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Plaza Inn
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Location:
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Disneyland, Main Street |
Reviewer's Name:
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Brian Bennett |
Reviewer's Email Address:
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brian@mouseplanet.com |
Date of Meal:
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March 2000, September 1996 |
Number of Guests at Your Table:
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March 2000: 3
September 1996: 2
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Approximate Cost:
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March 2000: Cost was
$16.99 for adults and $9.99 for children. We were able to
get a Magic Kingdom Club discount (10% off) there, too.
September 1996: The total cost for the meal (including
beverages and a 10% MKC discount) was $21.18.
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Priority Seating / Reservations Comments:
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March 2000: None
September 1996: None
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Time of Wait:
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March 2000: None
September 1996: Five or ten minutes for the line, but not
at all unreasonable.
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Food Review:
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March 2000: In general, the food
was very good (especially the coffee...but again, this restaurant
is sponsored by the Columbian Coffee Growers, so that shouldn't be
a surprise). The hot food that was offered included
scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, omelets made to order,
Mickey-shaped waffles and fruit cobbler (that I had fully intended
to sample, but completely forgot to get). Cold offerings
included fruits, cereals, pastries, bagels. There was also
three different juices, coffee (of course), and milk available.
September 1996: Plaza Inn for lunch. Barb had the pot
roast, I had the fiesta sandwich. Both were excellent. I topped it
off with cheesecake.
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Service Review:
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March 2000: All-you-care-to-eat
buffet, so the only "service" is provided by the cast
members behind the counters that cook omelets to order and keep
the other foodstuffs in good supply and the very few that go
around the dining room removing (all too rarely) used dishes.
The layout was pretty inconvenient. They had various
stations set up, so if you wanted a variety of items you had to
wait in line several times. Also, there was no specific
children's area (like at the Crystal Palace at WDW) so dealing
with our three year old in getting food was a bit more
complicated.
September 1996: Typical buffeteria service, neither good
nor bad.
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Atmosphere Review:
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The Plaza Inn is very much like the
Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom in Florida, but on a more
intimate scale. It looks like a casual dining room set in
the Victorian era, very classy yet not too imposing. Another
great attribute is the bright, airy feel that is part of this
restaurant's atmosphere due to the large number of windows around
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Other Comments:
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March 2000: This used to be a
great buffeteria for a nice sit-down meal, now the Plaza Inn is a
great all-you-care-to-eat character meal venue! The
character interactions were simply fantastic! For one thing,
the crowds weren't too bad (perhaps because it was a Sunday
morning). During our meal, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eyeore
just wandered around the room greeting everyone. Allan was
able to talk to each one and give them hugs and have some major
interaction time several times. We were actually at the
restaurant from about 9:10am until almost 11:00am, and we must
have seen each of those characters at least three times each. |
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