Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance From how it looks, it looks like the outdoor seating at Aeriel's grotto will be an ideal setting to watch WOC. I could have sworn I saw something somewhere about them offering that as part of a dinner package, but I can't find it again anywhere, anyone else here that?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt No need to worry about finding the information Constance. This is Disney we're talking about. Of course they are going to up sell the tables at Ariel's during the show.
Originally Posted By gadzuux I'm not so sure how great the view is from there. It appears that the primary thrust of the WOC show is the elongated water "screen" where they project the images. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the grotto (and the cove bar) are situated at the bitter end of this screen. It would be like trying to watch a movie while standing beside the screen - it just doesn't work. I'm also curious about the vantage offered from the top deck of the new GCH wing - it too doesn't appear to line up too well with the 'front' of the show. And I wonder how many people can be accomodated on this top deck and what the restrictions will be - only DVC members? Guests of GCH? Other disney hotels? General public? So many questions we just don't know the answers to - yet.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby The upper level of the Wine Country Trattoria (former Vineyard Room location) looks like it will have a better view than either Ariel's Grotto or the GCH deck.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I'm not so sure how great the view is from there. It appears that the primary thrust of the WOC show is the elongated water "screen" where they project the images." This is a good observation, however I think that if those tables are made available at a premium the selling point might be more about the closeness to the show rather than the angle.
Originally Posted By jmuboy In responce to post 4........ That's why I believe the Winery is getting a facelift and we will see the Vineyard Room reopening this spring (with fancy meals and upcharge viewing of WoC)
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Ooohh that would be TOTALLY awesome if there was available seating at Ariel’s grotto! Let alone how fun it will be to sit and drink a wine at the Cove bar and watch WOC!! Anybody else getting that idea? ♥
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA I don’t care what they do to trattoria or the winery.. I think that enough seating has been taken in consideration near and around AG and WOC. I’m sure they though about that when they were bulldozing the area right in front of paradise pier, in witch that area is now seating area for the show!..
Originally Posted By dshyates Yes, but I had to fix your comment: "Ooohh that would be TOTALLY awesome if there was available seating at Ariel’s grotto! Let alone how fun it will be to sit and drink a (bottle of) wine at the Cove bar and watch WOC!!"
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Nice!! Nice!! Thanks, your right..it should have been “bottle”..sorry I will never make that mistake again! (*yes another wine drinker!*)
Originally Posted By dshyates For me watching WOC while sitting at Wine Country Trattoria with a bottle of Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noirs and a plate of chocolate covered strawberries sounds delightful.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I doubt the view from the Trattoria will be very good. If they were planning on using it for part of the show all along, then I don't think they would have just installed that new tower in the 'hub' area where the Christmas tree had been in the past, and about a dozen tall palm trees around it. I also think that it's just plain too far away to have a good view. From the closest corner of the building to the closest part of the water, it's exactly 300 ft. Of course, none of the show actually takes place in the corner of the lagoon, but rather out in the middle of it. Google Earth doesn't have the platform on it, so I'm guesstimating, but it looks like it's about 650' from the corner of the building to the area where the main screen is (as a refrence, that's the same distance betwen the Mark Twain/Columbia dock and the Astro Orbitor, or between the tree atop Splash Mountain and the entrance to Big Thunder). Factor in that the majority of the building is behind that, further blocking views, and it just doesn't seem like a very good spot to see the show.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I tried wine a few times and it just tasted like vinegar to me. What's wrong with me?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Unsophisticated palate? Or perhaps you had bad wine. You might want to try going to a wine and food paring sometime. You'd be surprised at how wonderfully certain wines enhance the taste of certain dishes and vice versa.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I don't think I'm made like that. My husband is, he likes wine and paring it with certain foods and such, but when I taste it, no matter what kind, it all tastes horrible and burns really bad. I've only been drunk once in my life and I had to force myself to drink enough to get drunk by drinking milk after each sip of alcohol. I puked several times after, and decided it wasn't worth it anymore, lol.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I'm extremely picky with food too. I think I'm just made to not like alcohol at all. Which is okay with me, but I just think it's weird how offensive it tastes to me when others love it.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I puked several times after, and decided it wasn't worth it anymore..." Well duh. Who drinks alcohol with MILK?? LOL. "Which is okay with me, but I just think it's weird how offensive it tastes to me when others love it." Oh, kind of like me and the folks who camp out overnight to buy the latest iPhone. I'll never never never understand stuff like that.
