restaurant opinions?

[t_catt11]

Some of you may be familiar with my character finder utility (link is in my signature). Basically, it lists all of the meetable characters in the parks and gives some basic info on them, such as rarity, general strategy, etc. what sets it apart from other character lists, however, is that it's really "driven" by visitors to the parks. You sign in, you tell it which characters you saw on which days, where you saw them, maybe even share pics, if you so desire.

I'[m thinking of doing something similar with the various WDW restaurants. List them all, categorize them as quick service, table service, character dining, etc, list the type of food, etc. However, I'll include a form that will allow users to quickly rate their experience, share when they dined, and so forth.

I know that my wife won't pay any attention at all to general guides, but she loves to read what others have to say about restaurants. I wonder if there are enough others like her who would find this to be useful?

 

[Orlando Vic]

Some of you may be familiar with my character finder utility (link is in my signature). Basically, it lists all of the meetable characters in the parks and gives some basic info on them, such as rarity, general strategy, etc. what sets it apart from other character lists, however, is that it's really "driven" by visitors to the parks. You sign in, you tell it which characters you saw on which days, where you saw them, maybe even share pics, if you so desire.

I'[m thinking of doing something similar with the various WDW restaurants. List them all, categorize them as quick service, table service, character dining, etc, list the type of food, etc. However, I'll include a form that will allow users to quickly rate their experience, share when they dined, and so forth.

I know that my wife won't pay any attention at all to general guides, but she loves to read what others have to say about restaurants. I wonder if there are enough others like her who would find this to be useful?

How do you plan to set yourself apart from Tripadvisor?

 

[t_catt11]

I'm not worried about tripadvisor. I'm just curious to see if folks - who are already at a Disney site - would be interested in sharing their opinions, or reading the opinions of others. They do it here all the time, but those opinions drift down to the depths of the boards, never to be seen again. This would give those opinions a more permanent home.

Tripadvisor tries to be all things to all people in the travel secrtor. I'm not doing that.

And hey, it may be a stupid idea.

 

[Love Tink]

I think you will always find an audience for anything you want to detail about Disney World!

I'm not sure how you're planning to organize it, but Josh over at easywdw has something like this - reviews and rankings of all the restaurants at the parks. We used it a lot before our last trip.

I would definitely look at "another person's opinion" if it was available, just for the comparison.

 

[DisneyFirstTimer10]

I'd write about our experiences, and I would read about others' experiences as well. I soak in any and all WDW info like a sponge, and I like to share our reviews with others to use too

 

[afwdwfan]

Looks like a good idea to me. I'm sure there will be plenty of interest for something like this.

 

[patty57]

I'm sure I would use it. I use the rate & review section on WDW dining on AllEars all the time.

 

[t_catt11]

Thanks for the feedback, folks. I'll go ahead and start on this.

I forsee making the info accessible in a few ways. Something like:

Browse by restaurant name, by park, by type (buffet, quick service, etc), by food, by highest rated, by most rated, etc.

 

[Brian_WDW74]

I've moved this thread to the Restaurants board.

 

[momto2inKC]

I say go for it! I love reading reviews, the more places I can find them, the better!

 

[t_catt11]

Thanks much. I will post when I have this in a more usable format.