Will El Pirata y El Perico be open next week?

[SamRoc]

Heading down for a short trip to Disney, just wanted to know if our favorite restaurant would be open. thanks!

 

[grinningghost]

I don't know the answer, but it's my favorite too!

I hope it's open in July when we're there too.

 

[Mickey1122]

It may be that we always go in off time, but this restaurant NEVER SEEMS TO BE OPEN!!!! We've wanted to try it, but it is always closed due to the park map's phrase "operates seasonally." If it is good, why isn't it open all year long. I can think of some bad restaurants that are open all year long. I wish the good ones were too. I think Aunt Polly's is another one like this, but I hear that it is terrible.

 

[MelanieC]

I swear I think it was open last July, but I could be dreaming. We did not eat there this past trip.

 

[checkwriter]

It was open the week after Easter, and my DS and I had a great taco salad lunch one weekday. We returned the Saturday after Easter, ready for another, and it was CLOSED! Bummer!

 

[dis-happy]

Probably not. They only seem to open it during the busiest days, and weekends at that.

Half the time, it seems, even the Times Guide gets it wrong. Last August it was supposed to be open on a Sat. we were there...but it wasn't. Then we were there the week between Christmas and New Year's and were surprised to find it open (after we had already eaten somewhere else, of course).

I don't know what happened to that buffet they had there for awhile.....

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

The only time we've seen it even close to open was when they were running a test buffet in there. It smelled really good, but we had ressies somewhere else, so we didn't try it.

 

[SamRoc]

Thanks everyone! We just love the taco salads there. Its funny sometimes we enter the park and just go right there to see if its open! Will check it out next monday and let everyone know if its open but it does seem to have the strangest operating schedule. Wish Disney would just keep this restaurant open year round.

 

[Feralpeg]

It was closed a couple of days ago. Disney is a little shorthanded right now. A CM told me the other day that Aunt Polly's wasn't open because they had no CMs to staff it. They have a big job fair going on right now and they are busy training the new group of college program folks and high school kids, but it may take a bit to get all of them up to speed.