I feel like Be Our Guest Restaurant needed its own post. That’s how awesome it was.
One of the challenges in being an actor is it’s very hard to plan vacations in advance. You never know what your schedule is going to be. That’s why we ended up driving down to Disney World and Universal in the first place–it could be booked very last minute and not cost an absolute fortune like it would if I booked a flight somewhere. However, this posed a problem when I wanted to grab a reservation at Be Our Guest Restaurant in Magic Kingdom. Reservations could be made up to 180 days in advance!
For those of you unfamiliar with the Be Our Guest, it’s the restaurant in the new section of the Magic Kingdom that is modeled after the Beast’s castle in Beauty and the Beast. You know being the Belle fanatic I am, I just had to eat there.
We got our tickets for Disney about two weeks before we left, so I knew that getting a reservation was slim to none. I consoled myself with the fact that they offer a lunch counter service, so even though it wouldn’t be the same, I knew I would at least get in. I was determined though to get a dinner reservation.
This girl was on a mission!
I literally checked every single morning to see if there were any cancellations during our stay. Low and behold, three days before we left I got one! And for our last night in Disney! It was a great end to our Disney portion of the trip.
You are escorted through these big double doors…
…and greeted by this intimidating entranceway.
You can be seated in one of three rooms: the Grand Ballroom (where we were seated), the West Wing, or the Rose Gallery.
Notice the snow outside the windows?
We both had the braised pork which was amazing! (I apologize for the poor lighting!)
We went on Lumiere’s recommendation and tried the Grey Stuff. It was indeed, delicious!
After dinner you were allowed to explore the different rooms such as the West Wing.
Complete with slashed portrait.
And dying rose!
We then paid our respects to the Master of the Castle.
As you exit, you walk along a corridor filled with Knights in Shining Armor that cough and sneeze.
The last thing to greet you is a mosaic of Belle and her prince.
If you are heading to Disney, I would definitely stop at Be Our Guest.
Lumiere and Mrs. Potts wouldn’t have it any other way.
