Wedding reception meal

[Fonz86]

Hi all
We are having a Disney escape wedding next year and have opted for a quiet family meal after the service at GF's Citricos. As i dont want to bump up our minimum spend by having a wedding planner arrange this how do i go about booking? Do i just give the restaurant a call (we are from UK) and explain it is for a wedding reception? There will be 18 of us in total so i didnt know whether it would be regarded as a normal booking? Do they make any extra effort to make it feel like a wedding meal?
Thank you!

 

[Chilly]

you would just book a regular ADR but then you can also contact the restaurant manager as well, I might have contact details somewhere I'll see if I can find them.

 

[Chilly]

The direct line for Citricos is 407-824-2989

 

[Fonz86]

Excellent, thanks very much! x

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Hi sweetie, it's me from the other end of the Lake District!!!! We had our reception meal at Citricos and loved every minute of it. We were just in the main restaurant, so it wasn't very wedding-like in terms of the fact that we didn't do dancing, speeches etc (we did speeches at our little cake/champagne reception after the ceremony). We did, however, have a few touches which made it special. We had our tables set up in what the restaurant called a 'keyhole' design, which is basically one large round table with a long one going off the end so that the bridal couple (us!!) could sit at the head of the large round table and see all our guests!! We had the floral arrangements transferred from the ceremony to the restaurant so these decorated the table and continued the colour scheme. We also had our little favour boxes put out on the table (my daughter did this during our cocktail hour), so our little gifts to our guests were waiting for them when they arrived at the restaurant.
The cast at the restaurant bent over backwards to see our day was magical and we were so impressed with them!!! We really could not have asked for more!!!
I contacted the restaurant manager via e-mail some months before, and she did absolutely everything for me, including making the ADR on my behalf!! I went to meet her the day before our VR and I dropped off the box containing the favours that my daughter was going to put out on the tables. They kept it in the restaurant so we didn't have to worry about dragging it around on the day!!!
All in all, I loved our reception meal and wouldn't change a thing!!! The staff were professional and very attentive and the food was out of this world. I highly recommend it!!!
I am just about to post some photos of the meal (non-professional, as we had said goodbye to Randy by then) in my TR, so you can see them in the next day or so. I have already posted some taken around the GF and just outside Citricos. Feel free to have a peek!! The link is in my signature.
Good luck and please keep us up to date with your plans. Maybe you could start a PJ!!

 

[tiffyb24]

I would call them and explain it's a wedding reception and see what they can do for you. Most places love to pull out the stops for receptions

 

[Fonz86]

Hello again tinkerbell

Just wondering how you got the email address for the restaurant manager? Is this available to all? I was thinking at 180 days out to go on the website and book that way but may be best to give them a call as there is a few of us!

I have thought about starting a PJ but as it is only early days i dont think i have anything to write that will be of any interest! Lol

Thanks for your help! x

 

[Chilly]

Hello again tinkerbell

Just wondering how you got the email address for the restaurant manager? Is this available to all? I was thinking at 180 days out to go on the website and book that way but may be best to give them a call as there is a few of us!

I have thought about starting a PJ but as it is only early days i dont think i have anything to write that will be of any interest! Lol

Thanks for your help! x

There is dedicated phone line for group bookings. Most make you have the first or last sitting though.

 

[tinkerbell 766]

I think I got the e-mail address from another Disbride (Wendy aka WeeDee)
I will PM you with the e-mail of the Citrico's manager I dealt with. I know the restaurant managers move around quite a bit, but she may be able to put you in touch with whoever has the position now if it isn't her anymore.

 

[cinby01]

good luck hope its awesome

 

[weedee]

I think I got the e-mail address from another Disbride (Wendy aka WeeDee)
I will PM you with the e-mail of the Citrico's manager I dealt with. I know the restaurant managers move around quite a bit, but she may be able to put you in touch with whoever has the position now if it isn't her anymore.

From what I've heard, the managers have changed around a bit now but if you call the ADR line you can set up the reservation and then contact Citricos directly afterwards to deal with the specific details of the dinner. This is the path we took! We had an amazing time during our wedding reception there also and I some pictures of the table setup in my PJ/TR as well! Good luck!