PhotoDave219 said:
Okay, lets try this again..... Traditionally when the club opens following a banquet or special event, its around 9:15. Traditionally the Baulderdash cup is the first show open to the Public on those nights. Thankfully major banquet season is over.
Traditional Library Show Times:
Welcome Party - 815
Radio Broadcast - 8:45ish
Baulderdash - 9:35
Radiothon - 10:15
Sami's Caberet - 11:05
Hooplah 12:10/12:20ish
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Dave, if I may interject...
TRADITIONALLY, there is
no set time for the Adventurers Club to open when there is a banquet. Time and location of the banquets are set by those hosting said banquets.
Please let me clarify.
True, many banquets are 3 hours in length and begin at 6pm, simply because that's what the WDW Event Planners push for. But the host(s) can pay for more hours of private entertainment, as well as determine what time the function begins, if they so desire. So if they use the "pushed" time, yes, the Club will open at 9pm (give or take). If they want a 3-hour party to begin at 5pm, the Club opens at (approx.) 8pm. If they want a 4-hour party to begin at 6pm, the Club opens around 10:00pm. Money talks and if you're willing to spend the several thousands of dollars that a banquet costs, you get to call the shots.
A package for a banquet at the AC, besides offering your choice of food, beverage and live entertainment, can include the entire facility, just the Library, or a mixture of both. That will also determine what time the Club opens since, if the hosts choose to only use the Library, or to stay in the Library after a certain time, the other rooms can still be open for Guests (so the Club might open at 7pm but there might not be a Library show until after 9pm).
And so, as you can see, there is no
tradition to the time the Club opens after a banquet, since it's based almost completely on the decisions of the banquet hosts. I'm not sure where Dave got the idea that there's a traditional opening time. :veryconfu
As for the concept of "major banquet season," we all know that WDW is a tourist destination so any time of the year is fair game for banquets related to conventions, family reunions, work gatherings, friend gatherings, wedding parties, birthday parties, etc., not just the traditional December/holiday season of most non-Disney banquet facilities.
Thankfully, the Adventurers Club has
LOTS of banquets all year round, which helps to keep its incoming dollar amounts high, which makes it look good to the beancounters. So the next time you're disappointed that the Club isn't opening until 9:30pm, just remember what happened to the PI Jazz Co., the Disney Institute and DisneyQuest Chicago.
Someone also mentioned the Yahoo Group to find out opening times in advance. Yes, there are some people who post there who apparently have access to the cast portal. They try to be helpful and post the "late openings" dates and times as they become available. Unfortunately, that listing is not very reliable, so besides the opening times frequently being incorrect, there wind up being
many more late openings than what they list. So although the efforts of posting the times are appreciated, they're really of very little use at all.
