rainman1962
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2004
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- 34
We used the dining plan to attend the Hoop De Doo Review. I would give the talent 8 or 9 out of 10. I would give the material 6 out of 10 and I would give the food 5 out of 10. Basically the HDDR is a slapstick dinner show with one liners and quips that are well worn but non-the-less sure to bring a smile to your face. The entertainers had quality voices and played their parts well.
The management requests that you arrive 30 min prior to seating. We found the reason for this was to take pictures of the family (another Disney merchandising opportunity). We were coming from the Boardwalk and we weren't sure how long it would take to get there so we left 2.5 hours before our show started. We ended up getting there about 90 min early! That night it was in the low 40's and I was starting to get the flu. Needless to say, I wasn't thrilled with the extra 30 min for pictures I did not want (brrr).
Seating assignments are made before you arrive, so getting there early does not affect where you sit. We were right up front...I mean right up front...we were basically looking up there noses from where we sat!
Tables are set like a home town BBQ, with checkered table clothes and napkins. Drinks are served in small Mason jam jars. Each table had a huge bucket of salad (enough to feed 12) and 3 loaves of bread. The bread was delicious! At some point, your waiter brings out a bucket full of chicken (7-8 breasts) and a bucket of ribs (10-12 ribs), beans (nothing special...tasted like VanDeCamps Pork and beans) and a bowl of corn on the cob (very good for February). The chicken was very salty. The main negative about the affair was the copious amounts of food wasted. By the time we had made a dent in all these "buckets" of food, the waiter would take the partially eaten buckets away and replace them with full buckets...unsolicited! If there is one thing I abhor, it is waiting food. I'd say that there was as much eaten as there was thrown away at this event. We asked the waiter if we could take some of it home and he declined saying it was against the restaurants policy. He then went on to say that the waisted food was placed in machines that grind it all up and store it in big vats to be turned into pig food!
All in all I would have to say it was fun but not worth doing again.
The management requests that you arrive 30 min prior to seating. We found the reason for this was to take pictures of the family (another Disney merchandising opportunity). We were coming from the Boardwalk and we weren't sure how long it would take to get there so we left 2.5 hours before our show started. We ended up getting there about 90 min early! That night it was in the low 40's and I was starting to get the flu. Needless to say, I wasn't thrilled with the extra 30 min for pictures I did not want (brrr).
Seating assignments are made before you arrive, so getting there early does not affect where you sit. We were right up front...I mean right up front...we were basically looking up there noses from where we sat!
Tables are set like a home town BBQ, with checkered table clothes and napkins. Drinks are served in small Mason jam jars. Each table had a huge bucket of salad (enough to feed 12) and 3 loaves of bread. The bread was delicious! At some point, your waiter brings out a bucket full of chicken (7-8 breasts) and a bucket of ribs (10-12 ribs), beans (nothing special...tasted like VanDeCamps Pork and beans) and a bowl of corn on the cob (very good for February). The chicken was very salty. The main negative about the affair was the copious amounts of food wasted. By the time we had made a dent in all these "buckets" of food, the waiter would take the partially eaten buckets away and replace them with full buckets...unsolicited! If there is one thing I abhor, it is waiting food. I'd say that there was as much eaten as there was thrown away at this event. We asked the waiter if we could take some of it home and he declined saying it was against the restaurants policy. He then went on to say that the waisted food was placed in machines that grind it all up and store it in big vats to be turned into pig food!
All in all I would have to say it was fun but not worth doing again.
