Demand high at Disney’s Be Our Guest
Mon dieu, just getting a table for dinner at Be Our Guest, the fancy French restaurant at the Magic Kingdom.
You’ll have to be a skillful planner and know your schedule six months ahead. That’s how far in advance Walt Disney World takes reservations for restaurants. The most popular ones fill quickly, and BeOurGuest isperhapsthe resort’s hottest ticket for dining.
Hannah Grantz of Winter Park had been excited about eating at Be OurGuest since2009, whenDisney announced that a restaurant based on the movie “Beauty and the Beast” would be part of theMagic Kingdom’s expansion of Fantasyland. She tried to get seats online.
“I tried over and over again and didn’t have much luck,” said Grantz, 24. Her persistence finally paid off last month, when she secured a table by chance just two days in advance. Her dinner was served at 4: 30 p. m.
Reviewers and guests say the food and the building’s elaborate themearedraws. TheBeOurGuest menu includes chicken breast Provençal, thyme- scented pork rack chop, shrimpandscallops with lobster sauce and ratatouille. Dinner entrees range from $ 23 to $ 33, and admission to the park also is required.
“It’s so immersive,” Bisienere said. “You walk in and you really feel like you’re in Beast’s castle.”
Anotherpart of thedraw: BeOur Guest was the first place in the Magic Kingdom to serve alcohol. It offers only.
Disney World’s phased introduction of MyMagic+, a planning and reservation system, allows outoftown visitors to book everything from meals to roller- coaster rides long before they arrive in Central Florida.
Disney is testing system that would shorten the lunch line, Bisienere said.
“It’s a little bit like FastPass at lunchtime with a window of opportunity to sit down,” she said.
Last year, Disney World also changed its cancellation policy. Now customers, who must leave credit- card info when making reservations, are charged $ 10 a person if they don’t showup.
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