A couple questions about Ariel's.....

[DisneyNic]

I'm sure these questions have been answered before, but for the life of me I cannot find the info I am looking for.

1. I have heard that there is inside and outside seating. Which is the better choice? Do you have a choice? We are going late Sept/early Oct and buying vouchers through GAT if that makes a difference.

2. Does anyone know what the earliest seating for breakfast would be in Sept/Oct??

Thanks!!

 

[BillyFan]

I have not been in a couple of years, but I will tell you we had outside seating, and it was blazing hot! Really uncomfortably bad. And this was in November. My in-laws were seated inside, and it was nice and air-conditioned. Also, the outside seating overlooks the water, which is a really nice view, but it is drained right now, so you'd just be looking at a hole.

 

[pixiewings71]

1. I have heard that there is inside and outside seating. Which is the better choice? Do you have a choice? We are going late Sept/early Oct and buying vouchers through GAT if that makes a difference.

Outside is nice and it's a couple dollars cheaper than inside. The menus are the same and the Princesses do come outside (at least they did last July when we were there). I like the outdoor seating....very much actually.

2. Does anyone know what the earliest seating for breakfast would be in Sept/Oct??

Our breakfast was in Dec, we were seated at 8:40 and the park opened at 10.

 

[Teki]

Im not sure you have a choice, at least I didnt when I went in Feb of 2006, but it was to cold to sit outside, so we were glad to get inside seats.

 

[pixiewings71]

You do get a choice, but I don't think they have the outside open during the colder months. We were just there a few weeks ago and no one was outside, but when we went in July (and all the other warmer months) outside seating was plentiful.

 

[mystic_path]

I have sat outside before and it was really nice, but like others said right now you would be looking at a big ugly hole in the ground, so for the photo opts and atmosphere I would definitely sit inside for the time being.

 

[princessnicchia]

I have PS for February, and they made me choose one over the other. Also, there was a price difference---cheaper for outdoors. I've eaten indoors twice, but chose outdoors because I thought that would be nice. I'm sad there is just a big hole to look at---maybe that is why it is cheaper? I wish they had told me that---when I made the reservations the woman didn't know and hadn't eaten there so couldn't tell me.

Oh well, as long as the princesses come, I suppose we'll be okay.

 

[drgsjh]

It's been a few years since we went but we were there in March. We were given no choice and were seated outside for dinner. We froze due to a unusual cold snap! Only two other families sat outside and I heard another one arguing inside - wanting to sit inside and there being no tables. They had heaters running, which helped, but we were still cold.

Did we have a good time? We had a GREAT time! We saw princesses and even let our DD (age 3) roam out there at the end since there wasn't anyone else out there and we were waiting for the princesses to come around again. Ariel sang with her and spent a long time with her (I guess this was back when she came to the table) and she had a great time. That is one of my fave memories from DL. Unfortunately you can't hear it in the video - all you get is the sound of California Screamin' in the background. But I am glad we sat outside and had fun instead of arguing and ruining it like the other family or letting the cold ruin our time.

We're going again on Thurs - I'll report back after that.

 

[pixiewings71]

I have sat outside before and it was really nice, but like others said right now you would be looking at a big ugly hole in the ground, so for the photo opts and atmosphere I would definitely sit inside for the time being.

The photo ops are the same inside and out. The Princesses do walk around outside and sign autograph books and pose for photos.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

We have eaten outside and inside and when it's hot I am all for eating inside! But the early mornings during hot days are nice and the food tastes the same