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I don't blame you as I love the characters too, but never repeat restaurants during my stay (with so many choices) except for breakfast at my resort! I've actually never experienced CRT in my 11 trips! Have heard mixed reviews about it with many saying the food is so-so and a bit over priced on the pre-fixe meal?
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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!
Eh, we don't care, because the only reason (other than His Drewness's eye candy one--Princesses ) we have for eating at CRT is that you get to eat INSIDE the Castle. As with virtually every character meal, it's the experience you go for and not the food, the latter being unremarkable by our standards.
Dinner was pretty ordinary restaurant food, but a server who roleplays throughout your meal that you're "milord and milady" upon gleaning that you'd enjoy that made us willingly disregard just edible food. We had ever so much fun with CM Christopher who did that.
Of course, you can't count on having such an imaginative server as he was, but nevertheless, you're eating in the Castle.
As good-food-centric as you know us to be, Dave, it's difficult to believe we'd eat not once but twice where the food is hardly thrilling. "Where, not what" sums it up. It's IN THE CASTLE.
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Eh, we don't care, because the only reason (other than His Drewness's eye candy one--Princesses ) we have for eating at CRT is that you get to eat INSIDE the Castle. As with virtually every character meal, it's the experience you go for and not the food, the latter being unremarkable by our standards.
Dinner was pretty ordinary restaurant food, but a server who roleplays throughout your meal that you're "milord and milady" upon gleaning that you'd enjoy that made us willingly disregard just edible food. We had ever so much fun with CM Christopher who did that.
Of course, you can't count on having such an imaginative server as he was, but nevertheless, you're eating in the Castle.
As good-food-centric as you know us to be, Dave, it's difficult to believe we'd eat not once but twice where the food is hardly thrilling. "Where, not what" sums it up. It's IN THE CASTLE.
Good points as it's not really the food experience, but just being able to eat in the castle!
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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!
Best bet if you ever decide to break with your tradition, Dave, is CRT dinner, IMO.
Breakfast is so-so and overpriced, I've seen oft said. Lunch does well if it can be called adequate. Dinner was actually not as bad as I made it sound and the meal you'd likely enjoy most, I'm guessing.
It really is thrilling to be...well, you know where.
I'm all excited to see Cindy's re-do of the interior now that the refurb is done, or is it yet? Will be by the time we're there, anyway.
ETA: Just noticed you're aboard the Magic. (Silly me!) Hope you're having a thoroughly magical first cruise, Dave.
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Okay, OKAY! We made some more changes. Yes, Tara, real ones.
So, we got BOG breakfast at 8:00, which as you know is a whole hour before rope drop. That will be soooooo cool going into the Christmasy MK with scarcely anyone else around!
That will be one great food day--BOG breakfast, Rose & Crown lunch and Trattoria al Forno dinner.
And then, DH suggested we drop Kona Cafe and shift Captain's Grille to Christmas Eve morning. Kona breakfast was good last year but not nearly as enjoyable for us as CG's. Let's hope we aren't disappointed this year...
Now, all we need to finish our list is Liberty Tree Tavern.
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Nice ADRs for the day and hope it's not too much with three full meals!
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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!
While still waiting for Liberty Tree Tavern to take reservations, I went ahead and booked a BOG lunch. Her Dotness wonders why, but I would rather have something in place as a just in case. Then if we have both we can decide before leaving which we would prefer and cancel the other.
While still waiting for Liberty Tree Tavern to take reservations, I went ahead and booked a BOG lunch. Her Dotness wonders why, but I would rather have something in place as a just in case. Then if we have both we can decide before leaving which we would prefer and cancel the other.
No, I don't wonder why. I know why. He just has to have an ADR in place months beforehand. He fears dying of starvation.
One of us is essentially lazy and quite willing to loll about waiting for LTT to start taking ressies again whereupon the IPO will ressie us. Yup, that would be me.
He's the advance planner and does make certain we have well-laid plans. Does it all darn well, too.
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No, I don't wonder why. I know why. He just has to have an ADR in place months beforehand. He fears dying of starvation.
One of us is essentially lazy and quite willing to loll about waiting for LTT to start taking ressies again whereupon the IPO will ressie us. Yup, that would be me.
He's the advance planner and does make certain we have well-laid plans. Does it all darn well, too.
I'm surprised LTT reservations can't be made yet, but then again it's a holiday meal in probably the most desired place for this holiday, so I'm sure Disney feels they can hold out for a while as they know all tables will be booked that night! Good to have a backup plan! LTT is still the way to go. Ate there for the first time on my last WDW trip for lunch and enjoyed it from the food, ambiance, service and theming!
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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!
Update: We both are seriously ill (ADR change virus)
Well, it seems that DH was in the early stages of a case of ADR change virus when he scheduled that BOG lunch where I thought we were waiting to plug in LTT whenever they start booking again.
Since the earliest he could get was 2:15, he started saying this evening how he would rather try for an earlier time and do lunch at BOG instead of LTT. Poor guy, I know he had to have been feverish, largely because there's more on BOG's lunch menu that he'll like, and I wanted LTT mostly for the turkey dinner because a) I really REALLY like a traditional roast turkey with stuffing and b) my family always had turkey at Christmas.
We've eaten BOG lunch twice already. BUT, there's the ticklish problem of nothing much on the LTT menu he'd enjoy; all I thought sounded that appealing was the turkey. I could cook a big ol' turkey dinner for Thanksgiving and do it 'zactly as I like it, probably still having some in the freezer for New Year's. We each have more than one thing at BOG we like.
I wonder where the thermometer is. I'm feeling feverish myself.
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Have heard mixed reviews about it with many saying the food is so-so and a bit over priced on the pre-fixe meal?
Dot about your, um, not really changes changes!! 
I'm sure you'll wind up with everything in it's place!!
Good to have a backup plan! 
Update: We both are seriously ill (ADR change virus)
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