Originally Posted By ploeb909 How much are the Safari Cards? Can I apply this to our dinner that night?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 The cards are like $15 and you pay right there and immediately get a discount of either 10% or a free appetizer up to $8.99. Use it twice and it pays for itself. Also forgot to mention they mail you a $10 certificate when you sign up that is used over and above the regular discount -- same thing for birthdays - they send you an extra $5 cert. Last year I got 2 cards for Free Volcano's ( like $10 each )- on toop of discount. bte -- RFC is part of a much larger chain and you can use the card at places like Joe's Crab Shack ( they're everywhere around me) - etc. here is link the many Landry's Restaurants <a href="http://www.landrysrestaurants.com/pages/restaurants/pg_restaurants.htm" target="_blank">http://www.landrysrestaurants. com/pages/restaurants/pg_restaurants.htm</a>
Originally Posted By tooele13 vbdad55 - I'm not sure about wait times without reservations. We've always called a day or two before and made reservations. I know the last time we went to the one at downtown disney, walkup customers had a wait time of 1 hour.
Originally Posted By velo when we went on Vet's Day weekend, even with my Safari card I was given a 1 1/2 hour wait! (we were walk-ups) We just decided to go to ESPN Zone and were seated in 25 minutes. Word of warning: the San Francisco Rainforest Cafe has, most possibly, the worst food you've ever eaten. We would never go there again. Anaheim is way above that at least.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <when we went on Vet's Day weekend, even with my Safari card I was given a 1 1/2 hour wait! (we were walk-ups)< waas kinda going to be my guess, but you confirmed it --thanks. Although with all the choices in WDW, doubtful I'd ever want to go to RFC. Again because we have 3 around home...not because I dislike it.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess We musta timed it just right, because the RFC at Downtown Disney is the only one we've ever been to where we *haven't* had a wait as walk-ups (versus the one in Ontario Mills). Also, I've never been a huge fan of their lunches (we go there for the kids, not the food, really), but their BREAKFASTS are fantastic! Would definitely eat there again.
Originally Posted By Chelledun >>The cards are like $15 and you pay right there and immediately get a discount of either 10% or a free appetizer up to $8.99. Use it twice and it pays for itself. Also forgot to mention they mail you a $10 certificate when you sign up that is used over and above the regular discount -- same thing for birthdays - they send you an extra $5 cert. Last year I got 2 cards for Free Volcano's ( like $10 each )- on toop of discount. bte -- RFC is part of a much larger chain and you can use the card at places like Joe's Crab Shack ( they're everywhere around me) - etc. here is link the many Landry's Restaurants>> Safari card is seriously awesome. A lot of restaurants offer some such gimmick, but this one has paid for itself a few times over for us. I especially enjoy it because I always feel guilty splurging on appetizers otherwise. I love our Chicago RFC!!!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Are you talking about the Downtown RFC -- ( only one in Chicago itself) - ? We usually go to Woodfield -- and i've nver been to the Gurnee Mills location.
Originally Posted By Hound The Downtown Disney RFC will give you half of the wait time if you have a Safari Card. If the current wait time is two hours they will give you an hour. However, they do seem to give you a higher priority and you won't usually have to wait that long.
Originally Posted By Chelledun >>Are you talking about the Downtown RFC -- ( only one in Chicago itself) - ? Yep, that is the one we go to! We like it because we can walk from the train stop. I've never had more than a five minute wait, ever, but we usually make reservations. It's one of my family's very favorite places, my mom even wanted to go there on mother's day. Yay for her .
Originally Posted By retlawfan I remember going to DTD RFC for dinner once where the walk up time was 4 hours, but with the safari card we were seated within 15 minutes. If you ever plan on going back to RFC, get the card! And yes, it;s good at the other Landry's establishments for various discounts, but I think it's around 10% everywhere. (Hey! at least it covers the tax!)
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I have only been there once (the one at DTD) and had a pretty good experience except for the fact that it was crowded and I hated the fact that the neighboring tables were REALLY close. However, the food was delicious and arrived quickly. We also had no wait time to get seated. I would go there again for the yummy food and atmosphere.
Originally Posted By Labuda I've used my Safari Club card at the DAK location a couple/few times - others coming in walkup were getting hour-hour and a half waits, but with my Safari Club card, we had no more than fifteen to twenty minutes to wait before we were seated.
Originally Posted By drawbridge Does anyone know how far in advance they take reservations? Next time we are there we will have a large party and there is no way we would wait for hour+
Originally Posted By Labuda I *think* they'll accept ressies up to a week in advance or something like that.
Originally Posted By fundog58 We had lunch at the DTD location a few years back on an uncrowded week day, and they still managed to mess things up. There was a general feeling of disorganization from the staff, as if it was everyone's first day on the job. After much unnecessary confusion regarding our appetizer, it was finally served as we were finishing up our main courses. I always thought we just caught them on a bad day, but after reading some of the other posts, maybe not.
Originally Posted By ploeb909 My daughters bday is in July and I have a ressie already. We have a party of 17 though, so that might make a difference.
Originally Posted By mouse of the south When I was making our reservations, I was told that only the RFC in Animal Kingdom would take reservations. We are planning to eat RFC in Downtown Disney the night we arrive. Should I call RFC direct? We have never had to wait more than 15 minutes the past three years.
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"And yes, it;s good at the other Landry's establishments for various discounts, but I think it's around 10% everywhere. (Hey! at least it covers the tax!)"<<< No-not all the other Landry's establishments will honor the card. Rustsy Duck will not-so best to check out each one individually to find out who will and who won't.
