Rainforest Cafe? (Animal Kingdom)

[Disneykings]

Sorry one last question SDinsey90. We have the free Dining plan, how is it possible to keep the trip relaxed when everywhere says to book your meals 180 days before? We have done our fair share of charactor meals in Paris and our daughter dosent want to do anymore. Yet we will try and do a couple for the experinece, which I appriciate we need to pre-book far in advance. We have one vegi / one very fussy eater and one easy going in our group, so its not easy to please everyone. Almost wish we didnt have free dining!

 

[LAKid53]

The food is good and plenty of it. The one at DTD is always crowded and even when we showed up 15 minutes early, we still waited at least 20 minutes to be seated. The one at AK is less crowded and has a separate entrance so you don't have to enter the park to go to the restaurant. Never noticed the difference in theming between the two locations.

Always enjoyed the steak & shrimp combo. Tried the ribs, steak and shrimp and that could have feed me and my two older brothers....who always finished my meals for me. The mango sorbet for dessert is yummy!

It's worth a visit.

 

[LAKid53]

Sorry one last question SDinsey90. We have the free Dining plan, how is it possible to keep the trip relaxed when everywhere says to book your meals 180 days before? We have done our fair share of charactor meals in Paris and our daughter dosent want to do anymore. Yet we will try and do a couple for the experinece, which I appriciate we need to pre-book far in advance. We have one vegi / one very fussy eater and one easy going in our group, so its not easy to please everyone. Almost wish we didnt have free dining!

If you want to eat at the more popular restaurants, yes, you need to make ADRs 180 days out or you may not be able to get a walk up reservation without a long wait, if even that. And as I previously posted, Rainforest at DTD is typically busier than the one at AK, at least in my experience - we've done both and now do AK since it is less busy.

Yes, I called Disney Dining one night on the bus over to DTD to make a reservation for that evening at Raglan Road since the app was being its usual glitchy self. Was told by Disney Dining that after 9PM, the dinner rush is over and I should be able to get a table at Raglan Road with no problem - it was about 8:30 when I called. Silly me, should have known better. Walked up to the check in desk, asked for a table and how long the wait would be. After the girl STOPPED laughing, she said about a 90 minute wait. When I told her what the CM at Disney Dining told me on the phone, she started laughing again - and asked if we wanted to wait 90 minutes for a table. "And yes, ma'am you can sit at the bar, but it appears the bar is full". Lesson learned. If I want to dine at a popular restaurant, need to make that ADR before our trip.

 

[SeanWM48]

it's a fun environment and i would order some of the simpler things on the menu. ditto T-REX which i believe is owned by the same group. i do prefer t-rex but overall i would just get something like a burger or ribs. i lol when people go to these places and order the fish and complain it isn't up to par.

 

[216bruce]

Food is good, service is good. Very noisy and crowded. If you don't mind that and especially if you have kids that love animals, you'll enjoy it. I've been to both and there isn't much difference.

 

[Disneykings]

If you want to eat at the more popular restaurants, yes, you need to make ADRs 180 days out or you may not be able to get a walk up reservation without a long wait, if even that. And as I previously posted, Rainforest at DTD is typically busier than the one at AK, at least in my experience - we've done both and now do AK since it is less busy.

Yes, I called Disney Dining one night on the bus over to DTD to make a reservation for that evening at Raglan Road since the app was being its usual glitchy self. Was told by Disney Dining that after 9PM, the dinner rush is over and I should be able to get a table at Raglan Road with no problem - it was about 8:30 when I called. Silly me, should have known better. Walked up to the check in desk, asked for a table and how long the wait would be. After the girl STOPPED laughing, she said about a 90 minute wait. When I told her what the CM at Disney Dining told me on the phone, she started laughing again - and asked if we wanted to wait 90 minutes for a table. "And yes, ma'am you can sit at the bar, but it appears the bar is full". Lesson learned. If I want to dine at a popular restaurant, need to make that ADR before our trip.

Thats good to know, thanks for the help. Guess if I book them at 180 days I can cancel them at a later date if needed. Thanks again LAKid53

 

[LAKid53]

Thats good to know, thanks for the help. Guess if I book them at 180 days I can cancel them at a later date if needed. Thanks again LAKid53

Yes, you want to cancel at a later date (more than 24 hours before the reservation) if you're not going to use the ADR to avoid the $10 per person charge for a no show. WDW now requires a credit card to guarantee your ADR. Your card won't be charged until you dine or don't show up. However, if some emergency arises (like your daughter decides to dislike her lunch at Peco Bills just after you get off the bus at the resort - and you know what I mean by "dislike"), you can call Disney Dining and they will cancel the reservation for dinner that evening for you (you cannot cancel through the app or website if less than 24 hours to the ADR time) without the no show fee and even ask if any ADRs for the next day need to be cancelled. To make it even easier to remember to cancel, you get an e-mail reminder about your upcoming ADR 2 days before.

Thank god we managed to make it to a bathroom in the lobby area before the "dislike" got serious.... 'cause we'd never would have made it back to our room in time. "Clean up on Aisle 7!"

 

[kels650]

I like the AK Rainforest Cafe more than the DTD one - the crowds are more manageable if you run into one. A lot of the time we are able to walk up there without a wait. The food is decent and always a lot of choices.

 

[Fizban]

It's the same family as t-rex with almost the same menu. It is a fun experience and the food is adequate but a very wide variety.

 

[righttrack]

Sorry one last question SDinsey90. We have the free Dining plan, how is it possible to keep the trip relaxed when everywhere says to book your meals 180 days before? We have done our fair share of charactor meals in Paris and our daughter dosent want to do anymore. Yet we will try and do a couple for the experinece, which I appriciate we need to pre-book far in advance. We have one vegi / one very fussy eater and one easy going in our group, so its not easy to please everyone. Almost wish we didnt have free dining!

It comes down to choice. You'll be choosing what to eat from the limited choices that are available and you will be waiting longer. I feel you will be more relaxed with actual dinner plans. My advice for a more relaxing time is simple.

• Eat a breakfast bar of some sort and have a coffee in your room, or at the bus stop.
• Hit the parks running, saving your fastpass experiences for the afternoon/early evening when it's more difficult to find a shorter line.
• Eat lunch early, at a quick service restaurant of the park you are in. You'll probably be really hungry by the 11 o'clock hour. If you show up at 11:30-11:45 you'll beat a big part of the rush.
• Go back to your resort late afternoon for some R&R and change/shower/nap
• Go to your planned advanced dining reservation for dinner. As you are making your plans, months in advance, spread it around, location-wise. Don't make it all in one park/resort.
• Go to the park of your choosing for evening. Take it slow. Don't push yourselves too hard. Magic Kingdom seems to always be open the latest. This is a good opportunity to get on some things.

 

[Disneykings]

It comes down to choice. You'll be choosing what to eat from the limited choices that are available and you will be waiting longer. I feel you will be more relaxed with actual dinner plans. My advice for a more relaxing time is simple.

• Eat a breakfast bar of some sort and have a coffee in your room, or at the bus stop.
• Hit the parks running, saving your fastpass experiences for the afternoon/early evening when it's more difficult to find a shorter line.
• Eat lunch early, at a quick service restaurant of the park you are in. You'll probably be really hungry by the 11 o'clock hour. If you show up at 11:30-11:45 you'll beat a big part of the rush.
• Go back to your resort late afternoon for some R&R and change/shower/nap
• Go to your planned advanced dining reservation for dinner. As you are making your plans, months in advance, spread it around, location-wise. Don't make it all in one park/resort.
• Go to the park of your choosing for evening. Take it slow. Don't push yourselves too hard. Magic Kingdom seems to always be open the latest. This is a good opportunity to get on some things.

Thank you so much righttrack, that is a great help. Top tip added to my reservation planning

 

[SnarkyMonkey]

Does anyone know if the breakfast has a vegetarian option?

Here is the breakfast menu for you to consider: http://allears.net/dining/menu/animal-kingdom-rainforest-cafe/breakfast

A quick glance shows these vegetarian options:

Pie of the Viper
Egg White Omelette
Ozzie's Omelette
Forest Combo

And pretty much everything else could easily be turned vegetarian by ordering it without the meat, except for Cisco & Pancho which doesn't make much sense altered.

So, it seems like RF is actually a very good choice for vegetarian breakfast...although this is probably true of most restaurants at Disney as breakfast is a vegetarian friendly meal with its focus on eggs. (Vegan would be a different story.)

 

[Redsoxfn79]

It's nice, not super great. Big menu and it is loud. Nice time. The seperate entrance is great

 

[Disneykings]

Here is the breakfast menu for you to consider: http://allears.net/dining/menu/animal-kingdom-rainforest-cafe/breakfast

A quick glance shows these vegetarian options:

Pie of the Viper
Egg White Omelette
Ozzie's Omelette
Forest Combo

And pretty much everything else could easily be turned vegetarian by ordering it without the meat, except for Cisco & Pancho which doesn't make much sense altered.

So, it seems like RF is actually a very good choice for vegetarian breakfast...although this is probably true of most restaurants at Disney as breakfast is a vegetarian friendly meal with its focus on eggs. (Vegan would be a different story.)

Thanks SnarkyMonkey, thats a great help