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At 8:50we were FINALLY seated. Now remember our dinner ADR was for 7:40 and we checked in at 7:15. Yes OVER an hour wait from our ADR TIME!! Let me tell you my crew was HUNGRY!!! And Those Teenagers ARE SCARY when they're hungry!!! The story we got was they had two very large parties that were done eating but would not leave. They were just sitting around talking. Well, Im sorry, at some point, the manager has to step in and ask them to move it along! It does put him between a rock and a hard place anger the customers already in there, or anger the customers waiting! But PLEASE.
After we were seated, Jeff asked to speak to the manager. He came over and apologized PROFUSELY for the long wait time and to make up for it, he gave us some special passes to be used IN Epcot sometime before the end of our trip. They were fast passes for the five of us (two of them) to go on any ride! It was great in that it bought us back about 2 hours of time, but the down side was we all had to be together (one pass listed # of people 5 on it.) Thats ok, we were happy to take them, and I had plans for them already!
It didnt take long for them to bring out some bread, and it was gone before the waitress had turned her back. She did a great job explaining where the different breads came from, but since my husbands family is from Quebec, and we are all such BIG bread lovers, he was a bit miffed (kiddingly) that Quebec was not represented in the bread basket! We had the cheddar cheese soup which was not at all what I expected, but still quite delishous!! And we shared a tomato stack YUM! Jeff and I had prime rib and the kids ate New York Sirloin. I am not usually much of a red meat eater, but this was phenomenal!! The funny thing was the people at the next table were asking about the meat and if it could be bought here in the states. The waitress asked them "not to spread it around", because it was sort of a secret, but they were having trouble with their imports on the Canadian beef and the meat they were serving at the moment was Australian beef! Sorry Le Cellier, the cats out of the bag my little payback for my hour and thirty-five minute wait! I will say this... I don't care where they got the beef from... It was YUMMY!!
After dinner the kids shared a dessert and Jeff and I shared a maple crčme brule and a glass of Ice Wine. While it WAS very expensive, it was worth it to try it once! It was an excellent complement to the crčme brule (though I let Jeff eat most of it for fear of evil tummy returning!). The wine is a small 3 oz pour because of both the cost to make it and the sweetness of it. But I can not imagine drinking more than 3 oz. Jeff and I shared that glass and it was more than enough! I would highly recommend sharing a glass for dessert with someone special if you can fit it into your budget for a special occasion!
This meal was definately a big hit. If it weren't for the obnoxiously LONG wait! I chose this restaurant with my DH in mind, both because we don't eat steak very often and for his family heritage! It was another GOOD choice!!
The funny thing before we started eating was we joked about taking our time and closing down the place! Well it turned out not to be a joke after all! We did take our time and really enjoyed this meal, and we did close down the place! The best part was being able to walk through the International Gateway back to the Beach Club at a nice leisurely stroll, well... till we started getting rained on again! Once back in the room, we saw the light blinking on the hotel phone. Oh oooh. This cant be good. Who would be leaving a message on the hotel phone for us? Anyone who would try to reach us would have called our cell phones. Hmmm what now???
wow what a great meal even if it was late. I love the cheese soup, the tomato stack, and maple creme brule. I wonder if I can sneak in another ADR for our trip in 2 weeks.
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Glad you enjoyed your dinner at LeCellier...that's one of our favorites! I can't believe about the wait time though I agree...the manager should have said something to the procrastinating groups!
Enjoying reading your TR, hopefully the message is good news
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Great updates!! to hear the wait was so long, but glad the manager offered something in return for your trouble. Can't wait to hear about who called you!
Oh now I'm feeling bad about leaving you all hanging... I won't have time to write again for a while because I have to work for the next few days.
And? ....... So?...... Ack! You have a mean streak.
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Oh now I'm feeling bad about leaving you all hanging... I won't have time to write again for a while because I have to work for the next few days.
You feel bad? Nope, sorry... I am not buying it. I KNOW you had a huge smile on your face as you typed up that last cliff hanger. They way this audience is on the edge of their seat for your TR, I am wondering how many are trying to confiscate the phone records for the Beach Club right now to piece it all together!
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Jeff and I had prime rib and the kids ate New York Sirloin. I am not usually much of a red meat eater, but this was phenomenal!! The funny thing was the people at the next table were asking about the meat and if it could be bought here in the states. The waitress asked them "not to spread it around", because it was sort of a secret, but they were having trouble with their imports on the Canadian beef and the meat they were serving at the moment was Australian beef! Sorry Le Cellier, the cats out of the bag
my little payback for my hour and thirty-five minute wait! 
maple creme brule. I wonder if I can sneak in another ADR for our trip in 2 weeks.
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to hear the wait was so long, but glad the manager offered something in return for your trouble. Can't wait to hear about who called you!
Don't leave us hanging with the phone message 
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