lazyboy97o
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EPCOT Space 220 Restaurant dining experience at Epcot's Future World
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CntrlFlPete
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when I'm in space and want to see the views, I turn off the inside lights.
I know there are reflections in glass -- I just found the reflections rather distracting.
but then again, my family enjoyed the food -- we went as my daughter wanted to eat there for her birthday -- but my wife and I enjoyed our meals.
yensidtlaw1969
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I've always thought that Theme Park CGI should look *better* than Film CGI - when you're watching a movie there's a remove, you're not necessarily meant to believe what's happening in front of you is fully real. But in a theme park setting, often the CGI is literally meant to substitute for reality - you're supposed to believe it IS real, AND happening right in front of you. Especially given how many attractions use CGI as a substitute for a practical effect . . . that CGI had better be REAL convincing.
We expect a practical trick to sell us on the reality of the intended effect, and yet there seems to be this understanding that CGI is not expected to live up to that in most theme park applications. It goes back to something I talk about a lot with "Illustration vs. Illusion" - where illustration is meant only to show you "this is the part where this happens", and illusion is meant to make you say "something unbelievable just happened, and yet I witnessed it with my own eyes". It's the difference between reading about a magician pulling a rabbit out of his hat in a picture book and actually seeing a skilled magician do it in person. One is purely about telling the story, and the other a visceral experience.
This to say, given how intelligent audiences are today about the use of CGI and how easy it is for them to detect it, any use of it in a theme park setting should be held to the highest possible standard to give the best chance that the guest buys into it as reality. That we're so palpably far from that is a big part of why so many guests lament the use of "screenz".
ToTBellHop
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Finally nabbed a reservation here!
G00fyDad
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ToTBellHop
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It’s at like 3 pm (I actually prefer the lunch menu and will be park hopping, so this is good for us) and we are on site, so this is in 64 days.
G00fyDad
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pdude81
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Honestly I think the menu is about the same, and with lunch you don't get dessert included. Lunch is better though because you may not really want to stuff yourself. Also keep in mind that the lounge offers a la carte dining and you can sit in the inner ring near the bar. You might be placed at the bar but I assume you could ask for one of the little tables.
pdude81
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Nice. I had to piecemeal it with 2 separate reservations for 2 since they apparently take a week to combine DVC reservations now. Currently only able to go for 60+3 even though we have 5 nights.
G00fyDad
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Wouldn't it be nice if Disney Dining (are you listening Disney??) had the site set up to show which days had availability right there on the calendar? Sort of like the Park reservation system. (Oh look! The ability to do it is already there Disney!) Not necessarily the times for the day but whether or not that day even had ANY availability at all. That way you are not going through the calendar day by day one at a time until you find something.
ToTBellHop
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They book too quickly for that to be possible. Numerous times, I’ve been trying to book a place, clicked on an available time, and had someone take it from me.
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Are the reservations all window seats?
pdude81
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It's a large room where the exterior wall is a giant window to "Space", so you can see windows from just about every seat in the main area and most seats in the lounge that aren't at the bar.
There is an inner ring before the steps to drop down to lower area. I believe the inner ring is all "Space 220 Lounge" but there are tables for 2 or 4, mostly 2 though. Down the few stairs is the regular "Space 220" area. There are seats all over there and if you wanted to sit in a particular spot you'd probably have to ask the person checking you in before the space elevator. If you look at the first picture in this DFB article, you can see the divider between sections. Everything to the right would be the normal prix fixe restaurant area.
PHOTOS: An Astronaut Dog?! The Best Surprise Details at Space 220 in EPCOT! | the disney food blog
We found a bunch of cool details inside Space 220 at EPCOT!
www.disneyfoodblog.com
G00fyDad
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For those that were able to secure one of these ADR's on the day you wanted what was your secret? This restaurant is literally the only place my son cares about eating at since he is in love with the idea of going into space. I am worried that on 8/15/22 when I am up and ready to go for my ADR's that I will not be fast enough the snag one.
michmousefan
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If you're staying on property for a few days, that should boost your chances. But otherwise, it might be a tough one to get. I think most of the ressie's are being snagged by on-property guests who have that extra head start.
G00fyDad
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I hope so but I looked this morning at 6:00am on the dot and there were no open spots at even a full 60 days out.
ToTBellHop
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Right…you can’t get it 60 days out. 64 or 65 days out is better (but you need to be staying on site at least 4 nights). I booked this morning for 64 days into the future (during Easter Week, so demand is presumably pretty high). Dinners were already gone at 6 am this morning, but there were a few lunches, so I grabbed one. Again, we think the lunch menu sounds a lot better anyway.
MickeyLuv'r
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On another forum, a number of people reported getting a spot if they kept checking for an opening.
G00fyDad
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We're staying on property. I'd take either lunch or dinner at this point.
ToTBellHop
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Book for the last day of your trip at 6 am at 60 days out from arrival day and you should be fine. Grab the first reservation you see and then you can always book another time if you find a better one and then cancel your first attempt.