Rain Forest Cafe

[Mom2tmha]

Hi,
We are leaving in 8 days and trying to plan a little bit for our trip. We have 2, 10, and 14 yo kids and I was wondering if the Rain Forest is a good place to go or no?
Thanks!
Wendy

 

[IloveWINNIEthePOOH]

We LOVE Rainforest Cafe!!!!! It's a MUST on all of our trips! The only thing the 2 yr old might not like is the gorillas that go off here and there and the "thunderstorm" comes every 20 mins I beleive. We think the food is GREAT! The atmosphere is none to miss! I think one of the reasons we enjoy it so much is we don't have one around us within 3 hrs. But I would say go!!

p.s. The Volcanoe dessert... YUM!!

Hope this helps!

 

[areno79]

DH and I also love Rainforest Cafe...the food is great, and the atmosphere is unique! DH and I even drive an hour away sometimes to eat at the Rainforest Cafe closest to us...just because it reminds us of Disney!

 

[sweetinmaine]

We stayed at POR last year and took the boat to DTD, Rainforest Cafe at least 4 times. Brought the parents and in-laws with us for the day. We absolutely love the restaurant! Great food and great atmosphere. In March we'll be bringing our 2 grandsons who will love it as much as us. My husband has already checked the menu online to see what he's having this year!

 

[twocjsmom]

I brought my 4 1/2 and almst 2 year old boys there a few weeks ago on one of the days of our trip when my husband was at a conference. Initally, they were very interested in all there was to see, especially the aquariums. After we were seated in the gorilla section, things seemed to be going well, but after the gorillas started their thing, my older son became very afraid to the point where he was crying. He was actually shaking. He has never been like that before. After the gorillas settled down, as did he. Since we hadn't placed our food order yet, the waitress gave us the choice to sit away from the gorillas, which we did. I gave my son the option to leave or stay, and he said that he would be okay at the new table, and that he really wanted to stay as the new table was right by an aquarium. Well, after we had ordered our food and it came out to us, the thunderstorm part went off, with all of the monkeys screeching, etc. and my son became frightened again. We ended up having the rest of our food packed to go. The staff was wonderful there, and after I apologized for all of the craziness, the waitress told me that kids getting scared actually is quite common there. In all of this, my younger son was completely oblivious. Not to say that your youngest would react the same as my older son, but its something to be aware of. I hadnt even considered the fear potential, thinking that the kids would think it was really cool (which it was), but my son definately caught me by surprise, as he tends to be quite fearless.

On a side note, the menu had lots of really nice options, and, I enjoyed my huge Cobb Salad, both when I was eating it in the restaurant, and after it turned into unexpected take out.

 

[cheerdancer11]

Your kids should love it! I have one near me in Atlantic City and my friends and I love it (I'm 17). It's a very noisy atmosphere, especially when ever a volacano dessert comes every one screams "VOLCANO!" my sister would scream it like 5 minutes after it came and every1 would crack up at my table. I will warn you we had to wait 2 HOURS for our table! The service was horrible at the one I went to, it took about an hour to get our food both visits. We tried asking for the manager but they never came. If you don't mind the long wait (just shop in DTD in the meantime) you should be fine because the food is really good, I like the Chicken Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes. Tell me how you like it

Michele

 

[Dopey's Girl]

Food is awesome...HOWEVER...they don't take reservations which can make for a long wait, especially with 2 year old. Also, we went when my son was 3 years old and he was terrified everytime the animals "went off". So after waiting for almost 1 hour even though we enjoyed food ourselves, it made dining experience quite unpleasant. I would take the 2 year old in for a "test-run" before waiting to eat there.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

The one in AK does take PS.

 

[G00fyDad]

IloveWINNIEthePOOH,

What part of Indiana do you live in?

 

[IloveWINNIEthePOOH]

Hey there Goofydad!

I am west of Indianapolis in Hendricks County.

Can't say I have ever heard of your town! Where is it?

 

[G00fyDad]

I am about 9 miles north of Louisville, KY. Used to be a small Mayberry town but then every richy from Louisville moves here to get a bit of that "hometown" feeling.

 

[IloveWINNIEthePOOH]

I am about 9 miles north of Louisville, KY. Used to be a small Mayberry town but then every richy from Louisville moves here to get a bit of that "hometown" feeling.

LOL, funny you say that as we have a Mayberry Cafe on our square. It's themed all "Mayberryish" Yummy food!!

 

[G00fyDad]

LOL theres nothing yummy here anymore. This used to be the kind of town where everyone knew everyone. Now, its the kind of town where veryone distrusts each other.

 

[MinnieM3]

We have only been to the one in AK. Great food. We've had great service some times and crummy service other times. DS5 is now Ok with the animals moving and the strom, but he did n't like it when he was younger. Didn't scream or anything, just a bit scared.

 

[wenabre]

We have eaten at both Rainforest Cafes' and they are both great. A couple of years ago when the line up was at least two hours I got a membership ( which is a once only ) and it now gets a little discount and a five dollar coupon for my birthday. It also gets you into another line-up, sort of a PS line up. Also the portions are huge so when my DD and I go we get an appetizer and a main meal and split them. We have never had a problem asking for an extra plate, like some places that hate it when you split a meal. Hope you have a great time, Wendy!
Wenabre

 

[DianeV]

FYI: I called and was able to make a reservation for the one at DTD..a specific time so maybe this is a new policy? It is for Easter Sunday however but they told me I could make a reservation before they knew what date I wanted

 

[off to neverland]

I must be the minority here. We hated Rainforest Cafe.

During our trip we ate at: Crystal Palace, Hollywood and Vine, Biergarten, the POR cafe, the fast food cafe in Tomorrowland and Le Cellier and Rainforest Cafe. We loved all of them except Rainforest Cafe.

The atmosphere of RC was great and our service was too. But the food was awful.

I ordered the buffalo chicken salad. The chicken they put in it was the same chicken strips they had on the kids menu, with one line 1/2 inch long tiny drizzle of tabasco sauce down the middle. How can you call that buffalo chicken? The lettuce was wilted iceberg lettuce. The blue cheese dressing was good, but I had my mouth set on the dressing with some spicy buffalo chicken! I think that salad cost about $13.00.

My kids ordered chicken strips and popcorn shrimp. The popcorn shrimp as good.

My husband ordered some fish plate. He said it was awful.

We also ordered the mixed appetizer plate, to take back to our room for a snack that night. The mexican eggrolls were awful, and again, those darn kids' chicken strips showed up as the chicken portion of the appetizer.

We spent over $70 with the Disney Dining Experience Card and were extremely disappointed.

 

[Mom2tmha]

I just wanted to thank everyone for their input on Rain Forest!!! I will let you know how it goes.
Wendy

 

[DianeV]

Just a couple recommendations..pot roast is great and my husband tried and liked last time pastalaya - pasta with some seafood and other stuff..he loved it - I had the spagetti with sausage in it *yuck*

 

[Disney Ontario]

Hi I was just going to ask the same question about going.We have a 12 and 16 year old girls. Does anyone know if you can see a menu a head of time. My girls are picky eaters. And is it very exspecive?