Located next door to the 50s Prime Time Cafe (in fact, they share bathrooms) is the Hollywood & Vine buffet restaurant. The design of the place is that of a 50s diner. A CM with one of those old-fashioned paper hats, checks you in out front. Then, you must wait to be called and there can often be a significant wait even if you have a reservation. Read the rest of this entry »
Located at the intersection of Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards is the signature restaurant of Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Hollywood Brown Derby. The place certainly produces the feel of the classic hollywood look. You half expect Bogart to come out of the mens’ room or bump into Errol Flynn waiting for a table. I suppose they would have to be wearing mouse ears, but still the look is there. Its thematically perfect. Read the rest of this entry »
We do spend a lot of time and effort in preparing for our Disney vacations on where and when we are going to eat. What World Showcase restaurant are we going to do? Should we have our sit-down meal at lunchtime or dinner? How do we get to that resort for our 6 o’clock seating? Why is counter service at the Studios so bad? These are all questions we ponder as we book our vacation and get those ressies 180 days beforehand. While we spend so much time on our big meals, many of us leave some of the most important aspects of munching to chance. Hopefully, this article will help you get the most out of snacking around the parks. Read the rest of this entry »
Whenever I think back on my experience at the 50s Prime Time Café at Disney MGM Studios, I feel I understand the meaning behind Kurtz’s famous last words in the Heart of Darkness: “the horror, the horror.” In short, I’d rather chew tin foil then eat there again. The premise behind this restaurant is rather straightforward: you have entered “your” family’s kitchen sometime in the 1950s. The decor is kitschy and right out of an episode of “Leave it to Beaver.” On small televisions, you can watch clips of “I Love Lucy” and other classic (and not so classic) sitcoms. Read the rest of this entry »
To review the Sci-Fi Dine In Theater at the Disney MGM-Studios is perhaps the most difficult of all the dining reviews we will write. Unless you read the final paragraph below, you will think this place is terrible and not even worth consideration. Read the rest of this entry »
Hiding behind Muppet Vison, tucked into a remote corner of the Disney-MGM Studios lies a cozy little Italian joint called Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano. This is a nice, quiet place that delivers just enough to recommend, but not enough to get excited over. Read the rest of this entry »