloween Horror Nights R.I.P. tour, which I had called Universal about a few months ago and was interested in taking. They put me on their waiting list and would be contacted when available. His number was on the email as well as the general number for the V.I.P. tours.

I called Daniel when I got home for the day, but he wasn’t there as it was after 6 pm and may have gone home for the day. I called the other number and spoke with Ellie. I booked my tour for Thursday, October 5th at 7:15 pm. These aren’t cheap and mine comes to a little over $200, but will last nearly five hours and I will get to visit all nine haunted houses without any wait (they are known to be insane at times at nearly two hours!). There is also a pre-tour reception with some snacks and cash bar at Café La Bamba. Check in is 30 minutes prior to event at guest services window prior to park entrance. I also get VIP seating to the Bill & Ted’s show and an Unlimited Express Pass, once the tour is over for open attractions during Halloween Horror Nights.

What I can do, will depend on the park hours. They are open until 2 am on my day. Not sure if I’ll stay that long, but plan to get a few attractions in after the tour. I will also be going to SeaWorld the next day and will probably be up around 7 am or just a bit later. Not too early as SeaWorld opens at 10 am. I’m looking forward to this special event and tour and glad I will be doing it. Even though, the tour is a bit expensive there is a lot included. The Express Pass on HHN event nights is $89 and you can’t use the one you have for the normal daytime Universal hours. That’s nearly half the price of my tour. We will see if I feel it’s worth it, but I think it will be.




NEXT: Some Changes and the 2017 Food & Wine Festival

[chezp]

Glad you were able to get the Rivers of Light dining package - good grief, you waited long enough for that! I'm waiting on January. I suspect I have a while longer...

Now you cancelled Bluezoo and went for the Yachtsman Steakhouse? Honestly, I think Bluezoo needs to go back in there, that's how good our meal was there in February.

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by chezp

Glad you were able to get the Rivers of Light dining package - good grief, you waited long enough for that! I'm waiting on January. I suspect I have a while longer...

Now you cancelled Bluezoo and went for the Yachtsman Steakhouse? Honestly, I think Bluezoo needs to go back in there, that's how good our meal was there in February.

I certainly had a long wait with the ROL package, but glad I was finally able to book it! Dates on the packages are now highlighted for November/December, so you'll have to wait a bit more.

I'm being quite in decisive about this ADR and I'm sure it will change once again. It will be a late one after spending a few hours sampling at the festival. Not sure if YS is the way to go on this. Stay tuned!

[Cam22]

It is a relief to finally get that ROL dining package. Congrats! All your plans keep falling into place.

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by Cam22

It is a relief to finally get that ROL dining package. Congrats! All your plans keep falling into place.

It certainly was a relief as I kept waiting and waiting to book this package! At least I got it now. Everything seems to be coming together quite nicely!

[Tara O'Hara]

I definitely feel your pain with the ROL package!!We just booked ours for November!! Yuor plans sound wonderful!!

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by Tara O'Hara

I definitely feel your pain with the ROL package!!We just booked ours for November!! Yuor plans sound wonderful!!

It was just a long wait for this as I kept checking back each day. Glad you finally got yours as you must have done it today or yesterday as the dates were highlighted but couldn't book these yet. Plans are certainly coming together!