Napa Room Questions

[pixie921]

My dh has let it slip that he really wishes we were doing our dinner at the Contemporary vs. the GF because we own at BLT and that resort is our family's favorite. I was originally opposed to the idea because we were having a morning service and I'm not crazy about the view of the top of the CR during the day. Now that we're doing an evening ceremony, I'm more open to the possibility.

I do have a couple of questions I'm hoping past brides can answer:

1 - Can you do a roman table instead of rounds?

2 - You can do your own decor in there, is that correct?

3 - Can you have them cover the chairs or do they have to remain as-is?

4 - I've read that the menus can't be changed, but I was wondering if there's any flexibility at all? Like, can you ask them to leave off a sauce, or put it on the side? Or can you combine things from different menus or eliminate something entirely? Or are buffets an option at all?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give us!

 

[not_Joanna_eggs]

My dh has let it slip that he really wishes we were doing our dinner at the Contemporary vs. the GF because we own at BLT and that resort is our family's favorite. I was originally opposed to the idea because we were having a morning service and I'm not crazy about the view of the top of the CR during the day. Now that we're doing an evening ceremony, I'm more open to the possibility.

I do have a couple of questions I'm hoping past brides can answer:

1 - Can you do a roman table instead of rounds?

2 - You can do your own decor in there, is that correct?

3 - Can you have them cover the chairs or do they have to remain as-is?

4 - I've read that the menus can't be changed, but I was wondering if there's any flexibility at all? Like, can you ask them to leave off a sauce, or put it on the side? Or can you combine things from different menus or eliminate something entirely? Or are buffets an option at all?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give us!

1 - I was told that they could do Romans (usually they do them in Sonoma instead of Napa, due to the shape of the room but it can be done) - this was a year ago, though so you might want to confirm

2- Yes, we had custom tablecloths, centerpieces, and other decor. I heard that candles are now not allowed, but other than that, the sky (or your budget's the limit)

3- This is a trick question, because yes, you can have them cover the chairs, but the chairs that are in there, are not normal banquet chairs (the ones in Napa have arms) so in order to get them to fit right, you might have to rent other chairs in order to cover them. I originally wanted to cover them, and then decided to save my $, so I don't know for sure.

4 - There is some flexibility. You can eliminate a menu item. We had a "modified Sutter Creek" menu. We eliminated the appetizer and dessert courses and the price was adjusted accordingly. You can also add some of the standard fare - ie Cinderella's slipper. You can not take courses from one menu and add them to another.

The dinner options can be found here

Depending on the time of day, you might be able to use the lunch menus (which I can't find a link to right now, sorry) which do have a buffet option.


There are tons of pictures of both the Napa and Sonoma rooms at night in my PJ, hopefully this helps. I'd be happy to try to answer any other questions too

 

[pixie921]

Thank you SO much!! I'm still a little nervous about the menu, but at least it sounds like we can do the table set-up like I want to and be a little flexible on the menu.

I'm going to check out your PJ for the photos. Thank you again for all the answers!!

 

[chryscrazy]

I lOVE the dinner menu link. How can we see the rest of it?

 

[pixie921]

I lOVE the dinner menu link. How can we see the rest of it?

I think this is all of it:

http://www.disneycateredmenus.com/menus/CG/CG_All_Menus_v092109.pdf

 

[chryscrazy]

Thanks! I tried to just take off some of the web address to where it was just http://www.disneycateredmenus.com/menus but it is restricted access.