Originally Posted By disneydad109 Do you have to sit with people you do not know. Last time my family shared the table with someone they were passing a baby with a full nappie back and forth over the food and then asked us if we could give them a loan of a few dollars ! I think next time we would like to be alone. can one do this ?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Depends on the size of your party and how crowded they are at the time would be my guess. I have never requested it and we eat there every trip - we are a party of 4 and many times we have been seated by ourselves, but we have never requested it.
Originally Posted By pennyring They always stuck us with strangers too, which is one reason I don't like eating there. If it's empty, you might be able to request a table alone though.
Originally Posted By Kylesmom I always enjoy the experience of meeting and talking to new people in situations like that, but moochers and stinky diapers is too much to be tolerated!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I agree, I like the opportunity to meet new people and have met some nice ones. As for stinky diapers etc..I guess because I am ' let's put this nicely, outgoing...I would speak up immediately in a situation like that...and 'request' they stop something like that at a dinner table.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp But keep in mind that the sharing of tables is authentic - that's pretty much the way most eateries in Germany are.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 One only has to have 1 experience at the Hofbrahaus in Munich -- the original to really get the community feeling -- The Biergarten is a family favorite @ EPCOT - and besides, where else can I get away with speaking very poor German and still have a nice frauline smile at me......LOL !
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden We'll be eating at the Biergarten this May, and I realized I haven't eaten there since our very first trip to EPCOT in '83. <<One only has to have 1 experience at the Hofbrahaus in Munich -- the original to really get the community feeling>> So true. I took German all four years in high school and our senior German class spent 10 days travelling between Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The one thing we were not allowed to do was go to the Hofbrahaus in Munich. (At one time students were able to, but due to insurance costs for the trips this was no longer allowed). Our teacher reminded us that the Hofbrauhaus was off limits. Well when my friend and I got off the tour bus in Munich, where did we go? The Hofbrauhaus of course. Sat down, ordered some beers (my first warm, dark, beer ever) and after a little while an older gentleman sat down next to us. He couldn't speak any English so it gave us a great opportunity to actually speak German. I still remember his daughter lived in SoCal and his SIL was a doctor. The entire trip was incredible but it was those few hours at the Hofbrauhaus chatting it up with that older gentleman that made the fours years learning the language worthwhile.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Iron - very cool ! I just got there a few years ago when I went on a Harley sponsored trip through Austria, Germany and Northern Italy -- was excellent. My best friend is a big time rider and talked me into going -- Scariest moment -- having a Ferrari go past us somewhere in Austria at about ( my best guess) - 160 + MPH - when you are sitting on a bike and hoping the wind doesn't suck you into the valley below. I feel the Biergarten in Germany does an excellent job of capturing the Bavarian spirit....especially the excellent music and join in dancing.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Das ist wunderbar. Hast du deinen Deutch vergessen, aber kannst du yetzt Deutch sprechen?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Stimmen Sie, zu bin ich unbekannt mit yetzt adn, was genau es bedeutet. Suchen haben nur mich zu Blogs geführt. Helfen Sie uns aus hier.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Doch. Aber, ich verstehe nicht adn - was ist das? Meine Deutch ist jetzt sehr schlect. Ich habe kein offnet zu sprechen. Wann wir Disneyland Paris besuchen, oder WDW, ich spreche ein bissen Deutch. Nachtes Jahr, wir wollen Die Rheinland am Ferien gehan. Hoffentlich, ich will meine Vocabeln und Gramatik verbessern.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oppla - gehen, nicht gehan. Suche, meine Deutch ist sehr Schade jetzt.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 We did eat at Germany and even with the place being mostly empty they would not let us sit by ourselves. They did seat us away from a babies. A nice couple shared a table with us and it was fine. We don't mind kids (why be at WDW if you did )we just do not like sharing to much of the wonder of diapers. Did that 20 years ago with my own !
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Oppla - gehen, nicht gehan. Suche, meine Deutch ist sehr Schade jetzt.< I hear ya, my German has gotten weaker over the years, just don;t use it often with my grandparents all passed -
Originally Posted By jkayjs We had dinner at the Biergarten 12/8 and it was very good(as usual). We had a table front and center, there were 5 of us. We had 2 nice ladies that joined us later. The show was very nice esp when they brought down the children and picked one to light the tree. I went to a German Lutheran school so at one time knew a little German but not so much now. Could follow along with Silent Night tho. My daughter had told them that we were celebrating my b-day(it was the first). They called out my name and put the spot light on me. I'm sure my face was very red. At the end of the meal they brought our a good sized cake(complimentary). The food was very good(comfort food for me as I grew up in a German & Native American household), the atmosphere and entertainment was great and the service as always was superior.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz I was at the Biergarten for lunch last week. This was my first time. We usually go to Akershus each trip but since they added $10 price and have the pricess characters there we opted out. We were seated at one of the tables for 8 with two families. No one interacted very much but it was fine. The food was great and there was more variety than I expected.
