TMM1982

False. WDW has incredible dining options. You haven't done the necessary research.

Amusement parks tend to be all about the rides. WDW is about the experience.

aSiAnRiCk

Come on, this is FT ... we get to fly FC because we used miles we accumulated doing MR's through mistake fares

We would never pay $10K+ for a fare ... sheesh.

EuropeanPete

I absolutely love WDW, but clearly the incredible dining options you describe are somewhat hidden. I'm not used to processed American food and after a few days of eating frozen pre-prepared junk I tend to feel rather ill for a while.

gobluetwo

This would make it worth it to me. That is, if I owned or were a senior partner of a business that could make use of this membership to develop business, reward employees, and further engage clients, I would totally go for it.

If it's truly just for yourself and your family/friends, then it would not be worth it to me. Then again, I also have different perspectives on money and love of Disney, i.e., I have a little bit of both, but not nearly enough of either to be a suitable candidate for this.

WDW and its resorts have absolutely amazing restaurants. It's not all hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken strips.

Cloudship

WDW? Mind you I have not been in over a year, but I can't say there were any even good places to eat I knew of. There were a few that were passable in the resorts, but I find the parks tend to focus too much on assembly line cheap processed foods labeled and garnished to pretend they were something else. I think food is one of the areas Disney had wrong for a long time.

This might be one thing I would like club 33 for. While I think overall Disneyland is better than WDW in the food department, I imagine Club 33 actually gets you good food.

gobluetwo

Here is a review of the "best steaks in Disney World"
http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2010/0...-disney-world/

Note that WDW is the entire complex/campus. If you're thinking of the Magic Kingdom specifically, I'd agree that "good" food is scarce.
http://wdwprepschool.com/pros-and-co...m-restaurants/

OskiBear

Better food to be had at parks other than Magic Kingdom. However, getting a reservation is sometimes a pain.

Cloudship

Shula's I believe, is not a Disney operated restaurant. The others are - OK. until of course you figure n what you paid for it. There are much better options off site.

So LAChargers - what did you choose to do?

TMM1982

LOL semantics. It's a restaurant on WDW property so it counts. I'll run down the list of all the amazing restaurants:

Via Napoli - Epcot
Chefs de France - Epcot
Biergarten - Epcot
Rose & Crown - Epcot
Le Celier - Epcot
Be Our Guest - Magic
Hollywood Brown Derby - Hollywood Studios
Yak n Yeti - Animal Kingdom
Flying Fish - Boardwalk
Yachtsman Steakhouse - Yacht Club Resort
Fulton's Crabhouse - Downtown Disney
Citricos - Grand Floridian Resort
Narcoossees - Grand Floridian Resort
Jiko - Animal Kingdom Resort

The list goes on and on....

Cloudship

It's actually very different.

While Disney has always tried to portray itself as a lean, agile company playing with the leading edge technologies and processes, it is really anything but. It has to be, from my knowledge anyways, one of the most bureaucratic, disorganized messes there is. I think one of the reason they have to keep hiking ticket prices is because they don't have good control of their operations. They have lots of budget control - penny pinching etc., and lot's of marketing skill, but operationally, no.

Without getting too deep into the details, Disney food operations is run like a high school cafeteria. There simply is no connection between the decisions being made on menus and supplies and the front line staff. What happens is that quality really suffers. Higher ups think more in terms of feeding masses than in running restaurants. Fortunately they do have some good middle managers who keep things in OK shape (never thought I would say that!) but really, there is so much more they could do. So while Artists Point may get fancier grade beef, it is not necessarily better beef. And even then, many times they will just order the same things and pass it off as better.

Shula's I believe is separately managed and operated. That means you don't have as much of Disney's control. That is not saying the necessarily do better, just different.

Food may have gotten better recently - I swore off WDW a few years ago. At one point in the past food was good there, then it became a marketing company, and food suffered. We will see what new leadership brings.

brendog

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TMM1982

Yet they continue to post record profits each quarter. I'm sure they will note your concerns.

I actually just gave you a list of top quality restaurants on the WDW grounds. I can assure you that they are anything but cafeteria quality. They may not be Le Cirque but they are excellent restaurants, certainly much better than what one would find at Six Flags or Busch Gardens.

Rebelyell

You got something against California Grill?


As someone who has been to WDW many times, in my view your list has some restaurants that are fun and interesting, but not particularly good, such as Biergarten and Rose and Crown. That said, Flying Fish, California Grill, Narcoossees, and a few others are places I would love to visit outside the "World." They are, indeed, "outstanding" restaurants.

I like Chefs de France okay I guess, but they really don't have the type of food I usually eat when I'm in France. It could be improved upon mightily. I thought Bistro de Paris was exceptional the one time I ate there; it's replacement, Monsieur Paul's, seems to get good reviews.

TMM1982

Never. Just slipped my mind as did some other restaurants I'm sure.

I don't normally do it for dinner as there are other properties I enjoy. I go for lunch and we all get the burger and fries. Absolutely delicious.

Bistro de Paris was phenomenal. Monsieur Paul, we tried it, and it doesn't come close to BdP.