Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I'm pretty sure we will spent the evening somewhere outside the parks with a cocktail and a beer ;-)<< Probably a smart move, though there are several nice areas in DCA too. The Cove Bar is known for its views and was recently expanded, but I've never been overly impressed with it. My personal favorite is the upstairs bar at the Wine Country Trattoria. It's location is somewhat hidden (no need to check in at the restaurant, just walk up the big flight of stairs and go to right) but I've spent many hours there. The elevated location gives you a unique view of the parade route, the sunset behind Paradise Pier, and you can even see most of the WOC fountains And of course the downstairs lounge at Carthay Circle makes a fantastic Manhattan, but they've recently had queues just to get inside. At least that keeps it from being too crowded once you're in
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>The Cove Bar is known for its views and was recently expanded, but I've never been overly impressed with it.<<< Judging from pictures, it looks very nice. It looks like that we will be at DL Wednesday through Friday and we will do Universal on Saturday or Sunday.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 If you can snag a seat outside at Carthay at fireworks time, you get the best of both worlds. Great food and drink, good (if not the best) view of the fireworks, and elbow room too. I don't remember when your trip will be now, but you can make reservations for Carthay in advance. I believe you can request an outdoor table, but they don't guarantee it... perhaps someone else can chime in on that one.
Originally Posted By u k fan We ate at The Cove Bar last week and even though they were technically closed they let us hangout and stay for WOC. It wasn't a perfect view, but it sure beat the crowds. When the times work you can watch WOC then pretty much turn towards DL and see their fireworks which was neat. Finally we watched the DL fireworks from Main Street but some trees obscured our view of the actual fireworks themselves so we thought we might try and catch them the following evening. A CM suggested viewing them from outside the Pizza Port in TL and although you don't get the full show for the just the fireworks it was a great spot!!!
