Originally Posted By JuiceMonkey Some friends and I are going in about a month and two of us have a real "thing" for two different beers. I know this might seem odd, but we both thought it would be completely awesome to be able to have our favorite beers in our favorite place with our favorite people. This is probably the only time we'll ever get to go to the Club, so bear with me. Does anyone know the current selections? Or, to make it easier, if they carry both Fisher and Pilsner Urquell? I know that they have a reputation for going out of their way to provide excellent service, do you think that having these two beers available for a day (even if it just means sticking a six pack of each in the refrigerator) would be out of the question? I know this is strange, but thanks.
Originally Posted By Moderation In general, I find Club 33 somewhat offensive, as I believe that a private club that caters to the rich and nobody else at DL is elitist snobery. The fact that it serves alchohol when the rest of the resort is dry, and rightly so, is just another layer to this travesty. I am going to stop there before I get personal.
Originally Posted By berol As long as they don't do anything like enslave people to wash dishes or throw $1,000 bills off the balcony to watch the commonfolk scramble for them, why on earth would anyone care? On second thought, erase the $1,000 bills part.
Originally Posted By LuLu JuiceMonkey, why not just have the Club 33 member call and ask? They do have a full bar, but unless anyone here has actually ordered those brands, or works there, I don't think you'll find your answer here. Have a great time, whatever you end up drinking!
Originally Posted By Dave >>>The fact that it serves alchohol when the rest of the resort is dry<<< Ummmm Walk across to DCA and you can have any adult beverages that your little heart desires! Let me help you.. There is The Vineyard Room at the Golden Vine Winery Wine Country Trattoria at the Golden Vine Winery The Cove Bar at Ariels Grotto Karl Strauss Beer in the Pacific Wharf Area Hearthstone Lounge at the Grand Californian Hotel I wouldn't say the resort is dry
Originally Posted By JuiceMonkey Is the bar still open next to Granvilles? I love that place. My friends and I used to call it the "Nancy Reagan Bar" because it looked like Nancy Reagan chose the decor. Not the most accurate observation but it stuck.
Originally Posted By TP2000 It's no longer called Top Brass. It's called Steakhouse 55 Lounge. And it has new, modern decor now too. Funny thing is that Bonita Granville-Wrather, and her husband Jack Wrather, were good friends of President and Mrs. Reagan! I just finished reading The Reagan Diaries, and President Reagan mentions repeatedly that the Wrathers were often guests of theirs at the White House, the Santa Barbara Ranch, etc. The Reagans and the Wrathers socialized together, were at each others homes for Christmas and New Years, and President Reagan refers to them as "old friends" continually from 1981 to 1989 in his diaries. The Wrathers helped the Reagans a great deal raising money in SoCal for his inital campaign in 1980, and his re-election campaign in '84. I kept chuckling as I was reading the book over the last month and Jack and Bonita Wrather's names kept popping up every so often when President Reagan describes dinner parties and their close friends they socialized with. I suppose it's entirely possible that Nancy and Bonita, being close friends, did share a common style when it came to fashion and interior design, and so the original Top Brass Bar outside Granville's Steakhouse would have been done in decor that Nancy approved of.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Or at least a style Nancy approved of back in 1982, which was about the last time Top Brass was redecorated before this last major overhaul and name change.
Originally Posted By LuLu Well, it was called Top Brass by a concierge CM this weekend, and it's still listed as Top Brass on the Disney website. I didn't see a name at the location, but when I told the bartender I was looking for Top Brass, she said I was there! I guess the name change is recent (along with Granville's) but odd that it's still listed on the AP discount page...
