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I am part of a party of 5 - 4 adults and one 9 year old girl. We currently have reservations at California Grill for Saturday night Dec 4, 2010 at 9:30pm. We did this so we could dine and see Wishes as well. Also, we want to spend the early part of the evening from 6pm to maybe 8 or 9 touring the holiday decorations and shopping at the monorail resorts. Earlier in the day, some of the party are going to Harry Potter and I will be touring MK by myself. (Yes I know the parade is being taped that day.)
I have read in multiple places that with such a late reservation, folks who are already seated and may be finished or nearly finished with dinner are reluctant to give up their tables so that they can see Wishes from such a prime location.
We already will have had a busy day and it is late enough already for all of us, but esepcially the little girl. Best case scenario is we are seated at 9:30 (earlier if there is pixie dust!) by 9:45 we have drinks and by 10 we are eating appetizers. We don't mind seeing Wishes from our table; we likely won't go to the outside viewing area just so that we can keep dinner moving.
Here is where I need your help: folks who have been there, particularly during the first week of December, what are my odds of being seated on time, if not early? Do people really hog their tables at this restaurant in order to see Wishes? I know you can dine there earlier and go back later with your receipt to the outdoor viewing area. But I am very concerned that we may not even get seated til after Wishes, making a late night already even later.
If this is a problem, can you good folks please suggest an alternate location to see the Fireworks. Or another good restaurant in the monorail resorts to just eat (we will also see Holiday Wishes the next night at MVMCP and Wishes as part of Pirates and Pals Voyage later in the week). We just wanted this to be a bit special and maybe our splurge for the week.
Thank you.
I am part of a party of 5 - 4 adults and one 9 year old girl. We currently have reservations at California Grill for Saturday night Dec 4, 2010 at 9:30pm. We did this so we could dine and see Wishes as well. Also, we want to spend the early part of the evening from 6pm to maybe 8 or 9 touring the holiday decorations and shopping at the monorail resorts. Earlier in the day, some of the party are going to Harry Potter and I will be touring MK by myself. (Yes I know the parade is being taped that day.)
I have read in multiple places that with such a late reservation, folks who are already seated and may be finished or nearly finished with dinner are reluctant to give up their tables so that they can see Wishes from such a prime location.
We already will have had a busy day and it is late enough already for all of us, but esepcially the little girl. Best case scenario is we are seated at 9:30 (earlier if there is pixie dust!) by 9:45 we have drinks and by 10 we are eating appetizers. We don't mind seeing Wishes from our table; we likely won't go to the outside viewing area just so that we can keep dinner moving.
Here is where I need your help: folks who have been there, particularly during the first week of December, what are my odds of being seated on time, if not early? Do people really hog their tables at this restaurant in order to see Wishes? I know you can dine there earlier and go back later with your receipt to the outdoor viewing area. But I am very concerned that we may not even get seated til after Wishes, making a late night already even later.
If this is a problem, can you good folks please suggest an alternate location to see the Fireworks. Or another good restaurant in the monorail resorts to just eat (we will also see Holiday Wishes the next night at MVMCP and Wishes as part of Pirates and Pals Voyage later in the week). We just wanted this to be a bit special and maybe our splurge for the week.
Thank you.
