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After discussing the meal with other friends, my only real knock on the restaurant is the decor. It's pretty dated, although very well done. As you can see from my first photo the front doors are kind of beat up, and on one photo I took you can see the years of fingerprints on the frosted glass. It could certainly use an upgrade. And maybe a few windows to the outside. You can argue that a space like this makes it all about the food, but if you had a restaurant of this quality in a space like Narcoosee's, it would be an even bigger home run. It's no French Laundry or the like, but it's de

They did this on Space Mountain in the queue line. There used to be buttons to press in the regular queue line for an interactive game, now it's part of the Disney parks play app. I'm quite sure this has more to do with collecting data than moving people along, but that point does make some sense.

It was lamb shoulder. Didn't think it was veal. Updated my post above.

The ladies did get roses, which were lovely. None of us are really chocolate people, and after that chocolate dome at the end of a 4+ hour meal, we were done. You live and learn. The bread service is fresh baked individual baguettes and herbed brioche, with a variety of butters and flaked sea salts. That sounds like it could be right, I don't remember it being veal but I did email the restaurant to find out what it was. Definitely potato glass, which was really cool.

I know Mo is waiting for this, so I'll try to keep it brief and to the point. We ate at V&A's earlier this week, in the main dining room. This is one of three dining options at V&A's, along with the chef's table and the smaller, private dining room. There is a harpist playing in the dining room for the evening, and the ambiance was lovely. Our party arrived about a half hour early, since I was informed when the restaurant called to confirm our reservation that we would be seated promptly at our reservation time (6 PM). Most of our party went into the adjacent bar at Mizners,

OK, so we ditched the Cali Grill option as we caught the last monorail of the night (at 10:30), and chose to ride through to the Poly, where we were told there was a 90 minute wait for Trader Sam's. After I laughed at the hostess, we ordered up a Minnie Van back to our hotel. In hindsight, it was probably a good decision overall. Review and photos to follow.

Just got my call from the restaurant to confirm everything! Pretty cool. Mo - question about the Cali grill - can you just go up and sit at the bar? We're thinking about going there after V&A, then Trader Sam's for the hat trick

That ride is a guaranteed soaker, the seats are ALWAYS wet, with puddles in them. I am usually the seat that gets stuck under the waterfall, anyway.

Oh, come on. Boone's Farm is where it's at.

We totally hit the jackpot on a reservation for 6, must have gotten someone else's cancellation. And, in the interest of sharing information for anyone interested in dining there,

*bump* Never went last year, but we have reservations in a couple of weeks for dinner with our friends in the dining room. Looking forward to it, will report back.

This is nasty.

Still down as of this morning. However, http://www.mydisneyexperience.com seems to be working fine.

Don't know about the parking situation, but yes you can access the 'international gateway' by the bridge between England and France from the Boardwalk/Y&B Club side.

Anyone know when this will reopen? Heading to WDW in two weeks, would love to hit Tambu if it's open...

Nah, I think they are hemorrhaging money right now from passholders not renewing and are trying to 'add value'.

Hmmm, nope.

Don’t go on Friday or Saturday nights. Not sure how bad Sunday night would be either. Weekends the festival is packed.

I posted a comment on the blog, but surprise surprise it's not showing up there. Maybe it has to be 'approved' before it shows up?

Completely agree. We skipped wdw this year for a family trip, and probably will next year, too. Honestly, maybe even stay away until the 50th celebration in a few years. We’re still going down for our annual ‘adults only’ food & wine trip this fall, but my wife is already saying maybe we should skip next year and go somewhere else...

I saw that they had suspended comments, figured it was because 80% of them were negative. I’d love to hear what insights your friend has on this whole thing.

I get that it’s all about the $$. I get that AP has been in a state of flux since it’s head chef left a year or two ago, and I get that it’s almost never at full capacity. But Dave is right, I think losing this as a signature restaurant is a downgrade for the resort. In the long run they may make more $$ with the character meal, and yes I think they will try to make it a 2 ticket dinner like Cindy’s Royal Table, with a fancy dinner, and say that’s worth it. They could also have easily made it a character breakfast, lunch or brunch and kept dinner as a signature meal. No matter, it re

I'm guessing this is, in part, an effort to pick up the slack that will be lost when the Backyard BBQ closes.

This totally SMB.

Anyone that's going, please post your favorite foods and 'must try' recommendations from this year's menus!