Be Our Guest Restaurant

[ktlm]

I have to side with your son. We've done both, and loved both, but personally we think there is a really big difference in the atmosphere. At lunch it is a majorly bustling place because it is counter service and people are going through the line and then wandering around looking for a place to sit, getting up to refill drinks, and wandering around just looking at the place because is is easy to do so in that type of atmosphere. It is significantly more casual than dinner.

At dinner, it is sit down. You get a menu, your order is taken. There are not a large number of customers constantly walking around your table or the restaurant. The food is different- lunch is casual with a lot of sandwiches while dinner is more upscale. The beast storms through the restaurant here and there. There is a formal picture with the beast. There are linens, and fancy folded napkins. You can still wander around a little to look if you want and you will see plenty of people going to look at the rose (FYI- try not to get the table right in front of the rose at either lunch or dinner, unless you want people around you constantly), but there is not near the bustle the find at lunch which in my opinion makes for a totally different atmosphere.

The restaurant decor itself is of course the same and beautiful at either lunch or dinner.

Don't let the lunch line fool you, it usually does not take nearly as long as it looks. Even if it looks huge, ask a CM in the area. It looked like at least an hour to us, but we asked a CM and she said 20 minutes. Turned out to only be 15 minutes and well worth the wait. If I couldn't get a dinner ADR, I would not hesitate to eat there for lunch.

 

[kaybird]

We love both, but would side with the bigger difference in mood. Also, with out giving anything away, I have never noticed the window effects in the ballroom at lunch, or do I just miss it? Think the Ballroom over all is just more impressive at night, and the Beasts appearance is just really cool.

 

[mesaboy2]

We love both, but would side with the bigger difference in mood. Also, with out giving anything away, I have never noticed the window effects in the ballroom at lunch, or do I just miss it? Think the Ballroom over all is just more impressive at night, and the Beasts appearance is just really cool.

The window effect occurs at lunch too.

I don't really detect that much a difference in atmosphere, but then I'm usually concentrating on my food.

 

[kirsangel]

The lunch fastpass program is changing. It used to be available about 30 days in advance. Now, no new fastpasses have been available past July 7th or 8th I believe. Rumors(here on the dis) say that it has been changed to when you check in or even the day of at MK guest relations. Fingers crossed as I am waiting on July 24th to open up.

 

[tinawv]

Thanks again everyone for the feedback and encouragement. I now have a much better knowledge of how the fastpass+ system works for lunch, and the differences between lunch and dinner. I now also have a plan of attack for getting a dinner reservation. Just keep swimming.

 

[andyman8]

I'd also suggest to keep checking for an ADR persistently and when I say persistently I mean like three or four times a day (when you wake up, at lunch, when you get home, and right before bed) and play around with party sizes. As long as you're flexible, I'm sure something will open up between now and September. I've done this successfully multiple times.