Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-1374.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Inside the Be Our Guest Restaurant</b></a> Pictures inside the Be Our Guest Restaurant in New Fantasyland.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin That main dining room is so beautiful! I can't wait to eat there. I love Beauty and the Beast. Thanks for the pictures!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ...so the East and West Wings will only be used for lunch seating, and the ballroom will only be used during dinner? That doesn't seem like a very efficient use of space (or construction money). I guess given all of MK's shuttered restaurants we really shouldn't have expected them to have a new one this big that is open all the time. It's just a shame that they've put so much effort into this location, when it won't even be fully open at any single point during the day. Other than the snow outside the window, do we know what any of the special effects are? When the restaurant was announced, it sounded like there would be a lot of neat things worked in, but we haven't heard any real details on that since the initial announcement.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>...so the East and West Wings will only be used for lunch seating, and the ballroom will only be used during dinner? That doesn't seem like a very efficient use of space (or construction money). I guess given all of MK's shuttered restaurants we really shouldn't have expected them to have a new one this big that is open all the time.<< I kind of like the fact that they are keeping the ballroom a dinner only venue, makes it that bit more special. I guess the Ballroom is the big "wow" factor with the restaurant, and if people could just use it as a casual lunch venue, (a)it takes away from it's upmarket appeal, and (b), less people would be inclined to book an expensive dinner there and just go for the cheap option of lunch.
Originally Posted By Doobie That is how it was explained to me by a cast member. I agree, it seems odd, since I thought the idea was to use the same space for different purposes at different times. If this is the plan, why not keep the counter service open during dinner, at least in busy times? Doobie.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I think that it looks just amazing." Me too. I would love for DL's Fantasyland to get this kind of expansion.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox For Doobie and/or anyone else who has seen the Ballroom... what's your overall take on the tables that are furthest away from the floor to ceiling windows in the back, looking out at the snowfall? Just from looking at the photos, these tables seem too close to the entrance where folks are queued up, waiting for a table. They also seem 'removed' from the main Ballroom, and the various elements inside. It seems to me that these tables have the same problem as the ones in Blue Bayou that are next to the entrance. Those tables are the worst! You don't get the 'Full Monty' of the bayou experience, with the frogs croaking, crickets chirping, fireflies blinking, et al. All you get at those tables -- for the same price -- is the loud chatter of folks waiting for their tables plus the constant stream of patrons entering and exiting the restaurant, or those taking trips to the restrooms while dining. Do these tables in the Ballroom appear to have the same problem? Thanks!
Originally Posted By Doobie I have no idea how they plan to set things up. If the area the pictures are taken from is a waiting area, then you may be right. But I think it's hard to say without know how they're going to set things up and what is going to be going on inside the restaurant.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Where's the staircase? Wasn't there a dramatic staircase in the ballroom in the film?
Originally Posted By Donny Here is a video of the Restaurant <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBPZ7KXggKQ&feature=share&list=UUA3ermB2Eg_pyMYcOb3Pdjg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...cOb3Pdjg</a>
