Hollywood Brown Derby - Fantasmic Pkg questions

[pooh2001]

We decided on Hollywood Brown Derby for the Fantasqmic Pkg - 4:05 PM ADR, nice time for us after a large Princess Breakfast in EPCOT. We will skip lunch (no need for the calories).

DHS says it closes at 8:30 PM the day we are going, and Fantasmic says it starts at 8:30 PM. How does that works?


The Brown Derby Fantastic pkg what does it include ?

From the allears website it says "As of June 2009, you may order from the
Brown Derby a la carte menu"

What does that really mean - do we each get an appetizer, dinner, dessert and non-alcoholic beverage ?

Or do you only pay for what you eat off the menu (maybe just an Entree and dessert) and not the fixed pirce of $50 per adult for Fantasmic ?


DH would love the Famous Brown Derby Cobb Salad.
I am more of a plain eater and so are our kids, so for an appetizer can we get an adult get the childs menu items: Chopped Salad - with tomato, cucumber and carrots or Celery and Carrot "Dippers" and no ranch dressing ?


I am sure 3 of us would like the Char-grilled 12 oz Rib-Eye Steak - with herb-roasted fingerling potatoes, Cremini mushrooms, Cippolini onions and Cabernet syrup ..... But again could I and our DS age 18, leave the potatoe side item, omit the other side items and add from the child menu the broccoli ?

I am sure our DD age 14 would like the Herb-Marinated Spit-Roasted Half Chicken , but skip the adults sides and would want the child sides of red potatoes, and green beans and carrots. Is that do able ?

Also for dessert, can she get a child dessert of Hidden Treasures - Vanilla ice cream, Oreo cookie crumbles and gummy snakes with a Tollhouse cookie?

The rest of us will easily find desserts off the adult menu.

The atmosphere of the Hollywood Brown Derby sounds so nice, and we have never eaten there.

Please advise us.

 

[squirrel]

If DHS closes at the same time as Fantasmic starts then all the people who aren't in the theatre will only have shopping or eating to do as the other attractions close.

With the package you will still need to be at the theatre a good 30 min before the show starts. The CM's start letting other guests into the reserved section about 20 min before show time-some have posted that they let them at 30 min.

I'm not sure about the dining as I haven't eaten at HBD. Do you have the DDP? I don't think your 14 yr old will have any problems ordering a child's dessert.

 

[pooh2001]

We are paying OPP - with our Chase Visa Disney Dream Reward Dollars (we are staying at the Dolphin- no DDP available to us)

Even at $50 per person, I added up our items and found our total before tax and tip = $192 (maybe even a bit more because I could not find what to drink at the Brown Derby).

What I thought we would order:
1 Cobb Salad, 1 Smoke Salmon - OR IF I CAN get the lunch menu Coconut Fried Shrimp , 2 kid salads, 1 adult 1/2 roast chicken, 3 adult rib-eye steaks, 1 strawberry cheesecake, 1 banana white chocolate tower, 1 grapefruit cake, 1 kids Hidden treasures dessert all = $ 192

Our drinks would be 1 hot coffee, 1 iced tea, and 2 large milks - if they are offered.