ferretxxxferret
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- Joined
- Jul 12, 2005
still looking in from the restaurant entrance:
the sign (from wdwinfo.com)
looking back towards the entrance (which is where those horizontal wood slats are, if that makes any sense!) :
this one is looking in the other direction. At the end there is a fire pit where they roast a fish stuck on a skewer. They call this a dancing fish, and you can order it off the menu!
The main dining room:
my pics (which are super dark):
The pretty carpet:
Here are some that are better (from wdwinfo.com):
in the private room (through the glass doors you can see in the main dining room pictures):
Here is the place setting:
The chandelier, which is meant to represent a puffer fish (this is called the Blue Zoo, you know!).
The carpet in here:
the cool wine wall:
This room was really gorgous! It is so classy and just really nice looking. Here is the whole room(sorry it is so small. i have more from the wedding that i will post later) :
Here is some information on the private room:
disclaimer- Please keep in mind that this info may be out of date a little, and the prices may have changed.
The private room can be split into three rooms. As one big room, the food and beverage minimum is $3,600. (meaning you have to spend at least this much on all of your food and drinks. there is no fee or anything). Each section has a minimum of $1,200 that must be spent, so it would then be $2,400 for 2 sections. (I hope I am making sense here!) They are seperated by a big wooden wall that can be moved. Here is the number of people you can have:
one section up to 15 people
two sections up to 30 people
all 3 sections up to 50 people
I invited more than 50 people, and they said they would allow up to 54 people. That would be pretty crowded though. if you have that many people there will be no extra room for dancing and such. If you wanted dancing (like the first dance), I think you would need to bring your own music and sound system anyways. It can be done though!
The room would be yours for the night. They don't really have a time limit. We were definitely there after they were closed.
The Blue Zoo is only open for dinner at this time. They are not open for lunch.
Hmm, what else?
The menus are on the link I listed above. However, they can mix things around. They also have a seperate appitizer list they gave me that i could choose from. They even made a new appitizer up just for my wedding! and it was awesome. I even picked things from their regular dining menu.
As far as alcohol, I made my own menus by picking several that they offer. I wanted to keep the price down, and they have some expensive drinks. This worked out ok. It turns out a couple guests were allowed to order more expensive drinks, but it wasn't too bad.You don't have to order alcohol.
I really love this restaurant's theming.
It is just so nice and does not really need decorating. The food was pretty good too, at least what i ate! 
I will try and go over the evening here at a later time. Overall I don't think that anyone would be disappointed with the Blue zoo. I had things go wrong, but not enough to outweigh how much I really liked this place.
the sign (from wdwinfo.com)
looking back towards the entrance (which is where those horizontal wood slats are, if that makes any sense!) :
this one is looking in the other direction. At the end there is a fire pit where they roast a fish stuck on a skewer. They call this a dancing fish, and you can order it off the menu!
The main dining room:
my pics (which are super dark):
The pretty carpet:
Here are some that are better (from wdwinfo.com):
in the private room (through the glass doors you can see in the main dining room pictures):
Here is the place setting:
The chandelier, which is meant to represent a puffer fish (this is called the Blue Zoo, you know!).
The carpet in here:
the cool wine wall:
This room was really gorgous! It is so classy and just really nice looking. Here is the whole room(sorry it is so small. i have more from the wedding that i will post later) :
Here is some information on the private room:
disclaimer- Please keep in mind that this info may be out of date a little, and the prices may have changed.
The private room can be split into three rooms. As one big room, the food and beverage minimum is $3,600. (meaning you have to spend at least this much on all of your food and drinks. there is no fee or anything). Each section has a minimum of $1,200 that must be spent, so it would then be $2,400 for 2 sections. (I hope I am making sense here!) They are seperated by a big wooden wall that can be moved. Here is the number of people you can have:
one section up to 15 people
two sections up to 30 people
all 3 sections up to 50 people
I invited more than 50 people, and they said they would allow up to 54 people. That would be pretty crowded though. if you have that many people there will be no extra room for dancing and such. If you wanted dancing (like the first dance), I think you would need to bring your own music and sound system anyways. It can be done though!
The room would be yours for the night. They don't really have a time limit. We were definitely there after they were closed.
The Blue Zoo is only open for dinner at this time. They are not open for lunch.
Hmm, what else?
The menus are on the link I listed above. However, they can mix things around. They also have a seperate appitizer list they gave me that i could choose from. They even made a new appitizer up just for my wedding! and it was awesome. I even picked things from their regular dining menu.
As far as alcohol, I made my own menus by picking several that they offer. I wanted to keep the price down, and they have some expensive drinks. This worked out ok. It turns out a couple guests were allowed to order more expensive drinks, but it wasn't too bad.You don't have to order alcohol.
I really love this restaurant's theming.
It is just so nice and does not really need decorating. The food was pretty good too, at least what i ate! I will try and go over the evening here at a later time. Overall I don't think that anyone would be disappointed with the Blue zoo. I had things go wrong, but not enough to outweigh how much I really liked this place.
We're thinking of having a Swan & Dolphin Wedding in 2010. I can't believe there is so little on the S&D website!
Do you have any more photo's of the Wedding locations / hotel grounds? and also does the foliage in the grounds change much throughout the year?
I might be able to find some more pictures of the hotel grounds though. 
I can totally relate to wanting to see more. I will try and go as fast as possible, it's just tough to find time right now! 
the Blue zoo. love, love, loved it. 
) I didn't do this, so I don't know how the cake cutting would go. I had my cake delivered to the Blue Zoo. The servers cut up the cake in the back after we did our cake cutting, then brought it out for everyone. I would ask the restaurant that you have your reception at to see if they can do it the way you want. I don't believe I got charged for it either. I can't remember. 
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