Napa Room vs. Whitehall Room

[The Scotts]

you have to pick one and stick with it...

Not exactly, there's a lot of room for negotiation here. We changed our starter and our dessert.

 

[malibustacey]

thats the reason why we didnt go with the Napa. We want certain dishes, for example a Jack Daniels grilled chicken... and we asked our co-ordinator if we could have this as our main, or something similar, she said no, it has to be from the menu, and nothing can really be customized unless by dietry requirments- and we said, joking around, but we can only eat JD chicken... but yeah, we loved the Napa, but due to the menu, and we want a customized menu, we choose the Attic for our reception...

just a few reasons...
1-because its in a convienient place to have the reception venue
2-grandmas house is not really anyones choice of decor, but its unusual and something our guests will remember- haha whether good or bad! we like that it has character![
3-this place still does have an amazing view-it overlooks the lake, you can see epcot and the lights on the boardwalk reflecting on the lake looks beautiful!
4-we can have a big customized buffet menu!

there are good and bad points to every venue i think, you have to think of the one that suits you best, and caters for your needs.

 

[Donald'sGirl]

I can't get past the menu thing. One of the main reasons I'm going with DFTW is because you can pretty much ask for anything, and they'll do what they can to accomodate them. However with the napa room they give you a choice of menus and you have to pick one and stick with it...

I'm too fussy an eater to let someone else decide the whole meal...

Not exactly, there's a lot of room for negotiation here. We changed our starter and our dessert.

The Scotts is right there is room for negotiation. I changed one of my main entrees to something else we preferred on off the main menu and we removed our dessert. If you don't like something on the one of the menus but you do on the main dining menu they will work with you to change it. It's not so strict. The other thing I wanted the slipper sorbet and the slipper dessert for one of my guests who is having a birthday and even though they aren't listed on the menu they are adding both of those things for me. I would talk with your planner about it.

 

[The Scotts]

I think that the California Grill is getting slightly more flexible over time. Maybe there's been a switch of executive chefs there recently because they've been very accomodating of our 'requests'. Saying that, they still won't allow tastings. But I guess, if we keep asking they'll bend one day... They are going to reach a tipping point with their prices where couples will insist on tasting. I guess it's complicated because CG is somewhat 'separate' to other WDW locations. You get my point (hopefully)