Pete regarding the Friday night dinner I still like the idea of us getting together as group. I would also vote for Steakhouse 55 but I'm happy to go with the majority.
I'm fine with doing whatever most people want to do.
Pete, I think I'm leaning towards Steak House 55 For dinner Friday night since I was excited about going there, but like Rory, I'll go with the majority.
Chris and i would like Steakhouse 55 instead as well but will fit in with whatever the decision is.
I vote for Steakhouse 55 too. That is one place we meant to go last time & didn't make it there.
As far as dinner that Friday, I'm fine with whatever everyone else wants to do. Seems like we have quite a few votes for Steakhouse 55. I'm good with that. I'm supposed to see Cheryl tonight so I'll ask her but I'm sure she'll be fine with anything...
My vote would be Steakhouse 55. I recently restarted listening to all the podcasts and back in 2007 Pete made a statement to expect over $100 per plate at Napa Rose. I really want to get back together for dinner but there is no way we could do that.
This is good I count that 11 people are represented (either themselves or their co-traveler) as saying Steakhouse 55, 3 people saying "whatever", and the other 3 not yet responding. That's a solid majority right now for Steakhouse 55. There's no hurry to decide anyways, but based on what I'm seeing, it seems that is what we'll go with.
Kim - Looking at the menu for Napa Rose - I agree that you probably aren't going to get out of there with less than $75-100 per person, with most entrees running in the $40-$50 range, the lowest cost item is $39 with most sides an additional $10 or more.
Steakhouse 55 isn't much cheaper, but you certainly have more options for less expensive fare. Entrees seem to run $27-$40, but in the normal steakhouse tradition, any sides are extra. There are 4 options I see (chicken, salmon, pork and prime rib) that are $30 or less. I think here your talking $50-$75.
Gosh - as I look at the Steakhouse 55 menu, it is making my mouth water. Maybe it is just the diet I am on (goal to lose 12 lbs before this trip - already down 6!), but I'm thinking "I want that, and that, and that!" However, based on the menu, I hope we don't have any vegetarians in the group! (Not that Napa Rose looks any better on that front.)
As I think about it, another reason I lean towards Steakhouse 55 is now we don't have any meals scheduled at the
Disneyland Hotel, and I really am almost more excited to see the Disneyland Hotel than the Grand Californian.
I know Kevin recommended Catal, and that looks great too. My head is at whichever one we do Friday night, Ulana and I will eat at the other one for breakfast on Saturday before we leave, as both came highly recommended for breakfast from the Disneyland side of the DIS.
I was also thinking that maybe we should oh so nicely ask Kevin to send out emails to everyone on the adventure about dinner... Just in case there are any of us that aren't on the boards. It just doesn't seem like all 37 of us come in here.
Agree there are some people that don't seem to frequent the boards as often, which is another reason I thought I would wait a few weeks before making any reservation to give those folks a chance to pass through. However, you have a good suggestion - if Kevin would be willing to mention it to everyone in an e-mail, that would be great. Though I wonder how big a party they would actually be willing to accommodate.
it's from the slope-intercept form of a linear equation - y=mx + b. (Short, non-boring version - I really enjoy teaching Algebra.) The "falcon" part is just because in addition to being a Disney geek and a Muppets geek, I am also a Star Wars geek, and Han Solo is cool. 
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