First Look Inside 1900 Park Fare & New Characters

Forward of its extremely hyped reopening, Walt Disney World has shared a primary look inside at 1900 Park Fare, on the new characters showing on the eating expertise and the reimagined restaurant inside at Grand Floridian Resort. This sneak peek shares these and different particulars for the sake of these however nonetheless on the fence about ADRs. I swear that is the ultimate replace till our breakfast and dinner evaluate. I’m about 1900 Park Fare’d out and haven’t even eaten there but! 

To rapidly recap, 1900 Park Fare is reopening on April 10, 2024. Advance Eating Reservations for 1900 Park Fare at the moment are obtainable, and extremely beneficial…if you’ll find them anytime between now and summer season! As with all reopening restaurant, there’s going to be pent-up demand for this particular location as followers flock to something ‘new.’ With 1900 Park Fare, that seems much more heightened–particularly as many different ADRs have turn out to be simpler to e book.

We converse from expertise right here, as we actually need/want to vary our 1900 Park Fare ADR for breakfast, however availability for what we wish (and we’re pretty versatile) has been nonexistent. Our hope is that, like different eating places after they first reopened, 1900 Park Fare is holding again reservations till administration is able to take off the coaching wheels, so to talk. Regardless, see our Information to Advance Eating Reservations (ADRs) at Walt Disney World for suggestions & methods to attain elusive ADRs, data concerning the 60+10 rule, and extra.

As for fundamentals concerning the return of 1900 Park Fare, the restaurant at Grand Floridian will characteristic returning visitor favorites together with a newly refurbished eating room and different particular touches. The brand new-look eating room pays homage to the late Victorian interval, with artwork paying homage to this golden period.

Similar to earlier than, carousel theming is woven all through 1900 Park Fare, recalling carefree occasions spent in gardens and fairgrounds having fun with jolly occasions open air. This begins with a brand new mural that’ll function the point of interest of the restaurant’s entrance. In one of many adjoining eating rooms, you’ll discover drawings of carousel animals impressed by basic Disney movies like “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Little Mermaid,” together with different carousel hidden particulars.

The reopening is the most recent in a sequence of grand touches which have come to Disney’s Grand Floridian, because the flagship resort “continues to be reworked right into a beacon of storybook appeal” in keeping with Walt Disney World.

Followers of 1900 Park Fare may even bear in mind Large Bertha, an vintage organ that has known as the Grand Floridian residence since 1988. Search for her in the principle eating room of the restaurant, the place she’s on show as its grand centerpiece.

Additionally within the eating room, you’ll discover 12 new portraits created solely for the restaurant by Disney artists. Each is impressed by the impressionist artwork type of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and encompasses a completely different Disney character as they hope, dream and need upon a star…or a magic lamp…..or a wishing properly.

Talking of characters, gone are the fan-favorites from the Supercalifragilistic Breakfast (Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, The Mad Hatter, Tigger, and Winnie the Pooh) and Fortunately Ever After Dinner (Cinderella, Prince Charming, Girl Tremaine, Anastasia, and Drizella). Nicely, besides Cinderella. She’s nonetheless right here.

On this refreshed character eating expertise at 1900 Park Fare, you’ll be joined by new royalty: Aladdin in his Prince Ali apparel, Cinderella, Mirabel and Tiana in her new costume for Tiana’s Bayou Journey, as all of them have fun the ability of a want.

For each breakfast and dinner, Walt Disney World has revealed that 1900 Park Fare will every depend as a 1-credit desk service meal on the Disney Eating Plan. For visitors paying out of pocket, the price is $66 per grownup and $41 per baby for dinner; $54 per grownup and $34 per baby for breakfast. That is equivalent to Chef Mickey’s. It’s barely dearer than Story Guide Eating at Artist Level, which is a 2-credit meal.

Based mostly upon our calculations, a desk service meal credit score on the 2024 Disney Eating Plan is price roughly $63 per grownup or $15 per baby. (Sure, there’s actually that large of a niche between the values for adults and youngsters. The DDP skews closely in favor of households with extra children and fewer adults.)

Dinner at 1900 Park Fare will likely be an glorious (high 5) use of a Disney Eating Plan credit score.

That is notable, as dinner is the considerably simpler ADR to attain, not less than for now. So should you’re on the Disney Eating Plan, with out having dined on the reimagined 1900 Park Fare, we’d tentatively suggest dinner as the higher worth proposition and simpler ADR. After all, the primary a part of that would change as soon as we, you understand, truly eat the meals. The second half will possible change throughout Free Eating ‘season,’ when a better proportion of visitors are utilizing the DDP.

With that mentioned, breakfast can also be a fairly good use of a Disney Eating Plan credit score, however solely after alcohol is factored into the combination. If you take a $66 or $54 meal and add one of many $15-$17 drinks to the equation, that brings the whole worth as much as between $69 (for breakfast) and $83 (most for dinner).

In case you don’t drink–or don’t drink at character meals–the mathematics is clearly completely different for you. Then once more, should you don’t imbibe, the Disney Eating Plan in all probability doesn’t make sense for you in any respect. However even the zero-proof cocktails can get you above the break-even level for breakfast or dinner, assuming you need a kind of and examine them as providing $12 in worth. (I don’t–there’s no means on earth I’d pay that a lot out of pocket for these drinks, however to every their very own!) Take a look at this publish for full menus for breakfast and dinner at 1900 Park Fare restaurant at Walt Disney World.

Whereas what Walt Disney World has launched is only a small style of the inside and character costumes, I truly like what I see of the redesign. (Jury is out on the costumes–I don’t have something so as to add past what’s lined in Why Walt Disney World’s Adjustments to 1900 Park Fare Are Controversial Amongst Followers.)

What I recognize is that, not less than from these photographs, 1900 Park Fare seems much less prefer it’s been crammed right into a window-less flex area that was carved out of a nook of the lodge. I used to be by no means an enormous fan of 1900 Park Fare largely as a result of it gave me “conference area vibes.” Along with the beautiful character portraits, it seems like there’s extra ornamentation on the partitions that helps give depth to the design and open the area up a bit (I assume these are mirrors–not home windows–however they nonetheless add loads).

I’m positive there will likely be doubtful design choices to critique in particular person (have the carousel critters been eliminated, or simply relocated?). It wouldn’t shock me in the event that they erred a bit on the facet of ‘too fashionable’ and clear, as that appears par for the course. However the outdated inside seemed caught within the Nineties as a lot because it was from the Victorian period, so a refresh was wanted.

I’m going to withhold additional judgment till experiencing 1900 Park Fare in particular person, however I’m entering into cautiously optimistic concerning the restaurant redesign and redone menu (Grand Floridian’s culinary group not often misses), and pessimistic-but-hopeful concerning the character selections. As we’ve talked about elsewhere, the existence and enduring recognition of Story Guide Eating with Snow White at Artist Level alone refutes quite a lot of the potential arguments in favor of those modifications to a grabbag of random characters.

Regardless, 1900 Park Fare is certain to be a well-liked character eating expertise for the foreseeable future. Even when its longtime followers are out on the meal, something new or returning at Walt Disney World is well-liked. Something princesses and princes is well-liked. Each character eating expertise is well-liked. Add all of that collectively and 1900 Park Fare goes to be a tricky ticket for not less than the rest of 2024–doubtlessly into 2025 because it’s a terrific worth on the Disney Eating Plan and might be a enjoyable character eating expertise in addition to a scrumptious meal. We’ll report again on all of that with full critiques within the coming weeks!

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