Dining With An Imagineer?

[Accident]

Has anyone ever done the lunch at brown derby called Dining with an Imagineer? I just happened to notice it looking to add a few more reservations on.

 

[PRomano]

My husband and and 2 of our sons went last summer and LOVED it! The food was great and they had a really good imagineer. They were talking about it for days.

 

[spritna]

We did it last year and loved it. Downside is it only seats 10 people a day, 3 days a week. Very very hard to get ressies. We have been unable to adrs. Every trip since, even at 180+10 6am mark. So good luck

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Do you have young children? It's not really recommended for them, although they can attend. It's about 3 hours of talking.

 

[tinkermom23]

DH and DS went a couple years ago and loved it! DS was 13 at the time and said it was well worth the money, super cool. DH said the food was great and the Imagineer was interesting. They would both do it again.

 

[kashzan]

A bit off topic, but this year we are doing lunch with an animal specialist. It starts with a lunch at SAANA in the Animal kingdom lodge. I have heard really great things about it. I got our reservation at the 180 day mark. I do know that it fills up quickly. Like the lunch with an imagineer, it is limited to the number of people and is only done a few times a week.

 

[Accident]

My daughter would love that lunch!

 

[GATORinaZ28]

We have done it three times and loved every one of them. I look forward to doing them again one day!

 

[gatordoc]

We also really enjoyed it. One thing to know - unless it has changed, it's a LOT of food (and I'm a big eater). Wouldn't recommend planning a big dinner later that day.

 

[eeyore45]

I posted a review from our Dining with an Imagineer this last June. Our DD was 17 at the time, and there were 3 other young College age girls that booked it also - so it was fun that all of them called themselves Disney geeks/nerds. There were 2 other couples, it was in a back room at Brown Derby and a pre fixe menu. I knew dd was picky, and so I asked for a plain steak - which embarrassed her to no end of course - but the Imagineer was quick to put her at ease that at this level they are here to please, and in fact because it is Disney they will go out of there way to accommodate and make her happy! For the record, she was happy with the plain steak, and I think I may have ordered her fries... its been awhile...

Our Imagineer was the head Imagineer for the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train project and was now assigned to the Norway Frozen ride. He was quick to say that the article that came out (was it Wall Street Journal?) about the ride was more information than he could talk about, and that he would have to change the subject if we tried to pry out any info from him!! (we googled as soon as we got back to the room, they are going to use the same technology they used in 7 Dwarfs in the projection arena, and he did talk about the projection technology and difficulties they had in 7 Dwarfs - it was fascinating!)

It is hard to get, but it was worth every penny! Each of us got a name badge as well as an autographed plate, but the best part was the memories of one of the best times we've had!

ETA - and I agree, it is a 3 hour sit down at the table with lots of discussion and I wouldn't put a child through that because of the interest level. The girls here talked about becoming an Imagineer, college courses, and of course all of his experiences as he has been with Disney since High School.

 

[inkedupmomma]

YES!!!! Best money I have ever spent at Disney! We truly had an amazing imaginer (Jason Grandt.) Food was amazing, and you get a ton of time there. Only downside was some of our stablemates were complete time hogs.

 

[been2marceline]

Thank you all for the input! We just booked this for our trip in March 2016.
I couldn't find any information on pricing. Can anyone update us with the price?
Thanks!

 

[CMNJ]

I think the total charge for DH and FIL was around $160 in May so around $80 pp with tip.

I see you are going in March 2016 so I would guess there may be a slight price increase for 2016.

 

[been2marceline]

I think the total charge for DH and FIL was around $160 in May so around $80 pp with tip.

I see you are going in March 2016 so I would guess there may be a slight price increase for 2016.

Thank you!!!