20081211 8:00am MouseFest DIS Breakfast at Boatwrights, POR

[NancyIL]

I'd like to attend. I don't have a restaurant reference. I will probably not be able to attend unless it's 9:00 pm or later because I'll be taking Disney transportation and coming from Pop Century. So it will be bus and monerail if it's at Kona. Jackie

Don't think it will be 9:00 p.m. - because it's for breakfast. Do you mean 9:00 a.m.?

 

[WillCAD]

I'd like to attend. I don't have a restaurant reference. I will probably not be able to attend unless it's 9:00 pm or later because I'll be taking Disney transportation and coming from Pop Century. So it will be bus and monerail if it's at Kona. Jackie

I'll put you on the list, but we won't know for sure what time it will be until I get the ADR. Since we're well inside the 180-day mark, we'll have to take whatever we can get, but I will be trying for something between 8am and 11am.

 

[yensid_71973]

Yes, I mean 9 AM. Sorry

 

[DisneyCP2002]

I would love to join but I already made plans to dine at Chef Mickey's that morning. Hopefully I will catch several of you during Mousefest, have fun at breakfast without me.

 

[Disneydonnam]

Please add us to the list Curt & Donna

 

[DisneyDeeva]

Please add me to the list. I arrive on Wednesday and am planning on doing MouseFest 101 at the MK. So, the morning was going to be spent checking out the decorations at the MK Resorts anyway. I'm sooo psyched that the DIS Unplugged crew are participating in MouseFest this year. It's gonna be AWESOME!!!

 

[DisneyDeeva]

I'd like to attend. I don't have a restaurant reference. I will probably not be able to attend unless it's 9:00 pm or later because I'll be taking Disney transportation and coming from Pop Century. So it will be bus and monerail if it's at Kona. Jackie

Jackie, I'm staying at Pop as well. If necessary, maybe a few of us can share a cab.

 

[newholidayx2]

I honestly believe the first Pop bus starts running at 630am
I took it a few mornings for character breakfasts. Once it stopped at Contemporary on the way to MK. Another morn I took the bus to MK and monorail to Poly.
You honestly may be ok taking the bus from Pop - ask a bus driver at Pop what time the early character brkfst bus starts running

 

[Kitty-chan]

Add me to the list please! I'm staying at ASMv, arriving the night before.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Oh, please add me to the list, Will. I'd love to meet you all for breakfast!
And I see nobody's mentioned it, but has anyone considered The Wave, over at the Contemporary? It's new, is getting some good reviews, and they do breakfast. Maybe if it's too hard to get Kona, we can try there? Otherwise, Kona is fine for me.

I'll be arriving 12/9, staying offsite, have car, so anywhere is okay.

 

[DisneyDeeva]

Yay! Mindy is coming - I get to meet the famous Mindy! Winner of podcast cruises and digger of cisterns

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Yay! Mindy is coming - I get to meet the famous Mindy! Winner of podcast cruises and digger of cisterns

SHHHHH! We don't want to scare everyone off....yet!

 

[WillCAD]

Well, Kona is the overwhelming winner of the vote, so Kona it is.

I will call tomorrow to make our ADR, though it may take some time - large groups can't make ADRs on the Disney Dining Line, they refer you directly to the restaurant, where you have to leave a message and wait for the restaurant manager to call you. I made one recently for a Tagrel.com meet at Trails End (50 people for dinner on Wednesday night before the DIS breakfast) and it took me over a week to finally get through to someone who could make the ADR!

When I get the ADR, I will post the exact time here, both as a new post and on the first post of the thread.

Since we are well within the 180-day mark, we may have difficulty getting a good time for our group. I'm going to try for 8am first, but Kona likes to get the big groups in and out early, so they may force us into a 7:30am ADR. Not being a morning person myself, I hate that, but I'll take whatever we can get.

On the chance that Kona is booked up and can't take us at all, I'm going to go with UrsulasShadow's suggestion and try for The Wave at the Contemporary as our backup. It's been getting good reviews, and the pics I've seen of it so far look beautiful, so I think we'll be happy there if we can't get into Kona.

If we can't get Kona or the Wave, we'd have to move the meet out of the MK area. I'd hate to do that, but as a draftsman who works in a transportation planning company (and being of German descent, as well), I like to have backups plans for my backup plans, and contingency preparations in case the backup-backups fall through, too. So, worst-case scenario, if we can't get Kona or the Wave, I'll try for Boatwrights, in POR. It's a lovely place with great food and great service, and not typically busy that time of year for breakfast.

 

[Donald is #1]

Thanks Will!

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Fantastic, Will! Can't wait to meet everyone!

 

[Towncrier]

Sounds like you have a great group Will. My plans for December are still sketchy at best. Not sure if DW Sue is coming with me or not. Not sure of what days we'll be attending. Otherwise I would have signed up for your event before the deadline. I just had breakfast at Kona this past Thursday. Kona Cafe ranks right up there with Boma Breakfast in my book.

Hi to all my DIS friends who will be attending. I'll keep an eye on this thread and if I make it to WDW in time, I'll make a point of dropping by whereever you are having your breakfast meet to say hello in person.

Good luck with the ADR.

 

[WillCAD]

Okay, well, Kona Cafe is all booked up for Dec 11-13.

The Wave does not accept large groups.

So I went with my backup-backup-contingency, and moved us out of the MK area to Boatwrights, in Port Orleans Riverside. We have an ADR for 8am on Thursday Dec 11. The ADR is for 25 people, so we still have some spots open.

Boatwrights has a pleasant, peaceful atmosphere, great food, and excellent service. I knew we could get an ADR there, because it is not typically crowded for breakfast that time of year. I consider Boatwrights to be one of those hidden gems at WDW, like Trails End Buffeteria or the Dolphin Fountain.

Best of all, Boatwrights has a Banana Stuffed French Toast that is identical to Kona's famous Tonga Toast.

Here is the complete Boatwright's menu:
http://allears.net/menu/menu_bwb.htm

Since POR is out of the MK area, transportation can be an issue for an 8am ADR. If you won't have a car, post here and we'll try to set up carpooling with those of us who do. It also may be possible to get courtesy vans from the resort pick some of us up - I have been able to do that in the past, though there is no guarantee. If you think you'll need transportation help, let me know which resort you'll be staying in and I'll try to coordinate things for everybody.

Don't worry, we'll all get there, and we'll all have a great time.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

I'll be offsite, will have an economy car, so can pick up 3 people (maybe 4, if we don't mind being very friendly right off!). Just volunteering my services early.

 

[WillCAD]

Thanks Mindy.

I believe I'll be at ASMO again this year, and I should have a mid-size car, so I can take 3 or 4 as well.

 

[mla1977]

Will, I think that is where I will be. Either there or Music. Can't remember. If I don't rent a car, could we tag along with you? I won't know for sure about the care until maybe October though.