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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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Okay, so this is a really off the wall question: Does Beach Club's Cape May Café still have a strong shellfish aroma throughout the restaurant? My family adores shellfish, fish, etc, and this would be a lovely meal for them. One problem, though: Not only am I allergic to shellfish, but a heavy smell of it makes me nauseous. I am allergic to so many foods, that it doesn't bother me at all to take the family to a great restaurant and just sip an iced tea while they eat dinner. I can usually eat a dessert, so I'm content! LOL. However, I have noticed that when we are in Beach Club and we walk past Cape May in recent years, I smell such a strong shellfish aroma just in the hallway, It immediately makes me feel sick, and I thus hurry past it. I am choosing restaurants now for our winter trip this year, and just wondering if things have changed and it's "less smelly." It would be so much fun to take my kids there....
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We have eaten at cape may for breakfast and never noticed a shellfish odor. We will be eating dinner there in November so will let you know after that if it is an issue.
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Just me, but I wouldn't chance an unpleasant experience if I were you. There are too many great places to eat at WDW. Besides, if you book the Cape May ADR and then find the smell nauseating upon arriving, you'd be out the $10 per person cancellation fee if everyone decided to go somewhere else so that you could eat enjoyably.
Would splitting up your family with some eating at Cape May while you and others went to the nearby Captain's Grille or Yachtsman Steakhouse be unworkable? Those three restaurants are so close to each other that you could easily regroup after eating, perhaps much more enjoyably for everyone.
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I can tell you for a fact - YES, it still has that very strong smell. We were just in Disney last month (8/7 to 8/20) and there was one night we ate at Beaches and Cream. We walked through the hotel by CMC to get there and then we walked by again to get to the gift shop for some pin trading. We left and went to the YC but when we came back to the BC, we used that hallway and walked by Cape May a third time. I guess I didn't remember the other two times and the smell Of course for me (I live in MA), I've always been told if you can smell fish cooking, it's not very fresh. Supposedly fresh fish has absolutely no smell. I don't like it, don't buy it and don't cook it so I can't say for sure but I can say CMC does make the BC smell like fish.
I have to agree with Darlene. We have walked by the past two years on our trips, and I have immediately noticed the smell of shellfish. I kind of like it, but if I had an issue with it, I would go somewhere else.
Yes, the odor is strong--when we stayed at BC, I noticed it every evening we would be anywhere near the restaurant. I would not chance it if it is a problem for you.
I'm allergic to most shellfish. The smell is so strong that I had a reaction and we were seated pretty far away from the buffet. One and only time we tried dinner there. We've eaten breakfast there and there is no odor during breakfast hours.
We just returned from staying at Beach Club. Every time we walked past CMC in the evening, the smell was horrible. Dh even commented I'm so glad we aren't eating there. One morning I walked by during breakfast and I could smell it, though not near as strong. I cancelled our breakfast ADR for our last morning, (not because of the smell) so I can't attest to the smell inside the restaurant.
Wow! You all are the best! Your responses are so helpful to me, because I can tell that I would definitely get sick being in that restaurant. I was hoping that the smell had changed. Darn! Oh well, though. We have no problem choosing a different restaurant, and we have definite favorites as well (Boma being one of them. We adore that place!)
Thanks again everyone for helping me out with this info!
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Of course for me (I live in MA), I've always been told if you can smell fish cooking, it's not very fresh. Supposedly fresh fish has absolutely no smell. I don't like it, don't buy it and don't cook it so I can't say for sure but I can say CMC does make the BC smell like fish.
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