Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder My wife just tried to make reservations for her and her mother. She says she was rudely told they are no longer having a Mother's Day buffet. She asked why and the person just answered "they're not doing it". She's done this with her mother for years and years and years and years. Anybody know what happened?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Sounds like the CM she dealt with was having a rough day! I don't know anything about this year, but I know that next year they're moving the Tinkerbell Half Marathon to Mother's Day, so that would likely need the convention center space for the race expo (not to mention extra crowds and such). But this year's race already occured in January, so I have no idea what's going on Are GCH or PPH doing something? Have they had brunches in the past?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder If the other hotels were doing something you'd like to think the operator would have said something. I'll have to check.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox SPP, did you see this page: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/02/make-your-reservation-beginning-march-11-for-mothers-day-at-the-disneyland-resort/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...-resort/</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Nope, did not, thanks, and apparently neither did the person my wife spoke with. But oh boy, "breakfast fixins" at the PPH. Yee-haw. Who writes stuff like "breakfast fixins" and then thinks it will draw people in? Granny Clampett?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I always think of "fixin's" as being condiments/toppings, not dishes of their own. I don't know what sort of fixin's you'd need for breakfast (syrup? butter?), but it's certainly not a word I would have chosen to describe additional menu items
Originally Posted By ecdc >>But oh boy, "breakfast fixins" at the PPH. Yee-haw. Who writes stuff like "breakfast fixins" and then thinks it will draw people in? Granny Clampett?<< LOL. Definitely sounds klassy! It seems weird that they'd do something at GCH and PP but not the DLH.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Up further checking, the events or whatever you want to call them are character driven. You can't avoid being approached by one of them at either place. Adults with no kids who want to eat in peace are out of luck on Mother's Day at Dl from now on. My wife therefore passed on the "alternatives". No one from Disney is willing to explain why the DL Hotel Buffet was stopped after all these years. Moving the Tinkerbell thing to that area next year is not a reason to stop this year, and is an arbitrary decision anyway. Just one more special thing discontinued by Disney.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "LOL. Definitely sounds klassy!" Reminds my "two eggs scrambled, hash browns, and 'breakfast meat'. Can't beat that 'breakfast meat'.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Adults with no kids who want to eat in peace are out of luck on Mother's Day at Dl from now on.<< Please tell me I wasn't the only one who found the humor in this! : )
Originally Posted By ecdc Believe me, if we lived closer my wife would want to go to Disneyland for Mother's Day, but she'd avoid character dining at all costs. I know some people love it, and good on 'em, but we aren't those people. It would be nice if the parks offered something special for people who don't want to be besieged by Pluto.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder ^^^^^ That's what I was getting at. My wife is 48 and her mother is 70. My wife has always taken her mother to the DL Hotel Buffet for years and years. There were characters there, but they were in a far corner of the room and you had to seek them out. At Storyteller's and PPH, there's no way to avoid them, even if they don't approach your table. Not my wife and her mother's idea of a nice lunch.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>But oh boy, "breakfast fixins" at the PPH. Yee-haw. Who writes stuff like "breakfast fixins" and then thinks it will draw people in? Granny Clampett?<< Sounds like breakfast at the Cracker Barrel
Originally Posted By berol Disney announced it last month, but I didn't know. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/02/make-your-reservation-beginning-march-11-for-mothers-day-at-the-disneyland-resort">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...d-resort</a>
Originally Posted By skinnerbox No worries, berol. Having the link on the new page is a good idea for folks just popping back into the thread. Seriously, I think the loss of the buffet is really stupid. Even if that space will be taken over by the marathon event next year, why not simply move the buffet to another location? What, there aren't any convention facilities in the other DLR properties? Only the DLR Hotel? Total BS. There's a large ballroom at the GCH. So why not have the buffet there? I think DLR wasn't making the huge profit margin on the buffet that they desired so ditched it instead of tweaked it. Yup. Charge through the roof for made-to-order meals in order to squeeze a few more pennies from the guests.
Originally Posted By gardenrooms I dunno. There's lots of places to have a nice adult meal on Mother's Day. I wish I lived close enough to go to a character meal at DL on Mother's Day (and I'm 66) with my adult children. So I'm one of those people.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I'd be pretty happy if my kid took me to Storyteller's for a Mothers Day brunch. Heck I'd be happy if he took me anyplace I didn't have to pay for ;-).
