Be Our Guest

Booking a reservation

The day had finally arrived Monday August 26th, much anticipation had been building (at least for me) to finally get the chance to eat at Be Our Guest Restaurant at Disney! Sometime months ago I went on a computer clicking rampage to try to reserve a spot at Be Our Guest, unfortunately reservations were already into December and with none available for our party of 6. Therefore, I took to a different method of madness to search for a dining reservation and began checking every night reservation starting at the current month until getting through probably 4 months in their calendar I found the night for us. I immediately booked it and added all 6 guests names to the reservation. Afterwards I told everyone about the date and time and we were all very excited especially since it wasn't in December!

Getting to the restaurant

Now, I wouldn't typically suggest clicking through all the dates on the dining reservation calendar, but for a packed restaurant where your date and time are flexible it can work. Our time was for 6:25pm, making us a little nervous because some had to drive from work. Well we got there and discovered that me and Neil (the two who didn't have work times in the way) were the last ones to arrive, but still caught seats with Ash, Anna, and Mrs. Barrett on the tram to the ticket center. That should have been a bad sign to us, Ashleigh was waiting on the tram before anyone else got there for around 15 minutes without another one coming. Matt was waiting for us by the ticket center and we started for the Monorail, but to our luck this broke down as we got in line. Instantly we began rushing for the ferry boat, but it just left. Now, we were really pressed for time and a new boat took forever to come. Needless to say we hit the reservation time while on the ferry boat and still had to go through bag check, get in the park, and back to the restaurant where you also have to stand in line. In the end they only had us wait about 25 minutes for a new table because they must had filled ours.

The dining experience

Our time came as we were waiting just inside the entrance (it started raining outside) and our host greeted us and began taking us through the castle explaining the different locations. We ate in the West wing which had dimmed lights compared to the ballroom and we personally enjoyed this more. Of course, we also had the best seat because we sat right in front of the rose and enjoyed seeing petals fall. This of course became a big picture area, but it didn't disturb us. The menu consisted of pretty much one item from every type of dinner entrée. Also if you are looking to drink at the Magic Kingdom this is the only location you can. Always remember you can drink at other Disney parks. I personally love bread so I was very happy to see them give us rolls and butter to begin with, not to mention that we were all very hungry. I then ordered the Chicken dish, Ash, Anna, and Mrs. Barrett got the ratatouille, Neil got the salmon and Matt got the pork.

Chicken entree	Salmon entree	Pork entree

Conclusion

All in all our meals were presented very nicely and we enjoyed them thoroughly. Of course the best part was yet to come with desserts! Our waitress brought around the rolling cart of desserts and you have 5 to pick from. They aren't very big so they are perfect for one person or for everyone to get a taste. Me, Neil, and Ash all got one with them being strawberry, passion fruit, and chocolate. Each was delicious, but Neil and I agreed that mine was the best! During your dinner the Beast will also come visit so have your cameras ready because he comes and goes very quickly, but after dinner you can visit him in the study and get pictures with him. After dinner it was dark out so we just walked around a bit and Anna began looking for Beauty and the Beast vinylmations. We couldn't find them anywhere that night, but they will be restocked soon. Overall we really enjoyed our night and our dinner! We all even were a bit dressier at Disney for once(something us girls wanted to do and decided we would do for this dinner)!
Overall here is how I rate Be Our Guest on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best:

Food	1 2 3 4 5
Decor	1 2 3 4 5
Service	1 2 3 4 5
Value	1 2 3 4 5

On a side note it did appear that it is now possible to walk up to the reservation booth at Be Our Guest and be able to make a reservation or wait for a table to open, when we first tried months ago this was not available because all the times were filled. It would appear that the rush to eat there because it is the newest restaurant is dying down making it easier to get a seat.