bellepearle
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2010
Oh good! Glad to hear that!It's amazing what a difference weekdays are!
Oh good! Glad to hear that!It's amazing what a difference weekdays are!
Are the desserts typical WDW bakery pies/cakes/pastries that almost always look better than they taste or are they really good? We often feel the bakery offerings lack in flavor, but the TS desserts are much better. Which are the dessert party offerings more similar to? TIA
Won't it be super crowded due to EMH?We will be visiting WDW the first week of November. Current plans are to visit F&W on Monday and Thursday. I am also considering Wednesday evening as it is EMH until 11pm. I have read that the food kiosks close down early and are not open during EMH so I am wondering if the booths are extremely busy in the early evening, say 5-9 or should I just visit Mon and Thurs. and not bother with the EMH on Wed? We never do EMH and are planning a resort day but thinking it might be a good way to squeeze in a bit more of the F&W Festival.
TIA
We're doing our first Food and Wine visit this year. Since I'm a teacher, I have to deal with the weekend crowds. We'll be there Veteran's Day weekend. Still trying to decide if I want yo stick with Pop or rent points for a DVC studio.
Can the wrist bands be purchsed in advanced or at the resorts?
When bookings open this summer, so you pay at that time? Do you have tickets or a reservation numbers like ADRs?
Sorry for all the questions.
Won't it be super crowded due to EMH?
Still trying to decide if I want yo stick with Pop or rent points for a DVC studio.
I love the wrist gift cards they make getting stuff so easy. I have several other gift cards I buy at BJs at a discount. Can I take those gift cards and add them to a wrist gift card? Would make things a little easier.
You cannot use a Disney gift card to load another Disney gift card.
They can reissue you a gift card if you lose it. But they won't move the balance on one gift card to another gift card. And whatever they told you, they won't do it at the kiosks. You may want to try at Guest Services.
The woman I talked to even put me on hold to go ask to make sure. I think we are splitting hairs here. What difference does it make if they void out the old gift card (as if it were lost) and reissue you a new wrist one? Whether you call it "move" or "reissue", the end result is the same. You have your money on the wrist card like you wanted. And I never load my wrist card at the kiosks anyway - always at the main gift shops right at the front of WS.
do I need to bring cash/GC or can I just charge it to my room key? I had read somewhere as a tip that you should carry cash ($5 bills) in case the system goes down and they can take cash only. Does this happen often?
what time do the kiosks open? is it strictly like a lunch/dinner only or do they do some breakfast type items?
We did the dessert party in Oct 2012. I thought the desserts were definitely better than the typical bakery case offerings, and probably better than most disney table service desserts, too. There is also a huge variety, so if you find something lacking, you can get something else. They had fresh donuts which were delicious (and I'm not usually a donut fan at all) - even with all of the fancier desserts, the donuts are what i remember most . We've done the tomorrowland terrace dessert party twice and the 3d dessert party beats the pants off of it - thought the tomorrowland terrace desserts were good for quantity but not necessarily quality, while the 3d dessert party desserts had excellent quality, too.
we're hoping to go again this year, but will only be at the f&w fest one weekend (oct 18-20), and don't know if it will be offered that weekend. keeping our fingers crossed.
a couple other things to keep in mind, while i'm writing about it - last year they had a station with cheese and sliced meats, so if you're going with someone who prefers savory, or if you don't want to eat a full dinner beforehand but want some non-sweet food, there's plenty. also, if it's windy and they cancel illuminations, they'll keep the party going an extra half hour or so.
Is there a special event that includes reserved seating to the Eat to the Beat concerts? I'd like to see both bands, when we're there. Unfortunately, my knee & back would never make it an hour or longer in line.