Anybody Else Want To Join The Club?

[lugnut33]

SamIAm21 and I have started a new club, called the "Anti-Castle Dining Society" or "AnCaDiS" for short. I am the Honorary Statesman and Sam is the Chairman Of The Board. We picked those positions because we don't have to do any work, but the titles sound really cool and important. I believe there may be some sort of Golden Parachute involved when we retire also.

The main mission of the club is to show-off and boast about never being ripped-off at Cinderella's Royal Ripoff errrrrrr,,,, I mean Table. We are to spread the word far and wide that just because you're eating at the Castle doesn't mean you should be happy with crappy inferior food.

As I was listening to Kevin's review of CRT while mowing the lawn, I was literally getting mad that the food quality was so terrible. Then I thought to myself, "I'm so glad you never fell for having to eat there". It made me proud to have never been ripped off at Cindy's Royal Table.

So, if you want to join, the membership fee is 100% cheaper than a dinner at CRT. And, you'll feel better about yourself afterwards. The only thing we ask is for some of you really smart people (Me and Sam have positions where we don't do anything) to come up with a cool sigline. And if anybody wants to be President, they can nominate themselves, but there's no pay involved.

Current members (List is growing by leaps and bounds):
Lugnut33
SamIAm21
SandyH67
MenashaCorp (I think)
PDuck1998
DVCJones (We don't hold it against you that you ate there, as long as you learned your lesson!!)
DisneyKevin
Maidenfairy
Takodacaleb
MinnieLor
Carone0318
Experiment627 (Our first celebrity!!)
Aspen37

 

[PrincessBelle39]

Sorry I can't join. Our CRT lunch was the highlight of our trip. Not 5 star food but absolutely nothing wrong with it and the character interaction was absolutely fantastic. Without doubt, we will be doing this on our next trip.

 

[scrappinDW]

We ate there last December and had a great time. My four year old granddaughter got her picture taken with all of the Princesses and got autographs. She told Sleeping Beauty that she already had her autograph, so the Princess put a kiss on her page. It was sweet.
We had no complaints on the food. Pam

 

[UrsulasShadow]

I am seriously dismayed at how bad it seemed to be in Kevin's review. I went 3 years ago for lunch, and although the food was not spectacular, it was passable good. The absolute best thing about it all, though, was the character interaction. Every single character came over to the table and stayed for pictures. The best was the Fairy Godmother...who kissed my husband for a picture, and made him blush SOOO red!

I'm very glad I had that experience, so I don't belong in your club, but if you ever have a branch division for past devotees who wouldn't set foot in there now, in its present incarnation, you can call me President.

Sorry I can't join. Our CRT lunch was the highlight of our trip. Not 5 star food but absolutely nothing wrong with it and the character interaction was absolutely fantastic. Without doubt, we will be doing this on our next trip.

Listen to the podcast. It seems as though there IS no character interaction any longer. If that's important to you, you better call and ask if they will have character interaction. Otherwise, you will get a "floor show", but no characters will come to your table.

 

[Disneydonnam]

Sorry we will not be able to join your club. We ate there in Dec and had a great time. We are also eating there again in Sept. I will say the food isn't the greatest but everything was .

 

[soupy11]

Yeah, this is a bit off, CRT is amazing. Kevin has a knack for being tough on places...his Ohana's review being another example. A place that a lot of folks really love!

I am seriously dismayed at how bad it seemed to be in Kevin's review. I went 3 years ago for lunch, and although the food was not spectacular, it was passable good. The absolute best thing about it all, though, was the character interaction. Every single character came over to the table and stayed for pictures. The best was the Fairy Godmother...who kissed my husband for a picture, and made him blush SOOO red!




Listen to the podcast. It seems as though there IS no character interaction any longer. If that's important to you, you better call and ask if they will have character interaction. Otherwise, you will get a "floor show", but no characters will come to your table.

This is for dinner only and has been this way for some time.....it's not a secret or a surprise....I found it odd that it was even mentioned in the review to be a negative as it is well publicized...

 

[Launchpad11B]

We ate breakfast there 2 years ago and had a blast. Great memories with our daughter, who absolutely loved it. To each his own I guess.

 

[tinkbutt]

I was actually shocked at the review!!! I just ate here in May and thought that it was great

DBF loved the crab soup and he is very picky about his crab!!! we are from MD eastern shore and he thinks you can't get decent crab anywhere else!!!

and the dessert the chocolate cheese cake was to DIE for "OH MY GOSH" to die for!!!!!!

so I"D have to say I will not be joining this club maybe they had an off night? or a new chef or the head chef wasn't there that night but the sui chef had to take over you never know whats going on and even the best 5 star resuraunts have there off nights!!!!

 

[tinkbutt]

Yeah, this is a bit off, CRT is amazing. Kevin has a knack for being tough on places...his Ohana's review being another example. A place that a lot of folks really love!





This is for dinner only and has been this way for some time.....it's not a secret or a surprise....I found it odd that it was even mentioned in the review to be a negative as it is well publicized...

ALSO when I was there in May they have a dinner show where the Fairy Godmother and the two girl mice were there it was a cute show and they did come over to every table but the best part was during the show the fairy Godmother said "I think we have a young prince in the dinning room who has a question for his princess" then a young man got down on one knee and proposed!!!!! they had a photopass photographer and it was awesome!!!

 

[drakethib]

Can't join right now.

The last couple of times we ate at Cindys castle it was pretty darn good.

With that being said it was probably 1.5 - 2 years ago at min.

We will be going in Sept and will check in then.

With all of this being said, I think Kevin (while tough on places) is more times then not dead on so I am scared that the food has taken a turn.

We as customers are paying premium prices for these meals so we should expect the best.

 

[Kaler131]

We ate there YEARS ago (when it was a lot cheaper and easy to get a ressie) and I was NOT impressed. We HAD to go because my (then 4yo DD was OBSESSED with Cinderella!) She is now 14 and has moved her obsession to....who else... The Jonas Brothers. So, I'm happy to say that we won't be needing to eat there again! My 3 DS's couldn't care less where we eat as long as there is LOTS of food!

 

[sandyh67]

I have to agree with the first poster- although the memories of my daughters with the princesses is priceless, we will be going to Askerhaus this year for that- way less money and much better food. But I have to say after the review I am seriously considering moving our ressie to 1900 park fare!
I totally agree with Kevin- we did lunch last August and felt completely rushed through our meal, which was mediocre. The crown sunday's the kids had, not sure what they made that chocolate of, but it tasted like wax- yuk.
I do think that the magic of the experience makes many people overlook the food. I would not say the lunch was terrible, but way overpriced for the quality- and rushed. Nothing I would look forward to going back to. My daughters- 5 and 7 this year are just as excited for our lunch at "Belle's Castle" as we are calling it!
Sign me up for AnCaDiS!!!

 

[MenashaCorp]

I am simply dismayed at all the CRT Hate Speech!! Such Castle-ist Bibbidi Bobbidi Bigotry is egregious!! You are paying to dine in the Royal Seat of Power. What else would you expect to come out of a Royal Seat? I wouldn't eat it!



(Obviously meant in a smart-alecky tone. Restaurant reviews, as Kevin has said repeatedly, are OPINIONS... IMHO, though, this is a perfect example of Disney getting lazy and "letting something go" because the demand is so great that they don't feel the need to provide consistent excellence. This place's ADRs book out at the limit date within MINUTES. It would be nice if that encouraged better quality control. Whether you had a good experience or not, the true test of quality is in its' consistency.)

 

[dpuck1998]

Count me in, I WILL not be eating there again. I'll be at 1900 or Norway!

 

[DVCJones]

Sadly I can't join the club, as I am someone who got duped into eating there.

In April 2007 my DH, DD2, DD4 and I went to CRT for dinner. WHY? Because I have two little princesses and have fond memories of eating at the Castle in the 80's when prime rib, seafood, pasta, steak and mickey shaped butter were standard at the castle.
As a child my parents took us (family of six ) to the castle every year. We looked forward to it.

However, the castle is not what it used to be. In fact, It isn't even close to what it once was. To say I was disappointed is an understatement.

The Bad.....

The food, not even coming close in quality for what we paid.
The very looooong wait to be seated even with an ADR.
The very unDisney hostess who barked at us as we entered the dining room.
The feeling of being rushed.

The Good...

Having the girls picture taken with Cinderella.
My DD4 being really excited to be in the castle.

The Okay....

The singing show with the Fairy Godmother. My DD4 loves the FGM

We will not return unless there are some serious changes made to the menu.

 

[DisneyKevin]

In the distant past, we dined in the Castle regularly. The food was pricey, but delicious and hey, you were eating in the Castle.

As a matter of fact, the restaurant, at that time, was famous for it's prime rib.

In our opinion, what was even better was an incredible beef, vegetable soup made with prime rib drippings.

The restaurant never offered food to go, but we would stop at Cosmic Rays and get a "to go" coffee cup and with enough pleading, we could talk someone into selling us a cup of that soup.

On many more than one occasion, my Mom watched a Disney parade with a cup of "unofficial" cup of vegetable beef soup.

Great memories.

Bad restaurant.

 

[drakethib]

Count me in, I WILL not be eating there again. I'll be at 1900 or Norway!

Ugh.

The food at Norway sucks IMHO.

The last time we ate there I had to find a dead dog on the side of the road to lick so that I could get the taste of that food out of my mouth.

Then they scammed me into buying some pictures with my daughter.

Never again.

 

[dpuck1998]

Ugh.

The food at Norway sucks IMHO.

The last time we ate there I had to find a dead dog on the side of the road to lick so that I could get the taste of that food out of my mouth.

Then they scammed me into buying some pictures with my daughter.

Never again.

The food in Norway is unique to say the least. I was able to find several things I really enjoyed and the main course I found quite enjoyable. I can understand how others might not care for it however.

Next time, bring a camera....take your own photos ;-) Actually, now the photos come with the meal and are included in the price.

Try the cocker spaniel, by far the best...

 

[MenashaCorp]

Ugh.

The food at Norway sucks IMHO.

The last time we ate there I had to find a dead dog on the side of the road to lick so that I could get the taste of that food out of my mouth.

Then they scammed me into buying some pictures with my daughter.

Never again.

In the (apparently cryptic) words of Wildeoscar, I just leaked a little I laughed so hard.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Ugh.

The food at Norway sucks IMHO.

The last time we ate there I had to find a dead dog on the side of the road to lick so that I could get the taste of that food out of my mouth.

Then they scammed me into buying some pictures with my daughter.

Never again.

At least they didn't blackmail you into buying the pics of you licking the dead dog...