Is Biergarten the same at lunch as dinner?

[JenSop]

We haven't done Biergarten in YEARS. (I'm from a German family, and there are some German restaurants in our area, so we don't really do it at Disney.)

BUT - next year for our big Grand Gathering trip, we want to do Biergarten. I want my nieces to get a little more of our German culture and think this would be great. (Especially the live music.) But even this far out, it's going to be tough fitting in everyone's choices for what they want to do.

I can make this work if we do lunch at Biergarten. It's super important to us to have the band playing and the dancing going on. Is lunch the same full show as dinner?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dancind]

Bumping you in hopes that someone who knows will see this thread. Sorry, I'm not sure. I know the food is the same but don't know about the band.

 

[sharonabe]

Actually, the food is not the same. You get a few more meat offerings for dinner that are not on the lunch menu. I do believe the band/music/ and show are all the same for any time of day.

 

[alldiz]

Scroll down for dinner add ons. When you make your ADR...ask what times the showtimes are. Have your ADR scheduled for about 20min before. Gives you time to go to buffet and then enjoy the show.

We really enjoyed this and thought the food was great.


Biergarten
Germany - World Showcase - Epcot
Menu Date: June 2010


Lunch and Dinner Buffet
All You Can Eat

Lunch - Adult $25.99; Child 3-9 $13.99
Dinner - Adult $34.99; Child 3-9 $16.99

Beverages included

Serving Lunch from Noon to 3:10 p.m.
Serving Dinner from 4 p.m. to Park Close

On October 17, 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria celebrated his marriage to Princess Therese of Sachsen-Hindburghausen with one of the grandest festivals of Munich had ever know. Thus began the Oktoberfest tradition.

For 16 days late in September and early October, millions of celebrants from around the world are drawn to Munich. Music, beer, and Gemutlichkeit flow freely in the enormous, coloful tents that crowd Theresienwiese, a fairground named after the Prince's bride. Frauleins in peasant constumes serve steins overflowing with beer, while revelers feast on such traditional Oktoberfest fare as roasted chicken and seemingly endless varieties of Sausage called Wurst.

Cold Buffet Items
Gemischter Salat (Mixed Green Salad)
Tarragon-Mustard - Dressing
Krauter Dressing
Creamy Herb Dressing
Bayrischer Kraut Salat (Bavarian Cabbage Salad)
Gurken Salat (Cucumber-Dill Salad)
Rote Beete Salat (Pickled Red Beet Salad)
Nudel Salat (Macaroni Salad)
Bohnen Salat (Assorted Bean Salad)
Bayrischer Wurst Salat (Bavarian Sausage Salad)
Tomaten Salat mit Basilikum (Tomato Salad with Fresh Basil)
Kartoffel Salat (Warm German Potato Salad)
Wurst Platte mit Schinkenwurst, Landjager, und Bologna (Sausage Selection with sliced Ham Bologna, Landjager and Ring Bologna)
Senfgurken (Mustard Pickles)
Sulze mit Remouladen (Head Cheese with Sauce Remoulade)
Berliner Bouletten (Cold Meat Patties)

Soup will change with the Seasons

Cream of Potato and Leeks with Pretzel Croutons

Hot Buffet Items
Gegrilltes Brat Huhn mit Rosmary und Thymian (Rotisserie Chicken flavored with Rosemary and Thyme)
Eissbein-Gratin mit Gebackenen Zwiebeln (Pork Shank-Gratin with Fried Onions)
Gebratene Kartoffeln mit frischen Krautern (Roasted Potatoes with fresh Herbs)
Hausgemachte Spaetzle (Homemade Spaetzle)
Wurst Platte mit Gegrillter Bratwurst, Mini Regensburger und Kassler Ripchen
(Sausage Platter with Grilled Bratwurst, Mini Regensburger and Double-smoked Pork on Sauerkraut)
Frikadellen (Meat Patties in a red wine Sauce)

Weisswurst mit Senf und Pretzel Brautchen (Munich's famous white veal Sausages with Sweet Mustard and Pretzel Rolls)
Schwaebische Kaese Spaetzle mit glacierten Zwiebeln (Cheese Spatzle with glazed Onions)
Schnitzel Wiener Art (Breaded Pork Schnitzel Vienna Style)
Hausgemachtes Apfel Rotkohl

Braised Red Cabbage
Lachs Filet in Zitronen-Dill- Sahne Sauce (Salmon filet with a Lemon Dill Cream sauce Bremerhaven Style)
Glazed Carrots with Chives
Red Wine Sauce
Mushroom Sauce
Mini Frankfurters Sausages
Macaroni and Cheese

Crisp Pork Roast carved to order served with German Mustard, Apple Sauce and Apricot Compote
Freshly baked Veal Loaf carved to order with Bavarian Potato Salad

Dinner Buffet Only Add-Ons
Braised Beef Roulades
Sauerbraten (Marinated Pot Roast)
Potato Dumplings with Bread Crumb Butter
Herring Salad Schleswig Holsteiner StyleDessert Buffet
Florentiner Cookies
Blackforest Cake
Bavarian Cheese Cake
Fresh Fruit Salad
Vanilla Pudding with Chocolate Chips
Rote Gruetze with Vanilla Sauce
Freshly Baked Apple Strudel with Vanilla Sauce

Items subject to change



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[alldiz]

Scroll down for dinner add-ons....there is only 4 items different.

http://www.allears.net/menu/men_ger.htm

 

[JenSop]

Danke schön!!!!

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Danke schön!!!!

1) Don't think that is on the band's menu.
2) Only in Vegas.
3) But, the food and the band show are different lunch from dinner.

 

[disnut8]

If you make your lunch reservation for late and it changes over to dinner after you sit down, you will be the best of both worlds. That's what happened to us once. The additional offerings for dinner were brought at after a certain time but since we were seated before the changeover, we paid lunch prices. I have not seen a difference in the band between lunch and dinner but then again, I was enjoying whatever they were doing and didn't compare and contrast the two experiences.

Here's the schedule from http://wdwent.com/

Experience the excitement of Oktoberfest with a festive dinner show in the Biergarten.
Daily at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:45, 5:55, 7:05 & 8:05pm

I'd attempt a lunch seating for 3:00 which gives you 15 minutes to get seated before the show. That show would last until about 3:45 and you might be getting the dinner options out by that time. But I have a feeling you will be stuffed from the lunch by that time.

And a word of advice - don't wait until after the meal to get dessert. Take a dessert every time you go up to the buffet. They are too good to miss out because you are too full.

 

[JenSop]

If you make your lunch reservation for late and it changes over to dinner after you sit down, you will be the best of both worlds. That's what happened to us once. The additional offerings for dinner were brought at after a certain time but since we were seated before the changeover, we paid lunch prices. I have not seen a difference in the band between lunch and dinner but then again, I was enjoying whatever they were doing and didn't compare and contrast the two experiences.

Here's the schedule from http://wdwent.com/

Experience the excitement of Oktoberfest with a festive dinner show in the Biergarten.
Daily at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:45, 5:55, 7:05 & 8:05pm

I'd attempt a lunch seating for 3:00 which gives you 15 minutes to get seated before the show. That show would last until about 3:45 and you might be getting the dinner options out by that time. But I have a feeling you will be stuffed from the lunch by that time.

And a word of advice - don't wait until after the meal to get dessert. Take a dessert every time you go up to the buffet. They are too good to miss out because you are too full.

Thanks for the info!

We'd also be going out for dinner that night, so I don't want lunch to be too late. My sister has three dining things she wants us to do. My dad has another. My grandmother has another. I have one. My mom likes another. (My BIL will be indifferent and my husband hasn't made any demands.) Plus we want to do CRT for my nieces as it will be their first trip. It's a lot of requests to meet!

We'll be doing the deluxe dining plan, so some of our lunches will be TS to make everything fit. My sister wants to do Teppen, so I'm wondering if maybe that wouldn't be a better lunch option and then just do Biergarten at dinner.....